The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 217 The Cursed Rookie
Dumas still couldn't make up his mind, after all, this matter was too risky.

In case DeRozan and Lowry are not available in exchange, and the draft picks fail to select any decent players, then this deal will seem too stupid.

It is not so easy to get a strong rookie in the draft.

Those teams that did not make the playoffs, the draft picks they hold are also called lottery picks.

Lotto means lottery in English, and the top fourteen lottery picks are like lottery draws.

Not to mention the draft picks after the [-]th pick, the chances of winning the lottery are even smaller than the lottery.

However, Li Xun has been encouraging Dumas to trade. If Li Xun had not had successful operation experience before, Dumas would definitely not consider Li Xun's proposal.

Now Li Xun has proven himself, he has an extraordinary talent in selecting players.

Then this deal can indeed be considered.

In the end, Dumars made a decision. Anyway, they really don't need Jordan this year, and the chances of a successful contract extension are not very high, so they can just sell it.

"Lee, let's make this deal."

"I'm going to contact their Raptors management right now."

"I hope this transaction will not lose too badly."

Dumas laughed.

Li Xun shook his head, it is impossible to lose this deal anyway.

Leaving aside the value of DeRozan, the value of Lowry alone is actually very high.

An all-star point guard is definitely a sweet spot in the trading market.

However, with the current point guard reserves of the Pistons, Lowry will definitely have to guard the drinking fountains after he comes.

After all, there are still Iverson, Curry and Beverly at the point guard position of the Pistons.

Iverson should retire next season, or after the Pistons won the championship, he returned to the Philadelphia 76ers for a farewell tour.

If Beverly can play out here, he can sell it, and then support Lowry as the chief backup point guard.

As for the two draft picks, in addition to being used to select the big white side, there are still many outstanding players to choose from in the 2010 draft.

The 2010 draft is known as the cursed draft.

If you look closely at the members of this draft, you will know how miserable their fate is.

The No. [-] pick, John Wall, fell at home and directly scrapped himself for more than a season, even losing his position as the team boss.

Second place Turner is a parallel importer, needless to say.

Cousin Cousins, because of injuries, went directly from the league's No. [-] center to a middle-class player.

Hai Gonggong Heyward is also injured. He played the Cavaliers in the first game of the season and directly scrapped the entire season.

Pickled Pepper Paul George also has a lot of injury problems.

Bloody Bledsoe has also had a lot of injuries in his career, and he has only played half of several seasons.

The most outstanding rookies have all stumbled in their careers, which shows that it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a cursed draft.

Li Xun's current plan is to try to trade to the ninth or tenth pick, and then get Eunuch Hai or Paojiao.

Such a pick is not particularly high, as long as the chips are right, the opponent will definitely be tempted.

Of course, Da Baibian must have been won too. Winning a center and a first-class small forward in the first round of the draft is already quite rewarding.

Sometimes Li Xun wondered if he had made a mistake in time travel, as if being the general manager of a team was more suitable for him.

……

At noon the next day, Li Xun received a call from Bosh.

On the phone, Bosh couldn't help thanking Li Xun, the deal he had been thinking about was finally reached.

The Pistons sent DeAndre Jordan and got DeRozan, Lowry and the Raptors' first round and second round picks.

What Bosh is looking forward to most now is the next game, when he can become teammates with Jordan.

In the afternoon, Li Xun arrived at the training ground and saw Jordan was saying goodbye to his teammates.

"Head."

After seeing Li Xun, Little Qiaodan trotted over, his eyes full of reluctance.

He also knows that it is actually a good thing for him to leave the Pistons to join the Raptors.

The Pistons have Yao Ming, so they can't play the starting center at all.

Now it's the Raptors, they have spent such a high price to take themselves, they can't let themselves serve as a substitute for Bargnani, right?
"Uncle Huang, fight well after you go to the Raptors, but don't embarrass me."

"You are mine."

Li Xun patted Jordan on the shoulder to encourage him.

Little Qiaodan nodded solemnly, "Boss, don't worry, I won't embarrass you."

"Unfortunately, there is no chance to win the championship this year."

"But I'm still young, and there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Little Jordan said to himself.

Li Xun nodded, "It's not bad to go to the Raptors. If you play hard this year, you may even get a maximum salary next season."

"By the way, after going to the Raptors, if someone bullies you, call me anytime."

"Bullying me? Just the Raptors, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled?"

"Boss, you look down on me too much, can I bully anyone?"

……

Because the league has a rule that he must report to the team within three days after the transaction, Jordan left Detroit that night.

Early the next morning, Li Xun saw the two garbage brothers at the training ground.

DeRozan still feels like he is dreaming until now.

Just two days ago, I thought about how wonderful it would be if I could become Li Xun's teammate.

Who would have thought that this dream would come true today, and he really became a member of the Pistons and Li Xun's teammate.

Lowry stood behind DeRozan tremblingly, and those who didn't know thought he was a newcomer.

His qualifications are actually very old, because he entered the league in 06 and was a rookie in the same class as Rondo.

And the pick is similar to Rondo, Rondo is 21st and Lowry is 24th.

As a result, the same person does not have the same fate. Rondo helped the Big Three and turned himself into an All-Star point guard.

And Lowry has been guarding the drinking fountains in the Rockets, and he hasn't shown himself until now.

In fact, Lowry doesn't know what Li Xun has in mind for him now.

Did he learn from DeRozan that he is the bargaining chip for Li Xun to come, or add on?

In today's league, there are not many players who are not afraid of Li Xun, and Lowry is no exception. He has a kind of fear of Li Xun.

Although he has never fought against Li Xun, let alone had any conflicts with Li Xun.

But when he saw Li Xun, he couldn't help trembling in his calves, and couldn't help standing behind DeRozan.

He even wondered if Li Xun found out that he followed Brooks and blamed Sun Yue.

Now Li Xun has bought himself to the Pistons so that he can clean himself up.

"Guys, welcome to Detroit."

Li Xun looked at the trash brothers and greeted them warmly.

"Lee, it's an honor to join the Pistons."

DeRozan smiled unnaturally, reminding Li Xun of Leonard's robotic smile in later generations.

"DeMar, I heard that your idol is Kobe?"

Li Xun asked curiously.

DeRozan was taken aback, Li Xun asked what did he mean?Is there any purpose?
"Well, all my low-post skills are learned from watching his videos."

"My dad likes to collect videotapes of stars."

DeRozan replied honestly.

Li Xun nodded. Unlike most black players, DeRozan has a very competent father.

Although he is poor and can't even pay for cable TV, at least he has been by DeRozan's side.

Lowry next to him is a typical black player. His father ran away when he was seven years old.

"Okay, then get ready, you may have to beat your idol in this year's finals."

"No, to be precise, it can definitely be defeated."

"I really can't think of a reason why we would lose to them."

Li Xun said with a big smile.

DeRozan smiled unnaturally again.

After speaking, Li Xun left for training.

With the addition of DeRozan and Lowry, the Pistons' backcourt can be said to be overcrowded.

Especially the joining of Lowry put pressure on Curry and Beverly.

Fortunately, Curry said that he could clearly feel Li Xun's preference for him.

The one who is favored has nothing to fear, but he is not worried that Lowry will take his position.

And Beverly's side is under a lot of pressure. He was not a starter in the first place. If Lowry takes away a little more playing time from him, his life will be too difficult.

Tang Shuai is suffering from a headache now, he has finally realized what troubles of happiness are.

There are too many players, and he doesn't know how to use them.

If it's just too much, it's easy to handle, but at worst, just don't use it.

But each of these players is strong, and DeRozan's performance in the Raptors is also good, otherwise it would be impossible to use it as the main bargaining chip for Jordan.

Now that the backcourt is overcrowded, Tang Shuai has a headache how to arrange the playing time of these players.

After the Raptors, the Pistons next played against another Eastern Conference playoff goalie team, the Chicago Bulls.

The Bulls haven't taken off this season, and the current winning percentage is about [-]%, ranking eighth in the Eastern Conference.

However, the next season, they changed their head coach Tom Thibodeau, coupled with the trade of Boozer, their overall strength soared, directly ranking first in the Eastern Conference, and their record was even better than that of the Big Three Heat.

Speaking of which, it is also interesting that the Bulls traded Boozer with the Jazz.

Because the Bulls only gave the Jazz a second-round pick in 2011. As a result, the Bulls had the best record in the league, and this second-round pick became the No. 60 pick.

The reason why there is such an outrageous deal, in fact, is that Boozer became a completely free agent at the time.

He can join the Bulls as a free agent.

However, if he joins the Bulls as a free agent, he will lose his bird rights and his contract will be much smaller.

Thinking about how a money-loving person like Boozer could tolerate this kind of thing, so he thought of a coup, let the Bulls negotiate with the Jazz, and came to sign first and then trade.

Sign with the Jazz first, then trade.

The Jazz got a second-round pick for nothing, and they can accept it.

Before the start of the game, Tang Shuai found Li Xun and asked him to give him advice on how to allocate the players' playing time.

It's not that Li Xun has any privileges, but that Tang Shuai has always been like this.

He feels that the leaders of the team are qualified and obliged to participate in the affairs related to the game.

The player's playing time is of course related to the game.

"Rudy, it's up to you to make up your mind about this kind of thing."

"However, I think some players can play for a longer period of time in order to make the average per game look better, and then simply not let them play in the next game."

"For example, Beverly can do this, give him an open game, and then press him on the bench for two or three games."

"That way, it's going to work them out more than putting them on the floor in garbage time."

Li Xun could not help but suggest.

On the one hand, this way of playing is indeed more able to train people.

It's of no use to exercise if you always play in garbage time.

On the other hand, the average data per game is also better.

For example, Beverly played three and 10 minutes wide open tonight and scored 15 points.

Or three games played for 10 minutes and only 5 points per game.

The average data for this game is three times worse.

These players do not seek to enter the ranking list of various statistics, and the number of games is of little significance to them.

However, this method of allocating playing time for players may only be used by the Pistons.

In many other teams, there may only be seven or eight players who really have decent combat power.

Seven or eight people rotate, and they don't need to worry about playing time at all.

Tang Shuai nodded, "That's right, Li, what you said makes a lot of sense."

"Then do as you say."

At eight o'clock in the evening, Li Xun was taken aback when he saw tonight's starting lineup.

Tang Shuai is a real person.

Yao Ming, Li Xun, Prince, DeRozan and Lowry.

He actually put the garbage brothers directly into the starting lineup.

Lowry dug his ears and eyes, he wondered if he had auditory hallucinations.

After playing in the Rockets for a whole season, he didn't make a start.

As a result, he was able to start the first game of the Pistons?
With Iverson and Curry in the team, he started?

Compared with qualifications, Iverson beat himself 180 blocks.

In terms of ability, Curry is now a supernova of the new generation of point guards. How can a fringe player compare himself with others?
In this case, his starting is really inexplicable.

Could it be that Li Xun helped him?
Thinking of this, Lowry looked at Li Xun gratefully.

It seems that I have a bit of a villain's heart and a gentleman's belly.

DeRozan is not as unpromising as Lowry, because he was in the Raptors, and he was originally a starter.

It's just that he didn't play much in this starting game, only less than 21 minutes.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blows the whistle and players from both sides start to play.

The Bulls' lineup is very good, and they also sent a Twin Towers lineup tonight.

Brad Miller, Noah, Deng Yingqiao, Hinrich plus Rose.

To be reasonable, this lineup only played eighth in the Eastern Conference, which really shouldn't be.

On the one hand, Ross and Noah are too young. After all, they are only in the second grade this year.

On the other hand, the ability of the head coach is not good, and the head coach De Nagro is a newcomer.

He was just promoted from assistant to head coach last season, so the Bulls management may only use him as a transitional coach.

In the jump ball session, Yao Ming failed to beat Noah.

The bulls go on the attack.

Lowry stared at Rose with a tense expression. He knew very well that whether he could take off would depend on tonight's start.

If I can grasp it, although it is impossible to continue to start, at least life in the Pistons will be easier.

(End of this chapter)