I am so Accurate

In the league office, David Stern is discussing the draft lottery with Adam Mosaic and Mark Tatum.

In 2003, James, Anthony, Bosh, um, maybe Yi Jianlian, Wade, these top talented rookies ran together.

This will be another gold-rich draft after 1996.

Don't think that the draft is just a matter for each team, it is also about the future development of the NBA.

Just like a company, the leadership will definitely pay attention to which year the new employees recruited can become the backbone of the company in the future.

Among them, who gets the No. 1 pick becomes very important.

Because this year's No. 1 pick, whether it is James or Anthony, has a high probability of ushering in a basketball renaissance in a city.

The three teams with the worst record in the league are Cavaliers, Nuggets, and Grizzlies.

Because the Grizzlies' pick has been given to the Pistons, they worked very hard to win, but they were really not good enough, and finally ranked third from the bottom.

This time it is cheaper for the Pistons, and it is a big bargain.

Stern did not make a decision right away, but asked Mosaic and Tatum first.

"I don't think these teams are suitable. It's better to give it to the Houston team."

The mosaic proposal is ingenious.

Stern motioned for him to continue.

"Houston is a big city, but since Olajuwon retired, it has been in a bad situation, and the draft for several years has not improved. They need a strong rise. Compared with the cities where several other teams are located too small."

Stern nodded after listening.

Mosaic's consideration this time is okay.

From a business standpoint, Houston is a better fit than cities like Cleveland, Denver, or even Detroit.

"I think it would be more appropriate to go to Cleveland or Denver. If they don't get the No. 1 pick for a season, the NBA's influence in those two cities will plummet, and we may lose them."

"You mean to encourage bad performance?"

Mosaic interrupted directly to refute.

"I didn't mean that, but the Houston team has not had low draft picks in the past few years. It's their vision. If they were given to them, and they unexpectedly selected someone other than James and Anthony, wouldn't this year be a draft pick? become a joke?"

Tatum was a little unhappy, Mosaic's behavior of directly interrupting others was very rude.

"So what? Small cities have no influence. We should send those teams to bigger cities, like Las Vegas."

"Why don't you say that we move our teams to Los Angeles and New York, and play derbies in the same city every day?"

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"Okay, I know your opinions, and I will consider them carefully."

Stern didn't want to hear the two quarreling, so he drove them away after knowing their opinions.

Think about the opinions of Mosaic and Tatum, both have their own starting points, and they are both well-founded.

After thinking twice, Stern finally made a decision.

The reason why he made this decision was to refer to Allen Iverson back then.

That proved to be the right decision.

After the No. 1 lottery, came the No. 2 and No. 3 picks.

He had previously heard that the Pistons were interested in Milicic from the Yugoslavian Union.

The Yugoslav League has just won the World Championships, which is also a signal of the success of NBA globalization.

There is nothing wrong with letting them get it.

As for the remaining one of James and Anthony, which city to go to depends on the luck of those teams.

After all, if the alliance dominates too clearly, it will be easy for the alliance bosses to see it.

Moreover, it is easy to operate one result in a black box, and it is easy to get confused if there are more than one.

After all, ping-pong balls are used in the lottery now, instead of just making an envelope and wrinkling it like the Knicks used to draw Ewing.

That night, the NBA lottery was held in a closed cabin.

At this time, the lottery ceremony has not been televised, and the results can only be seen by the representatives who participated in the lottery.

Stern announces the lottery picks from back to front.

Because there are many transactions before the lottery, the final announced result is also the current owner of the lottery.

13th pick, the Suns;

12th pick, Bucks;

11th pick, SuperSonics;

10th pick, Bucks;

No. 9 pick, Knicks;

No. 8 pick, Houston team;

No. 7 pick, Bulls;

6th pick, Clippers;

No. 5 pick, the Heat;

4th pick, Raptors;

No. 3 pick, Cavaliers;

No. 2 pick, Pistons;

No. 1 pick, Nuggets.

At this time, the Bobcats have not yet joined the league, and the lottery picks are only 13th overall.

When the final result came out, the Nuggets' lottery representative and team owner Kroenke almost laughed at the scene.

Like Cuban, he also bought the Nuggets in 2000.

It hasn't been a few years since he won the No. 1 pick in a hot draft year!

The bosses of other teams were envious and jealous.

Kroenke already has his own team in the four major leagues!

Among them, the most angry is naturally the Cavaliers. After a year of poor performance, it was nothing in the end!

Sun Hao also looked confused when he saw this result.

This... is not right!

He couldn't be more clear about the draft pick this year. The No. 1 pick belongs to the Cavaliers, and the Cavaliers chose James!

What the hell is the Nuggets signing the No. 1 pick now, and the Cavaliers are running to third!

This this……

"Cleveland, this is for you", the king of the East, the king of Liuya, these are all gone!

Even if the Nuggets have a soft spot for Anthony, they selected him with the No. 1 pick.

But the Cavaliers are at No. 3, and the possibility of the Pistons skipping James and picking someone else is very low.

Don't think this Pistons is the same team as the Pistons in history!

Hamilton is still in the Wizards, and Carlisle is still in Boston!

And last year the Pistons didn't play against the Magic. Prince didn't "shine" because of his match against McGrady. He was just a very ordinary first-year rookie!

The Pistons are clearly short on small forwards, and their starting forward last season was a guy named Michael Curry.

The name sounds very domineering, but it is a typical tool man!

It can even be said that because of changes in history, the probability of the Pistons choosing James/Anthony may be greater than that of Milicic!

Wait, if James goes to the Pistons...

Um, the Piston Dynasty? NBA finale?

The picture was so exciting that I didn't even dare to think about it.

Or even if Anthony goes to the Pistons, the Pistons are stronger than in history.

Even, it may be stronger than James went.

Think about it, the defensive Pistons, plus an all-out Anthony.

Coupled with Brown, who is likely to go to the Pistons, this is the Detroit super 76ers!

I rub it! No matter what the result is, this makes Sun Hao, a traveler, excited.

Immediately after Jordan retired, another dominant team appeared in the East, and the ratings of the finals exploded every year.

Thinking of this, it seems understandable why Stern arranged such a lottery.

However, this time it was Sun Hao who misunderstood Stern.

Stern's idea was actually simpler than he thought.

Iverson's success with the 76ers has greatly enhanced the NBA's influence in Philadelphia.

Even, it has greatly improved the image of the alliance.

Then letting the No. 1 pick go to a big city is the same as letting Ewing go to the Knicks many years ago. It must be a better choice.

Among these cities, the largest city is Denver.

As for Houston, just like what Tatum said, they have been too eye-catching in the draft in recent years, and they may not know what the result will be.

If anyone continues the tradition of big men, choose another Milicic...

Either way, this is the final draft pick.

This not only makes the fans look forward to it, but even Sun Hao has unlimited expectations for this draft.

James, Anthony, who is the No. 1 pick, who will the Pistons choose... and so on.

Restless!

Well, there is also Yi Jianlian.

Before the start of the second round, Yi Jianlian came to find Sun Hao.

The draft lottery is over. At this time, many rookies who have not yet decided whether to participate in the draft have basically reached the critical juncture of selection.

Yi Jianlian is one of them.

Although he failed to beat Anthony in the end, he also reached the NCAA finals with UConn.

During the NCAA Tournament, he averaged 14.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game, shooting 49% from the field and 38% from three-pointers.

In the final game against Syracuse University, he even sent out excellent data of 19 points and 7 rebounds.

The NCAA data already has high gold content, let alone the UConn in the Trident.

Although Yi Jianlian's year in the NCAA was not as dazzling as Anthony and the others, it was definitely not bad.

You must know that Bosh averaged only 15.9 points and 9 rebounds per game as a freshman at Georgia Tech.

By Yi Jianlian's side, his inside partner is Emeka Okafor, who competed with "Warcraft" Howard for the top pick in history.

Of course, there is still a gap compared with players like Anthony who are able to keep three and fight for one. The situation Yi Jianlian is facing now is completely different.

He has not yet received a firm draft commitment, and his participation in the draft will face a lot of risk.

Especially this year's draft has been recognized as the most interesting one after 1996.

Same as last time, Sun Hao did not give Yi Jianlian advice directly, but analyzed the pros and cons for him, and then let him make his own choice.

Choose one, and run again next year.

According to Sun Hao's eyes, Kangda will definitely win the championship next year. The advantage of participating in the election next year is that Yi Jianlian can have the NCAA championship halo bonus.

The risk is that he could be better or worse because Okafor and Gordon are historically better next year as well.

There are three people in a team. If you look at the data for performance, it has a lot to do with your teammates.

For example, there will be a very famous year in the future, "Fat Tiger" Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett and Cam Reddish.

The strength of the three of them is quite good, but when they fight together until the end, there is a big difference in their picks.

Option 2: Run for election this year.

The advantage of this year's election is that Yi Jianlian will directly become a member of the 03 golden generation.

Because of the high quality of the overall draft, the team's training for him will be relatively high.

The downside is the same, because the overall draft quality is high, and his draft pick may not necessarily be high.

The specific prospect depends on the performance after the draft trial.

Both options have pros and cons.

If I had to describe it, it would be the difference between a phoenix tail and a chicken head, and of course it wouldn't be that extreme.

"I will participate in the election first, and wait to see the prospects of the draft and the results of the trial training. If it is not good, I will withdraw from the election."

After listening to Sun Hao's analysis, Yi Jianlian made his own choice.

Sun Hao looked at Yi Jianlian with a smile.

He felt it last time, and it turns out that Yi Jianlian can actually be very subjective.

This is the safest option.

Soon after chatting with Sun Hao, Yi Jianlian announced that he would run for election this year.

Both Okafor and Gordon have announced that they will fight for another year for UConn. Yi Jianlian's choice is another big bomb.

This makes the already high-profile 2003 draft even more compelling.

And after Sun Hao and Yao Ming, this is the third consecutive year that Chinese players have participated in the election.

Domestic fans' attention to the NBA has reached a new peak.

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Of course, there are still at least two months before the 2003 draft, and fans will have to wait even if they look forward to it.

But it's not difficult to wait at all, because the East and West semifinals are about to start!

Wizards VS Celtics in the East, Nets VS Pacers, Spurs VS Kings in the West, Mavericks VS Lakers, no matter which group is full of highlights.

On the first game day, the games between the Wizards and the Celtics, Mavericks and the Lakers will start first.

As in the first round, the Eastern Conference started first.

This is also a very high-profile game.

The result of the game was somewhat unexpected.

Jordan, slapped Pierce again.

Well, Jordan is one year older than last year, and Pierce is one year more mature, but they still can't change the ending of the matchup between the two.

Even after the game, the fans had the feeling that "Pierce's defense is so bad, he is just a stat brush".

Yao Ming also gained the upper hand in the confrontation with Gasol.

Coupled with the prehistoric power of three-pointers in Antoine Walker, who Carlisle couldn't control.

The Wizards finally beat the Celtics 106 to 91 at home.

Pierce can be considered to have personally experienced the feeling of those people and Jordan when they were facing each other.

In fact, fans have also discovered that although Jordan's athletic ability and physical fitness have declined greatly from his peak, his experience makes up for this.

In the past, Jordan's playing was simple and effective enough, and now it is more like a computer simulating the best mode.

With Jordan's current state, the possibility of the Wizards breaking through in the Eastern Conference this season is growing.

After the game here, it's the turn of the Mavericks and the Lakers.

This game received only a lot more attention than the previous one.

Nash shined in the Warriors, but Dampier played mediocre in the first round of the playoffs.

Dampier in the end can limit O'Neal, the Mavericks trade last summer in the end worth it or not, the game may start the fans will have the answer.

And Sun Hao and Kobe.

Adi's push for Sun Hao, Jordan's hand-picking of Sun Hao, and intentionally or unintentionally put the latter at the top of the top five shooting guards.

For Kobe, what he needs to prove on the court is not only whether he is the king of Los Angeles, but also whether he is the best guard after Jordan.

And, of course, old Nelson.

The Mavericks' offense is now well established, the team's offense and defense are also balanced, and the record in the regular season is the league's first.

This is the best Mavericks ever.

If he can't beat the Lakers with such a lineup, then what Popovich said before is true.

His way, really can't win a championship.

All of these will be revealed in the first opening game of this round of the series.

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