The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 363 Knicks New Season Lineup
There is not much time left until the draft starts.

Because now he has to leave the team in three years, Li Xun is actually not very interested in the draft.

Generally, rookies have to be cultivated for one or two years before they can be of great use, but by the time they can be useful, Li Xun has almost left the team.

But even so, Li Xun still wants to win some of the cost-effective rookies that can be obtained.

It's better to go and take those weak rookies who have no eggs.

Although the 2016 rookies have not yet started, in everyone's eyes, this is destined to be a young draft year.

Is it a young year? In fact, it can be seen from the situation of the NCAA.

There are no dominant college players in the NCAA, so of course there is nothing to look forward to in this rookie class.

However, it turned out that this rookie class is actually not particularly small.

There are no players who can affect the course of NBA history, but there are also many All-Stars.

Simmons, Ingram, Jaylen Brown, Buddy Hield, Murray, Sabonis Jr., etc.

But these years are lottery picks, and the Knicks only have two draft picks this year.

One is the 25th pick in the first round. This draft pick was obtained through a trade in 2014, and the 2016 second-round pick was also sent at that time.

The other is the [-]th pick in the first round that comes with the Knicks' record this year.

These two low-ranking picks are hard to get those good lottery picks.

However, among the low-ranking rookies, it is not that there are no leftovers.

At least Li Xun now has a clear goal.

The day before the draft, what the teams are most interested in now is to find out which players the Knicks have tried out during this period.

Almost every player Li Xun selected in the draft has achieved success, so if he can snatch one or two from Li Xun, it will definitely be a bloody business.

It's a pity, after inquiring and inquiring, it seems that the Knicks didn't try out any players at all after winning the championship.

Even when Zen Master was interviewed by the media, he admitted frankly that the Knicks had never had contact with any rookies.

This also disappointed many teams.

Some well-informed people in the circle, such as WOJ Woshen, got the gossip from nowhere, and they are sure that the Knicks will select Ante Zizic from Croatia this year.

Because both Nukic and Jokic played quite well before, and there were many outstanding centers with strange names earlier.

This has led to the Serb center participating in the draft, which has received special attention.

Under normal circumstances, Zizic would be selected by Lukai with the 23rd overall pick, but now that Wo Shen has made such a hype, his pick may skyrocket, and there is definitely no problem entering the lottery show.

On June 6, the draft officially began.

As soon as Li Xun entered the venue, he was surrounded by a large group of reporters.

"Li, Wo Shen broke the news, you are very interested in Croatian center Zizic in this draft."

"But you don't have a high-ranking pick in your hands. Will you exchange for a high-ranking pick through a trade to choose the next Ri Riqi?"

A reporter asked directly.

Li Xun's face is full of bewilderment, every day is strange?
Doesn't Wo Shen claim to be supernatural?How could such bad news come out.

When did I become interested in Zizhiqi?

Although Zizic is also a Serbian center, he and Jokic are not in the same style at all.

Zizic's rebounding ability is good, and his style of play is more inclined to the blue-collar center with a meat shield in the old America.

It's a pity that his body is not tough enough, and he can't play anything under the basket.

At least in the first few seasons, he was embarrassing and useful.

How could Li Xun be interested in Zizic, unless he immediately develops a passing ability comparable to Jokic.

"There is no comment on this question."

"The draft is a confidential matter, sorry."

Li Xun replied politely.

It's not that he deliberately concealed it, or that he wanted to deceive people, but that this kind of question is really difficult to answer.

You can't tell others that Ririqi is a piece of rubbish and you can't look down on him, can you?
Even the more you say this, the more teams may snap up Zizic.

Soon the on-site staff came to help Li Xun out of the siege, and led Li Xun to the Knicks' seat.

Zen Master and old Hornacek have arrived.

But the two of them were like strangers, they were very silent and didn't speak at all.

"Li, come and sit down."

"It's been really hard for you these few days, and you actually helped us introduce two superstars."

"It's really a blessing that the Knicks have you. We don't have to do anything."

Old Hornacek didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, his words directly poked Zen Master's heart.

As the president of the team, signings is of course Zen Master's job.

But the two superstars introduced by the Knicks have nothing to do with Zen Master, they were introduced by Li Xun alone.

What old Hornacek said was almost saying that the Zen master was a piece of shit.

It is impossible for a Zen master with such a spirit to fail to understand what old Hornacek meant, but he still nodded at Li Xun expressionlessly.

"Li, do you have any plans for this year's draft?"

"I think maybe we should continue to add some inside players."

The Zen master said with a serious face.

Li Xun nodded. Zen Master, as an old coach who came from ancient times, of course hopes that the team will be more retro.

There are actually only two insiders in the Knicks now, one is Jokic and the other is Zhou Qi.

Fortunately, Zhou Qi didn't look fat because of his tall stature.

And Jokic is a little too fat, and his fat looks scary.

The Zen master is also worried about Jokic's weight. In case of an injury, the Knicks will not have enough insiders to use.

"Mr. Jackson, I also want some inside information."

"But we don't have a decent draft right now."

"And even if we have a high draft pick, we don't actually have any decent bigs this year."

"It can't be said that there is no, there is only one, and it can only be regarded as ordinary, and it is two grades worse than Jokic."

Li Xun said with a helpless sigh.

Zen Master also sighed. He also studied this rookie class and knew that Li Xun was definitely not talking nonsense. Now it is really getting more and more difficult to find a top insider rookie.

While a few people were chatting, the new NBA president Xiao Hua came on the court.

This is the first time he has held this draft meeting as the president, and it can be seen that Xiao Hua is a little excited.

After rambling on for a long while, it was finally announced that this year's draft has officially started.

Because the Knicks do not have a high-ranking pick in their hands, the time of nearly two hours ahead has nothing to do with the Knicks.

In the previous lottery show, Li Xun was actually quite interested in a few people.

For example, Ingram, the upper limit of his draft template is Durant, and the lower limit is Li Xun's former teammate Prince.

This template is actually very reasonable. Under normal circumstances, Ingram's development is indeed stronger than Prince, but not as good as Durant.

In addition to Ingram, Sabonis Jr. is also the player Li Xun wants more.

On the one hand, he is the son of a celebrity, and on the other hand, Sabonis Jr. is really good.

He should be regarded as the most powerful inside player in this draft.

It's a pity that the picks of these two are too high. It will be very difficult for the Knicks to win them.

Especially Ingram, under normal circumstances, he was taken by the Lakers with the second pick.

Unless the Knicks take out Booker to trade, it is impossible to impress the Lakers.

As for Sabonis Jr., the Knicks don't have any suitable bargaining chips to trade.

It is worth mentioning that Zizic, a player with the 23rd pick under normal circumstances, was snatched away by the Jazz with the ninth pick in the first round this time.

Li Xun laughed helplessly, who would have thought that Jazz would be the one to suffer in the end.

But think about the Jazz under normal circumstances, the ninth pick is Australian center Bortle, it seems that the strength is not as good as Zizic.

If they chose this way, the Jazz didn't suffer from being fooled, on the contrary, they made a little bit of money.

After a long time, it was finally the turn of the Knicks' 25th overall first-round pick.

The Zen master looked at Li Xun, indicating that he could start performing.

Li Xun wrote down the name Pascal Siakam on the note and handed it to the staff.

The Zen master looked a little shocked. He didn't expect Li Xun to choose such a boy from a remote village.

It is also true that Siakam came from a remote area.

First of all, he is a Cameroonian. With the help of Luke Mbah a Moute, the son of the chief of Cameroon, he embarked on the road of basketball.

It is worth mentioning that the same is true for Embiid, who was also cultivated by Mbah a Moute.

In addition, Siakam's university in the United States is New Mexico State University.

As the name suggests, the university is located in remote New Mexico.

Domestic fans have little impression of this university, but Lao Mei is well aware of the "barbarism" of this university.

In their home court, not only the players can hit people, but the fans can also hit people.

There have been cases where away players have been mobbed by fans at New Mexico State University's home court.

It is precisely because of this that Zen Master is not very interested in Siakam.

Perhaps in his opinion, this kind of barbarian is very unworthy.

However, in Li Xun's view, Siakam should be regarded as the most accomplished rookie in this class.

Not to mention that he and Leonard won the first championship trophy in team history for the Raptors.

Even if he led the team alone later, he played quite well, and he was selected to the best team.

Although it is only a three-team, even the best three-team is a height that most players can't reach.

For example, the No. [-] pick Simmons, in terms of fame, the two Siakamga can't compare with him.

But Simmons has never made the best team, let alone a championship.

Li Xun was very happy to be able to select Siakam with the 25th overall pick.

Siakam's style, to be reasonable, is exactly the same as the current UAE.

Both of them are power forwards in name, but they both work as small forwards.

Next, Li Xun's plan is to let Siakam play as a substitute for the UAE first, and train for a year before talking.

The 25th pick was selected, and then I waited for more than 20 minutes.

It was the turn of the Knicks' [-]th overall pick.

Li Xun did not hesitate to select Malcolm Brogdon, who was normally selected by the Bucks with the 36th overall pick.

To be reasonable, the Bucks' draft vision in recent years is a bit strong.

Under normal circumstances, their core lineup is actually selected by themselves, and they are all not very high in the draft.

Antetokounmpo, Middleton and now Brogdon.

When the pick is high, such as the second pick, they can also select a rookie like Jabari Parker who is not considered water.

It's a pity that Li Xun cut off all three low-ranking candidates.

Bucks representatives were dumbfounded when they heard that Brogdon had been drafted by the Knicks.

They have already begun to wonder if there is Li Xun's undercover agent in their team.

Why is it that Li Xun snatches away the players he likes every time? !

It's okay to say once or twice, how many times has this been the first time?
But thinking about how his vision overlaps with Li Xun's, it seems that this can prove that his vision is indeed unique.

Brogdon is a shooting guard with a height of 196 cm. This height is a bit short in this league at the moment.

The Zen master was not very satisfied with this.

But he is not dissatisfied with his height, but with Brogdon's age.

Like No. 96 pick Simmons, he was born in [-].

And Ingram was even born in September 97.

On the other hand, Brogdon, he was a player in 92, good guy, five years older than others.

In theory, now that high school students cannot participate in the draft, and everyone is an NCAA college student, such an age gap is unlikely to occur.

But the fact is there.

Brogdon can no longer be regarded as an older rookie, he can definitely be called an older rookie.

In the 14-15 season, Brogdon was in the NCAA Atlantic Coast League and became the first player in history to win both the Player of the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year.

It is roughly similar to the fact that the NBA has won the MVP and DPOY at the same time.

It stands to reason that with such an achievement, it is impossible to be selected in the second round.

The main reason is still his age.

When I was in college, I was only 19 years old, and he was already 24 or [-] years old.

In the golden peak of life, it is no wonder that the data is not good for those new melon eggs.

The reason why Li Xun chose Brogdon was actually because of his immediate combat power.

His immediate combat ability is still good. After all, at this age, his combat ability is much stronger than that of ordinary young rookies.

And Li Xun doesn't need a rookie with much potential, anyway, Li Xun will definitely leave the Knicks in two years.

Since then, the Knicks have run out of two draft picks this year, and their draft journey has officially ended.

A barbarian Siakam was selected, and an aging rookie Brogdon was selected. Zen Master was not very satisfied.

But think about it, this is Li Xun's fancy player, no matter how bad it is, Zen master can only accept it.

With the entry of these two rookies, the Knicks' lineup for the new season has almost been determined.

Frontcourt: Li Xun, Jokic, Zhou Qi, Ah Lian, Paojiao and Siakam.

Backcourt: Paul, Sun Yue, Booker, Brogdon.

A total of ten players is definitely enough for the team's usual rotation.

At that time, sign a few more cannon fodder players to fill the team roster, and the Knicks' lineup for the new season will be officially formed.

The number of people in the backcourt seems a bit small, only four.

But considering that both Li Xun and Paojiao can play in the backcourt, four is not a lot.

The starting lineup is of course Paul, Paojiao, Ah Lian, Li Xun and Jokic.

(End of this chapter)