Chapter 245: Draft Meeting, Friendly Sponsorship

The Knicks, who won the trophy again after a five-year absence, held a grand championship parade in New York four days later.

Mike Brown, who led the Knicks to the championship this year, not only dispelled doubts about him in one fell swoop, but also became the first head coach under Wang Shuo to win an NBA championship.

In recent years, Wang Shuo's coaches have shined in the league, which has made Wang Shuo's assistant coach a popular position in the NBA.

After the Finals, a number of NBA teams sent invitations to Wang Shuo's second assistant coach, Quinn Schneider, hoping that he could come out of the mountain to serve.

But Schneider, who thinks that he still needs to precipitate, is not in a hurry to become a head coach, but hopes that he can learn from Wang Shuo for another year.

As for Director Lu, who has been with Wang Shuo for many years, it is because his overly intelligent face has been discriminated against.

Since Coach Lu is the kind of coach who is typical at a glance, you will think that he is a smart head coach......

Therefore, compared with his junior brother Schneider, Coach Lu, who has always wanted to find a team to try out, has never been able to get the opportunity to show his coaching talent over the years.

And with the finals over, people also focused their attention on the annual draft meeting.

As a famous draft boy before Wang Shuo crossed, the overall talent of the 13th class of players is average.

If it weren't for the 15th pick in the first round of this year, this draft would have even replaced the 2000 draft and become the smallest draft year in NBA history.

Wang Shuo knew that it was impossible to pick Brother Alphabet with the Hornets, and the teams on the market who were willing to "PY" with him did not have high picks in their hands, so Wang Shuo did not plan to do anything in the draft this year.

In fact, in addition to the famous Giannis Antetokounmpo, Tim Hardaway II and Rudy Gobert at the end of the 13th first round are also good players.

But neither of these brothers is suitable for this wasp in Wang Shuo's opinion.

Needless to say, Hardaway Jr., who is good at projection......

Because the Hornets' front line is already overcrowded at the moment.

So even if Wang Shuo chooses him to the team, he is destined to be only accompanied by a water dispenser.

In the NBA, a young player like this who can't even get playing time won't even have a trade value in the future, so why should Wang Shuo waste time on him?

As for Gobert......

As a defensive center, on the surface, he is good at protecting the rim and has excellent movement ability, and he does fit well with the Hornets.

But in reality, his style doesn't match the Hornets at all.

Because he has no offensive ability other than going down when blocking and dismantling, Gobert in the early years of his career, when blocking and dismantling with Curry and other teammates, will inevitably become the undercover agent who leads people to cover Curry on the court.

Moreover, Gobert, who needs a certain amount of time to accumulate enough defensive experience, will not have two or three years to play his role on the court.

But here's the problem......

Wait until next year, Wang Shuo, who is fully sure to persuade Jokic to land in the NBA early, will usher in the "Yo Teacher" he has in mind, so in the case of Jokic, who needs Gobert?

In the new season, the Hornets, whose only goal is to compete for the championship, in Wang Shuo's eyes, continues to hook up with veterans in the free agent market is the right way.

Right now, the Hornets' talent has long since overflowed.

That is, combat power and experience are what the Hornets urgently need.

However, while he doesn't plan to make a difference in this year's free agent market, Wang Shuo doesn't mind playing a spoiler in this year's draft.

After the Finals, the Hornets, who tried out Brother Alphabet alone, quickly single-handedly made the young player popular before the draft began, and all sides of the NBA didn't know enough about him.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, he was 205 cm tall at the time of the draft and had an arm span of more than 220 cm.

And, after entering the NBA, his height has been steadily increasing every year.

Historically, the reason why Brother Alphabet fell to the 15th pick in the first round of this year's draft was mainly because of the lack of understanding of him by NBA teams.

Of course, with the development of the Internet, NBA scouts have been able to obtain intelligence much faster than ever before.

However, Brother Alphabet has been playing in the lower basketball league in Greece before.

In addition, he is a pair of chopsticks at this time, so even if his static talent is quite good, many NBA scouts think that it will be difficult for him to survive in the NBA in the future.

However, during the trial training of "Brother Alphabet", Wang Shuo found out......

Not only does this guy have an excellent skeleton, but he is not afraid of confrontation during the tryout.

In addition, as the ceiling of the trainer world, Grover also believes that Brother Alphabet is a young player with great potential in terms of athletic talent.

It's a pity that because Wang Shuo's vision is too good, except for those teams who are willing to "py" with him, no team is willing to trade their draft picks to him.

Therefore, this year, Wang Shuo is optimistic about Brother Alphabet, and the Wasp is destined to miss Brother Alphabet.

But there is no fate......

With the idea that I can't get it anyway and can't let you get it easily, Wang Shuo doesn't mind making it more difficult for other teams to get Brother Alphabet in the upcoming draft.

It's just that what Wang Shuo doesn't know is......

The retaliatory trial he conducted on Antetokounmpo before the draft in order to disgust teams that were unwilling to trade draft picks with him instead pointed out a clear way for the Suns, who are currently in a state of confusion.

It was the same as Wang Shuo had predicted.

In order to save Phoenix's declining ball market, Stern once again gave the NBA's No. 1 pick to the Suns this year.

However......

As a draft pick, the Suns, who received the No. 1 pick this year, didn't think about how they would use their picks this year before the draft began.

In addition, the Suns suffered a small change before the start of this year's draft......

As a result, the Sun's outlook is uncertain.

This little turn of events for the Suns has to do with their boss, Robert Sarver.

In this life, Savol, who had successfully used some commotion to wipe out the family wealth left by Wang Shuo back then, exploded in advance in Wang Shuo's memory.

Under the joint report of the Suns staff, coaching staff, and players, this uprising personally launched by the Suns star Irving soon set off a storm after this year's Finals.

Because of the unique sexual fetishes that accompanied Savour, and his long black history were exposed to the world one by one......

Sun fans, who have had an unsatisfactory life in the past few years, vented all their anger on Sarver at the first time.

In New York, in the face of tens of thousands of pieces of evidence that could have directly hammered Sarver to death, Stern and the officials at League headquarters showed no mercy.

In addition to banning Sarver from any NBA-related matters for life at the first time, Sarver must also sell the Suns as soon as possible at the current market value of the Suns at the strong request of other owners of the league.

Wang Shuo didn't know who the boss would be to take over the Sun next.

But Phoenix, which is not broken or standing, is very likely to be reborn because of Savor's thunder.

Because in order to attract a new owner to join, after Sarver sold the team under the intervention of the league......

Wang Shuo even has reason to believe that Solar will continue to win the top pick next season under Irving's leadership.

On June 27, the annual NBA Draft was held at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The Suns, who have become the most sympathetic target in the eyes of the world at the moment, have selected Giannis Antetokounmpo from Greece with their No. 1 pick this year after some deliberation.

It was a somewhat unexpected but not surprising choice before the draft began.

The reason why the Suns used their champion pick to select Brother Alphabet was unexpected because before the draft began, in the predictions of major draft websites, even after Wang Shuo's support, Brother Alphabet couldn't match the champion.

But why is it not surprising that the Sun's choice is made?

Because before the draft began, Suns fans who knew that the team's management was in a period of turmoil hoped that the team would follow God's guidance.

It is well known that in the NBA, only the man who has his own statue in Washington, Phoenix, New York, Los Angeles can be called God.

Therefore, Suns fans who are worried that the team has wasted this year's No. 1 signing can be said to be extremely expected that the team management will take a big gamble on Brother Alphabet.

After all, this is the player that the man is optimistic about!

Therefore, after some trade-offs, the Suns management, who was accustomed to being remotely controlled by Savor, finally chose to obey the will of the people.

At the draft meeting, when he learned that he was selected by the Suns with the top pick, the young alphabet brother was both excited and surprised.

Because before the draft began, Brother Alphabet couldn't believe that he would become the NBA's top pick.

It turns out that Wang Shuo's current energy in the NBA is indeed amazing.

Because at this moment, his every word is enough to affect the future development and process of the NBA.

Immediately afterwards, several players who are more familiar to Wang Shuo in 13, Oladipo, McCollum, Hardaway Jr., and Gobert were selected by the Bucks, Trail Blazers, Magic, and Jazz respectively.

Anthony Bennett, who would have been a 13-time No. 1 pick, narrowly escaped this year's draft.

As the champion Xiu in Wang Shuo's memory, who single-handedly reversed all the parallel top ratings in NBA history, Bennett, who was caught by the Cavaliers at a glance under various coincidences, was selected by the Timberwolves with the tenth pick in the first round.

Norris Noll, another favorite before the start of the draft, was the same as Wang Shuo remembers, due to his injury problems, he was not picked by the New Orleans Pelicans until the fifth pick in the first round, and was subsequently traded to the 76ers.

In addition, in the draft, there are also many teams that have completed trades.

For example, Steven Adams, who was destined to be destined for Westbrook, was traded to Cleveland by the Hawks immediately after being selected by the Hawks with the 12th pick in the first round.

And for that, the Cavaliers only paid the price of a future first-round pick.

No way, as a small year of the draft, this year's lotto show has such a cabbage price.

Of course, such a cabbage price Wang Shuo is destined to have no chance to enjoy.

Wang Shuo believes that if the Hornets asked the Hawks for a price in the draft, the Hawks would even dare to ask for Leonard for themselves as soon as they opened their mouths.

In addition, shortly after the end of the draft, on July 1, with the official opening of the NBA free agent market, NBA teams have also strengthened their rosters one after another.

On the 1st, the Trail Blazers successfully traded Draymond Green to the lineup.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, as the most overrated player selected by all players in the NBA, although Green does have many shortcomings, his ability to deal cards on the court can be said to be very compatible with Lillard.

In addition, after the Trail Blazers selected McCollum this year, they formed a bankrupt version of the "Splash Brothers" in the backcourt......

Therefore, in the new season, this Trail Blazers team is also likely to become a spoiler in the West.

On the 1st, Wang Shuo himself received a call from a "logo" man.

As one of the few teams in the league today that is willing to trade with Wang Shuo, Jerry West talked to Wang Shuo about a big deal as soon as he came up.

"I want to trade Al Jefferson for Paul Millsap, what do you think?"

As one of the best centers in the NBA and the soul of the Grizzlies for many years, Jefferson, who is still in his prime, averaged 21.8 points and 11.7 rebounds per game for the Grizzlies last season.

However, because the Grizzlies have not been able to make a breakthrough in the playoffs in recent years, West, who intends to rebuild, is ready to trade Jefferson this summer.

In addition, given Jefferson's outstanding contributions to the Grizzlies, West is also hoping to trade the veteran to a team capable of contending for a championship when picking a home for Jefferson this summer.

And because this summer, even if they have to re-sign Curry, the Hornets still have plenty of salary space......

So, not only can the Hornets take the portion of Jefferson's contract that is higher than Millsap's salary for now, but also given that Jefferson's contract expires in the 15/16 season and the Hornets will have a player option at that time......

Therefore, in Wang Shuo's view, this deal is simply a match made in heaven!

In fact, next season, as Leonard grows, Millsap's position with the Hornets will only become more and more awkward.

Because Leonard, who can be three or four, is fully capable of doing that part of Millsap's work on the field under the premise of playing the No. 4 position.

In addition, after acquiring Jefferson, Garnett could also return to his more familiar No. 4 position.

In addition, the timing of Jefferson's contract expiration does not conflict with the timing of the future Hornets renewing Leonard and others, and the timing of Wang Shuo's cultivation of Jokic......

Therefore, after quickly negotiating the deal with West on this day, Wang Shuo couldn't help but sigh that there is really more to the NBA than just fighting!

Look, what is the sophistication of human feelings?

In the new season, in Wang Shuo's opinion, if he can't lead this Hornets to win the championship, then he can completely commit suicide.

Because of the addition of Jefferson, it not only greatly strengthened the Hornets' interior line.

Moreover, Jefferson's low-post singles can also provide a more stable lower limit for this Hornets who are too unrestrained in the game!

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