<P> The National Basketball Association's first overall pick is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the annual National Basketball Association (NBA) draft . The first pick is awarded to the team that wins the NBA draft lottery; in most cases, that team had a losing record in the previous season . The team with the first pick attracts significant media attention, as does the player who is selected with that pick . </P> <P> Eleven first picks have won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Oscar Robertson, Kareem Abdul - Jabbar (record six - time winner), Bill Walton, Magic Johnson (three - time winner), Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Shaquille O'Neal, Allen Iverson, Tim Duncan (two - time winner), LeBron James (four - time winner), and Derrick Rose (youngest winner). </P>

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