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History of the Chicago Bulls of being in the NBA Draft Lottery

Prior to the 1985 season, there was no NBA Draft Lottery.

In the year prior that brought Michael Jeffrey Jordan to the city of Chicago, the Bulls finished 27-55 and had the third overall pick via their record (similarly to what you see with the NFL’s draft process.)

The Houston Rockets won a coin flip — yes, they flipped a coin to see who would win the top pick in the draft — over the Portland Trail Blazers. Houston took Hakeem Olajuwon, Portland passed on Jordan and took Kentucky’s Sam Bowie and the rest was history. Literally.