I’m Really Playing Basketball

Chapter 209: The rookies of 2003 and Chen Xiao's stunts

On the night of June 20, 2003, at Chen Xiao's home in New York, Chen Xiao, who had just participated in the New Jersey Nets championship celebration, was simply exhausted.

　　 Although Chen Xiao has now been traded to the Cavaliers.

　　 Although the news of Kee's boss and O'Neal's change of house is now raging, but the Nets' championship celebration has been going on in an orderly manner.

　　 And this time, the grand ceremony was exceptionally huge. The whole championship celebration was claimed to have gathered millions of spectators. Many New Yorkers and Bostonians came to watch.

　　 After all, for so many years, around the New York metropolitan area, I haven't seen the championship trophy for a long, long time.

　　 Therefore, this time the championship celebration is not just a celebration in New Jersey, it is simply a celebration in the entire East.

　　 Even a lot of fans from Cleveland ran over and came over very uncomfortable to thank the Nets old iron for welcoming Chen Xiao back to Cleveland.

　　 Why do you say that you are welcoming Chen Xiao back?

　　 Because Chen Xiao was originally selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the seventh pick.

　　 Chen Xiao was sent to the Nets by the Cavaliers.

　　 Cavaliers general manager Jim Paxson is the younger brother of the Nets general manager Rod Thorne, a standard Bull guy.

　　 Rod Thorne is the head of the NBA Bulls department. When Rod Thorne collects bargaining chips, he will first think of these little brother teams.

　　 The Cavaliers want Chen Xiao, and the Cavaliers have the bargaining chips that Rod Thorne needs. Of course, the two sides hit it off.

The Cavaliers sent the Big Z and Ricky Davis, as well as the rookie Iverson and Kobe combined with Da Juan Wagner, who averaged 14 points per game last season, in exchange for Chen Xiao and the Bulls’ Wolf King coaching members, the parallel second highest Sen Chandler and the Bulls' **** contracts Eddie Robinson, Don Yell-Marshall.

　　 Chen Xiao and Chandler are the main players, and the last two junk contracts are traded in balance.

　　 The Bulls want a big Z, the Cavaliers want Chen Xiao, and the Nets want chips. The three Bulls teams completed a wave of ‘internal big deals’ involving seven teams on their own.

I have to say that the water in the NBA is really deep, Bulls, Lakers, Larry Brown, all kinds of departments, if one day the Grizzlies general manager Jerry West will take the Grizzlies’ master players a big deal. Don’t be surprised if you send it to the Lakers for almost free.

　　 This time the Cavaliers participated in this transaction. Before the finals started, the Cavaliers switched to Chen Xiao's bargaining chip, which was actually a very loss.

　　 Two star players plus a combination of Iverson and Kobe, who averaged 14 points per game, replaced Chen Xiao with one, which seems to be a bit of a loss.

　　 However, after the finals started, it was different. The Cavaliers were simply making money.

　　 Finals FMVP!

　　 Has there ever been such a young player in the history of the Cavaliers?

　　 is simply the father who fell from the sky!

　　 Therefore, many excited Cavaliers fans will go to New Jersey to shout ‘God! ’.

　　 If you want to be beaten, since you come to look for a punch, the Nets fans will not be used to it.

　　 That fight.

　　 The whole scene was in chaos.

　　 However, what surprised the media and reporters at the scene was that those Cavaliers fans who were beaten not only didn't call the police, but they went back with a smile hahahaha.

　　Because, after they were beaten by a group, they got condolences from Chen Xiao and got a group photo of Chen Xiao.

　　 A group of Cavaliers fans with blue noses and swollen faces wearing Cavaliers No. 7 jerseys smiled and surrounded Chen Xiao's photos, which instantly became a hot spot on the Internet all over the world.

　　 It is clear that the Cavaliers’ No. 7 jersey has been retired. Why do Cavaliers fans print Chen Xiao’s name and pass it through?

Because after the exposure of this wave of transactions, the Cavaliers team history's first star to retire from the jersey, Bing Smith, the owner of the Cavaliers No. 7 jersey, expressed excitedly that if Chen Xiao is willing, he is willing to take down his jersey and give it to Chen Xiao. .

　　 Of course, Chen Xiao must have refused.

He does not have a soft spot for No. 7, he loves No. 11, but No. 11 is the number of the former Cavaliers star Big Z. Big Z's career in Cavaliers is also worthy of the honor of retiring in the Cavaliers jersey, so Chen Xiao I didn't plan to wear it. How could this kind of thing be done? Too disrespectful to people.

　　 So Chen Xiao is going to wear the No. 24 jersey for the Cavaliers. This time, Chen Xiao is going to follow in the footsteps of the idol boss.

　　 In short, this time the championship celebration, really, very, very much happened.

　　 Although Chen Xiao is no longer a player of the Nets and the boss Ji is about to leave, the Nets still give Chen Xiao and the boss great respect.

The boss of 　　 Ji has been called a **** by the Nets fans, and Chen Xiao is an angel.

　　 And Chen Xiao’s No. 7 jersey has been permanently sealed by the Nets, which is very obvious.

　　 When Chen Xiao retired from the NBA that day, the Nets' No. 7 jersey will also retire.

　　 Although Chen Xiao's rookie season is indeed perfect, he only played for one team for a year and received the treatment of this team's retired jersey. This is really very, very bright.

　　 I have to say that a professional league is a professional league, and a professional team is also a real professional.

After all, there is no irreconcilable contradiction between Chen Xiao and the Nets. Chen Xiao’s departure and the Nets’ transaction for Chen Xiao are normal operations. It is not that the Nets are dissatisfied with Chen Xiao or the Nets are not satisfied with Chen Xiao , Just to get better.

　　 In short, in the cheers of the fans in the city, in the perseverance of the Nets general manager Rod Thorne, after completing the championship celebration, Chen Xiao has truly completed the entire season in the Nets.

　　 also ended his career with the Nets.

　　 Maybe, after this day, you will never wear the Nets jersey again, right?

　　 Thinking of everything that happened with Ji's boss and Nets teammates this season, Chen Xiao really missed it.

　　 "Chen, when are you going to Cleveland?"

　　 In Chen Xiao’s home, Wade, Yao Ming, Luo Ge, Dina, Braxon, Pago, and Wang Zhizhi are all here.

　　 "The season finally ended, I want to take a break and relax."

　　 Chen Xiao lay on the sofa and smiled and said, "I'm exhausted."

　　 Seeing Chen Xiao's awkward look, Wade snorted coldly.

　　 "Little Chen, we still want to be as tired as you, but there is no chance."

　　 Seeing what Chen Xiao looks like now, Yao Ming is envious of his real name.

　　 Especially looking at the sparkling finals MVP trophy on the coffee table in front of Chen Xiao's sofa.

　　 To be honest, the championship of Chen Xiao and the Nets not only stimulated fans, media experts and NBA teams, they are also very exciting for Chen Xiao’s good friends.

　　 Yao Ming and Wade have been thinking about whether the Heat will have a chance to hit the championship next season.

　　 Especially Wade.

　　 As soon as the finals ended, he forced the Heat's general manager Patley to use the team's fourth pick to go to the Magic for Ron Howard.

　　 What a pity, the magic doesn’t change.

　　 This makes Wade angry.

What makes Wade even more angry is that after the Magic rejected the fourth pick for Ron Howard, the backhand sent Ron Howard to the Spurs, and from the Spurs, they traded two players who had changed the entire league not long ago. International players Parker and Ginobili.

　　 Isn’t the Magic’s general manager stupid? How can Parker and Ginobili compare to the Heat’s No. 4 pick?

　　 The general manager of Magic is not stupid, they came prepared.

　　 After sending Ron Howard to the Spurs, the Magic is now waiting for Duncan to arrive.

　　 Duncan has initialed a contract with Magic, and now he is waiting for Duncan to do his wife's ideological work.

　　 This will take time, but after such a long time, the draft is over and the free market opens, Duncan should be able to persuade his wife to come to Florida together.

　　 However, the end of the Spurs and Duncan is still a secret. Now the whole world thinks that the Spurs traded for the future star Ron Howard from the Magic to keep Duncan.

　　 Therefore, Wade, who didn't know the follow-up operation of Magic, was laughing at this wave of magic operations like many experts in the league.

　　 In fact, this is the second time that magic has been ridiculed recently.

　　 The seven-party deal between Chen Xiao and Carter in which Magic participated, and the Magic also looked silly.

　　 Sending Hill out, you get a Gooden and a lot of space. You, a team that claims to be competing for the championship, want a bunch of players whose contracts expire.

　　 Can't always be ready to grab Kidd, right?

　　 Kidd doesn’t like you too?

　　 As for robbing Duncan, many people have not thought that the Magic will rob Duncan at this time. Even if you rob Duncan, you have sent away Duncan's good friend Grant Hill.

　　 In short, in order to prepare for Duncan, in order to make a difference in this year's free market, Magic has been clearing space recently.

　　 After the OK combination was broken up by Chen Xiao, these teams aspiring to the championship are all gearing up and waiting for their achievements in the new season.

　　 On June 21, 2003, the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, Larry Brown, airborne Detroit to the surprise of many people.

To be fair, although the Pistons played very shameful in the playoffs this year, they were led by the Magic 3 to 1 in the first round, and finally advanced through some abnormal means. In the Eastern Finals, the Pistons played against the Nemesis Nets even more. Being swept out, especially in the last game, the Pistons' lack of fighting spirit at home caused the Pistons fans to boo the audience.

　　 In short, the Pistons fans and management are dissatisfied with the Pistons' performance last season.

　　 However, it cannot be denied that the Pistons made the Eastern Finals!

　　 The same cannot be denied, the former Pistons coach Carlisle did a very good job with the Pistons.

　　 Such a fruit that was about to mature, cultivated by Carlisle, was picked off, and it still caused a big sensation.

Dumars said at the press conference: "I am very happy to be able to hire one of the best coaches in the league to become the team's head coach for next season. There is no doubt about Larry Brown's coaching ability. The lower piston can achieve satisfactory results."

　　According to the gossip, Dumas's satisfactory result is the finals. He is very dissatisfied with Carlisle's failure to reach the finals.

　　 Rick Carlisle, who was out of class for the Pistons, got a job right away.

　　 On June 22, the third Pacers in the Eastern Conference of the Pacers Black Six invited Rick Carlisle to become the team's head coach, but Rick Carlisle refused.

　　 On the same day, Rick Carlisle accepted the invitation of the Cleveland Cavaliers as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

　　 At the same time, the Cleveland Cavaliers invited the Spurs assistant coach Mike Brown as the team's first assistant coach.

　　 "Rick, you won't regret this decision."

"thank you teacher."

　　 Rick Carlisle looked at the old man in front of him and said gratefully.

This old man is Bill Fitch, the greatest head coach in the history of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and also his mentor to the Celtics as a player. At the same time, when he retired, he served as his assistant coach for the Nets. .

　　 Two invitations from the knight and the walker were placed in front of him. There was no need to choose at all, of course the walker.

　　 After all, the Pacers have already taken shape.

　　 But...

　　 "The fruit cultivated by others is not as sweet as the one cultivated by oneself."

　　He is willing to trust his teacher's judgment.

　　 Chen Xiao, who is in New York at this time, certainly doesn't know the inside story.

　　 But he also noticed that the Cavaliers invited Carlisle to be the team's head coach.

　　 Chen Xiao is quite impressed with the former head coach of the Pistons.

　　 When he was madly fighting with the 76ers and the Pistons, when there was a lot of controversy among American experts, he said that he was willing to trade Hamilton and the Nets for him.

　　 Chen Xiao has quite an impression and a good impression of this coach.

　　 From his playoffs, he invited Hamilton to take more shots and fight more irons, and he is willing to exchange Hamilton for him. This head coach should not dislike his style of play.

　　 On June 23, 2003, Chen Xiao, who was resting in New York, welcomed a special group of guests at home.

　　 Cavaliers boss Gund and Cavaliers general manager Jim Paxon came to New York to meet with Chen Xiao.

　　 "Chen, don't blame us for unexpectedly, we are still very excited now and can't wait to discuss the future of the team with you."

　　 Knight boss Gund is an old man who seems to love to laugh.

　　 The Gund brothers bought the Cavaliers in 1983, and it has been 20 years now. As a native of Cleveland, the Gund brothers really love the Cavaliers.

　　 It's just that, these years, the knights have been half-dead, no, most of them are dying, never alive.

　　 Because Cleveland is so unpopular in the United States, the Cavaliers cannot be strong at all.

　　Naturally, there will be no stars willing to come to this team.

　　 Therefore, when the Cavaliers got the No. 1 pick in this year's draft draw, Gund's laugh, which was quite magical, and that smile is still circulating on the Internet in the United States.

　　 That laughter is really awkward and magical. When I saw it, Chen Xiao wanted to go up and laugh wildly with this old man akimbo.

As the 1.5 head of the Nets, it is reasonable. Although Chen Xiao already knows that he will be the boss of the Cavaliers next season, he will have the treatment of the boss in the Nets in the Cavaliers, but really, Gund and Paxson Chen Xiaoman was surprised by the extent to which he met him.

　　 This is actually normal, the Cavaliers are too hungry for stars!

　　 Last season, the Cavaliers were the team with the lowest attendance rate in the NBA, with an average of 12,000 people per game, and the attendance rate was terrible.

　　Chen Xiao and James, they are the players they think can save the Cavaliers.

　　 Especially Chen Xiao.

　　 James has a huge reputation among local fans, but after all he has not proven himself in the NBA, and Chen Xiao, undoubtedly, is a player who has proven himself.

　　 Even if the Cavaliers next season will not play better than this season in the Nets, but that is undoubtedly an All-Star player!

　　 It may be a bit sad to say that in the history of the Cavaliers team, there has not been a player who averaged more than 25 points per game.

　　 If Chen Xiao can average 25 points per game next season, he will be the first person in the history of the Cavaliers.

　　 And this season, Chen Xiao averaged 27.2 points per game in the Nets.

　　 What a great Buddha this is to a knight!

　　 No kidding, if Chen Xiao can average more than 25 points per game with the Cavaliers next season, his treatment in the Cavaliers will be better than the boss of the season in the Nets.

　　Because the Cavaliers are really too low-ranked in the NBA now, even if they face young All-Stars like Chen Xiao, they have to hold it. This really makes Chen Xiao a little flattered.

"Chen, we have a total of 3 first-round picks and one second-round pick in this year’s draft. Except for this year’s No. 1 pick, the No. 18 pick from the 76ers last season, and the second round pick from last season. The No. 29 pick from the Nets and our own No. 31 pick in the second round are still unavailable. We are currently holding a training camp in Cleveland. If you have any suitable candidates for Chen Chen, we will Your opinion is the main one."

　　 Okay, after all, Chen Xiao couldn't hear why the two big guys from the Cavaliers came to him.

　　 It turned out to want him to participate in the team's draft.

　　 This made Chen Xiao a little excited and excited.

　　 Let me tell you, in the Nets, the boss of Kee does not have the right to intervene in the team draft.

　　 This is the prerogative of the team general manager Rod Thorne.

　　The boss has player privileges, but management privileges are absolutely not allowed.

　　 In the NBA, most teams, even the big stars, do not have the privileges of a general manager or an owner.

　　 "Unexpectedly, the Cavaliers were willing to delegate the general manager privileges to the players..."

　　 After sending away the two big knights, let alone Chen Xiao, even Chen Xiao's agent Fegan and Wade were shocked.

　　 "In order to force Mr. Riley to pick Ron with the No. 4 pick, I was about to kneel. The Cavaliers are actually willing to let you decide the team's draft pick..."

　　 "Everyone knows that the Cavaliers are the smallest team in the NBA, but is it necessary to be so small?"

　　 Facing Wade's envy, Chen Xiaohehe smiled.

　　 To be honest, Chen Xiao is very strange to the Cavaliers. Even if he likes watching NBA games, he basically has never watched a Cavaliers game.

　　 But this time when I met with the Cavaliers boss and general manager, Chen Xiao had a good impression of the Cavaliers.

　　 This team respects him very, very much.

　　People are not machines. If others respect you so much, are you upset that you want to show your face to others?

　　 is not sick.

　　 The Cavaliers hope to consult his team boss in this year's draft. Of course, Chen Xiao is very happy to participate.

　　 and!

　　 Chen Xiao's favorite is to investigate rookies!

　　 He has a pair of fiery eyes!

　　 June 24, 2002, the training hall of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

　　 James, Anthony is still training in the Cavaliers training hall, Paul has left.

　　 There is no need for James to leave, but Anthony doesn't know where to go. He must not go to Toronto.

　　Denver...He is not interested either.

　　 Now it’s like playing salted fish here. I dream of hope that the team in front will not pick him. He falls into the hands of New York or the Clippers. It’s good to go to the Heat.

　　 Of course, with the exception of James and Anthony, the two high-ranking rookies, most rookies in the Cavaliers training hall are mid-stage rookies, and there are very few lottery picks.

　　 Everyone knows that the Cavaliers' No. 1 pick is James's, and those Rakuten Shows don't like the Cavaliers' number.

　　 There is a chance, who wouldn’t want to go higher in the draft?

　　 Even if he participates in the Cavaliers training camp, it is just to show off.

　　Although the Cavaliers training camp currently has a small number of high-ranking rookies, and the hot ones are James and Anthony, the number of rookies in the entire training camp is definitely the largest.

　　 After all, in addition to the No. 1 overall pick, the Cavaliers have three good picks. For the average rookies, these three picks are very attractive.

　　 "I heard that the general manager of the team, Jim Paxson, will come!"

　　 "And the team's head coach Carlisle!"

　　 "In other words, today, the Cavaliers training camp is finally coming to an end, we are about to usher in the big exam!"

　　 Looking at the enthusiastic Cavaliers training camp rookies at this time, James and Anthony both looked compassionate.

　　 These people are all going crazy in order to fight for their own survival.

Soon, a group of people came into the Cavaliers’ training camp. Among them were not only the familiar Cavaliers general manager Paxson, and the team’s head coach and coach Carlisle. At the same time, there was an exclamation from everyone on the scene. Excited player.

　　 "Wonder kid!"

　　 Wonder Boy is here too!

　　 Looking at these rookies, Chen Xiao was also quite curious.

　　 After Chen Xiao swept around, he found that there were many of his acquaintances.

　　 After all, he was also a player who only participated in the draft last year.

　　 There are a lot of his opponents in the NCAA, which is normal.

　　 These all-American geniuses and superior opponents, but now they have to be selected by him, I have to say that life's chances are always so incredible.

　　 Of course, in addition to the rookies to be selected by him, there are two good friends of his, James and Anthony.

　　 After making eye contact with James and Anthony, Chen Xiao started this training expedition.

　　 "My investigation project is very simple, that is heads-up. Each of you will have a chance to go head-to-head with me. I will recommend candidates to the Cavaliers based on your performance against me."

　　 After Chen Xiao smiled and said, none of the rookies off the court actually responded.

　　 After a while, a player wearing a size 30 training uniform stood up.

"Let me do it."

　　 Chen Xiao looked at this person, his eyes lit up, old acquaintance.

　　 Two minutes later...

　　 "Ding, congratulations on completing the heads-up task issued by the B-level player David West, defeating the B-level player David West, rewarding 1 scoring experience card (informal game) and 30 basketball experience."

　　 Jerry West was a little nervous seeing Chen Xiao in a daze after defeating him.

　　 "Not bad."

　　 Seeing the hearty smile on Chen Xiao's face, David West breathed a sigh of relief.

"Next."

　　 Mike Brown, quickly started calling the next one.

　　Seriously, as an assistant coach in the NBA for many years, Mike Brown has never seen such a rookie inspection method.

　　 does not examine the physical fitness, does not examine the technical ability, simpler than singles.

　　 And even if it is heads-up, it is still a special Chen style heads-up. Only Chen Xiao is allowed to shoot them, and they are not allowed to shoot Chen Xiao, this...

　　 "Isn't this shooting a stake? What ability can be tested?"

Anthony on the side of 　　 whispered to James.

　　 After frowning for a while, James said faintly: "Chen is examining the player's ability to obey."

　　Ability to obey?

　　 Those who follow me will prosper and those who oppose me will die?

　　 Those who follow me enter the knight, but those who oppose me are not worthy to come knight?

This……

　　 Chen is not so dark, right?

　　 Looking at the hearty smile on Chen Xiao's face not far away, Anthony blinked.

　　 "Ding, congratulations on completing the heads-up task issued by the B-level player Mo Williams, defeating the B-level player Mo Williams, rewarding 2 breakthrough experience cards (informal game), 30 basketball experience."

　　 is another B-level player.

　　 "Not bad."

Hearing what Chen Xiao said, Mo Williams was also very excited~www.NovelMTL.com~ He stood motionless just now and made Chen Xiao shoot. He was more of a stake than a wooden stake, to ensure that Wonder Boy could not pick out any problems. .

　　He, Mo Williams, absolutely obeyed!

　　 Looking at Chen Xiao's way of inspecting rookies on the training ground, Paxson couldn't stand it anymore.

　　 "Rick, is it okay?"

"it should be no problem?"

　　 Rick Carlisle is now a little doubtful whether Chen Xiao has some special hobbies.

　　 For example, what achievements?

　　 is like a rookie in 2003. I shot them all?

　　 Thinking of this, Rick Carlisle shook his head quickly.

　　 Well, it shouldn't be the case, Wonder Boy doesn't look like that kind of person.

after an hour……

　　 "Chen, do you know it in your heart now?"

　　 "My God's Eye is comparable to Jordan's in the draft, don't worry."