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Chapter 25 The Lottery and Metaphysics
Just like the NBA has never had a three-pointer to have a three-pointer, there have been many interesting stories in the history of the NBA draft.

When the NBA first started, there were special rules for local drafts in the NBA draft, that is, a team could voluntarily give up its draft eligibility before the draft and select a rookie from the team's locality instead.Doing so can attract the attention of more local fans.In 1956, the Celtics used this clause to pick Tom Heinsohn from Worcester.

Since 1966, the NBA has decided to use a coin toss to determine who will win the No. [-] pick, and the rest of the teams will be drafted according to their regular season results.

In 1985, the NBA carried out a historic reform of the draft system.

The previous rules were replaced by lottery.This determines the first-round draft picks of teams that failed to participate in the playoffs. In the second round, all teams are still ranked in reverse order of regular season record.

In October 1986, the league management reached an agreement to reduce the function of the lottery's original positioning of the top seven picks to the top three. Except for the top three picks, which are randomly determined by table tennis, all other picks are arranged in reverse order of regular season records.In this way, the last one in the regular season can get the fourth pick at worst, the second last one can get fifth at worst, and so on for the rest.

Today, as we all know, the top fourteen picks in the first round are called the lottery zone, and the rookies in the lottery zone tend to get better opportunities and attention than the rookies of the same period. Therefore, when fighting in the NCAA, many players are proud of being named a lottery zone rookie by the draft website.

As mentioned before, 2009 was a very strange year.

Before the draft began, scouts pessimistically believed that this rookie class would be even worse than the 2000 NBA draft. The 2000 NBA draft was notoriously bad. Except for Kenyon Martin, Turkoglu, and Mike Miller.

So many interesting things happened before the start of the 2009 NBA Draft. The Clippers, holding the No. [-] pick, found that no one wanted their No. [-] pick. Some teams even thought that the No. [-] pick was not worth exchanging with some of their high-quality middle-class players...

Ignorance and weakness are not the point that hinders human existence, arrogance is.

It is also because of the arrogance of the scouts that the 2009 rookies were seriously underestimated.

Facts have proved that after a one-year break, Blake Griffin came back to play 20+10 performance, and soon made those teams who were unwilling to exchange the Clippers' No.

After Javier Stanford reported Lin Yi's latest situation, both ESPN Draft.com and Draft website updated Lin Yi's expected draft situation to the lottery zone.

He is expected to be selected No. 13 in the first round.

And Stephen Curry's draft market has also risen sharply, and he has now reached the top five.

In fact, Stephen Curry's 09 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 the seventh place is already a very high pick, is the seventh place very low?Isn't Kobe Bryant only 13th, and isn't the future Salt Lake City kid Mitchell also 13th?

It wasn't just Curry who was underestimated in 09, 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 Memphis Grizzlies and Timberwolves, because Curry's previous scouting report was not very good, and he was unwilling to go to trial training, so the teams before the Warriors and Knicks dared not choose Curry at all. Who would be willing to waste a precious draft pick to make a gamble?
Regarding this point, the manager of the Grizzlies made an explanation before the 09 draft. If Curry is willing to come to the trial training, they will definitely be willing to sign Curry with the second pick.

It's just that Curry, who fell in love with New York, never thought that the Golden State Warriors had a lunatic, and that was Old Nelson.

Nelson Sr. liked Curry so much.

And he likes Curry's shot.

How did the Golden State Warriors kill the Mavericks?
When the three-pointer was still in the development stage, the group of lunatics in Golden State used fast-break three-pointers to directly break the Mavericks' mentality.

The three-pointer is the most important weapon in the future.

So the old Nelson cut off Stephen Curry. When Curry was selected by the Warriors, he looked confused and unwilling. Later, he was very happy when he heard that the Suns were going to send Stoudemire to the Warriors for a big deal.

However, Old Nelson directly threatened the management with resignation and gave up the deal...

So the story that Curry fell to seventh place in 2009 is not as mysterious as the rumors, it is just a simple story of being cut off by the Warriors.

In bedroom 4001, both Stephen Curry and Lin Yi became idiots.

"Listen, buddy! Now we are actually going to the NBA together, we are both lottery!" Stephen Curry said happily.

"Oh no, you are the top five, the noble top five, Mr. Stephen Curry." Lin Yi complained.

"Oh, Lin, you have to work hard, and your pick must be higher." Stephen Curry said.

It's great, I was right to stay for a year. First I met Lin, and then Lin suddenly grew taller and became my best helper. It's incredible...

Thank God Almighty, poor and unlucky little Stephen has finally started to walk 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 knew what Lin Yi meant, "Oh no, believe 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 selected by another team.

History and my own impressions have changed. Take this season's NBA as an example. Many teams that were supposed to perform poorly are not as bad as they think. On the contrary, some teams that should have performed well are now performing poorly.

Is this the legendary butterfly effect?
Will the Clippers still get the No. [-] pick, and will the Golden State Warriors do the thing of intercepting Curry again?
Everything has become subtler.

Just when Lin Yi was thinking about what to do if history changed him, his cell phone rang.

"Listen, Lin, have you read the report? Isn't it cool, oh yes, let me tell you another cool news. The Oklahoma City Thunder have sent their own scouts. They will pay attention to you throughout the next game. Presti is my college classmate. He is very interested in you. He said that he is even willing to sign you with the No. [-] pick." The person speaking on the phone was Javier Stanford.

Thunder?

Something is wrong with the plot!
But Lin Yi quickly realized that after owning Durant and Westbrook, Presti had always wanted a big man, but there were really no good big men among the rookies in 09. After Griffin was selected, only Thabeet was left. Presti knew that that guy was a parallel importer, so Presti had no choice but to sign James Harden with the third pick.

This is why Presti chose Ibaka when choosing between Ibaka and Harden in the future, because Presti knows that a team's possession of the ball is limited, and big men are very important for any team.

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 guards in the NBA.

His lateral movement dictates his high defensive potential due to his formidable length and length.

Think about it, Kevin Durant and Lin Yi are both misplaced, plus Westbrook's momentum!How beautiful that picture is!

Presti has always been good at reading people.

He chose Westbrook last year because of the controversy.

Because Westbrook's physical talent in high school and freshman year is not as strong as after entering the NBA, and in the NCAA, Westbrook is a combo guard and defensive champion, and he is Darren Collison's backup. In addition, many people think that he does not have excellent ball-handling skills.

Are you surprised?

Isn't it amazing?

This is indeed the case.

If it weren't for Presti's accurate judgment, the devastating Westbrook's real pick should be between eighth and tenth in the first round.

Just like choosing Westbrook, Presti doesn't care about other people's eyes. He hopes that the lower the pick of Lin Yi, the better, because then the Thunder can easily select him.

A bunch of idiots, who stipulated that insiders must go inside?
Lin Yi felt a little excited, because being able to impress Presti meant that his hard work and talent had been recognized.

Since 2007, there have been three major things that have happened in the NBA.

The first is that the mad scientist Nelson cut off the Knicks and chose Stephen Curry. The old Nelson is the second head coach besides McCropp who thinks that Stephen Curry will become an All-Star. Yes, even if Curry has a good pick in the end, his father, Dell Curry, at most thinks that his son will become the next himself...

Facts have proved that Nelson's choice this time laid the foundation for the future Warriors dynasty.

The second is Presti's draft. Durant, Westbrook, Harden, and the Thunder's three young players all have NBA-level potential in the future. By the way, Presti also selected a group of elites such as Adams, Ibaka, and Collison. In that era, there were three legends in the Thunder rookie, the Rockets veteran, and the Suns doctor.

The third thing is the story of Jerry West. Lin Yi thinks that Jerry West must be a time 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 [-] times better than Fredette, the best shooter in the same class at the time.

Secondly, the first thing the LOGO man took office as the Warriors was to let Monta Ellis go as far as he could. Before that, Ellis had repeatedly asked the club management to send Curry away because one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.

Then Jerry West categorically rejected all deals related to Klay Thompson, and then helped the second-round rookie Green, and the deal came to Iguodala.Oh, by the way, the reason why Jerry West traded Iguodala is very simple. We need someone to deal with LeBron in the finals.

At that time, the top brass of the Warriors were all overwhelmed by thunder, the finals?I'm sorry, the Warriors executives before the 14/15 season felt that the Warriors would be good as long as they could play the playoffs again and again.

Well, in the end, when Steve Kerr decided to leave the Suns management, he immediately invited Kerr to come to the Warriors as the head coach. At that time, Kerr didn't have any coaching experience.

The words that the LOGO man impresses Cole are very simple, you are our champion puzzle.

From the beginning of 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 the story that the majority of fans know happened.

Steve Kerr told Stephen Curry, your range is so long and so accurate, why don't you shoot?

So the NBA has completely embarked on the era when the outside line is in power and the inside line is crying.

The above content is excerpted from "NBA Metaphysics", on Zidane's three consecutive Champions League titles and LOGO men, who is more metaphysical?
Can't afford to be provoked, even masters of metaphysics can't afford to be provoked...

So Lin Yi was very happy to be favored by Presti.

Lin Yi told Curry the news immediately, and Curry opened his mouth wide, "But, Lin, Oklahoma is just a small city..."

Lin Yi smiled helplessly, Curry really had a soft spot for New York.

　This chapter has a full 3600 words! !Mainly made some foreshadowing.In fact, when you look back at many successes, you will really feel that they are metaphysics.Isn't Thunder's rookie great?Isn't Presti awesome?In terms of talent, Thunder's three young masters are far above Golden State's three young masters.However, the Warriors not only have a general manager like Presti, but also an owner who silently pays behind the scenes and is willing to pay the luxury tax every year. This is not the kind of Cavaliers owner.
　　
　
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