The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 233 Cao Pi's Wife Enters the Vegetable Garden - Zhen Ji Pulls the Vegetables
The draft continues, and after the second round, the speed will be much faster.

A draft pick can be completed in almost two or three minutes.

Half an hour later, Dumars made a move, using the remaining No. 45 pick of the Pistons plus the No. 60 pick, and traded with the Pacers for the No. 40 pick.

As a result, Li Xun decisively used this draft pick to select his junior brother Lance Stephenson.

His own junior was also selected by the Pacers, and he played as a substitute for many years after he went.

The main reason is that his position is rather awkward. He is 196 cm tall and plays the shooting guard position.

It just so happened that when Paojiao first joined the Pacers, he was assigned the position of shooting guard.

One is pickled peppers, the other is junior, even a fool knows which one to use.

That's right, Paojiao was indeed a shooting guard at the beginning of his career, a shooting guard with a height of 206 cm.

The further back, the more blurred the player's position becomes.

For a player like Pickled Pepper, it is difficult to define whether he is in the second, third, or fourth positions on the court.

With an average of 8+ rebounds per game, it is not impossible for Paojiao to play power forward.

In fact, the Pacers have a good vision in the draft, especially when selecting forward and backline players, they can always gain a lot.

This may also be thanks to Reggie Miller. Because of Miller, the Pacers always want to train another Miller.

Granger's strength is good, but he is not domineering enough, and his temper is too gentle.

The Pacers can only continue to try year after year, trying to find another Miller.

They are very discerning when selecting forwards and guards, but the Pacers have a sharp eye when selecting insiders. Just look at Gao Yuanyuan in their lineup, and you will know that this statement is true.

When the draft goes beyond the [-]th pick, picking a rookie is actually like gambling.

If you want to miss out on this pick, unless you are a time traveler like Li Xun who has opened his eyes, it will be as difficult as reaching the sky.

Since it was a gamble, the Pistons gave them two chances to gamble, and it was better than one chance, so the Pacers agreed.

"Li, is this Lance an All-Star shooting guard?"

Dumas asked Li Xun in a low voice.

Li Xun shook his head, "How can there be so many All-Stars, this is just an ordinary bench player."

"In some underdogs, he can barely get the starting lineup, but in our Pistons, he basically has no training value."

Li Xun told the truth.

The strength of the younger brother is indeed that. Although he has a knives to play from time to time, his overall strength is generally at the starting level of a weak team.

There is still a big gap from the All-Stars.

"Shh!"

Dumas quickly made a silence gesture at Li Xun.

"You know about it, I know about it, but others don't."

"Maybe some teams think that Lance is also a reliable seed. At that time, we will pick a few underdogs, let Lance play a few good games, and then sell him."

"Will you make money or not?"

Dumas smiled mysteriously.

The corner of Li Xun's mouth twitched, he wondered if the Alliance Ethics Award should be renamed.

Dumas really lacked virtue in this move.

But Li Xun likes it very much.

He has a lot of enemies in the alliance, and it would be a good thing to be able to cheat one at that time.

Junior Brother is not good at anything else, but if you give him a chance to swipe data, he is still very energetic and can really scare people.

The key point is that this guy is really all-round, and has a strange desire to brush data.

During his rookie contract, he had 14 defensive rebounds twice in a single game, and his total rebounds in these two games were also 14.

When the total number of rebounds is the same as the number of defensive rebounds, it can be asserted that this player is a big brush.

In addition, because of Lance's physical fitness, it is much less difficult for him to achieve a triple-double than Beverly.

As long as Li Xun thinks, he can even make his juniors average a triple-double.

"Old Joe, don't tell me, your plan is very attractive."

"Why don't we dig a hole for those teams, and let them have a hole in the new season."

Li Xun smiled mysteriously, he had already thought about which teams he would cheat.

……

After the draft, Li Xun originally planned to leave New York directly with Dumars.

He doesn't have the slightest liking for the most prosperous city in the world.

The main reason may be that Stern sits here.

Of course, compared to his successor Xiao Hua, Stern is a perfect person, and Xiao Hua is the real person who hates dogs.

As a result, Stern stopped Li Xun, wanting to have a good chat with Li Xun.

In the underground parking lot of the Madison Arena, Li Xun was sitting in Stern's business car.

"Li, your behavior in the last game of the finals was too bad."

"We must suspend you for a long time."

Stern said straight to the point.

Li Xun shrugged, not caring at all.

"Despite the ban, you can ban it for as long as you want."

"Why don't you just suspend me for a whole season and just let the Lakers win the championship."

Li Xun's attitude is very bad, because of Yao Ming's matter, he completely lost his favor with Stern.

Stern didn't speak, but seeing his expression was a little unhappy.

As the complete master of this league, no player would dare to talk to him like that.

Before he could speak, Xiao Hua on the side spoke directly.

"Li Xun, what's your attitude?"

"Do you really think we dare not ban you for the entire season? Or ban you permanently?"

Xiao Hua scolded loudly.

Li Xun looked at Xiao Hua with a mocking expression, "Mr. Stern, I think you have to take care of your dog."

"It's really impolite for a dog to bark while humans are talking."

As soon as he said this, Xiao Hua was directly annoyed.

He started out as Stern's personal assistant and later became the vice president of the league.

Many people actually look down on him, thinking that he is Stern's lackey.

Even though he ascended to the throne of president later, Stern is still the big man behind the scenes, and many decisions are made by Stern.

Li Xun even maliciously speculated whether Stern was killed by Xiao Hua in order to monopolize power.

How could Xiao Hua not be angry when Li Xun said it bluntly.

Pointing at Li Xun, Xiao Hua almost came forward to beat Li Xun with his hands.

It's a pity that the last rationality told him that he must not do this.

With such a small body, ten of them tied together may not be Li Xun's opponent.

No, it is definitely not Li Xun's opponent.

And in the car, there is no place to run by myself.

"Lee, I know you have a big opinion on Bynum's penalty."

"As a smart person, I think you should know where I stand."

"For your suspension, we will try to reduce it as much as possible, which can be regarded as compensation for you."

Stern's attitude did not exceed Li Xun's expectations.

Now Li Xun is the cash cow of the NBA league, whether it is home or away, all are overcrowded with spectators.

Moreover, the ratings of the Internet and TV are also extremely terrifying, which can bring incomparably considerable benefits to the NBA.

Last season, the NBA's profit scale directly broke the historical record.

The operating net profit of up to 22 billion US dollars is even more than 7% higher than the previous highest record.

You must know that until 2018, the profit of the NBA under normal circumstances is actually only 18 billion.

From this, we can clearly see Li Xun's value to the NBA.

So let alone a permanent ban on Li Xun, even a season ban is absolutely impossible.

Even for Stern's benefit, he had to reduce Li Xun's suspension as much as possible.

Li Xun has few suspensions, which will not arouse the disgust of fans.

After listening to Stern's words, Li Xun spread his hands. His current attitude is to care about how many games you are suspended for, and you can be banned as you like. Anyway, it is not him who is losing.

This meeting was undoubtedly very unpleasant.

At eight o'clock the next morning, the league official announced the punishment plan for Li Xun.

A fine of [-] U.S. dollars and a seven-game suspension.

That is, for the first seven games of next season, Li Xun will be suspended.

Li Xun didn't even bat an eyelid for the result of this kind of innocuous suspension.

At ten o'clock that day, Dumars returned to Detroit with Li Xun and three rookies this year.

Under normal circumstances, these rookies have about half a month's vacation before going to the team to report and prepare to participate in the next summer league.

But this time was special. When Cousins ​​knew he was selected by the Pistons, he was so excited that he contacted Dumars that night, saying that he wanted to return to Detroit with them.

I want to recognize my home ground first.

Cousins ​​has made his statement. Of course, Bai Bian and his younger brother, the second-round picks, cannot slack off. Their starting point is not as good as Cousins.

If this professional attitude is not as good as Cousins, I am afraid that he will definitely sit on the bench forever in the future.

So they came to Detroit together.

After arriving in Detroit, Li Xun was in a good mood. After all, two top centers were selected in the first draft.

He simply took the three of them to the court, wanting Dumars to see the strength of this wave of rookies.

They had a bullfight with Cousins, Baibian, and the younger brother respectively, and as a result, Dumas' face turned green.

In front of Li Xun, these three newcomers were really helpless like children.

It is definitely Cao Pi's daughter-in-law entering the vegetable garden and Zhen Ji pulling vegetables.

In front of Li Xun, Bai Bian was really not much stronger than the wooden stake, and Li Xun firmly grasped it.

Whether it's defense, rebounding or offense, it seems that he doesn't even deserve to mention Li Xun's shoes.

The younger brother was even worse. After five rounds of fighting, he was capped by Li Xun four times.

Dumas even suspected that this guy was an opportunist, who specially sent Li Xun to block shots and then curry favor with Li Xun, the team boss.

Cousins' performance is acceptable, at least he can still shoot, although he was also blocked, and his shooting rate is worrying.

Looking at it this way, the three rookies selected by the Pistons this year are simply too weak.

Dumas could only comfort himself silently. It wasn't that these three were too weak, but that Li Xun was too strong.

If you think about it this way, it seems to be completely acceptable.

Who is Li Xun?The strongest player in the league today.

It may be a bit reluctant to say that the strongest is in terms of honor, but in terms of personal strength, he is definitely recognized as the strongest.

Of the five big stats, there are four stats that dominate the list. What is it if it is not the strongest?
It seems that it is not unacceptable for the strongest to beat three rookies and completely blow them up.

Li Xun's face was weird, and he also felt that the three of them were outrageous.

Junior Cai, that's normal, after all, he wasn't an All-Star player in the first place.

Li Xun wondered if Bai Bian was such a dish, hadn't received the education of socialism?

Under normal circumstances, Baibian only gained a firm foothold in the NBA after playing in the CBA for a period of time.

Li Xun wondered if he should send Bai Bian to the CBA now, so that he can hone his skills for a year before talking?
Cousins' performance also disappointed Li Xun.

After careful consideration, Li Xun found the root of the problem. It seemed that it was really not their fault, but that he had become stronger again.

After the speed attribute was raised to 99 points, Li Xun's strength changed drastically.

This change has been perfectly reflected in both the offensive and defensive ends.

The speed is faster, and when Li Xun is attacking, he can easily pull away from his body and form a half-empty shot.

When defending, the faster the speed, the better you can keep an eye on the opponent, and you can even block the opponent's offensive route in advance.

This will make the opponent very helpless.

When a 206 cm big man with a body as strong as a cow suddenly appeared on his offensive line, it was really desperate.

Especially this guy's blocking ability is extremely powerful.

The younger brother has been hated so many times, and he suffered from this aspect. He was surprised to find that no matter how he made a move, Li Xun could quickly rush to him in front of him in advance.

The three of them looked at Li Xun now, as if they were looking at a monster.

They must know that Li Xun is very strong, but they didn't expect to be so strong.

In a one-on-one situation, the three of them were completely hanged and beaten.

It is not an exaggeration to say that if Li Xun scored [-] goals and they scored [-] goals, they were lucky.

This has to be blocked by Li Xun at least 30 times!
What really scares them is Li Xun's speed!

They knew that Li Xun's jumping was extremely terrifying. Everyone on the earth knew this. In the previous dunk contest, Li Xun's jumping had already broken the human record.

But what's going on at this speed now?

The younger brother is a defender, his speed is not good, but it is impossible to be worse than the inside.

As a result, the younger brother suddenly discovered that he was not even a little bit slower than Li Xun.

He felt in a trance, as if Li Xun was watching Iverson's speed in the video.

I have to say that the younger brother still has a little vision.

Li Xun's current speed is indeed comparable to that of the peak Iverson.

"Okay, you can go home during this time, or stay at the training ground."

"After the summer league, it's almost time for the training camp."

"Let's work hard in the new season, but don't let Li Xun down."

"You know, you are all players handpicked by Li Xun."

Dumars said to the three rookies.

The three people who said this were blushing. Are they the players handpicked by Li Xun?Why is it so unbearable in front of Li Xun.

"Don't put so much pressure on these young people."

"Taking advantage of this time, go back and spend time with your family."

"Our Pistons have plenty of time to wait for you to grow up."

Li Xun said to the three of them in a gentle tone.

Only then did the three feel relieved. They were just worried that Li Xun would be disappointed with their strength, and that the new season would make them sit on the bench.

Li Xun undoubtedly has this right to speak in the Pistons.

Not to mention the second-round picks like Junior Brother and Baibian, even Cousins, the third pick, as long as Li Xun says a word, he won't even be able to get even a minute of playing time.

(End of this chapter)