Wang Tu Baye

Chapter 209 No. [-] Scholar Yao Ming
Last year's defending champion, the Lakers, was eliminated by a miraculous reversal in the first round of the playoffs. This big news shocked the NBA. The invincible OK combination actually lost, which surprised many players who made mistakes in their predictions.

Afterwards, professional analysts started to study how the Golden State Warriors reversed the plot, from 02 behind to 32 counterattack, such as Jermaine O'Neal's fake three-point play.

This is very important. There are not many teams that have reversed the playoffs in history, and each of them is a legend.

Especially in the last game, the Warriors sent a speedy starter to fight the Sharks with a thin bamboo pole lineup. The Warriors taught all NBA teams a good lesson.

The three-point small ball running and bombing lineup has been highly praised by fans in recent years, but it has not been recognized by the bricks and beasts. They have written articles to criticize the small ball play and resolutely defend the traditional slow play of the big ball.

The Warriors and the Kings, who were short of major generals, fought fiercely in 7 playoff games until the last game, and after losing a few wounded, the Warriors, who seemed to have a lot of players, had no substitutes. In the end, it was a pity that they lost to the Kings with a big score of 3:4 , stop the second round of the nba playoffs.

In fact, the injuries of many players were not serious. Verus and Lenny blocked all requests to play. For a championship ring, a group of good players were injured. Verus would not do this kind of loss-making business.

The Kings Spurs and Iverson's 76ers, how can the next three mountains be so easy to climb? Even with all the Warriors' wealth, the probability of winning the championship all the way is no more than 30%.

Instead of this, it is better to preserve strength. A healthy player can play for ten or twenty years. If the injury is serious, he can only be scrapped and retired. Everyone will settle the account.

The Warriors did a big favor for the Spurs this time. The absence of the Lakers made the entire Spurs team excited. This is tantamount to giving them a championship trophy for nothing. Except for the Lakers, basically no one in the league can beat the Spurs in seven elimination series .

Verus's mind is not on this season. What he is waiting for is the 2001 lottery and draft ceremony. If the wheel of history is unstoppable, the Warriors will get their wish and win this year's No. [-] pick, even though it comes from the Wizards.

On June 2001, 6, at Madison Square Garden in New York, USA, Yao Ming from Oriental China became the first Chinese No. 27 pick to land in the NBA. He also became the first non-American No. A non-American No. 0506 pick was born, and a large number of international players flooded into the NBA to play.

Jordan's Wizards switched to a front pick and still signed Kwame Brown, who they were dreaming of. Even though they got Mark Jackson from the Warriors, they still hope to strengthen the inside.

The 01 draft was unknown, but the quality was actually extremely high. Although Verus held four picks, he selected Yao Ming, Battier, Zach Randolph, and Gilbert Arenas in turn. Varus' actions don't stop there.

Paul Gasol, who had just been selected by the Eagles, was exchanged by Verus for Donyell Marshall to the Warriors. This series of picks with Verus was criticized by many nba experts. In their view, the Warriors A lot of high-quality signings were wasted.

Verus, who cut off the Grizzlies ahead of time, was secretly happy. Dajiasao is an absolute championship puzzle. If there is no Gasol in the later volute, it will be difficult to win the last two championships of the Lakers.

Originally, the Grizzlies general manager Billy Knight had reached a tacit agreement with the Eagles management, but Lenny had just left the Hawks, and the interpersonal relationship was basically still there, and the Warriors had a bigger bargaining chip, so the Eagles could not be tempted.

And the most important thing is that a 4-year endorsement contract of Verus' Shenli Sports, with a total contract amount of tens of millions of dollars, was placed in front of Gasol's agent, Herb Ludoy, ​​which completely dispelled Gasol's endorsement contract. Any hesitation and decision-making difficulties of the sister-in-law team.

In order for Pau Gasol to go to the United States to join the NBA, he must compensate his home team Barcelona, ​​Spain, $165 million. You must know that the original buyout amount was $250 million.

Therefore, a big endorsement contract by Verus completely dispelled all the doubts of Gasol, so that he did not hesitate to join the Golden State Warriors of the NBA team in San Francisco, a big American city.

In fact, Verus, the 01 rookie, still has many players to choose from, such as dunk king Richardson, Joe Johnson, Richard Jefferson, Gerald Wallace, Tony Parker, and their picks are all very dependent. Finally, but Verus weighed it again and again, and chose the player he needed.

Verus, who has a cross eye, of course knows who is the future superstar of nba, who is a shooting star and a waste star. What the Warriors need is good players, good team players, Randolph and Arenas may have some Ambiguity, but their abilities are there, and their performance in the NBA in the early years is not too exaggerated. Verus is confident to make good use of these players.

Dameng Olajuwon promised to stay in the Warriors to help train new players. He decided to retire. Currently, more tasks are to help train and support younger players. For every nba player, the dream footsteps are Dugu Nine Swords. .

Then the 01-02 Golden State Warriors roster came out. New players joined and some players left. This is the NBA practice.

Center: No. 11 Yao Ming, No. 55 Dikembe Mutombo, No. 30 Ben Wallace

Power Forward: No. 7 Jermaine O'Neal, No. 15 Paul Gasol (Warriors No. 16 Al Attles jersey has been retired), No. 50 Zach Randolph
Small forwards: No. 33 Grant Hill, No. 1 Tracy McGrady, No. 12 Bruce Bowen,

Shooting guard: No. 20 Larry Hughes, No. 8 Hu Dong, No. 31 Shane Battier
Point guard: No. 4 Chauncey Billups, No. 31 Jason Terry, No. 0 Gilbert Arenas

Boykins and Sarunas are still injured for the time being. Even if they recover, I am afraid that they will only be able to play in the Development League this season. The Warriors' players have expanded again, but the team currently has a lot of injuries.

In the playoffs against the Lakers Kings, more than half of the Warriors' players were injured, but the good news is that they were all minor injuries, and most of them could recover before the start of the new season, especially the old injured Grant Hill. Hill, let Verus look forward to it.

Raja Bell and Mullin are very satisfied with the life of the Shenzhou Shenhai men's basketball team. They decided to stay there and play for another year. Anyone who has been there knows how comfortable it is.

Verus held a grand farewell ceremony for Marshall and Jackson who left the team. He is not an NBA general manager who is cold-blooded and calculates economic accounts. Marshall and Jackson have paid a lot for the Warriors, and he will not just expose it without mentioning it.

Moreover, the two teams that went to the team are in urgent need of insiders, and they can play the main force when they go. Compared with staying in the Warriors as a substitute, Verus has done a good job.

(End of this chapter)