News from May 7.

Jamal Magloire (junior, Kentucky, junior) declared himself eligible for
the NBA draft.

The NBA Board of Governors approved the sale of the Sacramento Kings to
Joe and Gavin Maloof.

The NBA conducted the drawings for the tie-breakers for teams that
finished with the same record.  The drawings help determine the draft
order.

Boston won the draw with Phoenix and, thus, Boston will receive 37 
chances and Phoenix (who owns Dallas' 1st round draft pick via the Steve
Nash trade) will receive 36 chances out of 1001 for the lottery (and if 
neither wins one of the top 3 picks in the lottery, Boston will draft 
before Phoenix).  Boston and Dallas finished with a record of 19-31.

New York won the draw with Phoenix and Atlanta and Phoenix received 2nd 
place in the draw and, thus, New York will select #15 in the draft, 
Phoenix will select #16, and Atlanta (who owns Sacramento's pick) will 
select #17.  New York, Phoenix, and Sacramento finished with a record of 
27-23.

Milwaukee won the draw with Utah and Milwaukee (who will send the pick to
either Denver or Orlando) will select #18 and Utah (who owns
Philadelphia's pick) will select #19.  Milwaukee and Philadelphia finished
with a record of 28-22.

Atlanta won the draw with Houston and the Lakers and Houston received 2nd
place in the draw and, thus, Atlanta will select #21 in the draft, Houston
will select #22, and the Lakers will select #23.  Atlanta, Houston, and
the Lakers finished with a record of 31-19.

Utah won the draw with Miami and Indiana and Miami received 2nd place in 
the draw and, thus, Utah (who owns Orlando's pick) will select #24 in the
draft, Miami will select #25, and Indiana will select #26.  Orlando,
Miami, and Indiana finished with a record of 33-17.

Utah won the draw with San Antonio and, thus, Utah will select #28 in the
draft and San Antonio will select #29.  Utah and San Antonio finished with
a record of 37-13.


1999 NBA Draft Order
The draft will take place June 30 in Washington, D.C.
[I'll add more of the trade information as the draft gets closer]

The lottery chances (out of 1001 - 1 is not assigned):
    Vancouver     250  [may go to Detroit]
    LA Clippers   200
    Chicago       157
    Toronto       120  [from Denver via Chauncey Billups trade]
    Minnesota      89  [from New Jersey via the Stephon Marbury trade]
    Washington     64
    Boston         37  [goes to Cleveland unless top 3 pick via
                        via Vitaly Potapenko trade]
    Phoenix        36  [from Dallas via Steve Nash trade]
    Golden State   18
    Cleveland      11
    Toronto         7
    Seattle         6
    Charlotte       5

The lottery, which decides who selects #1, #2, and #3 with the order of
the rest of the picks being according to record, will take place during
halftime of a playoff game on NBC May 22.  Due to the expansion rules,
Vancouver or Toronto can not receive the #1 pick (if their number is 
drawn first, then they receive the #2 pick and the #1 pick is drawn 
again).

The order of the #14-29 picks is as follows
  14. Minnesota  [may go to Toronto]
  15. New York
  16. Phoenix  [may go to Chicago]
  17. Atlanta  [from Sacramento]
  18. Denver or Orlando  [from Milwaukee]
  19. Utah  [from Philadelphia]
  20. Atlanta  [from Detroit]
  21. Atlanta
  22. Houston
  23. LA Lakers
  24. Utah  [from Orlando]
  25. Miami
  26. Indiana
  27. Atlanta  [from Portland via Detroit]
  28. Utah
  29. San Antonio  [may go to Chicago]

Second Round
  30. LA Lakers  [from Vancouver]
  31. LA Clippers
  32. Chicago
  33. Denver
  34. New Jersey
  35. Washington
  36. Dallas
  37. Boston
  38. Orlando  [from Golden State]
  39. Cleveland
  40. Dallas  [from Toronto via Popeye Jones trade]
  41. Denver  [from Seattle]
  42. Charlotte
  43. Minnesota
  44. Houston  [from Phoenix]
  45. Sacramento
  46. New York
  47. Philadelphia  [may go to Detroit]
  48. Milwaukee
  49. Chicago  [from Detroit via Atlanta]
  50. Houston
  51. Vancouver  [from LA Lakers]
  52. Atlanta
  53. Miami  [may go to Sacramento]
  54. Atlanta  [from Indiana]
  55. Orlando  [may go to New York via Denver and Boston or may go 
                  to Vancouver via Denver and Houston]
  56. Golden State  [from Portland]
  57. San Antonio
  58. Utah


Playoff Standings
  1st Round             2nd Round            3rd Round         Finals
  (Best of 5)           (Best of 7)          (Best of 7)     (Best of 7)
1 San Antonio (0) _
8 Minnesota (0)    |_ _____________ _____
                    _ _____________      |
4 LA Lakers (0) ___|                     |_ _____________ _
5 Houston (0)     
                                         |                 |
2 Portland (0) ____                      |                 |
7 Phoenix (0)      |_ _____________ _____|                 |
                    _ _____________                        |
3 Utah (0)       __|                                       |
6 Sacramento (0)                                           |_ ___________
                                                            _ ___________
                                                           |
1 Miami (0)    ____                                        |
8 New York (0)     |_ _____________  ____                  |
                    _ _____________      |                 |
4 Atlanta (0) _____|                     |                 |
5 Detroit (0)                            |_ _____________ _|
                                          _ _____________
2 Indiana (0)   ___                      |
7 Milwaukee (0)    |_ _____________ _____|
                    _ _____________
3 Orlando (0)     _|
6 Philadelphia (0)