Card Bishop of Basketball

Chapter 71

The basic transactions have been completed, and some small profits that can be earned have been earned. Meng Yifan signed a contract with the Warriors. The price of 3 million yuan for three years is really not high. This news caused a little controversy in the NBA. Turmoil, but not many people care.

Many of the coaches who do well in college do not perform well in the NBA, because the coach in college is the core of what one says, but in the NBA, if there is a conflict between the coach and the star star, it is mostly the coach who packs up and leaves...

College players are very humble and honest, because they know that their fate is in the hands of their coaches. NBA stars are all millionaires and multimillionaires.

So it's still a commonplace thing, a trading madman is imperative, Meng Yifan doesn't want to be strangled to death by a madman when he is talking about tactics one day.

Meng Yifan didn't rush to use the four-star card drawing opportunity he got after signing with the Warriors, but temporarily stored it, together with the rewards from the previous Eastern Conference finals, and waited for the draft to end before drawing.

The 97 NBA draft was held in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the NCAA holy land is located. It seems that the old man Stern has been greedy for the ball market in this place for not a day or two.

The Warriors have four draft picks, the fourth pick in the first round, the 29th pick in the first round from the Bulls, and the 14th pick in the second round from the Washington Bullets.

It is worth mentioning that the recruitment of Meng Yifan's teaching assistants was not very smooth, and only Kenny Smith was fooled into being a teaching assistant. There are currently no other candidates for teaching assistants, and there are many applicants, but Meng Yifan is willing. Look down on these guys.

After a while, Meng Yifan finally brought Georgetown's new head coach Camille, Zhang Bin and Kenny Smith with him to the Warriors' box, together with the Warriors executives, for the NBA draft.

This draft was also broadcasted in China, because both Shi Yong and Hu Xuefeng were considered to be selected in the first round, and the market was very good. Ma Jian, who was not selected, and the coach who was selected in the second round were all doing well in the NBA. Think about it Those selected in the first round will definitely play better...

The first pick belongs to the Spurs, and they 100% chose Duncan, a historic player.

To put it bluntly, Duncan was doing well in the first year of college, but Duncan's mother died of illness when he was 14 years old. Before he died, he hoped that his children could go to college well...

Well, a very touching story, which also made many NBA teams miss this big player. Duncan is the first and last one in NBA history. So many teams are waiting for him on a large scale.

Don't talk about James or anything, James finished his high school game, signed a sky-high contract and endorsement, and thought, let's go, I'm going to the NBA to hang around, college basketball is a ball.

At that time, the NBA regular season was almost over, and those who should be bad were bad early, and those who shouldn't be bad would not be because James suddenly announced his candidacy, and they would panic and play a dozen games, which was useless.

If you want to talk about such a large-scale failure like this time, you can count Oden in 07, but the rookies of that year were recognized as particularly good, and whoever was selected was a winner, unlike in 97, when the bricks were full of eyes It's all Duncan.

Facts have proved that Zhuanjia’s eyes are not very blind. He knows which year’s rookies are of good quality and which year’s rookies don’t look good.

After Stern's routine nonsense ended, the San Antonio Spurs did not hesitate to use the No. [-] pick to select Duncan. Meng Yifan sighed after seeing this scene. The core of the team is a big man who is perfectly compatible with various systems. , and eventually missed it...

The second pick belongs to the Celtics. Kobe said that No.2 is the biggest loser. This sentence can not only be applied to the game, but also to the draft.

Don't you see, the Cardinal tried his best to play badly, and lost all kinds of games, but in the end he lost to Stern's black-box operation. Who said that the worst record will get the No. [-] lottery?I, Stern, will teach you today what it means to control the overall situation...

Meng Yifan is also very curious, who will the Green Army choose in this pick?Is it the same as the original time and space, choose flounder?Or is it that after the pick is raised, another hope of choosing the whites is Van Horn?

"I announce that the Boston Celtics selected the 2-meter center from Oak Hill High School, Shi Yong, with the second overall pick." Stern strolled onto the stage and announced.

As soon as the news came out, there was an instant uproar in the country. Shi Yong was selected with the second overall pick. Basically, in the eyes of Lao Mei, Shi Yong is the second best player among the rookies in this class. This proves that our people have the strength to play in the NBA. !
And Meng Yifan frowned. Shi Yong was the player he had booked. Could it be that the Celtics wanted to imitate the Bucks and make a small fortune?

Asking Camille to contact the management of the Green Army, Meng Yifan rubbed his forehead. It is really that the plan cannot keep up with the changes. It is enough to honestly select Shi Yong. Why did he choose the core of the team and was rejected? People cut it off.

Camille came back and said that Shi Yong was the cardinal's favorite rookie, and the green army was unwilling to make a move. Meng Yifan was puzzled. A high school student has such a little dominance because of his height, why do you hold on to it? Already.

If you don't understand, don't think about it. Meng Yifan quickly made a round of calculations. Shi Yong couldn't be selected as the fourth overall pick. At least he had to find a reliable player. Regarding what the management said about Van Horn and Tim Thomas is a bullshit option.

The Nuggets with the third overall pick selected Van Horn. It is said that this bleached version of Duncan had a good time with Duncan in college. Anyway, Meng Yifan had never seen this guy in college, and sending them college game invitations also went nowhere. echo…

This guy is called the next "Larry Bird" by the bricks, and he will ruin the reputation of Big Bird, starting with Van Horn.

This fine man could have entered the draft in 1996, but considering his girlfriend and his young toddler daughter, the family-oriented man decided to go to college and wait until 1997 to enter the NBA.

To put it bluntly, Van Horn still has strength, but he is a bit of a glass man. Once injured, he slumps and never recovers the heroic level of previous seasons.

Van Horn's outside shooting is quite good, but his speed is relatively slow. He is only suitable for the position of power forward, but his style of playing power forward is relatively soft. The deterrence of the outside line is great.

In the 01 Finals, the Nets played against the Lakers. The outside world thought it was a strong power forward position, but Van Horn was completely defenseless by Rick Fox, and his state was cold. In the end, the Lakers won the championship trophy. .

After this round of finals, Van Horn was labeled as a soft-footed crab in the playoffs, was swept out by the Nets, and went around in circles. At the end of his career, Van Horn was still traded to the Nets and left the league.

To sum up, a player who was born at the wrong time and went to the small ball era a few years later is definitely a favorite of the teams. just give you the whistle...

Well, this man who had a good time with Duncan in college, the only honor in his career is to be selected to the All-Rookie Team with Duncan...

The staff came to knock on the door, Meng Yifan thought for a moment, and wrote down a series of names...

(End of this chapter)