I’m Really Playing Basketball

Charlotte, training hall for the Bobcats.

　　 Looking at this time, the training hall was once again full of rookies who came to participate in the Bobcats draft training camp. The boss Qiao, standing next to Chen Xiao, felt like he was resurrected at this time.

　　 What Yao Ming, what Wade, what Bosh Iverson, the threat of the Heat, at this moment he has been left behind.

　　As an experienced gambler, there is nothing more joyful than gambling with so many picks.

Because of Bynum’s deal, in the 2009 NBA Draft, the Bobcats will have four lottery picks from the Warriors, Eagles, and Mosaic. Plus their own, the Bobcats will have a total of four this year. First round pick.

　　In the order of the draft lottery drawn some time ago.

　　 The Warriors’ pick was the sixth overall pick, the Eagles’ eighth pick, the Mosaic’s 13th pick, and the Bobcats’ own 25th pick.

Because of the deal between Gortat and Garcia, the Bobcats actually still have the Pacers' first-round pick for the top three protections in the future, but this year the Pacers happen to be the third overall pick, so this pick is the Pacers. Yes, and the Pacers will continue to postpone the pick for the Bobcats until 2010.

　　 Otherwise, the Bobcats will have four lotteries this year.

　　Although they did not have the pick for the Pacers, the Bobcats have three lotteries this year plus a first round, and they are still one of the league's most attractive teams to rookies.

　　 Except for Beasley, Griffin and other hot rookies, the Bobcats holding these picks in their hands can attract almost all players.

　　 And the Bobcats draft training camp, and indeed almost all rookies, including Beasley.

　　 Why doesn't Beasley go to the Thunder trial and run to the Bobcats?

Because many people say that the Bobcats may use all their lottery picks to exchange for the second pick of the Grizzlies this year. In other words, as Griffin is more and more likely to be the No. 1 pick, so is Beasley. May be selected by the Bobcats.

　　Obviously after playing in the NCAA finals, Beasley was still the top pick. Why suddenly, Griffin became the top pick?

　　 This will start with this year’s draft lottery.

　　 Because the Thunder, the worst team in the league, won the No. 1 pick.

　　 And Griffin, the rookie second only to Beasley in this year's draft, is a native of Goose City.

　　 Griffin was born in Goose City, grew up in Goose City, and the university is also in Goose City.

　　 Coupled with his talent and strength not inferior to Beasley, his performance in college is also quite amazing. In addition to his shorter hands, his talent is really blind.

　　 Speaking of short hands, Griffin is not outstanding, but you are not much more outstanding than you are, even worse than Granger, let alone a beast like Durant.

　　Static talents Beasley and Griffin are not as good as another hot rookie Thabeet, Thabeet's height and wingspan and other static talents are really beast-level like Durant.

After comparing static talents and dynamic talents, Griffin's dynamic talents are definitely beast-level, so a power forward who can run and jump is rare in the history of the NBA, and Beasley, his dynamic talent is also Not so outstanding. Beasley’s dynamic talent is the same as his static talent. They are both top-notch. For rookies at his level, compared to Durant, James, and Oden, such talent is actually relatively average. .

　　 Therefore, Griffin, who has top-level dynamics and second-rate statics from pure talent, is similar to Beasley, who has top-level statics and first-rate dynamics.

Even Griffin, who has the dynamic talent of beasts, has a slightly higher talent evaluation than Beasley. Griffin's talent is rated 10 points on any draft website, while most Beasley websites have a draft score of 9. point.

　　Compared with talent and hard power, Griffin is better than all-round, and Beasley is better than offense and technique.

The stats and strength of the two in college are super strong. Griffin's hard power is considered to be 9.5, while Beasley is considered to be 10. Both of them have entered the NBA and can play an average of 20+ per game. Strength.

　　 In this case, the battle between Beasley and Griffin for the top pick is really a matter of the benevolent and the wise.

　　 When Marquette University just won the NCAA championship, Beasley, with a little stronger hard power and momentum, was going to overwhelm Griffin.

　　 But now that Goose City gets the No. 1 lottery, everything is gone.

　　 After getting the No. 1 pick in Goose City, Beasley lost the possibility of becoming the No. 1 pick in this year's draft.

　　 Of course, this is not an unacceptable thing for Beasley.

　　Because Beasley didn't want to go to that small place in Goose City at all, he hoped that he would be the second place in the Bobcats.

　　 And he got information from his elder brother Chen Xiao and his uncle Jordan. Both Mr. Joe and Mr. Chen tried to exchange their No. 6 and No. 8 picks for the Grizzlies' No. 2 pick.

　　 And the Grizzlies general manager Jerry West is inclined to accept this trade.

　　 That's why he came to the Bobcats to try out.

　　 Therefore, this year's hot rookies, except for Griffin, who must be selected by the Goose City, almost all of the hot rookies are in the Bobcats training camp.

　　 These young people really dazzled Chen Xiao and Jordan.

　　 In this year's draft, Jordan and the Bobcats have many plans for ABCD.

　　Before the draft lottery, Jordan hoped that his team could be lucky enough to get the No. 1 pick or the high pick again.

　　 If you add the Pacers, Jordan hopes to pack Thabeet, Beasley and Curry.

　　 There is a center that can rival Yao Ming in the future (Tabbit).

　　 In the future, there is a player who can replace Battier to play the five small power forwards (Beasley).

　　 There is a guard who can play five small outside three-pointers in the future (Little Curry).

　　 Get these three, then all future problems of the Bobcats have been solved.

　　 But obviously, there is a gap between reality and ideals.

　　 Jordan did not expect that Stern would not be involved in this year's draft lottery.

　　 The Thunder won the No. 1 pick.

In addition, the penultimate in the Eastern Conference, the Pacers who were so stubbornly flying also got the third overall pick. According to Stern’s past style, the Pacers only had the fourth overall pick, so this pick is Bobcat's.

　　 In short, the surprise of the draft lottery made Jordan's plan A disappear.

　　 Thabeet, Beasley and Little Curry can't come to the Bobcats at the same time.

　　 According to Curry’s current draft prospects, the Bobcats have no problem with him. The 13th pick should be enough.

　　 But No. 6 and No. 8, definitely can't pack Thabeet and Beasley.

　　 Even adding one's own existing player deals won't work.

　　 After all, Thabeet and Beasley are indeed very hot, and they are considered to have superstar potential in the future, unless you trade superstars.

　　 So, Jerry West of the Grizzlies is willing to use the second pick for two 6s and 8s, and Joe Boss is already lucky.

　　 Generally speaking, in the face of this year when it is possible to get Beasley and Thabeet, no one wants to change to zero.

　　 You can choose Thabeet or Beasley for the second overall pick, but for No. 6 and No. 8, you can only choose James Harden and DeRozan.

　　 James Harden and DeRozan combined are not as valuable as a Beasley or a four-tabbit.

　　 Therefore, Jerry West's willingness to make this transaction with the Bobcats is entirely due to Chen Xiao's reasons.

　　 Jerry West believes that it is impossible for Chen Xiao to end his career in Charlotte. He is accumulating Chen Xiao's favor for the Grizzlies.

　　 Of course, Jordan can see this now. He is not stupid. He was the defeated Jerry West who snatched Chen Xiao.

What Jerry West has done in the Grizzlies these years, from the Bobcats in exchange for Randolph to send Ross the No. 1 lottery for the Bobcats, for Chen Xiao, has always left Battelle with the Grizzlies as the mascot, for Chen Xiao, Keep Kee boss at the Grizzlies as the leader and so on.

　　 All this is for Chen Xiao.

　　 Even this makes the Grizzlies boss and others very puzzled and upset. After all, if you lick so much and sacrifice so much, you will definitely get Chen Xiao in the future?

　　 can't get it, isn't it a loss.

　　 Therefore, Jordan also knows that the reason why Jerry West did not finalize the deal with him is because he needs to straighten out the team's disputes.

　　 The pressure and voice of opposition are too loud.

If the owner of the Grizzlies is Michael Jordan, and he meets a general manager like Jerry West, he has been doing bad things for Chen Xiao, and then he will suffer for three years and then suffer for the fourth year, or even suffer forever, Jordan felt that he would not want to, this is human nature.

　　 Therefore, Jordan knows that Jerry West is under great pressure in the Grizzlies.

　　 Even Jerry West told him that he was exhausted physically and mentally.

He hopes that Heathley, the owner of the Grizzlies, can copy the way Charlotte Bobcats got Chen Xiao. It is because this is something that a normal person would not do. The Grizzlies have a chance to get Chen Xiao, but it seems that Heath Lee did not have the patience of Jerry West.

　　 seems to have lost patience with Jerry West.

　　Of course, Jordan still believes that Jerry West can figure out the internal problems of the Grizzlies. After all, he is Jerry West!

　　 So, now Jordan is implementing Plan B.

　　 Use the No. 2 pre-selection Beasley traded from the Grizzlies, and the No. 13 selection Curry.

　　The reason why Beasley was chosen in the selection of Beasley and Thabeet was mainly because the Bobcats had enough centers.

　　 Now the Bobcats' center is weak or weak, but there is no shortage of people.

　　 But the five small super power forwards lacked a player as good as Beasley.

　　 Battier is very good, but the attack is still lacking.

　　 Battier, who didn't have enough offensive threats, made the Bobcats' five small children look less turbulent.

　　 It’s just that Jordan, who was very confident of Jerry West, didn’t know that, in history, Jerry West left the Grizzlies physically and mentally and disappointed because he lost the complete trust of the Grizzlies boss.

　　 Jerry West In history, in the Grizzlies, he hoped that the team owner would support him to build the team into a small offensive team like the Suns.

　　 Jerry West believes that this is the future of the NBA.

　　 From the perspective of 2021, almost all of the strong NBA teams are the Suns. I can’t wait to throw a three-pointer after halftime, which is even better than the Suns.

　　 But obviously, before 2007, most people did not think that the Suns model was the future of the NBA, including the Grizzlies owner.

　　 Even the Grizzlies owner’s view is completely opposite to Jerry West. The Grizzlies owner believes that the future of the NBA is Larry Brown, and he wants to ask Larry Brown to come back and build an iron-blooded army.

　　 Finally, Jerry West chose to leave the Grizzlies very helplessly and exhaustedly.

　　 In the NBA, if you can't get the support of the team owner, then you are just a rubber stamp general manager and you can't do anything.

　　 If you can get the support of the team owner and the team, even if you are not the general manager, you can build the team as you want. In the end, Jerry West realized his vision for the Grizzlies in the Warriors.

　　 Because of Chen Xiao, the little butterfly, Jerry West has persisted in the position of Grizzlies general manager for more than a year, but now, the contradiction between him and the team owner and the team has naturally become greater.

　　 Don’t trade to Randolph in 2008. The lottery sent away was actually the No. 1 lottery, which made the Grizzlies lose Rose. This is the most stressful thing for him.

　　 You know, Rose is the Memphis legend who won the NCAA championship with the University of Memphis.

So now, even if Jerry West has a huge reputation in the NBA, he can now be described as difficult in the Grizzlies. Simply put, the Grizzlies start with owner Michael Heisley (Heasley) and don’t trust him. Him.

"Michael, my plan is to use the No. 6 pick from the Bobcats to pick James Harden and the No. 8 pick to pick DeRozan. I have looked at them. They are very potential players. For the Grizzlies, regardless of Thabeet or Beasley, they went to the Bobcats, and they were all in our favor. The Bobcats getting either of them will speed up the departure of Wonder Boy. UU reading www.uukanshu.com and we will be his best backup when the time comes. Pick one, Michael, I hope the team can support me again."

　　 "Jerry, the team has supported your plan enough, of course I still support you, but we need to let our supporters see our achievements."

　　"..."

　　As a veteran who has been in the NBA for so many years, West certainly knows that Heisley's words are decent. These words seem to support him, but in fact they are against his plan at all.

　　 If he really supports, these days, he will not make no progress at all.

　　 Thinking of this, thinking of the Bobcats legend, Jerry West sighed helplessly.

　　 Are we destined to miss it?

　　 seems to be like this.

　　 Jerry West closed his eyes helplessly.

　　 Seeing West like this, the Grizzlies owner Heisley frowned.

　　 "Michael, please allow me to resign from the position of general manager of the Grizzlies. I am really not fit to take on the future of the team now."

　　"..."

　　 "Before I leave, Michael, let me give you one last piece of advice, Thabeet is not a suitable candidate."

"why?"

Why?

　　 Facing Heisley, who no longer believes in himself, this time West did not waste any more words, as if to Heisley and murmured to himself:

　　 "No one knows center better than me."