ace marshal

Chapter 715 The Situation of Three Choices

With a disastrous loss to the city rivals the Lakers in the final game, the Clippers' season came to an end.

This is also Lan Shengli's first full season with the Clippers.

From Hill and Jordan at the beginning of the season, Maggette was sent away, and then Brand was reimbursed for the season, the team was completely poor, and finally only got a shameful record of 19 wins and 63 losses.

Although the performance has declined seriously compared with the past few seasons, any operation of the team is in the reconstruction plan of Lan Shengli.

Although losing so many games, the team also has a 19% chance of winning the No. [-] pick.

Catch up with the recognized draft year of 2009, making this top-three guaranteed pick very precious.

After the early elimination, the Memphis Grizzlies, which have moved to Oklahoma City, the Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers, formerly the Seattle SuperSonics, have become candidates for the top three picks.

"Not the champion~!! Not the champion~!! Not the champion~!!"

Lan Shengli watched the live broadcast of the lottery, and the Grizzlies representative twisted a fake basketball and prayed.

Now all three teams have the same probability of winning the No. [-] pick.

But when the Grizzlies come up with the results, the probability is very different.

"Huh~!!!!"

As Lan Shengli breathed a sigh of relief, the Grizzlies drew the second pick.

Then the probability of the Clippers winning the No. 50 pick has reached [-]%.

From 19% to 50%, the increase in this probability is very large.

Sterling's son, who represented the Clippers in the lottery, exploded afterward and successfully won the No. [-] lottery.

In this way, after 1998, the Los Angeles Clippers once again won the No. [-] lottery.

Last time, the Clippers failed to turn the team around with the No. [-] pick. Now, another No. [-] pick has come. I don’t know if history is repeating itself or the Clippers are officially restoring.

However, getting the No. [-] pick made the staff in the Clippers base dance and cheer.

"Yesterday I dreamed that the team won the No. [-] lottery, and it turned out to be true, haha~!! Who said that dreams are always the opposite~?!"

Taylor, who lost his "explosive head", said excitedly.

"Haha, then hurry up and dream of us winning the championship~!"

Lan Shengli listened and responded with a smile.

Being able to win the No. [-] pick made the Clippers' "bearable humiliation" last season very meaningful and worthwhile.

However, winning the No. [-] lottery also brought happiness troubles.

That is, who should be chosen with this number one lottery~? !This becomes a difficult problem.

In order to quickly determine the candidate, the management did not directly go on vacation, but called all the scouts and Lan Shengli to discuss together.

Among the scouts’ voting choices, 70.00% of them chose Griffin, and the rest chose Harden, University of Connecticut center Thabeet, and Rose’s junior, all-around guard Terry from the University of Memphis. G Evans, but no one chose Curry.

Perhaps in the eyes of these scouts, it is difficult for Curry to even enter the lottery.

"You know the results of the voting~!! 70% of the scouts think Griffin is the best candidate for the No. [-] pick, what do you think~?!"

The general manager found Lan Shengli alone and asked.

"There is no doubt about Griffin's ability, and it is reasonable to choose him as the No. Perhaps it is more appropriate to choose a defender, or in other words, it is more reliable to use a defender as the cornerstone of the team~!!"

Lan Shengli responded.

"If you consider Griffin, you must find a way to send Brand away. These two people are definitely not compatible~!"

Lan Shengli continued to speak.

"Yeah, we thought of going together on this point~ hey~"

The general manager responded and sighed, looking helpless and tangled.

"Since Brand joined the team, he has been playing the fourth position. Before Kaman was injured, he also played the center position intermittently a few times, but the effect was not good. Brand's height is below five. The position is very disadvantageous, and the offensive end is also very awkward, so if Griffin comes to the team, it will inevitably let Brand play the fifth position, and the position of Jordan will be even more embarrassing~!!"

The general manager analyzed.

"Yeah, our inside player reserves are enough. Although Brand has suffered a torn ligament, I believe that his current floor style of play will not have much impact on his ability. Next season It should be no problem to maintain an average of 15 points and 8 rebounds per game, but the guard line is different. , the impact of the bearded man is gone. In the next few years, the bearded man may continue to decline. It is impossible for the team to point at Hill to organize the offense. That is not realistic, so I think the team Now we should still choose a defender, then send away the bearded man, and build a lineup around him~!!"

Lan Shengli responded.

"You mean Evans~?! Or Harden~?!"

the general manager asked.

"It's Harden and Curry~!"

Lan Shengli said in a firm tone.

"Evans is capable enough, but he doesn't have a prominent feature. After he lands in the NBA, other teams will study and use it. Then Evans will have no room for development~!!"

Lan Shengli responded.

"Then Curry is also a player with very serious shortcomings~!! The ankle injury is serious, and the defense is a loophole. How can he be the champion~?!"

The general manager asked.

"Curry is like a lottery ticket, a lottery ticket that may win a prize of [-] million yuan, it depends on whether we have the courage to scratch the prize ~!"

Lan Shengli still said with a determined expression.

"Okay, even if Curry has that ability, our current situation is that Griffin, Harden and Curry choose one of the three players~?!"

the general manager asked.

"What we need is a defender, I,,,"

"Don't we still have the Suns' first-round pick~?! Isn't it great that we can use that pick to pick a guard with shooting ability~!!"

The general manager interrupted Lan Shengli's explanation and said.

"Then~, that's fine~, then the three people you mentioned will be the final candidates~!!"

Lan Shengli hesitated, but agreed.

"Bru, you have to remember that most of the time, especially when the picks are at the top, most teams will choose the one with stronger potential and immediate combat power, not the one that suits the team~!!"

The general manager said in a comforting tone.

(End of this chapter)