I’m Really Playing Basketball

  Chapter 291 Killed Boss Joe Crazy!

  On June 22, 2004, the league’s 11th expansion draft was underway.

  At this time, as the small boss and president of operations of the Bobcats, Michael Jordan, the **** of basketball, is selecting players from the remaining 29 teams in the league for his hometown team, the Charlotte Bobcats.

As the eleventh expansion team in the league, the Bobcats have a very good expansion treatment this year. Not to mention the regular expansion draft. This year the Bobcats also have the first and second rounds designated by David Stern and the league. Each of the four numbers signed one.

  I have to say, Jordan still has face.

  In history, Jordan became the small boss of the Bobcats in 2006 and acquired the Bobcats in 2010.

   And now, because of his unique vision, when the world looked down on Chen Xiao, Jordan selected Chen Xiao. Therefore, Jordan’s current NBA management and draft abilities are well-recognized.

  So at the beginning of the formation of the Bobcats, the team’s first **** boss in the NBA was humbly asking Jordan’s opinions, and at the same time invited Jordan to join the team’s management immediately and became a minority shareholder.

  Now, at the scene of the Bobcats draft expansion, Jordan is very energetic in choosing people.

  And the general managers of all teams in the NBA are paying attention to this matter.

  To be fair, eight protection lists for most NBA teams are definitely enough.

  But there are two teams, that's definitely not enough.

  One is the Kings. The Kings are the strongest team in the NBA.

  The other is the Cavaliers. No kidding, everyone wants the ten young players of the Cavaliers.

  Youth storm!

  The NBA's Cavaliers are just like the Premier League's Leeds. Who doesn't stare at this player supermarket?

  So at this time, many people are waiting to see how the Cavaliers get rid of the wool by the Bobcats and Joe boss.

   "The King's Gerald Wallace has been selected by the Bobcats!"

   "Now that the Bobcats have selected 11 players, there are still three players not selected. This time, it should be the Cavaliers!"

  At the scene of the expansion draft, Joe's boss is indeed looking at the Cavaliers' roster.

   Especially looking at the name at the top of the Cavaliers roster, Chen Xiao!

  Looking at the name, Boss Joe is so greedy.

  Let’s put it this way, now he can’t wait to send all these players he picked to the Cavaliers to exchange for Chen Xiao, and then by the way give out five years of picks.

  It's a pity, Boss Joe knows that the Cavaliers can't change him.

  Look down from Chen Xiao all the way.

  Chen Xiao, James, Chandler, Crawford, Darius Miles, Korver, Barnes, Mo Williams, Diop, Dior...

  The ten players in front really have potential and personality, and they are all young talents.

  Especially the eight players who were protected in the top eight.

  Even the two unprotected players behind, Mo Williams and Diop, are young people who have earned a lottery if they are selected.

  The eight protection lists this time are not many for the Cavaliers. After the last four people discussed, Diop and Xiao Mo were placed outside the protection list.

  The choice this time is very tangled.

  Seriously, for Chen Xiao, he really didn't want to lose any of them.

  The first eight players will not be mentioned. Diop has a miraculous effect in playing O'Neal. He is the only player on the Cavaliers who can top O'Neal.

  O'Neal's trade is indeed now being rumored to be ups and downs. It is still hard to say which team O'Neal will get.

  But as the Cavaliers wanting to win a championship, they must be prepared to deal with O'Neal.

  The imaginary enemy that the Cavaliers win will always have O'Neal.

  So, if you can, even if Diop is only useful when playing O'Neal, the Cavaliers want to keep him.

  And Xiao Mo, not to mention, Chen Xiao is the second fan of the team. He dares to fight and can be crazy for Chen Xiao. Who wants to lose such a boy?

  It’s just that this is the league’s regulations and only eight can be protected, so two must be released.

  Everyone is Chen Xiao's heart and soul. In the end, Chen Xiao and James abstained.

  The protection list was ultimately made by Parkson and Carlisle.

  This is also a good decision. Chen Xiao and James may be emotional if they are not complete, and they are not so rational.

   But anyway, Chen Xiao felt that if anyone dared to get Xiao Mo and Diop away from his hands, he would be anxious!

  Don’t say anything, this is the rules of the alliance!

  Me, Chen Xiao, the boss of the Cavaliers, is such a careful person!

  Of course, as for Chen Xiao’s aspirations, Jordan, who was in the draft at this time, naturally did not know.

   "Michael, I didn't expect the Cavaliers to release Mo Williams and Diop. According to our assessment, we always thought that the Cavaliers released might be Dior and Barnes."

   "Although Dior and Barnes are good, they are both role players, and Mo Williams and Diop have the potential to become star players!"

   "Obviously, the Cavaliers released Mo Williams and Diop with better potential for the needs of their team."

   "Michael, we made a lot of money!"

   Faced with the excited expressions of the assistants around him who want to eat, Boss Joe just smiled.

  Superficial!

  At this time, in Cleveland, both Chen Xiao and James are anxiously waiting for the final result.

   Soon, when the results of the Bobcats expansion draft were released, the player coaches of the Cavaliers such as Chen Xiao, James, and Carlisle were dumbfounded.

  Even Carlisle felt that he was wrong.

   "The Bobcats chose Eddie Robinson, Kevin Ollie and Ilana Bell?!"

  Kevin Ollie and Ilaniubel, even though they are tasteless to the Cavaliers, they still have the strength. Although they have no potential, they may not be worse than the current ones in terms of strength.

  So, in choosing these two people, Carlisle could barely convince himself, but in the end, the Bobcats chose Eddie Robinson. What's this?

  Avoided 5.5 million salary space for the Cavaliers?

   Isn’t this an assist for the Cavaliers?

  Not to mention Carlisle, when the Bobcats completed the expansion draft, the whole league was boiling.

  Seriously, Jordan's reputation is very high now, especially because of the fact that he fancy Chen Xiao at a glance, Jordan now has a nickname of "God Eye".

   is one of the most promising potential GMs in the NBA.

  His selection will indeed be very concerned.

  But the result of this selection...

  They also don’t know whether the people Jordan chose are mostly good or bad. This will take the test of time.

  But those three of the Cavaliers...

  This does not need the test of time.

  Although they don't know who the eight people protected by the Cavaliers are.

but……

  As for the three players selected by Jordan from the Cavaliers, let's put it this way, the three of them together can't compare to the top ten youngsters of the Cavaliers!

No joke.

  You can make this decision now.

  Things that fans like them can see, Jordan actually can’t see it?

  Is it really invisible, or is it fake?

   Is it true blindness or false blindness?

  For a time, the entire league was a bit stunned.

  Not to mention the entire league, even the Bobcats’ management themselves are blinded.

  This little boss and chief operating officer of the team is really a genius?

  There is no one genius in a million?

  This kind of person who is good at me, he actually chose this way.

  Just, facing the doubtful eyes of the assistants, Jordan still had a charming smile on his face.

  Let’s put it this way, although Qiao Dashen is fatter now, his smile is still very charming now.

  Faced with the doubts of the assistants, Jordan did not explain anything, because his purpose, now explained, was also just mocked.

  Wonder kid can't come to his lynx now.

  However, it doesn’t matter if you come or not. It’s always okay to make friends.

  So, under the eyes of the assistants, Jordan picked up the phone and made a call to Chen Xiao.

   "Chen, I don't mean anything else, let's make friends first."

  After installing this 13, Boss Joe hung up the phone, leaving Chen Xiao messed up in Cleveland.

   "%……%?"

  Chen Xiao is really a little confused by boss Joe now.

  By the way, Boss Joe, haven’t we become friends long ago?

  So, what do you mean by this?

  Is this tempting me?

   Thinking of this, Chen Xiao smiled, everything is said without saying.

  With the help of boss Joe, the Cavaliers’ biggest problem has been solved.

  11 million **** contracts!

   was picked up by the Bobcats.

  This news is almost like a pie in the sky. Let’s put it this way. If Jordan doesn’t make a move, the general manager of the Cavaliers is really going to let the Bulls’ brothers come to pick him up.

  Anyway, the Bulls still have to show up. Instead of doing this, it's better to let the Bulls continue to show up, blood transfusion knights, and tiger brothers.

  It’s all right now. Before the brothers have come out, Jordan helped the Cavaliers solve the biggest problem of the “poor” team. Paxson doesn’t know whether he is thanking Jordan or saying that Jordan is stupid.

  In fact, at this time, Jordan received nothing but Chen Xiao’s gratitude. Seriously, nothing else.

  The doubts of the assistants, the confusion of other league management, and the ridicule of all the fans.

  Originally, before this expansion draft, Joe’s boss was a legend in the NBA, and he could see Chen Xiao’s potential at a glance.

   But after this expansion draft, Boss Joe fell from the cloud, and he was dead in sight.

  Boss Joe really doesn’t care about such controversies all over the world.

  He is Jordan, even if he is playing casually in the Bobcats, no one dares to care about him.

  So, after boss Joe completed the expansion draft for the Bobcats, he entered the 2004 NBA draft.

  Two days after the end of the expansion draft, on June 24, 2004, the morning of the draft, Boss Qiao was still discussing who to choose with his assistant.

  The No. 1 pick in the NBA draft this year is the Spurs, second place is the Sonics, Tanhua is the Chicago Bulls, and the Bobcats are fourth.

  As for the Cavaliers, this year's draft picks are the 18th pick in the first round and the 48th pick in the second round.

  The Bobcats' draft picks this year are actually very good, and the 2004 NBA Draft can be regarded as a not-so-small draft year.

  There are many young players considered by the American media to be very high-quality in this year’s draft.

  For example, Okafor and Howard, who competed for the top pick this year.

  At present, Okafor is more optimistic in the United States.

  I heard that the Spurs and Popovich have the answers, but from the analysis of the American media, it seems that this year’s NCAA champion UConn center Okaver is more likely to become the third overall pick in the history of the Spurs.

  The reason why Okafor competes with Howard is more supported, mainly because Okafor has a strong ability in the basket, his rebounding and blocking are very good.

  In addition, Okaver's mid-range shooting is also good.

  The only thing that worries the Spurs is that Okafor is suffering from a back injury, which may become a factor of "unease".

  And what advantages does Howard have over Okafor?

  Well, maybe the only advantage is that Dwight Howard is a younger player, I believe he will be the hope of the NBA center position in the future.

  American media predicted that Dwight Howard might become his idol, Garnett, second, well, he said so himself.

  Although the high school player's game experience is not very rich, he is indeed very capable.

  Howard and Okafor are the two best rookies this year. It is basically impossible for these two rookies to fall out of the top two, because both the Spurs and the Sonics lack a potential center.

  So, Jordan did not pay more attention to these two people, but looked to the US media to predict the lottery rookies.

The third most favored by the American media is Andre Iguodala, 6 feet 7 inches, 217 pounds, a shooting guard/small forward from the University of Arizona, Oregon. The upper limit of the template is Chen Xiao and the lower limit is Richard Jay. Ferson is an all-rounder who can play in multiple positions, is athletic and has a rough shot.

Ranked fourth is Devin Harris. Yes, that’s the one who abused Chen Xiao on behalf of the University of Wisconsin when he was in college. Since Chen Xiao’s rise in the NBA, Devin Harris has been preparing for the NCAA. When you get attention, don't look at his average lead, but he is definitely one of the most watched players in the NCAA. The more popular Chen Xiao is in the NBA, the more attention he gets.

  It is precisely because of the special fetters between Devin Harris and Chen Xiao that Jordan also put a certain eye on him.

  The fifth most promising player in this year's draft is Livingston, and the template is Magician. Everyone is familiar with this, and he was a well-known genius in the United States very early.

  The sixth most promising is Pavel Bodkozyni, 7 feet 5 inches, 300 pounds, Russia, center, Pavel Bodkozyni is very strong, and he is tall and strong.

  Let’s put it this way, as long as O’Neal can still play and have dominance, players like him will not lack the market. The lower limit of the draft template is Pago and the upper limit is Sabonis.

  Good guy, Pug has become a template in the NBA.

  The seventh most promising player in this year’s draft, Ben Gordon, 6 feet 2 inches, 192 pounds, University of Connecticut, guard, this is also Chen Xiao’s old friend.

  The eighth most promising rookie, Luke Jackson, 6 feet 7 inches, 212 pounds, University of Oregon, shooting guard, tall shooting guard, the template is also Chen Xiao.

  Because of the rise of Chen Xiao, this kind of tall shooting guard is now very popular among NBA general managers.

  The ninth most promising player is Andris Biedrins, 7 feet, 240 pounds, Latvia, power forward, this is a young potential power forward.

  The tenth rookie Josh Childress, Stanford University, small forward who is favored by the American media.

  The eleventh most promising player, Al Jefferson, 6 feet 10 inches, 263 pounds, Mississippi State High School, power forward.

  The twelfth most promising player, Kirk Schneider, 6 feet 7 inches, 228 pounds, University of Nevada, shooting guard, model Chen Xiao.

  The thirteenth most promising player, Chris Paul, 1.83 meters, Wake Forest University, point guard, template Isiah Thomas, close friend, Chen Xiao.

  Looking at the thirteenth pick of the list compiled by the Bobcats management meeting this year, Boss Joe stopped again.

  There is no way to stop, because the 1.83-meter ‘exotic man’ carries two names that he cares about very much on his back.

  The first one is the assassin, Isaiah Thomas, and the second one is Chen Xiao.

  "Chen Xiao’s best friend..."

  Especially the second one. This makes Jordan very excited.

  Although his ultimate goal when he came to Bobcat as the president of operations is to get Chen Xiao over, there is definitely no way to say this.

   Tell such things, even if he is Jordan, others will think he is a lunatic.

  However, he is a stubborn person. Since Chen Xiao has set his goal, then this goal will not change.

  He needs to collect all the elements that allow Chen Xiao to join in the Bobcats.

  Obviously, Chen Xiao's best friend is one of the elements.

  So seeing Jordan staring desperately at Chris Paul, the other managements of the Bobcats are really scared.

  This great **** will not use the team's fourth pick to select Chris Paul, will he?

  Don't!

  Who is not the best pick for the No. 4 pick, choose a small point guard with 1.83 meters?

  As long as it is 1.83 meters, their height is definitely not 1.83 meters. For those defenders who are less than 1.8 meters tall, the thief likes to make his height the same as Iverson.

"Michael, Chris Paul has excellent athletic ability and excellent skills. He is a very good young point guard. However, he is not the best choice for the Bobcats with the 4th pick. In this year's NCAA tournament , He was abused by the backcourt composed of Derondi West and Jameel Nelson, which puts a huge question mark on his ability and potential in the NBA."

   "Yeah, Michael, we have the number four show, not the fourteenth show."

   "Even I think even if we have the fourteenth show, we should choose Josh Smith, Jr Smith and Jameel Nelson, and even Derondi West."

  Good guy, Boss Joe just showed a look that is very interested in Chris Paul, and he was persuaded by the assistants next to him.

   Obviously, the other management of Bobcats now have doubts about the vision of boss Joe.

  On the other side, not far from Boston in New York, Celtics general manager Danny Angie laughed at Jordan for a while and looked at the draft report prepared by Celtics aides for him.

   And he and Jordan are staring at almost the same person now.

  This year, the Celtics have the tenth overall pick, and this draft pick Chris Paul is very stable.

  Chris Paul, this player, he has been watching for a long, long time.

  As a player who plays as a defender in his career, as a player who likes traditional defenders very much, let’s put it this way, in his eyes, Chris Paul is simply the most fragrant and fragrant defender.

  A perfect point guard in his eyes.

   Such a point guard, because of the poor NCAA play, the draft prospects have not improved.

  I can only say, thanks for his height, thanks to Jameel Niels and Derondi West.

  Sent to the Celtics a point guard who can solve the Celtics problem.

  According to the prediction of Chris Paul by the major media in the United States, the number ten pick is very stable.

  Now, he is waiting for the draft tonight, Chris Paul has chosen the Boston Celtics.

  On the night of June 24, 2004, Chen Xiao, James, and Anthony accompanied Chris Paul to the draft meeting in Madison Square Garden.

  Chris Paul is one of the green house players invited by the NBA.

  Paul's draft pick this year has been tepid, hovering around 14 and just enough to reach the edge of the small green house.

  But, compared with Chen Xiao, James and Anthony, who could sit in the center, Chris Paul’s small round table is a bit off.

  But, the position doesn’t matter.

  As long as there are Chen Xiao, James and Anthony to help out, let's just say so.

  Even if Chen Xiao and the others sit in the darkest corner, they are the most beautiful boys.

  After Chen Xiao, James and Anthony sat down with Chris Paul on the remote round table, Chris Paul clearly felt that all the focus of the audience came to Chen Xiao and James.

  Among the eyes of the audience, one of them was very special.

  Uh, it’s actually next to it.

  And the owner of this gaze has already stood beside Chen Xiao.

   "Brother Chen, hello."

  Although he shouted ‘Little Chen Zi’ and ‘Xiao Baby’ to Chen Xiao countless times in front of the TV, when Chen Xiao appeared in front of him, the boy still didn’t dare.

   "Hello, Ah Lian, right? I heard Fagan talk about you."

  The one standing in front of Chen Xiao was born on October 27, 1984, predicted by the American media as the 14th pick this year. The model is Chen Xiao’s 19-year-old power forward, Yi Jianlian.

  Well, this Chinese teenager, who is the same agent as Chen Xiao, is the very hyped Fegan.

  Under Fagan’s hype, Yi Jianlian is already his second Chen Xiao.

   Can shoot three-pointers, run and jump, isn’t Chen Xiao second?

  For this young player with the same agent and nationality as himself, Chen Xiao still took good care of him and asked him to come and sit next to him.

  At this time, David Stern was already reading the rookie's name.

  "In the 2004 NBA Draft, the San Antonio Spurs first overall pick was an insider from the Southwest Atlanta Christian School, Dwight Howard!"

  The Spurs' choice caused the first exclaim in the draft, an unexpected choice.

  "In the 2004 NBA Draft, the Seattle SuperSonics' second pick was the center Emeka Okafor from the University of Connecticut!"

  "In the 2004 NBA Draft, the Chicago Bulls' third overall pick was the guard from the University of Connecticut, Ben Gordon!"

   was another exclaim, another unexpected choice.

   "There are many surprises in this year's draft, Chris, maybe there are surprises!"

  James finished speaking in a low voice, and Paul became more nervous.

  "The fourth overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft. The Charlotte Bobcats drafted from..."

Seeing the name on the envelope, David Stern was stunned for a moment, but in the end he said it in the fullest voice~www.NovelMTL.com~ In the NBA draft of the year, the Charlotte Bobcats chose the fourth overall pick. , The point guard from Wake Forest University, Chris Paul! "

  When David Stern called out the name, he was still talking to Paul with his head down, and Xiao Zhan, who was so badly stimulating Xiao Pao's mentality, was dumbfounded.

  The small cannon stimulated by Xiao Zhan was even more frightened at this time.

  Me, Chris Paul, fourth overall? !

  As for the entire draft conference, after a while of suffocation, one after another exclaimed.

  The same goes for the audience in front of the TV.

  At the same time, Danny Angie was just as dumbfounded as the ordinary audience.

  At this time, in the shock of the world and the puzzlement of his assistants, Boss Joe snorted.

  Huh, do you think I am optimistic about this little guy?

  A group of mortals!

  Boss Joe, completely killed!

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  (End of this chapter)