Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 252
Shortly after Li Weisi filmed the commercial, the finals officially started.

Since Johnson and Bird entered the NBA, although the black and white duo ruled the entire 80s, from the beginning of 80 to this season, the two have joined hands to win all championships except 83.

But in fact, the two teams have only met three times in the finals, and these three times include this season.

The first two seasons were the 83-84 season and the 84-85 season. That is to say, two years have passed since the last highly anticipated yellow-green battle.

Although the two teams did not meet many times in the finals, each time they left a deep impression on people.

This year is no exception, the two teams have shown fierce competition from the first game.

It's a pity that this year's Celtics are in decline. From the beginning of the season, the bench players suffered serious injuries, which caused the Celtics to start and play for a whole season, and their energy was exhausted in the playoffs. The consecutive tie-breaks left the old Celtics with no time to rest.

So, 113:126, 122:141, the Lakers won two games in a row, and then went to the Boston Garden Arena, the Celtics pulled back a victory with 109:103, but unfortunately in the fourth game, the Lakers relied on the magician's high The difficult hook ended the game, beating the Celtics 107:106 and holding three match points.

Although the Celtics subsequently won another game, in the sixth game, the Lakers did not give the Celtics another chance. They defeated the Celtics 106:93 and won the championship. Magic Johnson finally reaped his victory. The second FMVP trophy.

This year is an extremely critical year for Johnson. This season he won the MVP, FMVP, assists leader, best team, two best of the month, and almost all personal honors.

It was also after this season that the controversy about Johnson finally came to an end. He is a magician, and he is indeed a superstar who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Bird.

It was already mid-June after the finals were finalized, and a week later, the annual draft that attracted much attention would be held again.

The offseason is a day of rest for the players, but it is a very busy season for the management of each team.

Inviting rookies to training camps, contacting other team managers, and discussing trades to strengthen the lineup, it can be said that every team manager is very busy before the start of the trading day.

When it came to the draft, it was even busier. The calls to each team's manager's office never stopped working, and various transactions and rumors kept coming and going.

Sometimes, these true and false news are more exciting than the game itself.

Just like last year, the year before, and the year before last, this year's draft has been rated as the year of the draft by the media. However, this time the media finally got it right, this year is really the year of the draft.

Even in the entire NBA history, the 87 draft can be ranked in the top ten, and the success rate is quite impressive.

Unlike last year with a bunch of draft picks, this year's Warriors are very low-key, and it feels like they are here to play soy sauce.

In fact, this is true for Frank. After last year's trade and draft, the team's main lineup has been formed. Next, it is only necessary to let the young players grow, and there is no need to make big deals to add to the snake.

In this draft, although there are many good players, Frank will not spend a lot of money to get them. He just needs to dig for gold in the sand and make some additions to the team lineup.

Having learned the lessons of last year, Frank did not drive here this year, but chose to walk, obviously because he was afraid of traffic jams.

Walking into the original private room, it is still a familiar environment, and there are still familiar faces, head coach Nelson, general manager Attles and Li Weisi.

Li Weisi, who followed Frank into the box, looked unhappy. He was not at all interested in Frank's invitation to participate in the draft.

He has ideas about the team's lineup, but he believes in Frank's vision, so he doesn't want to intervene in this matter. In his opinion, it is better to train to be effective than letting himself choose players!
"What's wrong with West?" Nelson also noticed Li Weisi's unhappy face, so he asked Frank.

"You don't have to ask, of course you don't want to be dragged here by me!" Frank didn't care about Li Weisi's temper. He was more experienced at coaxing Li Weisi than he was at coaxing his girlfriends.

"However, boss, it's inappropriate for you to bring West. No one from other teams has brought stars here, and you only invited West and didn't ask for Moses. I'm worried..." Attel Si kindly reminded Frank that although he didn't finish his words, he expressed his meaning very clearly.

I have to say that after getting along with Frank for a year, Attles, who was still full of grudges against Frank, has long been convinced by Frank's ability and charm (money ability), and there is no more petty tricks. Now he is basically Frank Whichever way he hits.

Once encountering something that Frank did not understand, Attles would immediately think about whether it was his own problem. This is the experience summed up from the lessons!

"It's okay. I just made it for others to see. It's mainly to set some teams up and do everything. As for Moses, don't worry. I've already communicated. Moses won't have any objections." !"

Seeing that Frank had taken everything into consideration, Attles naturally stopped insisting.

Soon, the time came to 19:30, and the draft officially began.

First of all, Stern appeared on the stage amidst the boos of the audience. Facing the special welcome ceremony at Madison Square Garden, Stern did not feel uncomfortable at all, and began to read the card in his hand with a smile on his face.

"The San Antonio Spurs selected David Robinson with the No. 1987 pick in the 1 draft from the US Naval Academy."

There is no suspense. Although Robinson said that he will serve in the Navy for two years, the Spurs still chose this 216cm big man.

Afterwards, the 2nd to 4th picks all chose their respective players. In the end, the Clippers did not listen to Frank and chose a small forward named Reggie Williams.

It can only be said that for the owners and management of the Clippers, Frank said that you should not make it to the Western Conference Finals.

"The Seattle SuperSonics selected Scottie Pippen from the University of Central Arkansas with the fifth overall pick in the 1987 draft."

When Frank heard Stern's announcement, he still sighed in his heart, and asked Attles beside him, "Are the Sonics planning to trade Pippen away?"

"Yes, I heard that the Bulls are going to use the No. 8 pick, the second-round pick in 88 and the first-round pick in 89, to replace the No. 5 pick of the Sonics. This guy, Bob, has made the Sonics a lot of money." Ah Tells sighed.

There is no secret in the NBA. The deal between the Bulls and the Sonics has long been on the surface. Many people, like Attles, lamented that the Bulls are stupid, as long as Frank shakes his head and remains silent.

I thought to myself: Stupid is really stupid, I don't know who I'm talking about!

(End of this chapter)