Chapter 1,067 Kobe’s Confidence and Exciting Draft Lottery!

There are no miracles.

For some people, some miracles require a lifetime of cooling down time.

On May 16, 2010, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies with difficulty on the road, and finally defeated their opponents with a score of 4 to 3, becoming the second player in the Western Conference to enter the conference finals.

In this way, the Seattle SuperSonics, who had been waiting for almost a week, also waited for their Western Conference Finals opponent, the Los Angeles Lakers.

For Seattle SuperSonics players, this is the best option.

Although they are not afraid of beating the Grizzlies, their current goal is not just to defeat their opponents and enter the finals.

Now the goal of the Seattle SuperSonics is another unique miracle in NBA history, to win the championship!

"4 to 0!"

“We’re going to sweep the Los Angeles Lakers this year!”

The advantages they have faced against the Los Angeles Lakers over the years have made Seattle SuperSonics players very excited.

They actually have reason to be so excited.

Facing Oden, even Milicic was at a huge disadvantage. Facing Stoudemire, Milicic had the advantage. Stoudemire couldn't guard Milicic and also hit the basket. If you can't beat Milicic, Millsap can be pulled outside to make up for it. Randolph can't beat Milicic if he is moved inside.

Coupled with Gasol and Ibaka on the bench, the Seattle SuperSonics insiders have never been afraid of the Lakers before, and now they are beating the Lakers.

On the outside, Kobe Bryant, the Lakers' strongest player, has always been at a disadvantage when facing Yes.

Artest can withstand McGrady, but he has basically never withstood Durant. Whether in the Rockets or the Lakers, Artest has never been able to withstand the growing Durant one-on-one.

The reason is that McGrady is 2.03 meters tall, Artest is 2.01 meters tall, and Durant’s height... This is a mystery. Durant’s official height as a rookie was 2.06 meters tall, but everyone knows that, Durant was less than 19 years old when he entered the league as a rookie, and he was still growing.

In the NBA, a difference of five centimeters is considered a grade, let alone a difference of more than five centimeters.

The Lakers' strangling forward, which became famous against the Grizzlies, works well against Tracy McGrady, but it is definitely doubtful against Durant.

Perhaps in the entire comparison between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Los Angeles Lakers, the only advantage is the point guard position.

If the Lakers' Nash is Nash at his peak, this is indeed a variable.

But now, Nash is 36 years old, and his statistics with the Lakers this season have dropped from his peak of 25+10 per game to 16+13 this season.

The data is still excellent, but these are two completely different data styles.

I don't know whether Nash changed his style of play because of the Lakers' playing style or because of his declining physical function.

However, Rondo is the new MVP!

Even if his scoring ability is terrible, you don't need to look at the scoring champion, but he is also a top defender at the point guard position.

Rondo is indeed at a disadvantage when facing those heavy defenders, but when facing less heavy defenders like Nash, Rondo basically does not suffer, and he can also maximize his defensive skills. Even Ray Allen can beat him. Live.

As for the Lakers' rotation substitutes that have been reviving the Lakers when facing the Grizzlies, the substitute lineup of players such as Mike Bibby, O'Neal, Fisher, Odom and others is also very strong, but can it be as strong as the Mavericks?

The Mavericks' rotation and the starting lineup without Nowitzki were both beaten by the Seattle SuperSonics' rotation!

It can be said that for Sonics players, the Lakers are the team they know best and are most familiar with in the NBA. Not to mention the regular season, the Lakers were also in last year's Western Conference Finals. The Seattle SuperSonics swept the Lakers last year.

On the Seattle side, SuperSonics players are very satisfied with the Lakers' opponent.

On the other side of Los Angeles, the Lakers are also very satisfied with their opponent, the SuperSonics.

It's certainly better for the Lakers to beat the Mavericks.

But for Kobe, he hopes to meet Ye Si this year!

"It's been a month, the first Western Conference Finals game against the Seattle SuperSonics, just one month!"

"I found the shooting feeling and rhythm today!"

In the next game against the Sonics, I want to give Yes a surprise!

Thanks for reminding me!

"Phil, Bryant was in good shooting shape today."

"It's really good."

Phil Jackson smiled and nodded.

After eliminating the Grizzlies yesterday, he recovered early this morning. Both his physical and mental state have been adjusted so well. I have to say that Bryant is really strong in this aspect.

Of course, if you play the Sonics, say Yes, Kobe has always been like this.

The same is true for him. Compared with the Mavericks, he is also willing to beat Nelson.

After all, what he is pursuing now is not a championship. Since last year, his pursuit has no longer been a championship ring, but to leave a deeper mark on the road of basketball in the NBA than nine championships, just like Same as Master Romar.

Of course he knows how fierce the public opinion outside is now after the Lakers advance, and how unfavorable they are towards the Los Angeles Lakers.

Indeed, the Los Angeles Lakers have always been beaten against the SuperSonics in recent years.

When Yes was a rookie, Kobe suffered a lot when playing Yes.

Not to mention now.

Therefore, in this round of the Western Conference Finals, outside media experts predict that the Los Angeles Lakers will not survive.

"There is no life for ten deaths!"

Phil Jackson gets excited every time he thinks about it.

In his coaching career, since his success with the Chicago Bulls, his team has never been so unfavorable.

That's why there has always been a successful coach who is actually a general coach who relies on the team's strongest lineup in the league to suppress opponents.

Success coaching?

He is the most successful coach in the NBA, but he does not want to be evaluated as a successful coach.

And this is the final goal of his coaching career!

The Los Angeles Lakers are now in a desperate situation.

So what if the Los Angeles Lakers end up having trouble in this series? !

Then he will change everyone's view of him in one fell swoop!

Phil Jackson is not only the most successful head coach in the NBA, but also a powerful and great head coach like Master Romar who can perform miracles!

so!

Let those who look down be more violent.

This will make people more excited!

I'm going to Seattle tonight.

The team is becoming more and more looked down upon, but the head coach beside him is getting more and more excited...

Phil Jackson's excitement made D'Antoni a little cautious.

Phil has not awakened any strange attributes, right?

Every time he sees the outside world's disapproval of the Lakers, he is very worried.

But the two leaders of the team, Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson, were very excited.

The more you are looked down upon, the more excited you are.

Not the slightest hint of worry could be seen.

Is this the psychological quality of the most successful head coaches?

When D'Antoni came to the Lakers as an assistant coach, he came to study psychology.

Now, D'Antoni feels that maybe Phil Jackson around him has awakened some strange attribute.

Staying calm in times of danger, becoming more excited when in danger, and becoming more motivated when in danger are the basic qualities of a psychological master and the most successful people.

D'Antoni said that he seemed to have learned some essential things.

For the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson are holding back a surprise for Leafs and the Sonics.

The Seattle SuperSonics took time out of their busy preparations to accept the invitation of league president David Stern to participate in the first draft lottery held in Seattle in NBA history.

At eight o'clock in the evening on May 17, 2010, Yeez brought the Seattle SuperSonics players to the draft lottery.

Along with Yes, there are also the biggest favorites in this year's draft, Yes's younger brother, Avery Bradley, Yes's younger apprentice Leonard, and the University of Washington's small guard Isiah Thomas.

The annual draft lottery is mostly held in New York or New Jersey.

This time it was placed in Seattle, mainly because David Stern and NBA officials have been working in Seattle recently, playing games with the Seattle SuperSonics.

Therefore, inviting the Leafs and Seattle SuperSonics this time is also to support their appearance.

This is the first time that Seattle has hosted such an event, and I don’t know what kind of enthusiasm the Seattle audience has for such an event.

What if it’s deserted?

After all, Seattle has the 30th pick in this year's first round, and the lottery team's lottery has nothing to do with them.

"Captain, which team do you think can get the No. 1 pick this year? Can New York do it?"

Avery Bradley is very nervous. As the biggest favorite for this year's No. 1 pick, he has to choose among the 14 lottery teams this year. Of course, he hopes to go to the New York Knicks, who have the worst record in the league this season.

New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors, Charlotte Hornets, New Jersey Nets, Sacramento Kings, Utah Jazz, Phoenix Suns, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets.

There are fourteen lottery teams, and the top seven teams in the Eastern Conference have the first to seventh odds of being the top pick.

Among the seven teams in the Eastern Conference, the only one Bradley has eyes for is the New York Knicks.

As for the remaining six teams, the Nets are good, but this year the Nets' first-round pick was traded to the Cavaliers.

Cleveland?

It's better to avoid him. No one wants to stay in that damn place except the patients.

So, if the places where you are most likely to end up in life are these seven places, besides New York, Bradley feels that he might be depressed to death if he went anywhere else.

It can be said that since the end of the regular season and the record rankings of each team have been determined, Bradley has been nervous.

Bradley had asked him this question a hundred times if not ten thousand times.

He really didn't know how to answer.

He does not have the ability to tell fortunes. What's more, even if he did, it would be useless. NBA draft picks are not about God's will, but about David Stern's will.

At this time, it was not only Bradley who was beside Ye Si who was nervous, but also Vicky, who was not far away.

Such draws generally do not involve the head coach.

But this time, **Vicci is here.

There's no way, this pick is very important.

If he can't get the top five, or even the top three picks, what can he do to trade Rondo?

There's no way I can take it!

The Spurs' probability of being the No. 1 pick tonight is ranked 11th. According to past rules, the Spurs have a high probability of being the 11th pick in the first round.

Fortunately, David Stern has been reforming the rules of the draft lottery in order to prevent botched games.

The top three picks used to be drawn by lottery, the year before last it was the top four picks, last year it was changed to the top five picks, and this year it was changed to the top six picks.

In other words, even if the Spurs have a low probability of being the top pick, the probability of the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth picks is increasing all the time, so there is a chance of entering the top five.

Now, **Vitch wishes that David Stern would reform the draft lottery to be more radical and make all the top fourteen picks determined by lottery.

He is the only one in the world who knows how powerful Rondo is, and Rondo is within reach, but if he loses the chance to get Rondo because he has no chips, he will really cry!

"God forbid that the teams ahead of the Spurs in the lottery don't get the top five picks!"

When Isiah Thomas, the representative of the New York Knicks, came up to draw the lottery, and instead of being drawn into the top six, he was drawn into the empty lottery, ** Vicky, who had been praying below, almost jumped up.

Isiah Thomas on the stage looked livid.

Avery Bradley in the audience looked horrified.

"Congratulations to the New York Knicks for acquiring the seventh overall pick and the 37th overall pick in the 2010 draft."

Congratulations Nima!

The top six were drawn and the probability of the New York Knicks being in the top six was over 90%. How dare you congratulate me on getting the guaranteed seventh pick? !

Shady!

A complete shady story!

David Stern, can you be darker? !

It’s been two seasons.

After a poor performance last season, he was deprived of the top five draft picks, and he was deprived of it this time.

He originally thought David Stern wouldn't be so awesome.

The bottom two are guaranteed for two consecutive years?

Doesn’t this clearly mean that the league is manipulating draft picks?

If this is the case, who will dare to show off in the future?

Um?

Isiah Thomas, who looked angry, thought of this, was stunned for a moment, and mechanically looked at the smiling David Stern next to him. Finally, after his expression changed several times, he walked off the court angrily.

Being in the bottom two for two consecutive years, but actually guaranteed the bottom two years in a row, how bad is your luck?

Logically speaking, the other lottery teams below would be laughing loudly at this time, but no one was laughing at Thomas' luck at this time.

The representatives of the bad teams in the Eastern Conference not only did not smile at this time, they were simply trembling.

Isiah Thomas and the New York Knicks are David Stern's chickens who kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.

David Stern doesn't care at all about the split or the blatant manipulation of the draft lottery.

As long as you dare to mess up, I will dare to blackmail you. I dare to ask the following Eastern Conference teams, which one can say that they have never messed up?

Well, there is still some. The Cavaliers, who entered the playoffs this year, their draft rights belong to the Nets. The Nets have nothing to do with them, not to mention the Nets have not messed up, so Daniel Gibson, who represented the Cavaliers in the draw, is very calm.

Daniel Gibson watched with disdain as those trembling Eastern Conference representatives were sent up one by one, and were teased by David Stern one by one.

The Milwaukee Bucks, who have the second-most probability this year and are the second-biggest powerhouse in the world this year, are still empty-handed in the lottery. They did not get the top six picks and are guaranteed to be the eighth pick.

The Philadelphia 76ers accompanied Iverson for the last half of the season. They didn't mess up in the front, and they didn't mess up in the back. Finally, they didn't win anything like the two heroes in front of them. The Philadelphia 76ers won the sixth place. order.

The Detroit Pistons, in the first half of the season, they cooperated with Iverson to score points but failed on their own. In the second half of the season, they simply made no secret of it and spent a whole season. In the end, Hamilton, who represented the Pistons in the draw, was the same as the Knicks and Bucks before him. , the draw was empty, and he was guaranteed the ninth pick.

The Toronto Raptors have been in trouble all season. The whole team cooperated with Bargnani to improve the statistics and guaranteed the tenth pick.

The Charlotte Hornets, who haven't performed poorly all season, are too weak and were selected with the fourth pick.

Daniel Gibson, who represented the seventh Cavaliers, was calm before, but now, he can't calm down no matter what.

What if the Cavaliers, who originally had only the seventh-highest probability of being drafted first, suddenly became the team with the first-highest probability?

This damn Daniel Gibson even felt like he was shaking a little.

Not only the basic model, James in front of the TV was even more excited than Gibson.

Both hands were already excited to hold on to the TV.

"No. 1 pick?!"

"The Cavaliers can actually get this year's No. 1 pick?!"

James is very excited now.

And Ye Si clearly felt that Bradley beside him had closed his eyes in fear.

If Cleveland does get the No. 1 pick, it will be the worst possible outcome for him.

"Congratulations to the Cleveland Cavaliers for receiving the first overall pick in the 2010 draft!"

Number one pick!

Cleveland really got the No. 1 pick!

Bradley, who had closed his eyes, opened his eyes when he heard David Stern's words, but his eyes seemed to have lost all focus.

It’s so uncomfortable!

On the other side, John Wall, Evan Turner, Cousins ​​and others were much more excited.

The rookies in the East have been exhausted. The No. 1 pick goes to the Cavaliers. Bradley will fill this hole. As for the sixth-place 76ers, they will definitely not fall into sixth place.

In other words, even if they are unable to go to New York, they can still stay in the West!

This is really uncomfortable for one person, but happy for millions of families.

After the No. 1 pick fell to the Cavaliers, most of the highlights of the entire draft lottery disappeared.

The Kings, who were ranked eighth, took the third overall pick. The Kings also had a bad season, but without David Stern to attack, because they sounded the clarion call against the Heat.

The Jazz, who went up ninth, were not so lucky. They were drawn empty and guaranteed the 11th pick.

The Phoenix Suns, who went up tenth, drew empty and secured the twelfth pick.

And when **Vicci, the eleventh person drawn, came up, **Vicchi's whole head was buzzing as he walked to the stage.

The first ten teams that were drawn actually only took the first, third, fourth, and sixth picks? !

He actually left the second and fifth picks in the top five? !

Now there are four teams left: the Spurs, Clippers, Trail Blazers, and Rockets!

In other words, two of the four teams can draw the top five picks!

The Spurs' probability of getting the top five draft picks has soared to over 50%!

You know, the Spurs are now the team with the highest probability of the remaining four teams!

As long as David Stern doesn't shady the Spurs, the Spurs will not only be in the top five, but they will also be the most popular team to get the second pick.

The opportunity actually came!

but!

In terms of the strength of the Spurs, the Spurs were ranked first in the regular season last year, but they won the lottery this year. Doesn't David Stern really think that the Spurs are bad?

Seriously, he's been out there answering why the Spurs have such a bad record this season, talking about Bowen's retirement, and his distraction from Team USA.

Are the Spurs screwing up this season?

Of course, yes, but these reasons are also high-sounding.

At least it gave David Stern face.

And it does make sense.

Bowen is very important. The whole world knows that he is a contender for the number one defensive player in NBA history.

This season, he was also regarded as having Alzheimer's disease in his later years because of his crazy support for Rondo, the boss of the US team.

As an "Alzheimer" without his most trusted player, it should be normal to lead the team to such a record, right? It's not considered a failure, right?

Thinking of this, **Vicci's anxious mood improved a lot.

In fact, in David Stern's mind, he does not regard the Spurs as a bad team.

And the reason is what **Vitch thought. David Stern also felt that **Vitch had dementia and actually made a player like Rondo the boss and leader of the US team.

are you crazy?

Of course, in addition to the Spurs, the other Rockets, Trail Blazers and Clippers were not considered bad teams by him, so the probabilities of the four teams are normal.

"Congratulations to the San Antonio Spurs for acquiring the fifth and 35th overall picks in the 2010 NBA Draft. "

Not second?

Although not second, it is still in the top five!

Therefore, after being stunned for a moment, Vicki was still so excited that he couldn't help but waved his fist towards Rondo in the direction where the Sonics players were sitting.

Of course, no one thought that Vicki was showing favor to Rondo. Many reporters on the court thought that Vicki was showing favor to Bradley in front of Rondo.

"**Vitch isn't really crazy, is he? If the Spurs get the second pick, it's possible to pick Bradley, and they also want to pick Bradley with the fifth pick?"

"Hahahaha, maybe Vicki wants to choose Leonard next to Bradley?"

"Isn't it as crazy to pick Leonard with the fifth pick as to think that you can pick Bradley with the fifth pick? Hahahaha..."

For a time, there was such a happy atmosphere in the entire scene for the first time.

**Vicci doesn't care either, just laugh. When I welcome Rajon to the Spurs, you will know who is laughing and who is crying in the end!

The Spurs took away the fifth overall pick, while Nick Young behind the Spurs took away the second overall pick. According to normal probability, the Clippers have the highest probability.

After the top six picks were drawn, representatives from the Trail Blazers and Rockets did not have to play. The two teams guaranteed the 13th and 14th picks.

The SuperSonics received the 30th and 60th picks.

"I didn't expect the draft lottery to be so exciting."

It was indeed exciting, and Ye Si nodded.

Everyone in the Sonics finds the draft lottery exciting.

Bradley, who was among them, looked like he might cry at any moment.

Seeing Bradley like this, the Sonics players next to him really sympathized.

After all, Cleveland is a place no one wants to go except patients...