Chapter 25 Lotto and Metaphysics
Just like the NBA went from no 3-pointers to having 3-pointers, the NBA draft has a lot of interesting stories in its history.
At the beginning of the NBA, the NBA draft had special rules for local drafts, that is, a team could voluntarily give up the draft eligibility before the draft, and instead select a rookie from the team's locality. In doing so, you can attract more local fans' attention. In 1956, the Celtics used this clause to pick Tom Heinsohn from Worcester.
Beginning in 1966, the NBA decided to use a coin-operated method to decide who would get the No. 1 pick among the bottom teams in the East and West, and the rest of the teams would be drafted based on the bottom of their regular season results.
By 1985, the NBA had undergone a historic overhaul of the draft system.
The previous rules were replaced by lottery. From this, it was decided that the team that failed to participate in the playoffs was the first-round draft pick. In the second round, all teams were still ranked in reverse order according to their regular-season records.
In October 1986, the league management reached an agreement to reduce the Lotto's original function of positioning the top seven picks to the top three. Except for the top three picks, which were randomly determined by table tennis, all other draws were based on the regular season. Records are sorted in reverse order. In this way, the penultimate player in the regular season can also get the fourth draw, the second-to-last and the worst can get the fifth spot, and the rest is the same.
Today, as we all know, the top 14 picks in the first round are called the lottery, and the rookies in the lottery often get better opportunities and attention than the rookies of the same period, so when the NCAA is fighting, many players Both pride themselves on being named a rookie in the lottery by draft sites.
As mentioned before, 2009 was a very strange year.
Before the draft began, scouts were pessimistic that this class would be even worse than the 2000 draft. The 2000 NBA draft was notoriously bad, except for Kenyon Martin, Turkoglu, and Mike Miller. Outside of some fame, most of that rookie class was quickly forgotten in the future.
So a lot of interesting things happened before the 2009 NBA draft, the Clippers holding the No. 1 pick found that no one wanted their No. 1 pick at all, and some teams even thought this No. 1 pick was not worth using some of theirs High-quality middle-class players to exchange...
Ignorance and weakness are not the points that hinder human existence, arrogance is.
It is precisely because of the arrogance of scouts that the 2009 rookies are grossly underrated.
Facts have proved that after Blake Griffin returned from a one-year break to play 20+10, he soon regretted those teams that were unwilling to exchange the Clippers' No. 1 pick. Awesome, people can only ruthlessly complain that the level of scouts in that session was really problematic.
After JaVale Stanford reported the latest situation of Lin Yi, ESPN Draft.com and Draft website both updated Lin Yi's projected draft situation to the lottery area.
He is expected to be selected 13th in the first round.
And Stephen Curry's draft market has also risen sharply, and has now come to the top five.
In fact, Stephen Curry's 2009 draft has been misrepresented by too many basketball fans. Some people say why Curry was selected seventh?
First of all, what you need to understand is that No. 7 is already a very high pick. Is No. 7 very low? Isn't Kobe Bryant only 13th, isn't the future Salt Lake City kid Mitchell also 13th?
It wasn't just Curry that was underrated in 2009, but the entire class of rookies.
Secondly, Curry wanted to go to New York from the beginning, so he categorically rejected the trial training of the Memphis Grizzlies and the Timberwolves, because Curry's previous scouting report was not very good, and he was unwilling to go to the trial training, so he played with the Warriors and the Timberwolves. The Knicks' previous team didn't dare to choose Curry at all. Who would want to waste a precious draft pick on a gamble?
About this,
The Grizzlies' manager explained before the 2009 draft that if Curry was willing to come for a workout, they would definitely be willing to sign Curry with the No. 2 pick.
It’s just that Curry, who is in love with New York, never thought that the Golden State Warriors have a madman, and that is old Nelson.
Old Nelson likes Curry too much.
And he likes Curry's shot.
How did the Golden State Warriors kill the Mavericks?
When that three-point shot was still in the developmental stage, the madmen in Golden State used fast-break three-pointers again and again to directly make the Mavericks mentally collapse.
The three-point shot is the most important weapon in the future.
So old Nelson cut off Stephen Curry. Curry was confused and unwilling when he was selected by the Warriors. Later, he was very happy when he heard that the Suns were going to send Stoudemire to the Warriors for a big trade, because The Suns are a run-and-gun team and have Uncle Nash.
However, the old Nelson directly threatened the management with resignation to abandon the transaction...
So the story of Curry falling to seventh place in 2009 is not as mysterious as rumored, just a simple story of being cut off by the Warriors.
In bedroom 4001, Stephen Curry and Lin Yi were both happy to be fools.
"Listen, buddy! Now we're going to the NBA together, we're all lottery!" Stephen Curry said happily.
"Oh no, you are the top five, the noble top five, Sir Stephen Curry." Lin Yi complained.
"Oh, Lin, you have to work hard too, and you must be higher in the draft." Stephen Curry said.
Great, I was right to stay for a year. I met Lin first, and then Lin suddenly grew taller and became my best helper. It's incredible...
Thank God Almighty, poor and hapless little Stephen finally began to embark on the road to the pinnacle of life.
Lin Yi suddenly reminded Curry, "Stephen, the Knicks' record has been quite good recently. Are you sure they can finally get the top five picks?"
Stephen Curry knows what Lin Yi means, "Oh no, trust me, the Knicks will definitely get the top five picks."
Lin Yi waved his hand, "I think the Golden State Warriors are likely to lose all the way."
"Oh no!" Curry obviously didn't dare to think about being drafted by another team.
History and my own impressions have changed. Take this season's NBA as an example, many teams that should have had poor results are not as bad as they thought. Instead, some teams that should have good results are now doing poorly. .
Is this the legendary butterfly effect?
Will the Clippers still get the No. 1 pick, and will the Golden State Warriors make another cut to Curry?
Everything has become subtle.
Just when Lin Yi was thinking about what to do if history changed him, his cell phone rang.
"Listen, Lin, have you seen the report? Isn't that cool, oh right, another cool piece of news for you, the Oklahoma City Thunder have sent their own scouts and they're picking up I will pay attention to you all the way down the game, Presti is my college classmate, he is very interested in you, he said he is even willing to sign you with the No. 1 pick." The person on the other end of the phone is JaVale Stanford .
Thunder?
There is something wrong with the plot!
However, Lin Yi quickly reacted. After having Durant and Westbrook, Presti has always wanted a big man, but there was really no good big man in the 2009 rookie, and Griffin was selected. After that, only Thabeet was left, and Presti knew very well that that guy was a parallel importer, so Presti had no choice but to sign James Harden with the third pick.
That's why Presti chose Ibaka when deciding between Ibaka and Harden in the future, because Presti knew that a team's ball possession was limited and that big men were a big deal for any team. are quite important.
After discovering Lin Yi, Presti liked Lin Yi's style too much.
He can shoot.
Has the same movement speed and lateral movement as a defender.
His dribbling skills are even better than some fringe NBA guards.
His lateral movement determines his defensive potential is high, given his terrifying length and wingspan.
Think about it, Kevin Durant and Lin Yi are both dislocations, plus Westbrook's momentum! What a beautiful picture!
Presti has always been very accurate.
He picked Westbrook last year despite controversy.
Because Westbrook's high school and freshman physical talents are not as strong as they are after entering the NBA, and in the NCAA, Westbrook is a dual-energy defenseman, a backup for Darren Collison, and many people think that He doesn't have great ball-handling skills.
Are you surprised?
Isn't it surprising?
The reality is exactly that.
If it weren't for Presti's accurate judgment, the real pick of the devastating Westbrook should be between the eighth and tenth in the first round.
Just like choosing Westbrook, Presti wouldn't care about other people's opinions. He wished that Lin Yi's pick was as low as possible, because then the Thunder could easily pick him.
A bunch of idiots, who stipulated that the inside line must go to the inside line?
Lin Yi felt a little excited, because being able to impress Presti meant that his hard work and talent had been recognized.
Since 2007, the NBA has had three major problems.
The first is that mad scientist Nelson Sr. cut his teeth and the Knicks chose Stephen Curry. Nelson Sr. is the second head coach besides McClop who thinks Stephen Curry will become an All-Star. Yes, even if Curry In the end, he played a good pick, and his father Dell Curry at most felt that his son would become the next one...
Facts have proved that the choice of the old Nelson has laid the foundation for the future Warriors dynasty.
The second is Presti's draft. Durant, Westbrook, Harden, and the Thunder's three young masters all have NBA-level potential in the future. By the way, Presti also selected Adams, Ibaka, Collison and other elites had three legends in that era: Thunder rookie, Rocket veteran, and Helios.
The third thing is the story of Jerry West. Lin Yi thinks that Jerry West must be a traveler.
As soon as he came to the Warriors, the LOGO man found a treasure for the Warriors in the draft. Jerry West first predicted that Klay Thompson would be 10,000 times better than Fredette, the best shooter at the time.
Secondly, the first thing that the LOGO man takes on as a warrior is to let Monta Ellis go as far as he can. Ellis has repeatedly asked the club management to send Curry away. The reason is that one mountain does not allow two tigers.
Then Jerry West flatly rejected all trades for Klay Thompson, and then righted second-round rookie Green and traded for Iguodala. Oh yes, the reason why Jerry West traded Iguodala is simple, we need someone to deal with LeBron in the Finals.
At that time, the top brass of the Warriors were all taken lightly, the finals? Sorry, the Warriors executives before the 2014/15 season thought the Warriors would be fine as long as they made the playoffs.
Well, in the end, when Steve Kerr decided to leave the Suns management team, he was the first to invite Kerr to be the head coach of the Warriors. Kerr had no coaching experience at that time.
The words of the LOGO man to impress Cole are very simple, you are our champion puzzle.
From the 11/12 season, the only one who can firmly believe that the Warriors will win the championship is the LOGO man. In addition, after the Warriors changed their boss, the generous boss didn't care about the luxury tax.
Then came the story that the majority of fans knew.
Steve Kerr told Stephen Curry that you have such a long range and such a good shot, why not shoot?
So the NBA has completely embarked on the era of outside domination and inside crying.
The above content is excerpted from "NBA Metaphysics", who is more metaphysical about Zidane's three consecutive Champions League championships and the LOGO man?
Can't be offended, can't be offended, even the masters of metaphysics can't be offended...
So Lin Yi was very happy to be favored by Presti.
Lin Yi told Curry the news immediately, and Curry opened his mouth, "But, Lin, Oklahoma is just a small city..."
Lin Yi smiled helplessly, and Curry really had a soft spot for New York.