Chapter 526 Pelicans' Season Summary (First Update!)

Tang Tian's first year with the Pelicans has been fruitful.

Crowned the scoring champion, won the best defensive player, was selected to the first team of defense 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 honors are a big improvement from his first year, and everyone knows that this is just the beginning of his time with the Pelicans.

After the tiebreaker, in addition to coach Williams, general manager Demps also participated in the post-match press conference.

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

"I'm so proud of this team. At the start of the season nobody thought we were going to make the playoffs, we did it; before the playoffs started, no one thought we were going to make it to the second round, we did it; it was One of the best teams I've ever coached and they deserve every compliment."

Williams has no words of praise for the team.

"I also need to thank two additional players, one is Anthony Davis, he suffered a lot of doubts last year, but he was not defeated by those voices, but overcame these difficulties and made progress. Playing with injuries gave the team a lot of encouragement.

Of course, I should be most grateful to Don, he worked very hard, harder than everyone I met, and before he worked so hard, he was already the best player on this team, and he became a team leader. All that is required to do and I am proud that I am coaching him. "

This comment added by Williams also drew applause from local reporters in New Orleans.

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

Williams said these words are the most truthful words, there is no exaggeration in it.

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

However, unlike Williams, he focused on 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 got Ray Allen, but we ended up with Kobe."

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

Tang Tian's performance this season is indeed 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 would apologize, but he was not the only one who needed an apology.

Even Benson, when Don first came to the Pelicans, said he would be the best sidekick around Davis.

And those expert media are not optimistic at all.

Now Tang Tian's performance really slapped everyone in the face, and made everyone admire him.

"I think this is a very good start. We will continue to strengthen in the summer. I am now looking forward to next season."

At the end of the summary, Dempsey also concluded with a hopeful sentence.

In fact, it's not just Demps. After the tiebreaker, hope has also become the most mentioned word by Pelicans fans.

"We beat the Clippers and played the tiebreaker with the Grizzlies. I'm really satisfied. This is our first year!"

"We used to be very bleak after Paul left, but for the first time this season, we really see hope that can be reached!"

"We will be the championship next season! This is definitely not a dream!"

"We have the hardest-working core of the team, and a second-in-command who doesn't talk much but is extremely competitive. I hope it's really close!"

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

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Pelicans fans are flooding social media with anticipation for next season, but the season isn't over yet.

The East and West finals are still to be played. The Heat have won 97 to 87. The game between the Spurs and the Grizzlies will also start two days later.

At this point in time, the NBA lottery is being held in a small room in New York.

The 14 teams that did not enter the playoffs will determine their final draft order here.

This is a non-public process, but the whole process will be supervised by NBA officials, accountants, lawyers, and under the supervision of a small number of media.

At the same time, 14 teams will also send representatives to participate.

During the whole process, all communication tools were not allowed to be brought in, and all people who entered the small room were also checked, and they were absolutely isolated from the outside world.

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

After excluding the combination of 11/12/13/14, a lottery will be drawn, and the first team to be drawn out will win the No. 1 lottery.

After the No. 1 lottery, the No. 2 and No. 1 picks are also drawn in the same way, and the remaining 4~14 are sorted according to their record.

So the lottery draw was actually the top three picks.

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

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

By analogy, the 14th-ranked team has 5 combinations, or a 0.5% chance.

The Bucks had the worst record in the regular season last season, followed by the 76ers, followed by the Magic, Celtics, Jazz, Mavericks...

Although the NBA lottery is small, it is a grand event full of highlights.

Representatives sent by many teams frequently used strange tricks in order to win the No. 1 lottery.

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

And this is still the lowest level. In the 2007 lottery conference, the Timberwolves even traveled a long distance to get the holy water of the Virgin Mary from France;

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

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

In order to draw the final No. 1 lottery, each team can be said to emerge in endlessly.

The same is true this year, with 2 yuan folding paper pens and horseshoes emerging one after another, but the most eye-catching one is the Cavaliers.

They sent Nick Gilbert, the son of the team owner who helped them get the No. 1 pick in 2011 and 2013.

In addition, it is worth paying attention to the Mavericks. They have not been bad for a long time. This time Cuban sent himself, and he also hopes to bring good luck to the team.

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

Nick Gilbert once again showed a lucky hand, he helped the Cavaliers win the No. 1 pick for the third time in 4 years!

The probability of them getting the No. 1 lottery this time is only 1.7%!

The Bucks eventually won the second place.

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