NBA: Becoming stronger starts with hard work and mastery

The first time, the second time.

Like the previous life, the first three picks in 1999 did not change:

The Chicago Bulls selected the short inside monster Elton Brand from Duke University!

The Memphis Grizzlies selected Steve Francis who was unwilling to come to Memphis!

The Charlotte Hornets selected the best point guard of the year, Baron Davis!

And the fourth pick, the trajectory has changed!

In the original history, the Los Angeles Clippers, who had the fourth pick, should have selected Lamar Odom, a versatile and talented power forward, but in this life, the Los Angeles Clippers selected Jonathan Bender, who is seven feet tall and weighs 110KG!

Jonathan Bender was born in 1981 and is only 18 years old this year. He is the youngest among all potential lottery picks!

Although Jonathan Bender has the height and weight of a center, he has the strength of a center and the speed of a guard!

But this is not important. What is important is that although Jonathan Bender is a high school student, he does not have the bad habits of other high school students who are arrogant because of their talents. Instead, he is a famous gym rat.

"Double extension" is Jonathan Bender's slogan. No matter how hard the training schedule is, he must double the training to be satisfied!

It is precisely because of hard training that he has everything from three-pointers, mid-range shots, and inside footwork at a young age.

After selecting Jonathan Bender, the general manager of the Clippers excitedly said:

"During the tryout, Jonathan Bender jumped from the free throw line, held the ball with his left hand, changed hands in the air, switched the basketball to his right hand, and did a terrifying windmill dunk without decreasing the height. At that time, I knew that he was Han Yi of our Clippers!"

Yes, the starting point of all this fascinating is because the draft template that Jonathan Bender's agent gave him was: black Han Yi!

In the previous life, the draft template that Jonathan Bender's agent gave him was Kevin Garnett II, and in this life, it was directly upgraded to black Han Yi!

In this regard, Han Yi had to say that this agent was good at making gimmicks!

So the question is, I, Han Yi, have a system, and there is nothing wrong with such hard training. Do you, Jonathan Bender, also have a system?

Can you bear such training, brother?

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14th pick: Minnesota Timberwolves select Duke University point guard William Avery…

15th pick: New York Knicks select French center Frederick Weiss…

Han Yi couldn’t help but feel a little nervous, while the silly Ron Artest next to him was still greeting others with excitement, without any nervousness about being selected.

It was as if he had already been signed by the Celtics!

Han Yi thought secretly in his heart:

"In the previous timeline, Ron Artest was selected by the Chicago Bulls at the 16th pick. Although Artest in this life has long announced that he will only try out for the Celtics, if someone else with a higher pick makes a move, the Celtics can only watch!"

"What the hell is wrong with this old fox Auerbach? If you miss Artest, don't blame me for falling out with you!"

16th pick: The Chicago Bulls selected James Posey from Xavier University!

"Changed again? From the original Artest to Posey?" Han Yi thought for a while and suddenly realized:

"Okay, okay, okay, if Auerbach put it out, the Bulls will take it seriously, right? But it's not a loss to select a blue-collar like James Posey at the 16th pick!"

The draft continues...

17th, 18th, 19th, 20th...

None of them is Ron Artest!

Artest's draft pick has indeed dropped significantly. In the late 1990s when information was relatively opaque, Ron Artest, who had only tried out with the Celtics, had his draft pick ranking seriously affected by the poor tryout results released by the Celtics!

In fact, in that tryout report, both the false and the true came out, and the true and the false came out!

It is true that Ron Artest's three-point shooting is bad and his free throw shooting rate is bad, there is no doubt about it!

It is also true that Ron Artest was beaten in the one-on-one match, but it was not Stephen Jackson who beat him, but Tracy McGrady!

In the tryout match, Ron Artest's performance was indeed terrible, but that was because the player he faced was Han Yi.

!

All of what he said was true, but only partially true!

Unexpectedly, these guys from other NBA teams are really stubborn!

"Will our Celtics sign Ron Artest with the 29th pick without paying anything?"

But!

"24th pick," David Stern read: "The Utah Jazz selected Ron Artest, a small forward from Georgetown University!"

"What happened?"

Ron Artest stared at the Jazz-exclusive baseball cap handed over by the Utah Jazz staff, and walked towards David Stern on the stage in disbelief.

But as he walked up, he looked at Han Yi, who was also very surprised, and wrinkled his facial features like a rag, and said in lip language:

"What are you doing, boss? I don't want to go to Utah! I really, really don't want to..."

At this time, Han Yi was too lazy to look at Artest's funny expression, and called Auerbach:

"What are you doing, old man, you can't even do such a small thing?"

"Don't worry!" Auerbach said confidently: "Look, look, young man, you are anxious again, when will I not be able to do what I promised you?"

Sure enough, just 15 minutes later, Ron Artest, who was wearing a Jazz baseball cap just now, now changed into a Celtics-exclusive baseball cap!

A small transaction:

The Boston Celtics used the 29th pick to draw Andrei Kirilenko, and this year's second-round pick traded Ron Artest, who was selected by the Utah Jazz at the 24th pick!

Russian Andrei Kirilenko went to the Utah Jazz!

And Ron Artest was still picked up by the Celtics!

But... Han Yi scratched his head:

"After we already had AK47, we lost him less than a quarter of an hour later. This feeling is really bad!"

"Ron!"

Han Yi said seriously:

"The one-week vacation I promised you before is cancelled. You will have summer special training with me tomorrow. For you, our Celtics lost Kirilenko. If your performance can't crush Andrei Kirilenko, I will kill you!"

"Andrei Kirilenko? What a strange name?" Ron Artest was confused:

"Who is this? I've never heard of him. I'm going to kill him now!"