The glory of the basketball gods

Chapter 200 The Strongest Pick with 2.8% Probability (Second Update)
After staying in China for nearly 2 weeks, taking Upton to feel the influence of China's long history and culture, and after walking through such places as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, the two returned to the United States in mid-April.

The nature of Appleton's work is doomed not to take too long a leave. The two weeks is already Alba's friendship holiday. As for Yuan Man, he has gained 5 catties after returning to China, which makes Yuan Man eager to devote himself to training immediately. in the schedule.

Yuan Man was also very surprised. He had to do hundreds of push-ups almost every night. Why did he still gain weight? After thinking about it, Chinese food is better!
When white clouds quickly passed by the plane's wing, tall buildings began to appear on the horizon of the sea, and the city of Cleveland appeared in Yuan Man's vision.

I'm back, Cleveland, and it's time to prepare for my new season!
Yuan Man couldn't wait any longer.

Upton, on the other hand, took the flight to Los Angeles directly from BJ. Before leaving, Upton told Yuan Man that China had left a good impression on her, and she hoped that one day she could hold a Chinese-style event with Yuan Man. wedding.

Back home in Cleveland, the first thing Yuan Man did after putting down his luggage was to run to his own gym and sweat like rain. Only the feeling of sweat flowing would make Yuan Man feel that he was living in the real world!

The time came to May 5st, the Labor Day day that Chinese people are familiar with, the head coach of the Lakers "Zen Master" Phil Jackson suddenly announced his resignation.

Although the news is very sudden, there are already clues. After being swept by the Mavericks 0-4 this season, Jackson's life is not easy. When facing the media interview, Jackson also revealed that he wants to rest for a while. Thoughts, but no one thought that Jackson would announce his resignation so soon, and some media broke the news that Jackson was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March this year and had to resign to recuperate.

In this way, in 2011, the NBA lost two famous head coaches at the same time, one is the coach of the Jazz Jerry Sloan, and the other is Phil Jackson of the Lakers. Some regret.

To say that these two people still have a lot of connection, the Jazz led by Malone and Stockton led by Sloan, and the Bulls led by Jackson led by Jordan and Pippen fought 98 games in the 6 Finals , and finally defeated the Jazz 4-2 with Jordan's lore and won the championship.

It is also a pity that Sloan missed the championship again, but it is undeniable that these two coaches are definitely historical-level coaches.

Although the Lakers led by Phil Jackson were swept before he resigned, Jackson himself already has 11 championship rings, and he can hold his head high and leave the Lakers who have made three finals and two championships under his leadership.

On May 2011, 5, the lottery of the new NBA draft was held in New Jersey. Yuan Man, already the ace of the team, and captain Jamison were invited by the team owner Gilbert to participate in the Cavaliers' game together. For the lottery, Cavaliers coach Scott will naturally go together.

The pick obtained by the Cavaliers was obtained from the deal with Mo Williams. Although the probability of the pick is relatively low, the owner of the Cavaliers, Gilbert, still hopes to get a good pick. .

Because of this, Gilbert brought his son Nick, hoping that Nick could bring good luck to the Cavaliers.

When Nick walked onto the stage with his father's support, Yuan Man saw that the "lucky sachet" he had given to Nick was hanging on Nick's chest, and it was shining with faint blue light.

When Nick reached into the lottery box, the blue light of the "lucky sachet" suddenly increased, almost completely covering Nick's whole body in blue light!
"It seems that something big is going to happen!" Yuan Man seemed to have a premonition of something.

In the exclamation of the scene, Nick raised the number in his hand high, No. 1, the number one lottery!
The Cavaliers won the No. 2.8 lottery with only a [-]% chance!

Nick excitedly held up the number in his hand, while Gilbert hugged his son and kissed repeatedly.

Yuan Man never thought that the rewards given to him by the system would actually bring him a strong supporter!
Everyone knows that the most popular candidate for this year's No. [-] pick is Kyrie Irving, a talented point guard from Duke University, a famous American basketball school, who takes heads-up as his life.

After Nick miraculously won the No. 80 lottery for the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers fans were very excited, and the domestic fans directly posted this news on Weibo!As for who to choose, [-]% of the fans believe that the Cavaliers will undoubtedly win the talented guard Kyrie Irving. Many fans have already begun to imagine the combination of Yuan Man + Irving. The "Euro" combination has won the greatest support Rate.

After winning the No. [-] pick, the Cavaliers owner Gilbert did not sit idle, urging the team's general manager David Griffin to seek a higher pick, so that the team has been studying for a long time to sign And the favorite player-Klay Thompson.

It didn't take long for David Griffin to report that the team had reached an agreement with the Golden State Warriors to exchange the 15th pick in the first round of this season with the opponent's 11th pick and supply the opponent with 200 Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

Griffin said to Gilbert and Scott: "I hope Klay is worth my hard work. I used all my resources to get such a pick."

Top 10 pick?Don't even think about it!
On May 2011, 5, the NBA Players Union filed a lawsuit with the U.S. labor arbitration agency, accusing the NBA of using intimidation and threats in the new labor negotiations to force the players union to sign a new labor agreement that is unequal and unfavorable to players.

The player union representative Derek Fisher refused to sign and announced that if the two sides cannot reach an agreement on the new labor agreement, the players will not participate in the game on time, and the league will be suspended.

When Fisher faced the interview, he was full of confidence and seemed absolutely uncompromising, but the NBA officials were also very strong, which cast a shadow over the opening of the new season on July 7.

However, although the players union and NBA officials have not reached an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement, the 6 draft on June 24 is still coming as scheduled!

This time in the draft, the Cavaliers formed a very large group and went to the scene for the draft.

Team owner Daniel Gilbert, general manager David Griffin, players Jamison and Yuan Man went to the main venue of the draft, the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

　Go out to eat, there are 2-3 more in the evening.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)