Chapter 21: Elementary School Students, I'm Going to Eat You!

D'Antoni and a couple of assistant coaches were on the pitch directing everything, and Downey Jr. and a couple of scouts were jot down with a notebook.

Obviously, they didn't expect so many rookies either.

Looks completely unaffected by the new boss.

In fact.

After knowing that the Knicks have a very high No. 8 and No. 40 picks, the rookies are flocking to it, no matter what the new owner is and the old owner.

As long as you are drafted by any NBA team, it is your chance to become a millionaire in an instant!

What does this boss's character have to do with them? Instead of the stars who can choose the team, they need to be the rookies who need to be selected.

Many of them come from slums and violent neighborhoods, and they want to get ahead through basketball.

The attraction of a big-ball city like New York is outstanding, whether it's professional basketball or street basketball, it's the basketball mecca of the country.

It's hard for Jiang Chao not to pay attention to Curry, the monk's head, the green baby face, the dribbling speed on the court is outstanding, and the thin body will suddenly come to shoot three points from a distance when dribbling.

He watched in silence all morning.

No way, there is no general manager, you can only see it with your own eyes, he has never watched NBA games live in his previous life, and today he has seen what the top basketball atmosphere is.

Originally, he got the lottery lottery to try out alone, but the team's management was turbulent, and at the request of D'Antoni, Jiang Chao simply let the rookies who came to New York come to the trial together like a hodgepodge.

It's the equivalent of a joint trial.

The training content is also very simple, play the whole game, play the whole game in the morning without brains, the lineup is randomly matched every 50 points, and the players must show all their abilities in this short half a day!

In addition to Curry, there are Jordan Hill, DeRozan, Jennings, Tylawson, Jeff Teague, and Johordi......

These are all people that Jiang Chao is familiar with in the future, and they are basically backcourt players, worthy of being a defender.

But what Jiang Chao can't believe is that now all the media call this a draft year, and there are too many players in the same position, so that a rare heavy center like Tabit this year is predicted to be in the top 3!

Tsk tsk.

Off the charts.

The more Jiang Chaoyue looks at it, there are too many very good players.

DeRozan, the king of the North, but his bro Harden didn't come.

55 points rookie Mr. Zhan, the essence of human debut.

Jordan Hill, who was known for the Rockets and would have been selected by the Knicks, also wreaked havoc on the basket underneath.

Future Bucks champion guard defensive titan Zhu Ge.

Transporting Mambatig.

and Ty Gibson, an interior player who played with the Knicks in 2022... Going around and around, this brother wanted to join the Knicks from the beginning.

Even Beverley, who predicted the end of the second-round draft, came to try out.

From God's point of view, these are all future starters.

That's why he takes this year's draft so seriously.

The rookie of 2009 was an underrated class, with many predicting that no player other than Griffin would make it.

Unexpectedly, most of the players developed well later, and the most representative ones were Harden, Curry, Griffin and DeRozan.

And Harden and Curry became the two best players of this class.

They were both regular season MVP winners, making the Class of 2009 the first regular season MVP draft after the Class of 1984, Class of 1996 and Class of 2008!!

Of course, 08, one of the two withered too fast, and the other was a happy comedian...... In terms of achievements, I can't fight with the class of 09.

But many fans will ignore 09 in their impressions, who made 08 the youngest MVP in history and the strongest triple-double god of war in history.

09 These two MVPs can really play, and they have been the top backcourt in the league for many years!

The kind that can't be prevented by a single defense.

Jiang Chao was enthusiastic all morning, and all kinds of defenders played in different styles, but these people were all floating clouds.

Jiang Chao watched more at the youth version of Ku Ritian who hadn't hung much meat yet.

Properly also remembered DeRozan's brother, James Harden.

Moeshen, who is about the same age as Jiang Chao, predicts the top 10 lotto on Downey Jr.'s draft report.

But today it was the same as the top 3 predictions.

All kinds of breakthrough dunks & fast-shot three-point shots, and even the most wanted to show off in the NBA came later, showing his ability to the fullest, and he was the most active and fastest in the whole court. (Golden State LaVine wants to buckle the ability!) ）

Jiang Chao took another look at the physical test report sent by Downey Jr.

The Knicks' physical test results showed that Stephen Curry actually bench pressed 10 times, and the vertical bounce was the same as that of the top pick Blake Griffin.

So he not only knocked out the top pick Griffin in the NCAA, but also did not lose to the white monster who picked stars in the sky to give Lipfen???

This is what Jiang Chao didn't know before, you must know that giving Lifen is the youth of his generation, and Griffin, who contributed the top ten goals per game on average that year, is not better than any fat tiger?

Scouting reports show that just four months ago, junior Curry scored 42 points against Oklahoma, which has Blake Griffin, setting a new NCAA single-game scoring record.

Curry led the nation with 28.6 points per game in the NCAA last season, in addition to 4.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2.5 steals. Surpassing the legendary John Gatti to become Davidson College's all-time scoring leader.

That's why he predicted the top 10 in the draft, playing too hard in the NCAA!

My Mom!

Jiang Chao looked at the elegant elementary school students who were continuously carrying luck on the field, holding the ball for three points, and fighting hard, more like looking at a piece of jade, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it!

"Boss, the Curry you mentioned earlier, he was the first to come to our team for a tryout, and he wanted to see you directly, and he seemed to like our team very much."

Downey Jr. is also more optimistic about Curry, after all, his father took a fancy to Curry 1 year ago, and he is waiting for this year's draft.

This is exactly the same as the news that Jiang Chao saw in his previous life, Curry in 09 was going both ways with the Knicks, as if the only team on trial was the Knicks.

To put it simply, he is now a cute licking dog!

Of course, Jiang Chao also unconditionally wants this baby-faced assassin!

In this year's draft, the only people who have to eat are elementary school students!

But.

The course of history tells him.

He's got to hold on!

As the new Knicks boss.

History cannot be allowed to repeat itself.

Before the '09 draft night in his previous life, the Knicks held the No. 8 pick and wanted Curry very badly;

And Curry also wanted to join the Knicks very much, and even turned down tryout invitations from all other teams for this.

Curry wants to make a statement that the New York Knicks won't go.

Curry's attitude scared off teams such as the Grizzlies, Thunder and Timberwolves, who were interested in Curry and had higher draft picks.

But the Warriors, who have the No. 7 pick, also went crazy after learning about Donnie Sr.'s thoughts and Curry's NCAA numbers.

They contacted Curry's agent, Curry's father, and Curry himself, and expressed their intention to draft Curry, but they were all told that they didn't want Curry to be drafted by the Warriors.

Warriors head coach Mad Scientist Nelson Sr. and head coach Larry Riley are both tenacious men.

They won't give up on themselves and tell Curry's father directly: "If Curry hasn't been selected when it's our turn, we'll pick him."

At one point, they were even worried that Curry would be drafted before the 7th pick and tried to trade up for draft picks.

So you know how crazy it is!

No one has ever met face-to-face, so it's embarrassing! It's just Don Nelson.

But the Knicks are stupid at this time, do you think the NBA is sophisticated? Is it a black 1 society 1 association? You hold the player and it's yours.

The attitude of the Warriors made Curry's team nervous, and when Curry's team informed the Knicks that they wanted to trade up the draft pick to avoid unforeseen complications.

Donnie Sr. and Dolan disagreed, believing that this was unfounded.

They believe their intelligence work is good enough that no other team will choose Curry, and the Warriors can't choose Curry, who is also an offensive guard, with Monta Ellis.

But even Jiang Chao, a fan, knew that the Warriors at that time were gangsters, just a bunch of unreasonable people, and Dolan obviously didn't know that the Warriors had selected Monta Ellis even though they had Baron Davis and Jason Richardson.

And the head coach of the Warriors, Nelson Sr., is a very stubborn coach, and he has a very accurate eye for people.

That continued until draft night, which may be Stephen Curry's first time at Madison Square Garden in New York.

At this point, he may be nervous, but he is still very confident that he will be drafted by the Knicks and will continue to play on this court.

Once the draft began, teams that were interested in Curry but were denied tryouts all picked their new targets.

The Grizzlies drafted Thabit, the Thunder got Harden, and the Timberwolves drafted Rubio and Flynn two point guards in a row with the 5th and 6th picks.

The Warriors, who were the seventh pick, drafted Stephen Curry, as previously announced.

After the news was announced, the whole stadium fell into a situation of disappointment and even despair.

The New York fans at the scene were stunned and sighed, and the Knicks panicked to pick Jordan Hill with the No. 8 pick after this sudden blow.

Not only did they fail to get Curry, but they also missed DeRozan, who was drafted by the Raptors with the 9th pick, and a bunch of starter-level guards behind him.

Later, Curry was Ellis's bag brother for 2 years, and he completely went berserk after Fuzheng became the starter....

He also returned to Madison with David Lee in the 12th season, scoring a career-high 54 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, and shooting 11-of-13 three-pointers, which was the first time in Curry's career that he scored 50 or higher, the first time he made more three-pointers in a single game, and also became the first player to hit double-doubles in a single three-point shot in a single game at Madison Square Garden.

Dolan and old fan Spike Lee and others watched stupidly on the sidelines, and a bunch of fans greeted Dolan's family directly on the spot.

The Knicks have once again become a superstar backdrop, and they are still the man who rubs shoulders with him!

Jiang Chao in his previous life skipped class to watch that game, and that was at that time, he knew how strong the thin Curry was!

That game also had epoch-making significance because of the national live broadcast in New York, where thin point guards can kill people with three-point shots, and the small-ball era began......

"Can't let him go."

Jiang Chao patted his forehead to sober himself up.

It is reasonable to be reasonable, Jiang Chao can't let elementary school students miss the Knicks.

He can pick DeRozan and Holiday but the one pick before him, but Curry!!

........

Therefore, he deliberately stood downstairs at the last moment, called D'Antoni and other scouts to analyze the players one by one.

When analyzing the four picks of Curry and DeRozan, Hill, and Jennings, they are very close to the players, said it very loudly.

"This Curry, the weakness is too obvious."

The analysis report left by Donny Sr. wrote that Curry's shortcomings are that he is not a traditional point guard, the first step is not fast enough to break through, his body is thin, he likes to float outside, his style of play lacks aggression, and his thin body causes him to need teammates to help him defend...

Obviously, Curry seems "uncomplicated" in this era

Neither a traditional point guard like Kid Bu Offense.

Nor is it an offensive point guard like Iverson who has the fastest first step.

"But that doesn't stop him from being a top-tier attacking talent."

This is Jiang Chao's heartfelt words, and it is also D'Antoni's remarks in the back, just kidding, the scoring champion in the NCAA, the offensive firepower is poor?

He also has a heartfelt word, that is.

These weaknesses Duke University's old K coach has long said, thin and short, the result?

The result is that the people of the United States are iron heads!!

The more people pretend to be forced, the more iron-headed!

For example, after Curry heard these words on the sidelines, he directly disagreed, gritted his braces, and said cutely:

"Hey! Boss, I'm tough, okay! ”

Jiang Chao didn't even look at him, but called out with a smile a flexible center with a dirty braid:

"Jordan Hill, huh? Do you think you can play the dominance of your name? ”

Curry, who was watching next to him, only stomped his foot and rushed straight over......