Chapter 30 Is it a blessing? It is a disaster

On June 28, 2006, this is a day that determines their success or failure for those rookies who are crowded with people preparing to enter the NBA circle.

Many people have been playing basketball for so many years, just for this day, everything will be fine. If they can’t get through, they can only stay away from this league with the highest basketball level in shame.

Sixty places, but they have to carry the eager expectations of hundreds of people. This is the charm of NBA.

Even if you know that you want to kill a single-plank bridge among thousands of troops, it will be flocking to you.

Draft day is also the moment when many people decide their future, and no one will feel relaxed.

Not only the rookies are nervous, but many team managers are now in this mood.

The draft is like a gamble that doesn’t know what to win or lose. This is a famous saying from NBA.

Because no one knows if the guy you choose can really play out. Anyway, there are not one or two team managers who fall in rookies every year, and there will always be people who are treated as idiots.

As for those lucky ones, it’s just this year. It’s basically more difficult to choose the right player for several consecutive years than to win the Mark Six lottery.

When the teams start trial training, interviews, and evaluate rookies, most people can only watch as outsiders. Moreover, there are awesome newcomers every year, but even stupid people are indispensable.

Just like the Trail Blazers, they were like they were eroded by the draft spell and completely became a beacon in the draft.

Once they look forward to someone, the miserable guy will be devastating, either injury or off-site disputes.

Anyway, as long as it falls into the hands of the Trail Blazers, the outcome is generally tragic, unless you can leave in time.

Otherwise, most of them will be lost in the whirlpool of the Trail Blazers, which shows that drafts are gambling.

The team is betting, and the players are betting, but there are lucky people every year and miserable people every year.

Unlike most rookies present who are nervous now, Chen Feng really doesn’t even have any nervous consciousness at this moment.

This is a typical dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water. Even if Auerbach gives up at the last moment, Chen Feng doesn't care.

The first round has nothing to do with me, and I don’t know which one the second round will be. If the pigeons are released in Boston, Chen Feng’s trip to New York will be a one-day tour of the draft.

Anyway, it's already like this, how can it be bad? Even if you can't choose it, no one will die.

With this mood, Chen Feng may be the most relaxed person in the entire talent show.

And those reporters, team managers, league officials, everyone seemed busy.

Only Chen Feng seemed to have nothing to do with him, sitting quietly in the corner of the venue.

"That kid doesn't seem to be nervous about any scene. He is actually in the mood to read today's newspaper and see whoever isn't so nervous. I really don't know what material this guy's nerves are made of."

Although Chen Feng is only one of many rookies, there is not much media to pay attention to such an inconspicuous boy.

But just the afternoon a few days ago, in the team's basketball hall, Chen Feng's vigorous performance was always clearly engraved in Doug Rivers' mind.

So after arriving at the scene, Rivers stared at Chen Feng at first sight, and his eyes were like shadows.

"You want to know? It's very simple. After today, this kid will be yours. Remember to tell me the result. If you need vivo dissection, I know a good surgeon."

Danny Angie obviously remembered what happened that afternoon, but compared to Rivers's mood at the moment, Angie's mood was obviously more complicated.

He did not deny that Chen Feng's ability was indeed very strong. The game that day had proved this. Similarly, he did not deny that he had no good impression of this wild boy.

Even if Auerbach comes forward, Anji always has a knot in his heart.

After all that afternoon, it was this bald wild boy who made Anji act like a fool in front of dozens of people. He has not been so frustrated since his experience as a team.

Although Angie couldn't reverse Auerbach's decision, the unhappiness in his heart was still lingering.

So no matter when you talk about Chen Feng, An Ji's words contain a kind of resentment.

"Forget Danny, don't deny that kid's ability just because of a little thing. You have to know that the boss hasn't asked about the draft for many years. Since that incident in 1986, he has never touched the draft. Twenty years have passed, and the boss has not made an exception so easily."

Rivers still selectively ignored the emotional problems in Anji's tone. He cleverly pulled the topic away. In fact, he also knew that Chen Feng did sweep Anji's face in public at that time.

"I hope that boy won't be another Byron Bias. I'm really worried that he's been on the street for too long and has been infected with any bad hobbies. You know, on the streets of New York, it's easier to find some marijuana or other irritating drugs than to find gum."

Anji knew that his partner wanted to expose that unpleasant confrontation, but he still stubbornly believed that Chen Feng might not be the person the team needed.

"It is said that the guy named Hammond, who taught that boy to play basketball, was in prison twice because of drug problems. If we chose him, those reporters with a keen sense of smell will definitely gossip about these things. At that time, only ghosts know what the news will be like. I really don't understand why the boss fell in love with him. Is it because of that single-handed fight?"

While sorting out the information about the team's players, Angie kept nagging, as if he had quite a few doubts about the decisions made by Auerbach in the office a few days ago.

"Do you know how the boss evaluates our team now?" Rivers asked back.

Angie made a gesture of continuing. Anyway, he knew that Auerbach would definitely not praise them. The scolding that night had already shown the old man's attitude.

"A soulless team."

"The boss said that we had already lost everything, and the spirit of eight consecutive championships had long been gone. After Bird and the others retired, we were like a collapsed Gemini Building, with only a pile of rubble left."

Rivers looked a little embarrassed when he said these words. After all, he is the team's head coach now, and being criticized by others is a bit embarrassed.

"Don't hide it from me, Danny, the boss actually needs us to make changes for a day or two. You know why. If we continue to struggle for the playoffs this season, Paul will definitely choose to leave, right?"

After Rivers said these words, Angie stopped nagging because they all knew what their team was in now.

Moreover, what Rivers said is indeed the truth. The Celtics are no longer the kingly team that won eight consecutive championships. Last season, they only won 33 wins and 49 losses.

Even the team's core main player Paul Pierce has hesitated on the issue of renewal. There are even rumors that if the Celtics' performance does not improve this season, Pierce will choose to play for another team next summer.

The battles have been without results for years, and even worsen year by year. With such achievements, it is estimated that it will be difficult to retain the team's signature.

Anji can be regarded as a conscientious person, but the fall of a king team is not a simple personnel change.

Even Auerbach needs time to sort out every problem, but the Cardinal is old and he cannot be holding the banner for the Celtics.

The burden on Rivers and Angie was indeed very heavy, and even made them feel a little suffocated.

The news about Pierce leaving is just a rumor now, but it is not necessarily groundless.

Although none of this has been verified now, Angie and Rivers knew in their hearts that if they continued to spend a season so badly, then the result of waiting for them would be to be dismissed.

It may not be difficult to find a job in the NBA based on their abilities, but the Celtics have a close relationship with them after all, and no one wants to leave here in shame.

When thinking about this, Rivers and Angie seemed a little silent, and there was not much time left for them.

"Danny, the boss needs a team to have a sense of motivation, and that kid has such a momentum, just like the game he played with Al. Can you imagine that he played so resolutely in his first attack? Not only Al didn't expect, but you and I were the same."

"I guess the boss just took a fancy to him, and don't forget that the boss's promise was chosen in the second round, which was a non-guaranteed contract. Once he felt that he was not suitable, he could be cut off. Don't look at the boss who came to Jerry to negotiate terms. He is not too confused. When did you ever go to the boss to lose money? It's already a very kind thing to do if he doesn't die."

Rivers's admiration for Auerbach has never changed, just like he is talking endlessly at the moment.

Although choosing a wild boy from the street seems to be taking a risk, it is definitely a gambling with greater profits than losses.

Anji was unhappy with Chen Feng's character and way of doing things, but like Rivers, he believed in the accuracy of Auerbach's old man's view of people.

Will someone who can train a double-digit Hall of Fame players not have any real skills?

Chen Feng didn't know that on such occasions, there were still people discussing himself.

For him, in this chaotic venue, the scene of heaven and hell intersecting.

Successful people are full of energy and seem to be ready to enter the NBA to show their strengths.

The loser is dejected, as if the end of the world has arrived.

When the door of nba is open, it is a blessing or a disaster, and it is unknown to everyone.

The same is true for Chen Feng, whether he made a sudden breakthrough or retreated in shame.

Everything is still unknown.
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