Another 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.