Chapter 4: The '99 Draft

All the games in the 1998-1999 NBA season were over, the Spurs defeated the Knicks 4-1 to win the championship, and Duncan won the Finals MVP. The Clippers also signed www.biquge.info Coach Bill Fitch and held a press conference to announce that Coach Bill Fitch will be the head coach of the Clippers again, which made many people fall through the glasses.

On June 26, 1999, the draft will be held at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. Andy came to the draft alone, and the team's head coach, Bill Fich, stayed in the training hall to work with Rodman for special training for Tiger, and after several trades, the Clippers got three 2-round picks, and the people to be selected were also discussed two days ago, and Andy came to go through the motions.

It didn't take long for David Stern to appear in front of everyone and announce that the Chicago Bulls, who have the No. 1 pick, have chosen Elton. Brand, then the Grizzlies chose Francis and the Hornets chose Byron. Davis, after the top three picks were all revealed, the Clippers selected Lamar with the fourth pick. Odom, and then the league announced the first trade, the Clippers traded Jermaine O'Neal from the Trail Blazers with No. 4 rookie Odom, after the deal was officially announced, Andy finally breathed a sigh of relief, before the deal was announced, any accidents could occur, this is also the old Dunleavy coach of the Trail Blazers, not as strong as Sloan or Popovich, otherwise it's really hard to say.

The subsequent draft pick didn't change until the second round of the No. 31 pick, when the Clippers selected Wang Zhizhi, a Chinese player. When he first got the draft list, Tiger struggled for a long time, do you know whether to choose Wang Zhizhi? In the end, Tiger decided to take a gamble, he dialed Sloan's phone and traded cash for the last 2 rounds of the 2 rounds that the Jazz didn't care about, so the Clippers used the highest No. 31 pick to rob Wang Zhizhi in front of the Mavericks.

The Clippers' halfway interception surprised the old coach of the Mavericks, and the old coach thought about it for a while, but still dialed Andy's phone. "Andy? I'm Don of the Mavericks. Nelson, I'd like to ask about Wang Zhizhi's trading possibilities. ”

"Oh! Coach Nielsen! It's an honor to receive your call, you are my idol, Wang Zhizhi! He's the player we coach Fitch named to select, I can't call the shots, if you don't want to see other players, other players on the Clippers team, as long as you like them, I absolutely have nothing to say! Andy started his own performance again, and Coach Fitch only knew about the existence of Wang Zhizhi when he was discussing draft players a few days ago, and the old coach didn't care about the team's market influence, so it would be good to agree to let him be selected.

"Alright! Since that's the case, forget it, there will be a chance to cooperate in the future. Good bye! "Old Nelson doesn't eat Andy's set, and the current Clippers he can look at are Tiger. Washington, but that's the real non-sale of the Clippers.

"Alright! Good bye! Keep in touch in the future! Andy happily hung up the phone.

The Clippers played an interception role today when they used the No. 48 pick they traded from the Bucks to pick Manu. Ginobili's time, another NBA legend coach was furious.

As soon as the Clippers' selection was announced, Andy's phone rang again. "Hey! Hello! I'm Andy. Smith. ”

"Oh! It's Coach Pope! Congratulations on your championship, this year's Spurs have been fantastic, Duncan's performance has been unparalleled. What the? Do you want to trade Ginobili? I can't really call the shots about this, you know I'm still a young rookie, and the draft is all arranged by Coach Fitch, I'm just an errand runner. yes, yes, why don't you look at the rest of the Clippers players? That's it! That's a pity! But I'm sure there's a chance in the future, okay, goodbye! Andy hung up the phone with a smug smile on his face, haha! It seems that according to what Tiger said, he successfully robbed the two famous handsome Hu, happy! Proud! Ha ha!

Popovich hung up the phone, very angry in his heart, this bastard boy, play tricks on me, Coach Fitch is too familiar to him, foreign players like Ginobili are not in his scope of investigation at all. It seems that the new manager of the Clippers is not as simple as it seems, and you should be careful when dealing with him in the future, don't be cheated by him.

At the end of the '99 draft, Andy used the Jazz's No. 58 pick to finally select Raga. Bale, having completed his intended goal, returned to the team in a good mood, and the team's draft plan for this year was fully completed. In the Clippers' training gym, Andy finds Coach Tiger and Fitch who are training, as well as a different Rodman than he imagined.

Rodman was going around in style, Tiger made a phone call, and called him back to the training gym, a big bug that was not very cool, and he wilted a little after seeing Coach Fitch. Phil during the Bull Dynasty. Jackson can't do anything about this, but he is really much more honest in front of Coach Fitch. It also gave Andy a new perspective on the manager.

A few days ago, when Andy, Tiger and Coach Fitch sat down to discuss the team's lineup and draft issues, Coach Fitch thought that the team's interior strength was not enough, Rodman's age was there, and O'Neal Jr. was too young to be a substitute player with a lot of experience. Tiger thought about it for a while, and then came up with a plan to evacuate the inside line.

O'Neal Jr. has other characteristics that the center lacks, that is, flexibility and physical talent, movement speed and defensive range, when encountering interior teams such as the Lakers of the Big Sharks and the Spurs of the Twin Towers, Tiger plays power forward and O'Neal Jr. withdraws the interior line together, does not fight hard with them, and gives the outside players room to break through, so a new problem comes. One: Tiger has never played a power forward, and his technical characteristics, running and covering are all very problematic. Two: Tiger's height problem, after all, he is only 2 meters and does not have an advantage among interior players.

"Sir Barkley's official height is 1.98 meters, and he plays the same as a power forward, so I believe height is not an issue." Tiger waved his hand nonchalantly.

Andy rolled his eyes when he heard this. "Sir Barkley has an invincible ******, do you? Can you stand on the inside line with your body? ”

"I can gain some weight properly, and don't I still have Dennis? I asked him to come back in the summer for me to give me special training, and besides, not all games are played as power forwards, isn't it adjusted according to different teams! ”

"I think Tiger can try what he said, you see." After Coach Fitch heard Tiger's empty inside strategy, he began to carefully study the feasibility of this tactic on the tactical board, and after a few deductions, Fitch beckoned Tiger and Andy to start deducing this tactic in detail.