You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 693

Michael Reid, Space Yi's lifelong enemy, did not lose to Ray Allen at the peak.

While he went on to become the most successful player in the 2000 draft, scouts weren't looking forward to his future at the time of his announcement.

The third-year college rookie basically has no potential in the eyes of scouts. His shooting posture is particularly weird and his defensive lateral movement is slow.His ball control and speed are good, and his ability to break through to the basket is also very strong, but his long-range shooting ability is not good.

According to Mo Mengchen's known history, in the first year he joined the Bucks, the three musketeers reached the Eastern Conference Finals.It's a pity that nothing happened to him. Due to injuries, he only played 36 minutes.Even if there is no injury, the main guard is still Ray Allen, and there is no excitement for a No. 43 pick.

It sounds like the story of the slam dunk Ichiro Kanmune, who practiced three-pointers every day as a rookie.Since being drafted, Reid has worked hard to transform himself into a shooter.Fortunately, everyone on the team is a shooting master. In the summer of 01—a full year later—he finally beat all his teammates in the inside shooting contest.

Since then, it's no secret that the best three-pointer in the Bucks is not Ray Allen, but Redd.

Although the peak Reid has an ugly shooting posture and his shots are extremely irregular shots from the back of the head, his hit rate is impressive.The singles ability is stronger than Ray Allen, especially the ability to play back and draw fouls, and the strength is deep.

The relationship between talent and himself is average in defense, but he has a lot of hard work.The most important thing is the kind of determination that the second-round pick has been fighting all the way to counterattack. The Bucks headed by him have never been an easy bone to chew.Even the peak piston is the same.

In the 0506 season, Reid took the Bucks back to the playoffs again, facing the Pistons with 64 wins in the regular season.When Wade fans mentioned how dominating Wade showed against the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals, Reed's performance in the first round was not much better.

Throughout the five games in the first round, Hamilton was like a **** in front of Reid, especially the third game, which was the only victory in the Bucks series. Reid scored 5 points in 34 minutes.

In the last game, Hamilton saved some face with the Bucks who had no intention of fighting and scored 40 points, but that was based on the 30-point defeat of the Bucks. Reid still scored 23 points and 9 rebounds (8 of which offensive rebounds).

The following year was Reed's most powerful peak. That season he came to a series of scoring shows. He scored 57 points against the Jazz, the Rockets' bitter master at the time, surpassing the single-game scoring record of the Bucks for many years. Beyond Alcindor - wonder who this is?Skyhook Kareem always knows, right? ——If it was changed in this era, the headlines of the news would have been drawn up, and the Bucks surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and so on.

In 2007, he and Arenas were the two scoring madness after Kobe.

After that, the Bucks ushered in the space trade. Due to well-known reasons, Reed and Mo Williams were notorious.

It's a pity that that's the end of it. After BJ's Olympic Games, Reid was injured twice in a row, completely stepped off the peak, and his career entered the twilight period.

Although he has only peaked for five years, he is undoubtedly the strongest player in the 2000 draft. Thinking about his draft performance, if he is not selected, it would be a crime against the identity of a time traveler.

To win Reed, Mo Mengchen had to consider many aspects, and he had to plan ahead for some possible things.

If Alan Houston chooses to leave next summer and the main No. 2 position is vacant, Ginobili should be able to take the top spot, but the Argentine Demon Sword is not a durable player, so he needs a strong substitute. suitable.

Now there's only one question, how can Joe Dumars be convinced of Reed's talent?

Because Reid belongs to the type who has accumulated a lot of money, when he participated in the draft, he really didn't have a good market, otherwise he wouldn't have fallen into the same pick as Zhou Qi.

"You really want him?"

Dumas asked again and again.

"Let me just say it straight." Mo Mengchen said, "Michael Reed is the only bright pearl this year."

Dumars no longer has any doubts, nor does he say anything else. There is nothing to question, because the person who has taken a fancy to Reed is Dor.Mo.

The Pistons now have such a terrifying lineup depth, and most of them have something to do with Mo Mengchen. None of the newcomers in the team have not been selected by him. If he values ​​Reid so much, there is nothing wrong with it.

Even scouts can't question it, because so far, Mo Mengchen has never been wrong.

"So where do we draft him?" Dumars asked.

"Be conservative and use the last pick in the first round." Mo Mengchen said. (29)

Reid has not yet come to the Henry Ford Training Center for trial training, but he is already a member of the Pistons. After a few words between Mo Mengchen and Dumars, the matter has been settled, there is no room for maneuver, and there is no need to go through the coaching staff and the ball. Exploration group.

On June 6th, Madison Square Garden, where the 29 NBA Draft opened.

This is the first draft in the 21st century, and they will undoubtedly be recorded in history. At the turn of the century, the NBA kingship changed, and the Pistons became the new overlord. They defended their title and won the championship half a month ago, defeating OK, and became kings in the world.

The end of the finals heralds the management will join the battle.Celtics star Tim Duncan will be a free agent this summer.

Duncan is one of the last products of the deformed rookie contract before the lockout season.

Before the suspension of the season, contracts for rookies like Duncan were not only unreasonable, but also irregular. If a supernova like Duncan signed a 3+1 contract, he could become an unrestricted free agent after three years of playing. The market, that is, the highest price wins, is extremely unfavorable for the home team.

Now the Celtics are facing this problem. Rick Pitino's coaching position is precarious, Antoine Walker is becoming more and more obsessed with three-pointers, and the Celtics, who are seriously lacking in talent, can't even lead Duncan. For the Pistons' throne, Duncan needs more help.

Before the free market starts, the draft is the biggest warm-up project.

The year 2000 was the millennium.The Book of Revelation is first mentioned in the New Testament.Millennialism is the formal or folk belief of certain Christian denominations that there will be a golden age in the future.

This year's draft is indeed called gold, but it needs to add the double eye number. They are not the kind of gold we think, but the gold with swords and slant.

In order to select talents in this draft, each team fought openly and secretly, and finally got a lottery pick that might not be useful at all.

Magic, Eagles, Spurs, Grizzlies, Clippers, Bulls, Nets, Cavaliers, Mavericks, Bulls (two lottery picks), Magic (two lottery picks).

The above teams got this year's lottery picks, and tonight, the Magic have the right to start.

There was no suspense in the result. Although they once wanted to use the No. [-] pick to trade for an All-Star back, but everyone is not a fool, and no one is willing to trade with him.

Ever since, the Magic can only select Kenyon Martin with the first overall pick.

Martin was abandoned by his father and raised by his mother since he was a child. This is not uncommon in the NBA, but fortunately, his father left him with a strong athletic talent. He finished four years of college with first-class athletic ability. His leg was broken, and just like that, he also became the No. [-] pick.

A senior who broke his leg and is still the No. 2000 pick, this is the [-] draft.

The Eagles, who are on the way to rebuild, need a rookie who can be used as a cornerstone. They looked at it and decided to gamble.

With the second pick, Darius Miles was selected.

In the season that ended not long ago, Garnett just played his first 20+10+5 season in his career, which opened the club for consecutive 20+10+5 seasons.He is synonymous with comprehensiveness. At just the right time, a similar young man appeared in the American high school basketball world. With a record of 22 points, 14 rebounds, 7 blocks, 3.4 assists and 2.4 steals in the last year of high school, Myers skipped college and went straight to college. Sign up for the draft.The dark face, slender limbs, jumping to join the NBA, and the legend related to jumping ability make people can't help thinking in the direction of Garnett, and he looks so slightly like him.

There is no shortage of gamblers in this world. The Eagles need to complete the reconstruction as soon as possible. They are eager to directly have the luck of the Timberwolves in 1995 and choose another Garnett.

When Mo Mengchen saw that the Eagles chose Miles, he had only one feeling.

They'll be the No. [-] pick next year -- in fact, no matter who they pick, they'll be the No. [-] pick next year. Of course, unless Duncan pulls his brains and joins the Hawks, who are weaker than the Celtics, they won't. Any way to get out of the belly queue.

Thinking of this, Mo Mengchen felt extremely comfortable.

Why?Could it be that he was happy because he saw the eagle being unlucky?
Don't think so, Dor.Mo hasn't gotten to this point yet.

The reason why Mo Mengchen is happy about this is because no matter how good their pick next year is, that pick does not belong to them, but to the Pistons.

This incident dates back to the summer of 1996, when Doug Collins, who was still the general manager and head coach of the team at the time, traded Terry Mills and Lynch Hunter, who had starting strength, to the Eagles in order to clean up the lineup. In exchange for Donny Boyce and Lauderdale and a future first-round pick.

That first-round pick was the 2001 first-round pick.At that time, the Eagles did not add any protection to this draft pick, that is to say, no matter which pick it ended up with, it had nothing to do with the Eagles.

(See Chapter 142 for details)
Judging from the current situation, the Pistons are definitely the big winners, but at the time, it seemed that this was a terrible deal.

Collins disassembled the already weak lineup, exchanged two starters for a second-year guard and a first-year center, and the illusory future first round.

Boyce has only been with the Pistons for one year. Although Lauderdale has played until now, it has always been a drinking fountain and a mascot. No one thought that the illusory first-round pick could increase in value to this point.

So, Eternal Misfortune Collins!
The whole of Detroit must apologize to him for what happened back then!
　Three shifts today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)