NBA: Start with 20 billion, buy the Knicks

Chapter 21 Elementary school students, I'll eat you!
Chapter 21: Elementary school student, I'm sure of you!
D'Antoni and a few assistant coaches directed everything on the court, and Downey Jr. and a few scouts took notes in a notebook.

Obviously, they didn't expect so many rookies to come.

Looks completely unaffected by the new boss.

In fact.

After knowing that the Knicks have a high No. 8 and No. 40 picks, rookies flock to it, no matter what the new boss is or the old boss.

As long as you are selected by any NBA team, you will have the opportunity to become a millionaire in an instant!
What does the boss's personality have to do with them?They are not stars who can choose the team now, but rookies who need to be selected.

Many of them came from ghettos and violent neighborhoods and all they wanted was to get ahead through basketball.

The attraction of a big ball city like New York is extraordinary. Whether it is professional basketball or street basketball, this is the holy land of basketball in the United States.

It's hard for Jiang Chao not to pay attention to Curry. He has a monk head and a young baby face. He has excellent dribbling speed on the court, and his thin body will suddenly make long-range three-pointers when dribbling.

He just observed silently all morning.

There is no way, there is no general manager, and he can only watch it with his own eyes. In his previous life, he had never watched an NBA game live. Today, he has seen what a top-level basketball atmosphere is.

Originally, when he got the lottery pick, he had to try out alone, but the team's management was in turmoil. At D'Antoni's request, Jiang Chao simply let the rookies who came to New York come to try out together like a hodgepodge.

It is equivalent to a joint trial training.

The training content is also very simple, play the whole game, play the whole game without thinking for a whole morning, the lineup is randomly matched every 50 points, the players must show all their abilities in this short half day!

In addition to Curry, there are Jordan Hill, DeRozan, Jennings, Ty Lawson, Jeff Teague, Zhu Holiday.
These are people Jiang Chao will be familiar with in the future, and they are basically backcourt players.

But what Jiang Chao couldn't believe was that now all the media said that this draft is a young year, and there are too many players in the same position, so that a rare heavy center like Thabeet this year is predicted to be in the top 3!

Gee tut.

away from a big spectrum.

Jiang Chaoyue looked more and more itchy, there are too many very good players.

DeRozan, the king of the North, but his bro Harden didn't come.

Mr. Zhan, a rookie with 55 points, is the essence of human debut.

Known for the Rockets, Jordan Hill, who would have been selected by the Knicks, also ravaged the basket underneath.

Future Bucks champion defender Zhu Ge.

Op. Manbattigue.

And the insider Ty Gibson, who will play for the Knicks in 2022, went around. This brother wanted to join the Knicks from the beginning.

Even Beverly, who predicted the end of the second round, came to try out.

From God's point of view, this Nima, these are all future starters.

This is why he attaches so much importance to this year's draft.

The 2009 rookie class was underestimated. At that time, many people predicted that other players except Griffin would be difficult.

Unexpectedly, most of the players developed well later, and the most representative ones are Harden, Curry, Griffin and DeRozan.

And Harden and Curry became the two best players in this session.

They are all regular season MVP winners, which also makes the 2009 class a draft after the 1984, 1996 and 2008 classes, where two regular season MVPs appeared at the same time! !
Of course, in 08, one withered too quickly and the other was a happy comedian. In terms of achievements, they couldn't compete with the 09 class.

But in the impression that many fans would ignore 09, who made 08 the youngest MVP in history and the strongest triple-double God of War in history.

09 These two MVPs can really play, and they have been the league's top backcourt for many years!
The kind that can't be prevented by defense alone.

Jiang Chao, who watched, was full of enthusiasm all morning, and various guards played differently, but these people were all floating clouds.

What Jiang Chao watched more was the youthful version of Ku Ritian who hadn't had much meat yet.

It is also appropriate to remember DeRozan's brother James Harden.

Meng Shen, who is about the same age as Jiang Chao, predicted the top 10 lottery in Downey Jr.'s draft report.

But playing today is the same as predicting the top 3.

All kinds of breakthrough dunks & quick three-pointers, and even the dunks that were most wanted to show off in the NBA later came. He showed his ability to the fullest, and he was the most active and fastest in the audience. (The ability that Golden State LaVine wants to buckle!)

Jiang Chao glanced at the physical test report sent by Downey Jr. again.

The Knicks' physical test results show that Stephen Curry actually pushed 10 times on the bench press, and his vertical jump is the same as that of the No. [-] pick Blake Griffin.

So not only did he beat Griffin, the No. [-] pick in the NCAA, but he also didn't lose to the star-picking white monster Griffin in the physical test? ? ?

This is what Jiang Chao didn't know before. You must know that Griffin is the youth of his generation. Griffin, who averaged ten best goals per game that year, is no better than some fat tiger?

According to the scouting report, just 4 months ago, Curry, a junior, scored 42 points against Oklahoma with Blake Griffin, setting a new NCAA single-game scoring record.

Last season, Curry led the nation in averaging 28.6 points per game in the NCAA, and also contributed 4.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2.5 steals.Pass the legend John Gatti as Davidson College's all-time scoring leader.

This is also the reason why he was in the top 10 of the draft predictions. He played too hard in the NCAA!
Oh my god!
Jiang Chao looked at the elegant primary school student who was dribbling continuously on the field, holding the ball for three-pointers, and fighting hard, it was more like looking at a piece of jade, the more he watched it, the more he liked it!
"Boss, the Curry you mentioned before, he was the first to come to our team for trial training, and he wanted to see you directly. He seems to like our team very much."

Downey Jr. is also more optimistic about Curry. After all, his father has taken a fancy to Curry a year ago, and he is waiting for this year's draft.

This is exactly the same as the news that Jiang Chao saw in his previous life. In 09, Curry went to the Knicks in both directions. It seems that the only team that tried out was the Knicks.

To put it simply, the current him is a cute licking dog!

Of course, Jiang Chao also wanted this baby-faced assassin unconditionally!

This year's draft, the only people who have to be determined are elementary school students!

but.

The course of history told him.

He has to hold on!

As the new Knicks owner.

History cannot be allowed to repeat itself.

Before the 09 draft night in the previous life, the Knicks held the No. 8 pick and wanted Curry very much;

And Curry also wanted to join the Knicks very much, and even rejected the trial invitations of all other teams for this reason.

Curry wants to use this to show his attitude: the non-New York Knicks will not go.

Curry's attitude scared away the Grizzlies, Thunder and Timberwolves who were originally interested in Curry and had higher draft picks.

But the Warriors with the No. 7 pick also became crazy after knowing the old Downey's thoughts and Curry's NCAA data.

They contacted Curry's agent, Curry's father and Curry himself, expressing their thoughts on choosing Curry, but without exception, they were told that they did not want Curry to be selected by the Warriors.

Warriors head coach Mad Scientist Nelson Sr. and head coach Larry Riley are both one-sided.

They will not give up on themselves and tell Curry's father directly: "If Curry has not been selected when it is our turn, we will choose him."

They even worried that Curry would be selected before the 7th pick and tried to trade up the draft pick.

So you know how crazy it is!

No one has ever met face to face, so it's an embarrassing choice!And only Don Nelson.

But the Knicks are very stupid at this time. Do you think the NBA is so worldly?Is it an underworld society?You hold onto the player and it's yours.

The attitude of the Warriors made the Curry team nervous. When the Curry team informed the Knicks of this situation, they hoped that they would trade the draft picks up to avoid complications.

Old Downey and Dolan dismissed it as unfounded worry.

They think that their intelligence work is good enough that other teams will not choose Curry, and it is impossible for the Warriors to choose Curry, who is also an offensive guard, with Monta Ellis.

But even Jiang Chao, a fan, knew that the Warriors at that time were gangsters, a bunch of unreasonable people. Dolan obviously didn't know that the Warriors had Baron Davis and Jason Richardson. Monta Ellis was still selected.

Moreover, the head coach of the Warriors, Old Nelson, is a very stubborn coach, and he has a very accurate vision of people.

And so it continued until draft night, which could be Stephen Curry's first visit to New York's Madison Square Garden.

At this time, he may be uneasy, but he is still very confident that he will be selected by the Knicks and will continue to play in this stadium.

After the draft began, the teams that were interested in Curry but were rejected for trial training all selected their new targets.

The Grizzlies selected Thabeet, the Thunder got Harden, and the Timberwolves selected two point guards Rubio and Flynn with the 5th and 6th picks.

The Warriors with the 7th pick, as mentioned before, selected Stephen Curry.

After the news was announced, the entire stadium fell into a state of disappointment and even despair.

The New York fans at the scene were stunned and moaned again and again, and the Knicks panicked after being hit by this sudden blow and chose Jordan Hill with the No. 8 pick.

Not only did he fail to get Curry, he also missed DeRozan, who was selected by the Raptors with the 9th overall pick, and a bunch of starting-level guards who were okay behind him.

Later, Curry was Ellis' bag boy for 2 years, and after Fuzheng became the starter, he completely ran away
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Dolan and old fans Spike Lee and others were dumbfounded on the sidelines, and a bunch of fans greeted Dolan's family directly on the spot.

The Knicks once again became the background board of a superstar, and he was also the man who passed by himself!
Jiang Chao in his previous life skipped class to watch that game. At that time, he knew how strong the thin Curry was!
That game also had epoch-making significance because it was broadcast live across the United States in New York. The thin point guard can kill with three-pointers, and the era of small balls kicked off.
"You can't let him go."

Jiang Chao patted his forehead to wake himself up.

Due to emotion and reason, it is impossible for Jiang Chao to let the elementary school students miss the Knicks.

He can choose DeRozan and Holiday, but the one before him is Curry! ! !

Therefore, he deliberately stood downstairs on the sidelines at the last moment and called D'Antoni and other scouts to analyze the players one by one.

He said it loudly when he analyzed that Curry, DeRozan, Hill, and Jennings are very close to the players.

"This Curry, the weakness is too obvious."

The analysis report left by Old Downey said that Curry’s shortcomings are unconventional point guards, the first step in the breakthrough is not fast enough, his body is thin, he likes to float outside, his style of play lacks aggressiveness, and his thin body makes him Defense needs teammates to help
Obviously, Curry appears to be "nothing" in this era

Neither is a traditional point guard like Jibugong.

Nor is it an offensive point guard with the quickest first step like Iverson.

"However, that doesn't stop him from being a top-tier offensive talent."

This is Jiang Chao's heartfelt words, and it is also D'Antoni's remarks later. Just kidding, the scoring leader who kills the Quartet in the NCAA has poor offensive firepower?
He also has something in his heart.

The old coach K of Duke University has said about these weaknesses a long time ago, thin and short, what is the result?

The result is that Americans are iron heads! !

The more aggressive the person, the tougher he is!

For example, after Curry heard these words on the sidelines, he stood up directly, biting his braces, and said fiercely:

"Hey! Boss, I'm tough!"

Jiang Chao didn't even look at him, instead he smiled and called a flexible center forward with a dreadlock:
"Jordan Hill, right? Do you think you can play as dominant as your name?"

Curry, who was watching, just stomped his feet and rushed over.
　Thank you for the 2 point reward of Bai Si Bu Qi Jie 200, this one, do you want me to report orthopedics for you?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)