You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 781 We will come back here next year

Chapter 792 We will come back here next year
Jerry Wayne's death largely diluted the joy of winning.

Wayne's funeral was handled by Wei Mingliang. At the memorial service, many people came to the stage to give speeches.Wayne is a person with a lot of stories. Everyone's stories are not repeated, and they can make people laugh.

After the memorial service, after persuasion from her family, Liana decided to move to Philadelphia.

Boston, the place where she and Wayne have been in love for half a century, has become a thing of the past.

Although racial discrimination is no longer common, and even words starting with N have become taboo in formal occasions, Liana believes that discrimination has not disappeared.

All repressed dark sides are only temporary.

With Wayne gone, she naturally had no reason to stay in Boston, so moving to Philadelphia to be with her family was the better decision.

Wei Xia started to take a vacation. This year he doesn't care about the draft because the 76ers only have one second-round pick.

This is a very unfortunate thing. The league ushered in the best draft year after 2007, but the 76ers only had a second-round pick.

The 76ers, who just won the championship with rare dominance in history, the first thing to do is not to sign up, but to retain the lineup.

Cousins ​​renewed his contract with a maximum salary, and Gordon Hayward reached a verbal agreement of 4 million in four years.It is worth mentioning that Hayward's verbal contract is a 7000+3 model.

If Hayward is willing to join the free market, he will get a higher offer, but he chooses to complete the contract extension ahead of schedule.

Steve Nash chose to retire, and the veteran ended his windy career.He had an incomparably glorious beginning, a sad experience, a counterattack of a late bloomer, and a two-time MVP. Although he was blocked by the Spurs in his heyday, it was difficult to win the championship, but in the last year of his career, he won the ring by stepping on the body of his old opponent, the Spurs.

This is the perfect revenge and the best ending.

Except for Nash, the 76ers' lineup is mostly stable.

If a team has the potential to compete for the championship, then it should find a way to stabilize the lineup and try to strengthen it.

In the past season, the 76ers won 71 games in the regular season and only lost 1 game in the playoffs. Their dominance directly caught up with the 96 Bulls.

Naturally, the management has no intention of making any major changes, and is wholeheartedly wooing veterans in the free market.

This year is also a great year for the free market, led by the 03 generation.

Before the free market competition comes, the draft must first be held.

The highlight of these offseasons has little to do with Weixia and the 76ers.

While preparing for the championship celebration, they prepared for the shooting of the documentary,
The championship documentary has already started, and Wei Xia has as many as 22 documentary interview shots.

Wayne's death added a tragic color to the 76ers' championship, so when Wei Xia faced the camera and heard this question-"Did Grandpa's death affect you a lot?"

"Sau Rui, I don't want to answer this question."

Wei Xia didn't say much, but his expression said a lot.

The shooting process is not difficult, because the championship documentaries are interspersed with a lot of narration, game shots and player interviews.

And player interviews are often the stuff of documentaries.

The real significance of the documentary is to strike while the iron is hot and take fans to review this season.

The day before the championship celebration, the draft was held as scheduled.

In the 2014 draft, the teams with the top three picks were the Cavaliers, Lakers, and Celtics.

The reason why this year's draft is far more interesting than other years is that as long as you get the top three picks, you can bring home a super rookie who is enough to be the core of the team.

This is something most draft years don't have.

No. [-] pick Andrew Wiggins has been touted by scouts and general managers to the point of outrage.

Last year, at the general manager's annual meeting in 2013, there was an interesting topic. If you add up the rookies of next year and all the players in the previous decade (until 2004), who can be ranked in front of Wiggins?
There's only one answer: a healthy Greg Oden.

The fact we know is that the unhealthy Oden beat Durant to be the No. [-] pick, and then only the healthy Oden can beat this Wiggins?
Since Wiggins is Canadian, he did not get the enthusiasm that OJ Mayo got early.

Regarding Wiggins' development template, it has been varied since college, from James, Durant, Pippen-to the more popular one recently: the focused and abundant version of Tracy McGrady.

What does "a focused, well-stocked version of McGrady" mean?Concentration shows that he will not be as careless as McGrady, and fullness shows that he is more mature and comprehensive than McGrady in his rookie period.

If what the scouts said is true, then it is basically certain that he may be the best No. 1997 pick since [-] besides Duncan and Griffin.

Until Wei Xia deliberately went to Youtube to watch his game-it was the game, not the highlights.

Regardless of the advantages that have been said to be bad, Wei Xia believes that the scouting report is deceptive.

Wiggins' most obvious shortcoming is that the left-handed threat is far inferior to the right-handed threat-a question that reminded Wei Xia of himself.

He used to be a player whose right hand was far stronger than his left, but now there is no such problem.

Second, is he a focused version of Tracy McGrady?Where to start, he had very few high-energy performances in college.This kind of practice of self-sacrifice for the team, at best, is an understanding sacrifice, at worst, it is paddling, and does not take the NCAA seriously.Of course, it's also possible that he only has this little combat power?
However, to put it bluntly, all the shortcomings shown by Wiggins are similar to the imbalance between left and right hands, lack of motivation to ignite oneself, defense, long-range shooting stability-these are controllable problems that can be changed by themselves.

His talent is there.

The shortcomings that can be changed and trained are not a problem, and the physical conditions and talents bestowed by God are the most precious.

Even though Wiggins reminded Wei Xia of Rudy Gay more than once, he also believed that this person should be the No. [-] pick this year.

According to normal expectations, in the first year, he adapts to the rhythm and intensity of the NBA, averaging 18-20 points per game; in the second year, he begins to improve his shortcomings; in the third and fourth years, he grows into an All-Star or even a superstar.

As long as he is willing to work hard, his problems are really not a big problem.

Well, as long as you work hard.

After that, Wei Xia went to get to know another No. [-] favorite in the same session of Wiggins-Jabari Parker.

He watched Parker's half of the game and called timeout.

If he had the No. [-] pick, he'd pick Parker.Wiggins' ceiling is terribly high, but Parker is clearly the more consistent one.

His skills and mind are very mature, he can adapt to the two forward positions, and can be used as the second position when necessary.

If nothing else, the Lakers will take this guy.

Wei Xia didn't get to know another top pick because he had other things to do at the time.

On the day of the draft, there were almost no accidents. The Cavaliers took Wiggins, the Lakers picked Parker, and the Celtics took Embiid home.

This is a new generation.

Some of them will become one of the future signs of the league.

Just looking at talent, this class is the best in five years.

Unfortunately, the development of things never depends on people's expectations.

The 76ers selected Glenn Robinson III with their second-round pick.

In fact, the 76ers have no shortage of flankers. Wechat and Hayward are solid starters. Robertson is growing rapidly. Robinson III can only sit on the bench when he comes to Philadelphia.

But who made the general manager of the 76ers Hinkie?In Hinkie's view, a second-round lottery is nothing more than a chicken rib. Instead of picking a mediocre person and wasting nothing, it's better to choose a small lottery ticket with extraordinary talents.

At the end of the draft, what impressed people was Wiggins' famous open-mouthed laugh.

He thus got his first nickname: Big Mouth.

The 76ers are passers-by in the draft, and their most important thing right now is the championship celebration.

On the day of the celebration, the sightseeing bus for 76 people started from Phu Quoc Center.

Players and their families face the people of the whole city.

When the sightseeing car stopped, the coaching staff and players stepped forward to give speeches in turn.

"Thank you for making me so mature. Under your supervision, I have fewer technical fouls this year than last year." Cousins' hands were shaking, "3."

"￥@%￥&*"

There was loud laughter at the scene.

"That's one small step for Boge, one giant leap for us," Wecha said.

All had speeches, in much the same style.

When Wei Xia walked to the front, the voice of "MVP" lasted for several minutes before stopping.

He looked at the fans at the scene and said to the microphone: "I am not arrogant, but I may be the only basketball player in Philadelphia history who has won the state championship, national championship and NBA championship at the same time. I am very proud of this and hope you are like me."

Screams are surrounding Weisha.

He had to wait until his voice had subsided before continuing.

Fortunately, his speech is not long.

"Everyone's life is a long journey. On this road, we will lose a lot, including our loved ones." Fans who realized what Wei Xia was talking about interrupted his speech again with enthusiastic voices.

"For the sake of our loved ones, wherever they are, we want to make them proud, so I promise everyone --" Weshaw said, "We'll be back here next year."

(End of this chapter)