Chapter 575: The Next Stop

The shock wave of the Clippers' championship lasted for about a week in the United States, and the 2014 season officially came to an end.

The Clippers have become the big winners of the season, with the best record in the regular season, the championship, the MVP of the regular season, the assists leader of the season, the best coach of the season and several other heavyweight awards.

Their attendance, ticket sales, ratings, and jersey sales have all reached an all-time high.

Even Clippers has more Google searches than Lakers this year, and Los Angeles has finally started with a C instead of an L for several years.

But this situation will be different on the eve of the 2014 draft.

The 2014 draft is the first draft after Xiao Hua came to power, and it is undoubtedly of great significance to the Xiao Hua era.

Thirty years ago, in 1984, in Starn's first season after taking charge of the NBA, the emergence of the "golden generation" in the draft brought the NBA to its peak in the 1990s.

Basketball is a sport that requires talents and superstars, especially in a commercial league like the NBA. Stars are the foundation of a large number of fans in this sport.

When you have a lot of talented superstars, the commercial value of the league will thrive, because all the fans love to watch the star game.

The 2014 draft is also considered to be a big draft year, and the top pick Andrew Wiggins has been trumpeted to overtake James -- routine, routine.

What's more, this year's No. 1 pick is in the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers. Is there a better situation than this?

As the team with the most commercial value in the league, there is really no more perfect situation than this to let a super talent take over, and he is also the small forward that the Lakers need most.

Therefore, the peak of the Clippers' topic only lasted for a week, and the attention of major forums and media has shifted to the draft and the Lakers.

Touted by various media, coupled with the needs of the Lakers themselves, it is obvious that Andrew Wiggins was selected by the Lakers as a lice on the bald head.

Now the center of the topic has shifted to "Whether Wiggins can play a magical role like Li Liang after coming to the Lakers".

Some people who are short-sighted and don't understand the game think that Li Liang, a 56th pick in the second round, can help the Lakers win the championship and win the FMVP. Wiggins may be the second magician when he comes to the Lakers.

He can perfectly take over the baton from Kobe, and Kobe may be able to play until the age of 42 like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

For this part of the ball blind, you don't know the power of the system, so I don't blame you.

There is another part that needs to be much calmer, knowing that Li Liang is rare in a hundred years. He has proved himself with the MVP and championship in the Clippers.

However, the arrival of Wiggins can indeed quench the Lakers' thirst. If the Lakers operate properly, they may be able to reproduce the glory of 13 years.

Therefore, 14 years of depravity can be said to be a blessing in disguise, and God let the Lakers live for another 10 years.

Anyway, for a while, such news reports were full of excitement, very lively.

On the day of the draft, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the address of this draft did not select Madison again, but used the new home court of the Nets.

Xiao Hua also wanted to reflect the new atmosphere of newcomers.

There is not much suspense about the result of the draft. The Lakers won the Canadian player Andrew Wiggins from the University of Kansas with the first pick in the first round.

The young man with a big smile and a big mouth, wearing a yellow Lakers hat, grinned wide-eyed in front of the camera.

Another No. 1 pick of the Lakers was born, and his outstanding physical fitness surprised everyone before the draft.

Many people have previewed that he will be the Lakers' second Cobra Worthy-although his current one looks more like a big mouth clam.

Later, the Bucks took Jabari Parker with the second pick, and the Philadelphia 76ers took center Joel Embiid from Cameroon with the third pick.

Until the seventh pick, the Sacramento Kings took Nick Stauskas.

At the eighth pick, it was the turn of the Cleveland Cavaliers to choose. In a corner of the Barclays Center, someone was very nervous, and then Silver read the name of the Cavaliers' pick-"Julius Randle."

"marvelous!"

In the corner, Zhu Shu secretly rejoiced that Randall was selected by the Cavaliers with the eighth pick.

Zhu Shu watched Randall stand up from the chair, hugged his family, then walked onto the stage and shook hands with Xiao Hua.

He didn't look particularly happy, because being selected by the Cavaliers really felt like being assigned.

Because Cleveland has always been a cursed place in the NBA, and even in the American sports world, without a professional league champion.

In the NBA, they are even worse, with all kinds of weird operations, even if the auspiciousness of heaven sent a LeBron James, they were still rushed away by the team in the end.

Randle was drafted by the Cavaliers, and there is always a bad feeling.

But Zhu Shu was very happy. After Randall stepped down to accept the interview, Zhu Shu saw Randall and said, "Congratulations, Judy, you have entered the NBA!"

Randall nodded, with a little smile on his face, and replied: "Thank you, thank you for everything, I'm going to Cleveland..."

Seeing that Randall was a little frustrated, Zhu Shu patted his arm and said, "It's okay, someone will go with you!"

Randall didn't realize the meaning behind this sentence.

A few hours after the draft ended, a super heavy news immediately detonated the league and even the National Sports Forum:

The Los Angeles Clippers decided to buy out Bruce Lee's contract, making Bruce Lee a free agent and not signing Li Liang.

The weight of this news is comparable to Li Liang's decision to leave the Lakers for the Clippers last summer.

buyout? Are the Clippers crazy?

I have seen buyouts of veterans, buyouts of rubbish contracts, but I have never seen buyouts of leading stars, and they are still 5 million contracts.

Li Liang's contract can be said to be the most cost-effective contract in NBA history, not one of them. With this contract, the Clippers have a very high chance of winning consecutive championships next year, but it turned out to be bought out.

After the buyout, the Clippers had no way to renew Li Liang's contract, which meant that Li Liang had to test the free market again.

The managers of the teams who had been idle because of the draft went crazy and started making frantic phone calls. Zhu Shu's mobile phone and Wei Dazhi's mobile phone were all blown up, text messages and voicemail boxes were full, and Wei Dazhi's tweet The following are all messages.

Needless to say, the domestic forum, the server exploded again.

Li Liang, what is this?

A good master travels around the world?

See two children soon?

This is too much, the Lakers won the championship and left, and the Clippers won the championship and left. Is there anyone like you?

There really has never been such a strange thing in NBA history.

The explanation given by Li Liang is very reasonable-after making this decision, Wei Dazhi's Twitter was updated, saying, "Li Liang wants to get a bigger contract, and the Clippers have no room."

Makes sense, but really... I'll fuck you!

If Li Liang wants to get a big contract, he was able to sign a big contract with the Lakers last year. As long as he renews his contract in advance and stays with the Lakers, he will definitely be guaranteed a maximum salary in the future.

But he chooses to take a shot to change places, so he can only go to the team with space.

Moreover, his salary does not get the bird rights bonus. According to his three-year playing experience, he can only get 25% of the salary cap contract. According to the 14-year salary cap estimate, it should be around 15 million .

To be honest, with this salary, any team with a little space can win it, and if there is no space, it can be squeezed out.

Therefore, the free market was completely silent for a while, but all the teams with some space stayed put and were desperately looking for news, sending messages to Zhu Shu, to Wei Dazhi, to anyone who could get close to Li Liang, and invited Li Liang to them. team.

What is Li Liang called?

Poverty Alleviation Ambassador!

Because as long as there is space, it is some weak teams, and the strong teams have long had no room to sign.

Even so, several strong teams are desperately trying to find a way, using special cases, using middle class, and even buyouts, hoping to make up a space of 15 million and get Li Liang.

Only Li Liang's coming will be a qualitative improvement for any team and can bring huge commercial value.

And Li Liang didn't make everyone wait too long.

It is not Li Liang's style to procrastinate for time. Li Liang thinks about problems very simply, depending on his mood and personal wishes.

Now he doesn't even read the quests in the books anymore.

He went to the library on the west coast to browse around, and after winning the championship at the end of the finals, he got a [library card].

It means that he can choose any of the 15 teams in the West.

But he wasn't interested, he didn't want to stay in the west anymore, he wanted to go east.

On June 27, US time, Wei Dazhi tweeted the answer:

"Next stop, Cleveland."