Chapter 664 The End of the Draft and James’ Decision!

Remember [ ] in one second and read wonderful novels for free without pop-ups!

Who is Ibaka?

The whole world is asking this question at the same time!

In an ordinary hotel in Seattle, Pere Gallego really never thought that the name of a black boy he picked up from Africa a year ago would one day be known to the whole world!

Pere Gallego, he is an ordinary basketball agent, an agent who travels around the country and Africa looking for basketball talents.

For people like Pere Gallego, at best they are agents, at worst they are traffickers.

They wandered around various slums in Africa looking for so-called good prospects, and then brought these good prospects from the slums of various African countries to Europe, and used their terrifying physical talents to crush them in low-level European leagues. I don’t know how many levels of players there are, in order to be valued by teams in top European leagues.

Finally, he sends his players to the first teams or youth teams of these top teams, thereby collecting a lot of commissions.

And now, the Ibaka that the entire Internet is looking for, Serge Ibaka, is one of the many ‘children’ in his name who were taken out of Africa by him!

At the same time, he is also the most outstanding one among the children he brought out.

It is precisely because Ibaka is so outstanding that he brought Ibaka out of Spain and brought him to the United States to participate in NBA draft trials.

Pere Gallego is a very smart man.

As a professional agent or a talent mover in Africa, he knows very well the level of the children he brought back from Africa.

In the final analysis, they are all a group of kids who have not been systematically trained. All they can sell is their talent. They do not have the skills to become popular rookies.

Without skills, even local American talents like Jordan would be in such a difficult situation. This year's NBA draft market is a year where technology is king.

When he brought Ibaka to the United States for the draft, he knew exactly where he and Ibaka were positioned.

The goal is to pick around the end of the first round!

His goal is to trick a team with a late first-round pick into signing Ibaka, who now has nothing but physical talent.

Come down this circle,

It can be said that it has hit a wall one after another!

Most of the teams with low first-round picks are strong teams. Which strong team would like to see Yi who, in addition to physical talent, wants offense but not offense, defense but not defense, skills but not skills, and a football intelligence but not football intelligence? Baka?

In the current environment of an arms race across the NBA, the picks at the end of the first round are prepared for those with strong immediate combat capabilities!

After hitting a wall one after another, when he came to Seattle, the situation between him and Ibaka became slightly better.

SuperSonics general manager Presti is very interested in Ibaka's talent.

But Presti did not make any promises to him and Ibaka, and did not promise whether they would select him with a first-round pick or a second-round pick.

But whether it's a first-round pick or a second-round pick, it doesn't matter as long as Ibaka can be drafted by the NBA or even not drafted. As long as the Sonics want Ibaka, even if they sign him as an undrafted player, Both he and Ibaka can get adequate compensation from the club where they pulled teeth in Spain!

The point is not Ibaka's draft pick, the point is the compensation!

He brought Ibaka from Africa to Europe when he was 17 years old. Now Ibaka is 19 years old. In two years, Ibaka was taken by him to the first team or youth team of four or five teams.

Why can Ibaka move like this?

Of course, it's because Ibaka is his player and the ownership rights belong to him. He can take Ibaka wherever he wants.

If NBA teams want to get Ibaka, of course they need to pay him compensation.

Therefore, even if Presti does not give him any commitment, as long as Presti reveals that he is willing to use one of the 15 players on the SuperSonics roster to hand over to Ibaka, he is willing to continue with Ibaka. Stay in Seattle and wait for the final draft results.

In Pere Gallego's mind, he was prepared for Ibaka to enter the SuperSonics as an undrafted player, and then he left the United States after receiving a million-dollar compensation from the SuperSonics and returned to the SuperSonics. After a period of time in Spain, Harbin Beer continued to return to Africa and traveled around the country looking for the next 'genius' to operate the next 'genius'.

As for whether Ibaka played in the NBA for one or two years and then left, he didn't care. He never thought about being responsible for Ibaka's future.

There is no way, it's not that they are ruthless, they can provide living expenses for Ibaka before they become famous, they can change their age for free, and run publicity, but their cooperation is limited to this, this is all cooperation, each gets what he needs.

Ibaka is the most talented talent he has found after traveling around the world for so many years. He has great expectations for Ibaka. Ibaka is likely to be the first NBA player he has transferred.

The benefits gained from selling these talents to European teams are not the same as selling them to NBA teams.

Therefore, he has high hopes for Ibaka.

But no matter how high his hopes were, he really didn't expect Ibaka to give him such a surprise!

Seeing that the SuperSonics were about to select DeAndre Jordan, he was so out of his mind that he was about to smash the TV!

As long as the SuperSonics select DeAndre Jordan, will there still be a matter of Ibaka?

He could only leave the United States with Ibaka in despair.

If you leave, leave, it doesn't matter, but these are all money!

If he was really that rich, he wouldn't have to go to Africa to work as a porter!

The really rich people move people to Africa. For example, he knows a friend named 'Pig von Egger', who is a real boss.

As long as Ibaka fails in the NBA, he can only sell Ibaka to a European team at a low price, which is considered a loss and the business is lost.

But now!

Selected in the first round!

The compensation that Ibaka can bring him is more than one million US dollars!

Now Pere Gallego is in ecstasy, and the look on his face is seen by Ibaka.

His English is not very good, but he also understood that David Stern just read his name.

He also knew very well that before David Stern read his name, the agent next to him was cursing DeAndre Jordan.

His dream originally ended there.

But in the end, his dream was saved...

Looking at the calm-looking center of the world on TV, Ibaka's fists were clenched tightly.

"Serge, get ready to be a teammate of Yes, get ready to be a big star!"

Yes…

Ibaka's always cold eyes became brighter and brighter, and even Pere Gallego on the side was a little surprised.

This young man who was still begging four years ago now feels a little different to him.

The surprising difference, Pere Gallego can feel, is that Ibaka is no longer a robot that only exists for survival and life.

Robots don’t have such bright eyes!

Seeing Ibaka like this, Pere Gallego smiled after being stunned for a moment.

He was a people mover, but he liked to see images like this that would make him look like he was not betraying God.

"Serge, congratulations, you will succeed."

"Thank you, Mr. Gallego."

Ibaka nodded seriously to Pere Gallego.

"Isn't Ibaka too rubbish?"

“The greatest achievement in your basketball career is being the MVP of the African Youth Championship?”

"Is there such a basketball game in Africa?"

“Isn’t this guy a liar?!”

Who is Ibaka?

This issue is the hottest issue in the world right now, and the power of netizens is great.

Although Ibaka is very mysterious, netizens quickly found out where he came from.

A young man who has not experienced any systematic basketball training, a Ranger who has experienced five teams in two years.

He's such a guy who can't find any information without using Google. How did Yes choose him?

For a time, the entire online world was filled with confusion.

How did Yes know Ibaka and how did they select Ibaka?

"Yes, he saw his photos and videos, saw that his hands and feet were long enough, saw that his body was hard enough, and his hand felt iron enough, so he was happy to appoint him, right?"

It might sound funny to say it.

Netizens have a lot of speculation.

Durant actually felt that this seemingly absurd and ridiculous reason was so reliable.

Yes chose Harden, not because of Harden's big pp. In what aspect can Harden compare to Mayo?

Yes, choose Ibaka. If you didn't fancy Ibaka's length, strength and iron, how could Ibaka compare to DeAndre Jordan?

Thinking of this, Durant also sighed dejectedly.

Now he can understand how Yes chose him and after selecting him, the whole world regarded him as an enemy and wanted to kill him.

Damn it, if he hadn't broken his leg now, he would have wanted to find Harden and Ibaka and kill Harden and Ibaka!

If it weren't for Yes, he wouldn't even want to appear in the same space or world with these two people in this life, not to mention the same team!

However, no matter how depressed Durant is, he can't change Yes' willfulness. The Seattle SuperSonics can obviously play the best of Mayo and DeAndre Jordan, but in the end, Yes was turned into a fool. Hu, this is so funny that it makes Durant and many fans want to cry.

No, because he is Yes, their favorite Yes. They can't cry even if they want to, and they have to laugh with Yes. Now there is a trace of smile on Yes's paralyzed face.

"Although I don't like a lot of things about this guy, his vision for drafting is indeed very good!"

It may seem unbelievable to say that, but this time Jordan actually felt that these two choices of Yes were good.

What are the choices between Mayo and DeAndre Jordan? If you want to choose, choose something exciting. If you succeed, it will be Larry Bird. If you don't succeed, you will find another one.

He was obsessed with Larry Bird-type players and was always gossiped about.

Jordan feels that it is understandable that Yes is obsessed with players with long hands, long legs, strong bones, and stupid players with big butts.

Even if you face the whole world’s incomprehension, you must have the courage to move forward!

Jordan actually found a feeling of sympathy with Yes.

If David Stern knew what Jordan was thinking at this time, he would definitely want to punish the so-called Jordan master.

Keep moving forward, Uncle Stern is going to be played to death by you two boys!

His heart is not good, but Uncle Stern still wants to live for two more years!

Regarding the fact that the Leafs finally used the Sonics' No. 28 pick to select Ibaka, Stern was really helpless and depressed.

But life really does go on.

"With the 29th pick in the first round of the 2008 NBA Draft, the Phoenix Suns selected the guard from Slovenia, Goran Dragic!"

Jordan, the only one sitting in the small green room who was not selected, is now numb.

After experiencing the constant ups and downs of hell and heaven, Jordan is now really numb and mixed with shame and anger.

He is now numb to his draft pick. No matter what pick he is, as long as he enters the NBA, he will go to the NBA to do Yes and do that fancy Ibaka!

He is really angry!

I don’t even know where this Ibaka came from. He is really dissatisfied with losing to such a guy!

"In the 2008 NBA draft, with the 30th pick in the first round, the Houston Rockets selected center Omer Asik from Turkey!"

As the Rockets' selection ended, the Rockets would rather choose a center from Europe than DeAndre Jordan. This made DeAndre Jordan one of the worst rookies in NBA history.

"Sitting in the little green room, you didn't even get selected in the first round. Isn't this too tragic?"

"Although the NCAA was blown away by Love, have NCAA results and performance been so important in the draft in the past?"

"Yes, Yes opened the era of NCAA performance. Yes raised the importance of NCAA performance in the draft by an unknown number of levels!"

There are a lot of whispers and comments about DeAndre Jordan right now at the draft and online.

Even if Jordan doesn't listen, he knows what these people are saying now.

shame!

He has indeed become a shame in NBA draft history.

Last year, there were also no first-round rookies sitting in the small green room, but can last year be compared with this year?

Last year, the little green room was full of Jordan Magicians played by Yes.

What about this year?

There are only 16 people in the small green room!

After finishing his mood, Jordan was waiting for the final verdict.

He doesn't care about so much now, he just wants to enter the NBA!

After entering the NBA, everything is easy to say!

The Miami Heat selected point guard Mario Chalmers with the 31st overall pick.

With the 32nd pick, the Dallas Mavericks selected a European center, Nikola Pekovic.

The Heat didn't select him as a guard, so he accepted it.

But the Dallas Mavericks!

He actually chose a European center again, but he was not willing to choose him!

Mavericks, I took note of that too!

Little Jordan's heart is now completely filled with negative emotions.

"In the 2008 NBA draft, with the 33rd pick in the second round, the Los Angeles Clippers selected center DeAndre Jordan from Texas A&M University!"

DeAndre Jordan was finally chosen.

After practicing his name, David Stern breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Jordan, who is sitting below, has turned extremely dark, okay!

If he is not selected, David Stern really doubts that Rodman, whom he was previously optimistic about, will really do what Rodman would do.

Well now, I've finally been selected. The Los Angeles Clippers are pretty good. I'll take note of your contributions this time.

but……

"When I get to the NBA, I will make all 29 NBA teams regret it with my performance!"

Many people at the scene wanted to see what Jordan would say. When Jordan finally said what he had been holding back for a long time, the scene was really quiet.

David Stern on DeAndre Jordan's side has some headaches.

Nick Young, Westbrook, and this little Jordan...

The players the Clippers have recently drafted seem to be a bit stubborn, right?

"This kid's murderousness is quite strong. He can compete with that kid Russell."

Afflalo looked at Ye Si expectantly.

This guy's eyes are always so annoying.

"It doesn't matter."

"I knew you would say that. I'm afraid there aren't that many players who can give you so-called players. After all, this kid is not me, hahahahaha!"

"..."

Seeing this guy enjoying himself again, Ye Si didn't know what to say.

This year's NBA draft has actually come to an end when it enters the second round.

Even in a good draft year, the rookies left in the second round are not that good.

So many people at the scene didn't care about other people's names at all after Jordan was selected by the Clippers.

Afflalo's ears are perking up, though, because his teammate, Luc Mbah a Moute, hasn't been drafted yet.

As one of the starting five, Mbah a Moute fell to the second round. It was surprising, which made Afflalo very worried.

"Yes, you should know what an outstanding player Luke is. Are all NBA scouts blind this year?!"

"Doesn't anyone understand the value of Luke?"

Afflalo was unhappy, and Yes could understand Afflalo's displeasure.

Because Mbah a Moute is indeed a very good player.

"In the 2008 NBA draft, with the 34th pick in the second round, the Golden State Warriors selected the forward, Luke Richard Mbah a Moute!"

Just after Afflalo finished scolding, Mbah a Moute's name appeared.

After hearing that the Warriors selected Mbah a Moute, Afflalo stood up from his seat in excitement after being stunned for a moment!

"I can be teammates with Luke on the Warriors?!"

Afflalo was selected by the Warriors with the fourth overall pick, and he can indeed be teammates with Mbah a Moute again.

The two have been teammates for three years in college. If they can still be teammates in the NBA, it will be a good story.

However, Afflalo's excitement was shattered within a short time.

As soon as the draft ended, Afflalo received a call from Jerry West before he even walked out of the venue.

The Warriors, Mavericks, and Nets completed a three-party transaction. Afflalo was sent to the Mavericks by the Warriors, and Beasley was sent to the Warriors. This transaction also involved many other players. For example, Mavericks guard Devin Harris and Warriors guard Monta Alice, Devin Harris will go to the Nets, Monta Alice will go to the Mavericks, and the Nets and Mavericks will send next year's unprotected first-round pick. Here comes the Warriors.

"A shocking deal!"

Compared with what Jerry West did, the Sonics sent David Lee and this year's No. 58 pick Joe Crawford to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for James Harden, which seemed like a small deal. transaction.

Afflalo is very sluggish now. He was traded before he even reported to Golden State.

However, this is normal. The draft is a high-trading period.

But what comforted Afflalo a little was that soon, really soon, Ye Si beside him was also stunned.

Follow Ye Si's gaze and look at the big screen in the square.

A player is broadcasting live on the big screen.

"It was a tough decision to leave Cleveland and take our talent to Miami..."

"Miami has my brothers, Cleveland is my hometown..."

"Thank you to the Cleveland fans for loving me, my heart is still with you!"

Looking at the man with tears in his eyes on the big screen, Afflalo mechanically turned his head and looked at Ye Si beside him.

For the first time, it was really the first time that he saw the cold air radiating from his friend's body being so cold!

This friend of his has always been an aloof guy, as cold as the king of the snow-capped mountains with a high collar.

But this is the first time it has been so cold!

"Why."

At the same time, this was also the first time Afflalo saw his friend gnashing his teeth and being so emotional!

Isn't it a semi-open secret that James left the Cavaliers?

Why is Yes so angry? !

Yes, this brain circuit is too strange, right?

Afflalo's current situation was not only seen by Afflalo, but also by all the reporters around him.

For a moment, the entire NBA seemed to be shrouded in the cold air emanating from Ye Si!

()