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Chapter 18: The No. [-] Scholar is announced, drink dry and separate the wine
Dunn basically guessed right. In order to allow Anthony to play his hometown basketball, Stern really carried out a secret operation.

The Bulls got the 8th pick in the first round, the Clippers got the 7th pick, and the Grizzlies got the 6th pick.

The Grizzlies failed to get the No. 6 pick as they wished, which means that they couldn't keep the draft pick, and the Pistons won the No. [-] pick in the first round.

In the regular season of this season, the Grizzlies' record is 6th from the bottom. Now this pick is actually more in line with their record.

The problem is that the Knicks are 9th from the bottom, but now they have quietly squeezed into the top five, or even the top three, which is worth pondering.

"Won the 2003 draft, the fifth pick in the first round is the Miami Heat."

The Heat have the fourth-worst regular season record and deserve the No. 4 pick in the first round.

Seeing the Heat obtain this draft pick, as a good brother, Duan immediately took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to Wade, thereby acting as a prophet and congratulating Wade.

By the time Duen finished sending the text message, Lars Granik had also announced the No. 4 pick. Just like Duen remembered, it was picked by the Raptors, who had the third-worst record.

"Melon, congratulations, the New York Knicks have entered the finals!"

After the announcement of the No. 4 lottery, a commercial came on during the lottery draw on the TV.

What follows is a 5-minute commercial. After the commercial ends, the winners of the No. [-] pick, second pick, and No. [-] pick will be announced.

"Dune, brother, I especially thank you!"

Anthony was reminded by Du En, and immediately stood up and gave Du En a big hug.

Anthony didn't spend time with his family tonight, and he didn't have a date with any of his gangster brothers in Baltimore.

It is because of Du En that he personally helped him make this plan to use his hometown basketball to compete for the No. [-] pick.

Understand the operating rules of the NBA and the unspoken rules behind the lottery.

The Knicks have a 9th-to-last record and a 1.52% chance of winning the No. [-] pick, which is also reasonable.

For Anthony, he can spend anytime with his family, and he can bring his family into the small green house on the day of the draft.

You can also make an appointment with a brother who is innocent and accompany him to participate in the draft.

However, Du En is also a rookie in this year's draft, so he will definitely not be able to sit at the same table with him.

Therefore, Anthony chose to watch the lottery with Dunn and spend this extremely important moment in his life together.

"Well, I know, we'll always be brothers."

Du En patted Anthony on the shoulder, motioned him to relax, and then suggested, "Would you like a drink?"

"Only kids drink that stuff. Do you dare to drink with me?"

Anthony looked down upon Duan who picked up the orange juice, and instead opened the champagne on the table.

The legal drinking age limit in the United States is 21 years old, and teenagers under the age of 21 can only drink orange juice and apple juice sparkling drinks similar to wine.

In fact, there is also watermelon juice sparkling drink, but in most cases only white people like to drink it.

In other words, things like bans tend to become more popular the more they are banned.

Anthony has gang connections, and the gangs use Prohibition to brew smuggled alcohol and make huge profits.

Therefore, Anthony had drank alcohol a long time ago and did not take Prohibition seriously.

Bill Duffy has known Anthony for several years and is relatively familiar with Anthony's situation.

In addition, this is a hotel, anyway, after watching the lottery meeting, Anthony will not run out of the hotel to commit crimes, so he ordered a bottle of champagne from the hotel in his name.

When the time comes that you can’t finish drinking it, you can also use it to spray it to celebrate.

Of course, the orange juice was specially prepared to take care of Du En.

"I'm not an American, so how could I not dare?"

Du En said that he would risk his life to accompany the gentleman and have a few drinks with Anthony.

The two drank and chatted, only half a bottle was finished, and the commercial break passed.

The screen on the TV returned to the lottery meeting, and the next thing to be announced was the ownership of the flower lottery.

"The Denver Nuggets were the No. 2003 pick in the first round of the 3 draft."

The No. [-] pick is taken away by the Nuggets, so only the Cavaliers and the Knicks are left with the top pick and second place!
The chance of choosing one of the two made Anthony quite excited.

Hearing "yeah", Anthony jumped up from his seat and began to striptease.

Du En was a little worried when he saw this situation. There was no one else in the room.

Although Du En also watches football and appreciates Anthony's skills, he is not as outrageous as some fans. He dreams of sticking to the stars they are fans of...

Fortunately, Anthony didn't get excited for too long, and sat down in a daze.

"The second pick in the first round of the 2003 draft was the New York Knicks."

As a New Yorker, Stern supported the Knicks and gave the Knicks the No. [-] pick, but in the end he chose to keep the Cavaliers' No. [-] pick.

In this way, the situation of the champion contest is very clear.

The Cavaliers, who won the No. [-] pick, will inevitably choose James, who is close to home, to be their son in Cleveland.

The Knicks, who won the second pick, have no other choice but to choose Anthony, the son of New York who also plays his hometown basketball.

"Melon, congratulations! Our efforts were not in vain!
Being able to stay in New York to play is better than going to Cleveland, which is icy and snowy!
Besides, the Knicks are a fringe playoff team. Under your leadership, they will definitely make it to the playoffs next season!

In the next four years, maybe you have won the championship, and James can't even make the playoffs. "

Unable to get the No. [-] pick, this has indeed caused a lot of blows to Anthony, who has always won the No. [-] pick since he was a child.

However, after being comforted by Du En, Anthony also felt a little better.

Anthony thought about it carefully, and the truth is indeed the truth.

New York, Big Ball City!Knicks, the league's No. [-] giant!

Not to mention playing for the Knicks, there is a considerable advantage in improving personal commercial value.

In terms of team reinforcement alone, the Knicks undoubtedly have an advantage over the Cavaliers!
And last season, the Knicks did come close to making the playoffs.

As Duane said, under his leadership next season, will the Knicks still worry about not making the playoffs?

Not long after Anthony won the NCAA championship, his spirits were very high.At this time, he even felt that he could lead the Western Lottery team to the playoffs.

What kind of rotten sweet potatoes and stinky bird eggs are there in the east today?Reaching the playoffs in the Eastern Conference is considered an honor?
"Thank you, brother. I really don't know what I would do without you!"

"Needless to say thanks, everything is in the wine, dry, dry!"

Duane continued to persuade Anthony to drink. After all, after finishing this bottle, Duane will start flying around again to participate in the trial training of other teams.

In order to get a better draft pick and join a team that satisfied him, Dunn had to work harder for a while.

It is true that the Pistons have already made a first-round commitment.

However, the Pistons got the No. 6 pick from the Grizzlies and have every chance to sign a better guard.

Dunn is self-aware, and the draft market in the middle of the first round is almost his limit.

Perhaps some teams are covetous of the Chinese market and will consider him a Chinese player and want to select him like the Rockets did with Yao Ming.

However, how much will this help Duane improve the draft pick?
As far as Yao Ming's talent is concerned, no matter which draft conference he participates in, he will basically be selected by the team with the top three picks.

Now that the Chinese market has not yet been fully opened to the NBA, the hidden commercial value of Chinese players can't actually help Duen improve his pick much.

If Du En wants to make progress, he must keep his feet on the ground, work hard on his own, and blaze a trail.

(End of this chapter)