One Thousand and Forty-One. Draft Day
Ridenor was very useful in the regular season, but he withered in the playoffs. It is not a loss to trade him while there is a trade.
And even if Ridenor does not retire, he probably has no motivation to play. It is possible to use the remaining two years of money for retirement. If he aims to defend the title, he dare not bet on it.
Just look at Kidd playing for the Hornets. Kidd's enthusiasm for playing this season is not as good as his enthusiasm for getting along with Irving.
Neil is about to enter the contract year. In order to compete for a big contract, it will not be so easy to control next season. A high-quality role player at his peak will be worse if he is not calm and loses team cooperation. After all, Neil has not won a big contract and has won the championship. Playing good data and using the status of a main substitute for the championship to get a big contract is probably what Neil wants now.
The Spurs' first-round pick will not be low. In Sun Ce's mind, the team with the highest probability of winning the regular season championship next season is not the Grizzlies, but the Spurs.
Using these three chips to trade back Larry Sanders is simply too cool.
Although this guy seems to have only one year of peak period, if I remember correctly, Sun Ce remembers that this guy's peak period was the 12-13 season. At that time, the Bucks were about to trade him, but he played at the level of a 10 million annual salary. Moreover, Larry Sanders will only be in his third year next season. As a first-round pick, it is cheap!
Since Larry Sanders chose to retire and paint at the age of 26, Sun Ce was deeply impressed by Larry Sanders. This guy played 27 minutes per game in his third year and could get close to 10+10 data. He also averaged 2.8 blocks per game, almost stealing Ibaka's block king.
Even if Larry Sanders in the original time and space had no intention of playing and wanted to paint after getting a 10 million-level contract and chose to retire, but he could use it for one year. If he performed well next season and then sold it, it would definitely be more valuable than now. Larry Sanders is now only worth a draft pick at the end of the first round + a draft pick at the beginning of the second round. It is purely selling talent for money, but if Larry Sanders can perform well next season, he can sell his strength!
On offense and pick-and-roll, Larry Sanders is definitely not as good as Jordan, but it is enough to support the defense when Gasol is resting.
Although he secretly criticized the "bad behavior" of his own team's general manager, Sun Ce was ecstatic about the deal.
If Draymond Green can be taken tonight, a big white bear with a big beard that looks fierce, a really fierce big black bear, a painter with a bad temper, Green who may not be strong enough in his rookie year but can kick balls, a golden white bear with scary size and muscles who can take on peak Howard... and Yi Jianlian with outstanding hairstyle, a villain inside army!
Sun Ce really wants to yell at all opponents: Kick the rice!
The only thing worth worrying about is Larry Sanders' overly bad temper, but it is somewhat different from Whiteside. Whiteside didn't even want to play after getting a two-year guaranteed rookie contract. He had to be poor for two years before he knew the importance of playing well. Before Larry Sanders put his mind on painting, although he had a bad temper and could fight with referees, at least he would work hard to play.
First prove your value in playing basketball, then paint, write poetry, and publish books. He is a very principled artist.
When Sun Ce tried to recruit Whiteside, he didn't care whether Whiteside had a good or bad temper. The black bear brother was standing there and couldn't beat him to death, but the problem was that Chris Wallace found that Whiteside had no intention of playing well, so it didn't work.
You can mess around, you can be irritable, but you can't take the money and not work hard.
Sun Ce was excited for a while and prepared to continue training. The two girls and the two old men went to the mall in the afternoon to buy children's clothes, toys, diapers, etc. Sun Ce didn't know why they bought those things so early.
Before putting down his phone, Sun Ce swiped the screen and saw a latest deal...
Clicking it, Sun Ce started to criticize: "Is the Rockets boss out of his mind? Is the Lakers your real father?"
...
Sun Ce remembered that,
in the future of the original time and space, when the Lakers were in urgent need of a point guard, the Rockets took the initiative to send Jeremy Lin to the Lakers, and also paid a first-round pick to let the Lakers select a high-quality role player like Larry Nance.
From this incident, Sun Ce knew that the Rockets boss really loved the Lakers.
Now, Sun Ce felt that it was more than just true love, he was simply treating them like his real father!
ESPN broke the news that the Rockets sent JR Smith and the 13th pick in the first round of 2012 in exchange for Derek Fisher of the Thunder and Darius Morris of the Lakers.
The Lakers sent Lamar Odom and Darius Morris in exchange for Kawhi Leonard of the Thunder and JR Smith of the Rockets.
The Thunder sent Kawhi Leonard and Derek Fisher in exchange for Lamar Odom and the Rockets' 2012 first-round 13th pick.
Sun Ce could probably guess that the Rockets were just trying to save money. Al Jefferson was pardoned and Billups was sent to the Clippers. The Rockets had no hope of making the playoffs, so they would do anything to save money.
According to subsequent news reports, after sending JR Smith away, the Rockets' total salary dropped to 44 million, which was enough to take on a maximum salary contract...
But they sent JR Smith to the Lakers, who were in urgent need of a backup guard, and helped the Lakers get Leonard... Didn't the Rockets consider the feelings of their own head coach McHale?
Sun Ce felt that Anthony was too miserable. He was impulsive and exercised the player option for the 12-13 season in 2011. Melo couldn't escape even if he wanted to. He was taken advantage of by the Rockets.
Anthony, who is now at his peak and is expected to compete for the scoring title, is still a ticket-selling weapon.
Sun Ce really didn't expect that the Lakers would trade Odom, one of the twin towers, before the 76ers started trading. Did they not want Beast?
After calming down the mood of wanting to strangle the Rockets' boss, Sun Ce adjusted his mood and continued to train.
It's raining and marrying, I can't control it. The Rockets just love to give warmth to the Lakers. What's wrong with you? It's good that they didn't send another center to the Lakers. Sun Ce remembered that when the Lakers were short of a center, the Rockets sent Jordan Hill...
"Brother, brother, hurry up, the draft is about to start!"
"Here it comes!" Sun Ce quickly stuffed the remaining two mouthfuls of rice into his mouth and ran to the living room.
It has been a long time since I had Chinese food. I was given a bowl of fish soup specially made for Lily Collins. Sun Ce also ate a big meal tonight. Anyway, I have been training hard recently and I am not afraid of gaining weight.
Zu Ge participated in the draft very enthusiastically and asked, "Brother, who do you think will be the No. 1 pick between Davis and Drummond?"
Anthony Davis, Andre Drummond, and Bradley Beal are the top three picks this year.
Based on his memory, Sun Ce turned on the god-like mode: "I think Drummond may not be wanted by the first few teams."
"Why? Drummond is only 18 years old and has such a good talent!" Zu Ge had great doubts about Sun Ce's prediction.
As a student, Zu Ge's attention to NCAA is higher than NBA, and his attention to NBA is mainly because of Sun Ce.
Sun Ce didn't know what to say. At this stage, people do compare Drummond with Anthony Davis and think that Drummond is the only genius who may challenge Anthony Davis' No. 1 pick.
But Sun Ce remembered that Drummond was indeed selected only after falling to the ninth place. He burst into tears on the spot and could not accept this fact.
"Let's see. I don't think he will be selected in the top three." Sun Ce said a guaranteed option to avoid being slapped in the face.
It seems that he has a good impression of the word "genius". Zugoose just feels that Drummond, a rookie who was praised to the sky before the draft, is very admired.
Sun Ce remembered that when the 11-12 season of the NCAA was over, Drummond was not praised so much. I don't know why Drummond's draft market soared in May, of course, referring to the media's public opinion.
And the enthusiasm of each team for Drummond did not seem to be as high as the media advertised.
Soon, at 8 o'clock in the evening, the 2012 NBA Draft began.
In theory, 12 and 13 were the last two years that David Stern hosted the draft. In 14, it was the turn of the school beauty.
As always, David Stern was booed when he took the stage.
Under Zugoose's expectation, Drummond was successfully not selected by the Hornets, and the Hornets selected Anthony Davis in the first pick.
Then the Bobcats did not select Drummond in the second pick, but selected Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.
Sun Ce has always been very impressed with Boss Joe's draft vision, and no one can compare to him. Obviously, there is Bradley Beal, a top three favorite, but he did not select Drummond, and Bradley Beal was not wanted. He chose a shooting genius whose shooting posture would make Boss Joe's fans cry.
However, Boss Joe would choose McGee, which is what happened in Sun Ce's memory.
But the third pick is different from what Sun Ce remembers. The Cavaliers selected Bradley Beal in the third pick! And in Sun Ce's memory, the Cavaliers selected the Eighth Sage King in the fourth pick.
After becoming a player, he has watched two drafts. Sun Ce understands one thing. The draft order has changed a lot because of his arrival, but if the order does not change much, those teams will most likely make choices similar to what he remembers.
Of course, this is based on the fact that the ranking does not change much. If the ranking changes a lot, such as the gap between the 5th and 10th picks, it will definitely not be the same as before.
But the college performance of the players and the draft preferences of the management of each team are unlikely to change.
However, Sun Ce can also figure out the Cavaliers' choice. Maybe they wanted Bill in the original time and space, but Bill was picked in the third pick, so they chose Tristan Thompson, who they thought was the best of the remaining players.
Sure enough, when it came to the fourth pick, the Wizards' selection echoed Sun Ce's idea. The Wizards picked Tristan Thompson in the fourth pick.
Sun Ce estimated that the Cavaliers in the original time and space had the same idea as the Wizards here. If Bill was picked, they would choose Bill, and if someone else picked him, they would choose Tristan Thompson.
When it came to the fifth pick, the trade came!
When David Stern finished reading the choice of the fourth pick and returned to the backstage, the screen switched to the trading area next to it.
The host of the trading zone announced the transaction that had just taken place. The Warriors sent Dorell Wright, who averaged 2.4 three-pointers per game in the 10-11 season and 1.7 three-pointers per game in the season that just ended, an unprotected first-round draft pick in 2014, and the 14th pick in the first round of this draft, to the Suns in exchange for the fifth pick in this draft.
Subsequently, the Warriors selected North Carolina sophomore small forward Harrison Barnes with the fifth overall pick.
This deal... all the unprotected first-round picks in 2014 were given away. Sun Ce feels that the Warriors management is really confident. After losing Ellis, who led them to ninth in the Western Conference last season, they are still so confident in 2014. Can we make the playoffs?
Someone knows how powerful Curry is, but at this stage, who can be sure that Curry will be that powerful in the future?
For the Suns, Sun Ce thinks they just want to bet on whether the Warriors can make the playoffs in 2014, which is also a big year for the draft.
Sun Ce saw from public opinion that the Suns wanted Beal, but Beal was taken with the third overall pick. Maybe the Suns didn't want to bet on the talent behind them, but wanted to make a real move towards the playoffs. With the addition of Dorell Wright and DeAndre Jordan, there is another 14th pick that can be selected for immediate combat effectiveness... This is because they are not giving them the Grizzlies lottery pick next season!
Sun Ce found that the owners of these teams were not good friends. They all had their own purposes. They were friends in business at one moment, but they were stumbling behind their backs at the next moment. He felt that the management of these teams were all good people, except for Boss Qiao...
The next draft picks are not much different from Sun Ce's prediction based on impressions combined with changes in draft picks. The Trail Blazers, who got the Nets' No. 6 pick from the Gerald Wallace trade, selected older rookie Da Mill Lillard, the Kings selected Thomas Robinson with the 7th overall pick, and the Pistons selected Drummond with the 8th overall pick...
Zuo Ge saw that the Kings would rather choose Thomas Robinson than Drummond, and he began to doubt his life.
Drummond, who was touted by the media as the second candidate for the No. 1 pick, seemed to believe the media's praise. When he was selected, he cried directly... not for joy, but because he could not accept the reality...
Sun Ce waited and waited, waiting for his team to get Draymond Green. In the middle of the first round, there were many players that Sun Ce didn’t even remember who they were. In other words, after playing for one or two years, these players would stay away from the NBA. , this year's draft is also called a big year for the draft, but in fact the success rate is not as high as expected.
In the second half of the first round, Sun Ce felt that the wait was finally over. This year, the Grizzlies only had one draft pick. He didn't care so much about how other teams selected him. He didn't know many players. He would get to know them personally during the game. The opponent is fine. Watching a few draft videos is useless. Even if you are an undrafted pick, you can gather dozens of seconds of highlight videos.
And there were not many trades. After the Warriors got the Suns' pick in a three-for-one exchange, there were no trades after that. This year's draft is a big year after a year of blowouts.
The only things that interest Sun Ce are that the Thunder selected Lamb with the 13th pick, the Suns selected the assist monster Kenta Marshall with the 14th pick, and the Rockets used the Clippers' first-round pick obtained in the Billups trade. Drafted Royce White...not much interest in anything else.
However, when it came to the 23rd pick, Sun Ce stood up.
"The Warriors are poisonous!"
David Stern just announced that the Warriors used the 23rd pick from the Thunder to select Michigan State University's Draymond Green!
Sun Ce remembers that Draymond Green was selected with the fifth overall pick in the second round...
"Is it because the Warriors' second-round pick became the 14th pick and they were selected early? Damn it!"
Sun Ce didn't curse out loud this time, cursing the logo man in his heart for not being able to lift it up.
To be honest, the difference between the fifth pick in the second round and the 23rd pick in the first round is not that big. Previously, the Celtics also selected Jared Sullinger, who was predicted to be selected in the second round.
It's not uncommon for a team with a late first-round pick to draft a player projected to be in the early to mid-second round.
However, Green's predicted pick was at the bottom of the 45th pick, and he was likely to lose the draft. The Warriors actually selected him at the end of the first round, and even the TV commentator said he couldn't understand.
Fortunately, there are alternatives, but Sun Ce is missing one member of his expected villain inside team, which makes him feel very sad.
It hurt for a while, but Sun Ce finally waited for his team to select a player. David Stern announced his last name this year. The Grizzlies selected the sophomore from Marquette University with the 30th pick in the first round. Born Jay-Claude.
Sun Ce understood the team's goal of selecting players, either pitchers or defensive players, which was very targeted.
Middleton's current advantage is only mid-range singles, and he shot 44% in mid-range shooting in college. He has shortcomings in other aspects, and the shortcomings far outweigh the advantages. Although he has played very well since his sophomore year, other aspects People can't see it, so they can only bet that Middleton has talent.
Relatively speaking, the one who can make an immediate impact is Crowder, a player famous for his defense in college.
Before, Sun Ce felt a little happy when he saw Zu Goose depressed that Drummond fell to the 8th pick. His chatty sister was also cute when she was depressed, but now, his grandson is also depressed.
We are both fallen people from the end of the world...
After watching the second round of the draft together in depression, Sun Ce went to practice the Nash training method to relieve the sadness of not forming a villain army.
But now that the matter has come to this, Sun Ce is depressed. It's not a big deal. He is a rookie kicker. Apart from kicking eggs, Sun Ce can't think of any special effect.
The Warriors are still on the rise and can slowly develop Draymond Green, but they can't.
If you don't get it, you don't get it. Now Sun Ce is curious about how the team will strengthen after sending away the two backup point guards.
This point really interested him. Even if Nash was good, he was one year older. Even if he had a private doctor who kept in touch with the Suns' medical team, he would have to use him sparingly, so he would have to take turns to rest. Therefore, the third point guard was very important.
However, Sun Ce thought it was also very interesting to look forward to how the team would strengthen...