Chapter 082: The Eve of the Draft
After Lin Yi tried out with the Clippers, he went to Oakland, Oklahoma and Phoenix for tryouts.
In Oakland, Lin Yi has received unanimous praise, and the Warriors already have Margetty and Ellis on the outside, and the Warriors are very desperate to choose a big man.
In Oklahoma, Lin Yi has also been highly praised by the Thunder team, but Presti is worried, how can he trade Lin Yi over?
In Phoenix, Steve Cole just didn't hug Lin Yi and kiss him wildly, this kid is definitely a must! But why can't Stoudemire impress the Clippers? Cole was a little skeptical about life.
After the trial, Lin Yi and Curry talked on the phone, the tryout of elementary school students in New York went very well, the Knicks were the most desireless in this draft, their scouting was enough to ensure that they selected Stephen Curry, they will not compete for Lin Yi and Blake Griffin, after all, the Knicks have no good chips now, and the Knicks are ready to wait for 10 years of free market after Curry.
Just before the draft, the Spurs and Bucks also completed a trade, with the Bucks sending All-Star small forward Richard Jefferson and the Spurs sending defensive specialist Bowen, centers Oberto and Kuto Thomas.
After the deal was completed, the Bucks traded Oberto for Amir Johnson from the Pistons.
The Huskies (Timberwolves) also traded with the Wizards as Lin Yi remembers, and the Huskies sent Randy Foye, McMiller, and the No. 5 pick in '09, Etan Thomas, Darius Sangella, and Oreksey Perochev from the Wizards.
Regarding the transaction of Little Wolf, Lin Yi didn't want to make any comments. The goal of the Timberwolves is well known, that is, the high-quality guard group of the class of 09, especially after Rubio announced his candidacy but could not join the NBA immediately, the Spanish golden boy's ranking plummeted, but the rotten little wolf was willing to gamble.
I don't know if Lu Yuanwai can continue to be with the little wolf, anyway, the top four teams in the draft have their own goals, and Lu Yuanwai's ranking may be lower than Lin Yi's memory.
Anyway, the Timberwolves are not a team that is rotten for a day or two, and many Timberwolves fans say that the Timberwolves are rotten because Garnett left, emmmmmmm, which is like a big tough thing when the little wolf won the championship.
"Boss, how about we buy a house?" Zhong Muchen has already started to show Lin Yi the house in the past two days, because Lin Yi must be the first two to be selected, so Zhong Muchen has already picked a house for Lin Yi in Los Angeles and Oakland.
"Wait......" I don't know why, Lin Yi suddenly had a feeling.
If the Clippers' uniform team hadn't picked themselves, that madman old Nelson wouldn't have cut off New York again, would he?
You must know that in Lin Yi's memory, the Warriors selected Curry when I couldn't have chosen Curry.
Lin Yi suddenly recalled that when he went to the Warriors for a tryout, although the old Nelson favored him, he seemed to keep asking himself about Stephen Curry's situation?
Curry turned down a tryout with the Warriors.
You must know that in 09, the Warriors will be a bad team, Oakland is in chaos, the team has not changed owners, and Jerry West has not gone to the Warriors.
Ellis is a player who has Kobe's heart but not Kobe's life, Margeti is a strengthened 3D with an All-Star salary, and in general, the Warriors suck.
It's not that Lin Yi hasn't considered the Warriors, after all, he has an advantage that others don't have, that is, he knows that the Warriors will definitely rise.
If nothing else, as long as Jerry West is here, this team is destined to be too bad.
The LOGO man is a general existence.
And as long as the Warriors change their owners, their new owners Lacob and Guber are very far-sighted, Lin Yi remembers that they only spent hundreds of millions of dollars when they bought the Warriors, and after the four battles of the Warriors were over, the market value of the Warriors has approached the Knicks and Lakers.
So Lin Yi didn't worry about where he went before, and the owner of the Clippers, Sterling, had a problem with himself, but with the signing of the Los Angeles Lakers and Time Warner, the Clippers will surpass the Lakers in about 13 years to become the favorite team of local fans in Los Angeles.
Although Auckland is rotten, Lin Yi believes that he doesn't even need to interfere with the management, and the management will be able to match him with a bunch of fierce men in the future, as long as he and Xiao Gongju Ellis play peacefully for two seasons.
But now, Lin Yi feels that the madman of old Nelson may do such a thing again.
To put it mildly, Lin Yi himself looked at it with a time-traveling vision, if you look at it from the perspective of the parties, it is impossible for the Warriors to choose Curry in 09!
So that's why the Knicks only invited Curry to tryouts.
You must know that in Lin Yi's memory, after the Warriors intercepted the Knicks, the Knicks were just short of flipping the table.
To put it bluntly, Curry and New York have fallen in love with each other, and they have no desires, but the old Nelson has to come to show off a horse operation.
"Why don't you ask about the housing prices in New York again?" Lin Yi said to Zhong Muchen very seriously.
Zhong Muchen couldn't believe his ears, "Boss, even if the Clippers don't choose you, you can't fall to the third pick." ”
"Well, look at it first!" Lin Yike didn't dare to pack a ticket for himself.
The tryout between him and Griffin in the Clippers was 55, after all, Lin Yi's current level is not enough, and he can't suppress Griffin, and he has more or less affected Griffin, in that trial, Griffin also proved that his shooting can be developed.
Although Griffin's dribbling is not as fancy as Lin Yi's, you can't fault his high-post ball-handling attack.
In addition, Griffin already has a certain organizational talent, and he is not so unique in his play, so after that trial, the Clippers will firmly keep their top pick.
After all, the Clippers' uniform team doesn't have the IQ of Presti and Steve Kerr.
If they had, they wouldn't be so bad in the future.
The blue-collar Jordan Jr. let go early to equip Paul and Griffin with a top wing, and the Clippers said that they couldn't win the championship early.
And the Clippers' patience is really good, and they refuse to change coaches even if Rivers and Rivers Jr. mess around.
Forget it, let's take it one step at a time!
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On June 25, in the theater of Madison Square Garden in New York, USA, the much-anticipated 2009 NBA Draft kicked off.
Whether Lin Yi can become the second Chinese champion after Yao Ming has become a hot topic among Chinese netizens.
Datianchao TV will also broadcast this draft conference.
Before the game, the topic of who is more suitable to be the champion between Lin Yi and Griffin has been noisy, some people say that Lin Yi performs better in the NCAA, but there are also Griffin fans who are not convinced, you Lin Yi has Curry next to him! Give Griffin a Curry, maybe Griffin will also kill North Carolina?
You must know that although Griffin only led the team to the round of 32, Griffin's average of 25 points and 17 rebounds per game in March is also quite good.
While the fans were arguing, both Presti and Steve Kerr had an urge to strangle Clippers owner Raheem Sterling.
The Thunder were willing to trade Serge Ibaka and Jeff Greenga for next year's first-round pick in a trade for the Clippers' No. 1 pick, but Sterling rejected the idea of harming the Clippers.
Kerr has increased his chips again, taking out two second-round picks in addition to the underdog, but Sterling thinks that trading Stoudemire, if someone doesn't renew their contract with us next year, won't it be a chicken and egg fight? So he rejected this transfer from the Suns.
In the theater, Lin Yi and Curry were both invited into the small green room.
The members of the six-member group reunited.