At the end of the day's practice, the players waved goodbye and Frank Vogel packed up his things and left work. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Before leaving the training hall, Frank Vogel suddenly said to Richard: "What if Yao Ming can't be chosen?" ”

Richard was stunned for a moment, what should he do if he can't choose Yao Ming? He really didn't think that in Richard's opinion, he had a draft pick for the Rockets and a draft pick for the Knicks, which was a double insurance, but was the team really sure to get the top pick?

Whether it is in the memory of Richard's previous life, or from the current situation of this season's record, the Rockets and Knicks will not have too bad records by the end of the season, and they may still not be able to enter the playoffs like Richard's previous life, but their ranking in the lottery will definitely not be high.

If you don't rank well in the lotto area, the chances of winning the lottery will be slim.

In Richard's previous life, the Rockets' draft pick was drawn as the champion, but that was a small probability event after all, in this life, can Richard still guarantee that the team will be able to draw the champion? Apparently not.

What if I really can't win the lottery? Richard thought for a moment, and he thought, maybe there was only a trade.

But will the team that won the lottery be willing to trade? Richard thought it was unlikely.

Not to mention anything else, in the era of 2002 alone, no team will make the choice to give up Yao Ming, because 2002 is still an inside era, if you summarize the draft rules of the past few years, you can find that every year's draft is biased towards the inside.

In 1997, the Spurs picked Tim Duncan, in 1998 Michael Olowokandi became the top parallel trade, in 1999 the Bulls selected Elton Brand, in 2000 the Nets selected Kenyon Martin, and in 2001 Kwame Brown became another parallel top ......

In terms of the memories of Richard's previous life, Yao Ming in 2002, Howard in 2004, Boggart in 2005, Banyani in 2006, and Greg Oden in 2007...... Except for the bug like LeBron James in 2003, it's all inside!

Even in 2003, the list was unexpectedly taken away by Dako Milicic, and all of this shows the status of interior players in the draft.

Richard can imagine that when Yao Ming appeared in the 2002 draft, who would choose to give up this 7-foot-6 super big man?

Richard smiled bitterly, he looked at Frank Vogel, who was still waiting for an answer, and made a helpless expression: "We can only take one step at a time, but we can't, we still have Antoine Jamison." ”

Richard was helpless, after he was reminded by Frank Vogel, he had discovered a fact that was difficult for him to accept, that is, Yao Ming was likely not to be selected by the Warriors......

Now, as he just said, he can only take one step at a time.

The two-day break was quickly over, and Richard flew to Dallas with all the Warriors on Nov. 27 for an away game against the Mavericks.

The record is 9-5, but the Mavericks are more favored.

Steve Nash, who averaged 15.6 points and 7.3 assists per game last season, Dirk Nowitzki, who averaged 21.8 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.0 steals and 1.2 blocks per game last season, and Michael Finley, who averaged 21.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game, form the core of the Mavericks' lineup.

Plus veteran center Sean Bradley, veteran champion Danny Manning, Juwan Howard, who was able to play an All-Star performance last season, and former All-Star point guard Tim Hardaway...... Overall, or judging from the names of the players, the Mavericks are indeed better than the Warriors.

But Richard knows that this season's Mavericks have reached a season of change, the big bamboo pole Shaun Bradley has declined significantly, Danny Manning has long since lost his courage, Juwan Howard played very well, but because of the existence of Dirk Nowitzki, he can't play the starter, as for the former All-Star point guard Tim Hardaway, Lee perceives that he can only be regarded as an ordinary point guard now, not to mention that he can't play as a starter.

The Mavericks' lineup has such and such problems, but head coach Don Nelson is still insisting on his run-and-gun tactics, from a tactical point of view, the Mavericks' offense is indeed very strong with the addition of the Three Musketeers, but the defense is a mess.

Neither Steve Nash nor Dirk Nowitzki are defensive players, Michael Finley is barely a good perimeter defender, and the big bamboo pole has slipped badly, and the other starter, Danny Manning, will not have much defense to speak of.

So this game is destined to be an offensive battle, because it is impossible for the Mavericks to defend against the Warriors' offense.

On the other hand, here in the Warriors, Antoine Jamison has averaged 19.7 points and 7.8 rebounds per game so far this season, which is not worse than Dek Nowitzki, Michael Reed can average 16.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, which is only slightly worse than Michael Finley, and Chauncey Billups can average 15.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game, which is no worse than Steve Nash.

In addition to the trio, Jerry Starkerhouse has 14.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.5 steals, backup center Danny Fortson is averaging 6.7 points and 9.8 rebounds per game, starting center Rasonestrovic is averaging 8.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, and backup point guard Gilbert Arenas is averaging 11.2 points and 4.4 assists per game.

Overall, the Warriors are still better than the Mavericks. The Mavericks, while at their peak for the past two seasons, have actually reached a point where they have to make a change, and they need a new center, a new small forward, and some new bench players.

In fact, the Mavericks are indeed brewing a trade, Juwan Howard is wasted playing off the bench, and the Mavericks want to send him away, as is Tim Hardaway, and the Mavericks want to get a new center and a new small forward by sending these two players away.

And now, in a certain sense, the Warriors are still facing an incomplete calf, and in the face of such a calf, if they can't win it, Richard won't be confused.

After all, the current Warriors already have a Rasonestrovich who can integrate into the tactics, and the current Warriors already have a certain competitiveness.

Before the Warriors played the Mavericks, the one-sided comments and previews in the media were how the dark horses dealt with Haoqiang.

In their opinion, the Warriors are dark horses, and the Mavericks are strong, indeed, the Mavericks, who won 53 wins last season, look like a serious strong team, and the Warriors' 9-5 record is a dark horse, which can decline anytime and anywhere, just like the Nuggets before.

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