The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 97 [The worst team wants to be drafted]

Thibodeau is going to spend three days dealing with matters in Boston, and then go to Los Angeles to sign and participate in the draft as the head coach.He chatted with Ye Feng and Ariel for an hour about team rebuilding.

In the free market, there are several players that Thibodeau admires, all of whom are defensive, such as Matt Barnes of the Warriors, Josh Smith of the Eagles, and Andre Iguodala of the Philadelphia 76ers.

After hearing that Barnes would definitely join, Thibodeau was very happy and said with a smile: "There is another Celtics player. I hope the Clippers can introduce him. If he is willing to come...as long as the introduction I said A few people, plus Ye Feng, I am confident that the Clippers' defense will immediately rise to a higher level, and it is very possible to hit the playoffs next season."

Ariel asked: "Who is from the Celtics? If you recommend him, he should come?"

Thibodeau smiled bitterly: "That's enough, I'm talking about Tony Allen, he is a very good perimeter defensive player."
"Brother egg pain?" Ye Feng was embarrassed...

In the Celtics VS Lakers game, Tony Allen suffered the most bizarre injury in basketball history after Ye Feng made a ferocious save.After that, the fans gave him a sad nickname "Brother Egg Pain", which has completely spread.

Tony Allen is a super defensive backcourt player with excellent attitude, awareness and ability.He was injured again in the playoffs, otherwise he might have played well in the finals.He has just finished his rookie contract, and his worth will not be too high.

Ye Feng knew that Tony Allen was capable, but because of that injury, they formed a bond.Thibodeau wanted him to come, so he had to promise to apologize again and try to invite him.Ariel immediately called Baylor and asked Baylor to contact the agents of these free agents as soon as possible. The door to the summer transfer market has opened.

Just after the season ended, the Clippers and Grizzlies completed their first big deal.The Clippers offered Ye Feng 1200 million a year. After Ye Feng accepted the offer, the Grizzlies signed and traded Ye Feng, Kyle Lowry and the 2009 second-round pick in exchange for Al Thornton. Tom Thomas, Cuttino Mobley, and Josh Davis.

Once the news was confirmed, experts believed that the Clippers had paid too much for Ye Feng, and it was a stupid deal.

Los Angeles fans are very happy, they all like to see Ye Feng dunk.The Clippers held a press conference, Ye Feng and Lowry showed off the new jersey together.Ye Feng still used No. 74, while Lowry chose No. 7.

"Small Steel Cannon" is also very happy to leave the Grizzlies, and finally doesn't have to be a substitute for Mike Conley.Last season, he averaged 25 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3.6 steals in 1.1 minutes per game. The Clippers lacked a point guard and he believed he could be the starter.

Now that the Clippers are short of personnel, they traded Kaman and Rose, and now they have sent four more players. In addition to the retirement of veteran Cassel and Aaron Williams, the Clippers have already left 8 people.Sean Livingston, Paul Davis, Dan Dickau, CJ Watson (one-year basic salary) contract expires, Maggette and Brand choose to jump out of the contract, the Clippers team Everyone is leaving.

Baylor is very anxious, he thinks that the Clippers can't afford a complete team, and the only ones who can be sure to join are Barnes, Lowry, Mutombo and Ye Feng.Among them, Mutombo is still here as a mascot.Ariel is confident that Baylor is ready to poach people in the free market. Now the Clippers have the most generous salary in the league.

Three days later, Tom Thibodeau brought his family to Los Angeles as promised and successfully completed the signing.Thibodeau is full of energy and thinks he has met a good boss.Ye Feng was also very excited, because he ushered in the best coach of the future.

Basketball experts, the major media don't think so. They signed the inexperienced assistant Thibodeau as the head coach for five years. People think that the Clippers were driven crazy by Dunleavy's resignation.

Soon on June 6th, Ye Feng, Ariel, manager Elgin Baylor, and coach Thibodeau flew to New York to participate in the 26 draft held at Madison Square Garden in New York.

A large number of NBA stars, managers, owners and rookies who are about to enter the NBA gathered in New York, and the eyes of fans all over the world are focused here.This is a draft that has attracted much attention, and the rookie evaluation is very high. Because of this, the Clippers' poor performance is even more valuable.

The rookies who are predicted to be high picks have already entered the "green room" of the draft to wait for the results of the draft and participated in the media meeting.The host and top 14 general managers will announce the results here.

The Clippers resigned because of Dunleavy, and the new coach arrived late. They didn't invite rookies to participate in the trial training before the draft, and the preparations were insufficient.But with Ye Feng around, adapting to the situation will not pick a good-for-nothing.Experts also conducted a detailed assessment of the rookies before the start of the draft.The latest forecast is based on the body data of the rookies and the performance in the training camp, which has a high reference value.

Baylor took a list and studied it carefully. After working in the Clippers for many years, he already has draft phobia.

The Los Angeles Clippers are well-deserved "the worst draft team in the league". Apart from the fact that owner Sterling is blind, Baylor has contributed a lot.

God often bestows "rare treasures" on the bottom teams in the draft. Some unlucky teams often have no time to appreciate them and turn them into waste products, such as last year's No. [-] pick Oden.Of course, there are also some teams that choose trash.

Before Brand transferred to the Clippers, they had always been the team that was best at playing poorly. Unfortunately, Baylor's IQ in the draft was almost negative, which resulted in none of their poorly performing teams being successful.

Let's start with 1996.As we all know, 96 is known as the golden generation of rookies.The Clippers hold the No. 7 pick, and it is said that they can choose a good player even if they are blind.However, the Clippers carried forward the humanitarian spirit and amicably gave up Kobe Bryant, Peja Stojakovic, Steve Nash, Jermaine O'Neal and others to the teams behind.

Who did they choose?
Lorenzen Wright!

Few people are familiar with this name, and even Clippers fans will not remember this person.In the three years of the Clippers, the No. 3 rookie who overwhelmed Kobe and Nash averaged only 7 points per game.Now that Wright has already been reduced to a fringe player, perhaps only Ye Feng in the United States is impressed by him, not because of Wright's amazing performance on the court.But in Ye Feng's previous life, in July 7, Wright made headlines when he was murdered at the age of 2010, hopefully not by angry Clippers fans.

The 1997 draft was relatively unpretentious. Except for Duncan, Tracy McGrady and Billups, the other players played ordinary roles in their respective teams.And in this year, the Clippers selected Maurice Taylor (the guy who signed a bad contract with the Rockets).This draft was very successful!What a success!The Clippers actually chose such a good scorer!Some people may say that although Morris Taylor can score, he can't defend. Isn't it a cancer?Can this be considered a success?It was Maurice Taylor who helped the Clippers succeed.Because of Taylor's unremitting efforts, teammates don't need to touch the ball, and they can play mahjong to their heart's content on the court.The Clippers achieved a super bad result of 9 wins and 41 losses in the shrinking season, and successfully won the No. [-] lottery!

In 1998, the opportunity for the Clippers to rise came!They selected the famous Michael Olowokandi with the No. 10 pick!The reason why he is famous is that [-] years later, there are still fans who are willing to discuss a question: which one is more watery?Is it Olowokandi or Kwame Brown?

Look at the players the Clippers missed that year: Mike Bibby, Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter, Dirk Nowitzki, Paul Pierce, too many strongmen... If Ye Feng is The Clippers owner, he will definitely lay off Baylor.

1999 was an accident. The Clippers selected Lamar Odom with the fourth pick.

In 2000, Baylor returned to his mentally handicapped nature.With the third pick, he selected Darius Miles.This is the worst draft year in history. The No. 3 pick is Kenyon Martin, who can only stand on Kidd's shoulders for dunks. The second pick is Swift, and the spring guy who can't play well in the CBA in China. This year is not good. Players, you can be forgiven, although the Clippers missed Michael Redd, Hedo Turkoglu, Jamal Crawford.

In 2001, the Clippers selected Tyson Chandler with the second overall pick.There are Pau Gasol, Zach Randolph, Joe Johnson, Tony Parker, Gilbert Arenas... "The King" is also a good player, Clippers fans should thank God for not letting them Get the No. [-] pick, otherwise Baylor will definitely pick Kwame Brown ahead of Jordan!

In 2002, the Clippers selected Chris Wilcox with the 8th overall pick.At this time, many fans have already begun to consider beheading Baylor... This year's draft has attracted the attention of hundreds of millions of fans because of Yao Ming. What is Wilcox?During his 4 years in the Clippers, the rough averaged only 6 points per game, and the fans once again saw parallel imports, and the best rookie of the year was the 9th pick-Amar'e Stoudemire.After that, there are Caron Butler, Tayshaun Prince, John Salmons, Carlos Boozer and a group of great people.

To sum up, the Clippers have declined to an unrivaled level, but this is not over, and there are tragedies behind.

The 2003 draft year was second only to the golden generation.In addition to Milicic in the top five, James, Wade, Anthony, and Bosh have all become superstars.The Clippers, who have always been good at playing poorly, got the watershed No. 6 pick. They had no choice but to choose a blond hunk, and that was Chris Kaman, who had already been sent away.Kaman is a good center, but only second-rate.The Clippers and the superstar passed by again.

In 2004, the Clippers selected the unlucky boy Sean Livingston with the fourth overall pick.Livingston was a talent, but injuries destroyed him.The Clippers missed a bunch again: Devin Harris, Andre Iguodala, Al Jefferson, Jameer Nelson, Kevin Martin…

2005 is not bad but funny.Perhaps because of the loss of confidence in the local rookies, or because of jealousy at the success of Ginobili and Parker, Baylor embarked on the road of internationalization this year. The 12th pick was Kolo from CSKA Moscow, Russia. Love, no one knows who he is, no one has seen him play.This guy is just a legend in the NBA.The Clippers missed Danny Granger, David Lee...

In 2006, the Clippers had unexpectedly good results and finally had no lottery picks.

That's the state of the Clippers' draft, and why most fans in Los Angeles will deny that the city has another NBA team besides the Lakers.Because the Clippers are too bad, this kind of badness is reflected in the draft.If the Clippers don't make draft mistakes, they can easily form an All-Star team.

Center Pau Gasol (Amar'e Stoudemire), power forward Carlos Boozer (Al Jefferson, Zach Randolph), small forward Dirk Noveth Key (Paul Pierce, Danny Granger), shooting guard Kobe Bryant (Vince Carter, Joe Johnson), point guard Steve Nash (Gilberto Arenas, Tony . Parker).

I believe that no fans will be unfamiliar with these people.If you put aside the different eras and statuses, if these few people really get together, they can definitely build a dynasty, and the Bulls at their peak can't handle them.The Clippers didn't pick anyone, and their most successful pick was Lamar Odom, which is unbelievable.

This time, the Clippers are destined to get out of the bad luck of the draft!
(End of this chapter)