Maybe it's the providence in the dark.

Although he failed to get the thick eyebrows brother Anthony. Davis is the top pick, but the New Orleans Pelicans still relied on consistent performance to finish at the bottom of the season and won the 2019 top pick.

Who this champion is used to choose is not at all suspenseful in this draft.

They almost didn't hesitate to make their choice in a hurry.

"The first pick in the first round, the New Orleans Pelicans' selection is, 1.98 meters tall, 129 kilograms, a forward from Duke University, Zion. Williams! ”

When the chubby Fat Tiger walked up to the stage with a confident smile and applause from the audience, it was as if another legendary superstar of the league across the ages was rising.

At least that's what Zion and Pelican management and the vast majority of teams in the league think.

Strong body, strong physical fitness, in the NBA can walk sideways, see LeBron for details. James.

However, in Wang Chao's view, in terms of attendance and contribution to the team, the list is signed. Morant is worth more than Zion.

Of course, even before he crossed over, Zion was only 23 years old, and he still has a long career ahead of him, so it is very likely that he can play a strong individual performance after getting rid of injuries.

After all, in Zion's healthy games, he still has the dominance of the game, such as the 20-21 season, Zion, who was healthy for most of the season, played in 61 games, averaging 27 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, and the shooting rate was as high as 61%.

That tendon flesh combined with a heavier weight than more than ninety percent of the league's centers made Zion's impact quite terrifying.

In this regard, Jia. Morant can't compare to Zion at all, even if he can play an average of 27+6+6 per game in the future.

And Zion has not played the dominant-level performance that people expect because of injury problems, but Morant is not much better, if Zion is a physical problem, then Morant is a brain problem, twice for openly showing off guns in the live broadcast was heavily fined by the league, and therefore won the name of the Holy Lancer Ranger in China.

But now, in the eyes of the management of the league's teams, Morant is indeed one of the rookies in this class. One of the best players outside of Williams.

So when the Pelicans drafted Zion with the top pick. After Williams, the New York Knicks, who won the No. 1 pick, immediately chose Ja. Morant.

The Memphis Grizzlies, who hold the No. 3 pick, chose small forward DeAndre Brown. Hunter.

In the original history, the Grizzlies, who were originally the second pick, selected Morant, while the Knicks, who were the third pick, chose RJ Barrett.

But now the Knicks have a better option, and although Barrett is also very good, he is obviously inferior to Morant, so there is no need to worry about it at all.

As for the Grizzlies, they are not very interested in Morant either.

Just last year, the Grizzlies drafted ball-handling big man Luka. Doncic, although he is a swingman at the front, Doncic's style of play is actually more like a point guard, similar to James, who needs to hold the ball for a long time to play to his true strength.

So the Grizzlies don't need a point guard who also needs to carry the ball. Morant, and even Barrett, aren't very interested.

Barrett's personal ability is good, his skills are comprehensive, he can break through with the ball or shoot in the frame, and he is also an excellent player who can contribute an average of 20+ per game in the future.

But what the Grizzlies want more is a functional 3-and-D player who can make up for Doncic's shortcomings defensively.

In that regard, DeAndre, who should have been selected with the fourth pick. Hunter is the better choice.

Although Hunter is not obvious, he is an excellent 3D player with the characteristics of off-ball offense, three-point shooting and defense, and is the most suitable player for Wang Chao, James, Doncic and other ball-handling core players.

Relying on the draft, the overall strength of the Grizzlies is also getting stronger little by little.

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Wang Chao and the Clippers are not watching the excitement in this draft.

The Clippers have had a number of draft picks this year, including trading Chris. Paul's first-round pick from the Nets and the trade for Blake. Griffin's second-round pick from the Pistons, plus the Clippers' own first- and second-round picks, makes for as many as four draft picks!

However, the Clippers themselves and the Nets ranked 29th and 30th in the first round because of their records.

The Pistons' second-round pick is even less valuable.

Especially when the 27th place in the first round, the Warriors selected Jordan as in their original history. After Poole, there are even fewer quality players for Wang Chao to choose from.

But he is Wang Chao after all, and even the bottom pick in the first round can play flowers!

With the 28th pick in the first round, the San Antonio Spurs chose small forward Dylan. After Windler, Wang Chao was stunned, and then directly used the bottom No. 29 and No. 30 picks to select Keldon in a row. Johnson and Kevin Jr. Porter.

Keldon. Johnson, 1.96 meters tall, plays as a small forward, a player who purely focuses on playing without the ball, and is also very active in defense and dares to fight.

Johnson, who was originally selected by the Spurs, after a rookie season on the bench for a long time, began to be tapped by Popovich and his tactical status continued to improve, and finally reached a star-level statistic of 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game in the 22-23 season.

Of course, the Spurs' record under his leadership is not to be mentioned.

He finished first in the West and second from the bottom in the league, and managed to win Wembanyama, the most statically talented player in history.

The Spurs' record does not rule out the possibility of being as active as when they won Duncan.

But no matter what, a player at the end of the first round can play an average of 20+5 per game in the four years of his rookie contract, which is definitely a very high-quality player, plus his attributes as a 3D player, naturally cannot be missed.

As for the other option Kevin Jr. Potter wasn't bad either.

Kevin Jr., who is 1.93 meters tall and plays as a shooting guard. Porter, in the 22-23 season, he also averaged 19 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game in the Rockets, and then the Rockets were gloriously tied with the Spurs, ranking above the Spurs by winning and losing.

This player has a relatively unruly personality, is a well-known thorn player, all kinds of off-court moths and scandals, Zion's later peach turmoil is nothing compared to it, the Cavaliers found that there is no way to tame this thorn, and chose to trade him to the Rockets.

To the little Kevin of the Rocket. Porter is also unconscious, he once refused to play because of the distribution of the ball and wanted to force the palace team, but although this guy jumped very much, he also knew how to judge the situation, and when he found that the Rockets were resolute, he decisively chose to compromise, and played a career masterpiece in the Rockets, and his value skyrocketed.

About Kevin Jr. The question of Potter's thorn in the head, Wang Chao needs to be afraid?

As the NBA league is currently recognized as the biggest ball bully, in front of Wang Chao, whether it is the management, the coaching staff or the players, they must behave well, and their voices must be quieter, even the team owner is no exception.

After all, Wang Chao's current value on the surface is already more than that of most team owners, and this is still when Wang Chao has not announced his latest value, 30 billion assets, looking at the NBA, only Clippers owner Ballmer can stabilize his head.

Of course, for NBA players, the more important thing is definitely the status on the court.

Wang Chao, the ten-time champion, has been in the league for more than ten years, and has countless honors, and is the first person in the league.

There are really few people who dare to be arrogant in front of him, and even a few superstars such as James, Curry, and Durant can only be his opponents.

So even if you borrow Kevin Jr. Porter had a few guts, and he didn't dare to make the slightest mistake when he came to the Clippers.

As for the Clippers' two second-round picks, it is not worth mentioning, the second-round pick of the 19th session, there are several more famous players who have not played before Wang Chao crosses, such as the 2.18-meter big man Bol. Bol, and then the statically gifted Horton. Tucker wasn't a great player.

Anyone can choose these two second rounds, Wang Chao is too lazy to choose, and directly let the general manager Jerry. West went for free to play.

Harvest Keldon. Johnson and Kevin Jr. Porter, the Clippers are about to lose Tobias. Harris and Brogdon are the next substitutions, these two rookie players are certainly not as good as the former, but with the blessing of the sparring potion to accelerate their growth for a while, it is not a big problem to be qualified for the team's starting position.

It's just that the depth of the Clippers' roster has declined, and the weakening of the strength will also be an unstoppable reality.

Wang Chao will not have too much pressure, after all, in the case of Harris and Brogdon leaving the team one after another, the team can still retain several main players such as Gallinari, López, Lowe and Harrell.

There is also Shay on the new generation of power. Gilgeos. Alexander and the newly drafted Johnson and Porter.

Coupled with the outrageous high ceiling and lower limit of the team, he basically defended the rhythm of winning the championship.

Wang Chao thinks so, but others don't.

Whether it is Clippers management, or other teams in the league, all kinds of media are staring at the Clippers.

When the free agency market officially opened on July 1, the league began to scramble for the Clippers.

In just a few hours, two Clippers players whose contracts expired were officially announced to join other teams.

Tobias. Harris joined the Philadelphia 76ers for 4 years and $140 million, officially joining the ranks of Mr. 100 million yuan, and the starting salary of the new contract next season is 31.03 million meters, which is definitely a pretty generous maximum salary offer as a player who has never been selected to the All-Star and All-Star team.

Faced with such a high salary offer, the Clippers immediately gave up the contract to match Harris and let Harris go for nothing.

Not long after Harris left, Brogdon was also poached by the Indiana Pacers on a four-year, $85 million contract, becoming the second player to leave the Clippers.

This is also an offer that the Clippers can't match, so they have to let him go for nothing.

If Wang chooses to leave this summer, the Clippers may choose to match Harris and Brogdon to their contracts, at least while keeping the team's current strength.

However, when it was known in advance that Wang Chao would stay in the team, the team's salary space could not support the renewal of these players at all.

After letting go of two players successively, the Clippers' third player, the space-based interior Brooke. López is also eyed by other teams in the league.

It was the Milwaukee Bucks who had their eye on Lopez.

Antetokounmpo's technical characteristics dictate that there must be a shooter-type interior who can open up space to create enough space for Antetokounmpo to hit the basket.

The Celtics, for their part, will definitely not let go of the same type of Al. Horford's so they can only target Brooke. Lopez.

But of course Wang Chao will not let people go, the space-type interior line is very popular no matter where it is, with Lopez, Wang Chao will also be very comfortable playing.

In fact, the best center to use in the next few years will definitely be Nikolai. Jokic, in terms of shooting percentage and production outside the three-point line, Jokic is even much taller than Lopez and Horford, and is completely comparable to the top players of interior shooters, Towns and Embiid.

Of course, while Jokic's accuracy on the outside is exaggerated, the inside is not soft at all, all kinds of inside hooks, layups have to be layered endlessly, plus his ability to organize and respond, except for a slightly slower pace and a slight lack of defensive ability, there are almost no defects.

However, the Nets obviously do not have the idea of trading Jokic at present, and Jokic is also a player who needs to hold the ball to play the most effect, and Wang Chao will have conflicts on the same team, but it is not as good as Lopez, who can also contribute on the defensive end.

Therefore, the Bucks offered Lopez a 4-year, 72 million contract, which was matched by the Clippers without hesitation. Lopez signed a contract extension with the Clippers for 4 years and $80 million, with an average annual salary of 20 million, although it is slightly lower than his annual salary of 22 million a few years ago, but Lopez is 31 years old after all, and he even had no ball to play before.

This season with the Clippers, all teams across the league have recognized his strategic value, but the 20 million standard is already the limit.

Even this price is considered a high premium contract in the eyes of many teams in the league, and it may be that in two years, the 34-year-old Lopez's form will drop significantly, and this contract will become a garbage contract.

After renewing the first player, the outside world is still observing the next move of the Clippers, but after waiting for a few days, the Clippers have never made any moves, no players have been signed, and there are no trade reinforcements, and they are completely lying flat.

This can't help but make one wonder, is it possible that the Clippers are starting to lie down in peace after successfully winning the first championship in team history?

While the Clippers were lying flat, the rest of the league was trading and reinforcing the rest of the league.

Players whose contracts have expired have re-signed big contracts, and those super strong teams, who are limited by salary space and cannot get more powerful players, will also take advantage of the attractiveness of the squad to attract some veterans to join.

And the real big moves are those teams whose strength is not up to the bottom of the league, and although the team is led by superstars, the number of stars is small, and it is difficult to become a climate, such as the Houston Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs.

Both teams made big moves in the offseason.

(End of chapter)