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How to 'fix' the NBA lottery

By Dan Shanoff
Page 2 columnist

Friday, May 17, 2002

When the NBA holds its annual draft lottery Sunday, the suspense of the drawing itself will barely register. After all, the pingpong balls are plucked outside the view of TV cameras (although the league is allowing a few reporters to witness the drawing this year). The unveiling of the first three picks are the event's "drama," with the rest of the teams falling in behind them, from worst to least-worst record. Why not put the pingpong ball machine out front and let all of us witness the proces ...

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