Along the way, they chatted nonsense, and when they arrived at the training center, the squeaky floor rubbing sound in the stadium came and went.

The Clippers' tryouts for rookies have been underway early, and with the No. 13 and No. 20 picks in hand, they have a lot of work to do.

In the NBA, draft picks are often traded as chips, and some teams don't know how many picks they have in their hands and how many teams they have changed.

Since Min Congda took charge of the Clippers, he has always taken draft picks very seriously, almost never trading them for instant power.

In the case of already having the so-called "core lineup", Min Congda is still keen on the draft.

Olchea has suggested that a roster like the Clippers' current one should send draft picks away in exchange for instant power.

In this way, on the basis of the team's original roster, the Clippers will quickly grow into a strong player in the championship competition.

Of course, Min Congda refuted and opposed such an opinion.

"Rookies are our treasure and the source of sustainable development for the team!"

"A team that doesn't take advantage of draft picks is not going to be successful."

A high-sounding reason, in fact, Min Congda just doesn't want to build a strong lineup according to the convention.

However, Min Congda's strategy of attaching importance to the draft won the approval of Jeff Ball.

"Mr. Smart's emphasis on draft picks and making good use of them is a big trend for the future," he said. ”33

Min Congda thought, Jeff Bauer supports me, isn't this a good thing?

The Hornets have been bankrupt by him, and the next one is your Clippers.

Today's tryout was also presided over by Jeff Ball, and Min Congda was given full responsibility for the draft this time.

In two weeks, he invited all the players in the middle and late stages of the draft prediction to come in for tryouts, and no rookie refused.

The LA Clippers are quite attractive to rookies right now, with big cities, potential stocks, a bunch of young people, and a good atmosphere to play.

And the team just made it to the Western Conference Finals, so who wouldn't want to start their career here

Moreover, Min Congda's reputation among general managers and agents is very good.

Give the contract generously, do not search, do not bargain, and all kinds of conditions can be met.

The team is well treated, and it is best to go to the away hotel to stay.

It is said that playing in the summer league is the best place to stay, eat and drink.

Absolutely satisfied, absolutely first-class, absolutely best part-time team.

This allows Jeff Ball to fully examine every rookie player.

Combined with the needs of the current team and the instructions given by Min Congda, make the wisest choice.

Min Congda and Jordan Peel sat on the sidelines, watching a tall young man in the field try out.

"Cowwyn Leonard, from San Diego State University, is a native of Riverside, California, and a native of Los Angeles. In his second year, he led the team to the NCAA Sweet 16 round this year and is a potential No. 3 player. The university I studied was unknown, and there were no great NBA players. During the interview, he said that he really wanted to play for the Clippers, and he wanted to play in his hometown. Here's his scouting report. ”

Jeff Ball sat next to Min Congda and handed the freshly baked Leonard scouting report to Min Congda as he spoke.

Min Congda took the scouting report and glanced at it, he had never been interested in this thing, and it was basically inaccurate anyway.

He still trusts his feelings more.

"The Angelenos, the obscure university, wanted to play in his hometown, the No. 3 position, the non-restrictive forward...... Isn't this TM similar to George? Not bad, it's a good embryo. ”

Although George has played well in the regular season and playoffs.

But overall it's still quite mediocre, far from the skyrocketing rookie season like Curry.

For winning George in 10 years, Min Congda is still very satisfied.

Now that there is another one similar to George, Min Congda immediately feels very good.

This is the formation of path dependencies.

"Mr. Smart, the scouting report is reversed."

"I know, this kind of thing doesn't matter, what are you trying out now?"

"Let's test the shot..."

After a while, Leonard began to test his mid-range and three-point shots.

As a result, the sound of iron in the training center came and went for a while, and the sound of Bang Bang Bang was loud.

And Leonard's shooting posture is unusually stiff, the shooting arc is straight, and the shooting percentage can be high.

Jeff Ball looked embarrassed and said, "Uh... His shooting is not very good, and that's his shortcoming. But he has a lot of advantages, and in the scouting report..."

"Needless to say!" Min Congda interrupted Jeff Ball, "Good, very good, I think this is a promising player!" If possible, choose him. ”

Jeff Ball was stunned for a moment, and he also wanted to explain Leonard's shooting problem.

Leonard's shooting is really not good, and among the outside players who participated in this year's draft, he shot either first or second from the bottom in multiple tryouts.

This shooting ability is really a bit terrible, and it makes Jeff Ball hesitate to choose him.

Because this year's Western Conference Finals and Finals have proved to people for the first time that shooting can also win championships.

The Dallas Mavericks almost relied on their superior shooting ability and the joint defense in defense - the best way to break the joint defense is to shoot from a distance and win the championship.

The success of the Mavericks actually heralded the beginning of the NBA's era of shooting, especially mid-to-long shooting.

The previous breakthrough era started by Michael Jordan, with the Lakers eliminated and James defeated, has come to an end.

Shooting, especially long-range shooting, is becoming more and more important in NBA games, and this has become a consensus in the NBA industry.

So when it comes to drafting, a player's shooting ability will be particularly valued.

And Leonard's stiff shooting posture and low mid-range shooting percentage will undoubtedly become a huge flaw.

So Jeff Ball was hesitant to pick a player like Leonard.

I didn't expect Min Congda to make a decision directly?

When the two were discussing the division of labor before, Min Congda said that Jeff Bauer should remind Min Congda in time to correct his mistakes.

So Bauer said, "Mr. Smart, I warn you, you have to think carefully. Shooting is very important for a player, and it is a difficult ability to develop and improve. Curry, Harden, George and others all have good shooting touches, but Leonard lacks that. ”

Min Congda asked, "So... Shooting aside, do you think Leonard is worth choosing? ”

Jeff Ball said: "Shooting aside, Leonard is still very well worth the pick. ”

"Combined with the shooting, do you think there's a better fit than Leonard?"

Ball shook his head, and now the Clippers are missing the No. 3 spot.

Ricky Davis, while outstanding, had a predictable decline.

George is still growing, and it would be a good choice to bring in young people to compete.

In the past, the Portland Trail Blazers missed Jordan because they wanted to develop Drexler.

Jeff Ball believes that when players are young, don't miss out on one talent for another.

Because you don't know exactly what kind of player you're missing.

"In that case, it's decided, I believe in your choice."

"By the way, the 20th pick, also take the candidate for my reference... In this case, you can make a table of the data of the people who participated in the trial and give me a table for reference. ”

"No problem, I'll hand over the statistics to you as soon as possible."

Min Congda feels that he has found the trick, since good shooting is the future trend, then I will choose poor shooting!

Some people died, but not completely......