In the blink of an eye, the regular season of the 2001-2002 season was over.

On April 13, the Pistons played their final game of the regular season against the Portland Trail Blazers.

Because of the division between the east and the west, the two teams have only met twice this season.

The last time we played was at the end of 01, and the current strength of the Pistons was naturally not the opponent of the Trail Blazers, and Clark had not come back at that time, so the Trail Blazers played a 20-point difference.

Even so, it was Zhang Weiping's subordinates who showed mercy......

And in tonight's game, what made Richard a little speechless was that Zhang Weiping directly rotated all the main players of the team, saying that he was going to actively prepare for the playoffs.

A fool can also see that Zhang Weiping is preparing to release water to Richard's piston......

Anyway, it makes no difference if they win this game and lose this game, they are all in second place in the West.

And Richard actually doesn't care, anyway, even if they win this game, they are still 11th in the East.

When the referees blew for the end of the game, the Pistons had won by six points at the Trail Blazers' home court.

From this, it can also be seen that the current Pistons are compared to the top teams in the league.

Even though the Trail Blazers rotated almost all of their main lineup, the Pistons still couldn't win a big victory.

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There are fifteen teams on the eastern side and fourteen teams on the western side.

At the end of the regular season, the Pistons finished 11th in the East, which is the fifth from the bottom in the East.

The four teams behind the Pistons are the Heat, Hawks, Knicks and Cavaliers.

The 36-46 record is the Pistons' record this season.

Pistons fans are naturally quite sore in the ass......

It is already obvious that Richard wants to put it badly, but it is quite incomplete, and in the end, this record is actually quite embarrassing, and the high is not low.

In the eyes of the fans, this swing is quite meaningless.

Because according to the rules of the draft lottery, the Pistons' current record is the eighth from the bottom in the league.

There are four teams in the East that have a worse record than the Pistons, and three teams in the West that have a worse record than the Pistons, which is the eighth lowest record in the league.

According to the rules of the draw, the eight-to-last record may draw seven series of lots.

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th picks.

The first one, two, and three picks, as long as it is a lotto team, there is a chance to draw, no matter what the record, even if it is the team with the best winning rate among all the lotto teams, there is also a chance to get the champion draw.

Of course, this probability is basically negligible.

As for the Golden State Warriors, who have the worst record in the league this season, they are naturally the team with the highest chance of getting the top pick, with a 25% chance.

Not only is the probability of winning the lottery high, but the probability of the list is also 25%, and the probability of the Tanhua lottery is 21.5%.

Attentive fans can see that the team with the worst record is not a sure thing to get the top three picks.

In order to prevent the team with the worst record, because of bad luck, it was drawn too low in the ranking, so that it could not be rebuilt smoothly, so the league also made a very humane supplement to the rules.

That is, when the team draws lots, it can also get the draft picks in the bottom three picks of the record ranking.

For example, if the Warriors are ranked first from the bottom, then he can also get a fourth pick.

As for the Cavaliers, who have the second-to-last record, they are guaranteed a fifth pick.

When it comes to the pistons, because the first few picks have guaranteed picks, the pistons can only have seven picks.

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The Pistons have a 2.8 percent chance of getting the top pick, a 3.3 percent chance of picking a top-pick pick, and a 3.7 percent chance of a probe pick.

It can be seen that this probability is really too low, which is also the reason why Pistons fans are hurting.

The swing was not thorough enough, and he basically lost the qualification to compete for the top three picks.

But if it's hopeless, it's not ......

Because there have been such beautiful things in history.

And it has appeared more than once, not to mention the distant one for the time being, just talking about the Nets in the previous two years, it is this kind of lucky one.

In the 2000 lottery, they finished seventh from the bottom, or 4.4 percent of the time.

I have to say that this luck is really good, but it may also be that God opened a door for it and closed a window for it.

Because the 2000 draft was a small year, the Nets only got a Kenyon Martin, and they didn't get any characters who could really lead the team to rise.

Don't look at the Nets' No. 1 record in the East this season, but in fact, this matter has little to do with Kenyon Martin, and most of it is due to Kidd.

The other good luck event happened even more recently.

But it's not far away, in '93, the year before Richard crossed over.

The lucky winner this time was the Magic......

In '92, they had just drawn O'Neal with the top pick, and in '93, they had a 1.56% chance of winning the top pick again.

I have to say that this luck is simply invincible.

The record is ninth from the bottom in the league, which is better than the current Pistons, and as a result, they can draw the top pick, not luck.

The key '93 was not a draft year, and the Magic selected Corris Webb with the No. 1 pick in their hand, and then traded Webb for the Warriors' penny Hardaway.

That's what made the Magic rise in those two years......

It can be said that the Magic can enter the finals in those two years, and it is really the goddess of luck who came, if it weren't for the luck, if they were two consecutive champions, how could they have played such a record.

One O'Neal, one penny Hardaway, maybe the Magic boss saved the galaxy in his last life.

Seventeen years have passed since 1985, and these two lucky teams have emerged.

But Richard was real, and there were two more such lucky events later!

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For example, in this 02 lottery meeting, in fact, the Rockets are a team with a lot of luck.

Their normal record is 11th in the West, and the chance of winning the lottery is 8.9%, and as a result, Francis went to the lottery on behalf of the Rockets, and the result was really the first pick......

This is also the reason why Francis took such good care of Yao Ming later, in his opinion, Yao Ming estimated that God sent him to ......

Later, there was the No. 1 pick that the Bulls drew in '08, with a 1.7% chance of winning Rose.

But if there is one team with the best luck, it is undoubtedly the Cavaliers.

In '11, the team selected Irving with a 2.8 percent chance of being the top pick, and then in '14, it was a 1.7 percent chance of picking Wiggins......

11-14 years, in the past four years, the Cavaliers have three top picks in four years, and many fans feel that there is something wrong with this.

Because theoretically, the odds are simply too small and too small.

Even with Bennett's No. 1 pick in '13, the Cavaliers aren't the team with the worst record in the league, they're the third-to-last team with a 15.6% chance of getting the No. 1 pick.

15.6%, 2.8%, 1.7%, draw three champion lots, and the math boss can know how terrifying the odds are when they calculate it.

If you're not a math boss, don't do it easily, you can't do it......

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Richard's current record, if he gets the champion sign, it is actually quite acceptable, not particularly exaggerated, after all, there was magic before.

That's why Richard made his record as bad as possible......

Because if it is really the team with the best record in the lotto, there is only a 0.5% chance of drawing the champion, and if this odds do draw the champion, I am afraid that the fans will have to wonder if there is anything wrong with it.

Now the 2.8% chance, if you draw it, although it is also exaggerated, but after all, it is magic to the end, and the fans can accept it.

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The draw is usually held in mid-May, and there is still about a month to go.

Richard is fully ready, and this time he is going to draw a champion pick for the Pistons!

This champion will be the foundation of the Pistons' rise and will be the key to the Pistons' dynasty.

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On the domestic side, the finals are already in full swing.

It is still a duel between two old rivals, the Shanghai team against the Bayi team.

Richard is now waiting for a piece of news, news about Yao Ming......

Under normal circumstances, when the Shanghai team played the CBA Finals, the basketball team issued a rule.

Interim Administrative Measures for the Administration of Foreign-related Transfers of Basketball Players

Even if you are a fool, you can see the purpose of the introduction of this management method, and the goal is directly aimed at Yao Ming.

This temporary document clearly stipulates the distribution plan of the player's salary after the transfer.

The Basketball Association takes 30%, the athlete's province takes 10%, and the General Administration of Sports takes 10%, which is 50% of the salary.

And then the remaining fifty percent of the salary, thinking that all of it was given to the players?

Naive......

The remaining 50% of the salary will be distributed among athletes, coaches and other meritorious personnel according to the situation.

Who has merit? That's not all......

Many fans have the impression that Yao Ming can only get fifty percent of his salary, but in fact, he can't even get fifty percent.

It seems that this rule seems to be quite strict, but in fact, the basketball management is not a random rule, because Zheng Haixia, a Chinese women's basketball player, also paid 50% of her salary when she went to play in the NBA.

This makes sense.

Later, when it got to the NBA, it almost scared people to death, because these NBA players really couldn't understand how there could be such rules.

In the end, with the intervention of the NBA players' union, the agent team behind Yao Ming negotiated with the basketball management and finally set the figure at 5% after tax.

How difficult this negotiation will be is for the time being......

From this, it can also be seen that the players' union can really do something serious.

Yao Ming's popularity in the NBA is okay, in fact, there are reasons why other players sympathize with Yao Ming, which can be said to be a household name in the NBA.

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Now that the CBA Finals have begun, Richard is waiting for the basketball center to issue this rule.

What Richard didn't expect was that the basketball center did introduce rules, but they were different from the rules under normal circumstances.

They directly asked for 5% of Yao Ming's after-tax salary, and did not ask for 50% of the salary as usual.

This puzzled Richard......

Come to think of it, it seems that this variable is the only reason for the change.

It is very likely that he issued a military order, and then caused the basketball management center to be a lot more cautious when issuing regulations.

Anyway, it's a good thing, a great thing to celebrate.

At least for now, Richard doesn't have to worry about Yao Ming anymore, after this regulation is introduced, Yao Ming's entry into the NBA is already a smooth road, and he can no longer find any obstacles!

"Coach, when this round of finals is over, I will be able to go to the United States!" On the night the regulations were introduced, Yao Ming excitedly called Richard.

Although he still has to pay five percent of his salary, this is acceptable in Yao Ming's opinion.

"Good! Good! Good! Richard applauded.

"As soon as the finals are over, hurry up to apply for visas and other things, hurry up to the United States, and I'll take you to the lottery when the time comes!"

Richard said excitedly to Yao Ming.

"Coach, are you sure about the signing of the champion, don't I be selected by other teams at that time......" Yao Ming asked with some worry.

His current domestic affairs have basically been dealt with, and he is waiting for Richard to get the champion to sign him.

He naturally wanted to play under Richard, in addition to Richard having been helping him with ideas during this time, he also knew that joining Richard was his best choice.

Joining Richard can allow him to adapt to the NBA in the shortest possible time, in addition, seeing that Richard attaches so much importance to himself, after the NBA, he will definitely build the team with himself as the core.

For various reasons, Yao Ming has now made up his mind to join Richard's team.

"Don't worry, Da Yao, you don't know me yet, I never talk empty words, when the time comes, you go with me to the lottery meeting, and I will let you witness the birth of a miracle with your own eyes!"

Generally speaking, unless a player is asked to play in the draw, players rarely attend the draw.

And at the moment, Yao Ming is impossible to play the lottery, because Yao Ming is not a Pistons......

The reason why Richard took Yao Ming to the lottery was because he wanted to maximize the effect of the lucky dice!

During the time that the effect of the lucky dice lasted, Richard used all the things that needed luck on Yao Ming.

For example, All-Star Light, such as Grafting Wood Pills......

He wants to take advantage of this point in time to greatly increase Yao Ming's combat power!

He wants Yao Ming to enter the NBA league in an incomparably prosperous state, and strive to be a blockbuster and soar to the sky!

Under normal circumstances, Yao Ming's embarrassing career debut, Richard would never let him appear again.

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Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!

Now we are waiting for the lottery ceremony to arrive!