Chapter 25： Lotto and Metaphysics

Just like the NBA has no three-pointers to three-pointers, the NBA draft also has many interesting stories in history.

刚 At the beginning of the NBA, the NBA draft had special rules for local drafts, that is, a team can voluntarily give up the draft qualification before the draft and choose a rookie where the team is located. In doing so, it can attract the attention of more local fans. In 1956, the Celtics used this clause to pick up Tom Heinshorn from Worcester.

1From 1966, the NBA decided to use a coin to decide who would be the bottom team in the East and West to get the No. 1 pick, and the rest of the teams were drafted according to the bottom of the regular season.

By 1985, the NBA had a historic reform of the draft system.

The previous rule was replaced by lottery. As a result, it was decided that they were not able to participate in the first round of the playoffs for the playoffs. In the second round, all teams are still in reverse order of the regular season record.

In October 1986, the management of the league reached an agreement to reduce the lottery's original positioning of the top seven positions to the top three, except that the top three picks were randomly determined by table tennis. Records are listed in reverse order. In this way, the penultimate game of the regular season, the worst can also get the fourth lottery, the penultimate, the worst, the fifth, and the rest so.

To this day, it is well known that the first fourteenth picks in the first round are known as lottery zones, and rookies in the lottery zone often get better opportunities and attention than rookies in the same period. Therefore, many players They all take pride in being selected as a lottery rookie by the draft site.

如 As mentioned before, 2009 is a very strange one.

Before the draft began, scouts were pessimistic that this rookie was even worse than in 2000. The 2000 NBA draft was notoriously bad, except for Kenyon Martin, Turkoglu, and Mike Miller. Outside some of the hallmarks, most of that rookie player will soon be forgotten in the future.

So many interesting things happened before the start of the 2009 NBA Draft. The Clippers holding the first lottery found that there was no one they wanted. Even some teams thought that this first lottery was not worth using some of them. Good middle-class players to exchange ...

Ignorance and weakness are not the key points that hinder human survival, but arrogance.

It is also because of the arrogance of scouts that the 2009 rookies were severely underestimated.

Facts have proven that Blake Griffin quickly regretted those teams who did not want to exchange for the Clippers' No. 1 pick after adding a 20 + 10 performance after a year of rest. Thanks to people, people can only ruthlessly say that the scout level is really problematic.

贾 After Javier Stanford reported Lin Yi's latest situation, ESPN Draft Network and Draft website both updated Lin Yi's expected draft situation to the lottery area.

He is expected to be drafted in the 13th place in the first round.

And Stephen Curry's draft market has also risen sharply, and has now reached the top five.

Actually, Stephen Curry's 2009 draft was rumored by too many basketball fans. Why is Curry selected 7th?

First of all, what you need to understand is that the seventh place is already a high ranking, is the seventh place very low? Isn't Kobe Bryant only 13th, and isn't the future Salt Lake City kid Mitchell 13th?

It is not only Curry that was underestimated in 2009, but the entire rookie.

Secondly, Curry wanted to go to New York from the beginning, so he flatly rejected the Memphis Grizzlies and Timberwolves trials. Because Curry's previous scout report was not good, and he was unwilling to go to trials. The Knicks' previous team simply didn't dare choose Curry. Who would be willing to waste a valuable draft right to do a gamble?

On this point, the Grizzlies manager explained it before the 2009 draft. If Curry is willing to try out, they will definitely sign Curry with the second pick.

I just didn't expect Curry, who agreed with New York, that the Golden State Warriors had a lunatic, and that was Nelson.

Old Nelson loves Curry so much.

And he likes Curry's shots.

怎么 How did the Golden State Warriors kill the Mavericks?

While the three-pointer was still in the development stage, the lunatics in Jinzhou used the fast-breaking three-pointer to make the Mavericks mentality collapse.

Three-pointers are the most important weapon in the future.

So Nelson cut off Stephen Curry, who was aggressive and unwilling when Curry was selected by the Warriors. Later, he heard that the Suns were going to send Stoudemire and the Warriors for a big deal. The Suns are a running team and have his uncle Nash.

However, Nielsen directly threatened management with a resignation to abandon the transaction ...

So the story of Curry's falling to seventh place in 2009 is not as mysterious as it is rumored, it is just a simple story cut off by the warriors.

In the 4001 bedroom, Stephen Curry and Lin Yi both became idiots.

听 "Look, buddy! Now we are going to the NBA together, we are all lotto!" Stephen Curry said happily.

哦 "Oh no, you are the top five, the noble top five, Lord Stephen Curry." Lin Yi vomited.

"Oh, Lin, you have to work hard too, you must be in a better position," Stephen Curry said.

I was great. I stayed right for a year. I first met Lin, and then Lin suddenly grew tall and became my best helper. It was incredible ...

Thank God Almighty, poor and unlucky little Stephen finally began to embark on the path of the pinnacle of life.

Sui Lin reminded Curry suddenly, "Stephen, the Knicks' record has been quite good recently. Are you sure they can finally get the top five picks?"

Stephen Curry knows what Lin Yi said, "Oh no, believe me, the Knicks will definitely get the top five picks."

Zhe Linyi waved his hand. "I think the Golden State Warriors are likely to lose all the way."

"Oh no!" Curry obviously didn't dare to think about being selected by another team.

History and your own impressions have changed. Take the NBA this season, for example, many teams that were supposed to have poor results are not as bad as they are in the impression. On the contrary, some teams that should have good results are now performing poorly. .

Is this the legendary butterfly effect?

不会 Will the Clippers get the No. 1 overall pick, and will the Golden State Warriors do the same thing again?

Everything has become subtle.

林 Just as Lin Yi thought about what to do in case history changed, his cell phone rang.

"Look, Lin, have you read the report? Isn't it cool, oh yes, I'll tell you another cool news, the Oklahoma City Thunder have sent their own scouts, they are receiving I will follow you throughout the game. Presti is my college classmate. He is very interested in you. He said he is even willing to sign you with the No. 1 pick. "The person talking on the phone side was Javier Stanford. .

Thunder?

The plot is a bit wrong!

However, Lin Yi quickly responded. After owning Durant and Westbrook, in fact Presti always wanted a big man, but there was really no good big man in the 2009 rookie. Griffin was selected. Only Thabbit remained after that, and Presti knew very well that the guy was a parallel, so Presti had no choice but to sign James Harden with the third pick.

This is why Presti chose Ibaka when choosing between Ibaka and Harden in the future, because Presti knows that a team has limited ball rights and that big men are good for any team. They are all very important.

发现 After discovering Lin Yi, Presti loved Lin Yi's style too.

He can shoot.

Have the same speed and lateral movement as the guard.

His dribbling skills are even better than some NBA edge-level guards.

His lateral movement determines that his defensive potential is very high because of his terrible height and wingspan.

Think about it, Kevin Durant and Lin Yi hit each other, and Westbrook's impulse! How beautiful the picture is!

Presti has always been accurate.

He chose Westbrook last year in the face of controversy.

Because Westbrook's high school and freshman physical talents are not as explosive as after entering the NBA, and in the NCAA, Westbrook is a combo defender and a backup for Darren Collison, and many people think that He doesn't have excellent ball-handling skills.

Is n’t he surprised?

Is n’t he surprised?

Reality is indeed like this.

If it wasn't for Presti's accurate judgement, Westbrook's real order of destruction would be between the eighth to tenth in the first round.

Just like choosing Wei Shao, Presti didn't care about other people's eyes. He wanted Lin Yi's position to be as low as possible, because then Thunder could easily choose him.

For a bunch of idiots, who is required to go inside?

Lin Yi feels a little excited because being able to impress Presti represents his hard work and talent have been recognized.

Since 2007, the NBA has three major issues.

The first is that crazy scientist Nelson has cut off the Knicks and chose Stephen Curry. Nelson is the second person who thinks that Stephen Curry will become the All-Star coach in addition to McLoop. Yes, even Curry In the end, he played a good pick, and his dad, Dell Curry, felt that his son would be the next one at most ...

Facts have proved that this choice of Nelson has laid the foundation for the future warrior dynasty.

The second is Presti's draft. Durant, Westbrook, Harden and the Thunder Three have all played NBA-level potential in the future. By the way, Presti also selected Adams, Ibaka, Collison and other elites had three legends of the rookie Thunder, the veteran Rockets, and the sun doctor in that era.

The third thing is Jerry West's story. Lin Yi thinks Jerry West must be a traverser.

As soon as he came to the Warriors, the LOGO man found a treasure for the Warriors in the draft. Jerry West first predicted that Clay Thompson would be 10,000 times better than the then-best shooter Fredet.

Secondly, the first thing that the LOGO man left as the Warrior was to let Monta Ellis roll far and wide. .

接着 Then Jerry West categorically rejected all deals related to Cray Thompson, and then corrected the second round of rookie Green, and the deal came to Iguodala. Oh yes, the reason Jerry West traded Iguodala is simple, we need someone to deal with LeBron in the finals.

高层 At the time, the Warriors' top executives were thundered. The finals? Sorry, the senior Warriors before the 14/15 season thought that as long as the Warriors can play the playoffs again and again.

Huh, in the end, when Steve Cole decided to leave the Sun management team, he first invited Cole to the Warriors as head coach. At the time, Cole had no coaching experience.

The LOGO male impressed Cole is very simple, you are our champion puzzle.

From the 11/12 season onwards, the only men who can firmly believe that the Warriors will be able to win the championship. In addition, after the Warriors changed their boss, the generous boss did not care about luxury tax.

Then there is a story that the majority of fans know.

Steve Cole told Stephen Curry that your range is so far and accurate, why not cast?

So the NBA has completely stepped onto the outside line and the era of crying inside.

The above content is taken from "NBA Metaphysics". Who is more metaphysical about Zidane's Champions League three consecutive championships and LOGO men?

I ca n’t afford it, the masters of metaphysics ca n’t afford it ...

So Lin Yi was quite pleased to be seen by Presti.

Lin Yi told Curry the news for the first time, and Curry opened his mouth wide. "But Lin, Oklahoma is just a small city ..."

Lin Yi smiled helplessly, and Curry really had a soft spot for New York.