Countercurrent and become a superstar

Chapter 45 Final Destination and Summer League are about to begin!

The No. 6 pick was selected by the Clippers, the biggest rival team in the draft.

Baylor picked Chris Kaman from the must-select questions.

After all, the Clippers already have Mo Wenwei on the team...no, it's Andre Miller, the assist leader in 01. After excluding Hinrich, the white swing guard, Kaman is the only candidate.

The 03 draft is a big year, and it’s really not easy to get an eye out.

This time, they did not repeat the process of taking the seventh overall pick in 96. They tried out Kobe Bryant, but they still missed out on options such as Kobe Bryant and Nash.

At least Kaman can become an All-Star in the future.

Without Wade being selected with the seventh overall pick, the Bulls could only choose Wade's nemesis Hinrich.

It can be regarded as a transition from the period before Rose arrived.

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"With the 13th overall pick in the NBA, the Grizzlies selected University of Las Vegas point guard Marcus Banks."

You call Jerry West, who operates this operation, a reborn person?
His draft vision is no longer popular!
Not selecting a shooting guard with the 13th overall pick is simply a bad review!
You said that the Grizzlies traded this pick, and it was the player selected by Green Kai.

Oh, that makes sense.

Also, this Grizzlies team is not the Lakers. Jerry West focuses on market transactions. After all, rookie training is too time-consuming. The Grizzlies don't have that kind of patience.

West's draft vision is temporarily sealed and will only be revealed again when the Warriors come.

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After all the lottery picks were made, Tan Yang shook his head. It was not because of the failure of Josh Howard to be selected.

But the 03 draft is still a little less legendary than the 96 draft.

There are no lottery picks who turn around and become superstars.

Despite the fact that players like David West, Josh Howard, Mobu Chuan and Korver became All-Stars.

But it is too far away from superstars such as Kobe, Nash, and O'Neal.

Especially without the strongest comeback from a complete loser like Big Ben, it can only be regarded as mediocre.

In addition, there are still too few players in the 03 generation who can become the star of a team.

If it were not for the grouping, the gap would be even further compared to 96.

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"The 03th pick in the 29 draft was selected by the Dallas Mavericks.

Forward Josh Howard from Wake Forest. "

Tan Yang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Hearing the name of Wake Forest University, it was too dangerous.

If the last four-year child labor contract falls on his head due to the butterfly effect, it will be difficult to bear.

Fortunately, Josh Howard took it all.

It seems that in 03, NBA teams are still willing to choose young players and international players!
Josh Howard has no advantage in terms of age.

He repeated one year of high school, plus four years of college, so he is fully qualified. He must be in the same class as Nowitzki in 98.

The 23-year-old's talent potential has been exhausted, and he is not a top insider, so he can only be selected for immediate combat power and plug-and-play.

The first-round pick was over, and the second-round pick was next. Tan Yang picked up his spirits. Theoretically, he could be selected by any pick in the second round.

Neither the 30th pick nor the 31st pick.

With the 32nd pick, the Lakers did not choose Tan Yang, but chose second-generation star Luke Walton.

33, 34, 35...none of them, until...

“With the 2003th overall pick in the 40 NBA Draft, the Golden State Warriors selected…

Tan Yang, a guard who comes from a florist family and studied at Wake Forest University! "

“Finally I’ve waited for you.

It's actually the 40th pick. The Bulls and Heat promised to drop a few spots further down. I wonder which team made the PY trade with the Warriors?

Forget it, rookie contracts are child labor contracts anyway, how can it be different there?
Just play well and break out in the contract year..."

Thinking of this, Tan Yang grinned.

The next draft progressed quickly. With the 47th pick, the Jazz picked Mo Buchuan.

When choosing a point guard, he naturally wants to cultivate a new Utah duo. Sloan is trying to copy his own successful work.

It's a pity that Mo Williams is a short shooting guard and plays in the same style as Iverson.

Want to develop another assist king?

Use this old 6 to cultivate?
It’s so hard!
With the 51st pick, the Nets selected Korver so that this shooter could solve Kidd's shooting problem.

The idea is correct, make up for what is missing, and save money, but it is a pity that the physical confrontation is too bad, and it takes time to adapt to the NBA arena. However, the Nets are in the championship period and do not have the patience at all.

With Kidd's system, Korver is still very suitable, but he didn't meet the right person at the right time.

With the 57th pick, the Mavericks selected Derrick Zimmerman, an unfamiliar player.

It's not Xue Yuyang?
It seems that Tan Yang's butterfly effect is here.

Of course, not being selected may be a good thing for Xue Yuyang in this time and space.

If you don't choose, you'll just lie down at best, instead of thinking about it but not being able to go.

With the 58th pick, the 2003 NBA Draft has officially come to an end.

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"Go to the American Airlines Center for a player conference and then officially sign with the team?
Okay, I'm going to Miami now! ""What?
Not Miami!
But Dallas?
Oh, I thought... I couldn't tell the name of the arena.

Ok.

I will represent the Mavericks and play well in the summer league..."

Tan Yang hung up the phone and smiled bitterly. It turned out that it was the Mavericks who intercepted him.

Want to continue the power of Wake Forest University's handsome and ugly combination in Dallas.

If they don't get Josh Howard, the Mavericks won't have the thought of moving up the draft to sign Qin Yang.

But Josh Howard accidentally fell from the lottery pick to the bottom of the first round, and the Mavericks decisively picked him up.

In the Midwestern Division of the NCAA finals, the arena where Wake Forest University plays its games is the American Airlines Center Arena.

The connection between Wake Forest's handsome and ugly combination still added a lot of impression points to the Mavericks' management.

And, at this moment, the Mavericks are short on point guard.

The question is that Jamison was seduced by Nelson at the end of the season and will join the Mavericks.

The chips the Mavericks gave away were Nick Van Exel and Avery Johnson.

The Mavericks sent away two very capable point guards, leaving only Nash.

Although Nash is an All-Star level point guard, his poor physical fitness and poor defense are one of the Mavericks' flaws and he is easily targeted.

Tan Yang is not fast, but his defense and organization are good, and he can also shoot three-pointers, which is a good supplement.

The options of working with Wade and then either going to the Lakers to team up with Kobe, or competing with O'Neal for the Heat are gone.

The person who made the PY trade with the Warriors was actually the Mavericks.

However, this is also very reasonable. Cuban is the owner most willing to spend money, and the Warriors are the team least willing to spend money. If they are put together, there will not be many surprises.

“It’s not a bad thing to go to a team where the owner is a loyal basketball fan!
Now Cuban, whether it is for Nowitzki or for the future value-added of the team, he will try his best to compete for the honor of the championship, and his investment in the team is beyond words..." Tan Yang analyzed secretly, The more I analyze, the more I feel that this Mavericks team is very promising.

The boss is crazy, the head coach is crazy, the core stars are improving, and I don’t know if the words there sound good or not, but there is definitely a lot of talent.

There are Nash who can't guard against him, Dirk, the silver horn king, and Finley, who is considered Jordan's most powerful successor alongside Grant Hill and has become the Mavericks' troublemaker.

Along with the Three Musketeers, there is also Bradley, the bamboo stick man, and Fordson, the rebounding beast. Next, there will be Walker who likes to shoot three-pointers wildly. He has the ability but does not make the numbers, and can't tell how strong he is. Jamison, well, and the Dallas duo...

Except for the fact that head coach Nelson is too crazy and likes to use offense to win games to the point of being obsessed with it, it is indeed a good place to go.

Facing such an interesting and crazy team, Tan Yang also came up with a bold and crazy idea, asking his agent to negotiate. We can accept whatever amount the Mavericks offer for a rookie contract, but we need to add one condition.

If the Mavericks can win the championship in the new season, the 1+1 second-round pick contract and the team option for the second year will be changed to a player option.

As a result, Mavericks management refused.

Tan Yang is not the future James who has the confidence of a 1+1 contract. At this time, Tan Yang is just an ordinary rookie and is not qualified to negotiate with the team on an equal footing.

For this reason, the originally scheduled player press conference regarding the signing was stopped.

Doesn't Tan Yang want to impose conditions? For the sake of fairness, the contract will be awarded based on Tan Yang's performance in the summer league.

If Tan Yang fails to prove himself, he does not deserve to have a contract in advance.

Tan Yang was not annoyed and let the bullets fly for a while.

The question is whether Arenas will take action to renew his contract.

On July 7, the 1 NBA free market opened, which was a paradise for famous players to fight for contracts.

The summer league, a trial competition consisting of rookies, undrafted players, non-draft players, fringe players, etc., is about to begin.

As a playoff-level team, and also a favorite to top the regular season rankings in recent years, the Mavericks have decent draft conditions, and the lineup participating in the summer league is naturally not as good as a rebuilding team.

The big boss is Josh Howard, one of the two ugly guys in Dallas.

It was Tan Yang's turn to be the second in charge.

The third in charge is Mamado Ndiaye, who was in the second round in 2000.

The fourth leader is Marquis Daniels, the undrafted player and one of the other two ugly players in Dallas.

The fifth leader is also undrafted Antoine Ligaudio.

The sixth leader is also an undrafted player, his name is Jose Calderon.

As an international team, the Mavericks can naturally attract undrafted European players to represent the team in the summer league.

They wanted to become stronger by following Nowitzki's example. As a high draft pick, he also participated in the summer league. Even though he was not selected, they still wanted to try the waters of the beautiful NBA.

The remaining players are just made up of random numbers.

The Mavericks are led by first assistant coach Nelson Jr.

It has to be said that Nelson is a military coach who "does not avoid suspicion when hiring people, and does not avoid relatives when promoting talents." The two of them are father and son in the coaching staff and management.

"Father and son are handsome and coach the same team together," has become a beautiful landscape in NBA history since 1988.

In early 2001, when Nelson underwent surgery for cancer, Nelson Jr. took over as coach and played 21 games. As a result, he achieved a good record of 13 wins and 8 losses, with a winning rate of over 60%. His coaching ability was still very strong. .

Although Nelson Jr. has not proven his coaching ability after leaving Old Nelson, he has excellent draft vision.

You know, Nelson Jr. also served as an international scout for the Dream Team, and it was he who discovered Nowitzki.

Wang Zhizhi's operation is also indispensable for Nelson's contribution.

Therefore, as an auxiliary coach, Nelson Jr. is considered Nelson's best partner.

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(End of this chapter)