Chapter 890 [Hype for Show, Degenerate Alliance]
After the holiday, Yang Rui made some draft suggestions. The team's second-round pick plus the second-round pick that Crabbe got back from the Pelicans in the original trade were traded away, leaving only one first-round pick.
Norman Powell and Malcolm Brogdon both have potential and are worth cultivating. If they choose rookies, they will only be marginal players. It is better to renew their contract and become a veteran.
Leaving the 30th pick in the first round, Yang Rui wanted to see if he could draft forward Kyle Kuzma. This is a rookie with great potential and a lower pick. In his previous life, he was selected by the Lakers with the 27th pick. Both scored 16 points. He has comprehensive offensive methods, including catch-and-shoot jumpers, pull-up jumpers, air cuts, and low-post footwork, making it difficult to be restricted on the court.
There were some changes in the 2017 draft. Malik Newman, who participated in the Yang Rui training camp and performed best that year, successfully transformed into a point guard and gave up his hometown underdog to join the University of Kentucky. He participated in this draft and was selected by the Timberwolves with the 16th pick.
The 76ers made another No. 1 pick, selecting shooting guard Markelle Fultz. He is 193cm tall, but has a wingspan of 208cm. He has amazing athletic ability, fast speed, strong jumping, and a talented guard with comprehensive skills.
The Lakers ranked second again and selected "Ball Brother" Lonzo Ball. In the new season, he will show how steel is made and challenge the unprecedented "100 Club" in total field goal percentage.
The Magic drafted forward Jayson Tatum. The Celtics like this guy very much, but they have not traded Pierce or Garnett with the Nets in this life, nor do they have the right to swap the 2017 first-round pick with the Nets.
The Lakers did not trade Lou Williams last season in exchange for the relatively late first-round pick. Unfortunately, Kuzma was still "cut off" and the Raptors recruited him into the team.
After Clippers manager Nell Olshey sent a text message to Yang Rui to discuss, he selected blue-collar center Tony Bradley, who had an outstanding body and amazing wingspan, and then traded him to the Jazz.
After the draft, on June 27, the 2017 NBA Awards Ceremony was held in Manhattan City Park, New York. This was the first time in NBA history that the major awards of the regular season were announced in the form of an awards ceremony.
Adam Silva thinks he is good at putting on a show and promoting hype, but the fans don't buy it because the awards came too late and the winner was decided half a month ago. In addition to the big news of Yang Rui's retirement, who cares about what happened in the regular season two and a half months ago?
The announcement of the award so late made people suspect that there might be some ulterior secret operation, which caused a lot of controversy.
The best defensive team, Kawhi Leonard, Draymond Green, and Rudy Gobert are undisputed. The two point guards of the Rockets, Beverley and the Mavericks, Paul, were selected to the defensive first team together. Fans thought it was too nonsense.
After D'Antoni joined, the Rockets became a team that relied on offense to win. The Mavericks' Paul even missed 20 games in the regular season.
The Clippers' "Antetokounmpo" Giannis Antetokounmpo and Danny Green were selected to the defensive second team. The other three are Tony Allen, Anthony Davis, and Andre Robertson.
Judging from the defensive data, James is not unjust this time. After changing teams, his defensive enthusiasm in the regular season was no longer enough.
The best defensive player was won by Draymond Green for the second time in his career. He is the core of the Clippers' defense and is extremely versatile.
The Rookie of the Year was won by Joel Embiid of the Lakers. He barely met the selection criteria in the number of games he played. The 2016 class was the worst draft in the past 30 years. Apart from Embiid, there was no rookie in the game this season. Both scored in double figures. Embiid is not yet a 16-year-old rookie, and he took two years off to play in the NBA.
The Best Coach Award went to Dwayne Casey of the Raptors, who unexpectedly won the second record in the Eastern Conference.
The Sixth Man of the Year is Rockets shooting guard Eric Gordon, who scores more points than LaVine and averages 3.3 three-pointers per game.
The Most Improved Player is Antetokounmpo, who was named an All-Star this year.
The regular season MVP was finally awarded to Kevin Durant.
The controversy is very big because Durant has just joined the Wizards. This team was first in the Eastern Conference last year and their record did not improve much. Durant made a big mistake. It is impossible for the league to give the award to Curry again. Giving it to others would be more controversial than Durant.
Silva also specially came up with some useless new awards to be awarded to the players as a show of encouragement.
Teammate of the Year award Dirk Nowitzki, the reason is that he becomes stronger with age, a leader in the locker room and so on.
Bill Russell received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
A collaboration between Draymond and Curry won the best assist award; Oladipo won the best dunk award of the year; Leonard won the best block award of the year.
There is also an annual "Sager Strong Award", the winner is Spurs Vice President Monty Williams.
Silva said that in order to commemorate the famous basketball journalist Craig Sager who passed away last year, to commemorate his contribution to the basketball career and his heroic final battle with leukemia, the NBA decided to launch the "Sager Strong Award" for the first time this year. , to honor those pioneers in the alliance who are full of courage, faith, and compassion.
Monty Williams won the award because his wife was tragically killed in a car accident. After that, he resigned from his job as an assistant coach with the Thunder. He gave a touching speech and forgave the perpetrator with great compassion. By.
After watching the award ceremony, Yang Rui did not plan to return to coaching in the future. The NBA has now begun to develop in the direction of "China's Good Cry", and the only thing left is singing and mentoring. It's only a matter of time before the NBA becomes as fake as WEE. It's boring.
In July, the NBA free market opened, and the signing situation was even crazier than last year.
The Raptors renewed Otto Porter's contract for 106 million for four years, which is more expensive than Antetokounmpo's contract extension. He is just a role player.
The Raptors re-signed core point guard Kyle Lowry for $100 million over three years, which is even more terrifying.
Even point guard Jrue Holiday, who is at risk of injury, signed a five-year, $126 million contract extension with the Pelicans.
Ordinary stars are so expensive, so you can imagine the price of top stars.
The Rockets renewed a four-year contract with James Harden in advance. Last summer, the Rockets re-signed a four-year $118 million contract with Harden. In the next two seasons, Harden's salary will be 28.3 million US dollars and 30.42 million US dollars, a six-year total contract of 226 million.
With the increase in the salary cap, Conley's "first contract" has become very common. It's no wonder that Conley, who had the largest contract in history at the time, said there was no pressure and he would get used to it in two years. It happened just one summer later.
Under these conditions, Yang Rui decisively asked manager Olshey to give up the trade for Zach LaVine. If he uses him for one more season, he will let him go for nothing next year. LaVine's contract next season is too low, and his performance level is worth two thousand. If you keep it for more than 10,000 yuan and use it for another year, you will make money. In exchange for young players who have not performed well, the Clippers will not be able to train them.
There is nothing that needs to be adjusted in the Clippers' lineup. Most of the players are under contract. Only David Lee took the ring and announced his retirement. The Clippers signed power forward Jeff Green for $2.3 million in one year as his replacement.
Green averaged 9.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game with the Magic last season, while shooting less than 40% from the field. He mainly relies on jump shots to score. He is only 31 years old this year, has good athletic ability and can make a difference.
The Clippers have three Greens, and next season will test the performance of the Chinese commentators.
If playing small ball tactics, maybe Chinese fans will hear a multi-shadow commentary: "Green grabbed the backcourt rebound and passed it to Green to counterattack. He quickly advanced to the frontcourt and passed it to Green who followed up in the middle for a dunk. !”
Next season, the Clippers' lineup will still be the strongest in the league.
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