If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 62 The Rookie and the New Coach

In the 2008 draft, there was basically no change in the front. After all, only the Thunder's pick has changed, and there is no difference in the inspection of players by each team.

Rose, Beasley and Mayo, the three hot stars became the No. [-] pick, No. [-] and No. [-] pick.

In fact, Rose does not have an absolute advantage this year, and Beasley's evaluation is also very high.

But the Bulls still had a discerning eye and chose the stronger Rose.

It's not that Beasley is weak, he mainly has some personality problems, and the Heat's choice is understandable.

If the Grizzlies choose Mayo, it is luck. Mayo is very good, but there are still a few players of the same level that were hotly discussed before. The Grizzlies did not give priority to the inside.

They are also lucky. Gasol Jr. came here to adapt to the NBA like his brother, and he is more suitable for the Grizzlies than Gasol.

The Grizzlies will miss Thabeet in the future, and the Grizzlies draft may be more of a gimmick. After all, Mayo claims that he did not lose to James in high school.

And Westbrook has not been selected in the next one. In fact, Westbrook's draft predictions are not very high, and the outside world thinks that he is not so outstanding.

However, Thunder general manager Sam Presti is very optimistic about him. Seeing that Westbrook was not selected, he has been praying in his heart.

No. 9 pick, not very good, but not bad.

However, the Bobcats picked Westbrook ahead of the Thunder.

Yi Jian heard the disappointed sigh of the Thunder management through the video call. They were only a little short of being able to choose their favorite Westbrook, and then formed a perfect lineup with Yi Jian and Durant.

Point guards, forwards, and insiders can definitely succeed.

But their pick was still a little low, and they even wanted to trade at that moment, but they really had no bargaining chips in their hands.

As a result, they chose Brook Lopez with the ninth overall pick, one of the two most popular insiders this year.

Le Fu has already been selected in front of him.

"No one really chose DeAndre Jordan..." Durant was slightly surprised.

Jordan was also very popular before, but he just didn't perform well.

His static and dynamic talents are good. It is reasonable for someone to bet on him, but I don't know why no team has made a shot.

Perhaps it is because although there are no famous players like Oden and Durant this year, there are quite a few players who are one or two grades lower. Jordan, as a member of the small green room, was directly ignored.

This buddy will become the player with the lowest pick in the small green house for a period of time, until 2019 when a second-generation star breaks this record.

The Thunder then chose Serge Ibaka, who had long been fancy, at the 24th pick. The Thunder like this kind of athletic insider.

At the end of the first round of the draft, Jordan has not been selected yet, and everyone is dumbfounded.

At this time, there are already teams planning to bet on him.

"DeAndre Jordan, choose him, choose him!" Durant became excited.

He felt that Yi Jian was not only accurate in judging people, but also in drafting.

Presti motioned him to be quiet. "Take it easy, Kevin, we'll get it done."

In fact, the Thunder still have a fancy insider, and that is DJ-White. They have considered before that if they can't be selected, they will trade the draft pick.

However, their draft strategy could only change after they selected Lopez.

They are now looking for defenders, but unfortunately there are not many good defenders this year, and the front has been selected.

Again, there is no bargaining chip in the transaction.

Although many people are staring at Yi Jian and Durant, Thunder will only sell if they are stupid.

So at this time, it seems nothing to choose Jordan to make the two core players happy.

With the second pick in the second round, the Thunder selected DeAndre Jordan.

Next, the team management has little interest, and it is difficult to find good goods with low picks.

So they began to consider Dragic, anyway, they have more second-round picks, and there are three more.

In order to prevent someone from intercepting Hu, he also greeted some teams.

In fact, we have already communicated before the draft night, after all, we must have two hands to prepare for everything.

As a result, Dragic was really watched by other teams. At this time, Presti had no ink marks, and directly used the No. 46 pick and the No. 50 pick in the second round to trade from the Spurs to the No. 45 pick, and chose Golan- Dragic.

Perfect, appease the core of the team, it didn't cost much, and they really need a guard.

They didn't want it in the last second round, and they were directly traded to the Cavaliers.

Draft night ended like this, it seemed perfect.

The team got half of the candidates proposed by Yi Jian and Durant, which exceeded expectations a bit.

Yi Jian didn't bother about other things, and went into seclusion to prepare for the Olympics.

Of course, a small thing happened during the period, that is, the change of the team's coaching position.

After all, the NBA is more important about the stars, and the head coach is really not that important, especially the head coach of the rebuilding team.

Yi Jian and Durant performed well, and the team also began to consider record issues.

The management is not satisfied with Carlesimo's performance, feeling that he is not worthy of two potential stars.

However, Thunder general manager Presti and Carlesimo are considered friends, and he is also hesitant.

The team asked the opinions of two potential stars, and Durant said he hoped to have a more suitable head coach.

Durant doesn't like Carlesimo's superficial Spurs passing and cutting routines.

His ability to express opinions directly has something to do with Yi Jian. If Yi Jian hadn't talked to him so much throughout the season, Durant would not be used to communicating directly with the management.

As a result, during the period of following the uniform team, the two sides became familiar, and Durant also expressed his opinion.

Yi Jian also expressed through his agent that if there is a better choice, the team must be decisive.

After all, Carlesimo's coaching thinking is indeed a bit old, and he didn't learn the truth after following Popovich.

There is no conflict between everyone, just a tactical difference.

Therefore, the Thunder decided to re-select the coach.

It's just that they are unwilling to spend more money, because the team moved, and Thunder boss Clayton Bennett feels a little rich in his pocket.

The Thunder also inspected the newly unemployed coaches of strong teams, such as former Pistons head coach Saunders and former Mavericks head coach Jr. Johnson. In the end, they still felt that the team's assistant coach Scott Brooks was more cost-effective.

And as long as Scott Brooks gives a trial contract, there is not much loss if there is a problem.

The team's two potential stars feel good about Brooks. In fact, some tactics about the two were proposed by Brooks.

Scott Brooks, who studied under George Karl, has a way of attacking, but he will not ignore the defense.

Yi Jian knows him, this is not a particularly powerful head coach, but he has great ideas about building a duo.

Originally, in history, he led the Thunder and the Wizards in a similar way.

Among the head coaches with both offense and defense, the Thunder can only get this level for the time being.

Therefore, based on various opinions, Scott Brooks took the position of Thunder head coach ahead of schedule.

(End of this chapter)