Chapter 115: Draft Meeting

Compared to the mysterious newcomers in Europe who only exist in the media, Jordan finally trusts the players who see what he sees is believing.

Jordan had already understood that it was redundant for him to rely on those so-called informants to get information. His head coach Hu Qingniu has obviously done more work than him, and Wade's discovery alone is enough to surprise him. Based on his intuitive experience on the court, it is not difficult to see that Wade is a perfect superplayer embryo.

As for LeBron, Jordan will feel a little uncomfortable in his heart, LeBron is strong and mature, there is no doubt about it. For now, Jordan would think that LeBron and Wade are about the same, but LeBron is 2 years younger, and LeBron's potential is even higher, there is no doubt about it.

But what Jordan feels uncomfortable with in his heart is that LeBron James and him are not the same type of player, LeBron is more like Johnson, the senior Magic. In terms of their style on the field, it's almost the same.

Jordan's heart was hesitant, and he couldn't convince himself to give up a player like Wade. But if you get the top pick, you would be a fool not to choose LeBron.

It's a super draft year, and these seedlings are too good.

Fortunately, Jordan didn't have to worry about it for many days, and the draft draw was just around the corner.

Madison Garden, New York.

When Jordan stepped into the center of the spotlight, representatives from all the other teams congratulated him. This is to welcome new members of the Alliance.

The Cavaliers lottery representative is the current team leader, Ricky Davis, who is the guy who said that LeBron James is here to assist me.

The representative of the Pistons is his own soul guard, Chauncey Billups, it is not surprising that this year's Pistons will dominate the East, no matter who is chosen, the new veteran coach Larry Brown will not give them too many opportunities, so going to the Pistons is a pit.

The representative of the Raptors is also the star Vince Carter, the demigod is actually a little embarrassed, the Pistons' draft picks are given by others, and the Raptors' draft picks are earned by themselves, which is very uncomfortable.

The Heat's lottery was represented not by players, but by Pat Riley, who targeted Chris Carman, a German center, and Kirk Hinrich, a fourth-year point guard from the University of Kansas.

The Denver Nuggets are the most struggling team, and they don't believe how good European big man Dieko Mirisic can be. In their opinion, this year's draft has to be the peerless duo – LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony. But a step in the Bobcats could drop them to third in the draft, which would cost them either of the two super-strong rookies.

The Cavaliers, Pistons, Raptors, Heat, Nuggets, plus the Bobcats who suddenly came out of nowhere are the contenders for the top picks this year.

In the past, at the end of the regular season each season, the NBA would conduct a lottery draw. This year, due to the Bobcats' addition, it has been postponed to the present, with 14 teams that failed to make the playoffs.

The specific rules of the lotto system are that the 14 balls are labeled with the numbers 1~14 and put into the rolling vessel. If you roll out 4 random number balls, regardless of the order in which they are drawn, there will be 1001 different situations.

After the four discarded ball numbers (11, 12, 13, 14), the remaining 1,000 situations are allocated to the 14 teams.

Depending on the merits of their record, they will receive a corresponding number of combinations. Whichever team has the first combination to be drawn will be the first team to be drawn.

For example, the Bobcat owner has the highest probability of drawing the top pick, and his probability is 255 in 1,000, which means that the Bobcat has 255 of the 1,000 ball permutations.

President David Stern, who is still quite energetic, slowly took the stage to reveal the order of this year's draft.

"The 14th pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft, Phoenix Suns."

"The 13th pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft, Memphis Grizzlies."

As soon as this result was announced, many people in the audience whispered that the Grizzlies had a record of finishing sixth from the bottom in the league last season, but they didn't expect to draw only the 13th pick.

If the draft is very exciting for the players who participate in the draft, then the draft draw is also quite exciting for the team.

Stern ignored the uproar and continued his roll call.

"The 12th pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft, Seattle SuperSonics."

"The 11th pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft, Golden State Warriors."

"The 10th pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft, Orlando Magic."

The Magic team is also lucky to get the 10th pick in the 13th from the bottom, but this is actually the position of the Wizards in history, but now the Wizards with Anfernee Hardaway and Grant Hill are probably not looking down on the 10th pick.

"The 9th pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft, New York Knicks."

This draft pick is not very important to the Knicks, considering that they are now in full swing preparing a trade with the Timberwolves, and the protagonist of the trade is "Lone Wolf" Marbury.

"The 8th pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft, Chicago Bulls."

"The 7th pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft, Los Angeles Clippers."

"The 6th pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft, Miami Heat."

"The 5th pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft, Toronto Raptors."

"The 4th pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft, Denver Nuggets."

At this point, all the picks have been released except for the first three picks. The Nuggets and Raptors are the most disappointed, in terms of the previous year's record, the Raptors ranked third from the bottom of the league, and the Nuggets tied with the Cavaliers for the bottom one. But in the end, one of the two teams was fifth and one was third.

At this time, all eyes were on Jason Terry, the representative of the Atlanta Hawks. The young Hawks backcourt leader showed no wave, even though they finished eighth from the bottom in the league last year and are now in the top three in the draft.

Under the close attention of the audience, David Stern sorted out his tone and read it aloud.

"The 2003 NBA Draft, the first round, the 3rd pick, got the Atlanta Hawks."

Jason Terry had no expression on his face, while Billups on the other side was laughing heartily.

It turned out that due to a trade between the Hawks and the Pistons, this year's draft picks the Pistons have the right to swap the picks of the two teams. In other words, this unexpected third pick became the Pistons in the blink of an eye.

The most critical moment has come, who can get this year's top pick, only the Bobcats and the Bulls are left.

"No. 2 pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft," Stern looked up as if looking for someone on the court.

Finally, his eyes were fixed on a tall, middle-aged black man in a suit, and that was Michael Jordan.

Hu Qingniu felt bad in his heart, and sure enough, Stern slowly spit out the name of the team.

"Charlotte Bobcats."