NBA villain

Chapter 314

In the Bahamas, Yang Di and others began to pack their luggage.

"Did you go home early?"

James drove a stylish red classic car and parked on the road in front of the villa rented by Yang Di. This classic car has perfect streamlines, and there is a kind of retro in the 80s under the sun.

"Yes, Chris invited me to participate in the draft."

"The draft?"

James frowned, a little unhappy, why didn't his general manager invite him?

"But you are still a free agent, not a signed player of the Warriors."

"A verbal agreement has been reached, and the contract can be signed directly on July 7." Yang Di said with a smile.

"How many years has it been signed?"

"Three years, I actually want to sign for two years, but I can only sign for 1000 million in two years. Chris Mullin also hopes to sign as long as possible."

"It's almost three years, and I have two years left on my contract," James said.

"Go straight to Chicago?"

After practicing against Yang Di for more than half a month, James feels that he has made great progress, and Yang Di's footsteps are getting faster and faster. He feels that it is getting more and more difficult to defend. It seems that there is an illusion that Yang Di seems to be improving very fast during this period. Especially the first two days.This made James feel a crisis in his heart, and he was not so enthusiastic about the vacation.

"Chicago?"

Yang Di spread his hands, not understanding what James said.

"Oh, I was wrong, it's New York." James laughed.

"Yes, let's go to New York first, and then go back to Oakland to rest for a while."

"And then?" James immediately asked one more question, thinking that if Yang Di went to the summer training camp, he would have to step up his training.

"Then? Go to Venezuela for a while, and then return to China."

Yang Di told James about his itinerary. He has a good relationship with James now, and the two have talked a lot about professional basketball.

"I've got to go to New York once," James said.

"My good buddy, Chris Paul, participated in the NBA draft this year. He is a buddy I knew in high school. I have to go and cheer for him."

"Chris Paul?"

"Yes, he is a very good court commander. I have played against him. He will also be a member of the NBA All-Star in the future." James said with certainty.

Yang Di showed a slight disdain, not because he didn't believe what James said, but because he felt that what James said was too absolute. All-star players are not easy to achieve. It took him too much time to reach the All-Star level. A lot of time and energy, sweating in the training hall day and night, a college player, if he can definitely enter the All-Star in the future, he has to avoid injuries, adapt to the NBA and other issues.

Inside the house, Annie and the others came out dragging the suitcase.

"gone!"

Yang Di and James punched and hugged each other.

.......
On June 6, the NBA Draft.

New York, Madison Square Garden.

Yang Di and Chris Mullin rushed to the scene in time, and the theater under the lights became a giant social circle, with basketball stars, social celebrities, team owners and members of the uniform team all gathered together, and everyone communicated, surrounding the scene just now. The end of the NBA Finals revolves around the upcoming NBA Draft.

Every year, the draft is like a college entrance examination.

In this top professional basketball league, there are only 400 positions available for competition, and 60 positions are vacated every year, which means that another 60 players will lose their jobs. When divided, each team has an average of 2 Players face unemployment.

Those who are selected mean that they have a growth period of 2 to 4 years. During this period, at least they can always receive a salary.

After 2 years, it will be the default veteran of the league. After this period, if players face some games and still fail to fulfill the talents they declared in the draft, they will be swept out and become homeless in the league, which is even worse. Yes, there is even no place to stand, to make room for the 60 rookies who will enter the following year.

Week in and day out, the league has kept fresh blood and brutally competitive.

Yang Di and Mullin sat in the box. As the general manager of the team, Mullin has the qualifications.

Yang Di did not find James, thinking that James might have entered the box first.

"We have three draft picks this year, namely the 3th pick in the first round, the 17th pick in the second round and the 10th pick in the second round. In fact, according to the logic, if it's just a draft, there is no need to invite you over." Mu Lin and Yang Di said, and then asked the accompanying general manager assistant for information.

Assistant Garcia immediately took out a stack of documents from the bag.

Yang Di glanced at it, and suddenly his head became dizzy. He was very concerned about what Mu Lin meant by saying that.

"I heard you want to play power forward?"

Yang Di said "hmm", nodded and said: "I have already told the head coach that I hope to play the power forward position in the new season, because I want to make better use of my mobility strengths. During the period, I especially exercised my breakthrough ability and shooting ability."

"I know, but it's impossible for Murphy to play a center. Last season when you were a center, you led the league in rebounds because you were closer to the basket. If you were a power forward, you might not have as many rebounds. rebounds." Mullin wanted to convince Yang Di from the perspective of data, but deep down in his heart, he didn't really want to change.

Yang Di frowned. He knew that Mu Lin was right, but playing center forward was really tiring, and he fought very hard.

"By the way, why didn't Coach Montgomery come over?" Yang Di didn't want to talk too much about the position issue, so he brought the topic to the head coach. According to the logic, the head coach should come to participate in the draft today.

"The head coach has not been in good health recently and is still recuperating in San Francisco."

"Ah? Is he okay?" Yang Di was taken aback. No one had ever told him about it.

"Fortunately, it's just a bit of hard work after one season, so recently he put down the work in hand, took a little rest, and adjusted his state."

"The coach is very hard. Thanks to his guidance this season, I can make such rapid progress."

Mullin was still thinking about Yang Di's change of position. Assistant Garcia sorted out the excellent seedlings in the middle of the first round. There were about five players, and then handed all five pieces of paper to Yang Di.

"Sean May PF, Hakeem Warrick PF/SF, Jason Maxhill PF, Danny Granger SF/SG, Gerald Green SF/SG."

"Inside players are more sought-after. In this year's draft, many inside players will be selected in the lottery area close to the top ten. After all, many teams in this league need some big players." Garcia said.

Yang Di nodded, browsed the scout report, and suddenly wanted to check the system store, wondering if there were any props that could help in the draft.

(End of this chapter)