The invincible kryptonite of basketball

They finished sixth in the regular season and ended up in the Western Conference semifinals.

Chapter 549 The Pelicans' Season Summary (First update!)

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

Won the best defensive player, selected to the defensive first team and the second team of the best team, won the All-Star Game MVP, and ranked second in the regular season MVP selection.

These hard honors have improved a lot compared to 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 beginning of the season, no one thought we could make the playoffs. We did it. Before the playoffs started, no one thought we could make it to the second round. We did it. This is The best team I've ever coached, 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, he was in the tiebreaker 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, 14 standard numbers 1~14, and then four balls are rolled out, which is equivalent to the C4/14 arrangement and combination in mathematics, and 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. [-] lottery.

After the No. 4 lottery, the No. 14 and No. [-] picks are also drawn in the same way, and the remaining [-]~[-] 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. [-] 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. [-] 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. 2011 pick in 2013 and [-].

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. 4 pick for the third time in 3 years!

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

The Bucks eventually won the second place.

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

5 Chapter [-]: The Spurs that hit the dynasty (second update!) (Revised)

The 76ers were miserable. Their final record last season was only 19 wins, but in the end they could only get the 4th pick according to their record.

The final lottery results are: Cavaliers, Bucks, Mavericks, 76ers, Magic, Jazz, Celtics, Kings, Bobcats, Nuggets, Magic, Timberwolves, Suns, Trail Blazers.

After the lottery results were finally released, fans continued to discuss heatedly on social media, and the most discussed ones were the Cavaliers and Mavericks.

And they are two completely opposite voices.

"If the 2013% probability of winning the first lottery in 15.6 is normal, then the 2011% probability of 2.8 is lucky, and now it is 1.7%? Sorry, I don't think the goddess of luck will always favor one person!"

"You can't see Cleveland, okay? These lotteries are supervised and can't be faked at all!"

"If you say you can't make fakes, you can't make fakes? The lottery is all private, and the machines are made by humans!"

"Xiao Hua can't be so dark, can he?"

"You've watched the Pelicans play against the Clippers and the Lakers against the Spurs. Do you still think it's not so dark?"

"That's because Los Angeles is a big city, and Cleveland is a small city. The league doesn't need to favor it!"

"No, no, you may not know that Cleveland has always been the worst city in the United States. They have never won any league championship. If you look carefully, many movies and TV shows are based on Cleveland."

"If Cleveland gets a championship, will he be the most inspiring story in America?"

"Brother, you know! That's why they go there LeBron, why they keep getting the No. [-] pick! It doesn't matter if it's Silver or not."

"It really makes sense to say that. The first two top picks are still in the Stern era!"

"Hush, be careful, you know too much, you will be harmonized!"

"Actually, I think the Mavericks are also very lucky this year. They haven't gotten such a high draft pick for a long time!"

"Cuban's lucky hand, Dallas is very hopeful to rise again next season!"

"Yes, this year's Embiid, Wiggins, Parker, and even Gordon and Randall are very good. The Mavericks missed Tang Tian last summer, but this time they will not miss it again!"

"By the way, why didn't the two brothers who talked the most before not speak anymore?"

"Should... be banned?"

"..."

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The lottery has attracted heated discussions among fans, and the Eastern and Western conference finals are also going on.

The Pacers caused a lot of trouble for the Heat last year, but this year they are clearly overwhelmed;

In the west, the Spurs are in a bitter battle with the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies have proved that they are definitely the most difficult opponents in the playoffs.

The divisional finals were in full swing, Tang Tian didn't pay attention at this time, after the end of the season, he called his friends to conduct the annual hard-working brother training camp in New York.

Butler, Irving, Walker and Thompson have all finished their seasons and have all rushed over one after another.

Butler is still the first to arrive. The Bulls also reached the conference semifinals this year, but it can be seen that he is still very dissatisfied.

Of course, the more important thing is that Rose will come back next season. He has just become the core of the team and will face great competition. He still needs to make himself stronger.

Lamb and Drummond didn't come this year, but Tang Tian pulled the other two into the training camp.

Davis and Whiteside.

Davis' shoulder injury is not serious, and it will be fine to rest for a week or two after the playoffs.

Tang Tian pulled him in because he wanted him to increase his strength through the training camp.

Davis' mid-range game was solid last season, but it won't be enough if the Pelicans ultimately aim for a championship.

He must develop the ability to attack in the low post, so that when Tang Tian is not on the court, the Pelicans will have a stable scoring output.

At the same time, the development of Davis' range must also begin.

In the small ball era, being able to shoot three-pointers inside will greatly help the team's offensive space.

Tang Tian is a time traveler, so Davis can start training earlier.

Don't expect Davis to have range next season, but train early to be prepared.

As for Whiteside, his training content is relatively simple, that is, defense and block training, and defense includes foul control and top man.

Kobe Bryant described the communication between him and every celebrity in "Mamba Autobiography", among which the one about "Lord of the Rings" Russell is the most unusual.

Russell's understanding of basketball is specific and refined. In his view, basketball is a game of five people. If each person does his or her job to the extreme, then that team is an invincible team.

This kind of remarks has the background of the times, but it has merits.

It is impossible for everyone on a team to hold the ball. After all, there is only one basketball.

So a team has at most 2 to 3 ball-holding cores, and the rest are the functional players that Russell said.

That's what Whiteside needs to be, and he has the potential to be the best at that part.

Of course, the most important thing is that Whiteside also hopes to become that type of player, and his idol is Russell.

The training camp for the hard-working brothers has begun, and the finals of the Eastern and Western Regions have also come to an end.