Chapter 694 [It’s About to Become Prosperous, Test Your Patience]
Chandler Parsons was also watching the live broadcast at home. He had not been selected after the 10th pick in the second round, and he began to feel confused.
He doesn't know where his next stop will be. Rookies who fall to this position usually have no guarantee at all, and most of them are passers-by in the NBA.
Suddenly, Parsons heard his name.
The whole family was stunned, and Parsons didn't realize who had chosen him at first. He hugged everyone around him and asked his brother, "Where am I going now?"
"Clippers, you are going to Los Angeles! If Jerry Young picked you by name, you would be rich!" my brother yelled.
Parsons was stunned for a moment and jumped up excitedly. "Hahaha, it's the Clippers, I'm going to win the championship!"
Ask a rookie which team they most want to go to, and many people will say it is Jerry Young's team, especially second-round rookies. It means a change in life. It is a magical heavenly road that takes us closer to heaven on earth.
Parsons almost missed out on the Clippers. Yang Rui never expected to select him. In his previous life, the Rockets selected him with the 38th pick, but he dropped to the 42nd pick in this life.
The Clippers' goal is to select a forward who can swing at positions 3 and 4 to serve as a backup for Dunleavy. It would be best if Dunleavy is willing to cut his salary and renew his contract. If he is not willing to cut his salary, it would also be good to train rookies.
Latvian small forward Davis Bertans is predicted to be selected at the end of the first round. He is 208cm tall and weighs 95kg. He is 19 years old this year and his template is Austin Daye and Kyle Korver.
He is a very good tall shooter, has a textbook jump shot, the release is high and fast, and the catch and shoot after the screen is equally sharp. Unlike Novak, he has the ability to create opportunities and attack with the ball. He has good court vision and good passing ability.
The disadvantages are that he is not fast, needs to gain weight, and rebounding and defense are his weaknesses.
It is worth mentioning that Bertans lost the upper half of his right ring finger when he was 13 years old. Fortunately, this did not affect his shooting touch.
In Yang Rui's previous life, Bertans didn't sign with the Spurs until 2016. In his rookie season, he shot 40% from three-point range. If he had been signed to the NBA for training earlier, Yang Rui felt that he might have a better future.
Now that there is a better candidate, Yang Rui will not propose to the management to buy out Berstein Europe's contract and sign a contract. A change of his mind can affect a player's career.
Chinese fans will all be familiar with Chandler Parson. He is 208cm tall, weighs 100kg, and has poor physical fitness. His draft template is Luke Walton, who is rated as a versatile player with a high basketball IQ.
This is the reason why no one cares about him. Walton has played in the NBA for many years and has always been a marginal player and a substitute. He is not very aggressive as a scorer, lacks excellent athletic ability and explosive power, and has very poor strength.
Parsons' performance at University was not as good as Wharton's, and its free throw shooting was poor. Its free throw shooting rate as a senior was a pitiful 55.7%. The defensive ability is also relatively average. He has no speed when playing the 3rd position and no strength when playing the 4th position.
The reason for Parsons' success is his teamwork and his high golf IQ. These things are not easy to pay attention to and discover during the draft.
In Yang Rui's previous life, Parsons was a wonderful team player and a good organizational forward. He doesn't have to control the ball all the time, he releases the ball very quickly, and he is also determined when breaking through, catching and shooting.
Finally, I would like to add that he is very handsome and can increase the appearance of the team.
The draft continued. Yang Rui originally wanted to use his team's 60th pick to pick up Isiah Thomas, but he didn't expect to be beaten by the Kings.
The Kings traded to the No. 57 pick and selected Thomas. They asked Thomas for a trial training and were optimistic about his breakthrough ability, so Thomas signed a three-year contract after joining and was reused. However, the Kings already have Irving in this life, and it is doubtful how much playing time Thomas will get.
Yang Rui is not depressed. Thomas will join the Clippers as a marginal player and is likely to be abandoned. In his previous life, he averaged 28.9 points and 5.9 assists per game in the 2016-17 season, which was a tactical benefit.
No team was willing to let a 175cm player be the core, so the Green Army sent him away that summer.
Olshey finally randomly selected an insider named Art Mayock with the 60th pick, and then traded him to the Pistons.
The draft is over and the day to test everyone's patience has arrived.
On June 30, team executives received a list of people they could not communicate with during the lockout. This includes agents, players’ families, players, etc.
The two sides negotiated for three hours and had too many differences. On July 1, the NBA officially suspended.
NBA Commissioner David Stern said: "Thank you to the fans who enjoy NBA games. The past year was a great year. However, for the team owners, even such a great season, they still have nothing to lose." Profitable. Teams in small cities simply don’t enjoy this kind of fun. Our goal is to make the operation of the league more cost-effective so that all 30 teams in the league can be competitive.”
NBA Vice President Adam Silver said: "The labor agreement that just expired was not a win-win system. That agreement caused our team to suffer huge financial losses. We need a business model that can continue to develop. , giving all 30 teams the opportunity to compete for the championship, pay players a reasonable salary and obtain considerable financial returns."
Yang Rui accompanied Scarlett to dubbing, and was interviewed by reporters during his free time. The media asked about the shutdown.
Yang Rui said: "I don't know how this happened. I am just a basketball coach who likes basketball and wants to play exciting games and make the fans happy while enjoying myself. I don't use my brain for things other than games. If there is a lockout, I get to spend more time with my family, which is not a bad thing for me.”
The reporter asked: "The league does not allow you to meet with the players during the holidays. Does this have any impact on you?"
"No way? Many people have said they are waiting to see my child..."
Yang Rui is a minority shareholder of the Clippers and also belongs to the employer, so he is not allowed to contact players.
The league strictly stipulates that team officials cannot text, call, or email players, and cannot interact with players through Facebook, Minion, or Weibo. The league will even check phone records to make sure no employee, not even wives or girlfriends, had contact with players.
Contact with players in any form will result in a fine of $1 million.
A coach and a player meet by chance in a restaurant, and the player who comes after him discovers that the former is in the restaurant and must leave immediately or risk being fined.
In addition, if any members of the coaching staff of an NBA team have children playing in the AUU league or college, these coaches can only watch their own children's games, and cannot watch other players' games, let alone train with their children. . Celtics head coach Rivers is the "key target" of this regulation.
These regulations will cause a lot of trouble. Paul plans to hold his own wedding in September this year, and he invited Yang Rui to attend. If the NBA is still suspended by then, then Yang Rui must obtain approval from the league if he wants to attend Paul's wedding.
Not to mention that the NBA's regulations are strange, there is indeed the possibility of "collusion". When both parties are fighting for the interests of labor and management, if one party reveals its trump card, it will obviously cause huge loss of interests.
Players can meet each other, and many of them have made appointments to play in street ball leagues together. While ensuring their condition, they can also recruit players to their own teams.