【315】 The Lottery Is Shady? Supersonic has won the champion sign for two consecutive years!
Although Derrick Rose has a significantly better draft market than Stephen Curry, always in the top three,
But LeBron James is personally more optimistic about Stephen Curry's future, after all, this guy's three-point shot is indeed too strong.
During Curry's two seasons in the NCAA at Duke University, James has traveled to watch Curry play more than once and is already very familiar with his technical characteristics.
In James's view, as an organizational forward, he needs more of a teammate like Curry who can play both with and without the ball, with superb outside shooting skills, and can fully help the team open up offensive space.
What's more, the SuperSonics' record this season is the second-to-last in the West, but they are ranked fifth from the bottom in the league, and it is not an insurance thing to draw the top pick or the top three picks.
So even if you want to choose Derrick Rose, you may not be able to have such a high pick, and it will be easier to get Curry.
In addition to James, Greg Oden and Danny Granger also came to the arena in anticipation of the tryout of Rose and Curry in the afternoon.
The starting five of the SuperSonics this season are:
Point Guard (PG): Earl Watson,
Shooting Guard (SG): Delonte West,
Small Forward (SF): LeBron James,
Power Forward (PF): Chris Wilcox,
Center (C): Greg Oden.
Also off the bench is rising star Danny Granger, who is enough to contend for the Best Sixth Player and Most Improved Player awards.
In fact, the supersonic lineup is not too bad, but the final record is the bottom of the West, which can only be said to be the reason for the team's run-in on the one hand, and on the other hand, James and the supersonic coaching staff may have already reached a consensus, deliberately using the mess to strive for a high pick in the 2008 draft.
I have to say that James knows how to take shortcuts, and the SuperSonics' mess this season will most likely allow them to get a top-five signing, and it is not easy to get Derrick Rose, but if you want to choose Curry in advance, there will be basically no obstacles.
Assuming that the SuperSonics get Curry, the starting line is the triangle lineup of James + Curry + Odenthe Great, in terms of guard forwards and centers, it can be said that the potential is unlimited and the imagination space is huge.
After all, Oden avoided a knee injury in this parallel world, and although his performance in his rookie season was far inferior to Kevin Durant's show, he averaged 13.6 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game, which also has a lot of room for development.
Coupled with the rapid improvement of Danny Granger, the sixth man on the bench, in James's opinion, Granger is very likely to rise to the top 10 scorers in the league in the next two seasons.
When the time comes to promote Danny Granger to the starting small forward position, James can choose to directly mention the power forward in the small ball strategy, so that the supersonic starting lineup will inevitably be more luxurious.
This offseason is the day Danny Granger's contract expires, and James has tried his best to persuade SuperSonics management to renew Granger through a 4-year, 50 million contract in advance.
After all, Bill Gates, the owner of the SuperSonics, is not a bad money, not to mention that except for James himself, the contract amount of other SuperSonics players is not large, and there is also the bonus of Oden, the rookie champion, and the salary space is quite sufficient, and it is completely possible to sign another All-Star this offseason.
As the head coach, PJ Callesimo also smiled, and the supersonic in the new season will definitely become an opponent that any team in the West will fear.
The tryouts went well that afternoon, with both Rose and Curry showing off their talents.
For Rose and Curry, the SuperSonics are not their first choice, and Rose, as a Chicagoan, naturally prefers to be drafted by the Bulls to stay in his hometown to play.
Moreover, this season's Bulls have the lowest record in the league, and they have a better chance of drawing the top three picks.
Curry himself is naturally looking forward to playing for the Knicks, not to mention that Lin Fei is still his idol.
But the Knicks have the best record in the league and a best-ever 75 wins, so naturally there is no way to have a lottery pick to choose themselves.
Seattle is also a good option for Curry, given the number one city on the Northwest Coast and the generosity of Bill Gates, the richest man in the world.
Don't look at Curry's thin and scowny, with a harmless baby face, but his actual ambitions and ambitions are huge.
It is true that Lin Fei is his idol, but he is also looking forward to being able to beat his idol on the NBA stage.
Judging from the current teams in the lottery area, the supersonic lineup configuration is the most imaginative, once Curry comes to the supersonics, and James and Oden, Granger and others join forces, I believe that in the next three years, the team will quickly enter the ranks of the championship.
As the saying goes, it's too early to become famous, and what NBA player doesn't look forward to his own honor and pride?
In addition to the SuperSonics, Curry has also tried out several lottery teams such as the Rockets, Warriors, Kings, and Bucks.
But the '08 draft was full of talent, and Derrick Rose, Michael Billis, O.J. Mayo, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, Tyrek Evans and others were all more famous than Curry now.
With Lin Fei winning the unanimous MVP, the spirit of the whole Knicks team is even stronger, and the Miami Heat who faced Dwyane Wade in the second round of the playoffs still have an absolute advantage in strength.
Lin Fei also switched to playoff mode, facing his old opponent Wade, he did not save any face for the opponent, and averaged 39 points per game after 4 games, helping the Knicks sweep the opponent 4:0 again and reach the Eastern Conference finals in advance.
Although "Flash" Wade also has a strong output of 30 points per game in this round of the series, he is not as efficient as Lin Fei after all, and in the comparison of role players, the Knicks have the upper hand.
After the Knicks eliminated the Heat, Pat Riley, as the general manager, suffered a crisis of confidence in the team, and was also pushed to the forefront by public opinion.
"Pat Riley is really smart but mistaken by cleverness, if he hadn't been angry and walked away, how could the Heat have fallen to this point?"
"Dwyane Wade is a little worse than Lin and Kobe after all, it seems that no matter how strong he is, he can only be the third quarterback in the current team!"
"It was the Big Three at the beginning, and now there is only one Wade left, roughly, Battier and Xiao Mo, after all, they are just role players!"
With an 8-0 playoff record, the Knicks are the first to reach the division finals, awaiting the winner of the Celtics and Washington Wizards.
At present, the two teams have played four games, just a big score of 2:2 draw, and the Celtics, who entered the playoffs as sixth in the East, have shown more and more strong stamina under the leadership of three Pauls.
However, Gilbert Arenas on the Wizards' side, after all, is at his peak this season, and with the addition of Jamison and Caron Butler, he is still worthy of the Green Army.
In the East, the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks are inextricably linked, and the Spurs and Suns are also very intense.
The Lakers narrowly defeated the Mavericks 112-109 and eliminated the opponent to reach the Western Conference Finals by virtue of home-court advantage and Da Yao's key basket at the last moment.
The Spurs paid off the debt owed last year, losing 3:4 to the Suns and being eliminated, and Stoudemire, with the help of Nash, averaged 33 points and 10 rebounds per game in the whole series, and completely broke Tim Duncan on the offensive end with his mobility and flexibility.
This is a victory in the small-ball era, 32-year-old Tim Duncan and 31-year-old Vince Carter, after all, are no longer young, and the tacit understanding between the two is quite limited.
After winning the second championship trophy in team history in 03, the Spurs have missed the championship for five consecutive years, much to the disappointment of Spurs fans.
Popovich, who is also the head coach and general manager, is in an even worse situation than Pat Riley, and there is a high probability that he will be fired directly by the Spurs owner in the offseason.
The Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers meet in the Western Conference Finals, while the Knicks in the East meet the Washington Wizards again.
The playoffs have come to the division finals, and fans at home and abroad have naturally become more closely concerned, and the final championship of the 07-08 season will also be produced between the Knicks, Lakers, Wizards and Suns.
In ESPN's latest championship probability list, the Knicks are ranked first with a 52% probability of winning the championship, the Los Angeles Lakers are second with a 33% probability, and the Phoenix Suns and Washington Wizards are obviously not favored, with the two teams combined for less than 15%.
In the NBA jersey sales list in April, Lin Fei, Kobe and Arenas ranked in the top three, and the performance of the "General" this season has indeed earned enough eyeballs.
There are even many fans who believe that Arenas should be selected for the backcourt with Lin Fei, and his performance on the offensive end is even stronger than that of Black Mamba Kobe.
"This season's Washington Wizards are not easy to mess with, compared to last season, they are obviously stronger!"
"Point guard Gilbert Arenas, point guard Tyshawn Stevens, small forward Caron Butler, power forward Antoine Jamison, center Brandon Haywood,"
"These five guys are all averaging double-doubles per game, Arenas is 30+, Butler and Jamison are both 20+, and Heywood is also averaging double-doubles per game!"
"No matter how strong the Wizards are, they can't be the opponent of Phineas and the Knicks, let's solve the battle in 5 games at most!"
"In this year's finals, there is a high probability that it will be a showdown between the Knicks and the Lakers, and the Celestial Derby between Lin Fei and Da Yao, we Celestial Empire fans are blessed!"
"Who's to say it isn't? After watching the finals of the Knicks and Lakers in June, and then the national team led by Lin Fei and Da Yao will compete in the Olympics in August, this year's world basketball can be said to be the year of the Celestial Dynasty! ”
"I heard that the United States has already selected the lineup of Dream Eight in advance? The strength of the Mi Dream Eight of this Olympic Games should be very terrifying, Kobe, James, Wade and Anthony seem to be coming! ”
"I'm still excited about Flying Brother's unanimous MVP, this year's Knicks are really too strong, no one wants to stop us from winning the championship!"
"Lin Fei tried his best last season but finally failed in the battle of grabbing seven, it was really distressing, this season we are making a comeback, we must regain everything we lost!"
The 2008 lottery draw was held in the conference room of the NBA's headquarters in New York ahead of the East-West Finals.
is very different from the original world, and the No. 1 pick was finally obtained by the Seattle SuperSonics, which is also the first time in NBA history that the same team has won the No. 1 pick for two consecutive years.
The No. 1 pick was drawn by the Chicago Bulls, the third pick was the Milwaukee Bucks, the fourth pick was the Los Angeles Clippers, the fifth pick was the Houston Rockets, and the sixth pick was the Cleveland Cavaliers.
LeBron James was naturally very excited and excited after learning that the SuperSonics had won the No. 1 pick again.
But since then, the SuperSonics have also had a lot of entanglements, and the original management and James were on the same page and decided to pick Stephen Curry in the draft.
But Curry's original pick simulation was between 10-13 picks, and the SuperSonics couldn't directly use the top pick to win Curry, right? This is clearly unreasonable.
The best option would be for the SuperSonics to pick Decrick Rose and trade with other teams to get two lottery picks.
At this time, in the management meeting within the supersonics, there were also two schools of thought, some people thought that Derrick Rose was obviously a better decision, and others thought that Stephen Curry was the most suitable tactical play for the future of the supersonics.
Rose is a ball-handler point guard, and he and James clearly have a conflict over the ball.
For the SuperSonics to get the champion for two consecutive years, fans around the world have also complained, thinking that the league headquarters is definitely involved in the shady lottery:
"How is it possible to be hypersonic for two years in a row? Bill Gates must have given David Stern the money, otherwise it would be completely unjustifiable! ”
"The supersonic record is the fifth from the bottom, and the probability of drawing the champion is less than 8%, saying that there is no shady scene here, I absolutely don't believe it!"
"It seems that Bill Gates's Microsoft and Nike have put pressure on the league headquarters together, the supersonic already has James and Oden, and another champion will be selected in June, this TMD is three champions playing in a team, awesome!"
"James knows how to take shortcuts, and his luck is indeed very good, don't forget that Danny Granger on the supersonic bench is also a ruthless character, and next season's supersonic will soon be able to directly parachute into the top three in the West!"
"I've heard that SuperSonics management has little interest in top picks Derrick Ross and Michael Billis, and they want to get Duke Stephen Curry, I don't know if it's true!"
"Curry's popularity is very high now, after all, he is known as Kobayashi Fei in the NCAA, but his body is too thin and thin, and it feels difficult for him to adapt to the high-intensity games of the NBA!" (End of chapter)