Chapter 010: Stern's Script, Anthony Training Camp

"It is incumbent upon our generation to recast the glory of the Nix!"

Watching the replay on the TV, and the newspapers at hand that New York media people spontaneously created for Anthony to become the champion, Stern's heart was very tangled.

For the future of the NBA, in order to ensure the commercial value of the NBA, Stern represented the NBA early on and had close ties with the FBI.

Every year, the NBA sends a large number of American knives to the FBI, and the FBI also has many off-duty or retired police officers who help the NBA and investigate the situation of each player.

To put it simply, the players openly went to nightclubs, played a few sets of poker afterwards, and Stern knew exactly what color his underwear was wearing.

For a man as famous as Anthony, Stern had already sent someone to check his background.

It's a pity that it is the kind of player that Stern is very afraid of.

Under the influence of Jordan and the Dream Team, the NBA has become synonymous with the world's No. 1 professional basketball league.

NBA team owners and NBA players have benefited from this, and the market value of the team and the salary of players have skyrocketed year by year.

Therefore, in order to ensure the commercial value of the NBA, the NBA must not be influenced by black culture, and then change back to the seventies and eighties, gangster basketball, drug basketball, and gangster basketball.

What Stern has always created for the NBA is the image of healthy basketball, elite basketball, and hot-blooded basketball.

Therefore, the Bad Boy Army withdrew from the stage of history early, and the newborn supergiant Iverson was suppressed by the alliance again.

A black gangster player with a gangster background like Anthony has long been on Stern's blacklist, even though he has not yet entered the NBA.

However, as a New Yorker, I really can't refuse the son of New York to join the Knicks, lead the league's No. 1 giant, make a comeback, and regain the championship!

It's an excellent script! At the same time, it can also invigorate the ball market in New York, and thus promote the vigorous development of the basketball market in the United States.

Although Stern is actively promoting the globalization of the NBA, if it is not for the fact that the NBA is at the bottom of the four major leagues, it is difficult to see the opportunity to rise to the top in a short period of time, why would Stern choose the path of globalization?

New York is the economic center of the United States, and the rise of the Knicks will undoubtedly inject a boost into the NBA's local commercial value.

And Anthony has another benefit to becoming the top pick of the Knicks! That is to help the NBA draw a lot of blood from the NCAA, which has a higher commercial value.

Stern was ready to ban the draft from high school in order to make it easier for the NBA to suck blood from the NCAA.

The NCAA's genius leaves college to enter the NBA, which naturally brings huge traffic to the NBA.

Therefore, whether it is out of hometown feelings or from the perspective of interests, it is undoubtedly a good choice to arrange a champion signing for the Knicks.

However, Stern's original fancy for the champion show was someone else!

This man is the son of Ohio, LeBron James!

As early as two years before Jordan announced his return to the mountain, Stern consciously gave Jordan another successor.

After all, the elderly Jordan, no matter how well he plays, he won't be able to play for a few years.

In fact, from the moment Jordan announced his first retirement, Stern suffered from Jordan deficiency phobia.

This is also the reason why there have been so many Jordan successors over the years.

However, most of the successors have not been played out for various reasons, or have been affected by injuries.

Disappointment after disappointment made Stern like a gambler on a dead end, and pressed all his hopes on James.

Stern is very bullish on James, who ticks all the boxes to become an all-time superstar.

In particular, James, who was born in football, is very strong and will not be injured as easily as Jordan's successors in the past.

Over the past two years, Stern has placed more affection on James as much as his own children.

Whenever someone mentions James in front of him and is optimistic about James, Stern can't help but upturn the corners of his mouth.

The palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, and now he is really reluctant to change his ways.

So, who is the top pick in the next draft?

……

Carmelo Anthony Training Camp, New York.

It is a private basketball court located in a townhouse.

Although the basketball court is temporarily named after Carmelo Anthony, in fact, there is no Anthony among the people who are training and playing at the scene.

As a good friend of Anthony and a member of the training camp, Doon was able to guess a little bit based on what he knew.

At this time, Anthony was either participating in a TV show or on his way to the TV station.

Of course, there may also be some commercial endorsements being discussed.

After all, James, the biggest competitor of the champion show, broke the news that he was robbed by Nike, Adi, and Reebok.

Although Anthony also received offers from Nike, Adi, Converse, and AJ, the contract was much smaller than James'.

Not to be outdone, Anthony naturally hopes to get a bigger contract, not only to crush James, but also to make a good life for his family.

In short, for the sake of the future, Anthony is busy at this time!

It is also with the momentum of the NCAA championship and the NBA champion that Anthony has entered the role of the champion show and NBA star in advance.

And players like Doon, who are also signed under Bill Duffy and are about to participate in the draft, but are not well-known and have little commercial value, are more idle.

The meaning of staying in Anthony's training camp now is not only to work hard to improve his strength, but also to wait for Anthony to come back.

At that time, the media in New York and even all over the United States will rush to hear the news.

In the process of training with Anthony, they can also take advantage of the trend to gain a little popularity, expand their popularity, and increase their chances of being drafted by NBA teams.

It can only be said that the quality of Bill Duffy's rookies this year is not high.

Unlike last year's five first-round picks, including the champion and the top spot, this year Bill Duffy has only Anthony as the trump card in his hands.

However, as a well-known agent in the NBA, Bill Duffy's business cannot be supported by a top star like Anthony alone.

Casting a full net and focusing on fishing is what they should do as brokers.

Just like in today's Anthony training camp, there is a famous five-star high school student Travis Outlaw.

Outlaw is quite talented, and in Doon's opinion, he has Durant's size, Wiggins' bounce, and James' shooting.

It's just that the ball quotient is too low, the style of play is too unique, and he can't block and dismantle, and he has little game experience.

In previous years, with physical talent alone, there was a chance to enter the small green house.

But this year is a draft year, and whether or not you can be selected by the NBA team in the first round depends on whether you have this fate.

In addition to Oterlo, the other dozen or so players in the training camp are all second-round or undrafted.

In just half a month, Doon thought he had digested most of Terry's template.

In the training camp, you usually go head-to-head with others, and basically you won't suffer much loss, and you have a chance of winning six or seven percent against anyone.

The only thing that's a little hard to deal with is the two CBAs!

They are Polish center Mazzie Lampey and Mississippi State University power forward Mario Austin.

The American heads-up height advantage is too great, and Looney and Durant can often play evenly in heads-up.

Lampey and Austin are both more than half a head taller than Doon, and they have good confrontation and projection ability.

Because of his short stature and short hands, Doon couldn't play his strength advantage and projection advantage, so it was naturally a little difficult to deal with these two big men.

In the end, Doon, who was ashamed and brave, did not choose to join if he couldn't fight.

On the contrary, he sharpened his skills in small and big fights, and adapted to the NBA's restricted area defensive intensity in advance.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, in the middle of May, the annual Chicago joint tryout will be held at the Chicago Discovery Multipurpose Stadium.