Just like the NBA season, the JBL is delaying the rookie lottery that was scheduled for this weekend. I hoped to hold the lottery on Sunday, Sept 25th but due to lack of time and lack of JBL owner witnesses (only 1 other JBL owner was apparently available) we'll have to postpone the lottery and rookie draft at this time.
Don't get me wrong here though. We will be holding a lottery and a rookie draft before we start the next JBL season. But, at this point, because of the lack of progress being made by the NBA and the players - there really isn't any urgency to get this done. We're not even sure if there will be a 2011 NBA season at this point. Best case, it appears the NBA would be looking at a January 2012 start and a shortened season.
So, the new lottery date, in my mind, is the usual JBL Draft night date. For 20 years we have used one of the last 2 Saturday's in October as our draft night. So, I am proposing the rookie lottery be held that night. We could get all the boys together and do the lottery and then grab a bite to eat somewhere. Boys night out! I'll post a poll on the JBL site to see if the 22nd or the 29th works better. Of course, not everyone would be able to attend and not everyone would be required to attend or be online. It's just a boys night to draw some golf balls out of a hat to see who gets what pick in the rookie draft. Sounds to me like an excuse to get out of the house and hang out with the guys. Brilliant.
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