The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 311 The Alliance Has Changed

Both Nelson Jr. and Dumars are very satisfied with being able to select such a center at the bottom of the first round.

Of course, Li Xun didn't need to be joking. It seems that this handsome-looking French center might really have something.

In the second round, there are no decent players.

This draft really can't be said to be a big draft year, it can be regarded as an extremely standard small draft year.

After the draft, Li Xun directly returned to Dallas ahead of schedule, while Nelson Jr. stayed here. He had to hold a press conference with the Timberwolves tomorrow.

Seeing that the Mavericks picked two insiders in a row, the Timberwolves felt a little greedy.

How did they know that Antetokounmpo is not actually an insider, only looking at his height of 211 cm, they thought he was also an insider.

Because this is the player Li Xun chose, there is a high probability that they are good seedlings.

Just like this to the Mavericks, they must be heartbroken.

Fortunately, they have already got Zhuang Shen, and the draft picks traded by the Mavericks also selected two players.

Whether these two players can play out is really like buying a lottery ticket.

By the end of the press conference the next day, the Mavericks officially released Zhuang Shen and got Antetokounmpo and Yanzu.

The Mavericks fans feel very sorry, because in their view, Zhuang Shen is an important force. Although two rookies have been added inside, what if the rookie can't play?
Li Xun is not in the mood to care what the fans think now, he found old Kidd immediately.

Kidd didn't settle down here, but rented a house here, maybe because he wanted to have a little "private space" at ordinary times.

Kidd looked honest, but actually he didn't do honest things.

When he was young, Kidd formed a powerful Dallas 3J combination with the Dallas Mavericks, the monster Mashburn and Jimmy Jackson.

As a result, the three of them started to fight among themselves because of a woman, and started fighting in the bar.

That's right, three people are speechless because of one woman.

In addition to this matter, Kidd has two children outside of marriage. The illegitimate son is the gay guy who came out, and the illegitimate daughter is also a half-lady. She is now 19 years old and wanders in the beds of players from all walks of life in the NBA. Between.

"Li, April Fool's Day has already passed, your joke is very boring."

Kidd was speechless when he heard that Li Xun asked him to train Brother Antetokounmpo to play point guard.

He is indeed a tall and large point guard, but it does not mean that he is tall enough to have the height of a center.

211 cm tall to play point guard, isn't that the same as a center playing point guard?
The taller you are, the easier it is to steal the ball, which is why the number of tall point guards is small.

"Old man, I'm really not kidding."

"You can really try it, what if it succeeds?"

"We are very short of point guards now, and there is no shortage of forward players at all. Middleton has not played much time yet."

Li Xun said with a wry smile.

After selecting Middleton, he didn't make any appearances for the whole season, which is really unreasonable.

Li Xun is thinking about improving Middleton's playing time this season, and finding an opportunity to sell him to a team that allows him to perform well.

"Okay, then I'll give it a try."

"Actually, I don't think there is any chance. Once the point guard's height exceeds two meters, it will be difficult to play."

"Unless you have magic powers, like Magic Johnson."

Kidd still doesn't think this is feasible, but now that he is the assistant coach of the Mavericks, it seems that this is indeed his job.

"By the way, Li, Xia Anna is coming to Dallas these few days."

"She wants to meet you, you know, you're a lot of young girls' dreams."

"God, I really envy you young people who can fall in love freely."

Kidd said something strange.

Li Xun was speechless. Xia Anna was actually Kidd's illegitimate daughter.

It is true that Li Xun is the dream lover of these young girls.

Today's alliance No.1 has unparalleled influence and alliance status, and the most important thing is that the income is frighteningly high.

Li Xun is undoubtedly the most profitable star in the league today.

The key is still young, Li Xun is only 24 years old now.

"Old man, I'm very busy here, so I don't have time to accompany Xia Anna."

"You find someone else."

Of course, it was impossible for Li Xun to be the pick-up hero, because he clearly remembered that at this point in time, it seemed that Xia Anna had already given the young hero Nick Yang a big belly.

Not to mention that Xia Anna doesn't look very good, even if she looks like Tian Xian'er, it is impossible for Li Xun to take over for Yang Shaoxia.

"Well, I think Klein is a good kid."

Kidd muttered under his breath.

Li Xun could only mourn for Klein silently in his heart, hoping that this guy could resist the temptation, otherwise the end would be really terrible.

Throughout the offseason, Li Xun kept his feet on the ground and took a lot of commercials.

In the blink of an eye, by mid-July, the two newcomers to the team had already come to report.

Many teams don't like to choose international players, the main reason is that they often have some possibility of not coming to the team to report on time.

If you are unlucky, the player still has a contract with his old club. If the old club doesn't let him go, the NBA team may have to spend a lot of money on the buyout fee.

Fortunately, Antetokounmpo and Yanzu didn't have these troublesome problems, and they both came to report on time.

Not only the two of them, Middleton was also called over by Li Xun.

He's going to send the trio to summer league.

"Boss, you didn't even go on vacation."

Middleton was full of surprise. Li Xun, who had just won the championship, did not indulge, which made him very admired.

"Vacation?"

"Now is not a good time for a vacation, I have to keep an eye on the three of you."

"Dude, you didn't play too much time in your rookie season. I really feel sorry for you."

"However, don't worry, the new season will give you plenty of playing time, but you have to be prepared to be traded."

"You know what I mean?"

Li Xun said to Middleton very bluntly.

These words made Middleton very pleasantly surprised. Li Xun's words mean that the team is going to fatten themselves up and then sell themselves?
This is undoubtedly very good news for himself.

There are still three years left on his contract with the Mavericks.

If the next three years are such a playing time, he will definitely be abolished.

Three years later, I am not too young, which team would be willing to train me.

But the situation is different now, maybe next season he will be traded to an underdog, and then become the team's head or second head.

After playing one season with the Mavericks, he got a championship ring.

Next, I can go to be the boss of other teams, which is simply wonderful.

For a while, Middleton felt that the grievances he had suffered throughout the season were not considered grievances.

"Boss, thank you."

"You are the best boss, I will never speak ill of you in my life."

The corner of Li Xun's mouth twitched, is this your way of repaying your favor?Don't say a bad word all your life?

Antetokounmpo and Gobert, who stood aside, looked trembling, like frightened quails.

Both of them are now skinny and tall, but they really don't have any flesh.

But this is not a big problem.

At least before the official start of the NBA, these two will be much stronger.

After playing for half a season, the two of them will almost become muscular men.

Gobert's face is thinner and longer, so even in his peak period, he looks thinner.

In fact, his muscles are still very good, otherwise he guards the penalty area very much.

"You two train hard this offseason."

"Whether you can start the new season depends on your own performance."

"One of you is a center and the other is a point guard. This is the position that our Mavericks are most lacking at present, but if you do not perform well, I can also play these positions."

"So, you can only train hard."

Listening to Li Xun's words, Antetokounmpo and Gobert looked at each other in shock.

He turned out to be a point guard?

Soon, there was no shock in Antetokounmpo's eyes, because Kidd came.

Kidd may have drank a lot of wine last night, and now he is in a hangover state, leading Antetokounmpo to training.

The more Antetokounmpo practiced, the more something went wrong. Dare he be the point guard?

He almost collapsed for a while, how can he play point guard at his height?
Kidd didn't care so much, sitting on the sidelines rubbing his head and dozing off, letting Antetokounmpo train on the court by himself.

The training of Middleton and Gobert is handled by professional trainers in the team.

With nothing to do, Li Xun went directly to Little Nelson's office.

"Li, have you heard?"

"The entire NBA is boiling, and one super big news after another broke out today."

Little Nelson was full of gossip, pointed at the news page on the computer, and said to Li Xun.

Li Xun shook his head, he really didn't pay much attention to today's news.

The first thing that caught the eye was that James had left the Heat. This news shocked Li Xun.

What surprised him even more was that James actually joined the Raptors!
Li Xun's first thought was definitely not that the Mavericks had met an opponent, but that James was completely finished.

It depends on the Raptors' lineup, plus James, it is indeed a bit strong.

But Bosh's health is very unstable, to put it harshly, and he may retire at any time in recent years.

If James came to the Raptors and Bosh directly came to reimburse him for the previous season, it would be really lively.

When James went to the Heat, he signed a short contract. Now that the contract is over, he can just leave lightly.

The Heat didn't lose anything, because they signed James at the time and didn't pay anything.

The second big news is that the new best guard Curry was signed by the Golden State Warriors.

This news undoubtedly made Li Xun a little confused.

Curry is a restricted free agent. It stands to reason that no matter what kind of contract other teams offer, even if it is a maximum salary, the Pistons can match it.

In other words, as long as the Pistons don't want to let people go, it is absolutely impossible for Curry to leave the Pistons.

But now Curry really joined the Warriors.

After reading the news carefully, Li Xun knew the whole story.

It turned out that Howard had to be involved in this matter.

The Pistons felt that their first job was to renew Howard, so they offered Howard a five-year, $5 million super contract.

In addition to Howard, the Pistons also want to leave some salary space for Vucevic who has performed well.

According to the current market price, Vucevic has at least 1800 million annual salary space.

In this way, all they can give Curry is a salary of 5 million for five years.

If Curry has not suffered a serious injury, the Pistons may grit their teeth and directly offer a maximum salary.

But Curry was seriously injured, which may seriously affect his competitive state, so the Pistons dare not gamble.

In case the 7500 million contract is signed, Curry cannot find his previous state.

That piston is completely fucked.

So they didn't rush to renew Curry, but put all their energy on Howard.

Curry saw that no one contacted him to renew his contract. He didn't want to stay in Detroit.

In addition, I have been selected for a while, and I don't even give a maximum salary.

It's all right now, just giving myself a reason to go crazy.

As a result, his agent contacted the Warriors, and now the Warriors' president of basketball affairs happens to be Jerry West.

Without saying a word, he gave Curry a four-year maximum salary of 4 million US dollars.

Seeing that the Warriors made an offer, the Pistons just pretended to be dead. They absolutely didn't want to match this contract.

In this way, Curry became a Warriors player as usual.

To say that Curry joined the Warriors, the news shocked Li Xun.

The following news left Li Xun speechless.

Durant also joined the Warriors.

That's right, Du Xiaoshuai abandoned Westbrook and Thunder, and even went to the Warriors.

This may be the handwriting of Jerry West. Although this LOGO man is old, but the older he gets, the more enchanting he is, and he can always do some amazing deals.

Durant's contract actually has a long time left.

But it is actually not difficult for players to force the palace team to trade.

First of all, express your attitude. After the end of this contract, you will leave the team unconditionally. At that time, the team will face a chicken-and-egg situation.

The second is to work without effort.

Therefore, in the face of players forcing the palace, the general team will trade them out, at least the team can recover some losses.

Better than letting a player slip away for nothing.

"Both Curry and Durant have joined the Warriors?"

"That's a bit of a hassle."

Li Xun frowned. This matter caused him more headaches than James joining the Raptors.

James joined the Raptors, let alone whether Bosh will have health problems.

Even if there is no problem, Li Xun doesn't think the Raptors will be the opponent of the Mavericks.

But the Warriors are different.

The Warriors themselves have David Lee, Barnes and Iguodala who is about to sign, and now they have Curry and Durant.

Their lineup is already quite threatening.

The only good thing is that Clay and Green are in their own hands.

If this allows them to get Clay and Green, the situation will be really bad.

Especially Green, as the organization core and defensive core of the champion Warriors, the data cannot reflect his role on the court.

There is no doubt that this league has changed, and more and more top stars are grouping together.

In the evening, Li Xun learned another big news.

Howard on the Pistons side also ran away.

Originally, Howard was also tempted by the contract offered by the Pistons, thinking about staying with the Pistons.

As a result, seeing Curry ran away, he quit directly.

After Curry left, can he lead the team to win the championship?How is this possible.

At this time, the Los Angeles Clippers extended an olive branch. Seeing that it was the Los Angeles team, the contract offered was not bad, and the lineup was not bad. Howard directly agreed.

(End of this chapter)