Tang Tian had a good harvest in his first year as a pelican.

Won the best defensive player, was selected to the first team of the first team and the second team of the best team, won the MVP of the All-Star Game, and ranked second in the MVP selection of the regular season.

These hard accolades are a big improvement over his first year, and everyone knows that this is just the beginning of his time with the Pelicans.

In addition to head coach Williams, general manager Demps also attended the post-match press conference after the tie-break.

For them, this press conference is also a summary meeting of the season.

"I'm proud of this team, at the beginning of the season no one thought we could make the playoffs and we did; Before the playoffs began, no one thought we would make it to the second round, and we did; It's the best team I've ever coached and they deserve any praise. ”

Williams has nothing but praise for the team.

"I also need to thank two other players, one is Anthony Davis, who had a lot of doubts last year, but he didn't get beaten by those voices, he overcame those difficulties and made progress, and he was a big inspiration to the team when he came out injured in the tie-break.

Of course I owe the most thanks to Don, he worked harder, harder than anyone I've ever met, and before he worked so hard, he was already the best player on the team, he did everything a team leader can and needs to do, and I'm proud that I'm coaching him. ”

Williams' added comment also drew a round of applause from local reporters in New Orleans.

They have witnessed the Pelicans' performance this season and witnessed the progress of Davis and Tang Tian.

Williams said that these words were the most truthful words, and there was no exaggeration in them.

After Williams, the Pelicans' general manager also summed up the team's performance this season.

However, unlike Williams, what he focused on when he opened his mouth was Tang Tian.

"I need to apologize."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he attracted the attention of all reporters.

"When we got Don, I thought we were going to find Ray Allen, but we ended up with Kobe."

When he said this, there was another round of applause from the audience.

Tang Tian's performance this season can indeed be comparable to that of the young Kobe, and may even exceed it.

Because among his teammates, there is no superstar like O'Neal.

Demps said he wanted to apologize, but he wasn't the only one who needed to apologize.

Even Benson, when Don first came to the Pelicans, said he would be the best top of the list next to Davis.

And those expert media are not optimistic at all.

Now Tang Tian's performance really slapped everyone's face, and it also impressed everyone.

'I think it's a very good start and we'll continue to build on it in the summer and I'm looking forward to next season.'

At the end of the summary, Demps also summed it up with a hopeful sentence.

In fact, it's not just Demps, after the tie-break game, hope has also become the most mentioned word among Pelican fans.

"We beat the Clippers and beat the Grizzlies to a tiebreaker, and I'm really satisfied, and this is our first year!"

"We had a bleak moment after Paul left, but for the first time this season, we really saw hope!"

"We will be the champions next season! This is not a dream! ”

"We have a core of the hardest working team, and a second leader who doesn't talk much but is very competitive, and hopefully it's really close!"

"I really, really can't wait to see next season begin!"

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Pelican fans are taking to social media to look forward to next season, but the season isn't over yet.

The Eastern and Western Conference finals are still to be played, and the Heat have already taken a 97-87 lead, and the game between the Spurs and Grizzlies will start in two days.

At this juncture, the NBA lottery was held in a small room in New York.

The 14 teams that didn't make it to the playoffs will decide their final draft order here.

It's a private process, but it's supervised by NBA officials, accountants, lawyers, and a small number of media outlets.

At the same time, 14 teams will also be represented.

During the entire process, no means of communication were allowed to be brought in, and all those who entered the small room were to be screened, absolutely isolated from the outside world.

The rules of the lottery are also very simple, 14 standards are 1~14, and then four balls are rolled out, which is equivalent to the C4/14 permutations and combinations in mathematics, and a total of 1001 combinations appear.

After excluding the 11/12/13/14 combinations, a draw was held and the first team to be drawn was awarded the top pick.

After the champion is signed, the list eyes and tanhua are also drawn in the same way, and the remaining 4~14 are sorted according to the record.

Therefore, the lottery is actually the first three lots.

Each team has a different number of combinations depending on the record.

The player with the worst record has 250 combinations, which is a 25% chance of winning the lottery.

By analogy, the 14th-placed team has 5 combinations, which is 0.5% of the chance.

Last season's worst regular season record was the Bucks, followed by the 76ers, followed by the Magic, Celtics, Jazz, Mavericks......

The NBA Lottery is small, but it's a spectacular event.

In order to draw the champion, the representatives sent by many teams have made frequent tricks, and they have been constantly tricked.

At the 1998 lottery, Celtics' then-general manager Chris Wallace brought two cigars from "Cardinal" Auerbach;

And this is still the lowest, in the 2007 lottery, the Timberwolves even traveled thousands of miles from France to get the holy water of the Virgin Mary;

Of course, this is not the most exaggerated, the most exaggerated thing is that in 1989 Pacers general manager Donnie Walsh took the lucky charm to a new level, the spiritual world!

Before the lotto draw, he reached out to several psychologists in the Indianapolis area and asked them to bring some positive signs to the team!

In order to draw the final champion lottery, the teams can be described as endless.

This year is the same, 2 yuan folding paper pencils, horseshoes are also endless, but the most eye-catching is the Cavaliers.

They fielded Nick Gilbert, the son of the team's owner who helped them pick the 2011 and 2013 No. 1 picks.

Also worth keeping an eye on is the Mavericks, who haven't been bad for a long time, and this time Cuban sent himself, and he also wants to bring good luck to the team.

After a closed, tense lottery, the top three picks in the 2014 NBA Draft were finally decided.

Nick Gilbert once again showed his lucky hand as he helped the Cavaliers pick the No. 1 pick for the third time in four years!

The probability of them winning the top pick this time is only 1.7%!

The Bucks ended up with a spot in the rankings.

The third pick was drawn by the Mavericks, and Cuban's luck didn't look bad.