3 Rookie Lottery Picks on same team

[Moranis]

The Sixers have 3 lottery picks that presumably will all play their first game sometime this year and for them (so eliminating any mid-season trades, should any exist).  I can't think of a team that has ever done that.  I know teams often play two (Durant and Green for example), but can't come up with a team that has ever had three before this year.  And to think if the balls bounced differently they might have added the Lakers pick or if they pulled off a trade for Dunn might have had 4 such players. 

Anyone ever recall a team with three lottery pick rookies on it?

[Eja117]

My research indicates in 1998 the Magic had Keon Clark, Michael Doleac, and Matt Harpring. ...nope...Clark was traded

[Eja117]

I also think in 2014 Minnesota had Wiggins, Z LaVine, and Adrian Payne

Noted that they didn't start the season that way. Payne was traded for during the season

[saltlover]

I also think in 2014 Minnesota had Wiggins, Z LaVine, and Adrian Payne

Noted that they didn't start the season that way. Payne was traded for during the season

Payne also wasn't a lottery pick.

[Eja117]

I also think in 2014 Minnesota had Wiggins, Z LaVine, and Adrian Payne

Noted that they didn't start the season that way. Payne was traded for during the season

Payne also wasn't a lottery pick.

Darn. 15th is the cutoff

[Moranis]

2 is a lot more common than I remembered, but I still haven't found a 3, though the Minnesota trading for Payne who just missed out is pretty darn close.

[walker834]

Yeah in basketball that's pretty tough to do but there has to be a team that had 3 lottery picks one year. 

The Suns had 2 this year.

[walker834]

We had JJ and Kedrick.  Just looking at drafts.  Orlando had Mike Miller, Keyon Dooling and Courtney Alexander in 2000.

The lottery before 2003 about was 13 teams. In the 90's it was 11.  BEfore 1990 it was 9 for one year and 7 teams before that so I doubt it before then?

Interesting the lottery was much smaller then.  I think there were less teams but not that much.  Now half the league is in the lottery every year.

The 2000 draft was utterly terrible. That was the kenyon martin, stromile swift, darius miles,  and  moiso draft.  Orlando got 3 picks somehow because no one wanted them lol.

There was no one in that lottery that was even remotely lottery worthy.

[Moranis]

Orlando had 3 picks but only Miller played for Orlando. 

The Clippers actually came close that year with Miles and Dooling being lottery picks and then Richardson being the 18th pick. 

[bdm860]

It would help if you had a lotto pick that sat out a year (or more).  David Robinson, Danny Ferry, Greg Oden, Ricky Rubio, Blake Griffin, Jonas Valanciunas, Nerlens Noel, Joel Embiid, and Dario Saric come to mind.

Everybody but Ferry and Noel played their rookie year with another lotto pick, and Noel could have played with 2 others had Philly not drafted 2 more guys in the lotto who wouldn't play that year.

LAC came close in '10 with Griffin (#1 prior year), Aminu (#8), and Beldsoe (#18).
Not all lotto, but Portland had 4 first round rookies playing in '09 (#1 prior year, #11, #24, #25).

There's only been 32 lotto drafts, around 400 lotto picks, and maybe only 9-10 of them who had to sit out their rookie year, and Philly drafted 3 of them in 2 years?  Guess it shouldn't be surprising that Philly is the first.  They definitely have the formula down for it.

I also thought maybe Chicago post-Jordan, as I remember they had several years with multiple picks.  It looks like they didn't do it, but man did they have a string of lotto picks (and they were only terrible half the time).

'99: 1 and 16 (Elton Brand and Ron Artest)
'00: 4 and 7 (Marcus Fizer and Chris Mihm. Mihm traded for Jamal Crawford)
'01: 2 and 4 (Tyson Chandler and Eddy Curry)
'02: 2 (Jay Williams)
'03: 7 (Kirk Hinrich)
'04: 3 and 7 (Ben Gordan and Luol Deng)
'06: 2 (Lamarcus Aldridge traded for Tyrus Thomas)
'07: 9 (Joakim Noah)
'08: 1 (Derrick Rose)

[jpotter33]

2 is a lot more common than I remembered, but I still haven't found a 3, though the Minnesota trading for Payne who just missed out is pretty darn close.

Well, Saric isn't your typical rookie either, and neither is Embiid for that case. It's definitely a strange situation.