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NBA lottery show's prerequisite: Lots of drama

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Sunday, December 22, 2002

Editor's note: As part of "The Stein Line" every Monday, ESPN.com senior NBA writer Marc Stein gives his take on things in "Slams and Dunks." The determining factor to resolve whether the NBA will follow through on calls to air the Ping-Pong ball portion of the draft lottery is television. The question, specifically: Can the Ping-Pong draw make for compelling TV? In the actual lotto procedure -- conducted in a hermetically sealed room at the NBA Entertainment building in Secaucus, N.J. -- four ...

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