Chapter 703 Dazzling and Terrifying Jerry West(1/2)
On June 29, 2012, BJ time, the NBA draft was held as scheduled.
In the United States, this year's draft is very attractive because everyone knows that this draft will officially confirm who Chen Xiao will fall.
Chen Xiao’s ownership may not only involve many rookie deals, but also may also affect the free market in 2012.
Even if the Warriors are now fucked, to be honest, as long as Chen Xiao is here, you will definitely not worry about the attractiveness of the free market.
So, in the United States and in the NBA, many people are really staring at this year's draft.
And in China, of course, the same is true.
Now the Warriors have the best chance to strengthen their strength, the best choice is to select several good players in the draft.
After all, before the draft, news came that the Warriors were selling Monta Alice and Eric Gordon over the NBA.
Monta Alice has averaged more than 23 points per game in the past three seasons. Before Eric Gordon was seriously injured last season, he was also a shooting guard who could average 23 points per game. Even after being seriously injured, he played 9 games last season, but he still had the ability to score points. After returning from serious injury, he could still average 20 points per game.
As a 24-year-old shooting guard, Eric Gordon is certainly not as valuable as before he was seriously injured, but there are still some.
Many people say that Monta Alice and Eric Gordon can exchange two lottery picks for the Warriors.
In other words, in today's draft, the Warriors are likely to have three lottery picks.
The top scorer and the two lottery numbers, but I don’t know who the two lottery numbers are.
In short, for Chinese audiences, Chen Xiao is now preparing to start again from the Warriors. Whether he can win the seventh championship over Jordan in the Warriors has become their most concerned thing. Of course, they do not want Chen Xiao to choose the Warriors, but since Chen Xiao chose the Warriors, they naturally support it unconditionally.
Just like the talent show that was being broadcast live on TV at this time and trying to introduce the Golden State Warriors.
To be honest, for Chinese fans, although the Golden State Warriors are the team of Brother Wang and Bago, this team really has no appeal to Chinese fans.
This team has no record and no Chinese players. Now the NBA can watch so many Chinese stars, Chen Xiao, Yao Ming, Ah Lian, and even Andy Lau, and Xiao Zhu. Therefore, your team is Chinese, even if it is a legend of Chinese basketball, it is difficult for Chinese audiences to pay attention.
Even last season's CCTV five sets may not have commented on the Warriors' games in total.
It is really difficult for these Chinese audiences to know the Warriors how much they know.
At most, these Chinese fans recently found some of the Warriors' player rosters and player data from last season on the Internet.
To be honest, these are not without effects, but they are limited.
Because, most of these players do not know about them, nor do they know how strong they are.
If you want to talk about Yao Ming's teammates, Chen Xiao's teammates, Ah Lian's teammates, or the superstars in the league, Chinese fans may know it well, but the only thing they know about the group of players of the Warriors is probably Monta Alice of the Bobcats.
As for Monta Alice, I think most Chinese fans have good memories, but they probably frown. The way of playing and body were used to cheat Chen Xiao a lot when they were in the Bobcats, although he, Jack, Louis Williams and others were indeed able to attack.
In the end, the Bobcat sent away Monta Alice, Lu Wei, and the one left behind was Jalait Jack, so you know what the reason was.
It is precisely for this reason that although today's live broadcast is the live broadcast of the talent show, Teacher Zhang spends most of his time in popularizing the Warriors.
"The current Golden State Warriors have no combat effectiveness except a few players. After the Warriors' adviser Jerry West came to the Warriors, he has always built a team with the goal of welcoming Chen Xiao's arrival. Therefore, Jerry West does not sign big names or long contracts in the Golden State Warriors. The team maintains sufficient lineup flexibility while cultivating suitable young players.
In recent seasons, the Golden State Warriors have trained three good young players, Monta Alice, Eric Gordon and Klay Thompson. However, in addition to these three young players, former talented players such as Andris Biderlins and TJ Ford are already very embarrassing. However, although the Warriors' lineup is very bad, in addition to the team's three star players, there are also some good and distinctive role players, such as Dorrell Knight and Nate Robinson."
Hearing Teacher Zhang say this on TV, the Chinese audience in front of the TV became even more worried about Chen Xiao.
What Dorell Knight, Nate Robinson, is this already considered good?
To be honest, the players who are used to seeing Bobcats are all Matt Barnes, David West, Cousins, Lopez, DeRozan, Curry Jr., etc. To be honest, they really don't like these two people.
One is an unknown person who doesn't know, and although Nate Robinson knows it, he didn't even want this kind of person in the past, and he felt that he was negative for his championship. In the past, he would definitely not be worthy of appearing in Chen Xiao's team.
Fortunately, Teacher Zhang also explained why the Warriors are so delicious.
The team's consultant Jerry West has been waiting for Chen Xiao, unwilling to sign a superstar and giving up the Warriors' position as the leader. At the same time, he does not want to sign a star player, because star players need to have a long contract and cannot be handled at that time, which will affect the team building.
Therefore, the Warriors are all a group of short contract players with average strength.
After all, these players are used by Jerry West to fill in the poor line. As for their strength, this is really not that important.
There is indeed no problem with this team building idea. For example, now, when the Warriors have obtained Chen Xiao, because of Jerry West's strategy, in the free market on July 1, the Warriors will have a lot of space to sign.
And this year's free market, there are indeed many good players, such as McGrady, Dragic, Barbosa, Billups, Nick Young, JR Smith, Byron Davis, Michael Reed, Jamal Crawford, Boris Dior, Josh Howard, etc.
Even UAE can break out of his last year contract with the Jazz and become a free agent signing the Bobcats.
Many Chinese fans are looking forward to Alien breaking out of the contract with the Jazz to come to the Warriors, because the Warriors can really take Alien with a maximum salary now.
Of course, there are also many Chinese fans who do not want this. After all, Mr. Sloan does have recreational grace to Alien. After so many years of training, Mr. Alien really wants to leave with such freedom. I am very sorry for Mr. Sloan.
The Warriors join forces with Chen Xiao is the beautiful wish of many Chinese audiences.
But Chen Xiao knew that Ah Lian had no intention of breaking out of the contract at all. Ah Lian was a very grateful person. Coach Sloan was indeed no different from his own father. He was very grateful to him from a 19-year-old rookie to an All-Star player now.
Even guilty, because Coach Sloan felt that he could become a player like Malone, and in the end, he failed to meet Coach Sloan's expectations.
At the same time, he has not been able to lead the Jazz to regain glory in recent years.
In these seasons, the Jazz have finally improved. How could UAE jump ship?
So, for Ah Lian, like Yao, he may have been in the same team for the rest of his life.
The ones listed above are all completely free agents. In fact, for the Bobcats, the more useful ones are probably the group of rookies in 2008.
Because the maximum salary can be offered, the Warriors can recruit outstanding rookies from 2008.
Of course, if the Bobcats, Lopez and Roy Hibert, if they are willing to stay with the Bobcats, the Warriors must certainly poach people. With Chen Xiao's connections and the maximum salary, there is no problem in poaching either of these two people.
However, for the Warriors, even if they don’t dig these two people first, the Warriors have many people who can dig.
For example, Gallinari, Sergio Ibaka, Batum, McGee, etc.
It can be said that although the Warriors are now a good team, they have great prospects as long as they make rational use of the space they have.
Therefore, after Teacher Zhang introduced the prospects of the Bobcats in the free market, many Chinese audiences in front of the TV were much more relaxed.
As long as you make reasonable use of your salary space and sign a group of young people with strength and potential, Chen Xiao and the Bobcats' prospects are really not that bad.
In particular, the Warriors still have the No. 1 pick this year.
No matter who Eric Gordon and Monta Alice will get, just say the No. 1 pick, Anthony Davis, even if he is far away in China, most Chinese fans have recently heard of this super genius with a strange appearance.
I heard he is very powerful.
As the talent show is about to begin, Teacher Zhang also began to introduce the 2012 No. 1 pick.
"Anthony Davis is a first-year student at the University of Kentucky. He is 19 years old, 2.08 meters tall and weighs 220 pounds. He is the most glorious player in the NCAA last season. He is likely to be selected as a college student player representative this year to compete in the 2012 Olympics.
Anthony Davis has very good athletic ability and an incredible wingspan, and his wingspan reaches 2.33 meters."
When I heard that Anthony Davis's arm span was as high as 2.33 meters, 25 cm taller than him, many Chinese viewers in front of the TV were really shocked.
Teacher Zhang continued to introduce.
"In addition to having an arm span that is beyond ordinary people, Anthony Davis is also very agile. In the NCAA, he showed a defender-like agility. A 2.08-meter player has a defender-like agility, so many people say he is like Durant and Garnett.
In addition, Anthony Davis also has a very strong defensive deterrence. He averaged 14.2 points and 10.4 rebounds per game in college, and his shooting percentage of 62.3% is already very terrifying. What's even more terrifying is that he has to send the most 4.65 blocks in the United States in each game. Therefore, many people say that he is like Duncan.
So, his draft template is a combination of Garnett and Duncan, and it is a combination of Garnett and Duncan of Durant."
Good guy, just listening to Teacher Zhang’s introduction, many viewers in front of the TV felt a sense of talent coming to their faces.
"Anthony Davis' height has grown by 25 cm in his third year. Before his third year, he was 1.83 meters tall. Anyone who knows this height knows that he must have practiced point guard before his third year. His first number in his basketball career is No. 3, which is Iverson's number, so his flexibility and guard skills are very good. His various offensive skills are also very comprehensive. He can pass the ball and complete good jump shots. Therefore, he is not only able to pass straight balls like ordinary insiders. He has a good sense of organizing offense like Garnett Duncan. He has unlimited potential at both ends of the court."
"However, just like many slim young players, Anthony Davis lacks enough strength, whether it is the upper and lower limbs, and even his waist is thinner than Durant, which means he is unlikely to add too much muscle, which will greatly affect his ability to fight and his body's roughness."
Teacher Zhang introduced the American evaluation of Anthony Davis to the Chinese audience. After the introduction, many Chinese fans were full of hope.
The combination of Durant, Garnett and Duncan is so amazing.
In recent years, besides Chen Xiao and Yao Ming, there are not many players that can attract Chinese audiences. Durant, Garnett and Duncan are exactly the third one. This young man has grown up completely on the aesthetic point of Chinese audiences.
And at this time, David Stern had already read the first envelope.
"In the 2012 NBA Draft, the first pick in the first round, the Golden State Warriors chose the inside from the University of Kentucky, Anthony Davis!"
Soon, while Anthony Davis was excitedly standing up from his seat, a transaction message suddenly appeared on the TV.
A five-party deal involving the Bobcats, Warriors, Pacers, New York Knicks and Portland Trail Blazers.
The Charlotte Bobcats sent Chen Xiao and Matt Barnes away, and exchanged a bunch of equivalent upcoming expiration contracts from the Bobcats, Pacers, New York Knicks and Portland Trail Blazers respectively. In the end, the Bobcats gave the team two meritorious players gifts from the team, the dynasty.
The Bobcats sent out Monta Alice, Biderlings, TJ Ford, Eric Gordon and Nate Robinson in exchange for Chen Xiao and Matt Barnes, as well as the first-round picks from Pacers, Trail Blazers and New York in 2012.
The Pacers gave out this year's first round No. 12 draft pick and an expiring small contract to welcome Indianapolis local star Eric Gordon.
The Portland Trail Blazers got Monta Ellis, and sent a 11-game draw for this year to the Warriors, and then sent the expiration contract of the balance deal to the Bobcats.
The New York Knicks got Nate Robinson, who sent the No. 19 draft pick in the first round of this year to the Warriors, and the small contract that expired for the balance trade to the Bobcats.
And soon, the Golden State Warriors sent the No. 11 and No. 12 and No. 19 draft picks that they had just obtained were sent to the Washington Wizards, and they exchanged the Wizards for the second pick this year.
"In the 2012 NBA Draft, the second pick in the first round, the Golden State Warriors selected the player from the University of Florida, Bradley Bill!"
This series of transactions and drafts are simply described as dazzling.
The Wizards' No. 1 pick with James Harden is useless for them. They don't need Bill. Choosing others is too wasteful.
Just when the Washington Wizards were jealous of his own second-tier rank, he was about to choose an all-around Michael Kidd Gilchrist with a very awesome name, Jerry West came to the door.
Jerry West, who ended up getting Bradley Bill, was also secretly relieved.
For him, the deal was equivalent to sending Monta Ellis, Eric Gordon and Nate Robinson for Bill.
To be continued...