NBA: Start with 2 billion, buy the Knicks

Chapter 21: Elementary school student, I’ve got you!

D'Antoni and a few assistant coaches were directing everything on the court, while Downey Jr. and a few scouts took notes in a notebook.

Obviously, they didn't expect so many rookies to come.

Seems completely unaffected by the new boss.

In fact.

After knowing that the Knicks had high picks No. 8 and No. 40, rookies flocked to the Knicks, regardless of the old or new owner.

As long as you are selected by any NBA team, you will have the opportunity to become a millionaire instantly!

What does the character of this owner have to do with them? They are not the stars who can choose the team now, but the rookies who need to be selected.

Many of them come from slums and violent neighborhoods, and all they want is to get ahead through basketball.

The attractiveness of a big basketball market like New York is outstanding. Whether it is professional basketball or street basketball, this is the holy land of basketball in the United States.

It's hard for Jiang Chao not to notice Curry. He has a monk's head and a youthful baby face. He dribbles at an extraordinary speed on the court. His thin body makes sudden long-distance three-pointers while dribbling.

He observed silently like this all morning.

There is no way, there is no general manager, so he can only watch it with his own eyes. In his previous life, he has never seen an NBA game live. Today, he has seen what a top basketball atmosphere is.

Originally, after receiving the lottery pick, he was required to try out alone, but the team management was in turmoil. At D'Antoni's request, Jiang Chao simply asked the rookies who came to New York to come to New York to try out together.

It's equivalent to a joint trial.

The training content is also very simple. Play the whole game without thinking for a whole morning. The lineup is randomly matched every 50 minutes. The players must show off all their abilities in just half a day!

In addition to Curry, there are Jordan Hill, DeRozan, Jennings, Ty Lawson, Jeff Teague, Jrue Holiday...

These are all people Jiang Chao will be familiar with in the future, and they are basically all backcourt players. They are worthy of being senior defenders.

But what Jiang Chao can't believe is that all the media are now calling this draft a weak year. There are too many players at the same position, so that a rare heavy center like Thabeet this year is predicted to be in the top 3!

Tsk tsk tsk.

A big departure.

Jiang Chaoyue felt more and more anxious as he watched, there were too many good players.

DeRozan, the King of the North, but his bro Harden is not here.

Mr. Zhan, the 55-point rookie, is the highlight of human debut.

Jordan Hill, who is well known for the Rockets and would have been selected by the Knicks, was also wreaking havoc on the basket underneath.

Future Bucks champion guard and defensive champion Zhu Ge.

Yunman Batig.

And Taj Gibson, a big man who will play with the Knicks in 2022... After all, this guy wanted to join the Knicks from the beginning.

Even Beverley, who was predicted to be a late second-round pick, came to try out.

From God’s perspective, these are all future starting players.

This is why he attaches so much importance to this year's draft.

The 2009 rookie class was an underrated one. At that time, many people predicted that players other than Griffin would not be successful.

Unexpectedly, most of the players developed well later on, the most representative ones being Harden, Curry, Griffin and DeRozan.

And Harden and Curry have become the two best players in this generation.

They are both regular season MVP winners, which makes the 2009 draft the first draft since 1984, 1996 and 2008 to have two regular season MVPs at the same time!!

Of course, one of the two in 2008 faded too quickly and the other was a happy comedian... In terms of achievements, there is no way to compete with the 2009 class.

But in the impression, many fans will ignore 09. Who makes 08 the youngest mvp in history and the strongest triple-double god of war in history.

09 These two MVPs can really play. They have been playing in the league's top backcourt for many years!

The kind that cannot be defended by any single defense.

Jiang Chao's blood was boiling with excitement all morning. Various defenders had different playing styles, but these people were all in vain.

Jiang Chao looked more at the youth version of Ku Ritian who hadn't shown much sex yet.

It’s appropriate to also remember DeRozan’s brother James Harden.

A cute god who is about the same age as Jiang Chao predicted the top 10 lottery picks on Downey Jr.'s draft report.

But today I played as if I was in the top 3.

All kinds of breakthrough dunks and quick three-pointers, and even the most wanted putback dunk in the NBA later, showed his abilities to the fullest, and he was the most active and fastest in the game. (Golden State LaVine wanted to dunk.

Ability!)

Jiang Chao took another look at the physical test report sent by Downey Jr.

The physical test results from the Knicks showed that Stephen Curry actually bench-pressed 10 times, and his vertical jump was the same as that of Blake Griffin, the favorite for the No. 1 pick.

So not only did he beat Griffin, who was the top pick in the NCAA, but he also did not lose to Griffin, the white monster who reaches for stars in the sky, in physical tests???

This is something Jiang Chao didn't know before. You have to know that Griffin was the youth of his generation. Griffin, who averaged top ten goals per game that year, was no better than some fat tiger?

Scouting reports show that just four months ago, the junior Curry scored 42 points against Oklahoma with Blake Griffin, setting a new NCAA single-game scoring record.

Last season, Curry led the nation in NCAA averaging 28.6 points per game, and also contributed 4.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2.5 steals. He surpassed the legendary John Gatti to become Davidson College's all-time scoring leader.

This is also the reason why he is ranked in the top 10 of the draft predictions. He played too hard in the NCAA!

Oh my god!

Jiang Chao looked at the elegant primary school student who was continuously carrying the ball on the court, holding the ball for three-pointers, and fighting hard for it. It was more like looking at a piece of jade. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it!

"Boss, Curry, whom you mentioned before, was the first to come to our team for trial training, and wanted to meet you directly. He seems to like our team very much."

Downey Jr. is also more optimistic about Curry. After all, his father had his eye on Curry a year ago and was waiting for this year's draft.

This is exactly the same news that Jiang Chao saw in his previous life. In 2009, Curry went to the Knicks in both directions. It seemed that the only team on trial was the Knicks.

To put it simply, he is just a cute licking dog now!

Of course, Jiang Chao also wants this baby-faced assassin unconditionally!

In this year's draft, the only people who have a chance to win are primary school students!

but.

The course of history told him.

He has to hold on!

As the new Knicks owner.

History cannot be allowed to repeat itself.

Before the draft night in 2009 in the previous life, the Knicks held the No. 8 pick and really wanted to get Curry;

And Curry also wanted to join the Knicks so much that he even rejected all other teams' invitations to try out for this reason.

Curry wanted to show his attitude: He would not go unless he was the New York Knicks.

Curry's attitude scared off teams such as the Grizzlies, Thunder and Timberwolves that were originally interested in Curry and had higher draft picks.

But the Warriors, who held the No. 7 pick, also became crazy after knowing Old Downey's thoughts and Curry's NCAA data.

They contacted Curry's agent, Curry's father and Curry himself to express their intention to select Curry, but without exception they were told that they did not want Curry to be selected by the Warriors.

Warriors head coach mad scientist Nelson and head coach Larry Riley are both the same person.

They would not give up on themselves and directly told Curry's father: "If Curry has not been selected when it is our turn, we will select him."

They were even worried that Curry would be drafted before the seventh pick and tried to trade up the pick.

So you know how crazy it is!

I haven’t met anyone face to face, so it’s awkward to choose! It’s only Don Nelson.

But the Knicks are very stupid at this time. Do you think the NBA is a human society? Is it a mafia? If you hold on to the players, they are yours.

The Warriors' attitude made Curry's team nervous. When Curry's team informed the Knicks of the situation, they hoped they would trade up the draft pick to avoid complications.

Downey Sr. and Dolan disapprovedly thought this was unfounded worry.

They believe that their intelligence work is good enough that other teams will not choose Curry, and it is impossible for the Warriors to choose Curry, who is also an offensive guard when they have Monta Ellis.

But even Jiang Chao, a fan, knew that the Warriors at that time were gangsters and a bunch of unreasonable people. Dolan obviously didn’t know that the Warriors once had Baron Davis and Jason Richardson.

Monta Ellis was still selected.

Moreover, the head coach of the Warriors, Nelson, is a very stubborn coach, and he has a very accurate eye for people.

This situation continued until draft night, which may be Stephen Curry's first time at Madison Square Garden in New York.

He may be feeling uneasy at this time, but he is still very confident that he will be selected by the Knicks and continue to play in this stadium.

After the draft began, teams that were interested in Curry but were refused trial training all selected their new targets.

The Grizzlies selected Thabeet, the Thunder acquired Harden, and the Timberwolves selected two point guards, Rubio and Flynn, with the 5th and 6th picks.

The Warriors with the seventh pick, as mentioned before, selected Stephen Curry.

After this news was announced, the entire stadium fell into a state of disappointment and even despair.

The New York fans at the scene were dumbfounded and groaned. The Knicks were so shocked by this sudden blow that they chose Jordan Hill with the No. 8 pick.

Not only did they fail to acquire Curry, they also missed out on DeRozan, who was drafted by the Raptors with the 9th overall pick, as well as a bunch of decent starting-level guards behind him.

Later, Curry became Ellis' bag-carrying boy for two years. After he became the starter, he completely went berserk...

In the 12th season, when he returned to Madison with David Lee, he scored a career-high 54 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. He made 11 of 13 three-pointers. This was the first time in Curry's career that he scored 50 points or higher.

He scored more than 10 three-pointers in a single game for the first time, and also became the first player to hit double figures in three-pointers in a single game at Madison Square Garden.

Dolan, old fan Spike Lee and others looked dumbfounded on the sidelines, and a bunch of fans directly greeted Dolan's family on the spot.

The Knicks once again became the background of a superstar, and he was still the man who passed by him!

Jiang Chao skipped class and watched that game in his previous life. It was at that time that he realized how strong the skinny Curry was!

That game also had epoch-making significance because it was broadcast live in New York across the United States. The thin point guard could kill people with three-pointers, and the small ball era began...

"We can't let him go."

Jiang Chao patted his forehead to wake himself up.

Due to emotions and reasons, it is impossible for Jiang Chao to let the elementary school students miss the Knicks.

He can choose DeRozan or Holiday, but the pick before him is Curry!!!

........

Therefore, he deliberately stood downstairs on the sidelines at the last moment and called D'Antoni and other scouts to analyze the players one by one.

When I analyzed that Curry, DeRozan, Hill, and Jennings were very close to each other in the draft, I spoke loudly.

"This Curry's weaknesses are too obvious."

The analysis report left by Old Downey previously stated that Curry's shortcomings are that he is an untraditional point guard, his first step is not fast enough, his body is thin, he likes to float outside, his style of play lacks aggression, and his thin body makes him

Defense needs teammates to help...

Obviously, Curry seems to be "neither three nor four" in this era.

He is not a traditional point guard who is neither base nor offensive.

Nor is he an offensive point guard with the fastest first step like Iverson.

"However, this does not prevent him from being a top offensive genius."

This is what Jiang Chao is saying, and it is also D'Antoni's remarks later. Just kidding, the scoring leader in the NCAA who kills everyone, how can his offensive firepower be inferior?

He also had something in mind.

Coach K of Duke University has already mentioned these weaknesses: he is thin and short, but what is the result?

The result is that Americans are tough!!

The more pretentious people are, the more stubborn they are!

For example, after Curry heard these words on the sidelines, he stood up in dissatisfaction, gritted his braces, and said cutely and fiercely:

"Hey! Boss, I'm very tough, okay!"

Jiang Chao didn't even look at him. Instead, he smiled and called a flexible center with dreadlocks:

"Jordan Hill, right? Do you think you can be as dominant as your name?"

Curry, who was watching next to him, just stamped his feet and rushed over...