The draftlottery, which determines the order of the first 14 teams drafting in the June 28 draft, will be held in New York Wednesday night and will be televised.
Another kind of sweepstakes took place in the NBA in 1997: the draftlottery for the rights to pick the consensus best player in the country, Wake Forest center Tim Duncan.
The Bobcats' dismal distinction means it will have a 25% chance of getting the top pick in Wednesday's draftlottery -- and the greatest chance at picking Kentucky's all-world big man Anthony Davis.
So what they use to do is like a lottery, or a draft, you know, so they put the names of the instruments in the bag and you will go and pick up a piece of paper.
Charlotte is a half-game behind for the league's worst record, and staying there gives Michael Jordan's team a 25 percent chance of winning the lottery and the right to draft someone like Kentucky's Nerlens Noel.