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Chapter 10 Stern’s Playbook, Anthony Training Camp

"It is our duty to rebuild the glory of the Knicks!"

Watching the rebroadcast on the TV, with all the newspapers in front of him that New York media people spontaneously promoted Anthony as the No. [-] pick, Stern was very conflicted in his heart.

For the future of the NBA and to ensure the commercial value of the NBA, Stern has represented the NBA early on and has close ties with the FBI.

Every year, the NBA sends a large amount of dollars to the FBI, and the FBI also has many off-duty or retired police officers who help the NBA and investigate the situation of each player.

To put it simply, the player went to the nightclub openly, played a few pairs of poker afterwards, and Stern knew exactly what color his underwear was wearing.

For a man as famous as Anthony, Stern had already sent someone to check his background.

It's a pity that this is the type of player that Stern strictly guards against and is very afraid of.

Under the influence of Jordan and the Dream Team, the NBA has become synonymous with the world's number one professional basketball league.

Both NBA team owners and NBA players have benefited from this, and the market value of teams and player salaries have skyrocketed year by year.

Therefore, in order to ensure the commercial value of the NBA, the NBA must not be influenced by black culture, and then change back to the 80s, hooligan basketball, drug basketball, and gangster basketball.

What Stern has always created for the NBA is the image of healthy basketball, elite basketball, and passionate basketball.

Therefore, the bad boy army withdrew from the stage of history early, and the new super giant Iverson was suppressed by the league again.

A black gangster player like Anthony with a gang background has already been on Stern's blacklist even though he has not yet entered the NBA.

However, as a New Yorker, I really can't refuse the son of New York to join the Knicks, lead the league's largest team, make a comeback, and regain the championship!
This is a superb script!At the same time, it can also invigorate the basketball market in New York, thereby promoting the vigorous development of the basketball market in the United States.

Although Stern is actively promoting the globalization of the NBA, if the NBA is not at the bottom of the four major leagues and it is difficult to see the opportunity to rise to the top in a short period of time, why would Stern choose the path of globalization?
New York is the economic center of the United States. The rise of the Knicks will undoubtedly give the NBA a boost in local commercial value.

And Anthony becoming the Knicks' No. [-] pick has another benefit!That can help the NBA draw a lot of blood from the NCAA, which has higher commercial value.

Stern is going to ban the draft for high school students just to make it easier for the NBA to suck blood from the NCAA.

The favorite of the NCAA leaves the university to enter the NBA, which will naturally bring huge traffic to the NBA.

Therefore, whether it is out of hometown feelings or from the perspective of interests, it is undoubtedly a good choice to arrange the No. [-] pick for the Knicks.

However, the No. [-] pick that Stern originally had his eyes on was someone else!
This man is the Son of Ohio, LeBron James!

As early as two years before Jordan announced his comeback, Stern had consciously planned a successor for Jordan.

After all, even if the older Jordan plays well, he won't be able to play for a few years.

In fact, Stern has suffered from Jordan's insufficiency phobia since Jordan announced his first retirement.

This is also the reason why there have been so many successors to Jordan over the years.

However, most of the successors either failed to play or were affected by injuries and disappeared due to various reasons.

The repeated disappointments made Stern like a desperate gambler, putting all his hopes on James.

Stern is very optimistic about James, he meets all the conditions to become a historical superstar.

In particular, James, who came from a football background, is very strong and will not suffer injuries easily like Jordan's successors in the past.

Over the past two years, Stern has placed more affection on James, just like his own children.

Whenever someone mentions James in front of him and thinks highly of James, Stern can't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

The palms and backs of his hands were full of flesh, and it was really hard for him to change his mind now.

So, who will be the No. [-] pick in the next draft?
……

New York, Carmelo Anthony training camp.

Here is a private basketball court in a townhouse.

Although the basketball court is temporarily named after Carmelo Anthony, there is actually no one among those training and playing at the scene.

As a good friend of Anthony and a member of the training camp, Du En can probably guess a little bit based on the known information.

At this time, Anthony was either participating in a TV show or on his way to the TV station.

Of course, it is also possible to talk about some commercial endorsements.

After all, James, the biggest competitor of the No. [-] pick, has been snapped up by Nike, Adidas, and Reebok.

Although Anthony also received offers from Nike, Adidas, Converse, and AJ, his contract is much smaller than that of James.

Not to be outdone, Anthony naturally hopes to win a bigger contract, not only to beat James, but also to allow his family to live a good life.

In short, for the future, Anthony is very busy at this time!

Also relying on the momentum of the NCAA championship and the popularity of the NBA No. [-] pick, Anthony has already entered the role of No. [-] pick and NBA star at this time.

And players like Duane, who also signed under Bill Duffy and are about to participate in the draft, but are not well-known and have little commercial value, are relatively idle.

The meaning of staying in Anthony's training camp now is not only to strive to improve his own strength, but also to wait for Anthony to come back.

By then, media from New York and even all over the United States will come after hearing the news.

In the process of training with Anthony, they can also take advantage of the trend to gain a little popularity, expand their popularity, and increase their chances of being selected by NBA teams.

It can only be said that the quality of Bill Duffy's rookies this year is not high.

Unlike last year, when there were five first-round picks including the No. [-] pick and No. [-] pick, this year Bill Duffy only has Anthony as his trump card.

However, as Bill Duffy is a well-known NBA agent, his business cannot be supported by a top star like Anthony.

Casting the net comprehensively and focusing on fishing, this is what they should do as brokers.

Just like in today's Anthony training camp, there is a well-known five-star high school student Travis Outlaw.

Outlaw's talent is quite good. In Dunn's view, he has Durant's size, Wiggins' jumping, and James' shooting.

It's just that his golf quotient is too low, his style of play is too unique, he can't play pick-and-rolls, and he has little game experience.

In previous years, just relying on physical talent, he would have the opportunity to enter the small green house.

But this year is the year of the draft, and whether he can be selected by an NBA team in the first round depends on his fate.

Except for Outlaw, the other dozen players in the training camp are all second-round or undrafted.

In just half a month, Dunn thought he had digested more than half of Terry's template.

In the training camp, if you fight one-on-one with others, basically you won't suffer much, and you have a [-] to [-]% chance of winning against anyone.

The only thing that is a bit difficult to deal with is the two CBAs!

They are Polish center Mazi Lampe and power forward Mario Austin, who was born in Mississippi State University.

The height advantage of the American heads-up is too great. Rooney and Durant are singled out, and they can often play evenly.

Both Lampe and Austin are more than half a head taller than Dunn, and they have good confrontation and shooting abilities.

Due to Dunn's short stature and short hands, he couldn't make full use of his advantages in strength and shooting, so it was naturally a bit difficult to deal with these two big men.

In the end, Du En, who was ashamed and brave, had no choice but to join if he couldn't beat it.

On the contrary, he sharpened his skills of playing small and big, and adapted to the NBA's defensive intensity in the penalty area in advance.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it came to mid-May, the annual Chicago joint trial training, which will be held at the Chicago Discovery Multipurpose Stadium.

(End of this chapter)