basketball pope

Chapter 298 [Dismantle the spurs, three big meat shields]

Yang Rui stayed in San Francisco and negotiated with manager Glenn Gruward not to participate in the draft this time.

The Raptors have two draft picks, both of which are relatively late, but Yang Rui is confident of picking a strong man.

With Reed and Kirilenko in the team, there are too many potential rookies to cultivate, so Yang Rui only intends to choose an offensive player, and the vacancies in other positions will be filled by veterans in the free market.

The Raptors and the Spurs have the same record. Because of the relationship between the two sides in the regular season, the draft was ahead of the Spurs and ranked 27th. This immediately became very interesting, because Yang Rui found that the Raptors could intercept the "French sports car" Tony. - Parker.

There are only three names on the list Yang Rui gave to Glenn, Tony Parker, who is 188cm tall and 84kg in weight. He is a point guard with high IQ and selflessness.

Gilbert Arenas, with a height of 191CM and a weight of 87 kg, was nicknamed "General" by the future.He is super powerful, and it is difficult for point guards to stop when he rushes. Therefore, he is good at breaking through and making fouls. With his outstanding shooting, he has the potential to become a super scorer.However, Yang Rui only used him as an alternative, because Arenas likes to fight in chaos and is still a cancer in the locker room.

If he enters the first round, Arenas can sign a four-year rookie contract, and there will be no "Arenas clause" in the future.

The second-round selection was center Jalen Collins, a blue-collar man with a meat shield. Yang Rui can't remember the exact pick, but he was very late anyway.He can replace veteran Willis, of course, in order to deal with O'Neal next season.

There is also Jason Collins among the rookies. The two are brothers. They are both black and tough players who falsely report their heights and lack the ability to score.Jason is a bit better off. He started with the Nets for two years and entered the finals. The two have the same style.

Yang Rui has never worried about missing the draft. What he is worried about now is whether he can lead the team to win this abnormally enhanced version of the Raptors when he goes to other teams after his contract with the Raptors expired in 2002.Even without him, the Raptors are a super team with the depth of their roster.

For him, dismantling the "GDP portfolio" is not a problem. He knows that the Spurs will be very strong in selecting Parker and will be an important competitor in the future. Now he has the opportunity to cause them some trouble, why not do it?

Yang Rui is not the kind of SB Wenqing who doesn't think hypocritically about historical inertia. Now that he is reborn, the direction of history can be decided by him. This is talent!

On June 6, Yang Rui watched the draft on TV.

He suspects that the draft lottery is controlled by the league. Except for the Bulls' excellent record and the bottom of the ranking, the top positions in this draft are not much different from his previous life.

In his previous life, the Wizards had a better record than the Bulls, and they were lucky enough to get the No. [-] pick. This time, the Wizards had the worst record, and they were more likely to win the No. [-] pick.

Maybe Jordan was going to make a comeback in the Wizards. David Stern knew it well. He deliberately sent the Wizards a top pick to assist Jordan.

The result was the same as Yang Rui's previous life. Jordan picked the top pick and chose Kwame Brown.He thus became the first high school player in NBA history.

As the best high school student in the United States, Brown attracted Jordan's attention with his excellent physical talent.In high school, Brown averaged 5.8 blocks per game, and his excellent defensive awareness made him look forward to his career.

The Clippers selected center Tyson Chandler, who has super physical fitness and is known as the spring man who has never seen in 20 years.

The Grizzlies chose the Spaniard Pau Gasol. He is the strongest insider and has a very comprehensive skill. He can be both inside and out. The third pick was selected because many teams do not want to see foreign players.

The Warriors with the worst record in the Western Conference only ranked fourth, and they selected swingman Jason Richardson, who has top physical fitness, super dunk and can shoot from long distances.

The Eagles had the second-worst record in the Eastern Conference and the fifth-ranked draft. The management was so depressed that they traded the draft pick to the Grizzlies.They drafted swingman Shane Battier.

History changed when the Nets chose Eddie Curry, nicknamed "Little Shark."Because the Rockets liked Eddie Griffin, Yang Rui sent Richard Jefferson to replace him in his previous life.Now that Griffin doesn't go to the Nets, Jefferson doesn't have a chance to play alongside Kidd.

Coupled with last year's No. [-] pick Kenyon Martin, the Nets' inside lineup is no longer weak. Curry began to decline in the later period when he became fat, and his strength was not bad in the early stage.

The Rockets selected Eddie Griffin with the seventh overall pick, the maniac who wanted to send JI to Yao Ming at the hotel. He was drinking and causing trouble, wasting his talent, and finally died in a car accident at a young age.

With the eighth pick, the Cavaliers selected blue-collar center Diop...

There are not many strong players behind. The Celtics selected Joe Johnson with the 10th pick. If he stayed, it would be a great signing.

Richard Jefferson was selected by the Magic, and the Magic did not have a super scorer. Yang Rui felt that he might have a brighter future and could gain privileges.

The 27th place was finally the Raptors' turn, and they successfully selected point guard Tony Parker.

Just entering the league, Parker was not favored by the public, but this did not include Spurs coach Popovich. In order to select Parker in the first round, he even released a smoke bomb in an interview before the game to belittle Parker.

At a draft camp in Chicago, Popovich didn't take long to comment on Parker after watching him work out."I think Parker is too soft to draft him," he said. "He won't be able to play at the NBA level."

Parker fell off the pick, and Popovich was one step away from heaven, only to be stabbed by the Raptors.

Popovich had no choice. The 28th selected point guard Jamal Tinsley first, and then called Glenn to seek a trade. Glenn refused, because Parker was the person Yang Rui wanted.

Yang Rui breathed a sigh of relief. He had a sense of accomplishment that changed history. He wondered if the Spurs could win the championship in the future.

Tinsley is also very powerful. He is 191cm tall and weighs 88kg. He is very strong and has a streetball style of instant combat power.

In his previous life, Tinsley occupied the starting position in the first season after joining the Pacers, averaging 30.5 points, 9.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 8.1 steals in 1.7 minutes per game.His weakness is shooting, shooting just 38 percent from the field and 24 percent from [-]-point range.

If Tinsley shoots on time, he will not fall into this position. He is also a good choice, and he has potential to be tapped.

In the second round, the most valuable Arenas was selected by the Warriors.

The meat shield center Memet Okur, who can shoot three-pointers, has never been wanted. He is 9 places lower than Yang Rui's previous life. He was selected 18th by the Pistons in the second round.Okur is really undervalued. Another reason for his low draft is that he cannot directly join the NBA, and he has a contract in Europe.

The Raptors successfully selected Jaren Collins with the 24th pick in the second round. He has a ten-year NBA career, including eight seasons with the Jazz and three seasons starting.He can't develop offense and is great on defense.

Yang Rui turned off the TV and was full of confidence for next season. Veteran Kevin Willis is very thin and is not suitable for O'Neal.Now the team has four high center forwards and three blue-collar meat shields, who can definitely fight against O'Neal.

Willis won't get a contract extension with the team, so he won't ask Yang Rui where he goes.

The Raptors' inside lineup has been determined, and the No. 1 Parker is more than enough for Billups as a backup. In the summer, only two swingers who can play in the free market need to be signed, and the lineup will be complete.

(End of this chapter)