super small forward

Chapter 91 91. Just Him

After McCollum was selected this year, it has been two months since the season, and he played only 8 times, averaging 8 points in 3 minutes per game. It is no wonder that D'Antoni's brother questioned it. Difference.

McCollum, who was born in 91, is already 22 years old. In terms of potential, he has no potential to be tapped. He is not young and talented like Antetokounmpo, nor is he impressing people with wonderful trials like Whiteside. Even Green That kind of nonsense play has a unique position in D'Antoni's tactical system.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Ren recommended McCollum.

For this, he despises Dan D'Antoni in his heart. No wonder your younger brother is the head coach, but you can only be an assistant coach by virtue of his younger brother's status.

Someone who can see the talent by watching the video and the data will give it to you?Just your chips?He really wants Thompson, but he can give it to Jimmy Butler, you assistant coach, go get it back and try?
McCollum belongs to the type who has accumulated a lot of money. After finishing four years of college, his style of play is basically determined and his talent has been fulfilled. He is a player with strong combat power. Will Barton is a talented backup shooting guard. Both of them have proven themselves. How can an older rookie head coach like him when he was drafted at a young age?It wasn't until the second half of the next season that Barton left the Trail Blazers to go to the Nuggets to show his talents, and Matthews was reimbursed for the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon. He was put on the starting list when the head coach was unused, and he played a few beautiful games. , Only in the 15-16 season did he secure his starting position, his scoring average soared from 6 points to 20 points per game, won the most improved player, and entered the ranks of first-line shooting guards.

Although he despises Dan D'Antoni infinitely in his heart, he is the head coach's brother after all. Liu Ren didn't say what was in his heart, but made up a story: "I met CJ at the street court in summer, and his skills are really good. Great, he is the kind of player who only appeared in the 90s and honed his skills in college. It's just that the Trail Blazers are too full at the position of shooting guard so he has no chance to perform. He is not tall enough to play small forward, so look Doesn't look great. Mickey, I promise you, he'll amaze you!"

Kupchak is now convinced of Liu Ren's vision. The three players selected by Liu Ren are all outstanding, one is talented, one is combat power, and one is tactical genius.

After two months of the season, the Warriors saw Green's comprehensive data of 5 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals per game. Only then did they realize that they had suffered a big loss and could only suffer from being dumb.Antetokounmpo's talent is obvious. Needless to say, Whiteside is the most favorable candidate for the block king. As a substitute, he ranks third in the league in rebounds per game.

Coupled with the outstanding performance of Nick Young, Henry, Farmar and others signed this summer, the Lakers' record is also unexpectedly good. All the media and fans are full of praise for Kupchak's summer operations. The best manager candidate is basically gone.

Therefore, Kupchak attaches great importance to Liu Ren's suggestion. Except for the three players, Liu Ren usually does not have a single suggestion. This time, Kupchak has reason to believe that Liu Ren is definitely not aimless. It must be very sure that McCollum has the strength to guarantee him!
Kupchak decided to take a gamble, so what if he was wrong?It doesn't take too much bargaining chip, and there is not much loss if you miss it. This special case of injury is a surprise. If it is what Liu Ren said, this is the kind of skill that can only be honed well in the last century. If the older rookies who enter the league, they will make a lot of money.

Since the NBA shut down at the end of the 90s and the salary skyrocketed, basically no college players waited until they graduated from college to join the NBA.

So now the draft is all based on gambling, not like in the 80s and early 90s, everyone knows who will be superstars in the future, rookies like Iverson and Duncan who are sure to enter the league as superstars and can change the team are no longer visible. Now Even if the best talent is selected without misjudgment, it will take several years to cultivate. It is impossible to turn around by picking a champion like in the last century.

Like the Cavaliers, who selected two champions in three years and are now the vice-president of the Eastern Conference, the 76ers are steadily worse than it.

The saddest thing for college coaches is not that players leave college early to go to the NBA, but that many students who choose to go to the NBA after college don’t like the NBA. Scouts think that youth is talent. Look down on it, which leads to more talented students wanting to go to the NBA as soon as possible, so as to avoid the decline of the draft market, and then form a vicious circle.

In order to ensure the quality of college players and the NCAA, which is the most important player production base, the league stipulated in the labor agreement in 06 that American 1 and non-US international players must be 19 years old in the year of participation.The oldest player to enter the NBA draft is 23 years old. 2. High school students are prohibited from participating in the draft. American players must graduate from high school for more than one year before they can participate in the draft.

To sum up, there are five ways to join the NBA. One is that American high school students have played in college for at least one year after graduating from high school and are selected in the draft; 22 years old and under 23 years old automatically participate in the draft and be selected by the team and willing to come to the NBA. Fourth, players who are 19 years old and under 23 years old take the initiative to participate in the draft and fail to enter the NBA as a draft pick. Fifth, they are 23 years old and over the draft age. You are free to join any team, provided that there is a team that wants you.

This rule relatively alleviated the poor draft from 98 to 99 after the lockout in 06. If it weren't for the rejuvenation in 03, the results of the draft in recent years can be described as disasters. The lottery picks are the treasures of every team. In the past few years, except for 98, most of the lottery picks have been parallel imports. What kind of talented high school student No. 03 pick, Canadian Dirk Nowitzki, Italian Duncan, it turns out that they are all Parallel imports.

After prohibiting high school students from participating in the draft, it has become much more reliable since the 07 draft. At least the No. 07 pick in [-] was injured, and all other No. [-] picks came out... This year's No. [-] pick is an exception.

In the past few years, the lottery area is also full of talents, gradually taking over the banner of the league and becoming a first-line star, unlike in the early years of the century, he chose a lottery pick and came back for four years.At that time, the contracts of the lottery picks were fully guaranteed for four years, and the new rules were not added until after the suspension of the 11-12 season. Starting from the 12 draft, the first-round picks only had two-year guaranteed contracts, and the team options for the next two years were guaranteed. The team can also reduce some losses by picking the wrong person.

Kupchak pondered for a while, then made a decision: "It's McCollum. I'll contact the Blazers. Mike and Kobe, come to my office. The others will leave the meeting and prepare for tomorrow's game."

Seeing that Kupchak actually agreed with a player's idea, instead of finding a way to trade Bradley or Courtney Lee offered by him, the chief assistant coach, Dan D'Antoni felt very embarrassed and stared fiercely at Liu Ren got up and left with a glance.

(End of this chapter)