DJlaysitup Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 Obviously there have been some questions about the "ping-pong ball" thing in the NBA draft lottery. In the Atlanta lottery we get to actually see the balls flying around in the air and it is obvious that it is random - luck - in the NBA we have to rely on "league honesty". So - what I am putting together is a pre-test for the NBA draft lottery. I am using one of those big blue water delivery thingies (which I have one of) and I will cut out a spot at the bottom to allow insertion of my lawn blower tube. The blower has a low/high setting so I will mix the ping pong balls on low - and then hit the high. I'll put some duct (duck) tape around the top to catch the 1st ball - then 2nd - etc. I have a ping-pong table and I know how to get large quantities of balls cheap. My question is - how soon will I know what teams get how many balls? This is key since I want to run multiple tests and do an average prior to the draft announcement. Thanks, DJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AHF Posted April 2, 2018 Moderators Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 Whether the broadcast the drawing or not, this should be posted onto Youtube or somewhere Squawkers can enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNorthCydeRises Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 5:25 PM, DJlaysitup said: Obviously there have been some questions about the "ping-pong ball" thing in the NBA draft lottery. In the Atlanta lottery we get to actually see the balls flying around in the air and it is obvious that it is random - luck - in the NBA we have to rely on "league honesty". So - what I am putting together is a pre-test for the NBA draft lottery. I am using one of those big blue water delivery thingies (which I have one of) and I will cut out a spot at the bottom to allow insertion of my lawn blower tube. The blower has a low/high setting so I will mix the ping pong balls on low - and then hit the high. I'll put some duct (duck) tape around the top to catch the 1st ball - then 2nd - etc. I have a ping-pong table and I know how to get large quantities of balls cheap. My question is - how soon will I know what teams get how many balls? This is key since I want to run multiple tests and do an average prior to the draft announcement. Thanks, DJ Keep in mind that the NBA ( if I remember correctly ) does something like a "Pick 4" draw to determine draft position. To replicate what the NBA does, you're going to have to write out something like 1,000 possible draw combinations, and assign each 4-ball combination to a particular team. And you'll basically know now how many "ping pong balls" each team will get, due to their draft position. 250 combinations, 25.0% chance of receiving the No. 1 pick 199 combinations, 19.9% chance 156 combinations, 15.6% chance 119 combinations, 11.9% chance 88 combinations, 8.8% chance 63 combinations, 6.3% chance 43 combinations, 4.3% chance 28 combinations, 2.8% chance 17 combinations, 1.7% chance 11 combinations, 1.1% chance 8 combinations, 0.8% chance 7 combinations, 0.7% chance 6 combinations, 0.6% chance 5 combinations, 0.5% chance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AHF Posted April 3, 2018 Moderators Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 2 hours ago, TheNorthCydeRises said: Keep in mind that the NBA ( if I remember correctly ) does something like a "Pick 4" draw to determine draft position. To replicate what the NBA does, you're going to have to write out something like 1,000 possible draw combinations, and assign each 4-ball combination to a particular team. And you'll basically know now how many "ping pong balls" each team will get, due to their draft position. 250 combinations, 25.0% chance of receiving the No. 1 pick 199 combinations, 19.9% chance 156 combinations, 15.6% chance 119 combinations, 11.9% chance 88 combinations, 8.8% chance 63 combinations, 6.3% chance 43 combinations, 4.3% chance 28 combinations, 2.8% chance 17 combinations, 1.7% chance 11 combinations, 1.1% chance 8 combinations, 0.8% chance 7 combinations, 0.7% chance 6 combinations, 0.6% chance 5 combinations, 0.5% chance Having 30 balls gives you 1000 combinations (3 sets of 0-9). Just assign combos 001 - 250 to team 1, 251-449 to team 2, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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