Sheryl Miller not only visited the house from time to time, but also ate at Ussi's house.

Usiris was busy fighting bulls at home, taking time to watch a few playoff games, and busy with pre-draft related matters, and the days went by, neither fast nor slow, neither impatient nor impatient, waiting for the draft convention to arrive.

May 23rd, 00 Year Lotto draw at Madison Garden.

According to draft rules, each team automatically owns one first-round pick and one second-round pick. This year, 58 players will be selected.

According to the 99-00 regular season record, the bottom 14 will have the first round pick (lotto pick), and the worse the record, the higher the probability of getting the top pick.

After these 14 teams compete for the top three picks in the first round, the teams with the top three picks will be eliminated, and the remaining No. 4 to No. 14 picks in the first round will be ranked from the bottom according to last season's regular season record. Whoever has a worse record will automatically have a high pick.

This year, teams with lottery picks include: Boston Celtics, New Jersey Nets, Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets, Vancouver Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons.

Among them, the Pistons were the only team to enter the playoffs in the 99-00 season and have a lottery pick in 00.

Comparison of the regular season results in the 99-00 season.

Detroit Pistons, 42-42, seventh in the East, 27-14 at home, 15-26 on the road,

Milwaukee Bucks, 42-40, eighth in the East, 23-18 at home and 19-22 on the road.

The first home win put the Pistons at the top of the list. The loss on the road was even more, giving the Pistons priority to have a lottery spot.

Relatively speaking, the Bucks are a hapless child, just in the bottom 15th, entering the playoffs in late April, and can only stare dryly, envy and hatred in late May.

Milwaukee fans are also drunk!

David Stern took this year's lottery draw seriously, and he was there in person with NBA headquarters officials, representatives of the 14 teams, and accountants who oversaw the lottery.

In the lottery ceremony, the host will put 14 table tennis balls numbered 1-14 in the lottery instrument, and draw 4 balls from the 14 balls at random, regardless of the order of the numbers, can produce 1001 combinations.

After removing the invalid combination (14, 13, 13, 11), there are 1,000 combinations left, which are allocated to 14 teams according to certain rules.

This rule is a bit more complicated, so let's explain it here.

In '89, the NBA increased the number of teams in the lottery area to 11, and the lottery rules were modified accordingly, according to the bottom of last year's regular season record, the penultimate place has a 11/66 probability of the top pick, the penultimate place has a 10/66 probability of the top pick, and so on, the bottom 11 has a 1/66 probability of the top pick.

In '92, the Hornets, who won 31 games, squeezed out five teams with worse records to win the list.

In '92, the Magic team was lucky to draw the top pick and bagged Shaq O'Neal; In '93, the Magic, who had an excellent record, won the second No. 1 pick with the lowest probability of 1 in 66 of any lottery team and selected Chris Webb, which caused an uproar.

In 94, the new rules of the lotto were implemented, and the probability of winning the first prize was increased to 25%, the team with the best record was reduced to 0.5%, and the other probabilities were basically unchanged to avoid the team with the better record from winning the champion again.

From 95 to 00, the number of teams in the lotto area increased to 14.

From the '96 draft, the rules of the lottery were fixed. The penultimate team has 250 combinations, the penultimate team has 200 combinations, the sixth from the bottom has 64 combinations, the seventh from the bottom has 44 combinations, the eighth from the bottom has 29 combinations, the twelfth from the bottom has 6 combinations, and the team with the best record has 5 combinations.

According to the 99-00 regular season record, the number of combinations won by the lotto team, as well as the probability of drawing the top pick, are as follows:

Bottom 1: Clippers, with a record of 15 wins, 250 combinations, and a 25% chance of being the top pick.

No. 2 from the bottom: Bulls, with a record of 17 wins, 199 combinations, and a 19.9% chance of picking a top-notch pick.

Bottom 3: Warriors, with a record of 19 wins, 156 combinations, and a 15.6% chance of picking a top-notch pick.

No. 4 from the bottom: Grizzlies, with a record of 22 wins, 110 combinations, and an 11% chance of winning the first pick.

5th from the bottom: Hawks, with a record of 28 wins, 88 combinations, and a top pick probability of 8.8%.

No. 6 from the bottom: The Wizards, with a record of 29 wins, 63 combinations, and a 6.3% chance of picking a top-notch pick.

7th from the bottom: Nets, with a record of 31 wins, 44 combinations, and a 4.4% chance of picking a top-notch pick.

8th from the bottom: Cavaliers, with a record of 32 wins, 29 combinations, and a 2.9% chance of picking the top pick.

No. 9 from the bottom: The Rockets, with a record of 34 wins, 17 combinations, and a 1.7% chance of being the top pick.

10th from the bottom: Nuggets, with a record of 35 wins, 13 combinations, and a 1.3% chance of picking a top-notch pick.

11th from the bottom: Celtics, with a record of 35 wins, 13 combinations, and a 1.3% chance of being the top pick.

12th from the bottom: Mavericks, with a record of 40 wins, 7 combinations, and a 0.7% chance of winning the first pick.

13th from the bottom: Magic, with a record of 41 wins, 6 combinations, and a 0.6% chance of winning the first prize.

14th from the bottom: Pistons, with a record of 42 wins, 5 combinations, and a 0.5% probability of winning the first pick.

Among them, the Clippers, Bulls, Warriors, and Grizzlies are all messing in the second half of the regular season, betting on today's moment.

The well-deserved candidate for the top pick is Usilis Frederick, a big center comparable to the "Basketball Emperor" Chamberlain, with unparalleled shooting skills, sweeping all teams in the NCAA, and competing with Shaq O'Neal, who is definitely the first core of any team's rebuild.

There are more popular candidates for the Bangyan Show and the Tanhua Show, with Kenyon Martin, Marcus Fetzer, and Chris Mime competing among the three big men. Darius Miles suffered a bit in height, and was the best contender for the show and the fourth pick.

Swift, perhaps destroyed by Usyris's confidence, dropped out of the draft at the last minute to continue playing in the NCAA. (To be continued.) )