Towards the end of June, the NBA decided the championship.

The Mavericks unexpectedly became the 2010-11 NBA champions against the Heat's Big Three, who had just formed a summer clash after a lot of clamoring for a title.

The scene of German Nowitzki beating the Heat with a 39-degree fever in the finals has become a classic, and the unstoppable Bosh, the unrebounded Bosh and the James who was defended by the old Kidd have become news one after another. More crucially, this is the first championship in the history of the Mavericks, and the first championship team to break the adage that "you can't win a championship with a jumper alone".

Nowitzki is great enough that his place in history has risen after this single-core championship season, and he has almost instantly risen to the point where he is on par with Duncan and Garnett, two epic power forwards.

Without saying that Nowitzki is a soft egg, basketball has visibly increased its influence in Europe.

And the Miami Big Three is sad, after this Finals, James's historical evaluation has been reduced to the minimum, his ability to lead the team, his leadership talent has been questioned by everyone, and the injured Cleveland fans gloated and watched the Heat fold, and they were lucky to win the first pick, and they fell together, not to mention how happy they were.

So on June 25, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, the NBA held its 2011 draft as scheduled.

And with that, the NBA's old collective bargaining agreement expired.

Maybe it's because it's about to face new collective bargaining agreements, or maybe it's because of the small year of the 11th draft as a whole, and the attention and trading volume of this draft are far less than Tang Wenlong's 10th.

Tang Wenlong watched the live broadcast of the draft at the resort. The Cavaliers didn't hesitate to draft Duke star guard Kyrie Irving with the No. 1 pick. The latter is talented. He showed perfect dribbling sensation during the tryout, with an incredible balance of left and right hands, and was a very good scorer and offensive playmaker.

Then there are the Timberwolves with the top pick, and the Jazz with the scout pick. A star swingman of the Arizona Nightcats, Derrick Williams, who has been selected by the star of the Arizona Night Cats, and Ines Williams, a big man who has been selected by Turkish nationality and has excellent offensive ability, are determined to form a twin tower with Favors, who got last year.

The fourth pick is still the Cavaliers, who were once traded for draft picks from the Los Angeles Clippers. They unexpectedly chose Tristan Thompson. This Texas interior liner, with an amazing arm span and excellent athleticism, impressed the Cavaliers with his talent.

Then there was a flurry of big men being drafted, and then by the 11th pick, the Warriors picked out the big shooter in Washington State, Klay Thompson, the son of the '78 No. 1 pick Michael Thompson, but it seems that his athletic talent is very limited, but his shooting is very accurate. With Monta Ellis, a scorer averaging nearly 25 points per game, no one understands what the Warriors are up to.

Then 15 picks. The Pacers drafted young Kawhi Leonard, who looks like a monster with his outstanding arm span and big hands, but his shooting posture is a little strange and seems to be less standard than a high school student.

Just when people didn't expect it, the first draft night trade came, and the Western giants Spurs, who had just been knocked out by the Black Eight, traded George Hill for the very athletic small forward. This is a good thing for both the Pacers and the Spurs, the Pacers got a qualified starting point guard, and after facing the Bulls, they will not be abruptly scattered by Rose, and the Spurs have Parker, Ginobili and a bunch of excellent backcourts, in exchange for a potential stock, which has changed the team's dull appearance.

The 16th pick belongs to the Knicks, and after thinking about it, the Knicks still selected Montenegrin athlete Vucevic, who is stocky and has excellent arm span, and has a high interior offensive potential to improve, and it is worth mentioning that his template is the Chinese player Wang Zhizhi.

This choice disrupted all the deployment of the 76ers, and the original plan of Stephański was to choose Vucevic with the 20th pick.

It stands to reason that few European players like Vucevic should know about it, why was he cut off by the Knicks?

"What can I do? Nikolai was chosen. Stephański looked depressed in the small room, unclear about the situation.

He was joined by coach Doug Collins, who got a two-year contract extension at the start of this summer.

Bob, the team's assistant coach, suggested: "Why don't you just go for the second option, I remember Don talking to me in an email about the young Marquette swingman at the university, and then the young man also came to our training camp for a tryout, although the arm span is average, but the overall athleticism is not bad, and it seems, very hard and strong." ”

"You mean Jimmy Butler? Tang Wenlong also told me that if it is really as powerful as Tang Wenlong said, then we will not suffer if we choose this, and as for the reinforcement of the inner line, it can be left to the free market. Collins nodded in agreement.

"The pace of interior growth is relatively slow, and we don't have a long experience developing a qualified interior defender right now, so instead of making a fuss about that, we might as well just sign one or two starter centers with immediate strength, such as Tyson Chandler, a complete free agent, who has a proven track record in the Finals." Bob is a staunch supporter of bringing in Chandler and has always felt that what the 76ers need is a championship-caliber interior defender like Chandler.

"But will the calf let go?" Stevaschi was deeply skeptical.

While a few people were chatting, draft night continued, and it was the 76ers' turn to be the 20th pick.

Tang Wenlong watched in front of the TV, and saw Stern take the small note, and slowly prepared to say his name, his heart really slowed down, and he was more nervous than when he participated in the draft.

Stern looked at the camera and slowly said the 76ers' choice.

"The twentieth pick, the Philadelphia 76ers chose to—"

"Jimmy Butler, from Marquette University, is six feet seven inches tall and weighs 222 pounds, let's congratulate him."

Everyone was in an uproar, who was Butler? This infamous guy seems to have popped up out of nowhere, Marquette's university master? After saying this, everyone was a little surprised.

Butler stood up from his seat in a daze, still a little unclear.

The agent said that his draft market is not good, but he is already a senior player, and if he does not participate in the draft, he will have no better chance next year.

However, this is a rare good thing, the higher the draft pick, the higher the contract amount signed with the team at that time, and for Butler, who is not wealthy, at least he has found a very good job after graduation.

He happily took the 76ers' baseball cap, shook hands with President Stern, and somewhat coyly announced that he was willing to play for the 76ers and try to win.

As I walked off the field, something suddenly occurred to my mind.

"That guy is also a 76er" (To be continued.) )