James said he understood everything! There are many cases of lottery draws that are suspected to be "internal"

Sports Weekly All-Media Reporter Dong Changshuo

Earlier today, the NBA lottery draw ended, and the Mavericks drew the No. 1 pick with a 1.8% chance, winning the "Frager Cup" with a dark horse attitude. After the results were released, James updated his social media updates and sent out a series of "laughing and crying" expressions, which seemed to perfectly reflect the emotions of many fans after learning about this result.

Before the trading deadline of this season, the Mavericks unexpectedly sent Doncic to the Lakers. The transaction of Doncic itself is incredible, and the smallest and pitiful bargaining chips are even more confusing. A few months later, the Mavericks won the No. 1 pick with great luck, which really makes people think a lot.

According to American media reports, after the Mavericks won the No. 1 pick, Cuban called the team's current boss Dumont, and Dumont heard Cuban screaming wildly on the other end. But Dumont himself seemed very calm. He was participating in his child's track and field competition at the time and did not even watch the lottery live broadcast that was enough to determine the team's fate. Many fans who like conspiracy theories believe that Dumont already knows the fact that he won the No. 1 pick.

In the history of the NBA draft, there are many conspiracy theories that cannot be proven. I still remember that in 1985, when the lottery system was first implemented, many people believed that Stern helped the Knicks draw Ewing through the "freezing envelope". In 2003, in addition to this, there were actually coincidences in the draft lottery.

For example, in 2003, the Cavaliers won the No. 1 pick and chose James from Cleveland; 5 years later, the Chicago Bulls drew the No. 1 pick with a 1.7% chance, bringing back Chicago local Rose; at the end of 2009, the Wizards' legendary boss Polling passed away, and half a year later, the Wizards won the No. 1 pick; in 2011, the Cavaliers drew the No. 1 pick with a 2.8% chance and selected Irving, and not long ago, we just learned about the Cavaliers The news that the boss's son suffers from multiple neurofibroma; there are many similar coincidences. In 2012, the Hornets, who were entrusted with the league, won the No. 1 pick; in 2019, the Pelicans, who were forced to the palace by the Thick Brow, got Zion; in 2023, French star Vinban Yama participated in the draft, and the Spurs won the No. 23-year No. 1 pick... In addition to this year's Mavericks, from the "local" coincidence to the kind of favorable draw, the NBA's draft draw has indeed left us with a lot of imagination.

In fact, the NBA has made a lot of efforts to avoid suspicion in this matter. Every time the draft draws, the league invites various teams and local and national media to attend to supervise the draft draw process. At the same time, before the lottery starts, the NBA will also allow third-party independent institutions to fairly draw the lottery process, such as strictly unifying the quality of draw balls. Even so, the above strange coincidences still happened. However, although people have different opinions on the shady story of lottery draws, and even James said in the interview that "everything must be understood", to this day, no media can provide relevant reports to confirm this speculation.