NBA Drunken Master: I want to play drunk basketball!

Inside a superior suite at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

David Stern and several staff members sat around the round table, frowning.

That's when a staff member named Jack Joyce walked in.

He is an NBA security executive and the main person in charge of the lottery draw.

Joyce held a wad of envelopes in her hand, her expression somewhat smug and strange.

Seeing this, Stern quickly waved his hand and let several other staff members at the round table leave the room.

Joyce said proudly: "David, I thought of a clever trick that will definitely allow you to win the Knicks in one fell swoop." Stern

was puzzled at first, and then when he touched the envelopes containing the team's logo, his expression was pleasantly surprised.

The envelope with the Nix logo was obviously different from the other envelopes.

Because this is what Joyce just took out of the freezer.

"Jack, you're so smart!"

Scorn hugged Joyce excitedly.

"But to make sure nothing goes wrong, I'll do something else on the Knicks' envelope, and I'll go to the scene later and act when I see the opportunity."

"Don't worry, Ewing must belong to the New York Knicks."

And just like that, the biggest conspiracy in NBA draft history was born.

... ...

On the afternoon of the lotto draw day, on the 18th floor of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in the heart of Manhattan, New York.

It gathered 100 media professionals and guests from all over the world.

Zhou Chen, Jenny Bass, and Jerry West were also invited to the scene.

Although this lottery draw has nothing to do with the Lakers, Zhou Chen still wants to see how the top pick was born.

Whether it is really as rumored to have been given to the New York Knicks.

The 18th-floor Starlight House, a favorite nightclub for New York celebrities, was temporarily turned into the main stage of the lottery draw today.

Before the draw began, Jerry West was interviewed and asked him to predict which team the top pick would go to.

West just laughed and quipped, "As long as Ewing doesn't go to the Clippers, it will steal our limelight."

West's words also caused laughter from the reporters at the scene.

Although the draft has not yet begun, Ewing becoming a top pick is already a certainty.

The Seattle SuperSonics have even started hosting St. Patrick's Ewing Day.

Los Angeles Clippers owner Sterling has even personally spoken on TV that Ewing will come to the Clippers, which has also led to the Clippers' advance tickets for next season being directly snatched up.

The Kings also started throwing parties early to welcome Ewing's arrival.

In the Starlight House, the general managers of the seven teams sat in their respective places, waiting for the final results to be revealed.

There are Altes, the general manager of the Warriors, and Karsten, the general manager of the Hawks, and both have a somewhat nervous expression.

But when the camera caught Knicks general manager Dave Debusschel, his expression was unusually calm, and he was still playing with a horseshoe obtained from a horse race.

In the center of the stage is a huge roller, a machine that Stern hired professionals to build specifically for the lotto draw.

After a while, Stern took center stage in anticipation and began to speak, and then officially announced the start of the lottery.

A white-haired man from a law firm named Jack Wagner brought an envelope with seven team logos to the center of the stage.

Then they were thrown in the roller in the center of the stage.

Before he put down the fourth envelope, he suddenly tapped the roller in front of the crowd.

He also awkwardly explained to the audience: "Look, this damn machine, the design is always so unreasonable."

As he spoke, he dropped the fourth envelope in the roller.

Zhou Chen sat down and witnessed all this, and he found that there was indeed something tricky in it.

Due to the violent vibration of the drum, the fourth envelope was directly folded.

A very fine detail can be said to have escaped the eyes of most people, but it has not escaped Zhou Chen's eyes.

After the 7 envelopes were put in at once, NBA security chief Jack Joyce took the stage.

After about 5 or 6 turns, David Stern officially started the draw.

He exhaled deeply, put his hand into the roller, and paused for a moment.

Then he directly and without thinking, he pulled out the envelope from the middle and placed it on the shelf.

This is the team that has the top sign this year.

However, at this time, the envelope was not opened to announce the result.

Stern pulled out the other six envelopes from the roller in order, and then began to read.

He opened the envelope at the top and read,

"The No. 7 pick in the 1985 NBA Draft is the Golden State Warriors!"

When the name was read, Warriors general manager Al Artels directly showed an extremely painful expression on his face.

He slapped the table in anger.

They have finished bottom in the West this season, and if they follow the rules of previous years, they can at least get the top pick, but this year's rules have made them the 7th pick.

"Damn lotto pick!" Artles cursed.

Next, the Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Seattle SuperSonics and Los Angeles Clippers were read by name, with the 6th, 5th, 4th and 3rd picks, respectively.

The final suspense arises between the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers.

As Stern picked up the penultimate envelope and was about to open it, Pacers owner Herb Simon abruptly stood up from the sidelines.

"The second pick in the 1985 NBA Draft belongs to..." At

this moment, all the fans in Indiana and New York stood in front of the TV and held their breath.

Waiting for the final moment to be revealed.

David Stern spoke slowly: "Indiana Pacers. "

The New York media in the audience is boiling!

New York Knicks general manager Dave Debusschanel had a sly smile on his face.

The New York Knicks eventually got the top pick, and Ewing, who has all the talent that a big man deserves, will descend on Apple City and Madison Square Garden.

Columbia TV reporter Pat O'Brien shouted frantically to the camera:

"Basketball is back in New York!"

"Friends! Basketball is back in New York!

After the draw, Stern told the media in front of the fans around the world:

"We are very happy with the lotto draw!"

As a New Yorker, he was satisfied, but the other six teams were unlucky.

After the conference, Zhou Chen and Jenny left early, while Jerry West stayed behind to discuss the pre-draft trade with the general managers of the other teams in the league.