Chapter 1067: Kobe's Confidence and Exciting Draft Draw Conference!
There are no miracles.
For some people, some miracles are the cooldowns that take a lifetime.
On May 16, 2010, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies on the road, and finally won 4-3, becoming the second player in the West to reach the division finals.
In this way, the Seattle SuperSonics, who have basically waited for almost a week, have also waited for their Western Conference opponents, the Los Angeles Lakers.
It's the best option for the Seattle SuperSonics players.
While they're not afraid to beat the Grizzlies, their goal now isn't just to beat their opponents and get to the Finals.
Now the goal of the Seattle SuperSonics is another miracle that is unique in NBA history, winning the championship!
"4 to 0!"
"We're going to sweep the Los Angeles Lakers this year!"
The advantage against the Los Angeles Lakers over the years has made the Seattle SuperSonics players very excited.
They actually have reason to be so excited.
In the face of Oden, even the pork belly Milicic is at a very big disadvantage, and in the face of Xiao Si, Milicic is the one who has the advantage, Xiao Si can't prevent Milicic, and he can't beat Milicic under the basket, and he can make up for it when he pulls it outside, and Randolph can't beat Milicic when he changes to the inside.
Coupled with Gasol Jr. and Serge Ibaka on the bench, the Seattle SuperSonics' interior line has never been afraid of the Lakers before, and now they are even more slinging the Lakers.
On the outside, Kobe Bryant, the strongest player in the Lakers, has always been the one who is at a disadvantage in the face of Yes.
Artest can withstand Maddy, but basically has never resisted Durant, whether it is in the Rockets or in the Lakers, Artest has not been able to withstand the growing Durant one-on-one.
The reason is that Maddy's height is 2.03 meters, Artest's height is 2.01 meters, and Durant's height is ...... This is a fan, Durant's official height when he was a rookie was 2.06 meters, but everyone knows that Durant was less than 19 years old when he entered the league as a rookie, and he was still growing.
In the NBA, a difference of five centimeters is a level, let alone a difference of more than five centimeters.
The Lakers' strangulation front, which played the Grizzlies' fame, worked well for Maddy, but it was definitely questionable for Durant.
Perhaps the only advantage in the whole comparison between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Los Angeles Lakers is the playmaking guard position.
If the Lakers' Nash is at his peak, that's a variable indeed.
But now, Nash is 36 years old, and his stats with the Lakers this season have dropped from the peak average of 25+10 per game to 16+13 this season.
The data is still great, but these are two completely different data styles.
Whether Nash is because of the Lakers' style of play or because of the decline in his physical function to change his style of play, I don't know.
However, Rondo is the MVP of Xinke!
Even if the scoring ability is terrible, the scoring champion can not be seen, but he is also the top defender at the point guard position.
It is indeed a loss to face those heavy defenders Rondo, but in the face of a less heavy defender like Nash, Rondo basically does not suffer, and he can also give full play to his defensive skills, even Ray Allen He can withstand it.
As for the rotation bench that the Lakers have been giving the Lakers a new life in the face of the Grizzlies, Mike Bibby, O'Neal Jr., Fisher, Odom and other players also have a strong bench lineup, but can it be as strong as the Mavericks?
The Mavericks' rotation lineup and the starting lineup without Nowitzki were beaten by the Seattle SuperSonics' rotation lineup!
It can be said that for the superSonics players, the Lakers are the team they know best and are most familiar with in the NBA, not to mention the regular season, last year's Western Conference finals were also the Lakers, and the Seattle SuperSonics have swept the Lakers last year.
On the Seattle side, the SuperSonics players are happy with the Lakers' opponent.
On the other side of Los Angeles, the Lakers are also satisfied with the supersonic opponent.
Being able to beat the Mavericks is certainly better for the Lakers.
But for Kobe, he hopes to meet Ye Si this year!
"It's been a month, and the first Western Conference match with the Seattle SuperSonics is a month!"
"I found the feeling and rhythm of today's shooting!"
In the next game against the SuperSonics, I have a surprise for Yes!
Thank you for the reminder he gave me!
"Phil, Bryant was in great shape today."
"It's really good."
Phil Jackson smiled and nodded.
Eliminated the Grizzlies yesterday, recovered early this morning, and adjusted so well both physically and mentally, I have to say that Bryant is really strong in this aspect.
Of course, playing supersonic, playing Yes, Kobe Bryant has always been like this.
And he is the same, compared to the Mavericks, he is also willing to play Nelson Sr.
After all, what he is after now is not a championship, and since last year his pursuit has ceased to be a championship ring, but to leave a deeper mark on the NBA basketball path than nine championships, just like Master Romar.
Of course, he knows that after the Lakers are promoted, the public opinion outside is now so turbulent, and how unoptimistic the Los Angeles Lakers are.
Indeed, the Los Angeles Lakers have been the one who has been beaten in recent years in the face of the supersonics.
When Yes was a rookie, Kobe Bryant suffered a lot when he played Yes.
Not to mention now.
Therefore, this round of Western Conference finals was predicted by outside media experts that the Los Angeles Lakers would be dead and dead.
"Ten deaths!"
Every time I think about it, Phil Jackson gets excited.
In his coaching career, since his success with the Chicago Bulls, he has never coached a team that has been so unpopular.
That's why he has always been a successful coach who is actually a general coach who relies on the team's strongest lineup in the league to suppress opponents.
Success Coaching?
He's the most successful coach in the NBA, but he doesn't want to be judged as a success coach.
And that's the end goal of his coaching career!
Now the Los Angeles Lakers are in a situation where they are dead and dead.
So what if the Los Angeles Lakers end up in this series?!
Then he will change everyone's opinion of him in one fell swoop!
He Phil Jackson is not only the most successful head coach in the NBA, but also a powerful and great head coach like Master Romar who can also perform miracles!
So!
Let's look down a little more violently.
It's also more exciting!
I'm going to Seattle tonight.
The team is becoming more and more underestimated, but the head coach next to him is getting more and more excited......
Phil Jackson's excitement made D'Antoni a little cautious.
Phil wouldn't have awakened any strange attributes, would he?
Every time he sees the outside world's perception of the Lakers, he is very worried.
But the two leaders of the team, Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson, are very excited.
The more you are looked down upon, the more excited you are.
There is not the slightest worry in sight.
Is this the mental quality of the most successful managers?
Coming to the Lakers as an assistant coach, D'Antoni came to study psychology.
Now, D'Antoni thinks maybe Phil Jackson next to him hasn't awakened some strange attribute.
The danger is not chaotic, the more dangerous the more excited, the more dangerous the more high-spirited, is a psychological master, the basic quality of the most successful person.
Mr. D'Antoni said he seemed to have learned something essential.
On the Los Angeles Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson are holding back to surprise Yes and the SuperSonics.
The Seattle SuperSonics, on the other hand, took time out of their busy schedules to accept an invitation from league president David Stern to participate in the first draft draw in Seattle in NBA history.
At eight o'clock in the evening of May 17, 2010, Ye Si brought the Seattle SuperSonics players to the scene of the draft draw.
Yass was joined by the biggest picks in this year's draft, Avery Bradley, Leonard, Yes's little apprentice, and Isaiah Thomas, a small guard from the University of Washington.
Most of the annual draft draws are held in New York or New Jersey.
This time in Seattle, mainly because David Stern and NBA officials have been working in Seattle lately, playing games with the Seattle SuperSonics.
So this time the invitation to Yes and the Seattle SuperSonics is also to prop up the façade.
It's the first time Seattle has hosted such a great event, and I don't know what kind of enthusiasm Seattle audiences have for such a great event.
What if it's deserted?
After all, Seattle's first round pick No. 30 this year, and the lottery draw has nothing to do with them.
"Captain, which team do you think will get the top pick this year? Is it okay in New York? ”
Avery Bradley is very nervous, as the biggest favorite of this year, to choose from 14 lottery teams this year, he certainly wants to go to the New York Knicks, who have the lowest record in the league this season.
New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors, Charlotte Hornets, New Jersey Nets, Sacramento Kings, Utah Jazz, Phoenix Suns, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets.
Fourteen lotto teams, with the bottom seven teams in the East occupying the first to seventh probabilities.
Of the seven teams in the East, Bradley is only the New York Knicks.
As for the remaining six teams, the Nets are good, but this year's first-round pick was traded to the Cavaliers.
Cleveland?
Let's go around him, that hell place, no one wants to stay except the sick.
So, if you're most likely to spend your time in seven places like this, except for New York, Bradley feels like he's going somewhere else, and he's probably going to die of depression.
It can be said that since the end of the regular season, the rankings of each team have been determined, and Bradley has been nervous.
Bradley asked him this question a hundred times, if not 10,000 times.
He really didn't know how to answer.
He really doesn't have the ability to tell fortunes, what's more, even if he does, it's useless, the NBA's draft picks are not counted by God, but by David Stern.
At this time, it was not only Bradley next to Yes who was nervous, but also Vicky, who was not far away, was also nervous.
Such a draw is usually not involving a manager.
But this time, ** Vicky came.
No way, this draft pick is important.
If he can't get a top-five, or even top-three pick, what will he do to trade Rondo?
I can't do it at all!
The Spurs are ranked 11th in the first round tonight, and according to the previous rules, the Spurs are likely to be the 11th pick in the first round.
Fortunately, David Stern has been reforming the rules of the draft lottery in order to prevent rotten.
In the past, the top three were obtained by lottery, the year before last was the top four picks, last year it was changed to the top five picks, and this year it became the top six picks.
In other words, even if the probability of the Spurs is not high, the probability of the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth picks is also increasing all the way, so there is a chance to enter the top five.
Now, Vicky is eager for David Stern to reform the draft lottery to be more aggressive and leave the top 14 picks to the lottery.
He is the only one in the world who knows how powerful Rondo is, and Rondo is within reach, but if he loses the opportunity to get Rondo because he has no chips, he will really cry!
"God forbid, none of the teams in front of the Spurs to draw the top five picks will be drawn!"
When Isaiah Thomas, the representative of the New York Knicks, came to the court to draw the lottery, and instead of drawing the top six, he drew the empty lottery, and the ** Vic, who had been praying below, was going to jump up directly.
And Isaiah Thomas on the stage is iron-faced.
Avery Bradley in the audience looked terrified.
"Congratulations to the New York Knicks for earning the 7th and 37th overall picks in the 2010 Draft."
Congratulations Nima!
The top six are drawn out, and the probability of the New York Knicks entering the top six is more than 90%, and your congratulations on getting the seventh pick of the guaranteed bottom?!
Shady!
Proper shady!
David Stern, can you TM be a little darker?!
It's been two seasons.
Last season, he was deprived of the top five picks, and this time he was deprived of it.
He had thought that David Stern would not do such an absolute thing.
The penultimate two have been guaranteed for two consecutive years?
Isn't this a clear indication that the league is manipulating draft picks?
In this case, who will dare to mess up in the future!
Well?
Isaiah Thomas, who was indignant, thought of this, was stunned for a moment, looked at David Stern who was smiling next to him, and finally walked off the court after his face changed several times.
Ranked in the top two for two consecutive years, and actually guaranteed the bottom for two consecutive years, how bad luck should this be?
It stands to reason that the other teams in the draw below would have laughed at this time, but no one laughed at Thomas's luck at this time.
The representatives of the bad teams in the East not only didn't laugh at this time, but they were simply trembling.
Isaiah Thomas and the New York Knicks are David Stern's chickens who kill chickens and make an example of monkeys.
David Stern doesn't care if it's a tear or a blatant manipulation of the draft pick.
As long as you dare to mess up, I dare to hack you, and dare to ask those Eastern teams that do it below, which one says that he hasn't messed up?
Well, there are still some of them, the Cavaliers who entered the playoffs this year, their draft picks are the Nets, and the Nets have nothing to do with them, not to mention that the Nets are not bad, so Daniel Gibson, who represents the Cavaliers in the draw, is very calm.
Daniel Gibson watched with disdain as the shivering eastern representatives went up one by one, and were teased by David Stern one by one.
The Milwaukee Bucks, who have the second probability of this year, are the second biggest in the world this year, and the lottery is still empty, not drawing the top six picks, and the eighth pick is guaranteed.
The Philadelphia 76ers, who accompanied Iverson for the last half of the season, did not play badly in the front, and messed up in the back, and finally did not draw anything like the two heroes in front, and the Philadelphia 76ers drew the sixth pick.
The Detroit Pistons, for most of the first half of the season, were cooperating with Iverson to brush up on their own failures, and the second half of the season was simply undisguised, brushing for a whole season, and finally Hamilton, who went up to the lottery on behalf of the Pistons, was the same as the Knicks Bucks in front, and he was drawn empty and guaranteed to get the ninth pick.
The Toronto Raptors have been messing around all season, and the whole team cooperated with Bagnani to brush up on the data and get the tenth pick.
The Charlotte Hornets, who didn't mess up all season, were too strong and drew the fourth pick.
Daniel Gibson, who represented the seventh of the Cavaliers, was calm before, but now, no matter what, he can't calm down.
The Cavaliers, who originally had only the seventh probability of signing the champion, suddenly became the team with the first probability?
This Nima's Daniel Gibson even felt himself trembling a little.
Not only the basic type, James in front of the TV is even more excited than Gibson.
Both hands were already excited to keep the TV.
"Champion sign?!"
"The Cavaliers can actually get this year's No. 1 pick?!"
James is excited right now.
And Ye Si clearly felt that Bradley beside him had closed his eyes in fright.
If Cleveland does get the No. 1 pick, it will be the worst possible outcome for him.
"Congratulations to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the No. 1 pick in the 2010 Draft!"
Champion!
Cleveland really got the top prize!
Bradley, who had closed his eyes, opened his eyes when he heard David Stern's words, but in his whole eyes, it seemed that he had lost all focus.
It's so uncomfortable!
On the other side, John Wall and Evan Turner, as well as Cousins and others, were much more excited.
These rookies in the east have been smoked, the champion will go to the Cavaliers, this pit, Bradley will fill it, as for the sixth 76ers This pit, they will definitely not fall to the sixth.
In other words, they can't go to New York anymore, and they can stay in the West!
This is really an uncomfortable one, and thousands of families are happy.
After the champion fell to the Cavaliers, most of the highlights of the entire draft draw disappeared.
The eighth-going Kings drew the third-pick draft pick, and the Kings also had a bad season, but without David Stern's blow, because they sounded the horn of desperate efforts against the Heat.
The Jazz, who went up ninth, were not so lucky, drawing the middle and guaranteeing the eleventh pick.
The Phoenix Suns, who went up tenth, drew the middle and guaranteed the twelfth pick.
And when the eleventh draw of ** Vic went up, ** Vic walked to the stage, and his whole head was buzzing.
The first ten teams that drew lots actually only took away the first, third, fourth, and sixth picks?!
There are still two top five picks left, second and fifth?!
Now there are four teams left: Spurs, Clippers, Trail Blazers, and Rockets!
That is, two of the four teams can draw top-five draft picks!
The probability of the Spurs' top five picks now soaring directly to more than 50%!
You know, now the Spurs have the highest probability of four teams left!
As long as David Stern doesn't shady the Spurs, the Spurs can not only be in the top five, but also the biggest favorites to get the second pick.
The opportunity has really come!
But!
In terms of the strength of the Spurs, the Spurs were still the first in the regular season last year, and this year they are in the lotto, David Stern really doesn't think the Spurs are rotten?
Seriously, he's been out there answering the reasons why the Spurs have such a bad record this season, all the while talking about Bowen's retirement, and his distraction with the U.S. team.
Are Spurs on a bad swing this season?
Yes, of course, but these reasons are also high-sounding.
At least it gave David Stern face.
And it's certainly reasonable.
Bowen is important, and the whole world knows that he is a contender for the No. 1 defensive player in NBA history.
He is also seen as Alzheimer's in his later years this season because of his crazy support for Rondo, the boss of the American team.
As a 'senile dementia' who doesn't have the player he trusts the most, it should be normal to lead the team to play this record, right?
Thinking of this, Vicky's nervous mood improved a lot.
In fact, in David Stern's mind, he really didn't think of the Spurs as a bad team.
And the reason is also what Vicky thinks, David Stern also thinks that Vicky is senile, and actually makes a player like Rondo the boss and leader of the American team.
Crazy?
Of course, in addition to the Spurs, the other Rockets, Trail Blazers and Clippers are not considered by him to be bad teams, so the probability of four teams is normal.
"Congratulations to the San Antonio Spurs for their 5th and 35th overall picks in the 2010 NBA Draft."
Not the second?
It's not second, but it's still in the top five!
So, after being stunned for a moment, Vicky was still excited and couldn't help but wave his fist in the direction where the supersonic player was sitting.
Of course, no one will think that Vicky is showing favor to Rondo, and many reporters in the stadium think that Vicky is showing favor to Bradley in front of Rondo.
"Vicky isn't really crazy, is he? If the Spurs get the second pick, it is still possible to pick Bradley, and the fifth pick also wants to pick Bradley? ”
"Hahahaha, maybe Vicky wants to pick Leonard next to Bradley?"
"Isn't it as crazy to pick Leonard with the fifth pick as it is to think that you can pick Bradley with the fifth pick? Hahahaha......"
For a while, such a happy atmosphere appeared in the whole scene for the first time.
**Vicky doesn't care, just laugh, when I welcome Rajan to the Spurs, you will know who is laughing and who is crying in the end!
The Spurs took away the fifth pick, while Nick Young, who was behind the Spurs, took away the second pick, and according to the normal probability, the Clippers are the highest probability.
The top six picks were drawn, and the Trail Blazers and Rockets representatives did not have to play, and the two teams were guaranteed the 13th and 14th picks.
The SuperSonics got the 30th and 60th picks.
"I didn't expect the draft draw to be so exciting."
It was indeed exciting, and Ye Si nodded.
The supersonic up and down found the draft draw very exciting.
And Bradley, who is in the mix, looks like he might cry at any moment.
Seeing Bradley like this, the supersonic player next to him was really sympathetic.
After all, Cleveland, a place where no one wants to go except the sick......