Chapter 826 Duncan Retires

The first round of the draft was about to end, and when he went downstairs to find Siakam and Brogdon, Tang Tian met an old acquaintance.

Tatum, the league's vice president.

Ever since Tang Tian entered the alliance, the relationship between the two has been very good.

After Xiao Hua came to power, Tatum also became the chief vice president of the league.

The two greeted each other and chatted for a while.

"Your performance in the finals was great, you can win the championship in that situation."

Tatum congratulated Tang Tian, ​​and his words seemed to indicate that he was not very satisfied with the penalty scale.

"I don't want to go through that penalty scale again."

Tang Tian said with a smile.

"Will do."

Tatum nodded, then leaned close to Tang Tian and whispered.

"I also miss the kind of basketball in the David era. I will try to change it on the league board."

After he said this, the staff over there reminded him that he could go backstage.

The first round of the draft is over, and it's his turn to broadcast the second round.

Tang Tian looked at Tatum's back thoughtfully.

His current status in the league is no longer at the same level as the local Spurs.

He even surpassed James, and with one or two more championships, he could already be close to Jordan back then.

Before, he couldn't stop Xiao Hua from taking office, but now he can gradually speak out to change.

Tatum is a good replacement.

He saw Siakam not far away, put the idea aside, and then walked over.

Siakam looks young, but very talkative.

For players who can go out of Africa, like Aminu before, this seems to be their unique label.

"I can't wait to play with you, it will be my honor and I will train hard for this goal until it comes true."

And the difference between Siakam and Aminu is that he speaks very tensely, which makes it easy for people to have a sense of trust in him.

"you will."

Tang Tian smiled and hugged him, giving him the greatest encouragement.

After chatting with Siakam, Tang Tian met Brogdon again.

Contrary to Siakam, Brogdon looks mature and steady, and doesn't talk much.

But this is also the characteristic of senior students, and their aspirations are relatively mature.

Both are very distinctive and will be a good addition to the strength of the Pelicans.

After saying hello, Tang Tian sat aside and listened to Tatum's whole broadcast.

As far as Tatum is concerned, his temperament is still relatively poor, but judging from the exchanges between the two previous people, his ambition is not necessarily lower than that of Xiao Hua.

This year is a small year in the draft. In the second round, apart from Brogdon, who was picked up by Tang Tian, ​​only Zubac has some strength.

On the contrary, for Chinese fans, this year's draft has gained a lot.

Zhou Qi was selected by the Rockets with the 31st pick (trading the draft rights from the Celtics).

The same Chinese player is also the 31st pick, which inevitably makes people look forward to it.

But thanks to Tang Tian, ​​the league has regained confidence in Chinese players.

After Zhou Qi, Wang Zhelin was also selected by the Nets with the 51st overall pick.

This pick is also higher than in history.

Two Chinese players were selected one after another. It seems that neither of them were at the draft scene, but this was enough to make Chinese fans excited again.

"With the 60th overall pick in the second round of 2016, the Phoenix Suns selected Josh Ferrell, a 1.83-meter point guard from Indiana University."

The 2016 draft came to an end as Tatum announced the final pick.

Demps also came down from upstairs in advance, he did not receive a suitable trade proposal, Siakam and Brogdon were their last gains.

The draft ended, and the two returned to New Orleans together.

For them, the upcoming free agency market will become very important.

Not only what kind of reinforcement they can get in it, but also the reinforcement of other teams is also very important.

If you want to successfully defend the title, you must know yourself and the enemy to be victorious in all battles.

We're still a week or so away from the start of free agency.

At this time, two major events occurred in the alliance.

One is about Duncan.

Nearly two months after the end of the season, Duncan finally announced his official retirement on his personal social media.

As Tang Tian knew, there was no retirement tour, no press conference, just a simple message.

I'm retiring.

Caught everyone off guard.

This is very Duncan, but what is a little un-Duncan is that in this tweet, Duncan also posted the only one person.

Not Manu Ginobili, nor Popovich, but Tang Tian.

"As I said, Don, the future is yours."

This sentence caused a lot of heated discussions among fans.

"There will be no more stone Buddhas in the league since then, thanks to the name Tim Duncan, who has been with us for 20 years!"

"He is the greatest power forward in history, but also the most low-key superstar. I hope that when people discuss him in the future, it is not that he is just an ordinary star who averaged 19 points and 11 rebounds per game. We have witnessed his greatness. .”

"If Don hadn't left the Spurs, he would have been the face of the Spurs for 20 years, but even leaving didn't change Duncan's attitude towards Don. This is the most precious friendship in the league."

"In the past season, we bid farewell to too much youth, Kobe, Duncan, the same thing is that they have passed the torch to Don, I hope Don can give us a better present, youth will never end!"

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Tang Tian was also filled with emotions when he saw this.

This sentence, Duncan said to him when the two exchanged jerseys in the last game of the regular season last season.

Saying this now is more like making it public to the whole world. This is a kind of hope and sustenance.

For Duncan who loves cars, maybe only Tang Tian deserves his words.

James was practicing in the arena when he saw this tweet.

He was stunned for a long time.

Duncan said this sentence to him first, although he was later ridiculed by fans for cheating him.

But this was originally a matter between him and Duncan, but after Tang Tian appeared, even this was snatched away by Tang Tian.

Now Duncan even publicly said that the future belongs to Tang Tian, ​​which made him feel unspeakable.

After he recovered, he called team owner Gilbert.

Everyone has a different way of dealing with defeat. For example, Kobe will throw himself into the training hall, while James, while throwing himself into the training hall, will ask the team to reinforce.

He can't wait for his teammates to become stronger, he prefers stronger teammates.

The Cavaliers are currently configured very well, but they can still be stronger, such as shooting guards, such as centers.

Gilbert sent a message to David Griffin after talking on the phone with James.

Continue to strengthen without paying the price, they need to have a stronger team in the new season.