Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4
Chapter 455 Bluffing, champion rookie, strengthen combat power!
Although the team has shown a positive attitude towards reconstruction, which has relieved many championship contenders, it is not so easy to get a higher draft pick from a bottom-ranked team.
After all, the bottom-ranked teams also have dreams. They fantasize about obtaining the cornerstone of the team through the draft, thereby counterattacking the strong teams and reaching the divisional finals or even the finals.
The Bulls' glorious history of winning 14 championships in the past 10 years also makes other teams in the league feel threatened.
The entire NBA, the entire league, is a complete cake.
Although there are many means of sharing wealth and dividing the pie, such as luxury taxes and league dividends, there are still big differences between teams.
Teams that make it to the playoffs will undoubtedly gain more fame and attention from fans, which in turn will enable the team to gain more favor and support from sponsors.
Not to mention, winning the championship can greatly increase the team’s revenue and improve the team’s market value!
It can even promote the economic development of the city where the team is located!
What the team can enjoy after winning the championship is undoubtedly the biggest piece of cake in the entire NBA!
It is because the winning team eats more that the other teams naturally eat less.
For this reason, no team owner or management would like to see other teams win the championship, let alone this team that has been winning the championship!
Therefore, the Bulls have been poaching players over the years, and it has been difficult to strengthen the team.
Even in the draft, trades of draft picks usually stop in the middle of the first round, and it is difficult to get a lottery pick.
There is no doubt that this is caused by the unity of other teams and their common hatred of the enemy.
Even though the Bulls have clearly stated that they want to take the path of rebuilding through the draft this year, in the end, apart from trading veterans to acquire some mid-first-round and late-first-round draft picks, it has been difficult to go any further.
"Dunn, I've tried my best. No one wants us to rely on the rookie bonus to revive and win the championship again." Bulls general manager John Paxson complained to Dunn.
Thanks to the efforts of John Paxson and others, the three first-round picks currently held by the Bulls have been upgraded to the 14th, 19th, and 24th picks in the first round, which are better than the 18th, 25th, and 29th picks they had obtained before.
However, without a lottery pick, Duane's rookie reinforcement plan will be difficult to implement.
To this end, Durant had to ask John Paxson to create confusion and spread rumors that he wanted to upgrade the three first-round picks to the first three picks in the first round, and at the same time invited Doncic to come to the Bulls for a tryout.
Since Duane took over the Bulls, they have shown a tendency to become an international team like the Mavericks and Spurs.
The Bulls have selected many European players in recent years, and Jokic has even become the third-in-command of the team, so it is normal that they are interested in Doncic this year.
After other teams learned about the Bulls' draft targets this year, they also adjusted their subsequent draft strategies to a certain extent.
As for the Bulls, who have frequently contacted teams with the top three picks in the draft, and even the fourth and fifth picks, everyone has been holding on to their draft picks tightly.
Of course, there are also some wishful clowns who ask for too much and propose to trade Curry or Jokic with draft picks plus some junk contracts.
After the Bulls' first-phase draft plan fell through, they immediately began arranging tryouts for the second phase.
The Bulls successively invited Trump Young, Sexton, Alexander, DiVincenzo, and Lonnie Walker to try out. Except for Trump Young, who did not come to Chicago for the tryout because of his very high draft prospects, the others all arrived as scheduled.
During the tryouts, the Bulls blatantly asked their staff to reveal the tryout results of several rookies, while also making draft promises to the rookies' agents.
Because the Bulls were too high-profile, although the outside media reported it extensively, the vast majority of people publicly expressed doubts - Curry was in his prime, and the Bulls had absolutely no reason to arrange a successor for Curry in advance.
However, some people also said that the Bulls management is going against the logic of other team managements.
When Duane emerged out of nowhere and dominated the entire league, didn't the Bulls continue to select and train top forwards to take over from Duane?
Most of the forward stars in the league today come from the Bulls!
By analogy, it is not impossible that the Bulls management wants to take advantage of Curry's prime years, use Curry's scientific training methods, and Curry's personal teaching of game experience to cultivate a group of outstanding guard stars.
Guards grow much faster than inside players, and the results can basically be seen in one or two years!
The new season is a rebuilding period for the Bulls anyway. As long as the Bulls can train one or two All-Star level guards, even if they don't stay to succeed Curry, they can find other teams through trades to supplement the suitable championship puzzle.
The Bulls have had several successful examples of this in the past few years, so it's hard to say that this isn't a good way for the Bulls to increase their championship potential.
The Bulls made such a big move that the teams with lottery picks had to take some action.
As the saying goes, what you hear is not as good as what you see!
No matter what the Bulls are thinking, the dumbest and simplest way is to invite the rookies who have participated in the Bulls' tryouts to have a tryout with their own teams and that's it.
You won’t know if you don’t try, but you’ll be shocked if you try.
The rookies that the Bulls tried out were all outstanding.
Some teams with higher draft picks even invited Doncic and Young to try out.
Facts have proved that the rookies certified by the Bulls are indeed top-notch!
During the team's individual tryouts, some rumors began to spread.
"Doncic is as versatile as Durant!"
"The Bulls intend to let Doncic take over from Durant!"
"Doncic has the size of a striker and the skills of a guard. He is a modern basketball all-around outside player similar to Dunn!"
The draft selects talents, but outside players are more likely to attract fans' attention than inside players!
In modern basketball, even inside players are required to be able to shoot, so the traditional inside players who dominate the basket are obviously not so popular anymore.
For a time, the Ayton Cup, which was originally said to be like 21 years ago when half of the league was playing badly for Duncan and the No. 1 pick had already fallen into Ayton's hands, suddenly changed, and the No. 1 pick became a competition between Ayton and Doncic.
Some media still call for the draft to select talent. Even if the draft is held a hundred times this year, the No. 1 pick will still be Ayton.
Another group of media cited Durant's glorious honor of 15 championships in the past 11 years as an argument, saying that even if Doncic has only a one in ten chance of becoming Durant, he should be the No. pick this year.
Perhaps it is because Duane's performance is too dazzling, or perhaps it is because the No. 1 pick in the same year not only has not won the championship, but even ran away from his parent team, leaving his parent team with nothing and losing all the money. In short, more and more fans are beginning to support Doncic as this year's No. 1 pick.
Amid this momentum, the draft stock of all rookies who have participated in the Bulls' tryouts has risen.
The Bulls' real option is outside the smokescreen they released earlier. Alexander has amazing potential and is a real hope to succeed Curry, but the ball rights required for his growth are not available to the Bulls.
If Durant feels that he is too bad to even beat the All-Stars in two years, he might think about retiring.
In order to accumulate more honors before retirement, I finally decided to choose a team that can fight immediately and prepare as much as possible to win the championship again in the next two or three seasons.
So, Duane, who was watching the draft live on the other side of the ocean, was not angry when he saw Sexton, Alexander, DiVincenzo, and Lonnie Walker being selected by other teams one after another. Instead, he smiled more brightly and wantonly.
It was not until the 14th pick in the first round that the Bulls made their selection, and Mikal Bridges from Villanova University was announced publicly.
Ohashi was an older draft pick who participated in his junior year. Although he won two NCAA championships, he was only a substitute in the first championship. Although he became the core of the team in the second championship, his performance in the final four and the finals was not impressive enough.
Because of this, Ohashi's draft prospects have never been high, only in the middle of the first round.
On the contrary, DiVincenzo, who was a teammate and had a stunning performance in the NCAA finals, received more attention from the media and fans.
Durant used DiVincenzo as a smokescreen because DiVincenzo had a bright enough performance in the NCAA finals, which made the record more convincing.
As for Bridges, Duane was also worried that the Suns had ideas about Bridges, so he took a series of measures to make this year a big year for guards, allowing teams with lottery picks to try their best to snatch the guards that the Bulls had tried out.
As it turned out, the Bulls' tactics achieved certain results, and they eventually used the 14th pick in the first round to successfully sign Ohashi, one of the league's top 3D talents.
As a 3D player, Ohashi can hold the ball, which is a pretty good advantage.
At the same time, as an older draft pick, Ohashi's combat effectiveness is exactly what the Bulls need.
Coupled with the durability of the bridge, even Thibodeau was drooling at the sight.
There is no doubt that talents like Ohashi meet the Bulls' employment standards.
Duan was quite satisfied when he saw Ohashi being called in the small green room. He was stunned for a moment, then obediently put on the Bulls baseball cap and started to smile foolishly.
Given Ohashi's hard-working style of play and personality, I think he won't mind being a substitute in the new season.
As the draft progressed, it was a bit regrettable that Bridges and Porter Jr. were selected by other teams one after another.
Fortunately, the Bulls had a backup plan and used the 19th pick in the first round to take Jalen Brunson.
Brunson is a second-generation basketball player. His father Rick Brunson was once a teammate of Yao Ming.
He is also Hamilton's nephew, so he has absolutely no problem with his physical fitness and his basic skills in playing basketball are also very solid.
In addition, Brunson and Ohashi were classmates, both graduated from Villanova University, and played together for three years.
However, Villanova's two championships have little to do with Brunson.
Although Brunson is the core of the team, he did not play well in this year's NCAA tournament and did not have any representative works.
In the eyes of some scouts, Brunson is a star in the regular season but a weakling in the big game.
Because of this, Brunson's draft stock was not only overtaken by Ohashi and DiVincenzo, but even dropped to the second round.
If Duane was not a reborn person, he would not have used a mid-first-round draft pick to scratch Brunson's lottery ticket.
Now that the Bulls have selected both Bridges and Brunson, Duane is also looking forward to a chemical reaction where the sum of one is greater than the two. By having Bridges and Brunson play brother basketball and alumni basketball, he can help them adapt to the team better and adapt to the new environment faster.
Having said that, when the outside world saw the Bulls select Ohashi and Brunson one after another, they probably understood what was going on.
The Bulls are still strengthening their combat effectiveness and hope to return to the championship sequence in the next two to three years.
As for why they chose Ohashi and Brunson, who had never had a tryout, it was probably because they had already tried out DiVincenzo and got some clues.
It can be seen that Di Vincenzo is a player with a big heart, and the bigger the stage, the better he performs.
However, putting aside their big-heartedness, Brunson and Ohashi are indeed more talented than DiVincenzo.
Considering that the Bulls have superstars like Durant, Curry and Jokic, it is impossible for them to pass the key ball to Bridges and Brunson at the decisive moment.
That is why we don’t have to think about too many things. If Ohashi and Brunson can be trained, then train them. If they cannot be trained into stars, it is also good for them to be hardworking rotation players.
"With the 24th pick in the first round, the Chicago Bulls selected Robert Williams III from Texas A&M University!"
By signing Lowe, a dark, rough and tough player, and making up for the inside defense and rebounding protection after Horford left, the Bulls can be said to have accomplished a great feat in this draft.
Although Lowe is not a superstar below the neck, his physical talents are indeed outstanding.
Coupled with his nimble footwork and outstanding awareness of helping out in defense, even if his offensive capabilities are lacking, his strengths outweigh his flaws.
Of course, considering the Bulls' core lineup, which includes three ball-handling points: guard, wing, and inside, it is not a bad thing that Lowe cannot hold the ball and has no independent offensive ability.
As for Lowe's inability to shoot, this is not a big problem for the Bulls. As long as Jokic can shoot, it will be fine.
Modern basketball requires inside players to master shooting skills. A team must have more than four spatial points, that is, four outside and one inside, or even five outside.
Once the number of non-space point players on a team exceeds one, the offense will be crowded and stagnant, and the outside players' ball-holding offense will be greatly frustrated due to double-teaming.
The Bulls can have Lowe play power forward in a big lineup and center in a small lineup.
When playing as a power forward with Jokic, he can help Jokic with defense, positioning, and protecting rebounds.
When using a small lineup, the Bulls have power forwards such as Portis and Siakam to make up for the lack of shooting.
In short, the new season of the Bulls has become full of vitality again, and everything is flourishing... (End of this chapter)
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