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 General Basketball Wiretap1st & 2nd Round Team PositionsThe Magic had a 25 percent chance to land the top spot and that's exactly what the team accomplished Wednesday night. The Clippers secured the second spot and the Bulls came in number 3. This page offers a complete listing of all first- and second-round team positions in the upcoming NBA Draft 2004. Draft night takes place Thursday, June 24 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback The More Things ChangeAnother Draft lottery is scheduled for prime time at the NBA Entertainment offices in New Jersey and some of the usual suspects will be present. Elgin Baylor’s Clippers have qualified for ping-pong night 10 remarkable times in the last 11 years. It’s just as ignominious a night for the Warriors, who will be there for their 10th straight year. Bulls in the Post-MJ Era? Regular attendees. This will be their 6th straight year and they have the second-best chance for the No. 1 pick overall. Let’s give a big welcome to the newcomers. The Utah Jazz held a surprising 42-40 record this year and clearly overachieved. In the East, they may have been considered darkhorses to take the conference but instead, as Western Conference members, this will be their first appearance in the lottery. The last time the Jazz did not make the playoffs was in 1983 and at that time, the Draft was established based on record. Ping pong balls bouncing around a drum were still just a gleam in David Stern’s eye. This is also the first appearance by the Blazers. The last time they were this bad (though again they would have been a playoff threat in the East) was in 1984, the last non-lottery year when they got the second pick and took Sam Bowie instead of the aforementioned MJ. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Michael Jordan wants to buy his own teamNBA great Michael Jordan is determined to buy his own NBA team in the not-too-distant future. Speaking in Taiwan on Saturday, the former Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards star told reporters at a news conference that owning a basketball team was his priority now, though he had to be patient. "My mission is to own a team, and I will go through every length to try to obtain that goal, he said. "Until someone's ready to sell a team, I can't steal a team, I can't take a team, I have to be patient. Jordan was in the island's capital, Taipei, for the latest leg of an Asian tour to promote his sports apparel brand. The trip, which has taken him to Beijing and Hong Kong, will next stop at Tokyo. Jordan didn't specifically name the teams he is interested in buying, but said most of those he was investigating were on the East Coast. "Hopefully, in the near future, I can go out and fulfill that dream of owning a basketball team, and preferably I'd like to do it on the East Coast," Jordan said. "That's where I live, that's where I grew up. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback May 2004 Archive
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