Chapter 634: The Draft Begins to Draw Lots (5/5)

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The Ritz-Carlton, a few blocks from Madison Square Garden Arena in Manhattan, New York, has been filled with countless media reporters since the morning.

"At 6 p.m., the NBA Draft draw will be held at the Ritz-Carlton, and TNT will broadcast it live for you!"

"The Ritz-Carlton has turned into a show, and today, we don't have much to do, and we're looking forward to the final results of the draft draw!"

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The draft draw ceremony was held in this hotel, and Qiao Hai would be one of the protagonists of this draw ceremony, so he put on his Versace custom suit, combed his meticulous hair, and appeared outside the hotel early.

The alliance arranged a red carpet walk, and the young Qiao Hai walked on the red carpet, which immediately caused a burst of screams.

TNT's Doris Burke stopped Joe at the end of the red carpet and asked two questions: "The Bobcats have the Knicks and Cavaliers lottery picks, how many picks do you want to draw with those two picks?" ”

"I hope the Knicks pick picks will pick the No. 1 pick, even though he only has a 5.3 percent chance." Qiao Hai smiled, and then continued: "As for the Cavaliers, the probability of their draft picks being drawn to the top three picks is too low, so it is enough for us to have a first-round pick and 13th pick, you know, Kobe Bryant is just a rookie with the 13th pick in the first round. ”

"If you wish, who would you choose with the champion lottery?" Doris Burke quickly asked the second question, which was the last.

"Sun Yue." Qiao Hai threw down a somewhat awkward name, and then turned to leave, leaving Doris Burke with a confused face.

Doris Burke's face was full of questions: "Who is Sun Yue?" ”

Soon a director told Doris Burke that Sun Yue is also this year's rookie, a native of the Celestial Dynasty, playing for the Celestial Dynasty CBA Aoshen team, born in 1985, now under the age of 20, is a tall point guard with a height of 2.05 meters.

As the core player of the CBA champion team Aoshen, Sun Yue averaged 17.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, 6.7 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.0 blocks per game, and finally got a draft prospect from the end of the lottery to the middle of the first round, but obviously, Sun Yue is still far from the champion.

"Is he serious?"

"Apparently he was joking."

In the face of Doris Burke's innocence, the director was also defeated.

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Qiao Hai entered the main venue, he directly saw a main stage, the stage is divided into left, middle and right parts, on the left is the position where the representatives of the 14 teams sit, in the middle is the NBA president to announce the signing of the podium, and on the right is the TNT workbench responsible for broadcasting.

Qiao Hai quickly found his place and sat down.

Robert Johnson also took the stage, the Bobcats had two lottery picks, Joe Hay was in charge of the Knicks' signing, and Robert Johnson was in charge of the Cavaliers' signing.

More than 1,000 chairs were placed in front of the stage for experts, media reporters, commentators, etc., as well as other staff members of each team, players' agents, and many people related to the industry.

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Qiao Hai didn't sit for long, and soon, he was called away by the staff of the league, along with Robert Johnson, and representatives of 12 other teams.

Then, Qiao Hai entered a small room, and the representatives of the other 12 teams were also there, and Stu Jackson stood in the small room, first nodding to Qiao Hai.

He then explained: "Before the live broadcast of the draw ceremony, we will draw the results here, and then go to the main stage outside to announce the final draw results. ”

Qiao Hai nodded, he knew that the alliance's move was for the effect of the show, otherwise, it would be too boring to draw the top three picks directly, and then the remaining picks would be sorted according to the record.

Now draw the results first, and when you get to the main stage, you can start with the fourteenth pick and move forward to announce until the first three picks in the first round.

In this way, the draft draw will maintain a great suspense, and the NBA chooses to broadcast the draft draw ceremony live for the sake of ratings, and only with suspense can there be ratings.

Soon, the small transparent box used for the real lottery appeared in the small room, and Qiao Hai's eyes widened, staring at the table tennis ball in the box.

Stu Jackson brought in a notary public, plus the 14 signatories on the scene to witness.

He then announced, "So, now, I announce that the 2005 NBA Draft lottery has officially begun, and the first thing we have to draw is the ownership of the top pick." ”

The backstage lottery ceremony starts with the champion lottery, then the list eye, and finally the flower exploration.

Everyone held their breath, this pumping is crucial! The fate of all teams will be decided!

Qiao Hai was the same, he didn't dare to breathe at all, for fear of affecting the operation of table tennis.

Qiao Hai knows very well that the Knicks sign after the card bonus is satisfied already has a 20.3% probability of winning the top pick, which is not low!

Bobcats have a great chance!

"Come on, Come on!"

The transparent box was reversed, and the sound of a table tennis ball turning immediately sounded on the scene, and the four balls were turned out in turn, and then a set of four numbers was obtained.

β€œ3、7、11、14!”

The array of four numbers was reported by Stud Jackson, and then everyone turned their heads to look at the probability table on the electronic screen, and the space where the numbers were located was quickly found.

It's an eagle!

Billy Knight immediately raised his hands and began to roar with excitement!

Qiao Hai looked over, pursed his lips, and thought to himself: "The champion is signed to you, and you can only choose parallel goods!" ”

failed to get the champion sign, Qiao Hai was not frustrated and lost, but patted Robert Johnson who was standing next to him and signaled the other party to be patient.

"Next, what we want to draw out is the attribution of the list ......"

After the transparent box was reversed, the four balls spun out of the pipe connecting the boxes, and Stu Jackson, who was in charge of the draw, grabbed the balls in turn, turned them over, and reported the numbers above: "1, 7, 9, 13!" ”

Then, together with the team representatives at the scene, he looked up at the big screen.

"The team in this array corresponds to ......"

Stu Jackson has yet to announce the final results, and there are even a few team representatives who have yet to find a corresponding team.

Off the field, Robert Johnson was already jumping up and shouting: "Yes! ”

Then he turned his head and went directly to Qiao Hai to hug.

Qiao Hai's performance was very calm, but his heart was also turbulent, and Qiao Hai knew very well that the cornerstone players that Bobcat urgently needed were already there!

At the very center of the lottery room, Stu Jackson smiled and finally announced, "Charlotte Bobcats!" Congratulations to Charlotte Bobcats, who earned the second pick in the first round of the 2005 Draft. ”