NBA big yellow bird

Chapter 68 The end of the regular season
New York NBA Headquarters, Commissioner's Office.

David Stern hung up the phone, and the "bald man" next to him looked at him with a nervous expression on his face: "Teacher, what did Auerbach call?"

"What else can he say, let me recall the past, for example... how he secretly worked hard to make me the president of the league!" David Stern took off the gold-rimmed glasses hanging from the tip of his nose, rubbed his brows, as if recalling, "How time flies!" When he accepted the position of president of the league, he was just in his thirties, and now he is already in his fifties.

"How dare he recall these things with you? If it weren't for him, how could the alliance have formed such an atmosphere at that time!"

"Baldhead" made a complaint.

That is to say, Zhu Wan didn’t hear it, otherwise he would definitely say: “It depends on who you compare with. If you compare with you, Auerbach is actually nothing! You are really ruthless when you start the NBA!”

That's right, this "bald guy" is the new NBA president Xiao Hua in the future. He lives up to his name and is a joke.

And the "that kind of atmosphere" in his mouth refers to the atmosphere in which Auerbach relied on his disciples all over the league in the 80s and turned the NBA into a private server. At that time, Auerbach could be said to have the draft pick if he wanted the draft pick.

This is why there are so many NBA head coaches coming and going, and Auerbach is the only one.

Of course, in the end, David Stern turned the table and said directly: "The NBA does not allow such an awesome general manager to appear!"

A crazy target, the most deadly operation was to sign the No. 97 pick in the [-] draft to the Spurs, directly forcing Auerbach to retire.

With his departure, the "Green Army" collapsed, and the Celtics continued to be targeted by him, making it difficult to do anything.

This "Game of Thrones" ended with David Stern winning.

Seeing Silver's resentment, Stern just shook his head slightly and didn't answer. He was actually very grateful to Auerbach. Without this opponent, he couldn't grow so fast. After sending Auerbach away, David Stern felt that being the president was meaningless for a few years.Although there are some people who are playing tricks, compared with Auerbach, they are all the calls of kittens and puppies, which is really not worth mentioning.

"I think this guy just wants to come back again!" Xiao Hua muttered again fiercely.

"Yes, you are really right. He really wants the Celtics to come back into everyone's sights! He also told me frankly that he is very interested in the 03 draft!"

"It's a beautiful idea, can you let him come back to destroy the free market?" Xiao Hua asked Stern, "Teacher, you didn't agree?" He felt that Stern could not agree.

"No, I agree!"

Unexpectedly, David Stern gave an unexpected answer.

Seeing Xiao Hua's expression of not being able to see Sister Li, he explained: "The owners of at least three teams have communicated with me now, and they all want this year's No. [-] pick. The Grizzlies, Cavaliers, and Nuggets... I took a look. The No. [-] pick in the last ten years really has nothing to do with them! Logically, they can all be given!"

"So, none of my three bosses gave a clear answer. I have already thought about this year's No. [-] lottery. I will leave it to God to decide!"

"But in this way, the three bosses should all have complaints against you?" Xiao Hua was a little worried.

"That's why I let go!" David Stern put on his gold-rimmed glasses again, "Let them fight!" After more than [-] years of experience, now David Stern dares to use Auerbach as a pawn.

"By the way, let him know that times have changed. Even if he comes out, it is impossible for the Celtics to rise easily!"

David Stern was full of confidence, and Auerbach, who hung up the phone on the other side, also let out a sigh of relief. About 5 minutes later, the phone he had just put down rang at this time. "Cardinal" seemed to know who it was, picked it up and said directly: "Okay, buddy, David let go, you just follow the plan!"

The person who called was none other than Danny Ainge, the current general manager of the Celtics, who is currently considered to be "the most ineffective general manager in the league".

But Danny Ainge couldn't tell because he was suffering in his heart. The league secretly targeted the Celtics, and he couldn't do anything if he wanted to.

This is not the first time. Auerbach ignored it before and let him figure out a way. First, he understood that David Stern was "settling after the autumn", and he must target it for a period of time; second, in previous drafts, there was no player who attracted Auerbach's heart...

It was the same this year. It wasn't that LeBron James and Anthony couldn't catch his eyes. He was still very tempted by these two "Heaven's Chosen Ones", but he knew very well that these two guys probably had arranged for David Stern to go to the Celtics.

But Zhu Wan's birth made Auerbach's eyes shine immediately, especially after Larry Bird also expressed his appreciation for this guy, he felt that this Huaxia boy was a bit interesting.

He's not one to be biased because of the color of his skin!
Don't forget, who was the first black player to start in the league, and who chose a white man when the entire team was black!

Since he has set a precedent many times, for him, as long as he is capable enough, people of yellow race can also be used as the core!
And Zhu Wan's more and more outstanding performance so far has also made Auerbach more and more tempted, and this is the scene where he called Stern to recall the past.

"But we may not be able to get a high pick if we start to play badly now?" Although Auerbach said earlier that the record should be controlled at No. 11 in the Eastern Conference in order to quickly fall short, but the current bad tide in the league, even if the Celtics start to play now, they will only be the sixth, seventh, and eighth picks in the first round.

Auerbach probably was also worried about Angie's lack of ability, and explained to him in detail: "If we can get to this lottery, it will be considered a success, and we can still trade up!"

"I've already made arrangements for the few teams that I'm determined to lose!"

"The management of the Grizzlies has just undergone a change. Although Jerry West entered the Grizzlies as the president of basketball operations, there are still big differences among their senior management. I will see the time for the position of general manager and let our people take over."

"Although the new Kiki van der Weghe of the Nuggets has made a lot of noise, his record has not improved after two seasons. His general manager position is no longer stable, and one of his successors is also under my control!"

"The Cavaliers don't care about him. No matter whether they are the No. [-] pick or not, their goal is only LeBron James. They don't conflict with us. Maybe they can be our help at that time!"

"In addition, for the Raptors, Vince Carter does not agree with the team's poor pursuit of high picks. Let Jim O'Brien give Walker more shots in the next time, and Tony Batty's playing time also needs to be improved. I have already asked some media in Toronto to help put pressure on them. As long as everything goes well, both of them will become bargaining chips for us to trade to the Raptors for the first round pick!"

"and also……"

Auerbach was talking endlessly, and at this moment he seemed to be the "cardinal" who covered the sky with his hands again.

Danny Angie held the phone, trembling, and muttered to himself: Is this the teacher's city?

Seeing that he didn't do anything at home, he actually planned to this step.

He also understood why Auerbach brought the Celtics 16 championship trophies. To be honest, he felt that 16 championship trophies were missing for this skill!
Juwan didn't know that he had aroused the interest of the "Cardinal". He led the team to continue the last game of the regular season without any surprises. After a big victory, Connecticut ended the regular season with a wave of 13 consecutive victories. Their record this season is also fixed at 20 wins and 6 losses.

This is the second place in the Big East regular season!

To be honest, the ranking is still lower than what Zhu Wan thought before the season. Originally, Zhu Wan wanted to sweep the regular season and enter the national championship as the double champion of the Big East League regular season and playoffs.

Unfortunately, he was suspended for 5 games.

But it doesn't matter, the regular season champion is gone, and the playoff champion is still stable. Although Cincinnati's regular season record is better than theirs, it is all false. In the face of absolute strength, it is useless to talk about anything else!
Still able to enter the national championship as the No. [-] seed in the Big East League, Zhu Wan didn't care so much about the regular season champion.

And although he didn't win the regular season championship, he won the Big East Player of the Year Award and was also selected to the best team of the Big East.

Well, if the data of 26.4 points, 11.2 rebounds and 10.5 assists per game can't get the "Big East Player of the Year Award" and can't be selected for the best team, it would be strange.

Okafor, who averaged 20.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, was also selected to the best team.

The "Best Newcomer Award" was taken by Carmelo Anthony.

With an average of 24.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, winning this award is the same as Zhu Wan winning the "Player of the Year Award", there is really no suspense at all.

It is worth mentioning that Carmelo Anthony was also selected to the All-Big East team. As a result, Juwan was squeezed to the fourth position. The official private reason was that you are taller.

This reason made Zhu Wan very speechless.

Speaking of which, the best lineup of the Big East this year is also really luxurious: No. [-] Steve Ron (Cincinnati), No. [-] Dwyane Wade, No. [-] Carmelo Anthony, No. [-] Juwan, No. [-] Okafor!
How dare we wait a few more years to get to the All-Stars!
　Ask for a recommendation ticket and collect it.

　　


(End of this chapter)