Legendary star

Chapter 289 The Turbulent NBA
June 2001, 6, for all NBA teams, today is undoubtedly the most important day of the entire offseason. The 27 NBA Draft will be held today at Madison Square Garden, the home of the New York Knicks. For countless players who signed up for this year's draft, today is undoubtedly a day to change their fate, and today is also a day when many teams look forward to turning around.

Although the Pacers' first-round pick has been traded to the Spurs, leaving only the No. 11 pick in the second round, Larry Bird still brought Meng Xu and Reggie Miller to Madison.Today's theme is not just the draft, the trade after the draft is the highlight, and the Pacers naturally hope to get a share of this feast.

"Meng, why did you choose to go to Indiana? The current Indiana is not the former Indiana. Many people are already worried about your situation in Indiana, and many people think that Indiana will lead you into the abyss."

"Yes, Meng, why didn't you choose New York? The sincerity of the Knicks is no worse than that of Indiana, and the Knicks have Alan Houston, Latrell Sprewell, Glenn Rice and Larry -Johnson, this slew of All-Stars, everything you need here."

"Meng, when Latrier was interviewed yesterday, he publicly declared that he will beat you up next season."

Since the completion of the deal between the Spurs and the Pacers, Meng Xu has not appeared in front of the media except for the McDonald's summer training camp. Therefore, when Meng Xu appeared in Madison, he was immediately chased by a large number of reporters. The first to bear the brunt was the reporter of the New York Times. After Nike released the news that Meng Xu was coming to the Knicks, the New York media who used to pull Meng Xu out to blackmail him immediately made a 180-degree turn. Started to praise Meng Xu constantly, and the report made Meng Xu feel embarrassed, and Meng Xu finally chose to join the Pacers, which is undoubtedly a slap in the face of them, so to this day, these media have given up on Meng Xu. The Knicks have a lot of resentment.

Moreover, Meng Xu joined the Pacers, the Knicks' mortal enemy, which made them even more embarrassing. Now the New York media are even blackmailing Meng Xu and the Pacers.And Knicks owner Dolan, after Meng Xu joined the Pacers, publicly declared in the media that Meng Xu made the stupidest decision in his life, and as long as the Knicks are around, Meng Xu and his Pacers will always be together. There will be no championship.

"Latrier? I am looking forward to playing against him, but I hope he can perform better than this season, otherwise it will be too boring."

"The Pacers performed poorly last season, but now we have completed the rebuild, we have a very good head coach, a group of good players and a perfect team, so for next season, we are very confident, I With my team, no matter what time, there is only one goal, and that is the championship."

After publishing the championship declaration, Meng Xu and Reggie Miller got rid of the group of crazy reporters under the cover of Larry Bird.In order to trade Meng Xu, the Pacers sent Jaylen Rose and 5 of the team's 3 starters.In addition to Meng Xu, the Pacers are left with the old Reggie Miller and a group of old, weak, sick and disabled. Although there are young players with full potential like Jermaine O'Neal and Al Harrington, can the potential be converted? For strength, no one can say.Therefore, no matter how you look at the Pacers in front of you, it is a team. This is one of the main reasons why Larry Bird came to Madison. Strengthening the lineup is Larry Bird's only task at present.

"Meng, it looks like you are very confident about next season." Larry Bird found Meng Xu and Reggie Miller who were still waiting for him in the player channel.As the Pacers' president, general manager and head coach, no one knows the current situation of the Pacers better than Larry Bird. It’s still not as good, so when Meng Xu said the championship declaration in front of the New York Times, Larry Bird really wanted to know whether Meng Xu really had confidence in the next season, or was he not ashamed, bragging B.

"Larry, don't worry. Although with our current strength, it seems that we can barely make it to the playoffs, but it is me and Reggie who lead the Pacers to the championship. It is the mission of all of us." Although Meng Xu I also really want to pretend to say that as long as I am here, at least the second round can be achieved, and the regular season can win 50 games casually, but when Meng Xu saw Reggie Miller looking at him expectantly , Meng Xu was still a little low-key.

"En." After hearing what Meng Xu said, Larry Bird nodded in satisfaction. If Meng Xu really didn't even have this bit of confidence, then it could only mean that he misjudged the person.For this season, Larry Bird actually has no requirements. The Pacers' lineup from last season has only preserved less than half, and Larry Bird will continue to trade. At the same time, after Isaiah Thomas gets out of class, The Pacers' tactics have to be all over again.Therefore, the task of the Pacers this season is to run the lineup, as long as they can enter the playoffs, they will be able to complete the task perfectly.

This year's draft is a well-recognized draft year. Since the 96 draft, the NBA's draft has been worse year after year, especially last year's draft. It's getting better, but the situation is still a bit worrying.

This year's draft, Popovich and Mike Budenholzer also came to the scene. After greeting them with some embarrassment, Meng Xu returned to his seat.Since Meng Xu did not have the opportunity to come to the scene when he participated in the draft, Meng Xu was still looking forward to the scene of the draft, but when Meng Xu sat here, he found that the draft was so boring. So, it is better to stay in the hotel and sleep.

In the end, the Wizards chose Kwame Brown as the No. 5 overall pick this year, a talented high school student known to be as talented as Shaquille O'Neal. Therefore, the Wizards who were eager to change chose Kwame Brown without hesitation, and it is said that Kwame Brown was still the No. [-] pick hand-picked by Jordan. The boss, and entered the management of the Wizards. At the same time, there are rumors that Jordan may return to the game this season. As for whether he will be a player or a coach, it is not known.

After Kwame Brown, the Los Angeles Clippers selected another high school talent, Tyson Chandler, with the second pick, while the Atlanta Hawks selected Spaniard Pau Gasol.The Spurs, which have 4 draft picks this year, selected 4 perimeter players. Except for Tony Parker, who is a point guard, the other 3 players are all forwards and guards.The Pacers used their No. 40 pick to select a pitcher, Bobby Simmons.

Just one hour after the end of the draft, the originally peaceful NBA was immediately detonated by a number of major transactions. First, the Los Angeles Clippers traded Tyson Chandler and Brian Skinner from the Bulls with the No. Meng Xu's No. [-] pick in the same session, Elton Brand, experienced the turmoil of Duncan last season. Elton Brand made it clear that he would not renew his contract with the Bulls after the end of the contract. It's Elton Brand's contract year, so in order to avoid chicken and egg, the Bulls chose to send Elton Brand away this season.

Just after the Bulls and Clippers deal was completed, the Eagles and Grizzlies also completed a blockbuster deal. The Atlanta Hawks used this year's third pick, Paul Gasol, and Brian Wright, Lorenzo Wright, and Next year's first-round pick, in exchange for the Grizzlies' All-Star power forward Shareef Abdul-Rahim.

In addition, the Rockets exchanged this year's No. 13 pick Richard Jefferson, No. 18 rookie Jason Collins, and No. 23 pick Brandon Armstrong in exchange for the No. 7 pick Eddie selected by the New Jersey Nets. - Griffin.

The Pacers used next year's first-round pick and traded the No. 27 rookie from the Grizzlies, Jamal Tinsley. After the main point guard Austin Crohill was sent to the Spurs, the substitute After the point guard Tejus Edney was given up, the Pacers currently don’t even have an orthodox point guard. Although Meng Xu is there, the Pacers don’t need an excellent point guard, but the dribbling guard is always There must be one.

While people were stunned by this pile of transactions, then the most important transaction in the NBA this season occurred, the Suns' head player Jason Kidd, and the Nets' head player Stephen Ma Brie swap clubs.Although with the rise of Kobe and Meng Xu, Jason Kidd has been squeezed out of the league's top 5 players, but Jason Kidd and Stephen Marbury still have the strength of the league's top 10, so The shock of this transaction between the Nets and the Suns far exceeded Meng Xu's joining the Pacers.

"It's really unbelievable. The Nets are now my enemy? So I wish them good luck." Just after the Nets and Suns traded, New Jersey and Phoenix immediately became the center of public opinion, and Stephen- Marbury's words undoubtedly added a firewood to the fire.

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