The two hundred and twenty-six draft signs are released
At the Broadway Theater in New Jersey on June 10th, the uniforms of 30 teams gathered together, smiling at each other and communicating with each other friendly, but behind the smiles were all interests.
Media reporters gathered in the audience, and on the stage was a huge lottery container, which was used to draw lots for the draft picks, and the order of the picks would soon be generated here.
In the draw ceremony of the draft, the host will take out 14 table tennis balls numbered 1-14 and put them in a lottery container, and with the rotation of the container, 4 balls will be drawn from the 14 balls at will, regardless of the order of numbers, such a draw can produce a total of 1001 possible combinations, and remove the 11-12-13-14 combination, there are exactly 1000 kinds left. Prior to the draw, teams in the league that did not qualify for the playoffs will be ranked in reverse order based on their regular season record, and each team will receive the number of combinations that have won the top pick. For example, in the 2007-2008 season, if 14 teams did not make the final playoffs, the Miami Heat, who had the worst record among the 14 teams, would get 250 combinations, which meant that the Heat would have a 25 chance of winning the top pick, while the SuperSonics, who had the second worst record, would get 199 combinations. That means they have a 19.9 chance of getting the top pick, and so on, the Denver Nuggets have only five combinations among the 14 teams that didn't make the final playoffs, which means they only have a 0.5 chance of winning the top pick. When the No. 2 and No. 3 picks are drawn, the remaining No. 4 to No. 30 picks in the first round and the thirty picks in the second round will be determined in reverse order according to the final results of each team in the regular season.
At this time, the Bacbios Theater was already full of people, and the 2008 NBA Draft pick lottery ceremony will be held here at 8 p.m. New York time, which is an important step for the teams that have been in the mess to determine whether they are successful or not. So no one is looking forward to a good dribble, desperate to bring God in, and their fans are watching the final result of the draw, which is a chance for the team they support to take off.
At 7:40, the star show ended, and David Stern, who played a decisive role in the development of the NBA, slowly stepped onto the front stage amid the shouts of the live DJ, gray hair enough to show how much effort he has put into the growth of this league.
As David Stern stood in front of the microphone, the audience applauded thunderously, everyone knew how much the old man on the stage had contributed to the development of the NBA, and everyone knew that without this old man, there would be no NBA influence today. It was he who promoted the development of the NBA, and the director of CCTV on the other side of the ocean said that in 1984, in order for the NBA to be promoted in China, officially this old man braved the snow and waited for several hours under the imperial court building to impress them, so he deserves so much applause.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Broadway Theater in New Jersey, and on behalf of the NBA, I would like to thank all the media reporters and players who were here, the past 2007-2008 season was a perfect one, and we will remember every player who gave us the game during this season. Every media, every management, and with the end of this season, we will have another season, and there will be a group of young talents entering the league. The next draw for the clubs that appreciate these young talents will be the ones to come up with the draft picks, which I will announce below...... The 2008-2009 draft pick draw ceremony officially began. ”
As David Stern's words fell, the audience once again burst into loud applause, and at this time the Miami Heat began to tense up. Because they don't want to be a laughing stock, the first to play in the lottery are the 14 Denver Nuggets with the best record in the playoffs, who have a 0.5 chance of getting the top pick. In such a small near-zero probability situation, the Nuggets are not the Houston Rockets who dare to have illusions, Anthony easily came to the stage and started the lottery container, and the facts have proved that such a near-zero miracle is not so easy to happen, and in the end, Anthony locked the last lottery for the Nuggets
And next is the Golden State Warriors, the former gang almost reached the playoffs again this season but was strangled by the miracle of the Clippers, they almost entered the playoffs, and now it can only be the turn to draw the lottery, but the miracle of the champion did not befall the Golden State, they can only get the thirteenth pick, and the next few teams have not turned the possible miracle into reality, and unknowingly came to the eighth from the bottom of the regular season New Jersey Nets draw, And there have been several miracles of draft picks in this position in history
Under the spotlight of Broadway, on the territory of the Nets, the new core of the Nets, Devin Harris, walked onto the stage under the spotlight, the spotlight hit the quasi-All-Star guard, Harris looked at the crowd in the audience, smiled lightly, and measured his emotions, "This is New Jersey, so I hope God gives us home court advantage, of course I hope my piety can move God to guide me and bring good luck to my team"
Harris said with a smile on his lips and full of confidence, but Harris's self-confidence was very uncomfortable in the eyes of the top six picks in the eyes of the uniform group, because the New Jersey had a miracle then it meant that some of them were pushed down, and the corners of the general managers of the top three teams were full of disdain.
"You want to have good luck, too? To hell" The general managers of the three teams cursed Devin Harris in their hearts, Harris turned on the drawer with confidence, watching the ping pong ball rotate in the container and slowly fall, the corners of the uniforms' mouths couldn't help but rise, because they saw Devin Reese's draw result, "Make you confident, SB"
Harris walked off the stage with a depressed attitude, apparently his piety did not impress the old man, his self-confidence did not bring a chance to the expectant New Jerseys, and with the Nets locking up the eighth pick, the Bulls, who were seventh from the bottom of the regular season, sent their hero Scottie Ponton to the court in the draw, as one of the founders of the Bulls dynasty, Pippen's historical status is undoubted, can Jordan complete the Bulls dynasty alone without him? We don't know.
Pippen said a few simple words to open the lottery container, and as the container kept turning, the hearts of Chicagoans followed suit.
Bang bang bang
The ping-pong balls in the container fell one after another, and the general managers of the six remaining teams with the worst records off the field and their fans all opened their mouths and widened their eyes, and disappointment instantly filled their cheeks. Especially the Miami Heat, which was the first to be in the mess, the god operator Pat Riley sat down all of a sudden, and it seemed that he was a few years older in an instant.
"Chicagoans have once again received God's favor and miraculous luck, God is in the Windy City, and the great Scottie has brought hope to Chicagoans to recover" Yu Jia, the sports channel studio on the other side of the ocean, was excited, after all, such a draft miracle is what all non-participants are happy to see, and the suspense film is undoubtedly the best script.
Pippen himself couldn't believe his luck, and Parsons, the general manager of the Bulls, immediately jumped on the stage and hugged Pippen, who was a little stunned, and the flash flashed immediately.
Miami, which is the most thoroughly rotten, has undoubtedly become the biggest loser, and the loss fills everyone's cheeks in Miami, followed by the Milwaukee Bucks, since the Bulls can create miracles, they also hope that they can have a good luck, and the draw and the probe sign are both good signings, with a wealth of ideas, the Bucks' star Mike Reed walked on stage, but the miracle is a miracle because its probability is too small, if it continues to happen, then it can't be called a miracle, The Bucks didn't get the best results they were hoping for, and no miracles happened again, and the Heat, who had the best chance of winning the lottery, finally got the chance to pick the spot.
The second-to-last Seattle SuperSonics finally got the scout sign, and compared with the extremely depressed Heat, the supersonic uniform team felt a little more comfort.
Finally, the 2008 lottery draft pick came out: the Bulls, who ranked seventh from the bottom in the regular season, were lucky to draw the top pick with a small probability of 4.3, and the former champion Heat team, who was in the bottom of the list, got the second pick, and the second-to-last Oklamaho was about to move to Oklamaho to become the Thunder's supersonic pick and drew the third pick, followed by the Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, Then there was the tragedy of the Knicks, who got the sixth pick, but unfortunately this pick was sent to the Lakers in a three-way trade during the season, then the Bucks, Nets, Bobcats, Pacers, Kings, Trail Blazers, Warriors, Nuggets.
With the release of the selected draft picks, each uniform group in the league began to move, and each of the uniform groups for their favorite players showed their own methods.
And the latest draft predictions were also released at the same time, the Bulls, who have the top picks, set their sights on Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley, and the Miami Heat are undoubtedly depressed, Beasley is their long-cherished favorite, but once the Bulls choose Beasley, then for the Heat with Flash Wade on the guard line, Rose is a bit chicken for them, and the various uniform groups are beginning to move, and rumors are spreading for a while, and the corresponding scouts have come out to show their talents. (To be continued.) )
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