question: In what year was Robert Sampson's father the first selection in the NBA draft?
answer: 1983
context: Title: 2008 NBA draft
  Passage: The 2008 NBA Draft was held on June 26, 2008 at the Washington Mutual Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.  In this draft, National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players and other first-time eligible players, including international players from non-North American professional leagues.  According to the NBA, 44 players, 39 collegiate players and five international players, filed as early-entry candidates for the 2008 NBA Draft.  These numbers do not include players who are automatically eligible for the draft.  The Chicago Bulls, who had a 1.7 percent probability of obtaining the first selection, won the NBA Draft Lottery on May 22.  The Bulls' winning of the lottery was the second-largest upset in NBA Draft Lottery history behind the Orlando Magic, who won it in 1993 with just a 1.5% chance.  The Miami Heat and the Minnesota Timberwolves obtained the second and third picks respectively.
  Title: Robert Sampson (basketball)
  Passage: Robert Alan Sampson (born June 23, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for KK Mornar.  He is the son of Hall of Fame player Ralph Sampson and the younger brother of Ralph Sampson III.
  Title: NBA draft lottery
  Passage: The NBA Draft lottery is an annual event held by the National Basketball Association (NBA), in which the teams who had missed the playoffs that previous year participate in a lottery process to determine the draft order in the NBA draft.  The NBA Draft lottery started in 1985.  In the NBA draft, the teams obtain the rights to amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players.  The lottery winner would get the first selection in the draft.  The term "lottery pick" denotes a draft pick whose position is determined through the lottery, while the non-playoff teams involved in the process are often called "lottery teams."
  Title: 1995 NBA Expansion Draft
  Passage: The 1995 NBA Expansion Draft was the tenth expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA).  The draft was held on June 24, 1995, so that the newly founded Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies could acquire players for the upcoming .  Toronto was awarded an expansion team on September 30, 1993, while Vancouver was awarded the league's 29th franchise on April 27, 1994.  They were the first NBA teams based in Canada since the Toronto Huskies.  In an NBA expansion draft, new NBA teams are allowed to acquire players from the previously established teams in the league.  Not all players on a given team are available during an expansion draft, since each team can protect a certain number of players from being selected.  In this draft, each of the twenty-seven other NBA teams had protected eight players from their roster, and the Raptors and the Grizzlies selected fourteen and thirteen unprotected players respectively, one from each team.  Prior to the draft, the league conducted a coin flip between the Raptors and the Grizzlies to decide their draft order in this expansion draft and in the 1995 NBA draft.  The Grizzlies won the coin flip and chose to have the higher pick in the 1995 Draft, allowing the Raptors to receive the first selection and the right to select fourteen players in the expansion draft.
  Title: 2003 NBA draft
  Passage: The 2003 NBA draft was held on June 26, 2003, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.  The NBA announced that 41 college and high school players and a record 31 international players had filed as early-entry candidates for the 2003 NBA draft.  The Cleveland Cavaliers, who had a 22.50 percent probability of obtaining the first selection, won the NBA draft lottery on May 22, and Cleveland chairman Gordon Gund said afterward his team would select LeBron James.  The Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets were second and third respectively.  Lebron was selected first overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers.  Darko Milicic was selected 2nd overall by the Detroit Pistons.  Carmelo Anthony was drafted 3rd overall by the Denver Nuggets.
  Title: 2004 NBA draft
  Passage: The 2004 NBA draft was held on June 24, 2004, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and was broadcast live on ESPN at 7:00 pm (EDT).  In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players and other first-time eligible players.  The NBA announced that 56 college and high school players and 38 international players had filed as early-entry candidates for the 2004 draft.  On May 26, the NBA draft lottery was conducted for the teams that did not make the NBA Playoffs in the 2003–04 NBA season.  The Orlando Magic, who had a 25 percent chance of obtaining the first selection, won the lottery, while the Los Angeles Clippers and the Chicago Bulls were second and third respectively.  As an expansion team, the Charlotte Bobcats had been assigned the fourth selection in the draft and did not participate in the lottery.  The Minnesota Timberwolves forfeited their first-round pick due to salary cap violations.
  Title: 1988 NBA Expansion Draft
  Passage: The 1988 NBA Expansion Draft was the eighth expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA).  The draft was held on June 23, 1988, so that the newly founded Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat could acquire players for the upcoming 1988–89 season.  Charlotte and Miami had been awarded the expansion teams on April 22, 1987.  In an NBA expansion draft, new NBA teams are allowed to acquire players from the previously established teams in the league.  Not all players on a given team are available during an expansion draft, since each team can protect a certain number of players from being selected.  In this draft, each of the twenty-three other NBA teams had protected eight players from their roster and the Hornets and the Heat selected eleven and twelve unprotected players respectively, one from each team.  Prior to the draft, the league conducted a coin flip between the Hornets and the Heat to decide their draft order in this expansion draft and in the 1988 NBA draft.  The Hornets won the coin flip and chose to have the higher pick in the 1988 Draft, thus allowing the Heat to receive the first selection and the right to select twelve players in this expansion draft.
  Title: 1996 NBA draft
  Passage: The 1996 NBA draft was the 50th draft in the National Basketball Association (NBA).  It was held on June 26, 1996 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.  The draft was broadcast in the United States on the Turner Network Television.  In this draft, NBA teams took turns selecting college basketball players and other first-time eligible players, such as players from high schools and non-North American leagues.  The Vancouver Grizzlies had the highest probability to win the NBA draft lottery, but since they were an expansion team along with the Toronto Raptors, they were not allowed to select first in this draft.  The team with the second highest probability, the Philadelphia 76ers, won the lottery and obtained the first selection.  The Toronto Raptors and the Vancouver Grizzlies were second and third respectively.
  Title: Ralph Sampson
  Passage: Ralph Lee Sampson Jr. (born July 7, 1960) is an American retired basketball player.  A 7-foot-4 phenom, three-time College Player of the Year, and first selection in the 1983 NBA draft, Sampson brought heavy expectations with him to the National Basketball Association (NBA).  The NBA Rookie of the Year, Sampson averaged 20.7 points and 10.9 rebounds for his first three seasons with the Houston Rockets before injuries began to take their toll.  Three knee surgeries later he retired as a four-time All-Star, an NBA Rookie of the Year, and an NBA All-Star Game MVP ().  One of his many career highlights was a buzzer-beating shot to dethrone the Los Angeles Lakers as Western Conference champions in 1986, derailing their hopes for coveted back-to-back NBA titles, and sending the Rockets to their second NBA Finals in the team's history.
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