Chapter 1,130 The No. 1 Pick, the No. 2 Pick, the Spurs, the SuperSonics and the Rookies of the 2013 Class!

On June 22, 2013, the smoke from the NBA Finals cleared, but the heat caused by the championship has not retreated at all.

Seattle, once the hub of the NBA's hustle and bustle, seems to be turning a deaf ear to what's happening in the NBA right now.

Once upon a time, the end of the annual finals was the busiest and craziest time in Seattle.

Now, except for a few people, this place does not seem to be a holy city of NBA and basketball.

"The NBA has not had anything to do with us for three years."

In the Seattle SuperSonics training facility, Tucker, Ingles, Danny Green, Nick Collison and others looked at these rookies who came to the Seattle SuperSonics for trial training this year, and everyone had a little nostalgia on their faces.

"I don't know if Yes has gotten out of the shadow of the original."

"You should have walked out, right? After all, Roy has won the championship with the Mavericks and is now doing well with the Mavericks. And Rajon... Rondo, a villain, also got the punishment he deserved after betraying Yes. In the past three years with the Spurs, he has been ridiculed wherever he went. He even lost his place on the team last season because he beat Popovich. He still has two years of contract with the Spurs. The Spurs wanted to take him away last season. He was traded and even willing to give up a first-round pick, but no one took over. Now there are rumors that the Spurs want to buy out the contract of Rondo, the traitor."

"I have also heard that based on his performance over the years, if he is bought out by the Spurs, he can retire directly. No one is willing to take him in. With his strength and temper, how can he ask an ancestor to come back and command at the top of the arc? transportation?"

"So both Rondo and the Spurs deserve it!"

"If he hadn't betrayed Yes, Rondo would have been firmly in the top fifteen by now. He is so greedy that he really thinks he is still a big boss without Yes? I think Danny is much smarter on this point!"

Regarding Tucker's resentment and his obsession with Rondo, Danny Green was a little embarrassed to be praised so much by the team's locker room boss.

Because of his performance in the 2010 Finals, Danny Green was also poached, but he withstood the temptation. Although he was given more money and high status elsewhere, the SuperSonics still kept him grounded.

He knows very well that his performance in the finals was entirely because of Yes's assists. Sure enough, whether in the regular season or the playoffs these years, he is still the same 'Zhang Tielin', although his data is not better than in his rookie season. Less, but compared with that year's finals, it was also a cliff-like drop.

Those teams are poaching him because of his performance in the 2010 Finals. If he goes to these teams,

If he can't show the strength he had in the 2010 Finals, even if he still has the numbers of the Seattle SuperSonics, his situation will not be much better than Rondo.

Therefore, instead of Rondo going to the Spurs to become the boss, he chose to stay in the SuperSonics and continue to be his Zhang Tielin, waiting for the return of Yes and the second spring of his career.

Of course, it was not that he had never thought about leaving at the beginning. After all, the treatment of other teams was indeed good, but Rondo's experience made those players in the Sonics team who were not confident in their talent and strength stay away.

Of course, it's different for players like Gasol and Ibaka who have outstanding talents and have been fully developed by Yes.

Therefore, Danny Green feels that Tucker is right, but Rondo just doesn't know himself clearly enough.

He is obviously at the same level as us role players, but he overestimates himself and thinks he is a genius like Durant, Ibaka, and Gasol.

"I can only say that Yes still spoiled him too much in the past and spoiled him rotten."

Ingalls sighed.

The people at Yes are indeed very nice.

Because he saved Yes once, he came to the team in 2008 and has received five years of salary in vain.

Moreover, the team has never treated him badly. The team even renewed his contract in accordance with the highest standards for a role player.

His statistics for the team last season were 7 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds, but this season the team extended his contract to a five-year, $50 million contract.

Although his three-point shooting percentage reached a season high of 44% last season, in this era where three-pointers are becoming more and more important, he can get a good contract just by relying on these three-pointers after leaving the SuperSonics. , but it will definitely not reach the level of 50 million in 5 years.

When he was expelled from Australia, he never thought that one day he would be able to earn tens of millions of dollars in annual salary in the NBA.

Therefore, he has always been very, very grateful.

I have always simply felt that if Yes is so good, those who betray Yes will definitely not end well.

Just like Rondo.

"Although that guy was punished by God for betraying Yes, the money was actually real. Damn it!"

"Haha, don't think so. The money given to that guy is God's use to punish the Spurs. The Spurs spend so much money every year to support a loser. In order to support this loser, Duncan has to save money and cut his salary for fear that the team will offend. Luxury tax, that's it, the Spurs have paid luxury tax for two years, and the poor owner of the Spurs is worried to death, haha, there are still two years left."

"I heard that Popovich took the initiative to cut his salary because he wanted to use his salary to make up for the losses of the team and the owner?"

"That's right, if Popovich didn't take the initiative to cut his salary, he and Buford Bowen would have pushed for the deal to poach Rondo, and Buford would have left long ago."

"Haha, Popovich resigned from the position of CEO, and gave the position of CEO to Buford, and the salary of the CEO to Buford, so he still has a conscience and knows that he cheated Buford. "

"I think Bowen also has a good conscience. It was he who recommended that man to Popovich, so on the night when 'Good Friday' happened and Popovich and that man were nailed to the pillar of shame, Bowen He left the court in a daze and was hit by a car. One leg was already lame, and the other leg was also lame. It could have been cured, but because of the guilt for Popovich's vicissitudes of the night, he ended up being the same as before. , unwilling to undergo surgery, now both legs are lame, and I have been in a wheelchair for three years.”

"During the three years that Bowen was in a wheelchair, Timberwolves fans, Raptors fans, and our SuperSonics fans, fans of many NBA teams, were very happy for three years."

"Bowen deserves it. He has ruined so many people's careers and is now in a wheelchair. It's an advantage for him!"

Although the Cavaliers shouted the slogan "Arch the Holy City, Crushing the Fairy Tale" after winning the championship not long ago, which really made them very unhappy, but every time they talk about the Spurs' experiences in the past three years, these Sonics players can always put aside their unhappiness. Become happy.

In the past three years, Sonics players have watched the Spurs lively and SuperSonics fans have watched the Spurs' jokes, which has become the spice for them to wait for Yes.

"It's a pity that the Spurs got a good draft pick this year."

"After all, we have been unlucky for two years, and we cannot be unlucky again this year. And it is really better than luck. Isn't our luck better? When we traded C.J. Watson to the Magic, we got the first-round pick, and now it has become Got the Role Model Sign!"

"I'm really lucky. Unfortunately, this is a small draft year and there are not very strong players. It would have been nice if Tony Roten participated in the draft a year later."

"Haha, Tony Roten was the second pick in last year's draft. That's because the No. 1 pick had thick eyebrows. If it were this year, Tony Roten would not be available for the second pick."

"That's true, but when I think about it, this year's top pick Oladipo's draft template is Tony Allen and Danny, and I feel a little speechless."

Hearing this, Danny Green himself wanted to laugh.

The draft template for Oladipo, the popular No. 1 pick this year, is Tony Allen at worst and Danny Green at best.

He never imagined that one day he could become the model for the top pick in the NBA draft.

In addition to Oladipo, there are several other popular rookies.

Otto Porter is Prince and Trey Burke is teammate Ty Lawson. The difference in quality in this draft is shocking.

And this is also an important reason why the draft picks of the Antetokounmpo brothers have skyrocketed as the draft approaches and as Noel becomes injured. It is obvious that the current leader of the University of Washington is Magic Jr., but apart from E.J. Magic, He has a high golf IQ, but his hard talent is indeed not as good as the Antetokounmpo brothers.

Among the contributors to the University of Washington's championship this year, the Antetokounmpo brothers were drafted higher than Magic Johnson. Of course, everyone was also a lottery pick.

It is precisely because there are no rookies with absolute advantages in this year's draft, and the competition is very fierce. No one can guarantee that they will win the lottery, or that they will be the number one pick.

Everyone's strength is too close.

For NBA teams, this rookie class is very bad, the worst in history.

But for these rookie players, it is the most difficult, because everyone is too close, and the competition is far more difficult than in previous drafts. They may accidentally fall from the top pick to the back, or even fall out of the lottery.

For a player whose draft template was Tony Allen and Danny Green, is it surprising that he fell out of the lottery?

Even Oladipo himself wouldn't be surprised.

At the Seattle SuperSonics training facility, Oladipo was gritting his teeth and working hard.

But his eyes were always fixed on E.J. Johnson, the little magician, who looked elegant and easy-going even on the court, even when he was sweating.

This is his biggest opponent!

Even though he is now predicted to be high in the draft, the little magician's name is too famous!

NCAA three consecutive championships, NCAAmop, no matter how hard the game is, no matter how strong the opponent, every time he confronts the opponent on the court, he always has that kind of "elegant and easy-going" and "joyful" smile on his face. Every opponent will be upset by his smile.

He is an anomaly on the basketball court. Many NCAA players even said privately that they did not even dare to look at him and would feel chills all over as long as they were stared at by his eyes.

He is a combination of a smiling assassin and a magician. He is the most feared 'smiling gentleman' in the NCAA. He will feel uncomfortable when he is looked at by his eyes and touched by his hands. The smiling magician, E.J. Johnson !

Even him!

When his gaze was noticed by the little magician and the little magician looked over, he didn't dare to look at this guy.

He clearly knew how his soul was trembling when this guy looked at him and was touched by this guy's hands.

In this year's NCAA top 16, Indiana University was defeated by the University of Washington because he was fooled by this little magician.

If it weren't for the little magician's average talent, he would definitely be the number one pick. Of course, the average talent mentioned here is only compared to his father. His two-meter height is not short at all for the point guard position.

And his playing style is exactly the same as his father's.

Other small point guards like to open up space and break through. His style of play is to confront defensive players on the offensive end, use his body to entangle the opponent, and then pass the ball and hook like his father. He is even better than his father. Prefers to fight with offensive players.

Look at all the meat on his body, how can he be an NCAA player?

He is 1.93 meters and 97 kilograms. He is already extremely strong among NCAA guards. However, in this year's NCAA top 16, he was suppressed by him in confrontation!

In the training tube of the Seattle SuperSonics, Oladipo did not dare to look at the little magician, and he was not used to the extremely aggressive eyes and extremely evil smile.

Faced with Oladipo's retreat, E.J. Johnson just smiled.

Soul mates are indeed not easy to find.

"But don't worry, there is no better place to find your soul mate than on the basketball court!"

This is the largest platform for same-sex dating and same-sex fighting!

Oh Kelly, you can't run away!

At this time, the little magician didn't notice that CJ McCollum, who was leaning against him behind him, was already trembling a little.

The smile on the corner of the mouth seen from the side really makes the souls of these little cucumbers tremble!

So lethal!

Because the Seattle SuperSonics have two first-round draft picks this year, one of which is a high-ranking second pick. Although Yes is no longer with the Seattle SuperSonics, the Seattle SuperSonics training camp still attracts a lot of outstanding players. players.

Not to mention the two popular lottery brothers Thanasis Antetokounmpo and Giannis Antetokounmpo, Oladipo, Magic Johnson, Trey Burke, Pope and other popular rookies are almost It's all here.

Compared with the Spurs, who won the No. 1 pick, the Seattle SuperSonics' No. 2 pick is more attractive.

The current Spurs are no different from a quagmire.

Because of Rondo's incident, the Spurs are in chaos now.

General manager Buford resigned, and Popovich resigned as CEO, but the team's reputation still plummeted. Bowen and Brian Knight, the team's successors as head coach and general manager, are already in a wheelchair, and the other has no accumulation. Sufficient reputation for succession failed, and the Spurs' new general manager was hired by the Spurs owner to reform the Spurs' shortcomings. The Rondo incident made the Spurs owner tremble. Such players can be replaced by Buford Popovich, Wright Bowen, etc. For someone to offer such a contract, this group of people's status in the Spurs is too high and they have too much power.

It can be said that the Spurs have now fallen into a quagmire of power struggle and chaos.

It's just because Popovich and Buford have made too much contribution and their status is too high. Even if Popovich seems to others to be Alzheimer's, to Spurs fans and the Spurs team, like Team USA. It is also unrealistic to clean up Popovich like the legacy of Popovich and Rondo.

We don’t know how long the Spurs’ new general manager and Popovich will continue to fight. No one wants to become a victim of a power struggle.

Therefore, the Sonics are still better. No matter how they don't have Yes, they are still a strong team in the league. The league is famous for being willing to give young people opportunities.

These rookies this year are working hard on the court and showing off.

They take this trial very seriously.

The Sonics also attach great importance to it. With so many Sonics players coming to watch, in addition to team general manager Presti and the team's four core players, the two big guys Nelson and Rick Sander also come to watch. coming.

Even the previous four-core core players of the Sonics, Durant, James Harden, Milicic and Millsap, also came.

But he was quickly called away by the SuperSonics general manager.

"Kawhi, do you know what Sam called KD and the others for? Was it to convince Ty Lawson to stay?"

This year's rookies don't have much appeal, so the Sonics took a look at the players and shifted their focus.

He looked at Leonard, who had been silent and silent.

Leonard is a very special presence in the Sonics.

Among the rookies in 2010, Avery Bradley, Cousins, and John Wall have all made their mark, and even Paul George and Gordon Hayward behind Leonard have already made their mark. .

Even later, Bledsoe has already won the best sixth man with the Warriors.

But Leonard...

He is still playing a tepid role on the bench with the Seattle SuperSonics.

Can't say his performance was bad.

There are some statistics, the shooting percentage is not bad, the defense is also very good, there are basically no shortcomings, and he is completely qualified to serve as a substitute for Durant.

However, if he were just an ordinary lottery pick, his performance would be completely qualified.

But he is the fourth pick!

With this pick, he can select a lot of good players!

John Wall, Bledsoe, even Paul George, Gordon Hayward, etc., even drafted Isaiah Thomas Jr. and Stephenson better than him.

However, even if Leonard's performance is disappointing for his draft position, he will not have any dissatisfaction with the team.

Because he is Yes' most beloved disciple.

Everyone knows that he is honest and mentally fragile, so every time Yes returns to Seattle, he is the one who pays the most attention.

No one dared him to be wronged in the Seattle SuperSonics.

So even if you are dissatisfied, you have to hold it in.

Moreover, they really have no dissatisfaction with Leonard.

Because they can always get first-hand Yes news from Leonard.

Not only Yes, but also first-hand information about the team. Leonard is too special in the team. He is a role player, but he is treated like a star player.

He's closer to the heart of the team than all of them.

"Sam asked them to go over to inform them that the master is coming back and to get them ready."

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