I Want to Be a Superstar

Chapter 373 The Impact of the Draft Lottery and the Powerful Suns

Crowds of people outside Arizona State University's practice facility in Phoenix, Arizona.

Jeff Pendegraaf came to the team's training facility as usual to prepare for summer training.

As a team in the NCAA fierce competition in the P-10 league, Arizona State University's position in the P-10 league is very embarrassing.

The standard fish belly in fish belly.

Not to mention being compared with the two giants in the P-10 league and the University of Washington.

Even the University of Arizona, the University of Oregon, and Stanford University can crush them.

In addition, Arizona State University's status in the national academic community is very low.

The team is not strong and the school is not strong either.

As a result, Arizona State University is a little transparent in the entire NCAA.

As the head insider of a small and transparent team, it was the first time for Jeff Pendegraf to see so many people outside the school's training hall.

Looking at this scene of huge crowds of people, who would think this is outside the Arizona State University training facility?

Even if it is said that this is outside the training hall with the University of Washington, some people will be willing to believe it!

All I can say is thanks to the Sonics.

The Arizona State University training facility is where the Seattle SuperSonics will visit Phoenix to challenge the Phoenix Suns.

Seattle SuperSonics?

Yes!

Jeff Pendegraaf was caught up in both sweet and painful memories.

The sweet thing is that he and Yes entered the P-10 league together.

Both were freshmen as freshmen in 2005.

Although Yes is a shining star of heaven.

He is just an unknown starter.

However, he was Yes’ opponent!

He has indeed played against Yes on the court and scored two points against Yes!

Although it was a two-pointer from six meters away from Yes.

But there is really no other defender between him and Yes. According to the rules, this can be regarded as a direct battle between him and Yes!

I've been on the court against the Chosen One, the best defensive player in the NBA, and made a two-pointer!

This is the best memory of his basketball career.

As for the pain...

In the few games with Yes, I was shot a bit badly by Yes.

Yes, in the NCAA, his small shooting ability and powerful ability are so terrifying.

Even though he has now grown into a star-level insider who can average 12+9 per game in the P-10 league, his strength has greatly improved.

Every time he thought about the scene when he faced Yes in his freshman year, he felt like he was having a nightmare.

Even if he has greatly improved his strength now, I am afraid he will still be miserable when facing Yes.

Do you still want to stand in front of Yes again?

forget it!

Don't want to go through it again.

It's so tragic to be shot wildly by Yes in your own home court and to be cheered by the fans of your home team.

in Phoenix fandom.

NCAA fans support Yes.

Yes' influence among Phoenix fans is huge.

In fact, there are several universities in Phoenix, but they are all weak and weak teams.

Relatively speaking, Arizona State University is doing well as a weakling in a fiercely competitive league such as the P-10 Conference.

But even so, overall, Phoenix's college teams do not have outstanding strength or outstanding team history.

It is basically impossible for these teams to gain the loyal support of local fans.

When Yes swept the NCAA and swept the P-10 league, Phoenix fans were the most passionate except for Seattle fans.

This time the SuperSonics come to Phoenix to play in the Western Conference Finals, for many fans in Phoenix, it is equivalent to a trip home for Yes.

NCAA fans in Phoenix have already shouted slogans to occupy the American West Arena.

"Even if the Sonics lose, Yes is still the winner!"

This is the reason why Phoenix fans chanted the slogan "Occupy the American West Arena".

By occupying the American West Arena, the losing team can also receive the cheers and treatment of the winner.

It's really incredible.

Fans from the Phoenix Suns to the City of Phoenix.

Phoenix is ​​all about coconut flour!

"Jeff, why are you here so late today?"

Why did you come so late? Of course I was at home to catch up on news about the draft lottery!

This year’s draft lottery is very interesting!

It is especially interesting to see the various rumors and performances of Oden and the Sonics.

The moment the Milwaukee Bucks got the second pick, the expressions on the faces of Oden and Conley became the biggest news in the country.

Oden is in a trap.

Conley jumped with excitement.

Without the No. 1 pick, the Sonics will definitely not get Oden.

Without the must-select Oden, the Sonics will definitely use this pick to make up for the team's weaknesses.

The whole world knows where the weakest link in the Sonics is.

Rondo, point guard!

After Curry withdrew, Conley became the best point guard in this class.

Auden?

Conley?

Supersonic?

Who would have thought that the big winner that had been hyped for half a year in the United States would suddenly change when it came to the end?

God is such a joker.

"Jeff?"

"I just dealt with some things at home, what happened?"

Jeff Pendegraf asked pretending to be curious.

"Big deal, James is dueling with Rajon Rondo!"

Um?

James is challenging NBA stars? !

Jeff Pendegraf was taken aback by his teammates' words.

James wants to challenge Rajon Rondo? !

real or fake?

James is a newcomer to the team this year.

He is also the biggest star of the team now.

High school all-star, high school second-team defender, with such qualifications, he can be the biggest star in any team except for those wealthy teams!

Not to mention a weak team like Arizona State.

Before James joined the team, he was the future boss that the team focused on cultivating.

Now he is willing to give up this status to James.

James declined the invitation to come to their school.

That's it!

NCAA semifinals two years in a row!

If it weren't for the team's assistant coach Scott Pera, who single-handedly trained James, he was also James' head coach in high school.

How could they, Arizona State University, steal it?

I heard that NCAA superstars like Afflalo and James like Westbrook and Kevin Love were mobilized to lobby for the team's future.

As long as James joins, Westbrook and Kevin Love are willing to use Afflalo as their boss after Afflalo leaves.

That's the future boss!

If you say no, then don’t!

It must be said that the strongest high school student in California is domineering.

James is very famous in California and also very famous in the United States.

In addition to his fame, his ability is also outstanding. Less than two months after joining the team, his performance has already conquered all his teammates.

Everyone now believes that Arizona State University, under the leadership of James, is likely to make a difference in the P-10 league next season.

Not to mention competing with giants like the University of Washington, there is still hope of reaching the NCAA tournament.

James is very strong, but in the past two months of contact, he did not find that James is an arrogant player with a genius disease.

On the contrary, James is still a very humorous and peaceful person.

Would such a person have no problem challenging NBA stars?

Is everyone a Durant?

He overestimated his ability to challenge Yes, gained nothing, and caused his draft stock to plummet.

If James was really such an arrogant person, they wouldn't be so confident that James could lead them forward.

Soon Jeff Pendergraf knew the ins and outs of this incident.

It was not Rondo who James took the initiative to challenge.

It was James who took the initiative to challenge Rondo!

An NBA star takes the initiative to challenge an NCAA freshman.

How big of a face does it take to do this?

However, if this person is Rondo, then nothing strange will be surprising.

James is training well with his teammates.

Let’s have fun playing Euro-step together, have fun making offensive players hit people with the ball, and have fun making defensive players and hitters foul.

I don't know why I offended Rondo on the other side of the field.

Jeff Pendegraf and his teammates came to the one-on-one venue between Rondo and James.

The duel is about to begin.

Jeff Pendergraf soon saw that familiar figure in the crowd!

Yes!

Still so thin.

Still so domineering!

Just standing there gave him a terrifying feeling of being in an abyss.

I have to say that that season, Yes really tortured the people in their P-10 league to a psychological shadow!

After reluctantly regaining his composure, Jeff Pendergraf looked elsewhere.

There were also a bunch of media from all over the United States and the world on the sidelines of the one-on-one showdown between James and Rondo.

Looking at the media, the expression on Jeff Pendegraf's face was full of concern.

If James loses, I can’t imagine the result!

Durant is almost out of the top five now!

Durant was previously the favorite for the second pick!

Although there were many people competing for second place at that time, Durant was indeed the leader.

Now Durant is almost out of contention for second place.

This is the power of public opinion.

If James really performs badly, these people don't mind destroying a so-called young genius.

Rondo is trash.

But no matter how trashy he is, he is still an NBA star!

But soon, Jeff Pendegraf and his teammates were stunned by the duel on the training ground!

Not to mention the Arizona State players on the sideline.

Even Ye Si and the Sonics players next to him were stunned.

"Rajan was bullied by an NCAA freshman?!"

Am I not dazzled? !

The look on Millsap's face right now is wonderful.

Surprised, stunned, unbelievable, unbelievable.

After reaching the Western Conference Finals with Yes, to be honest, they really had a little bit of success.

Especially after the Mavericks swept the Black Eight, their media environment was much better because of Tucker's wonderful performance.

The few days after successfully sweeping the Black Eight were their happiest days in the NBA.

Not to mention celebrities like Rajon, even substitutes like him and Nick Collison, and players like Malikros who don't play are boasted.

At that time, they may even feel that they have finally made it through.

Without this series with the Spurs, they really felt like they were over the top.

The Spurs series, apart from Milicic shining for a while in the final moments of the last game, was terrible.

Definitely not worthy of advancing to the Western Conference Finals.

But no matter what, words like garbage have been far away from them for a long time.

But now...

Listening to the whispers of reporters and the sound of photographers taking pictures, Millsap now has an embarrassed expression on his face.

"The NBA's assist leader took the initiative to challenge an NCAA freshman player, but was easily defeated in the end?"

"Isn't this too real?"

"We have stopped talking about how rubbish the teammates around Yes are. Rondo just won't let us go!"

"I heard that Rondo took the initiative to challenge this college student because the college student looked like Ginobili. The game between Rondo and the Spurs was a bit miserable due to Ginobili."

"Hahahaha, everyone is Ginobili in front of Rondo."

Rajan used his own strength to find the word trash again!

Millsap doesn't know what to say now.

After losing the duel, Rondo silently walked to the corner of the training hall and sat down.

Ye Si frowned.

The Arizona State freshman is awesome.

Other black geniuses in the United States at his age are all flying and escaping.

But besides flying into the sky and escaping from the ground, he still has a typical floor style!

Very distinctive.

Very high golf quotient!

Rondo's one-on-one strength is poor due to offensive reasons.

But even so, with Rondo's defense, there is no problem in beating ordinary NCAA star rookies.

What's more, he is a star rookie on a weak team like Arizona State.

I went out to relax and hit a cat for fun, but who knew it was a tiger.

Ye Si really didn't expect Rondo to be so unlucky.

"Yes, where is Rajan?"

David Lee was a little worried.

From the beginning of the draft lottery, there has been an atmosphere of panic throughout the Sonics.

Before the draw, public opinion around the world was Yes and Oden’s ‘O-Ye! 'combination.

At that time, the national media had already placed Oden in the SuperSonics team in advance.

At that time, the Sonics were most scared of Milicic.

When Oden comes to the team, Milicic will definitely leave.

Oden is the Great Emperor, the Chosen One.

In any team, he is a well-deserved core star to focus on training.

If Darko is an ordinary player, he can stay on as a substitute.

But Darko is also an All-Star.

Stay on the team as a substitute for Oden?

How can it be!

Even if Darko wanted to, the team around him wouldn't.

The Sonics getting the No. 1 pick means that this is Milicic's last season with the Sonics.

Fortunately, Darko has experienced too many things, such as the ups and downs of the world, the ups and downs of honor and disgrace. It can be said that although Darko is a rookie player, he has already been reborn.

Therefore, although Darko was always under threat from Oden, he never showed it.

Not only did he not show it, and he never affected the mood of the team, Darko also treated this season as his last season playing for Yes.

The SuperSonics were able to eliminate the Spurs in the end, with Yes taking the lion's share of the credit and Darko also being a highlight.

Even if Yes's childlike pass was great, Darko couldn't catch it if he didn't try his best.

This is very touching in the eyes of Sonics players.

But yesterday's draft lottery ended, and everything about the team has changed.

The Sonics did not get the No. 1 pick that was hyped outside, but the No. 2 pick.

Darko doesn't have to leave, but that's bad at the same time.

Except for Yes, the Sonics are all garbage.

This is recognized.

Not only the media feel this way, but they themselves also feel this way.

Since it is all garbage, naturally every position can be changed.

And 2007 was another draft year that was hyped by the media.

There are new stars in every position who have great potential and are worth cultivating.

There is Oden at center.

The power forwards include Yi Jianlian and Horford.

There is Brewer at small forward.

The point guard has Conley.

These are players who are considered to be All-Stars in the future.

The SuperSonics can't draft Oden now, but they can draft all the remaining players.

In other words, except for Milicic, everyone else on the Sonics team except Yes is in crisis.

Next season, the Sonics' starters are likely to become substitutes, and the substitutes are likely to leave the team.

Now five starters for Seattle.

Yes and Darko are safe.

Rajon, he and Quentin Richardson will be replaced by Conley, Brewer and Yi Jianlian at any time.

Now, there is speculation all over the country that Rajon will be replaced by Conley next season.

The team selected Conley with the second pick. Rajon will either be a substitute or leave. The most likely thing is to leave. There is no difference between Rajon being a substitute and being useless.

The image of Conley jumping for joy during the lottery draw was one of the hottest news in the country today.

You can't expect everyone to be as great as Darko.

Darko's experience in the NBA is not comparable to other players.

David Lee even felt that if he encountered the same situation as Rajon, he might do worse than Darko.

In fact, he is in a very bad mood now.

Although the United States is currently hyping the Sonics to select Conley with the No. 2 pick.

But the Sonics may also use the No. 2 pick to select Yi Jianlian.

The team has Yi Jianlian, what use is he?

He doesn't want to leave Seattle either.

It’s so nice to brush up data next to Yes, why should I leave?

But according to the current situation, it was not up to them to decide whether he, Rajan and others would leave.

"Mr. Nelson, the team is a little impetuous now."

Scott Brooks is worried.

Old Nelson was also frowning.

He was worried about this kind of thing yesterday when the team didn't get the No. 1 pick.

Facing the powerful Sun, the Sonics' greatest and only advantage is unity.

The Sonics have the most united team in the league.

But now, the No. 2 pick from Milwaukee has caused cracks in the Sonics' unity.

Even, this is a crack that cannot be repaired.

Rajan now sat there drawing circles.

Yes couldn't even go over for comfort.

As long as Yes does it, soon, the whole country will be full of news that the Sonics want to trade David Lee or Quentin Richardson.

Now that the national media is trying to get rid of Rajon for the Sonics, it doesn't mean that they are not interested in getting rid of others.

These Sonics players can be called trash.

But leaving the Sonics is indeed their Achilles heel.

Let Yes come forward to ensure that all of them stay?

How can this be?

This is the NBA!

Yes, if you really do this, there will be very big consequences!

The Milwaukee Bucks' No. 2 pick is the sweetest gift to the Sonics this season and the most poisonous poison.

The current internal atmosphere of the SuperSonics is very problematic. After the team training in the morning, Nelson communicated with Yes about the team's atmosphere.

It was said to be an exchange, but Nelson was actually reminding Ye Si not to do unnecessary things because of the current atmosphere of the team.

Yes knew what Nelson was worried about.

The more he did, the more mistakes he made before he came up with a perfect solution.

"Yes, feel free to prepare for the match with the sun."

Yesi finally nodded and took the Suns information from Coach Nelson.

The data includes the performance of the Suns players in this year's playoffs, as well as their performance in past playoffs and some characteristics of these players.

This is a very good team.

It is not without reason that the media across the United States now feels that the Sonics have no chance.

Center Amare Stoudemire is a big-game player whose performance in the playoffs is far better than in the regular season.

Yeas is the first player to score 40+ points against the Spurs in the entire playoff series.

The last player to perform so well against the Spurs in the playoffs was Stoudemire.

In 2005, facing the Spurs and Duncan who won the championship that year, Stoudemire scored 41, 37, 34, 31, and 42 in five games respectively!

If you don't look at anything else, just looking at these numbers will give Ye Si a feeling of horror.

After he challenged Duncan in the last game, he knew exactly how powerful Duncan was.

His five 40+ games against the Spurs are different from Stoudemire's five 30+ games against the Spurs.

Power forward, Boris Diaw, Diaw averaged 19+7+5 per game for the Suns in the playoffs last season.

After the Suns changed the blame system this year, a large number of the Suns' offensive opportunities have been concentrated in the hands of Nash, Marion and Stoudemire. Diaw's data is declining, but Diaw's weight in the team has also become heavier.

With comprehensive skills and excellent physical condition, coupled with comprehensive skills and excellent confrontation, Diaw in the Suns is what Nelson hopes Milicic can finally achieve.

A shorter version of Milicic who doesn't need to take the blame.

Small forward Marion, one of the core offenses in the Suns' blame-shifting system, has averaged 20+11 per game so far in the playoffs. His scoring cannot fully represent his strength. In addition to the 20+11 data, he also has 1.5 times. Steals and 1.7 blocks.

Looking at Marion's information, Ye Si's salivation started again. This was a perfect thousand-mile pot.

Shooting guard Laga Bell, a standard 3D, one of the strongest perimeter defenders in the league. Unlike Bowen, who is the strongest, Laga Bell is at his peak!

Point guard Nash, the so-called strongest Yes without defense, has averaged 28 points and 9 assists per game so far in the playoffs with a shooting percentage of 47.5%. He is the absolute core of this Suns.

He is also the most dangerous figure on the Suns.

These statistics of Nash were obtained when he faced Kobe in the first round and Roy in the second round.

No matter how crooked he was hit by Kobe and Roy, he could control the rhythm of the game.

Incredible technical abilities.

In addition to these five super starters, the Suns' sixth man Barbosa is also the best sixth man in the NBA this year.

A player who can average 16 points per game in the playoffs.

Offensively, this is a nearly perfect team.

The sun is really strong.

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