The Rockets let the 38-year-old veteran play the whole game, and finally 10 lost 9 games.
There is no doubt that 1984 was a great year for high-quality draft in NBA history. Jordan, Olajuwon, stockton and Buckley were all drafted. Because the draft of 1984 is so brilliant, later generations also call it the "diamond generation". At that time, many teams that missed the championship began to compete for high-quality draft picks, among which the Rockets were the craziest team.
In the 83-84 season, in order to get Olajuwon, the Rockets lost 20 of the last 27 games and 9 of the last 10 game. In order to lose, the Rockets even let the veteran Hayes, who has reached the age of 38, play for 48 minutes (Hayes also announced his retirement a week later). In the end, the rockets made themselves the bottom of the western region through the "outbreak" at the end of the season.
Duncan drove the Spurs Green Army crazy, and the Green Army executives ordered the loss.
Before the 1997 draft began, the name tim duncan had made countless teams drool. Duncan in college has demonstrated NBA-level antagonism and excellent skills, but in order to fulfill his mother's wish, Duncan completed four years of study before announcing his participation in the NBA draft. As soon as the news of Duncan's election came out, all teams began to want Duncan crazily. There are many traditional teams like Celtic competing for Duncan.
In the 96-97 season, the Spurs, Green and Grizzlies lost 197 games in the regular season in order to get Duncan. The Green Army led by "Cardinal" auerbach only won 15 games, and even the top management of the team encouraged the players to lose. The fans of the Green Army also knew that the team had a hard time getting Duncan's help, so many fans cheered for the home team after the Green Army lost. However, luck finally stood on the Spurs' side, and the Spurs finally won the No.1 pick and chose Duncan. Needless to say, Duncan brought five championship trophies to the Spurs in 19 years, making this small ball city one of the most profound cities in one fell swoop.
The Cavaliers traded three cores for James.
In 2003, lebron james, as the strongest senior high school student in the United States, announced his participation in the draft, which caused a sensation. Numerous teams have also begun to destroy this talented "chosen son", and the craziest one is James' hometown team-Cleveland Cavaliers.
How crazy is the knight about James? In the 2002-03 season, the Cavaliers almost walked away from the top three scorers-Murray, Miller and Pearson, but the Cavaliers at that time were also very helpless. Because the Cleveland ball market is too small, many big-name stars don't want to play in the guest village. The Cavaliers can only put all their eggs in one basket and let the Cavaliers regain their glory through the draft. Finally, many good things happen. The Cavaliers scored a record of 17 wins and 65 losses in the 2002-03 season, won the No.1 pick as they wished, and selected James. In 20 16, James also led the team to defeat the Warriors, and Cleveland also won the first championship trophy in its team history.