On May 13, Beijing time, the draw ceremony for the NBA2024 draft ended, the Hawks drew the top pick, the Wizards drew the list eye lottery, and the Rockets drew the probe lottery, which means that the Detroit Pistons, which have the lowest record in the league, lost again, and they only drew the No. 5 pick.
The Pistons are the league's bottom pick with just 14 wins this season, and they were also the league's bottom last season last season, but unfortunately they ended up with the No. 5 pick.
The Pistons reporter wrote that the team has won 14, 17 and 23 in the past three years, but in the end they can only draw the No. 5 pick.
In fact, in the last three years, the probability of the Pistons drawing the top five picks is as high as 52.13%, and the probability of winning the top pick is as high as 14%, but in the end, the Pistons can miraculously avoid the top four picks and fall to fifth.
Pistons reporter Ryan Field wrote: In the history of the NBA draft, there has never been a team that has gone from the No. 1 pick to the No. 5 pick two years in a row, which is unbelievable.
The NBA reporter wrote: The Hawks have a 3% probability of winning the top pick, the Rockets have a 1.9% probability of winning the probe pick, and the Pistons have a 52.1% probability of winning the top four picks.
Detroit fans wrote: How stupid is the lottery, when we've already set the worst record for two years in a row, and we've drawn the No. 5 pick, how are the Pistons going to get out of purgatory?
After the Pistons official tweeted that the team won the No. 5 pick, he posted an upside-down expression to show frustration, and it was obvious that the team was also dissatisfied.
The data expert wrote: Interesting fact, since Tom Gores bought the Pistons, the team's record is the worst in the league, in 2011 he only spent 325 million to buy the team, now the Pistons are worth 3.1 billion, the return on investment is 854%, for the owner, winning is not the motivation.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream