Basketball: Dayao Reopened

  Chapter 250 The 2005 Draft

After Chris Paul and Deron Williams tried out, Yao Ming did not continue to try out the next players with Steve Patterson, whether it was Louis Williams or Monta Ellis, and others. People are not selected in the new season and can be used as the main force. Therefore, he does not have to continue to the scene to try them out. It is better to continue to invest in his own special training.

   July is coming soon, he has other things to be busy, he must end the first stage of special training first!

  When Steve Patterson finishes the trial, he can also make a judgment by watching the video of the trial.

In the following time, Yao Ming re-entered his own special training. During this period, he made several phone calls with Yi Jianlian. When he learned that the Magic management had left him a verbal promise, he was immediately relieved. Quite a few, although verbal promises do not mean that the Magic will definitely choose him, examples of management changing their minds in the draft are everywhere in this league, and there are even many team managements who changed their minds on the night of the draft. However, there can be Verbal promises are better than no verbal promises, right?

  The final result depends on what the Magic management thinks.

  Of course, the operation of Bill Duffy will also become a certain factor that affects the final result, but Yao Ming still recognizes Bill Duffy's methods, and he believes in the ability of this guy.

Hmm...Although he has made very outrageous mistakes, such as the 02~03 season, he forgot to notify the Heat before June 1st that his player Anthony Carter will implement the player option for the last year, which makes Anthony Carter unable to Fulfill his 4 million contract this year.

   But then Bill Duffy paid the money to Anthony Carter out of his own pocket, which is considered to be responsible.

It’s also worth mentioning that he was really busy during the off season of the 02~03 season. Among the top four picks in the 2002 draft, 3 rookies, including Yao Ming, were his clients, and there were others. Seven or eight players have to be busy with things. It belongs to the stage where his career is rapidly rising. During that period of time, lack of experience and omissions are considered normal. Moreover, this does not mean that his negotiating skills are insufficient. Eat some walnuts!

  And, if you really want to say, Pat Riley has to thank him.

  His mistakes gave the Heat a lot of salary space.

   Also during the offseason that year, the Heat used Bill Duffy’s "assist" to sign a six-year, $65 million contract with Lamar Odom.

   Then a year later, Odom became the core bargaining chip for the Heat to trade O'Neal.

  After that, everyone will know... O'Neal partner Wade helped the Heat win the first championship trophy in team history.

Without Bill Duffy’s mistakes, I am afraid that the Heat would not be able to sign Odom. After all, the Heat’s record at the time was not good. If there is no salary space of 5 million, signing Odom would mean paying extravagance. Tax, a team that is not even competitive in a championship needs to pay a luxury tax. Except for New York Knicks owner Dolan and Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen, I'm afraid that few owners in the league will agree! And if they can’t sign Odom, they won’t be able to trade for O’Neal...

  As long as there is a reporter who is familiar with "Thick Black Studies", it is estimated that Bill Duffy has deliberately colluded with Pat Riley and forgot to notify the Heat!

  In addition, it is also worth mentioning that Anthony Carter did not blame Bill Duffy for this incident, and still maintained a cooperative relationship with him until the end of his career.

  In fact, it can be seen from here that Bill Duffy’s personality charm.

   is a broker who is willing to be trusted!

  Yao Ming... also believes in his methods.

In about a week, the Trail Blazers' trial training for the follow-up players is also over. Yao Ming watched the videos of the players who will be selected by the second round of signings. After careful analysis, he finally determined that the next round is the next round. The two players selected were signed and the results were returned to Steve Patterson.

  The reply is still a simple two-letter: OK!

  Everything is ready, the next thing to wait for is the arrival of the draft.

  Yao Ming is not nervous about the selection of the Trail Blazers. Whether it is the second pick in the first round or the two picks in the second round, the Blazers are not very resistant.

  He was a little worried about Yi Jianlian!

  Analyzed the results of a previous pass, Yi Jianlian’s best destination is the Magic...If the Magic finally did not choose him, or he was intercepted by other teams in advance, then for Yi Jianlian, the result this time was actually a failure.

  Fortunately, judging from the feedback from Bill Duffy, although Yi Jianlian participated in the trial training of other teams, his overall performance was not as good as his trial performance when he was in the Magic!

   Knowing the result, Yao Ming was relieved instead...

   However, just two days before the draft meeting officially arrived, Lagabeel suddenly called Yao Ming.

   "Man, I want to continue to mix with you!"

  ! !

  This was an unexpected joy, Yao Ming hurriedly agreed to it.

   Just kidding, this is Lagabere!

  Moreover, after another two years of experience, Lagabeel, who has begun to enter the peak of his career, is much easier to use than Pietrus and his like!

  Pitrus is a good defensive player, but when he faces a super scorer, he does not perform too well, and is often blown up!

  Lagabel is different. It can be said that he is one of the best winding defensive players in the league so far...

   By the way, this guy signed with the Rockets for two years...

Recently, I have been busy with the draft, the signings and reinforcements of the off-season. Actually, Yao Ming hasn't read it in detail. He plans to wait for the draft to pass, and use the time from the draft to the opening of the free market to make a good selection. Target.

  But he didn't expect it!

  There are still people who take the initiative to surrender!

good very good!

  As long as Chris Paul is selected, he and Lagabe can be considered a very good backcourt defensive combination in the entire league, and can even be ranked in the top three!

Under such circumstances, Vince Carter can also return to his more familiar small forward position in the new season... Vince Carter, who could not keep up with the defender due to footwork problems in the second position, is not that big in the third position. Problem.

  Of course, Yao Ming will continue to try to pursue James Posey or one of Shane Battier, so that the Blazers defensive strength in the new season will directly return to the Rockets level, even stronger!

  Should I say that although Chris Paul is only 183 in height, his defensive ability is indeed better than Francis!

  The key is that this girl is really doing it, and even if he is in a hurry, he dare to "fire warning"!

   "I hope I can continue to harvest surprises in the future!"

  Ragabel’s surrender, Yao Ming is full of expectations for this year’s free trading market...

  Yao Ming told Steve Patterson about this in the first place, and asked him to discuss the next cooperation with Lagarbel’s agent.

   "Don't worry, I will never treat him badly!"

  When I heard that Lagabere was coming, Steve Patterson was overjoyed. This is really a "surprise from heaven". With Lagabei's current market quotations, there is actually no shortage of home.

  People still intend to come to the Trail Blazers, so the salary must not be neglected!

  Anyway, the Trail Blazers don’t have much, just more money!

   But he still couldn't help but chant: Yao Ming, always God!

  With him on the team, this signing is too simple, right?

  By the way, he spit out again: Dawson is really mindless! I can actually fight with such a person!

"Lang is sentimental, concubine is interested." In two days, Steve Patterson also successfully signed a new season contract with Lagabe. With his ability, he won 7 million to 800 million in this off-season. There is absolutely no problem, Steve Patterson directly filled Lagabe with 24.8 million in 3 years!

  In the last year, the annual salary exceeded 10 million...

   "If there is no problem, we will officially sign the contract on July 1st!"

  There is still a problem here!

  This is almost the limit contract they can sign in the free market!

  Lagarber and his agent agreed very satisfactorily.

  Ragabel couldn’t help but say: Yao Ming, always God!

  Sure enough, following Yao is able to eat meat!

  As this matter is finalized, the 2005 draft will officially arrive.

  Because of Yi Jianlian, he specially watched the live broadcast of this draft.

  If nothing else, as before, Yi Jianlian will be the first Chinese player to be selected on the spot.

  Before the official start of the conference, the camera was given to Yi Jianlian many times.

  Obviously, compared with the original, Yi Jianlian has received a lot more attention in the United States. This naturally has the influence of Yao Ming's success in the first three years of his career.

  Yi Jianlian also looked a little nervous.

  It’s no wonder that at the age of 18, coupled with the inherently introverted character, can you not be nervous?

  Yao Ming suddenly felt that he should go with him.

However, this idea was rejected by him as soon as it came out. If he follows along, I am afraid that Yi Jianlian will receive more attention, and it is also very likely to be "dug" by reporters, which will put a lot of pressure on Yi Jianlian out of thin air. Come!

  Forget it. Originally, Yao Ming asked Yi Jianlian to participate in the draft in advance, just to let him develop steadily in an environment where there is not so much attention. It will be no good if he waits for a moment to "encourage the growth"!

  After a while, there was a huge boo on the TV.

  Yao Ming knew before he looked up at the screen that it was David Stern.

  Only this shrewd old man can cause such a big boo in the draft.

  David Stern was obviously accustomed to the booing of Madison Square. He went on the field with a smile and reached out his hand to the court, as if he was welcoming cheers.

  The skin is thick enough!

  Yao Ming couldn't help but mutter.

  He is not scolding David Stern.

  For people like them, the skin is thick enough, it is compliment!

  "The 2005 NBA Draft, now, officially begins!"

  After a brief speech, the draft meeting officially began, and David Stern began to disassemble the first envelope.

  "The first overall pick in the first round in 2005, the Milwaukee Bucks chose Andrew Bogut from the University of Utah!"

  As before, the Bucks chose Bogut, a man who became more and more stupid, in the first overall pick!

In fact, in terms of selection, you can't say that the Bucks are at fault. After all, Bogut is also a talented basketball genius, known as "White Duncan". If it weren't for that serious injury, his career His career performance will definitely be better than the original him!

  Furthermore, even after a serious injury, he was called the "pass line of the champion"...

   is not a complete invalidation!

More importantly, in an environment where Alexander has made a lot of money by relying on Yao's name, it is difficult for anyone to reject an international champion, especially the owner of the Bucks is still a famous "poor ghost" in the league, and he also wants to copy Alexander's "Myth of Fortune"!

  However, expecting Australia to have a commercial market like that of China, I can only say that it is a bit too much to be true!

Of course, this is actually quite normal. You know, until 2021, many Americans think that China is very barren, or the weak and small country that everyone can blackmail twice a hundred years ago, let alone just Since 2005, since China has such a market, Australia, Raya, a country they are more familiar with, should be able to develop a larger commercial market...

   Immediately after Bogut, David Stern began to announce the selection of the second pick in the first round.

When he opened the envelope, the camera on the scene gave Chris Paul and Deron Williams a shot on purpose. It was approaching the draft, and it had been spread outside. The Blazers deliberately chose a number one position. In the 2005 NBA Draft, Chris Paul and Deron Williams were the best two rookie point guards.

Of course,    also became the two newcomers most likely to be the second pick in the first round.

   Deron is obviously nervous.

  Compared to him, Chris Paul is a bit nervous, but he has more confidence in his eyes. This is the calmness of the calm person who knows the result!

  If Yao Ming didn’t tell Chris Paul that they would choose him, he might look more nervous than Deron.

   After all, Deron completely suppressed him in the bullfight.

  "The second pick in the first round of 2005, the Portland Trail Blazers chose Chris Paul from Wake Forest University!"

  When he heard "Wake Forest University", Deron Williams' expression quickly dimmed.

  When he heard that Chris Paul was selected, there was only one word left in his mind...

  Why?

why!

  Why is this guy who lost to me in college chosen by the Trail Blazers!

  Why I completely crushed him in a bullfighting environment, the Blazers still did not choose me!

  Why!

  He was full of doubts.

  But he can't get the answer now, and can only watch Chris Paul proudly put on the cap with the Trail Blazers logo, and shook hands with David Stern on the stage.

   "Get it done!"

   "Let me just say it, I can definitely tame Yao!"

   Chris Paul, who ended the game, did not forget to talk to Steve Hughman.

  Steve Hughman gave him a high-five, and then subconsciously ignored the "abnormal speech" in his mouth.

   Anyway, so far, his task is considered complete. Next, the "child labor contract" is signed, and the remaining things include taming Yao Ming, which is Chris Paul's own business.

   has nothing to do with him!

  All he has to do is pretend not to hear.

   Immediately after Chris Paul, Deron Williams was also selected. He was still selected by the Utah Jazz with the third overall pick in the first round.

  It’s just that his appearance is a bit unhappy!

   Losing to Chris Paul makes him feel a little dull...

Immediately after Mark Williams was selected by the Hornets, the Bobcats selected Felton. Only looking at the past two years, the Bobcats' team building idea is quite clear. Last year, Okafor was selected as an inside line, and this year he chose again. Apart from Chris Paul and Deron Williams, the best rookie in this year's rookie position!

  The core combination has been built.

  The only pity is that Okafor quickly suffered injuries, and the combination of these two people plus Gerald Wallace’s ceiling is a bit low...

  However, these are not what Yao Ming cares about. He just listened to the familiar or unfamiliar names being selected by each team. Soon, the top 14 picks in the first round had the results.

  Next, it’s the 15th overall pick in the first round...

  Yao Ming immediately cheered up.

  The first fourteen teams did not choose Yi Jianlian!

  This is equal to half of the success. The remaining half depends on the Magic choosing not to choose Yi Jianlian!

  The good news is that the Clippers, who had the 12th overall pick in the first round, selected Yaroslav Korollov. This is the newcomer that many media have revealed before the Magic and is also a potential opponent of Yi Jianlian.

  Now that this guy is selected, the possibility of Yi Jianlian being selected suddenly increases.

  "The 15th overall pick in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft, the Orlando Magic chose China..."

  When David Stern announced the fifteenth overall pick in the first round, Yao Ming was stretched. He felt that he had never been so nervous in the Western Conference.

   And when he heard the pronunciation of the word "Hua", he even stood up and clenched his fist fiercely.

  Yes!

  It's done!

   "Xia's Yi~jian~lian!"

  Yao Ming was very excited. Yi Jianlian and Bill Duffy also got up and hugged each other together. Both of them showed a smile of relief on their faces.

  After all, this month’s hard work was not in vain!

  Yao Ming watched Yi Jianlian come on stage to shake hands with David Stern.

  Sparse cheers were heard on the scene.

  Yao Ming looked at Yi Jianlian, who was a little shy, and couldn't help but mutter in his heart: Hope, there is nothing wrong with my vision!

In all fairness, the attention that Yi Jianlian received during this period is definitely not as high as his original attention in 2007. This can be seen from the bragging power of the domestic media. The manuscripts are flying all over the sky. If you really want to be ruthless, you will exaggerate more ruthlessly. This time, considering Yi Jianlian's 18-year-old age, the attitude of the domestic media is more cautious.

  "We need to give the UAE too much time to grow up!"

  This is actually a kind of fortunate reason that the domestic media has a "pessimistic" view of Yi Jianlian.

Since Yi Jianlian officially announced his participation in the draft, domestic media thought "Yi Jianlian is too anxious!", "He was only 18 years old, and he already wanted to go to the NBA!", "You must know that Dayao didn't officially log in until he was 22 years old. NBA!"

  This also makes most of the domestic fans expect Yi Jianlian not to report too much!

  Of course, Yao Ming is happy to see such a situation happen, because he knows that the domestic media is really helping him by doing this! Although this group of media may not know it themselves!

  Actually, it can be seen from Yi Jianlian’s attitude that he originally entered the league in 2007, but Yao Ming had contact with him at that time, and the whole person was tense and stressed.

   And when Yao Ming met Yi Jianlian this time, although he could feel a little nervous and worried, his mentality was not so impetuous...

  If Yi Jianlian knew the original public opinion environment he faced, he would probably say to all domestic media at this moment: "Thank you for not killing!"

  Of course, he must not be able to say such sorrows now, and he has to wait until he starts to ask his opponent to "drink Lafite" before he will utter such sorrows...

Yao Ming didn’t look at the next draft. He didn’t care about the results of the remaining picks in the first round. The remaining two picks in Portland were both second-round picks, and the results of the second-round picks were not. It will be broadcast live and will be notified by the league staff or the team themselves.

  Yao Ming waits for Steve Patterson to tell him the final result!

  Moreover, he has other things to be busy!

  Since Yi Jianlian was indeed selected by the Magic in the end, he has to take care of him.

But what Yao Ming didn't expect was that before he called Francis, Francis called first, and said happily towards Yao Ming: "Hey, man, have you seen this year's draft? Magic? You have chosen your compatriot, Yao, how is your relationship with this man named Yi?"

Yao Ming was not polite, and straight to the point: "I'm about to call you, Steve, take care of him, but I tried my best to send him to the Magic. You have to give me a good deal. Take care of it!"

Actually let Yi Jianlian go to the Magic team, Yao Ming still has a little selfishness, that is, to find a target for Francis. After this guy went to the Magic team, although he persuaded him, he did not completely rot like the original one, but he followed the Rockets. In the last year of the team, it was definitely incomparable. Yao Ming wanted to reawaken his fighting spirit.

  He thought, it is definitely something Francis is willing to do to cultivate a "Yao Second Generation"!

   "Don't worry, Yao, I must take care of you!"

  No, Francis agreed in one fell swoop, with a hint of excitement in his tone!

  Yao Ming hasn’t heard such a dynamic voice for a long time.

   "Okay, if you have these words, I'm relieved, Steve, you have always been the person I trust the most!"

  Finally, he sprinkled a handful of "Ecstasy Soup", and Yao Ming hung up the phone in response to Francis's merriment.

  Just 10 minutes after hanging up, Yi Jianlian called: "Brother Yao, I was selected by the Magic!"

  He first told Yao Ming the good news.

  Yao Ming nodded: "I saw it, congratulations, one month's hard work was not in vain!"

  Then his tone was a little weird: "Brother Yao...I just received a call from Steve Francis. He asked me to train with me this summer. He was so enthusiastic, I subconsciously agreed..."

"It's okay, this is a good thing. Steve used to be my teammate. He was so passionate and helpful to his teammates. If you don't understand anything in the future, just ask him!" Yao Ming pushed the boat forward and asked Yi Jianlian to follow history. Steve Francis is much closer.

  Yi Jianlian nodded and agreed.

  Afterwards, he talked a few more words, Yi Jianlian had to take the rookie's makeup photo, Yao Ming hung up the phone.

  But what he didn't expect was that he had just hung up here for less than five minutes, and another call came.

   "I'm so busy!"

  Yao Ming couldn't help but laugh at himself.

  Clearly ended the 2005 draft.

  Unexpectedly, he was even busier than the rookies and the general manager of the team. These calls came one after another!

  This call is from Steve Patterson.

  He is here to tell Yao the result of the selection round.

  "We chose Louis Williams for the 40th pick in the second round, and Massingottat for the 44th pick in the second round!"

   "nice!"

  Yao Ming yelled hello, these two choices were Yao Ming's first choice at the time.

  Considering the goal of the Blazers in the new season is to win the championship, the rookies will certainly not have too much playing time. Under such circumstances, it is better to separate the positions of the two rookies in the second round of signing.

After comparing the outside line, Yao Ming still left Louis Williams. Compared with Monta Ellis, this is the natural “sixth man” of the team. With Vince Carter and Chris Paul already in existence, Meng It will be difficult for Taelis and Louis Williams to get a lot of playing time in the next few years.

  Now that Lagabe is here, the newcomer has less time to play.

  Under such circumstances, Yao Ming is more willing to believe that Louis Williams’ "sixth man" attribute can help him grow up as soon as possible.

   Inside Yao Ming's choice is "Polish Hammer" Gortat.

  The reason for not choosing Turiaf is that he has promised Zaza and will give him a new contract.

   In terms of functional positioning, Turiaf and Zaza are actually similar.

  Zazah’s better advantage than Turiaf is height, and Turiaf’s better advantage than Zaza is cheaper...

  In line with the principle of not being "distrustful", Yao Ming finally chose Gortat.

  In terms of functionality, Gortat’s tall man and his mobility are not possessed by Turiaf.

  One more thing... Turiaf has body odor, which is really difficult.

  Karl Malone’s stinky socks, Yao Ming can help "curse" the body odor...he really has nothing to do with it!

  Besides, Gortat is still a boxer... It’s really unsafe that there are not a few practitioners around him!

  In short, after comprehensive consideration, Yao Ming chose Gortat.

   "Let's sign a 4-year contract with them too!"

  Yao Ming exhorted Steve Patterson before hanging up.

  At this time, the league hasn’t even seen Morey’s "poison contract", so generally teams sign second-round picks for a one-year or two-year contract.

  It is rare to sign a longer term.

  Steve Patterson paused a bit when he heard that Yao Ming was about to sign for four years, but he finally nodded and said: "OK, man, I'll get in touch with them!"

  Finally, Steve Patterson chose to believe in Yao Ming’s judgment!

After all, it is undeniable that Yao Ming took Portland to the Western Conference Finals in his first season in Portland, and the last time the Portland Trail Blazers reached the Western Conference Finals was in 2000. matter.

  Yao Ming only took one year!

  After ending the call with Steve Patterson, Yao Ming subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart: No one should call this time!

  But as soon as he fell, the phone rang again.

   is Zhang Mingji’s call.

He is here to inform Yao Ming that the preliminary preparations for the "Peak Invitational" have been completed: "The first game is in Portland, and then I will choose a place in the arena to see if it works. If it works, Then we will officially start inviting all-American high school students!"-At first, Yao Ming only thought of "Peak High School All-Star Invitational", but after discussion, the final conclusion was to hold three games, namely "Peak High School All-Stars" "Invitational Tournament", "Peak International Summit Challenge", "Peak Global Challenge Training Camp"...As you can see from the names, the three events serve different targets. The "All-Star Invitational" mainly invites high school students across the United States. The "International Challenge" mainly invites international basketball talents. As for the "Global Challenge Training Camp", it is a training camp-like challenge. After half a month of training, there will be another game at the end. Well, it can be said that I stole everything that could be stolen!

  This is also to expand Peak's international influence as soon as possible.

  So Yao Ming finally agreed.

  It’s just that, the workload is up all at once.

  These days Zhang Mingji and Xu Jinnan have been working on this all the time.

  Fortunately, judging from the current progress, the preparations are fairly smooth.

Yao Ming glanced at the arena, then called Steve Patterson to find out about the specific situation of the arena. After feeling that there was no problem, he called Zhang Mingji back: "Okay, it's set. Come on, you can invite now!"

  The next two days, UU reading www.uukanshu. com Yao Ming continued to train, Zhang Mingji and Steve Patterson once again reported the results of their respective activities to Yao Ming.

  Zhang Mingji's progress is not very satisfactory. Basically, the famous newcomers in this year have refused their invitations. Yao Ming thought for a while: "You can try to send invitations to those players who are in the second and third years of high school!"

  Please do not come to senior high school geniuses, then it is better to give priority to it!

  Zhang Mingji nodded helplessly: "This can only be done first!"

Steve Patterson’s side is going to be much smoother. He has submitted a four-year contract of 3.86 million to both Louis Williams and Gortat. The price is almost the 28th in the first round and 20. The contract offer of the nine players is definitely not good in the first round show, but in the second round show, except for a longer year, this salary is enough to make any second round show secretly entertained.

  So Louis Williams and Gortat did not hesitate at all, and they agreed directly.

  Now waiting for the free market door to officially open, they signed it directly!

  On June 28th, Yao Ming officially ended his special training, and then he has to start busy trading with the team, and in two days, the door to the free trading market in 2005 will officially open...

  (End of this chapter)