NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

On May 5, the Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 11 to 120 at Quicken Loans Arena to win the Battle of Kings Mountain.

James and the Cavaliers once again stood on the cliff.

The thrilling g6 will be held at the TD North Shore Garden Arena, home of the Devils in Boston.

Under the eyes of everyone, the semi-final g5 will start on May 13.

In the end, James still did not cross the Celtics Big Three.

The Cavaliers lost two straight games to the Celtics 85-94.

In the post-match salute to the players from both sides, Boston Wolves King Kevin Garnett whispered in James' ear and said something that influenced James' life.

"Don't let loyalty kill you."

At the press conference after the game, James rejected all questions about contract renewal, but said that he needed to rest before thinking about contract renewal.

The owner and general manager of the Cavaliers also said in an interview that they will provide James with a maximum salary and do their best to keep James.

But there is a faint feeling in everyone's heart, James, I'm afraid he has to leave.

As the proud son of heaven, he has been in the small city of Cleveland for 7 years now!

How long is an athlete's career?

7 years is long enough!

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With the Cavaliers out, the finals of the NBA East and West will also kick off.

On May 5th, the Eastern Conference Finals G17 kicked off. The Boston Celtics narrowly beat the Orlando Magic 1-92 in the away game, destroying the Magic's home court advantage.

On the second day, besides the first game of the Western Conference Finals, there was one more important thing for Li Kaiming!

Today is the day of the nba draft lottery!

The NBA draft is the most important way for each team to add fresh blood to the team.

In order to be fair, the league allows teams with poor records to have a higher probability of getting higher picks, and some picks cannot be traded.

This method has also been verified through years of drafts, and it is a relatively fair draft method.

Especially for teams in small ball markets, sometimes they just count on picking a talent to lead the team to soar into the sky.

Big city teams already have inherent advantages in signing teams.

The most famous example is the national father-in-law Magic Johnson.

When the Lakers selected Magician in 1979, they still had the first record in the league. The team had Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the historical scoring leader, and James Worthy, a Hall of Famer. This is why Magic could win fmvp in his rookie season. reason.

In addition to his own strength, the Lakers themselves are a championship-level team, which also gave the magician a chance to perform on the stage of the finals.

If he was sent to another small city, it would be good to play in the playoffs, and also fmvp, don't even think about it.

This year's draw ceremony will still be conducted live on TV.

According to the ranking of last season's regular season record, the bottom 14 teams are ranked. These teams will draw this year's lottery picks.

Last season, the New Jersey Nets boasted a record of 12 wins and 70 losses, enjoying a 25% probability of being the No. [-] pick.

The Minnesota Timberwolves, the 15-year-old bad team, ranked second with 67 wins and 19.9 losses, with a [-]% ​​probability of winning the No. [-] lottery.

The Kings are third, with a 15.6 percent probability of the No. [-] pick.

The Warriors and Wizards have the same record, determined by flipping a coin. In the end, the Warriors are 4th and the Wizards are 5th.

Next is the team with a probability of less than 10 percent. The Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons are tied for a probability of 5.3 percent.

For the teams below, the probability does not exceed 3%, and the probability of winning the No. [-] pick is very small.

Elliott Williams, who was still in devil training, also took a rare time to come to watch the lottery ceremony with Li Kaiming.

The two stared at the TV screen with great concentration.

The nba draw is similar to the double-color balls of the lottery. There are 14 small balls with 1-4 written on them, and then they start to shake under the blower of the blower.

According to the current rules, the actual result of the lottery is to draw the top three picks first, and the remaining 4-14 picks will be arranged in reverse order according to the record.

But in the actual announcement process, it will be announced from the 14th.

In other words, the real lottery-like process cannot be seen on TV.

After a while, the ceremony begins!

The first to come out is the representative of the Rockets' lottery!

The 14th pick belongs to the Houston Rockets!

Not surprisingly, the Rockets have the best record among these 14 teams.

13th pick, Toronto Raptors!

The only foreign team in the nba league, their record is also the second best.

12th pick, Memphis Grizzlies!

Li Kaiming's local team is also his hometown team.

11th pick, New Orleans Hornets!

The point guard god ushered in his lottery teammates, and he was also a rookie with the 11th overall pick.

10th pick, Indiana Pacers.

The Utah Jazz acquired the ninth overall pick in a trade from the Knicks.

The Clippers won the No. 8 pick, the Pistons won the No. 7 pick, and the Warriors won the No. 6 pick!

Next up, the Sacramento Kings!

No. 5 pick!

No Wizards!

No 76ers!

These two teams, whose probabilities are not as good as the Warriors and Kings, even made it to the top 4!

Both Li Kaiming and Williams were a little surprised!

It seems that tonight's lottery ceremony is going to be an upset!

No. 4 pick, Minnesota Timberwolves!

The Wizards and 76ers have rushed to the top three!

Be nice!

Li Kaiming and Williams were dumbfounded, especially the 76ers, who had a 5% probability of being the No. [-] lottery, and actually got the top three picks. This is simply a robbery!

The Timberwolves' lottery representative's face is black!

One place short of getting the top three, I didn't expect to have never drawn the 76ers!

Next, is the exciting moment of the announcement of the top three picks!

No. [-] pick, New Jersey Nets!

What the hell!

Williams next to Li Kaiming stood up and swears!

With a 25% probability of being the No. [-] lottery, he finally got a lottery!

Those who didn't know thought they were acting in a movie here!

The Wizards and the 76ers counterattacked all the way to the top 2 picks!

The lottery representatives of the Nets were about to cry, how the hell did they go back to work!

I'm afraid he was expelled for stepping into the stadium with his left foot first as soon as he returned to the team!

The second pick, the Philadelphia 76ers!

No. [-] pick, Washington Wizards!

The ups and downs of the lottery ceremony came to an end!

Even Li Kaiming didn't expect that in the end it was the Wizards who won the lottery!

The moment the lottery results came out, Williams on the side patted Li Kaiming on the shoulder.

"Li, the Wizards' No. [-] pick is pretty good. Washington is a nice city, and it's also the capital of the country. Congratulations, you went to a good place!"

Li Kaiming smiled, "Don't be chosen by the Raptors, you will be frozen to death!"

Williams shrank his neck, rolled his eyes and said to Li Kaiming, "Don't be crowed, I don't want to add marijuana!"

After sending Williams away, Li Kaiming sat on the sofa with a smile on his lips and began to think about his future.

In his own opinion, the Wizards is also a good place to go.

Although he doesn't like those particularly lively places, he doesn't want to go to any relatively backward or remote places.

Like Detroit, Toronto, etc.

And the teammates of the Wizards are also very good. Gilbert Arenas, who averaged 22 points and 7 assists per game, plus Antawn Jamison, Josh Howard, Caron Butler and other powerful strikers, just lacked one. Great insider...

Then he passed by himself, wouldn't he just make up for the last shortcoming of the Wizards?