In the basketball world, starting from the 99 World Youth Championship

Chapter 204 Yao Ming champion logo man goes to Grizzlies
With the end of the Pacers' championship parade, it also marked the end of the NBA season, and at the same time, the undercurrents began to surge among the various teams.

Among them, the logo man left the City of Angels and joined the Vancouver Grizzlies. Phil Jackson's wish came true, but Zen Master was completely happy. The media is talking, leaving Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson's coaching career is over.

Yao Ming left Indiana Persia and started his final trial training trip, while Zhang Tian didn't rush to report to the national team, but wanted to hear where Larry Bird would send him in the end.

At this time, Larry Bird also informed the two bosses of the agreement between himself and Zhang Tian. The Simon brothers were shocked, but the Indiana real estate tycoon immediately calmed down. 90.00% of the NBA team owners started by speculating on land. Yes, the two of them are no exception. For Zhang Tian, ​​a Chinese player, they are very willing to stay.But if it is a maximum salary extension, it is a bit difficult, because it is almost unrealistic for the Pacers to pay a luxury tax, and he has already taken the lead, and it is bound to be impossible to continue to coexist with Reggie Miller.

"Zhang, if we trade, we don't want to trade him to a competitor."

Larry Bird understands that as for the Pacers head coach candidate, it is not urgent at all, it is more important to deal with Zhang Tian first.

"If I let the wind out, it is estimated that there will be countless teams wanting to trade with us. After all, his contract is only in the second year now, which is far from the year of renewal, so if we trade with some medium and strong teams If you don’t get any good things, bad teams can, because they have countless undiscovered potential rookies, and I also found a relatively good defender in this year’s draft, he should be able to replace Next."

Larry Bird had a plan in his mind, and the Simon brothers were relieved. They were afraid that they would be beaten by Zhang Tian, ​​and they would be troubled.

Larry Bird took the initiative to go to Zhang Tian's house the day before the draft.

"Zhang, do you have any favorite team?"

When Larry Bird arrived at Zhang Tian's home, Zhang Tian was doing stretching training. Obviously, although it was the offseason, the other party still hadn't given up training.

"Well, a bad team, maybe you can let me be the boss, and nothing else."

Bad team, being the boss, there are a lot of people who meet the requirements, Larry Bird's mind turned quickly.

And the NBA Draft also kicked off, the time is still on June 28, but the location is not in Madison, but has become the Target Center in Minnesota.

Speaking of huskies, it's also very funny, they also came to make an offer.There are quite a few people who proposed from the refrigerator, such as Dean Garrett, Wallis Zebiak, and Sam Mitchell let the former teammate of Wang Wang choose at will, but the latter ended him with an F.

The fridge is now decommissioned and still just as disgusting.Larry Bird was not angry, he knew that there would definitely be a few fish in troubled waters in the team.

Yao Ming is different from the historical space. He appeared on the scene and sat in the small green room. However, except for DeMar Johnson and Chris Mim, other rookies are very unfriendly to Yao Ming, the big man in the East. , especially Kenyon Martin, the apprentice of Oscar Robertson.

Because in the last trial training of the Grizzlies, the logo man asked Martin, the guy who won all the awards in the ncaa, to go head-to-head with Yao Ming, the guy in the CBA. In the end, Yao Ming won 12 to 6. Except that Martin was stronger than Yao Ming in terms of strength, Other tricks and stuff, he's completely blown away by this [-]-foot-[-] guy.What makes Martin most uncomfortable is that he, who has always taken pleasure in blocking others, ate several big blocks in a row in the confrontation with Yao Ming.

Stern was standing on the rostrum, and there was a lot of chatter from Rory, while Zhang Tian and Billups sat under the auditorium.

"Chauncey, where are you leaving Indiana?"

For Billups, Zhang Tian still admires him very much. His basketball IQ is very high. Zhang Tian likes to play with people with high IQ. Mark Jackson is also high, but sometimes he is too lazy to adapt.

"Larry offered me a five-year, 500 million contract. I rejected it. I plan to go to the free market. Zhang, listen to me, the Pacers belong to Reggie. It can be seen, because this team has engraved his brand, it is a better choice for us to leave, of course you are not in a hurry, next season is the second year of your contract."

Zhang Tian didn't say a word, he would not reveal to Billups that he also wanted to leave the Pacers, but the latter went to the free market, no one wanted him, he could score 15 points during the finals 6 assists, shooting 40.00% from the field and 30.00% from the three-point range.

"The team that got the No. 5 pick was the Vancouver Grizzlies, and they had five minutes to make their choice."

After Stern finished reading, he posed on the stage. The owner of the Grizzlies, Arthur Griffith, was still discussing with the logo man, and Billy Knight was his assistant.

"Arthur, you have more experience in business than me, but looking at players, I am better than you. Since you invited me from Los Angeles to Vancouver, I will be responsible for my work. Kenyon Martin's physical fitness is Explosive, but compared to Yao, his basketball IQ is far worse, and he has no advantage in terms of age, Yao has professional game experience, he doesn't, if he is a freshman or high school student, then choose him That's right, after all, there is potential to be tapped, but now he doesn't even have potential, he is three years older than Yao, and he is not an opponent in one-on-one, so if we choose him, we will definitely choose UI as a parallel importer."

Jerry West's analysis made Arthur Griffith shut up. This Vancouver sports tycoon is indeed not as good at players as the former.

"The Grizzlies have made their choice." David Stern took the envelope handed up by the staff, "They chose Yao Ming, a [-]-foot-[-] center from China. Congratulations to Yao for becoming the NBA draft , the first Asian champion."

Yao Ming got up from the little green room and walked onto the stage, wearing a hat, and Stern stood with him like a child.Stern is very satisfied with the choice of the Grizzlies. When Jerry West went to the Grizzlies from the Lakers, he knew that Kenyon Martin would definitely miss the No. [-] pick. Human ability is not bad either.

Yao Ming was very excited, but the Chinese sports reporters and media people on the scene were even more excited. Last year, Zhang Tian became a lottery pick. This year, Yao Ming directly became the No. [-] pick. It is really getting better every year.

(End of this chapter)