The highly anticipated 2013 NBA Draft was held on June 27, 2013 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, USA, and teams were enthusiastic about the draft.

The same goes for Adam Shaw, because it means he can finally stand on the stage and read the name of the first-round rookie. Until then, it was the 'privilege' of David Stern, the league's president, who had to shake hands with one second-round rookie after another: a large number of these guys couldn't get into the league to get a guaranteed contract.

Maybe to be different from David Stern.

This year's draft was held at Barclays Arena in Brooklyn, which was not far from Madison Garden, a basketball mecca.

Interestingly, the Duke was present tonight with his fiancée, Lady Daphne, and they were placed in a private room to watch.

Subsequently, the Black Mamba followed.

The two superstars of the Lakers came to the draft with great fanfare, which is obviously beyond everyone's imagination: Isn't this the legendary draft year? Are there any players worth the fight between these two?

They're the absolute leaders of the Purple and Gold, and in fact Ms. Daphne is the Lakers' third-largest shareholder: many teams have objected to this, arguing that her relationship with Dugg would affect the nature of the club. But whether it is David Stern before or Adam Shaw now, they all choose to be a wooden man.

Only an idiot would go to the trouble of the number one star.

When Michael Jordan retired halfway through, he could still receive a salary from the Bulls, and then when the annual salary of most stars was still hovering below 10 million, he made an annual salary of more than 30 million US dollars, and it was not included in the team's salary space.

The Duke's current little thing is nothing compared to it.

"Are you really sure that Greek monster you're optimistic about will become the next superstar of the Lakers?"

The Black Mamba still maintained a huge suspicion, not that he didn't trust Duge, but that he felt... It's ridiculous.

That kid had only been training professionally in basketball for a few years. Not every striker who is halfway through the house can become Snoopydu!

Duge gave Kobe Bryant an angry look, Kobe has been getting more and more sissy lately, talking a lot like a long-tongued woman... I don't know if Vanessa realized it.

"It's a matter for our management, so don't worry about it, okay?"

Dugg stood up and walked over to the floor-to-ceiling glass in front of him. Adam Xiaohua, who made his head shiny, walked to the center of the stage in front of him in high spirits. Then in a toned tone, he announced the Clevelanders' choice for this year's No. 1 pick.

Anthony Bennett!

When the name was pronounced, the sound of surprise was exactly the same as the Duke's slightly open mouth: everyone thought it was incredible.

After all, before that, the 2.03-meter-tall, 240-pound, and US-Las Vegas graduate forward was only ranked around the seventh pick by professional draft sites. NbaDraft's template for Bennett is Rodney Rogers or Jason Mark Hill, which doesn't look like you're the top pick.

But now, the Cleveland people have actually given this forward who has only played on his body in the NCAA a a top pick!

Crazy?

Daphne, who is very well cultivated, can't help but complain.

In her previous predictions, the Cavaliers would choose either Alex Lenn or Nolens Knol. But now, Cleveland has come up with such an elusive option.

Admittedly, this is definitely the weakest draft in nearly 15 years.

Under the witness of the Duke and the Black Mamba.

Strange things happen one after another.

First of all... Anthony Bennett was named the top pick. Then, as the biggest favorite before the draft, Noll actually fell to the sixth pick.

This guy played a lot at the University of Kentucky, and he was a very tough defensive interior lineman.

However, the NBA is understandably making such a choice. After all, there are a lot of red flags in Knoll, he has had cruciate ligament surgery on his knee, and he is currently in the recovery stage, and he is not expected to return until at least November-December. It is worth mentioning that after being drafted by the Pelicans with the 6th pick, Knight was traded to the 76ers, and Philadelphia paid the price for Holiday and the No. 42 pick.

In the small years of the draft, trades happen quite frequently. Before the draft, Nets general manager Billie King revealed that many teams wanted to trade draft picks. Sure enough, the night's trade was a dizzying array of teams, with 11 transactions in the first round alone, three in the lotto area, and the Pelicans completing a big deal with the 76ers after selecting Noll. The Timberwolves selected Tre Burke with the 9th pick and sent it to the Jazz in exchange for No. 14 and No. 21 picks; The Mavericks acquired Zaga Collegiate center Kellyokik with the 13th pick and were later traded to the Celtics in exchange for the No. 16 pick and two future draft picks.

The Lakers' trade with the Bucks looks trivial in these news.

Because the Lakers only traded Jordan Hill for the Bucks' expiring contract, Gary Neal, and No. 15 rookie Janis Antetokounmpo.

It looks more like trading a long-term contract for a rookie.

"The Lakers have really gone crazy in order to save salaries. I can promise... The stingy Kupchak will shrink the salary space to less than 50 million this summer, and they have no intention of signing any valuable players at all, they are only willing to give a base salary, and it is the kind of super base salary. ”

Bill Walton lashed out at Lakers management in the ESPN studio.

In his opinion, spending a small amount of money to do big things is simply wishful thinking.

He prefers the recent Miami Heat, whose acquisition of Dwight Howard has catapulted them to the top favorites next season.

As for the Los Angeles Lakers, who continue to take the veteran base salary route, let them taste all the regrets next summer.

Meanwhile, Dugg and Bryant meet backstage with the Greek monster Janis, who doesn't even speak English very well, but communicates fairly smoothly.

Duge told him, "We are very optimistic about you. When you officially join, all the veteran players will carefully cultivate you, wait and see, you will become famous. ”

The words of the Duke gave the Greeks infinite confidence.

When he first arrived, he never thought that he would join the Los Angeles Lakers, let alone that his idol would take the initiative to come over to talk to him, and also encouraged him to be more optimistic about his future.

He was so happy that he shed tears.

This made Du Ge stand on tiptoe slightly and pat his head: "Come on!" You will be the ruler of the next era! ”

At that moment, the Greek monster was both very moved and felt that his idol might have drunk too much.

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When the time advances to July.

In Miami, the executive sat at a press conference at the same time as Dwight Howard, and both sides signed their names on the contract with the maximum salary.

This shocking addition even made some media shout: The slogan of the NBA to celebrate the finale.

And Pat Riley, who has always been known for his careful budgeting, also said in the media: "We will never be stingy with money, for the championship, we are willing to pay the luxury tax, our goal is to win the championship!" ”

He said it with great force.

Not many people even questioned that the championship would go to Miami for the new season.

Because the defending champion Lakers look just too unprofessional, they just sent Steve Blake to the Phoenix Suns. Swapped 500,000 cash with a trading exception.

It sounds like some team that is about to go bankrupt is selling its assets.

Moreover, the next reinforcements are even more of a headache.

first signed Stephen Jack with a base salary, and then signed Sean Marion and Nick Young with a one-year contract of $1.15 million!

plus Artest and Byron Davis, who were previously signed with a base salary.

Is this going to gather seven base salaries and then summon the dragon?

Compared to the Miami Heat, who are the four superstars, the Lakers look like a township enterprise.

"When you have Snoopy on your team, what other superstars do you need? We don't want to do anything like 'not one superstar, not two superstars, not three superstars, not four superstars...... or something like that. We only have one core, and it's just a matter of rallying around him to build a championship team. ”

Kupchak hasn't had P anything lately, but P has a lot of talk.

This pulled the hatred, and it was almost so that LeBron James broke all the sandbags at home.

Isn't this a mockery of the wild words he said in 2010?

Wait and see!

I'm going to give you a taste of remorse!

All summer, LeBron James swears.

On the other hand, on the Duke's side, he really fulfilled his promise.

He spent the summer traveling the world with Daphne, and they were like a fairy couple. Either I was photographed feeding pigeons in Paris, or I was met by chance at the London airport, and then I was found soaking in a hot spring in Japan, in short... All summer long, people all over the world are happy to meet the Duke.

It looked like they were about to get married.

A lot of media are speculating about this.

But the response from the father-in-law was that they would get married next year.

This made the reporters excited, as if they were about to drink the Duke Lord's wine.

Time flew by, and soon from July to August, then September, and then to October.

During this time, the Duke only shot 6 commercials and only held 3 concerts.

He finally had a leisurely vacation.

However, unlike the laid-back summers of other players, Lord Duke is laid-back and rich, and his assets are still skyrocketing.

This has led some financial magazines to start saying that Snoopy is already the richest person under the age of 30. Moreover, as many companies continue to go public in the future, his assets will even enter the top 10 in the world! At that time, I really can't figure out why he has any reason to stay in the NBA and fight a bunch of multimillionaires physically! After all, he would be super-rich in tens of billions of dollars by then.

In this regard, the basketball media can't help but have all kinds of worries.

They are also worried that the Duke will suddenly stop playing basketball one day, because it seems that the 24-year-old does not seem to have much reason to stay in the NBA!

money, he has long achieved financial freedom.

Honors, no 24-year-old player in history has been more successful than him.

Although Michael Jordan has been sourly claiming to be the best and most influential player, but... More and more voices began to lean in favor of the Duke.

To be honest, Adam Shaw was also worried about this.

He has just taken office, and if Bruce Lee announces his retirement, the influence of the NBA will shrink greatly.

Fortunately, on the day of the Lakers' training camp, the Lakers' No. 10 player appeared in the training hall.

And, he looked very happy.

Even rookie Janis was given a jersey number: No. 23 for the Purple and Gold.

Nick Young also ran over and asked Duge to help choose the number, and the Duke raised his eyebrows: "Otherwise, you can choose the number 88!" ”

Nick Young still knows a little about Chinese culture, and he hurriedly asked, "Does this mean to make a fortune?" ”

"No, you have to take this number apart. Meaning: You are equal to two Kopecks! ”

Lord Duke laughed and teased: "From today onwards, you will be the main scoring guard of the Purple and Gold Army." Kobe Bryant's guy will spend at least half of the season having kids. ”

This reached the ears of the Black Mamba, and he almost ran over and strangled the Duke.

But I have to say that the atmosphere of the Purple and Gold Army in the new season is even better.

The new veterans quickly settled in, Nick Young was familiar with each other again, and Janis didn't speak English well. But under Duge's instructions, Stephen Jackson, Ron Artest, Sean Marion, and Byron Davis became the guy's closing masters!

These four people really taught Yang Nice as their own son. Hand in hand, from defense to offense, from feints to staring, to... How to lay down the black elbow.

No skills were left behind.

It's as if this gifted Greek monster is the last work of his career.

The Duke was very pleased with this.

At this time, Nick Young would always run cautiously to the Duke's side: "Can you let Kobe Bryant teach me a few tricks too?" ”

Dugg gave advice very seriously: "You've learned very well. If you want to make a 10 million annual salary under your next contract, I suggest you go and learn from Steve Nash! ”

After about four or five times, Nick Young actually went to learn from Nash.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere of the Lakers' training camp was like a training class. With all kinds of small stoves, the Duke can only go to eat hot pot with Kyle Cornwall, Carlos Boozer, Whiteside, and Milich.

And in this rich teaching atmosphere, the preseason is fast coming.

Pre-season is often referred to as the start of the new season, as it is used to integrate new players into the system and to recuperate players after a few months of rest.

However, the Lakers' preseason game was quite Buddhist.

Lord Duke averaged 6 minutes per game in 8 games, and Black Mamba averaged 7 minutes per game.

The rest of the old men are also quite even. Only Janis, Nick Young, and Whiteside are all over the field!

Not to mention, these three played quite well. After eight games, only seven were lost.

The only one to win that was the New York Knicks.

This made the fans in New York State vomit blood in anger: Why is it always me who gets hurt.

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