The day after the executive meeting, the Buccaneers' official website posted an event message.

Broadly similar to the Hawks' current event, fans can contribute their lucky talismans to help the Pirates with the draft.

The fan base votes, and the first and second place winners will receive $10,000 and $5,000.

Of course, this amulet is only borrowed, and the pirates will not take it for themselves.

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The $10,000 cash prize directly made Charlotte fans go crazy.

Probably many fans have never seen so much cash in their lives......

This is not a joke, the living habits of the people of the United States, especially the black people of the United States, earn a piece of money, and many people have no savings at all.

The reward of $10,000 is definitely a great temptation for them.

Soon, many fans contributed their lucky charms and wrote stories about them.

As for whether it is a story made up, only God knows......

The draw doesn't start until mid-May, and there's still nearly a month left, so there's no rush on the matter.

Richard waited patiently for the results, after all, it was time for him to draw on behalf of the team......

On May 1st, among the tens of thousands of lucky charms, after some voting, the final winner was born.

The first place went to a Charlotte native, a cashier at a supermarket.

His lucky charm is a bread maker......

According to him, he has never been sick since eating this toast baked in the bread machine, and his luck is so good that he can often pick up money on the road!

Richard was speechless, if according to his statement, he was still a hairy supermarket employee, wouldn't it be good to start the life of a drunken gold fan directly......

As for second place, that's even more exaggerated.

This is a kitchen knife in the kitchen, and after buying this kitchen knife, the second prize winner won the lottery directly......

Richard now regrets that he made this contest, what the hell it was all about.

The eagles chose the fish hook and the hand belt, and it was good to choose the bread machine and kitchen knife......

If you have another pot, you can open a restaurant.

Could it be that when the time comes, I will carry these two "lucky charms" to the lottery?!

I don't know if Stern will be angry and explode on the spot in the scene where he carries a kitchen knife to draw lots.

Now that it has been selected, Richard is also right, and he must not live up to the kindness of the fans.

Of course, these two may not even be fans at all, and they are specifically here for the prize money......

But who cares? It's mainly for fun.

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On May 16, Richard appeared at his headquarters in New York.

Today is the day of the lottery, and if it weren't for that top-four pick, Richard wouldn't want to leave Charlotte.

Tiana now has a big belly, and although Jody has been taking care of her, Richard is still not very reassured.

Before the draw began, Richard began to ponder the names of his three children.

Three children, just the name is quite a headache......

The point is that at the moment Richard does not know how many boys are among the three children......

Tiana knew, but kept it a secret from Richard, saying that she wanted to surprise him.

Since it was a surprise, Richard must have endured his curiosity and didn't ask more.

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The representatives of the teams in the stadium are basically all here.

This is the second lottery that Richard has attended, and the last time he came to the lottery meeting, he directly helped the Pistons draw the top pick, and then used this top pick to select Yao Ming.

You must know that it was the only lottery that Richard participated in, and he actually won the top draw......

And it's drawn in extremely low probability.

So this time, seeing Richard come to draw lots again, many teams are bitter, Richard's luck is really good, and this time the chance of them drawing the champion is not small, there is a 20% chance!

Won't Richard be drawn again this time......

Several teams that coveted the top pick prayed to God, hoping that God would open his eyes and give them a little bit of Richard's good fortune.

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Thirteen teams participated in the previous lottery, but with the addition of the Buccaneers to the NBA family, there are now fourteen teams.

Fourteen lotto teams, all in one place, and the other teams are playing the playoffs, and they are in the draw......

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Stern took the stage to announce the official start of this year's draw.

As soon as Stern finished speaking, Richard pulled out a bread maker and kitchen knife from the suitcase he had brought with him.

The Jazz representative sitting next to Richard immediately made a big jump away from Richard......

Good guy, Richard this madman isn't going to go on a killing spree, is he? I even brought a kitchen knife.

However, there are many people who know about the lucky charm contest organized by the pirate team, and know that they have kitchen knives in their two lucky charms this time.

Richard couldn't help but blush when he saw the actions of the Jazz team representatives, this time he was really embarrassed to go home......

Stern coughed dryly, rather helpless.

There is nowhere to vent this anger in my heart, the main thing is the wishes of the fans, Stern is a little good, and he will definitely not get along with the fans.

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The Hornets, who had the worst record, had 250 combinations, while the second-worst Pirates had 199.

Of the fourteen lotto teams, the best record is the Timberwolves, who only have a pitiful six-number combination.

If you want to rely on the combination of six numbers to draw the champion lottery, it is definitely the existence of the ancestors who have accumulated eight lifetimes of virtue......

The Nets in the East collapsed, and the Timberwolves, who were the No. 1 in the West last season, also collapsed this season, and they didn't even make the playoffs this season.

Thinking about this psychological gap, it is no wonder that the wolf king later put down his body and joined Lu Kai.

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The process was the same as the lottery that Richard had attended, with a ping pong ball in the machine and then it spinning.

Soon, the four-number combination was hotly baked......

8-13-2-9

Because there are 199 combinations of numbers in his hands, Richard will definitely not be able to find out whether he has drawn the champion lottery in a short time.

However, Richard feels that the odds should not be very large, and even if he gets the top pick, he will definitely choose Paul, which will not change.

At most, it's a trade with another team to maximize the value of this top pick.

Next is the lottery of the list, and the process goes step by step.

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After the lottery ceremony, it is time to announce the results.

"I announced that the 14th pick was the Minnesota Timberwolves," Stern announced, announcing the 14th pick.

The Timberwolves were really unlucky, and they didn't even get lucky in the lottery......

"I'm announcing that it's the New Jersey Nets who got the 13th pick."

Richard nodded, the 13th pick was from their Pirates.

Previously, through the Suns trade, Richard got this first-round pick from the Nets.

I'm afraid the Suns are also distressed now, the 13th pick is already quite valuable, after all, there has been an existence like Kobe, and they were deceived by Richard like this, how can they not feel distressed.

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