I’m Really Playing Basketball

In this year's draft, after the Charlotte Bobcats historically selected 11 rookies in a single draft, the entire NBA fell into unprecedented shock and disbelief.

Unlike Jordan in history, Jordan's current status in the NBA draft is really king-level. So for the 11 players selected by Jordan, the United States and the entire NBA are really looking at them with a magnifying glass. .

As a well-known NBA savvy, after the draft, when faced with reporters' questions about the rookies selected by the Bobcats in this draft, Jordan's answers were very confident.

"I know what you are worried about. To me, each of them is excellent. We are not casting a wide net. We have considered each of them carefully."

"I believe each of them can succeed in the NBA."

Jordan's eloquence is beyond words.

Before Chen Xiao appeared, Jordan was one of the second-tier trash talk kings under Larry Bird.

To be reasonable, trash talk and eloquence are sometimes equated.

After the draft, the great Jordan started the mode of praising the 11 rookie players of the Bobcats this time. It really gave the 11 rookies selected by the Bobcats a feeling of spring breeze.

After all, this is Jordan, the greatest player in the NBA right now.

How many people’s idols.

To be praised like this by Jordan is really an honor.

Of course, although Jordan was full of praise for the rookies selected by the Bobcats during the interview, this may not be the case for these media experts in the United States.

Doesn't it mean that these players are being examined under a magnifying glass?

It is simply impossible for these media experts to wait for these people to finish a season or half a season before judging the success or failure of Jordan's draft.

After the draft, the national media was already hyping Jordan's success or failure in these drafts.

And has rated and scored Jordan's 11 draft picks.

The experts and media hired by ESPN even rated Jordan's 11 draft picks, which even became the hottest news among fans for a while.

Among the ratings from those experts at ESPN.

The Bobcats selected high school student Bynum with the ninth overall pick, and his grade was C+.

"Bynum is a very talented player, but there are many such talented players in the United States. His character will bring huge trouble to the Bobcats, Wonder Boy and Michael Jordan. He is not a good choice in this situation. Michael Jordan would have had a chance to get Bogut and other options that were much better than Bynum."

The Bobcats used the ninth pick to select Bynum, which was definitely Jordan's most controversial choice this time. Many people felt that Jordan's choice was too much of a gamble.

Although the draft is a gamble, the size is controllable.

But the Bobcats' selection of Bynum is really uncontrollable.

The Bobcats selected Granger with the 16th pick, and his rating was quite good, reaching a B+ level.

"Danny Granger is an underrated player because he's Larry Bird Jr. and a lot of teams are hesitant about him. He's one of the best all-around forwards in the NCAA. For four years in college, he can He averaged 16.7 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.9 blocks per game, with a shooting percentage of 49.6%. There are few such comprehensive all-around forwards in the history of the NCAA. His statistics in college are almost exactly the same as Scottie Pippen. With excellent offense, defense and physical talent, scouts should not say that he is like Larry Bird, if scouts think that he is like Scottie Pippen, if Danny Granger does not think that he is like McGrady II But like Pippen II, then his draft pick is definitely more than that. I think Michael Jordan took a fancy to him because he felt that he was more like his former teammate Pippen than Larry Bird."

I'm sorry, but Jordan Master really, like many NBA scouts, thinks Granger is more like Larry Bird than Pippen.

If Jordan thought Granger looked like Pippen, he would definitely not have selected him with the 16th overall pick.

As for the Bobcats' selection of Andre Blatche with the 18th overall pick, ESPN experts gave Jordan a low score, even lower than the selection of Bynum, only a mere C grade.

"Blatch is a talented player, but if Michael Jordan doesn't select him, no NBA team will select him. He is the person with character problems among this draft class, even worse than Bynum. There is a problem. Blatche's ridiculous off-court life and weird temper have made all NBA teams shy away from him. Before participating in the NBA draft, the media revealed that he had experienced driving without a license and harassing an undercover policewoman. Can he It is a miracle that he did not fall under the gun of the American police. The policewoman missed the shot, otherwise he would not go to see Jordan now, but to see God."

There is really no need to clean up the matter of Blatche. Historically, there is no reason why he was selected by the Wizards so later.

That is to say, the Wizards don't care about such problem children. After all, are there any children with more problems than Arenas?

If it weren't for the Wizards, Blatche would really have lost the draft.

To be honest, for Jordan, a player's bad character is not a big problem. As long as there is no problem with the team, isn't he a bad boy?

It's as if he is nothing like Michael Jordan.

Bratcher assumes H, and Michael Jordan is also involved in gambling. As long as D is not involved, there is no problem. Jordan thinks he can handle it.

Of course, this is Jordan's idea, not those of NBA experts.

In addition to these three high-draft players selected by the Bobcats.

Other people's evaluations are actually quite low.

For example, "Bai Chenxiao" Garcia has a B rating.

Experts think Jordan is a good choice. Garcia can run and defend. As long as he can practice three-pointers and shooting, he will be a very outstanding 3D player. This 2.01 meter forward and guard swingman is good, and he is one of the best in this draft. Good choice.

In addition, Jarrett Jack, Monta Alice, and Lou Williams, the first-round picks of the three teams, all received B or above evaluations, and even Monta Alice's evaluation reached an A grade. .

According to ESPN, Jack is an underrated player. This Georgia Tech star player averaged 15.5 points per game as a junior, shooting over 50% from the field, and even over 44% from three-point range. He can score. Being able to organize and defend can be said to be a very good immediate combat ability. Maybe the talent is a bit low, but do you think it is easy to get such data in the ACC League?

Therefore, Jack's draft was rated as B+, and Jordan and the Bobcats may have missed it.

And Monta Alice, who is as famous as Oden and should be the second high school student in the United States in the lottery, was selected with the 27th overall pick. For many experts, it was really Jordan and the Bobcats who picked up the big one. Cheaper.

In his senior season, Montalice averaged 38.4 points, 7.9 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 4.5 steals per game. Therefore, don't think that anyone can be as famous as Oden.

With this high school performance and his style of play, it's easy to think of Kobe.

Therefore, he was officially invited by the NBA to be a Little Green Room player.

I just didn't expect that this year, perhaps one of the most talented rookies, actually fell all the way to the 27th overall pick and was selected by Jordan.

The situation of Lou Williams is similar to Monta Alice. Both of them are small guards with thin bodies. NBA scouts and teams do not believe that their bodies can succeed in the NBA.

Therefore, their draft picks have been falling.

These NBA experts focus on evaluating the Cavaliers' seven players in the first round. As for the second round, they also have ratings, but the evaluations are very concise.

For example, Ilyasova is C-, which is Jordan's lowest-rated operation.

The evaluation is.

“I don’t know why Michael Jordan drafted him.”

Gortat is also a C-.

"I don't know why Michael Jordan drafted him. Michael probably wouldn't offer him a contract. He was using up excess second-round picks."

It has to be said that American experts are so biased against international players.

For two high school players, C.J. Miles and Amir Johnson, who were also in the second round, Jordan received a B+ evaluation.

"To be able to draft a No. 12 high school student in the United States and a No. 14 high school student in the U.S. with two second-round picks is a great blessing."

After analyzing Jordan's draft, ESPN experts finally made a summary.

“This time, Michael Jordan selected a lot of high school players for the Bobcats. The second high school student in the United States, Monta Alice, the fifth high school student in the United States, Lou Williams, the tenth high school student in the United States, Andrew Bynum, and the 12th high school player in the United States. CJ Miles, the No. 14 high school player in the country, Amir Johnson, the No. 18 high school student in the country, Andre Blatche, six of the 11 rookies are high school rookies, and there is an 18-year-old Ilyasova."

"It can be seen that this time Jordan is looking for the future and talent for the Bobcats. As long as one of these seven super young talents can realize their talent, Michael Jordan's gamble will not be considered a loss. If two of them can realize it, With their talents, Michael Jordan will once again be super awesome. However, it is obvious that Michael Jordan has forgotten that although the wonder boy did not choose to come to the Bobcats to succeed immediately, he will not wait until the end of time for him. These young people may not One who will be a boost to the success of the Wonder Boy. Although they have talent, they are too young!”

"If it is just to find talent, Michael Jordan's performance in this draft is excellent, but if it is to quickly build a lineup that can help the Wonder Boy, then this draft is obviously failed. Therefore, we give Jordan's overall evaluation for this draft is B grade, which is not bad, but not that good either."

Regarding Jordan's performance in this draft, ESPN's evaluation has been recognized by many people.

Not bad, but not that good either.

Even Chen Xiao's fans think so.

They hope Jordan will bring immediate combat effectiveness to Chen Xiao.

But Jordan selected a group of seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys for Chen Xiao.

Does this mean that Chen Xiao will become a baby daddy?

When these 17 or 18-year-old boys grow up, my baby Xiao will not be able to become Xiao's father yet. How many more years will he be in his peak period?

Maybe for the Bobcats, these young people are very talented and valuable in the future.

But for Chen Xiao, these are not excellent choices.

Because Chen Xiao and Jordan's traffic is so huge, the American media is very curious about everything about Jordan and Chen Xiao.

Just when public opinion across the United States was disturbing Chen Xiao and Jordan.

At this time, Chen Xiao and Jordan were discussing the Bobcats' plans for this offseason.

The Bobcats are a very young team.

This season is only the second season.

At present, this team has 13 players with contracts through the draft. In this regard, the players' frames have been built up.

However, a team not only has players, but also a head coach.

Now, the Bobcats are without a head coach.

The team's head coaches, Bickerstaff and his son, left.

The senior Bickerstaff is very senior. As a rookie team, it is great to be able to hire a head coach with such qualifications and connections.

It will allow the Bobcats to quickly become familiar with the operations of the NBA and gain a foothold.

However, after the Bobcats invited Chen Xiao, a head coach like Bickerstaff didn't look good enough.

To put it bluntly, Bickerstaff's level is really not good enough for Chen Xiao.

So before inviting Chen Xiao, Jordan invited Bickerstaff and his son away in order to express his sincerity.

Otherwise, Chen Xiao doesn't seem to like them very much, and making Chen Xiao a bad person is not acceptable.

And after Bickerstaff leaves, who should be invited for the new head coach?

This has become a very big problem.

The Bobcats are looking for a head coach. If there is no Chen Xiao, no one will be interested in the position of the Bobcats head coach.

But with Chen Xiao, the Bobcats head coach position is really a hot one.

For example, Phil Jackson, who is at home, has a lot of ideas about the position of Bobcats head coach.

Jordan has been invited to his home many times.

But in the face of Phil Jackson's overtures, Michael Jordan said, get out!

Back when you were coaching the Lakers, it was fine if you licked OK and flew up, but why did you DISS me?

What Kobe's skills are better than mine, and O'Neal's dominance is better than mine, I won't talk about these.

I don't care about it, you guys still want to come to me to pick peaches?

There are no doors!

Originally, Jordan and Chen Xiao preferred the head coach to be Carlisle.

Carlisle led the Cavaliers to win the championship against the trend last season, making the restraint system fly.

After the Cavaliers reached their peak last season, Carlisle chose to retire bravely in the Cavaliers.

Following Chen Xiao's trade, Carlisle also announced that he had ended his partnership with the Cavaliers.

Carlisle made the right choice.

For his restraint system, Chen Xiao is the key core of this restraint system. Because of Chen Xiao's comprehensiveness, his restraint system is only effective.

If Chen Xiao is gone, he can only play other systems if he stays with the Cavaliers.

But in the Cavaliers, the restraint system has been successful. If we try other systems, whether it will succeed or not will not matter. If it fails, fans and experts will think that the success of the Cavaliers last season, Chen Xiao, is the most important.

This is very detrimental to his evaluation.

Isn't life just for fame and fortune?

There is no shortage of Li He. With his strength last season, he will be paid the maximum salary wherever he goes.

Fame is what matters in the end.

Therefore, if Chen Xiao does not stay with the Cavaliers, he will only hurt his reputation by staying.

At this point, I have to say that Carlisle is really a smart man.

After Carlisle left, the Cavaliers announced that Carlisle's assistant, Mike Brown, would be the head coach.

This grandson of Larry Brown and a disciple of Popovich does not have the stubbornness of Larry Brown and Popovich. He is very good at being 'Junior Brother Sha' and is extremely proficient in 'recruiting a senior brother'. .

Fans may not like such a capable but not very troublesome head coach, as he is too mediocre and not worthy of his idol brother.

But for the players of the team, it is very rare to have such a Xiaogui Cao Sui head coach.

Therefore, there was no obstacle to Mike Brown taking over as head coach of the Cavaliers, and James even approved of it with both hands.

Carlisle has left, and questions about Carlisle's next home and whether O'Neal and O'Neal will break out of their contracts have become the biggest news in the entire NBA.

When a head coach like Carlisle, who is considered the best in the NBA, leaves, of course there will be a rush for him.

Like his old club Pistons.

Like the New York Knicks.

Like the Boston Celtics.

As long as there are teams without a head coach and teams that are dissatisfied with their own head coach, they are all eager for Carlisle.

Jordan has long been inviting Carlisle to coach the Bobcats.

But today, Chen Xiao and Jordan received a call from Carlisle rejecting the Bobcats.

"Chen, it's been the honor of a lifetime to be able to coach a great player like you in my coaching career. You are a great player, the greatest player I have ever coached, and you have incredible dreams."

"Although my dreams are not as lofty and great as yours, I also have my own pursuits. I hope to see all corners of basketball and experience all styles of basketball."

After hearing Carlisle say this, Chen Xiao already knew that he had rejected her.

For Carlisle now, such a perfect head coach who can do everything, if what he pursues next is not a championship, then naturally he hopes to make himself stronger and more perfect in all aspects.

Coach various teams of different styles to make your basketball career more complete and comprehensive.

I have to say that Carlisle's dream is really not as humble as he said.

Carlisle is really different from those business coaches who like to pick peaches.

After all, he was born in an academic school, and he still had dreams and pursuits in his heart.

After rejecting the Bobcats, Carlisle announced that he would accept Pat Riley's invitation to serve as the head coach of the Miami Heat.

Miami Heat head coach Spoelstra resigned as the team's assistant coach and general manager.

Spoelstra has a great name, but his general manager just makes up the numbers. The whole world knows that the president of the Heat, Pat Riley, has the final say.

So Spoelstra's position with the Heat is assistant coach.

The general manager is a mascot.

In order to get the love of David Stern in the 2002 draft, Pat Riley said that Mourning was injured and he wanted to leave with Mourning and resign as general manager and head coach.

David Stern was really moved at that time.

Everyone has already sacrificed their head coach, general manager and boss. Who can be worse than the Heat?

In the end, David Stern gave the top pick to the Heat.

But who knew that after the Heat won the No. 1 pick, Pat Riley became the president of the Heat.

This grossed out David Stern.

At the same time, it also pissed off Houston Mosaic, who was competing with the Heat for the No. 1 pick.

At that time, Houston Mosaic's general manager Dawson and coach Tang Shuai directly scolded him, how could there be such shameless and shameless people in this world.

Of course, Chen Xiao also scolded him.

At that time, Pat Riley and Mourning were so affectionate that Chen Xiao was deeply moved.

But who knew that when Mourning recovered from his illness and returned, the Heat actually refused to renew his contract and asked him to go to the Nets directly.

This made Chen Xiao disgusted.

Pat Riley has his own considerations. Renewing Mourning's contract will cost him a lot of money, but he won't need that much money when he comes back after he leaves.

From a business perspective, this is correct.

But what about your human touch?

In fact, Pat Riley is really good at this.

In history, Wade has been played like this.

Wade is getting old. To renew Wade's contract, he needs a big contract, otherwise he won't be able to get it.

But Wade left. If I sign him back, I don't need a big contract, just a basic salary.

He is really a very affectionate person.

So after hearing the news that Carlisle was going to the Heat, Chen Xiao was also worried about his former head coach.

Pat Riley is too insidious, so don't let him be eaten to pieces.

Of course, Carlisle is also a smart man, and Chen Xiao knows this.

In short, Chen Xiao and Jordan have their favorite head coach candidate.

Now Chen Xiao and Jordan were faced with the question of choosing the team's head coach.

This issue of candidates must be resolved immediately, before the free market starts on July 14, it must be resolved.

Otherwise, there will be some problems with who the Cavaliers sign.

Of course, if you really can't find a suitable one, you can sign someone first, and then choose the head coach according to the style.

However, compared with the latter, the former one is still better.

The question of the team head coach is indeed a huge one.

Most commercial head coaches in the NBA, Chen Xiao and Jordan look down on them. They are not very commercial and like to do it. They are self-righteous and require players to cooperate with the team.

Chen Xiao and Jordan also look down upon this.

The two discussed for a while, and finally found that the new head coach of the Cavaliers, Mike Brown, is quite suitable for the current Bobcats.

But he is now the head coach of the Cavaliers.

There is really no way around this.

Just after Chen Xiao and Jordan had a discussion, looking at Jordan who was frowning like himself, Chen Xiao suddenly had a very bold idea.

"Michael, how about you becoming the head coach of the team yourself?"

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After Chen Xiao finished speaking expectantly, Jordan was shocked!