Sun Hao did not run a personal training camp like last year.

Because there is a World Championship in August, he will return to China at the end of June to participate in joint training with the men's basketball team.

In this year in history, the famous Wang Zhizhi non-return incident occurred.

Wang Zhizhi has not finalized his new contract and hopes to return to China after playing in the summer league.

However, the summer league was in July, and the World Championships were in August, which was not enough time for him to run in with the national team, and the two sides fell out in the end.

However, because he successfully entered the rotation last season and performed well, Wang Zhizhi is likely to renew his contract with the Mavericks, and this historical event has not happened again.

He will return to China with Sun Hao to report.

It is worth mentioning that Yi Jianlian will also go back with them.

In the past senior year, Yi Jianlian averaged 19.5 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game in the NSAA, performing well.

He has been invited by a number of NCAA teams, and he has also been drafted into the training camp by the national team.

Yi Jianlian, who was in the same period in history, only entered the youth team because of the age change, but now he has skipped this stage directly.

Before returning home, the four of them trained together in Dallas.

The 2002 draft is just around the corner.

In April this year, before the NBA draft registration deadline, Yi Jianlian and Sun Hao discussed whether to run for the NBA draft this year.

The final result is like now, Yi Jianlian did not run.

On the one hand, Yi Jianlian needs to go to an American university to improve his strength;

On the other hand, and more importantly, Yi Jianlian has not received enough attention from NBA teams.

Most of the rookies in NBA history who ran as high school students actually got the NBA team's draft promises.

Take Garnett, for example, whose original plan was to finish college before running, but by the end of high school, he had already been promised a draft by the Timberwolves.

A similar situation can be seen in the bodies of people such as Kobe Bryant, James, Howard, etc.

So for Yi Jianlian, playing NCAA is obviously a better choice.

While they were training, the 2002 NBA Draft was held as scheduled at Madison Square Garden in New York.

This draft is well-known to the Chinese people because of Yao Ming.

Now that Yao Ming has participated in the election in advance, the overall quality of this draft is average, and the attention is predictably low.

However, because of Yi Jianlian, he still watched the live broadcast of the draft with Yi Jianlian.

At the end of April, the draft draw ended, and the Houston team was very, very lucky to pick the top pick, as in history.

Yao Ming is gone, and it will be interesting to see who they will choose.

This year's rookies, in addition to Yao Ming, also have some high-quality rookies who look good.

Well, there are also the most popular big rookies of this era.

Drew Gooden, Yao Ming is not there, he has become a top hit.

He is physically gifted, averaging 19.8 points, 11.4 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and 1.8 steals per game in his junior season, and led the team to the NCAA Final Four in history.

Stoudemire, who didn't play in the NCAA and decided to run after graduating from high school, is physically stunning, but like Eddie Griffin, who was previously drafted by the Houston team, he is also the type who looks "brainless".

Nene, although Nene did not attend high school in the United States and did not play in the NCAA, he showed beastly physicality in the Chicago Union tryout, which was the first draft pick, and is also a big favorite of the teams in this era.

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Before the draft began, Sun Hao and Yi Jianlian were also analyzing the possible options of the Houston team.

Yi Jianlian is more optimistic about Stoudemire, both high school students, and the two have also played against each other, and he knows Stoudemire's talent and strength.

Sun Hao prefers Jay Williams, a point guard.

Jay Williams is the star of the list in history, and he was also selected for the Dream Five team in history.

If it weren't for the loss of athleticism due to a later car accident, he would have had a chance to become an All-Star caliber guard.

And more importantly, the Houston team already has two big men on the inside, Eddie Griffin and Kwame Brown.

The brainless and unhappy duo didn't do very well, but they had only just finished a season.

The Houston team is not very likely to pick the interior again.

However, when the Houston team did make their choice, the two of them found out...... No one guessed right!

The Houston team selected Nikloz Skitishvili with the top pick!

Uh, well, Sun Hao admits that he hasn't heard the name.

After learning about it, he learned that this was Nowitsky, Georgia.

At 2.13 meters tall, he has excellent shooting talent and has an excellent ball intelligence that European players have.

It does seem like a good choice.

And it can also be seen that the Houston team management still wants to develop big men.

If the twin towers can't work, then one inside and one outside.

Kwame Branganikloz Skitishvili, Houston Twin Towers to O'Neil Ganovitzki.

This also looks pretty good.

It's just that this inside player whose name Sun Hao has never heard of, the Houston team is afraid that it will be cold again.

The next few rookies to focus on are also roughly the same as those in history.

Nene went to the Nuggets, Smalls went to the Suns, Caron Butler went to the Heat, and Prince went to the Pistons......

The Timberwolves were stripped of draft picks, and Garnett had to wait for his new helper in free agency.

Then, the Mavericks' choice in the first round surprised Sun Hao again.

They picked Juan Carlos Navarro with the 27th pick.

They chose Navarro, the "bomb" that Sun Hao had played against in La Liga!

It is unknown whether this choice has anything to do with Sun Hao.

Historically, however, Navarro was a second-round pick and didn't land in the NBA until much later.

The Mavericks' choice was really surprising.

And the point is, the team chose a defender!

The Mavericks' current configuration is not short of guards.

On the contrary, on the inside, Sabonis has not yet confirmed his return, plus Kukoc, Wang Zhizhi, and Battle have all expired their contracts.

This should also be an inside line.

This kind of operation made Sun Hao a little incomprehensible, but he really can't intervene in the management's affairs now.

After the draft meeting ended, Sun Hao and Scarlett said goodbye, and Yi Jianlian and the four of them returned to the national team to report.

Yao Ming arrived at the national team earlier, plus the four of them, a total of five people.

Four insiders, four NBA players, although their strengths are different, but this is enough to make fans look forward to the Chinese team in the World Championships.

And because of the experience of winning the Asian Championships together before, many players of that team are also on the training list, and the tacit understanding of the team is not a problem at all.

Originally, Sun Hao had to get through the long offseason if he wanted to make a breakthrough and get next season.

But the atmosphere of the national team makes him look forward to the World Championships.

And he knows that this year's U.S. team is the weakest team in history, and the men's basketball team may really be able to make a difference.

Just when Sun Hao was training with the national team, the time came to July, and the NBA's free market opened in the new year.

Don't compare the free market of this time with the free market of the future.

Limited by the background of the times, most players in this era signed very long contracts, the kind with a minimum guarantee of six or seven years.

It is also destined that the free market in this era will not be as hot as it will be in the future.

Lewis of the SuperSonics, Bunch Wells of the Trail Blazers, Lafrentz of the Mavericks...... These are basically the big fish that get the most attention.

For the Mavericks, Nelson Sr. is starting to run into challenges.

As he himself said, he really wasn't very good at being a general manager.

After previously giving Finley a big contract, Nowitzki's big contract will also begin in the new season.

There's also Van Exel's multi-million dollar contract, as well as potential pressure on Nas and Sun Hao for two years, which makes it difficult for them to renew Lafrentz.

Is La Frencz important?

That's for sure.

Although Duncan and O'Neal are at an absolute disadvantage in the playoffs, there is no uninferior interior in the face of these two bugs in this era.

His spatial ability, as well as his defensive ability against other players, remains indispensable to the Mavericks.

The problem now is that the Mavericks won't get anything on the free market because of the stacking of too many big contracts.

So the last way they can go, it seems that there is only one way left, renew Lafrentz's contract, and then sign some base salary insiders back.

It looks like this, but it's actually ...... Not at all!

Just before the draft, Nelson Sr. and Cuban actually broke out into another fierce quarrel.

The object of the quarrel, yes, is still about Nash.

Cuban's idea is the same as it was at the beginning, ready to trade Nash for a quality insider.

Nelson Sr. had the same idea as he had at the beginning, to keep Nash and find another way.

But this time, the Kuban clearly had the upper hand.

Because last year's playoff experience taught them that if they set the goal of winning a championship and didn't have a good enough interior lineman, they wouldn't even think about the Lakers.

As for Nash, he is indeed playing the Timberwolves, and it will be of great help to the team when he is attacking and defending in positional battles.

But the Mavericks' goal isn't just to beat the Timberwolves.

Their goal is the Lakers, it's a championship, and even one more win over the Timberwolves by 58 points doesn't mean much.

Moreover, when playing against the Lakers, Nelson Sr. even put Nash on the bench at one point.

"Don, you also want to prove to Greg that guy that you can win the championship your way, don't you?"

Cuban's last words left the elder Nelson deep in thought.

Nelson Sr. is now on the same page as Popovich, and Cuban's words hit the nail on the head.

And his next sentence finally made the old Nelson compromise.

"As for Steve, staying in Dallas isn't necessarily a good thing, and wouldn't it be good for him to be a core defender on another team?"

Old Nelson, finally compromised.

That's why the Mavericks picked Navarro in the first round of the draft.

They are already preparing for Nash's departure.

Shortly after the free agency opened, news soon came from the NBA.

The Mavericks made a trade with the Warriors.

The Mavericks sent Steve Nash, Wang Zhizhi (sign first and then trade), and traded Eric Dampier from the Warriors!

Dampier, the No. 10 pick in 1996, averaged 11.8 points and 8.7 rebounds per game in his second year of his rookie season.

He slipped slightly with the Warriors last season, but played a career-best game on the defensive end, averaging 2.3 blocks per game in 23 minutes.

With a height of 2.11 meters and a weight of 120 kilograms, he is one of only a few interior players in the league who can compete with O'Neal.

Well, it's the guy in history who calls himself the "second center in the West".

That's a meme, but he's really capable.

At the time of the deal, Sun Hao was still training with the national team.

After the training, he saw Wang Zhizhi go out to answer a phone call, and the call was from Little Nelson.

Then I also learned the news from Wang Zhizhi's mouth.

He also understood the operation of the Mavericks draft for the first time.

Looking back, there was a warning at that time, but he didn't expect it.

Although he didn't want Nash and Wang Zhizhi to leave, the deal had already happened, and he couldn't change it.

And Nash's trade rumors have been going on all season last season.

This deal finally happened, and it can only be said that it came in the end.

"They said the Warriors wanted me."

However, Wang Zhizhi's mood seems to be good.

On the Mavericks, with Nowitzki and Dampier up front, he can't play the starting lineup no matter how he plays.

But on the Warriors' side, after Dampier was sent to the Mavericks, the team's center suddenly became vacant.

He will compete with Troy Murphy, the team's bench interior player with similar skill traits, for the starting center.

And taking a step back, even if he hasn't competed with Murphy, the current team's boss Jamison is also a swingman who can swing to play small forward.

He still has a chance to compete for the starting power forward.

Taking a step back, he's going to get more appearances than he did when he was with the Mavericks.

Sun Hao originally wanted to comfort Wang Zhizhi, but found that he didn't need it at all.

And that's exactly what happened.

This is also the reward that Wang Zhizhi got after his hard work last season.

After chatting with Wang Zhizhi, Sun Hao called Nash.

"You know what? I was playing a soccer game in Canada and I won, and then I got a call from Don. ”

Unlike Wang Zhizhi, from the tone on the phone, Sun Hao could feel Nash's frustration.

In the past two seasons, his progress has been visible, and he has sacrificed a lot for the team, but in the end, he still can't escape the fate of being traded.

This kind of experience really fulfills the NBA's famous saying: business is just business.

"The Warriors are going to trade you for Dampier, a very clear signal that they want to play more completely, and that's a chance for you."

The wood is already in the boat, and Sun Hao can't change it, what he can do is comfort and enlightenment.

And he wasn't lying.

The Warriors, Arenas, Richardson, Jamison, they really don't have a shortage of scorers.

But they also really lack the ball.

Nash went, just like Zhuge Liang went to Liu Bei's camp, like a fish in water.

This and last season's Wizards have never happened in history.

Although the Wizards failed to reach the Finals last season, they reached the Eastern Conference finals, which is much better than in history.

As for the Warriors, they have been super fish belly in the past few years in history, and before the splash brothers played in the small-ball era, they were the standard younger brothers.

If Nash goes, there is a good chance that this situation will change.

So that's not necessarily a bad thing for Nash.

After listening to Sun Hao's persuasion, Nash couldn't help but sigh.

That's not what he wanted to hear.

What he wanted to hear was Sun Hao's reluctance to say to him.

They're the three friends of the Dallas Grass.

When he hung up the phone, Sun Hao also felt it.

Although knowing that this trade is a win-win for Nash, it is a win-win for the Mavericks.

But next season's locker room, there won't be that jealous Steve.

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