What happened last time when the Nets won the NBA Draft Lottery?

The Brooklyn Nets are only a few days from the NBA lottery from 2025, which can determine whether they can design the best player in the design. While every team in the lottery hopes to choose the first overall pick and the first Duke striker Cooper Flag, it is interesting to remember the last time when Brookly won the lottery.

After the end of the 1999-00 season, the Nets, then in New Jersey, ended with a disappointing 31-51 record, even though he went into the season with 40.5 above/under sum. The Nets went to the NBA -Draft lottery from 2000 in the overall ranking in seventh place, but managed to win the lottery with just a chance of 4.40%.

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With the No. 1 selection, the Nets, Kenyon Martin Sr. from Cincinnati came, after a senior season for the Bearcats, in which he achieved an average of 56.8% from the field and 68.4% of the free sausage line. Martin not only headed the USA's percentage conference, but also led the conference in Blöcken per game on the way to winning the Associated Press Player of the Year.

After Martin von der Nets was called “ripe over the potential”, Martin spent his first four seasons with the organization. From 2000 to 2004, Martin scored an average of 15.1 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per competition, while he shot 46.7% of the floor and 66.3% from the charity strip.

During his time at the Nets, Martin received the second most common votes for the Rookie of the Year Prize from 2000/01, received some votes for the defensive player of the year from 2002 to 2004 and received the only All-Star selection of his career in the 2003/04 campaign. Martin's time in New Jersey fell together for the Nets franchise with a few of the best when they met the playoffs in three of these seasons, including the NBA final appearances in 2002 and 2003.

Monday will be an important day for the NETS organization, since the team exchanged a complete reconstruction of Mikal Bridges to the New York Knicks in exchange for a crowd of picks in the first round last summer. The chances of winning (9.0% chance to achieve the first overall selection) are stacked against Brooklyn to win the NBA draft lottery from 2025. However, if this is the case, Flag could have similar effects on the franchise that Martin had over two decades ago.

This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: What happened last time when the Nets won the NBA lottery?