Chapter 890: The Beginning of the 2009 NBA Draft

Returning to Seattle from Los Angeles with a big score of 2-0, this big score will make even the most rational and humble Seattleite feel crazy.

The big score now is 2-0.

And it was 2-0 on the road!

If you still need to remain modest and cautious, that would be really hypocritical!

At the Seattle SuperSonics training ground, the Seattle SuperSonics training ground has been very, very lively these two days.

Mainly because the NBA draft lottery was completed on May 19, 2009.

In the 2009 NBA lottery, the Golden State Warriors, who had the worst record in the league, got the No. 1 pick as they wished. This team, which could not win no matter how hard they tried, eventually became the biggest winner in the draft lottery.

The New York Knicks, with the second-to-last record, became the biggest losers.

Last year at the draft lottery, David Stern announced that the first four picks in the draft had become competitive picks.

In this year's draft lottery, David Stern once again announced that the top five picks in the draft lottery have become competitive picks.

In other words, in the NBA draft lottery, the guaranteed pick drops directly from fourth to sixth, which is the guaranteed pick.

This is David Stern fighting bad shit.

Two years ago, if you performed poorly, as long as you performed poorly to the bottom, you would be guaranteed at least the fourth pick. However, this year, if you performed poorly, you could only get a guaranteed sixth pick.

In the NBA draft, whether it is a big draft year or a small draft year, there is a gap in grade between the fourth pick and the sixth pick!

The cost of being messed up is very high, but the benefits of being messed up are constantly being reduced by David Stern.

According to David Stern's reform of the draft lottery in the past two years.

This is almost a clear statement to the world that he, David Stern, is going to create unwritten rules for the draft. During his tenure, you guys who are crazy about ruining the team will not have any hope of achieving good results.

Many experts even predict that David Stern will even lower the competitive pick in the draft lottery again in next year's draft lottery after the competitive pick in the draft lottery was lowered to the fifth overall pick.

If the guaranteed picks really drop to starting with the seventh pick, then there really won't be much value in the NBA's mess.

I have worked so hard to disgust the fans of my team for a season, risking a significant drop in reputation and support just for the seventh pick. This is of course not worth it!

The last one theoretically still has the highest probability of being picked No. 1, but the president is David Stern. Is he a person who can be bound by probability?

His reputation in the NBA can support his blatant unspoken rules in the draft lottery. Even if you know that he is following the unspoken rules, you can only live with it!

Uncomfortable!

The bad teams in the past two years have really suffered.

Especially this year's New York Knicks.

After a bad season and a disgusting season, he got the sixth pick.

So New York Knicks head coach and general manager Isiah Thomas was really livid at the draft lottery.

The reason why Isiah Thomas didn't get angry on the spot or in the draft lottery is because the player they wanted, Stephen Curry, was enough to be selected with the sixth pick.

Curry's current draft pick prediction this year is around sixth place.

Because the New York Knicks are the biggest and most famous, they are considered the biggest losers in the draft lottery.

In fact, teams like the Bucks and Kings that are not so brutal but are equally bad are also miserable.

The luckiest team in this year's draft is the Oklahoma City Thunder, the No. 10 team in the Western Conference.

After the Warriors got the No. 1 pick, the Thunder took the No. 2 pick.

After the lottery results came out, many people said that Chris Paul's quadruple-doubles at the end of the season moved God.

However, it was probably not God who was moved, but David Stern.

David Stern feels that Chris Paul, a strong player who is willing to stick to a small team in a small city, should not have such a tragic fate.

He can't stop the team of James and others from destroying the NBA, but he can protect Chris Paul and others from being hurt as little as possible. ,

In addition to the No. 1 pick being taken away by the Warriors and the No. 2 pick by the Thunder, the third pick is the Charlotte Hornets. Jordan has a chance to select his next pick. The fourth pick is the Pacers. The fifth pick is the Utah Jazz, the sixth pick is the New York Knicks, the seventh pick is the Kings, the eighth pick is the Bucks, the ninth pick is the Raptors, and the tenth pick is the Nets, but the Nets Because of the three-way trade between the Warriors, Nets and Mavericks last season, this pick belongs to the Warriors.

The 11th pick is the Hawks, the 12th pick is the Clippers, the 13th pick is the Trail Blazers, and the 14th pick is the Rockets.

The Seattle SuperSonics ranked 10th in the league in the regular season last season, so they received the 21st overall pick in the first round this year.

Because the draft lottery is over, the NBA has officially entered the time point of the draft.

In recent years, how could the NBA draft lack Yees and the Sonics?

The whole world knows that Ye's vision is very poor, but the whole world also knows that Ye's likes to give away titles such as Jordan No. 2, Magician No. 2, Jordan-Kobe Bryant and Yes combination for free.

The 2007 NBA draft was a miracle in the history of the NBA draft. There were nearly 30 people sitting in the green room alone. There was no other way. They were all a group of Jordan second, Magic second, Chamberlain second, Garnett Duncan Nowitzki combination, Jordan Yes combination, Jordan Kobe combination, Bird Pippen combination, etc.

Not letting these people sit in the green room is simply a crime!

Yes has a lot of traffic. When he says that someone reminds him of Jordan, even if this person is a million miles away from Jordan, his template is Jordan, and he is also the real Jordan second.

It can be said that every year during the draft, the major general managers and scouts in the NBA really hate Yes.

Those general managers and scouts who are strong, determined, and capable don’t care, just watch the joke, but those general managers or scouts who are not so capable and determined are really miserable.

Especially Yes’s poor vision, as long as he doesn’t like many players like Jordan, there is actually little or no harm.

Jordan doesn’t value many players, and most of these people are not talented, so don’t choose the ones Jordan likes.

But Yes is not the same. He can select 50 or 60 rookies in a class. Among these people, there are many losers and many talented ones, and there are more who are not that strong but not bad.

This is a big interference!

Should I listen or not?

If I listen, I will cry to death if I choose a loser.

If I don’t listen, I will cry even more if I miss a player like Nick Young.

Of course, for many general managers and scouts in the NBA, Yes is simply a devil.

But for many young rookies participating in the draft, Yes is an angel.

Brushing nicknames around Yes and brushing prestige around Yes has become a must-do for NBA rookies now.

As long as the rookie has connections to enter the Sonics training hall, it is a crime not to brush a nice nickname around Yes.

As long as you have the ability to enter the Sonics training hall, Yes is not afraid of you.

"Quincy, you are so shameless, aren't you? A combination of Jordan and Pippen? Open your eyes and look at yourself. Apart from being the same height as Jordan and having a smile that looks a bit like Pippen, how can you be called a combination of Jordan and Pippen?!"

Draymond Green was shocked.

And Quincy Pondexter himself was a little embarrassed.

He had never dreamed that he could get such a nickname next to Yes.

As the second Roy, he was selected by Master Lorenzo Romar to the University of Washington. In fact, he only wanted a nickname of the second Roy.

He felt that this was already very, very high.

After all, his best model before was Desmond Mason.

After being evaluated by Yes, he was actually evaluated by Yes as a combination of Jordan and Pippen.

Desmond Mason, a former excellent role player of the Supersonics, Jordan, the first in NBA history, and Pippen, one of the strongest defensive players in the NBA, how strong would the combination of the two be?

This span is a bit big.

It's really a bit embarrassing.

"Draymond, it's okay for others, but what qualifications do you have to despise Quincy?"

"Quincy didn't ask for it anyway. Even if he is as tall as Jordan and smiles like Pippen, at least he is similar. Tell me, what's the matter with you being a combination of Jordan and Russell?"

What's the matter?

Of course I fought for it myself!

"Yes, what do you think of my number? Is it Jordan or not?"

"Jordan."

"Yes, do you think my dribbling posture is Russell or not?"

"Russell."

"Did you all hear that? Yes said I am a combination of Jordan and Russell!"

"..."

Thinking back to what happened just now, Draymond Green blushed slightly, but only slightly.

"Draymond, if you hadn't suddenly raised the price, would Yes have given Quincy the combination of Jordan and Pippen?"

"Yes thinks that you are a combination of Jordan and Russell. If you don't give Quincy a combination of Jordan and Pippen, it will be difficult to balance the prices."

Damn Klay!

Believe it or not, I'll beat you up!

Just looking at the group of people next to Klay, Draymond Green instantly became timid.

Yeah, he was in Curry, Klay and the others' small tricks after the evaluation were indeed not so authentic.

Although nicknames can be given away for free here in Yes.

But most young people are still not so bold.

The nicknames given away by Yes in 2007 were so scary, but it was not initiated by these players. These players are not so shameless. In recent years, only Draymond Green has taken the initiative to ask himself to be a combination of Jordan and Russell.

Like Curry, he is embarrassed to say that he is the second Yes.

"Master, just say that I look like Nash. It's embarrassing to be the second Yes, haha."

Curry is quite humble. The whole world knows that Nash has been saying outside that he is the beggar bankrupt version of Yes. What Curry meant is equivalent to saying that he is the beggar gambling version of Yes.

As for Klay, his template outside is Marco Belinari, the current substitute player of the Warriors. He just brushed a Ray Allen second here in Yes.

There is also Spencer Hawes, the new white proud center, who got a second place in the Yes, which is not too much. His template outside is Gasol, which is not too low.

The reason why he raised it a little bit in the Yes is mainly to compete with Griffin for the No. 1 pick.

As for the players from the University of Washington.

Like the other Chinese players in the training hall.

For example, Chen Jianghua, who is now a hot draft pick, got a combination of Iverson and Ray Allen in the Yes. His template outside is Iverson, but his three-point shooting has improved a lot this year, so he wants to change his image of only speed, and he embarrassedly got a Ray Allen in the Yes.

Of course, the second Iverson and the combination of Iverson and Ray Allen, although there is only one more Ray Allen, the difference in strength is indeed completely different.

Another example is Zhou Peng. Zhou Peng's template before was Durant, but Zhou Peng felt that the template was Durant, which seemed a bit unfaceable, so he went to the Yes to get a second Rudy Gay.

Ding Jinhui is the same. Ding Jinhui's draft template is also Durant. He also thinks Durant seems to have no face. He gave Yes a combination of his idol Ginobili and Iguodala.

It is normal for these people to give nicknames. They have a purpose. Most of them are a little high, but the price gouging is still within the atmosphere.

Until Draymond Green broke this balance...

"Yes, what do you think of Draymond?"

After the Sonics led the Lakers 2-0, Old Nelson was in a relaxed mood.

He specifically asked about the topic of young people like Yes.

After Old Nelson asked, the general manager of the Sonics Presti on the side was also curious.

The Sonics' first-round draft pick this year is the 21st pick, and there is a chance to get Draymond Green.

Yes's evaluation and judgment of Draymond Green is very important.

"A traitor in troubled times, a capable minister in peaceful times."

A traitor in troubled times, a capable minister in peaceful times?

Chinese?

Old Nelson's Chinese level is average, and he doesn't understand it very well.

I am old and I don't have the energy to learn.

It can be said that old Nelson is one of the worst Chinese speakers in the Sonics.

Presti on the other side is different.

He not only knows what Yes said, but also where it came from.

For people like him who are trying to learn Chinese and Chinese culture, this sentence is too famous.

A treacherous hero in troubled times, a capable minister in peaceful times...

When the team is going well, he is the pillar of the team.

When the team is declining, is he the source of chaos?

Hearing Yes's evaluation of Draymond Green, Presti's eyes flickered.

He is not a quiet person...

On May 22, 2009, the third game of the divisional finals between the Heat and the Cavaliers started first.

The Heat, who had slaughtered the Cavaliers twice on the road before, returned to their home court and lost...

Not only did they lose, but James, who played like a god in the previous two games, was undercover again...