I'm not really a role player

Chapter 390 2012 Summer

Xiao Du stood with his hands on his hips at the entrance of the arena, silently watching Li Ke lift the O'Brien Cup and the Bill Russell Cup.

He is very envious, but at the same time, he is also sober. There is a gap between him and Li Ke now.

Among other things, in this round of the series, he can match Li Ke because of his singles, and what he can surpass Li Ke is his long-range three-pointer.

But his defense and his organizational passing from the second game are not as good as Li Ke.

If the opponent is replaced by someone else, such as Le Bang, maybe Xiao Du will not face himself.

But the opponent is Li Ke, Li Ke who was his teammate during the NCAA period, and Li Ke who has been his lifelong enemy since his rookie season.

Xiao Du was still willing to admit the existence of the gap. He clenched his fists and waited for a while at the entrance of the players' tunnel.

Soon, Li Ke who came down holding the FMVP trophy appeared.

"Congratulations, Sheldon."

With a very complicated congratulations, Xiao Du's straight eyes couldn't hide his envy at all.

To be honest, Li Ke really didn't expect that Xiao Du, a keyboard warrior and loser, would wait at the entrance of the player's tunnel and watch him come back with the trophy?

Although he was puzzled, Li Ke's first reaction was still to pass the trophy to Xiao Du in a joking way.

"What, Kevin, do you want to touch my FMVP trophy?"

Xiao Du stared at the trophy enviously, didn't make a move, just shook his head: "No, I just want to take a look at this trophy, and then next season, I will really get it!"

Well, as soon as these words came out, Li Ke finally understood why Xiao Du had been waiting for him.

This is afternoon!

Next season, Li Ke must defend his title. Only by defending can he build a dynasty.

It can be said that the next season is the real season that cannot be missed.

Xiao Du stated that he wants to win the championship and FMVP next season. Doesn't this mean that he wants to challenge Li Ke's current dominance?

I can't bear it, I can't bear it!
Li Ke chuckled: "Don't think about it, Kevin, you won't have a chance next season!"

"..."

……

The Bobcats returned to Charlotte with the trophy. After the grand championship parade, Li Ke's honor showcase had two more trophies.

One is his exclusive FMVP trophy;

The other is a replica of this year's O'Brien Cup.

In the honor showroom, there are already three replicas of the O'Brien Cup and the FMVP trophy.

But the first championship was in 08, followed by the two championships in 11 and 12.

The Bobcats and Li Ke, who have won two consecutive championships, are only one step away from the dynasty.

Sitting in the honor showroom, Li Ke's thoughts wandered...

At this time, experts and football critics began to discuss Li Ke's historical status.

Although it is still a bit early, Li Ke, who was born in 88, is only 24 years old until now.

Career, no matter how you say it, still needs to reach its peak in seven or eight years.

However, with one championship and one FMVP in 08, two consecutive championships and two consecutive FMVPs in 11 and 12, plus this year's regular season MVP and Dpoy, Li Ke's personal honor is enough to join the competition of historical status.

Bill Simmons wrote in his personal column:
"With the three crowns in hand, Shelton's current historical ranking is second only to Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. He still can't make it into the top ten, but if the development goes smoothly, the top ten is close at hand."

Either doing the ranking, or the bleachers on the way to the ranking think:

"Although there is one less championship than Kobe Bryant, Shelton has one more FMVP trophy, one Rookie of the Year, one Most Improved Player trophy, and one Dpoy trophy. It may be too early to surpass Kobe, but at least, with the accumulation of honors and a brighter future, it is not a big problem to equal Kobe."

Even with Kobe, this means that Li Ke is also one of the top ten goalkeepers in history.

Combining the views of the two parties, Li Ke's current historical ranking is probably between 10 and 12.

If he can win the third consecutive championship, he will definitely be able to surpass Kobe and enter the top ten.

Looking at these discussions, Li Ke also felt that it was a little early.

At least, wait until he actually wins the third consecutive championship?
……

In order to win the third consecutive championship, this summer, Li Ke chose to return to the Bobcats management.

Before the draft, the Bobcats, who held the 30th overall pick in the first round, the 36th overall pick in the second round, and the 41st overall pick, made a trade operation at the request of Li Ke.

They sent out two second-round picks to catch up with the No. [-] pick who played less and less this season.

Sent to the Timberwolves, the trade got a mountain in Puerto Rico-Jose Barea!

Last season, Barea got a three-year $3 million contract from the Timberwolves, and his performance was quite worthy of this contract.

However, the Timberwolves, who made various big signings, still failed to make it to the playoffs.

In this case, the Timberwolves must correct their mistakes.

So Xia Zhuan opened the curtain, and the Timberwolves listed the team's two backup point guards.

One is Barea and the other is Luke Ridnour.

The strength of the two major point guards is between the main force and the super substitute, and they are very attractive to teams that lack backup point guards.

The Bobcats joined the trade and picked up Barea, who was more in line with the requirements.

The reason is Barea, not Ridnor.

It's because Barea has more ball-handling singles that the Bobcats need than Ridnor.

After that, it's the draft.

In the 2012 draft, it is worth mentioning that because the Bobcats swept the Cavaliers and Thunder, the value of the wing players soared.

Acquired by Tom Benson, the Hornets, who are determined to stay in New Orleans but will be renamed the Pelicans, got the No. [-] pick.

Their choice has not been affected, Anthony Davis, the champion must be him and can only be him!
Then came the second place. The kings who continued to perform badly were compensated. They did not choose Thomas Robinson as in history, but chose Michael Kidd Gilchrist.

A wing with outstanding physical fitness who can go from one to five, has excellent defense, and has the potential to become the next perimeter Dpoy.

The disadvantage is that it is too rough, no shooting, no offense...

But the Bobcats' five small performances convinced the Kings and a large number of other teams that have not yet made a move that the future will be dominated by wings, and it is right to choose wings!

In this way, although the No. [-] pick in this time and space is not owned by Old Joe, the King still chose McGee.

In the third round, the capital team got preferential treatment, and the Washington Wizards, like history, picked Bradley Beal away.

It is also a wing, with average defense, but outstanding shooting.

With the fourth pick in the first round, the Raptors picked up another wing, Terrence Ross.

With the fifth overall pick in the first round, the Pelicans made another shot and selected Dion Waiters with the first-round pick they got from the Timberwolves.

Waiters, who will be stronger in his life, just went to New Orleans to partner with Big Eyebrow.

I don't know if Brother Nongmei, the boss, can convince him...

Sixth in the first round, holding the pick of the Nets, the Blazers still picked up the big leak of Damian Lillard.

In the seventh round of the first round, the Warriors selected Harrison Barnes on the wing, nothing changed.

In the eighth round of the first round, the Pistons selected Andre Drummond.

It's not that they don't want to choose a wing, it's that all the high-quality wings have been snatched away.

By the ninth pick in the first round, the half-bad Rockets had no more choices. They could only choose later and chose Perry Jones.

That's right, if Perry Jones, who was still the template McGrady's talented swingman, stayed in the NCAA for an extra year, there was no qualitative improvement, and there were more potential injuries. The predicted pick fell all the way to the middle of the first round.

Even so, Mo Gou made a move, took away Perry Jones with a lottery pick, and decided to scratch the lottery.

Going forward, the more noteworthy options are the Nuggets picking Evan Fournier and the Celtics picking Jared Sullinger.

The quality of the middle section of this draft is relatively poor, but in the future, high-quality rookies will emerge one after another.

With the 30th overall pick in the first round, the Bobcats, at the behest of Li Ke, selected forward Draymond Green from Michigan State University.

Then came the second round, when the Pistons picked Khris Middleton and the legendary Kyle Singler;
The Rockets took away Nephew Guo and pointed directly at the Chinese market;

After the Blazers picked Lillard in the lottery, they picked Will Barton in the second round;
The Cavaliers also chose Mike Scott, a space-type fourth position;

Finally, the last player in the second round, the Lakers selected the cornerstone of the future, Robert Thackeray!

The 2012 NBA Draft came to an end.

After the draft, the Bobcats' last few operations were to renew the contracts of Stephen Jackson and Boris Diaw whose basic salary had expired, and to renew the contract of Sean Livingston for 2 years and 500 million US dollars.

The free market and transfer market have just started, and the 15-man roster for the new season has been determined——

Centers: DeAndre Jordan, Bismack Biyombo, Ta Gibson

Power forwards: Channing Frye, Boris Diaw, PJ Tucker, Draymond Green

Small forwards: Li Ke, Stephen Jackson, Gerald Wallace

Shooting guards: Wesley Matthews, Lance Stephenson

Point guards: Stephen Curry, Jose Barea, Shawn Livingston

So from the beginning to the end, the Bobcats' roster changed, that is, the No. [-] pick was replaced by Barea, and the retired Baron Davis was replaced by rookie Draymond Green.

But both changes are important.

Barea made up for the ball-handling ability and peripheral three-pointers that the Bobcats lacked, adding tactical changes.

Although Chasing Dream Green is a rookie, he can be regarded as an immediate combat power. His addition has further deepened the depth of the Bobcats' flank.

There is one more wing player who can reach the fifth position.

Next season, the Bobcats' five juniors will be even better.

……

The summer of 12 was the Olympic summer. The men's basketball team was led by Bob Deng Huade, led by Li Ke and Dayao, plus Ah Lian, Dasheng, and Guo Da's nephew who had just entered the NBA through the draft.

The lineup is neat, with Li Ke, the overall strength is also very impressive.

But compared to the Dream Team, it is still a lot worse.

Therefore, in the group stage, under the leadership of Li Ke, the men's basketball team defeated Russia, Brazil, Australia and the host, the United Kingdom.

In the end, in a battle with Spain, Li Ke scored 5 points in the last 11 minutes and scored 37 points in the audience.

After all the group matches have been won, the knockout round will enter the easy mode.

First of all, the men's basketball team and the dream team are both the first in the group, at least before the finals, the two teams will not meet.

After that, in the quarter-finals, the men's basketball team beat the French team.

In the semi-finals, the men's basketball team beat Spain again.

In the final, facing the dream team, Li Ke was alone, and the men's basketball team lost 17 points.

In this London Olympics, the men's basketball team won another silver medal like this.

(End of this chapter)