1.   All three were NBA lottery picks.

2.   And only Walker is still around from seven lottery picks that also included Parks, Kidd, Mashburn, Jackson, Doug Smith and Randy White.

3.   Another certain lottery pick and consensus All-American is Utah forward Keith Van Horn, a multiskilled athlete who reminds some of Larry Bird.

4.   Another, a one-time lottery pick, had two days earlier asked to be traded.

5.   Antoine Walker, Ron Mercer, Paul Pierce, Kenny Anderson, and Tony Battie are lottery picks.

6.   Ask Iverson, who attended a news conference at the arena on Tuesday with many of the players expected to be lottery picks.

7.   Avery has had a great season in his first as a starter but he is no lottery pick.

8.   Bennett had been tabbed as a possible lottery pick, and had ripped the Suns a week earlier for what he considered to be unfair criticism.

9.   Abdur-Rahim is almost certainly a top-five pick, and his presence has forced other lottery picks to slide down.

10.   Actually, the Boston Celtics own two lottery picks and could very well select them both.