Look back at how the NBA Draft Lottery has changed over the years. Tim Reynolds | The Associated Press In the beginning, tails failed. Detroit player-coach Dave DeBusschere called “tails” at the very ...
In the beginning, tails failed. Detroit player-coach Dave DeBusschere called “tails” at the very first version of the draft lottery in 1966, which was a coin flip between the Pistons and the New York ...
In the beginning, tails failed. And no, it wasn't even called the "draft lottery" in those days, since it wasn't a lottery. Pistons owner Fred Zollner even provided the coin, a $20 gold piece from ...