Chapter 529: The Underrated 2009 Draft

In the end, it was Britney who had to compromise. Because Chen Jiyuan's idea of not allowing Starki to renew his contract is extremely firm. Firm to the point that even if Britney broke the sky, it would be useless.

Britney had to agree to trade Starkey. Luckily, although Latin didn't want to trade Stucky, he was still discussing trading Stucky with other teams. Although just let the wind out. But as soon as those old guys smell the meat, which one is not a butt and a butt comes.

Britney said she would talk to Starkey to see which team she wanted to go to.

Then, after Britney gave up on the idea of keeping Starkey, the question became whether Chen Jiyuan wanted draft picks more or better players.

Chen Jiyuan has been thinking about this problem for many days, and finally has a result, that is, if it is a draft pick, it will be higher this year. Or maybe it's the next two years. Otherwise, don't do it. Because according to Chen Jiyuan's memory and Chen Jiyuan's preferences, in the next few years, there will be no players particularly worth choosing. Even if there is, it is too late to trade this player after he didn't play in his rookie season, and Chen Jiyuan is not very like the team always experiences a great change in the main force. When a team's chemistry is getting better, don't change it too much.

Therefore, Chen Jiyuan prefers to be able to get an active star who is already a little famous, of course, with Chen Jiyuan's strict management, he must be a player with a good cost performance before he can enter Chen Jiyuan's eyes.

And Andre Iguodala, whom Chen Jiyuan has always loved, is finally in the plan.

Andre Iguodala is very unhappy in Philadelphia, so he also wants to trade himself, plus the general manager of the team also has some opinions on Andre Iguodala, and naturally hopes to trade Andre Iguodala, so it can be said that trading Andre Iguodala has long been on the agenda, but he has not found a good home. That's why it's been delayed for the time being. And now, in the process of making contact with Philadelphia, the Knicks have also made a pretty good offer. The deal has come a long way to get it done. After all, Andre Iguodala signed a short-term three-year contract. The superiority of this contract is evident at this time. Because if Andre Iguodala makes it clear that he won't renew his contract with a trading team, then the value that this deal can bring is worth despoting. This situation really puts the Knicks in a strong position. Although there are also some teams that have not flinched. After all, Andre Iguodala is one of the few guys who can do it as a super strong shooting guard and small forward. When defending strong small forwards such as James and Pierce, Andre Iguodala can be said to play an obvious role. Therefore, the teams pursuing Andre Iguodala mostly want to better limit James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Pierce of the Boston Celtics in the playoffs.

However, the Knicks are not particularly anxious about this trade for the time being, and Andre Iguodala has made it clear that the city he wants to go to the most is New York, and the team he wants to go to the most is the Knicks. Under this premise, as long as the chips given by the Knicks are not so bad, I believe Philadelphia will accept it.

However, compared with the transaction, Chen Jiyuan is also concerned about this year's draft. In this year's draft, all the Knicks have is a first-round pick and the 26th pick. In this position, it is definitely impossible to choose the person Chen Jiyuan wants to choose. As for who Chen Jiyuan wants to choose, many people really know - Stephen Curry.

Although Stephen Curry's current development prospects are not optimistic, mainly because Stephen Curry's body is a little thin, Chen Jiyuan knows that Stephen Curry's super three-point shot. At this point, it's fair to say that Stephen Curry is surpassing all his predecessors. Because Stephen Curry's three-point shot has never been below 40 percent since he entered the league. And it is that the average shot per game has never been less than 4.5. Maintaining this hit rate is already amazing. In addition, Stephen Curry is also improving year by year in passing, and it can be said that Stephen Curry's future growth is definitely going to be a superstar. Therefore, choosing Stephen Curry is definitely not a loss. What's more, Stephen Curry is also his own fan. Although this is a little different from the previous life, it will not affect anything in the future.

In every respect, the selection of Stephen Curry looks like an imperative. However, even though Stephen Curry's body is thin, the predicted draft pick is still in the top 10. Stephen Curry and Jonny Flynn are both in this vicinity. After all, both of them have obvious advantages and disadvantages.

In fact, the 2009 draft was also a year of big eruptions, and even, in terms of overall quality, it was actually better than the super platinum generation in 2003. Because the so-called super platinum generation in 2003 is actually the most famous of the four people in the top five. Of course. Now in 2003, the top five of the super platinum generation are all super geniuses, and they have all proven themselves.

LeBron James goes without saying. The three words of the little emperor have already proved a qiē. Dwyane Wade has even gotten a championship ring. Carmelo Anthony as Rookie of the Year. It's also the scoring weapon that everyone in the league wants. Darko Mirisic, who was originally judged to be a waste, has now become an inside killer.

The rest of the people, who can be ranked at the top, are Chris Carman, Josh Howard, and Leandro Barbossa, and these three people are in the low position of a second-tier star. Another example is Kyle Korver, a late bloomer. It wasn't until 2015 that Korver managed to become a star.

But 2009 was about the same as 2003. Blake Griffin, Tyrick Evans, James Harden, Stephen Curry, DeMar DeRozan, these are also famous cadres in later generations. Although in terms of personal strength, 2009 is indeed worse than 2003. But don't forget how many second-tier stars there are in 2009, Brandon Jennings, Jrue Holiday , Ty Lawson, Jeff Teague, Ty Gibson, and Ricky Rubio. There are a lot of other people who are not stars, but they are also good role players. A player who also averages double-doubles in points per game. I won't mention them one by one.

It can be said that the 2009 draft, in Chen Jiyuan's view, is not weaker than 2003, a year of talent blowout. But, unfortunately, at this point, the Knicks really don't have draft picks in their hands. Although it is a pity, Chen Jiyuan does not have any excessive regrets. As long as Stephen Curry is selected, then Chen Jiyuan feels that he has selected the most cost-effective player.

The problem for the Knicks now is how to trade for a top-seven pick at the least cost.

At this point, Chen Jiyuan didn't know what to do, so he could only hand these over to Latin, and Latin also knew which players Chen Jiyuan had in mind that could be traded. Although Starkey can properly trade for a top-five draft pick. However, Latin didn't trade Starkey at the same time, and Latin preferred to renew Starkey, so he never traded Starkey as a bargaining chip for a draft pick. But Latin has not been idle. Although the order has not yet come out. But who came from bottom last season is already a foregone conclusion. The teams at the bottom are clearly the ones with the best hopes of drawing the top spots.

So these teams need to communicate a lot more.

Wait until the matter is almost discussed. When Britney finally stopped talking about business.

Ivanka finally spoke, saying what she had been wanting to say since she entered Chen Jiyuan's house, "Chen, what's going on with the news that you and Scarlett Johansson fed?" ”

For this, Chen Jiyuan didn't expect Ivanka to ask, in Chen Jiyuan's opinion, Ivanka is a very smart and rational person, so he should be able to wake up as soon as possible, that is definitely Scarlett Johansson playing with himself.

It can only be said that Chen Jiyuan is too naïve. I am afraid to care about everything, and once I care, the top will plummet. The bystanders are not too much different from the authorities.

Ivanka stared at Chen Jiyuan with staring straight eyes, "You two won't be"

Ivanka's words didn't go on, but the meaning was already clear.

Chen Jiyuan finally reacted, and something happened after Ivanka misunderstood.

Chen Jiyuan hurriedly waved his hand: "Of course not, of course not." You're thinking too much. It's definitely overthinking. ”

Ivanka was still a little happy when she saw Chen Jiyuan's busy appearance, but she didn't show it on the surface.

"Then I'll know", Ivanka finally gave Chen Jiyuan this sentence.

Britney looked at Chen Jiyuan explaining to Ivanka in such a hurry, and felt a little surprised. And Miss Britney doesn't plan to hide this unhappy thing, in front of Chen Jiyuan, Britney doesn't like to hide herself.

"Know what? You know Scarlett Johansson is a bitch. Cut! ”

Ivanka looked at Britney and didn't say anything.

At this time, Chen Jiyuan decisively lowered his head and became an ostrich.