I’m Really Playing Basketball

On June 28, 2008, the second day of the draft, when the entire NBA was going crazy because Jordan selected four centers with completely different styles in the first draft, Chen Xiao had already led Rose and the four major players behind him. King Kong returns to Charlotte.

Chen Xiao was walking in front, and Rose was walking behind Chen Xiao on the right side of Chen Xiao. Behind them, DeAndre Jordan, Roy Hibbert, Robin Lopez, and Brook Lopez were wearing A neat black suit followed behind.

When Chen Xiao led them out of the airport, the Charlotte media and Bobcats fans who were waiting for them were stunned.

I actually forgot about the welcome for a moment.

It can only be said that the aura of the six members of Chen Xiao's group is too strong!

Let’s not talk about whether the four big men Jordan selected in this year’s draft will be useful in future games. At the very least, they are definitely scary enough to serve as security guards.

For a while, in the hearts of Bobcats fans and the Charlotte media, it seemed that the Bobcat, which was full of problem children, was back again!

The Bobcats have five first-round picks in this year's draft, and four are very high.

So before the draft, Bobcats fans and Charlotte reporters were definitely the most anticipated groups. However, Jordan's crazy behavior in this draft made them turn all their expectations into the same shock as other NBA fans, experts and media. .

They would not say that Jordan wasted Chen Xiao's peak career. Barkley said that Jordan had lost his mind this time and had returned to normal levels. Of course, they would not say that.

Although what Barkley said is quite reasonable, no matter how many centers you choose, only one can be played, not to mention that your team also has a talented player of quasi-All-Star level, Bynum, although Bynum is mentally retarded. It's a little weird, but it's not unusable.

Such a waste of draft picks, it is better to trade this draft pick.

If the Bobcats give away the trading rights for the four selected forwards, they can go to the Pistons for Stuckey, the Celtics for Noah, or even the Magic for Ginobili, or even these players. It's more than enough, even if Stuckey is Joe Dumars' godson, Noah is Danny Ainge's godson, and Ginobili is Duncan's little brother, these players, no matter who they are replaced, can directly improve the Bobcats' strength. , Isn't it more useful than picking four centers who may not even be able to make it in their rookie season?

Some people also say that Jordan chose so many players with different styles to deal with Yao Ming and to motivate Bynum.

But another thing Barkley said seems to be right: "Basketball games are not group fights. At the same time, if Bynum can be motivated by these rookies, Jordan is too high on these rookies and too low on Bynum. From my point of view, Jordan was intimidated by the performance of the Heat and Yao in this year's playoffs!"

After the Bobcats selected a bunch of centers in the draft, Barkley could be said to have launched a wave of offensives against Joe, and he also tried to take Xiaomi with him to attack Joe.

And there are quite a few Xiaomis who are willing to follow Barkley to attack Boss Joe.

After all, Barkley's performances in recent years are still very successful, and everyone says he is a loyal Xiaomi.

Therefore, this time the Charlotte media and Bobcats fans welcomed Chen Xiao and the others with the greatest enthusiasm, and at the same time expressed their support for Jordan's behavior in the draft that others considered "brainless".

Anyway, for the Bobcats fans and the Charlotte media, no matter what decisions Chen Xiao and Jordan make, they will support them.

Therefore, after being briefly intimidated by Chen Xiao's aura, the Bobcats fans at the scene gave out deafening cheers and applause to welcome their current and future heroes back.

In the 2008 NBA Draft, Jordan's four shock bombs exploded throughout the NBA. After Chen Xiao returned to Charlotte with the five rookies selected by the Bobcats, he discussed some preparations for next season with Jordan. Chen Xiao was actually quite pressed for time.

After all, this year is the year of the Olympic Games, and it is also the Olympic Games in the capital. There are no Chinese players such as Chen Xiao and Dayao who do not look forward to this year's local Olympic Games.

Everyone is looking forward to it.

Therefore, although the national team gave Chen Xiao and Dayao a lot of leave, and it was okay to report to the national team in mid-July, in fact, after Dayao participated in the 2008 draft, he took Andy and Andy with him. Brother Wang and other players from the Chinese team returned to the national team to report.

Now the entire national team, Chen Xiao is the only one stranded outside.

Of course, Chen Xiao's situation is special, but no matter how special it is, it's not as special as Dayao, right?

Yao Yao just played in the finals and won the FMVP. He didn't even take a break. He left the United States after participating in the championship celebration and Hua Tsai's draft.

Chen Xiao actually wanted to go back to China directly with Dayao, but Shanmao really had a lot of things to do this year.

First of all, the Bobcats drafted five rookies this year, how to deal with these five rookies?

They are all first-rounders and must be given contracts.

However, the Bobcats don't have such a pit for these five new carrots.

Now the Bobcats also have Chen Xiao, Barnes, Bynum, Granger, Francisco Garcia, Jarrett Jack, Ilyasova, Gortat, Roy, Aldridge, Danny Gibson, Feshenko, Livingston, Battier, Lowry and other 15 players with contracts.

Therefore, the Bobcats must make five positions for these five rookies, or send these five rookies.

This is definitely not possible. As soon as Chen Xiao returned to Charlotte, Jordan told him that he was very fond of the five rookies selected by the Bobcats this year.

Chen Xiao also disagrees with sending away some of these five people. In this era, excellent centers are really scarce.

Therefore, after drawing the card, try to see if it is really useful. If it is really useful, then it will make a lot of money. Chen Ling is also reluctant to give Shanmao away just like this.

As for Rose, it is definitely even worse.

Therefore, we can only choose from the existing 15 people.

Chen Xiao, Granger, Roy, Bynum, Barnes, Shane Battier, Aldridge, and Daniel Gibson, these eight are not for sale.

And the remaining seven, Garcia, Jack, Ilyasova, Gortat, Fischenko, Livingston, Lowry...

Fischenko has finished drawing cards last season. It is indeed a waste card. Now it must not be kept and sent away. He can exchange it for whatever he can.

Livingston's rookie contract expires this year, and Jordan and the Bobcats have no plans to renew him. The Bobcats use the right to renew Livingston's rookie contract. Dun's current market situation means that he has a non-guaranteed contract, so the Bobcats will definitely give up on renewing the contract and let him be free.

Except for Feishenko and Livingston, Jordan was a little reluctant to part with the other five.

But no matter how reluctant he is to give up, Jordan will have to give up three of the five of Garcia, Ilyasova, Jack, Gortat, and Lowry.

Who should we abandon?

This is very tangled. Garcia, Jack, and Gortat are all players who have played well in the NBA, while Lowry and Ilyasova are young people who basically have no trading value.

And this is why Jordan is struggling.

Because he really had no choice.

By trading Lowry and Ilyasova, the Bobcats basically get nothing.

Therefore, if they really want to give away for the benefits obtained from the transaction, it must be Jack, Gortat and Garcia.

These three have been very important role players for the Bobcats in the past few seasons.

Of course, the current situation is slightly different.

Take Jack, for example. Jack has been Roy's assistant before. After Cannon was traded, he even had a chance to compete for the team's starting spot. However, no one expected that Daniel Gibson suddenly rose to prominence in this year's playoffs.

Although Gibson's personal ability is not as good as Jack's, his shooting, especially the three-pointers, is really accurate!

After the Bobcats have Chen Xiao and Roy, two strong independent offensive players, Gibson is easier to use than Jack. Gibson does not take the ball, can catch the ball, can also stretch space, and has strong shooting stability.

Therefore, after Gibson's rise, Jack's position in the Bobcats was awkward.

Gortat is also very embarrassed now. The Bobcats have acquired four centers at once. How should he deal with it?

Too short to play center and too slow to play power forward. The Bobcats now have four different styles of centers to choose from. Gortat's current position as the first interior substitute is a bit awkward.

And Garcia, Garcia's embarrassment comes from Battier.

Before Battier came, Garcia was one of the most important forward substitutes for the Bobcats. He could defend three-pointers and was very useful. But now the Bobcats have a fully enhanced version of Garcia named Battier. West Asia is currently in a difficult position with the Bobcats.

His playing position on the front line is far less than that of Granger, Battier and Barnes.

Therefore, Jordan really has no choice.

Although it is rare to find an excellent role player in the NBA, facing the current situation of the Bobcats, he can only ruthlessly trade these three players who have already shown value in the Bobcats and are slowly embarrassing their position in the Bobcats. .

Chen Xiao has a lot of decision-making power in the Bobcats' transactions and personnel changes. If Chen Xiao is unwilling to trade any of these three people, Chen Xiao can naturally keep one of them by force.

But after thinking about it for a while, I don't think it's necessary.

Jack's departure may reduce the outside power of the Bobcats' independent attack, but at the same time, Lowry can also be replaced.

Gortat's departure has left the Bobcats with some problems at the power forward position, but Lopez can also play as a power forward, or even Ilyasova.

Although Garcia's departure will also reduce the thickness of the striker, Ilyasova can also top it.

Therefore, Chen Ling didn't feel anything about the departure of these three people. Maybe leaving was good for Shanmao and themselves.

But for Livingston’s departure…

Chen Xiao has a different view.

Livingston did not play a game after coming to the Bobcats due to injuries.

But, this is a pretty hard-working player.

As for Chen Xiao, he just likes players who work so hard. Chen Xiao always feels that such players should be given a chance.

Livingston's injury is very serious. With such a serious injury, when he can play, basically no team will be interested in him. In other words, no matter how hard he works, no one will give him anything. Opportunity.

Historically, Livingston did have a hard time after his efforts. He was first signed by the Grizzlies, then waived by the Grizzlies, and then went to the Trail Blazers and Timberwolves, but the two teams ignored him at all. In the end, he could only run to the Heat.

Why did he go to the Heat in the end?

Because his agent is Henry Thomas, who is also Wade's agent and Wade's benefactor.

It can be seen that even when he is at the end of his life, he still maintains his pride and wants to win respect decently with his own strength. After all, he is a little magician, a little penny, and he has his pride of being a genius.

There was really no other way, so he finally accepted the unspoken rules and signed a two-year non-fully guaranteed contract with the Heat, with an annual salary of less than 400,000 NBA beggar salary.

Well, the Heat are actually sending beggars away.

Although he was not respected and reused in the Heat because he came through the back door, he still has a little basic playing time, and Wade's face must be given.

It is precisely because of the playing time of these few games that people can see that he is indeed healthy, so many teams have moved their minds again and want to gamble on him. After all, the little magician and the little penny are pretty good. attractive.

Then, Livingston entered a cycle of being gambled, abandoned, gambled, and abandoned again, and finally went to the Warriors, where the Warriors finally bloomed briefly.

A player can play in the NBA for 15 years. For an NBA player with an average age of less than 5 years, this is very successful. But for his talent and hard work, these 15 years have been too hard. .

Chen Xiao's concern for Livingston is not due to the overflow of the Holy Mother's heart.

Instead, Wade's agent Henry Thomas hopes that Chen Xiao can take care of Livingston.

Henry Thomas served as Chen Xiao's agent for a short time during Chen Xiao's draft, and in the end he recommended Chen Xiao's current agent Fagan. It can be said that Henry Thomas is one of the nobles in his career.

Chen Xiao is a person who knows how to be grateful.

Henry Thomas hopes that Livingston will not go to the Heat after entering the free market, and leave him with the last bit of dignity. If possible, I hope that Chen Xiao and the Bobcats can pick him up again, even if it is just a development league contract. .

Of course, Chen Xiao could not refuse such a very small request from his benefactor.

"Michael, if Sean really doesn't have a chance, I hope we can finally give him a chance to prove himself."

"..."

Jordan froze, Livingston?

Is this person important?

Need you to discuss it alone?

However, Chen Xiao ignored Boss Qiao's surprise and continued.

"Even if he has no chance to prove his talent, I hope that all those who work hard can prove their efforts."

After Chen Xiao finished speaking, Jordan, Cole and Curry beside him felt solemn.