Chapter 021 Attractive champion lottery(1/2)
The 1993 NBA Lottery drawing was held on May 12 at Madison Garden Arena in New York.
In fact, the last time Bruce founded the team, he did not draw the No. 4 pick himself, because it was league president Stern who specially arranged the pick for the new expansion team, the New York Hans, through discussions, so Bruce could not go.
It doesn't matter if you go.
But this year is different. As the owner, Bruce must participate in this first lottery draw and give the team a good start.
Here I want to educate you about the lottery draw. It is not drawn by shaking a small ball as you see on TV now.
The NBA lottery has evolved from coin tossing to envelope drawing, to table tennis drawing in the 1990s, and to shaking the ball with professional instruments in previous lives. It can be said that the NBA lottery has become more and more perfect in its rules.
At least the interference of human factors in the lottery is minimized, and fairness is guaranteed in several ways.
But now, it is not as developed as in the previous life, so table tennis can still be manipulated.
Of course, this depends on what the league president, Mr. Si, thinks. If he thinks you are a good guy, then he will give you the No. 1 pick.
Really, it’s not a lie. In his previous life, the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Daniel Gilbert, sent his son Nick Gilbert to take action. This boy was completely "the hand of God" and won the No. 1 pick in 2011 and 2013, although in the end the Cavaliers
The rookie selected by the team greatly wasted the expression of this magical boy, but it is undeniable that once this boy takes action, even Stern, the dictator, cannot withstand him, which shows how powerful he is.
This year's lottery draw includes the bottom eight teams from the Eastern and Western Conferences, with a total of 14 teams participating.
So this year it's Bruce, the 8-year-old naughty kid's turn.
As soon as Bruce arrived at the scene with team president Stu Jackson, everyone in the audience looked at this naughty kid with strange eyes.
It should be said that Bruce created a new history. He is the smallest owner in NBA history and the smallest person responsible for representing the team in the lottery draw.
In the NBA lottery draw, not every team owner will come forward. Some owners will directly call the management or head coach to participate.
Nelson is one of the representatives. He is currently the head coach of the Golden State Warriors and is here today to represent the Golden State Warriors.
When Bruce saw Old Nelson sitting in his seat, Bruce was stunned for a moment and hurriedly covered his forehead. His expression was really speechless.
Tai Nima is so embarrassed.
Nelson didn't know where to get a "cow magnet" and put it on the Golden State Warriors' table.
Here is a popular science on what a “cow magnet” is.
When herdsmen raise cattle, grazing is necessary. While the cattle are being grazed, they know nothing about the food in the grass. If dangerous objects such as nails and barbed wire appear, they will eat them along with the grass.
Therefore, in order to prevent this dangerous situation from occurring, herdsmen will feed the cattle a special magnet, which will be stored in the cow's stomach. When these dangerous items appear on the grass, they will be attracted to the cow's stomach.
rather than being eaten.
Why do you want the bull magnet to suck out the No. 1 pick?
Don't kid me. When you suck, you won't just suck out the No. 1 pick, but all of them. I might as well give you all the 1993 draft picks to the Warriors. It's funny!
Although Bruce knows that there will be these very weird "lucky charms" in the lottery draw!
But actually seeing these things is another thing.
It's too harsh on the eyes.
Can't stand it.
Bruce felt embarrassed and quickly returned to his position.
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According to the results of the New York Hans at the end of the 1992 regular season, there is no way they can finish in the top three of this year's lottery.
It depends on whether you get the No. 1 pick. You must know that the No. 1 pick is very valuable before the new century.
Uncle Si finally appeared.
As soon as Uncle Si entered the venue, he saw Bruce's little brat and his face was all smiles.
This is the kid's first time participating in the lottery. Do you want to give this kid a warning?
In fact, Stern wanted to give the No. 1 pick to Bruce long ago.
He doesn't pity this little brat, nor does he like this naughty kid.
He did this because he wanted to open up the Eastern market as early as possible, but he didn't see the ratings sent by China. This is only the first year of live broadcasting all the games, and it has already reached the height that Stern expected. What if it is next year or the year after...
This little brat Bruce is concerned with his own plan to promote the NBA in China. This cannot be compromised. Anyone who stands in the way of my plan will be killed.
Uncle Si is so domineering.
Bruce was a little embarrassed when he saw Uncle Si's smile.
What does this old guy want to do?
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"I declare that the 1993-1994 season lottery draw has officially begun!"
Stern took the microphone and said to all the team leaders and media reporters attending the lottery drawing meeting.
I won’t go into details here about some procedures of the lottery or the number combinations obtained by the teams. Please refer to Baidu.
At this time, NBA Vice President Rod Thorn and his supervisors brought the lottery container.
There are only 14 table tennis balls placed in the lottery container, and each ball is marked with an Arabic numeral from 1 to 14.
Bruce looked confused as he held this piece of paper. He really couldn't figure out what the number on this piece of paper meant. Bruce didn't pay attention to this in his previous life!
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Soon the drawing ceremony was over, and it was time to announce the results.
In fact, at this time, everyone almost knows who the top three picks are.
After all, the person in charge of the team participating in the lottery has a small piece of paper, and the combination numbers on it correspond to the ball that will be picked from 1-14 in the lottery later.
After Stern knew the result, he happily walked to the podium and continued to announce:
"I declare that the team receiving the 14th overall pick is the Orlando Magic!"
"The team that gets the 13th overall pick is the Los Angeles Clippers!"
"The team that gets the 12th overall pick is the Los Angeles Lakers!"
"The team that gets the 11th overall pick is the Detroit Pistons!"
"The team that gets the No. 10 pick is the Miami Heat!" (The Heat have already traded this pick to the Pistons)
“The team that gets the No. 9 pick is the Denver Nuggets!”
"The team that gets the No. 8 pick is the Milwaukee Bucks!"
"The team that gets the No. 7 pick is Sacramento!"
"The team with the No. 6 pick is the Washington Bullets!"
"The team that gets the No. 5 pick is the Minnesota Timberwolves!"
"The team that gets the No. 4 pick is the Dallas Mavericks!"
The owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Donald Carter, also came to participate in the lottery this time. After all, they are the team with the worst performance in the league, and there is a high chance that the No. 1 pick will fall to the Dallas Mavericks.
However, Donald Carter also looked disappointed after hearing the results.
Stern paused for a moment before announcing the winner of the third lottery pick.
"I declare that the team receiving the No. 3 overall pick is the Golden State Warriors!"
The "lucky charm" brought by Old Nelson still didn't win the No. 1 pick. Didn't you see the sad look on Old Nelson's face!
That's Chris Webber, the current No. 1 rookie in the NBA draft.
Nelson is extremely disappointed and is now waiting for the No. 1 pick to be announced so that he can make a trade.
Bruce looked at the wonderful expressions of these people and was extremely surprised. As for Weber, I won't pay any price.
It seems that this year's No. 1 pick seems to be a bit messed up. I don't see these people being so disappointed!
Stern then went on to announce the winner of the second pick.
"I declare that the team receiving the No. 2 overall pick is the Philadelphia 76ers!"
With the departure of Barkley, Philadelphia continues to have a super inside player to support the scene.
Webber is also a player they desperately need.
Haha, when you see this, you can basically determine who the final grand prize of this lottery will be!
That's right, Prince Bruce who has the attributes of "koi".
Stern gave Bruce a meaningful look and announced the grand prize.
"I announce that the team receiving the No. 1 pick is the New York Hans! Congratulations to Bruce!"
No one pays attention to Stern's last words of congratulations now, because they are all focused on this little kid Bruce.
Did the New York Hans get the No. 1 pick?
Is this justified? Is this obviously cheating?
Some unbalanced team management think this way.
To be continued...