NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 188 The Draft!Taobao picks up the leaks and walks away!
"Legendary! The Magic defeated the Dallas Mavericks 4:2, won three consecutive championships, and created a Magic dynasty!"

"Wang Chao averaged 35.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 8.8 assists in the finals and was crowned the FMVP of the finals again. Only two people in history have achieved it. They were Jordan's two three-peats and O'Neal's three-peat during the OK combination. Wang Chao became Jordan after O'Neal The third player to do this feat!"

"O'Neal achieved the fifth championship in his career, and Shark burst into tears, saying that he will officially retire after the end of this season. Thanks to the Magic and the Super Magic for helping him make his career more complete."

"Howard: The championship is the honor of the whole team rather than a certain individual. I am very happy that Wang Chao can win three consecutive FMVPs. As his brother, I am really proud of his achievements and hope that he will become even better in the future. "
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The Magic's three consecutive championships caused a much bigger storm in the league than last year's two consecutive championships. After all, the three consecutive championships in the NBA are a symbol of a dynasty. Looking at the history of the NBA, there have been three consecutive championships. The teams are few and far between.

But the super magic combination of the Magic, Wang Chao and Howard, one is 28 years old and the other is 26 years old, has achieved three consecutive championships.

You must know that even if he is as strong as Jordan, he was 31 years old when he achieved the first three consecutive championships in his career. O'Neal did not win the three consecutive championships until Kobe grew up and was 30 years old.

Therefore, Wang Chao and Howard can be said to be the youngest three-peat championship partner combination in NBA history. Their future peak period is at least five to eight years away. It is hard to imagine how long the league will be ruled by the Magic in the future.

The finals have just ended, and all the teams in the league are gearing up and ready to hunt down the Magic at any time.

For all the free agents of the Magic team, everyone is ready to give chips higher than the market price to grab them. Even if it hurts others, it will not make the Magic team continue to be so strong.

A few days after the Finals, when the entire league was struggling with the deadlocked labor negotiations, an insider in the league broke the news.

Wang Chao chose to jump out of the final year of his contract and become a completely free agent to test the free market.

It is actually not a big deal for Wang Chao to voluntarily jump out of the contract. Everyone knows that Wang Chao, who has won two MVPs, three FMVPs, and four championship rings, may choose to jump out of the contract and re-sign a larger maximum salary contract. great.

Many people think that Wang Chao is a bit short-sighted. After all, the results of the labor agreement negotiations are still unknown. No one knows whether the team's salary cap will increase or decrease in the new season. They are eager to jump out of the contract and give up the contract of more than 1700 million next year. , In case the league salary cap decays after the labor agreement, whether the starting salary of the new contract can reach 1700 million is still a question.

The most typical example is that, like Wang Chao, Duncan, who has a player option this year, chose to implement the player option and did not jump out of the contract. In this way, Duncan's salary next season can reach 2100 million US dollars, among other things, Put the money in your pocket first.

At this time, no one knew Wang Chao's purpose, except for a very small number of insiders.

A few days later, a trivial news broke out with very few followers.

The Rockets fired the general manager of the team, and the original assistant manager temporarily served as the general manager of the team.

This is really not news worth paying attention to.

After Mogou took over the position of general manager of the Rockets from Dawson in 07, he has been working in this position until now, but the performance... At least the local fans in Houston have always been dissatisfied with Mogou.

Obviously, the team formed the Big Three combination by chance, but it has been unable to make a difference in the playoffs. Last year, Mogou made some manipulations and sent McGrady to the Knicks in exchange for Kevin Martin and other players. The Rockets' record still hasn't improved, and they can only play in the first round.

Many Rockets fans have long been extremely disgusted with this fat man who makes small trades and goes shopping on Taobao.

After learning that Mogou was finally kicked out, many fans in Houston rejoiced, thinking that the Rockets boss finally couldn't stand Mogou's poor trading operations and was going to reorganize the team.

But they didn't know that Mo Gou, who was expelled, was stunned and inexplicable when he heard the news.

He didn't even receive any news in advance. The Rockets' resignation notice was so sudden that he once thought it was a belated April Fool's Day prank.

When he realized that the matter was actually true, Mo Gou felt very absurd. The general manager of his imposing team would be suddenly fired without warning.

What's more ironic is that when he reluctantly asked the reason for his resignation, the team owner's reply was, "The team is very grateful for your contribution to this place in recent years, but I think the team needs A new goal and a new beginning."

In fact, another meaning of this official answer is that they will not tell you the reason for dismissing you, so give up on it.

Of course, the Rockets didn't really despise Mo Gou to the point that they didn't even want to tell the truth about the reason for the expulsion, but the real reason really couldn't be said.

Do you want to tell him that the reason why you were expelled was because of Wang Chao's request, as long as you can get out, Wang Chao will join the Rockets?
If you really say this, it will not only cause a second humiliation effect on Mogou, but also lose face for the Rockets. After all, it is too humble for a dignified NBA team to compromise because of a player's request. After all, the Rockets are also a team with rich ancestors. They have won the NBA championship for two consecutive years. As a team with a large western market, they should have the arrogance of being a wealthy team.

However, the Rockets did not reveal the reason to Mo Gou, and Mo Gou, who was not reconciled, would not just swallow his anger like this.

After resigning from the Rockets, Mogou actively continued to look for a job in the league. At the same time, he used his own contacts to investigate the real reason why the Rockets fired him. It has to be admitted that although Mogou is a dog and a beast, his professional ability He is really outstanding in the alliance. After some investigation, he actually noticed some clues.

It's just that the truth hidden in it will only make him more confused and wronged.

That is why ah?Did I fuck you to mess with you?
When Mogou learned the truth of the incident and doubted his life, on June 6, the 24 NBA Draft was held as scheduled.

With the official end of the 2010-11 season, the negotiation of the labor agreement has been officially put on the table, but the two sides have still been unable to reach an agreement on the labor agreement. The lockout is almost a certainty. There is no guarantee that it will continue.

But even so, the draft will continue, and this year's rookies are also feeling a little apprehensive, ushering in the draft that will determine their fate.

Sitting in a certain box, Wang Chao couldn't help shaking his head as he watched the draft picks of each team.

Although he has brought too many changes and butterfly effects to the world, the draft pick in the draft is not so easy to change because of him.

The reason is simple, bad teams are really bad.

The Cavaliers only scored 16 wins and 66 losses in the regular season last season, and the Timberwolves had 17 wins and 65 losses.

The subsequent rounds of the lottery positions have changed slightly, but since the players in these positions are of the same strength, it doesn't matter how they are changed.

What Wang Chao is very concerned about is that the Golden State Warriors, who were supposed to get the 11th pick in the first round, finally won the 9th pick in the first round, which is two places higher than the original one. In this case, Klay Thompson is 100% The Warriors are in the bag.

Wang Chao actually hopes to get Klay Thompson. This is a representative figure of the future 3D player. He is accurate in three-pointers and has a top perimeter defensive ability. He is also a master of offense without the ball. He is simply the best second player. The head of the family.

But I am afraid that the Warriors will not let people go unless they can use a higher draft pick than the Warriors to intercept in advance.

But wanting a top-eight pick...

Wang Chao couldn't help but sighed.

"The difficulty is not as high as 01:30."

Not far from Wang Chao, Dayao and several Rockets management personnel sat together, looking at Wang Chao with a bad expression, and they all looked at each other face to face.

They didn't know what was going on at this moment. Even though the draft hadn't started yet, why did Wang Chao have an unhappy expression on his face? Is there something wrong?

They have participated in the draft many times, but this is the first time like today.

Throughout the draft process, all operations of the Rockets were decided by Wang Chao. It's been a long time.

Dayao aside, everyone in the management of the Rockets present, including the former assistant general manager who is acting general manager, is skeptical about Wang Chao's draft vision as a player.

It's not that they haven't heard that several players in the Magic's championship lineup were made by Wang Chao, but that's just a rumor after all, and it can't be true. After all, as a player, Wang Chao can really treat the team management like that. Pointing fingers, whoever he said to choose?

Well... that seems to be the case now.

"Wang Chao." Dayao held back for a long time, and couldn't stand the weird atmosphere in the private room, so he couldn't help asking. "Are you really sure that it's okay to choose the players you mentioned earlier? Choose three strikers at one time, and you will have four. We also have Lewis and other strikers in the team. The striker is really too big. Is it crowded?"

Wang Chao shook his head slightly and said, "Don't worry, I have my own arrangements."

Too much up front?So what can be done, who will make this year's strikers all high-quality players?
As for Lewis?No matter what he does, after Wang Chao arrives at the Rockets, the first thing he will do is to get rid of Lewis and Kevin Martin, two guys with an annual salary of tens of millions.

The scoring is not good, and the defense is full of loopholes. In the future, both of them will still have a glass body physique. Why stay in the team?
Mo Gou has done some human-like things in the past few years in the Rockets, such as hoarding draft picks like visiting Taobao.

In this year's draft, the Rockets have a total of three draft picks, two in the first round and one in the second round.

One of them was traded from the Grizzlies in the first round, and the Rockets' own draft pick was ranked 14th and the other was 22nd.

Wang Chao has to lament the good luck of the Rockets. Even though the butterfly effect he brought has changed a lot of things, the Rockets still got the No. 14 draft pick, and the No. 15 is still Indiana. Pacers.

If nothing else, the Pacers selected Kawhi Leonard with the No. 15 pick, and immediately traded him to the San Antonio Spurs.

For Leonard, I am afraid no one will be unfamiliar.

The next two NBA championships, two FMVP winners, and his perimeter defensive ability can be called the top superstar in history.

In the future, the major media will conduct multiple selections for the 2011 rookie rearrangement. Leonard won the No. 11 pick with an absolute advantage without any suspense. He is also the only superstar in the [-]th session!
Although Irving and Thompson are not inferior to Leonard in terms of popularity, and both have championships, they can't keep up with Leonard in terms of personal honors or the results of leading the team as the first core.

Leonard played a standard 3D position in the early days of the Spurs, mainly responsible for defense and fixed-point shooting. After a few years of personal growth, he gradually became the league's top superstar. There is nothing wrong with Leonard.

Of course, what Wang Chao wants more is Thompson. After all, Leonard still needs a certain amount of possession in the middle and late stages to show his full strength. In this regard, Thompson, whose personal ability is worse than Leonard, is more suitable for Wang Chao overtake.

The draft is about to start, Wang Chao thought for a long time, but still looked at the Rockets management team at the side.

"Sure enough, I still ask the teams with the fifth to eighth picks whether it is possible to trade their draft picks? Or let them help me select a player and make a trade. No matter what the bargaining chip is, we can talk about it."

Several management personnel showed embarrassment, looked at each other and then looked at the acting general manager. After struggling for a long time, the latter still picked up the phone and called them one by one.

After a while, he hung up the phone and said to Wang Chao. "I just asked three teams from the fifth to the eighth picks, and two of them turned us down, and one was the Sacramento Kings, who had the eighth pick, and they were willing to play with us. Trade, but the chips required are our No. 14 pick this year, No. 23 pick and a first round next year."

Wang Chao: "???"

"Forget it, let them die."

Without even a second of hesitation, Wang Chao said decisively.

Is it really the Lions who want to use one first round for three first rounds?Although the first-round picks in the lottery are indeed more valuable than the Rockets' picks, these picks are worth the most in the hands of Wang Chao. How can they be given away easily?

If Thompson can't get it, he can't get it. Leonard is also very fragrant, and his three-point shooting percentage is also good, and his defense is stronger than Thompson.

And if he beats Thompson, the future league will lose the Warriors as a rival, and the games will all be in simple mode. Even if he can win the championship, it will be quite boring to think about the process.

(End of this chapter)