After a near disaster in 1960 that led to fears that the Minnesapolis Lakers team had died including NBA Superstar Jerry West but thankfully had landed safely in an Iowa cornfield, the NBA realized that they had no protocool for if teams lost five or more players in a disaster scenario.

So, the league instituted the NBA Disaster Draft. Now what is that? The NBA disaster draft: A team which has lost a large section of its team would be entitled to a disaster draft. This means a team impacted by a disaster, could select one player from each other NBA team . However, the NBA teams could exclude five players from the draft , these would be their star players. Therefore, the draft would be made up largely of sixth men.

Who would be the 5 safe players on your team in 2023?