unfinished glory

Chapter 280 Cleaning
Another major event happened in the league in 2014. After the end of the regular season, David Stern, who has been in charge of the league for 30 years, announced his resignation from the position of NBA president, and Adam Silva, the vice president who had been prepared for a long time. take over.

Silva is good at speculation. In order to please Huaxia fans, he gave himself a Chinese name Xiao Hua early on.

After Xiao Hua presented the FMVP trophy to James with a smile on his face, experts quickly found relevant data, indicating that the NBA has entered a new era.

Not only is Xiao Hua taking office, but the Heat's championship is the first time since the new century that there are no four superstars, O'Neal, Duncan, Kobe and Li Chongxiao.

Xiao Hua was very happy with this statement in private, and then presided over this year's draft meeting with satisfaction.

This year is called a once-in-a-ten-year draft year, and many good seedlings are in it.

Wiggins is the undisputed No. [-] pick, and his draft template is Li Chongxiao.Judging from the physical test data, he is indeed closer to Li Chongxiao than Leonard.

And in these years, it is indeed easier to become a talent at the small forward position.For a while this season, James and Durant were both small forwards, and Li Chongxiao was also a small forward.For six seasons, the three have shared all regular season MVPs.

And in the league, there are rising stars like Paul George and Leonard, who have also entered the league's third team.

When the Spurs had a conflict with Leonard, they once had a backup plan to exchange him for the No. [-] pick.

Sure enough, the Timberwolves, who won the No. 76 lottery, happily chose Wiggins.The Bucks then selected Jabari Parker, also a small forward. The [-]ers also picked their favorite Joel Embiid, a center.

Under the instruction of owner Ellison, the Grizzlies took the Cavaliers' fifth overall pick and chose Exum, a combo guard.

One of the most regrettable trades the Cavaliers have made over the years is probably the exchange of two draft picks for Mike Miller.

Judging from the original season, this transaction is worthwhile.The Cavaliers are eager for success, and Miller has indeed become a very reliable helper around James, averaging more than ten points per game, and can also help James open up space and enrich tactical diversity.

And if James doesn't leave, these two first-round picks will be in the twenties at most, which is not worth much.

But now it seems that these two picks are worth at least one No. [-] pick.

After Bynum was reimbursed for the season, he let himself go with a big contract with the Cavaliers, and spent more time going to the barber shop than going to the training room.The last champion Bennett has successfully replaced players like Kwame Brown and Olowokandi, winning the "Best Parallel Importer in History".

The team's situation makes the Cavaliers not competitive in the playoffs, and they have no motivation to play badly.

Fortunately, Irving played out, worthy of his worth as the No. [-] pick, otherwise the Cavaliers management would have to take the blame and resign and wash their faces with tears.

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In addition to the Cavaliers' pick, the Grizzlies' own 26th overall pick still followed Ellison's request and chose

PJ Hairston, a swingman.

The draft pick is just the first step in Ellison's involvement with the Grizzlies.After the Grizzlies took over, their record and honor declined greatly. This kind of shameless performance slapped Ellison in the face. He needs someone to stand up and take responsibility for it.

The purge began, and Jerry West was the first to bear the brunt.In the past two years, the team operation he presided over has been somewhat at odds with Ellison.After the season, he announced his resignation as general manager.

For Gasol's departure, Ellison did not have any retention.He has long been displeased with the opponent, and is very dissatisfied with the Spaniard's weak performance in the playoffs, allowing Gasol to cause looting in the free market.After several negotiations, Gasol joined the Bucks with a 4-year 5000 million contract.

The next candidate that no one thought of was head coach Carlisle.The newly arrived team general manager Chris Wallace announced that the current Grizzlies head coach Carlisle dismissed get out of class because the record did not meet expectations.

This news made Li Chongxiao very surprised. He still read the news from the news, and the team management never asked his opinion.

Immediately afterwards, calls came from his teammates, and Li Chongxiao could only helplessly tell everyone that he didn't know.Then he called Carlisle, who was also caught off guard, guessing that it was probably because Carlisle was West's direct descendant.

A done deal, Li Chongxiao has no way to change it, but he is very dissatisfied with the team's actions.When the general manager of the team, Chris Wallace, called to explain and promised to bring the players a suitable manager, Li Chongxiao didn't want to say anything, and told the team to "do whatever you want."

Carlisle was not the last to leave, and Battier's contract had also expired, but the team had no intention of retaining the team's meritorious player and captain, and was unwilling to even give a veteran's basic salary.

After thinking about it for a while, Battier declined the basic salary contract offered by other teams and chose to retire.

Immediately afterwards, the Grizzlies announced in a high-profile manner that they will retire Battier's jersey, but the time must be set after Li Chongxiao's jersey is retired.

In order to ease Li Chongxiao's emotions, the management thought of a way to hold Li Chongxiao high.At the media meeting, he said that Li Chongxiao is the greatest player in the history of the Grizzlies. All the honors of the Grizzlies are brought by him, and he should enjoy the honor of being the first to retire the Grizzlies jersey.

Li Chongxiao was a little speechless about the management's actions. Isn't this trying to provoke the relationship between him and his teammates?Those who don't know will think that Li Chongxiao is too domineering and interferes with the team's retirement of jerseys.

Li Chongxiao hurriedly called Battier, and before he could speak, Battier knew what was going on and why, so he didn't need to explain.

Later, in the phone call to Chris Wallace, the other party only asked Li Chongxiao not to feel burdened, saying that Li Chongxiao deserved this honor, which was a unanimous decision of the team.

After a few phone calls, Li Chongxiao knew what was going on. It must be the boss Ellison's instruction.He didn't call Ellison, who had sensed his dissatisfaction during the first two seasons of contact.When the dust has settled, there is no need to ask for boredom.

Ellison's dissatisfaction with Li Chongxiao was not without source.The brilliance Li Chongxiao created for his former boss was too dazzling, making it difficult for the new boss to catch up and surpass him.

There may be another reason, that is, Li Chongxiao is so good that he can almost represent the Grizzlies by himself.Let the fans only know him, not who the owner of the team is.When the three-peat ring was presented, the slogan read "No matter who the boss is, our 'King' is still here".

The main players haven't changed much, and some tinkering is a small thing.Li Chongxiao thought that the troubles caused by the team would stop here, but he underestimated Ellison's desire to control.

Without consulting any players, the team announced a new head coach, Mike Brown, who is out of work at home.

Li Chongxiao no longer had any intention of arguing with the team, facing the general manager of the team who openly claimed that the selection of the coach was discussed with Li Chongxiao, he mercilessly denied it:
"I have not interfered with any Grizzlies operation, including the players, including the head coach, including the management, including the owner!"

　I just want to go back to Shenzhen for work. I run to the bus station twice a day, and I can't wait for the bus after queuing for several days.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)