Guard With a Knife

The much-anticipated 2013 NBA draft was held on June 27, 2013 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, USA. The teams were full of enthusiasm for the draft.

The same is true for Adam Silver, because it means that he can finally stand on stage and announce the names of first-round picks. Before that, it was the privilege of league president David Stern, who could only shake hands with one second-round pick after another: a large number of these guys couldn't enter the league and get a guaranteed contract.

Maybe to differentiate it from David Stern.

This year's draft is scheduled to be held at the Barclays Arena in Brooklyn. Although it is not far from the basketball mecca of Madison Gardens, it still shows an extraordinary taste.

Interestingly, the Duke and his fiancée Ms. Daphne appeared at the scene tonight, and they were arranged to watch in a private room.

Then, the black mamba followed.

The two superstars of the Lakers came to the draft scene with great fanfare. This is obviously beyond everyone's imagination: Isn't this the legendary draft year? Is there any player worth the big fight between these two?

They are the absolute leaders of the Zijin Army. In fact, Ms. Daphne is still the third largest shareholder of the Lakers: Many teams have opposed this matter, thinking that her relationship with Doug will affect the nature of the club. But whether it was David Stern before or Adam Silver now, they all chose to be a wooden man.

Only an idiot would go to the trouble of a top player.

When Michael Jordan retired halfway through the game, he was still able to receive salary from the Bulls. Then, when the annual salary of most stars was still hovering below 10 million, he made an annual salary of more than 30 million U.S. dollars, which is not included in the team’s salary space. .

Compared with the current matter of the Duke, it is nothing compared to it.

Are you really sure that what Greek monster you're bullish on is going to be the Lakers' next superstar?

The Black Mamba still maintains great suspicion. It's not that he doesn't trust Doug, but that... this matter is too ridiculous.

That kid had only been training professionally for a few years. Not every striker who becomes a monk halfway can become Snoopidoo!

Dug gave Kobe an angry look. Kobe has become more and more sissy recently, talking too much like a gossip... I don't know if Vanessa has realized it.

This is a matter for our management, so don't worry about it, okay?

Doug stood up,

Go to the floor-to-ceiling glass in front. Adam Silver, who made his hair shiny and shiny, walked to the center of the stage in front of him in high spirits. Then he announced the choice of Cleveland, who has the No. 1 pick this year, in a cadenced tone.

Anthony Bennett!

When the name was pronounced, the sound of surprise on the scene was exactly the same as the slightly opened mouth of the Duke: everyone found it incredible.

After all, before this, the forward who was 2.03 meters tall and weighed 240 pounds and graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas was only ranked seventh by professional draft websites. NbaDraft set the template for Bennett, Rodney Rogers or Jason Maxhill, such a template is not like the person you are elected as the No. 1 pick.

But now, the people of Cleveland actually gave this dubious forward who only played with his body in the NCAA a No. 1 pick!

are you crazy?

The well-trained Daphne couldn't help complaining.

In her previous prediction, the Cavaliers will choose one of Alex Lunn or Norlen Snoll. But now, Cleveland actually gave such an elusive option.

It is undeniable that this is definitely the weakest draft in the past 15 years.

Under the witness of the Duke and the Black Mamba.

Strange things happened one after another.

First up is...Anthony Bennett was elected No. 1 overall. Then, as the top pick before the draft, Noel actually fell to the sixth pick.

This guy played well at the University of Kentucky and is a very tough defensive big.

However, it is understandable for the NBA to make such a choice. After all, there are many danger signs in Noel. He has undergone cruciate ligament surgery on his knee and is currently recovering from his injuries. Deng's lessons learned, every team will think about it. It is worth mentioning that after being selected by the Pelicans with the sixth overall pick, Noll was traded again and was traded to the 76ers. The price Philadelphia paid was Holiday and the No. 42 pick.

In the draft year, the frequency of transactions is quite high. Before the draft, Nets general manager Billy King revealed that many teams wanted to trade their picks. Sure enough, the transactions of each team were dazzling that night. There were 11 transactions in the first round alone, and three cases occurred in the lottery area. After the Pelicans chose Noel, they completed a big transaction with the 76ers. After the Timberwolves selected Trey Burke with the 9th overall pick, they gave it to the Jazz in exchange for the 14th and 21st picks; the Mavericks picked Zaga University center Kelly Olynyk with the 13th overall pick, and then traded to The Celtics, in exchange for the No. 16 pick and two future draft picks.

The Lakers-Bucks trade looms large in the news.

Because the Lakers just used Jordan Hill to replace the Bucks' expiring contract Gary Neal and No. 15 rookie Giannis Antetokounmpo.

This looks more like trading a rookie for a long-term deal.

The Lakers have really gone crazy in order to save salary. I can guarantee that ... the stingy Kupchak will shrink the salary space to less than 50 million this summer. They have no intention of signing any valuable players at all. They only want Give a basic salary, and it’s a super basic salary.”

Bill Walton lashed out at the Lakers front office in the ESPN studio.

In his view, spending a small amount of money to do big things is simply wishful thinking.

He prefers the recent Miami Heat, and the Heat's takeover of Dwight Howard has made them the number one favorite to win next season.

As for the Los Angeles Lakers who continue to follow the route of the veteran's basic salary, let them taste all their regrets next summer.

Meanwhile, Doug and Bryant meet backstage with the Greek monster Giannis, who doesn't even speak English very well, but communicates well.

Doug told him: We are very optimistic about you. After you officially join, all the old players will cultivate you carefully. Just wait and see, you will become famous.

The Duke's words gave the Greeks infinite confidence.

As a freshman, he never thought that he would join the Los Angeles Lakers, let alone that his idol would take the initiative to talk to him, and even encouraged him to be more optimistic about his future.

He even shed tears of joy.

This made Duge slightly stand on tiptoe and pat his head: Come on! You will be the ruler of the next era!

At that moment, the Greek monster was both very moved and felt that his idol might have drunk too much.

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When the time advances to July.

In Miami executives sat at the same press conference as Dwight Howard, and both parties signed their names on the max contract.

This shocking joining even caused some media to shout: the slogan of the NBA celebrating the finale.

And Pat Riley, who has always been known for his careful budgeting, also said in the media: We will never be stingy with money. For the sake of the championship, we are willing to pay a luxury tax. Our goal is the championship!!

What he said was powerful.

Not many people even questioned that the new season championship will go to Miami.

Because the defending champion Lakers seem to be too sloppy, they just sent Steve Blake to the Phoenix Suns. In exchange for 500,000 cash and a transaction exception.

It sounds like some bankrupt team is selling off.

Moreover, the signings that followed were even more troublesome.

First signed Stephen Jack with a basic salary, and then signed Sean Marion and Nick Young with a one-year contract of 1.15 million US dollars!

In addition, Artest and Baron Davis, who had previously signed with a basic salary, were added.

Is this a plan to gather seven basic salaries and then summon Shenlong?

Compared with the Miami Heat, which has four superstars in their shots, the Lakers look like township enterprises.

When you have Snoopy on your team, what other superstar do you need? We don't want to go 'not one superstar, not two superstars, not three superstars, not four superstars...' . We only have one core, and it’s enough to rally around him and build a championship team.”

Kupchak has nothing to say recently, but he has a lot to say.

This hatred almost caused LeBron James to smash the sandbags at home.

Isn't this a clear mockery of the wild words he said in 2010?

Just wait and see!

I will definitely let you taste the taste of remorse!

All summer, LeBron James has been swearing by it.

On the other hand, Lord Duke, he really kept his promise.

He accompanied Daphne to roam around the world all summer, they are like a couple of gods and gods. Either he was photographed feeding pigeons in Paris, or he was caught by chance at the London airport, and then he was spotted soaking in a hot spring in Japan. In short... Throughout the summer, people all over the world were lucky to meet the Duke.

It looked like they were going to get married soon.

Many media are speculating on this matter.

But the response given by the prospective father-in-law is: they will get married next year.

This made the reporters very excited, as if they would soon have the Duke's wedding wine.

Time flies, and in no time July turns to August, then September, and then October.

During this period, the Duke only shot 6 commercials and only held 3 concerts.

He finally had a leisurely vacation.

However, unlike the leisurely summer of other players, the Duke is both leisurely and rich, and his assets are still rapidly increasing.

This has caused some financial magazines to say: Snoopy is already the richest man under the age of 30. Moreover, as many companies continue to go public in the future, his assets will even enter the top ten in the world! At that time, I really can't figure out why he still has any reason to stay in the NBA and fight with a group of multi-millionaires physically! After all, he will be a super rich man worth tens of billions of dollars by that time.

In this regard, the basketball media can't help but have various concerns.

They are also worried that the Duke will suddenly stop playing basketball one day, because it seems that at the age of 24, he doesn't have much reason to stay in the NBA to fight!

Money, he has long since achieved financial freedom.

Honor, in history, no 24-year-old player has been more successful than him.

Although Michael Jordan has been sourly claiming that he is the best and most influential player, but ... more and more voices are beginning to lean towards the Duke.

To be honest, Adam Silver is also worried about this matter.

If Bruce Lee announces his retirement just after he took office, the influence of the NBA will shrink to a great extent.

Fortunately, on the day the Lakers training camp opened, the No. 10 Lakers player appeared in the training hall.

And, looks very happy.

He even confirmed the jersey number for rookie Giannis: No. 23 for the Zijin Army.

Nick Young also rushed over to ask Duge for help in choosing a number. His Excellency raised his eyebrows: Why don't you just choose number 88!

Nick Young knew a little bit about Chinese culture, so he quickly asked, Does this mean getting rich?

No, you have to take this number apart to see. It means: you are equal to two Kobes!

The Duke laughed and joked: From today onwards, you will be the main shooting guard of the Zijin Army. Kobe Bryant will spend at least half of this season having children.

This word reached the ears of the Black Mamba, who almost ran over and strangled the Duke to death.

But I have to say that the atmosphere of the Zijin Army in the new season is even better.

The new and old players quickly integrated in, and Nick Young was familiar with him personally, although Yang Nis could not speak English very well. But under Doug's instructions, Stephen Jackson, Ron Artest, Sean Marion, and Baron Davis became this guy's close masters!

These four people really taught Yang Niss like their own sons. Hand in hand, from defense to offense, from feints to stares, and then... how to black elbow.

Not a single bit of skill was lost.

It seems to regard this talented Greek monster as the last work of his career.

His Excellency the Duke was quite happy about this.

At this time, Nick Yang would always cautiously run to the Duke's side: Can you ask Kobe to teach me a few tricks?

Duger gave advice very seriously: You have learned well. If you want to make a salary of tens of millions in your next contract, I suggest you learn from Steve Nash!

After about four or five times, Nick Young really went to learn from Nash.

Suddenly, the atmosphere of the Lakers training camp became like a training class. With all kinds of small stoves, the Duke can only go to eat hot pot with Kyle Korver, Carlos Boozer, Whiteside, and Millich.

And in this rich teaching atmosphere, the preseason will come soon.

The preseason is often called the opening station of the new season, which is used to integrate new players into the system, and also to restore the physical strength of players who have been rested for several months.

However, the Lakers played quite Buddhist in the preseason.

The Duke averaged 6 minutes per game in 8 games, and the Black Mamba averaged 7 minutes per game.

The rest of the oldies are also fairly even. Only Yang Nis, Nick Young, and Whiteside, the three stunned youths, did it!

Needless to say, these three played pretty well. After eight games, they only lost 7 games.

The only one to win that game was the New York Knicks.

This made the New York State fans vomit blood angrily: Why is it always me who is injured.

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