NBA: Start with 2 billion, buy the Knicks

Chapter 248: Finson & Dabai Bian, the worst draft class of 2010

Yes.

It was these two people he wanted to recommend to the Sujiang Men's Basketball Team. One was the No. 1 Zhan Chui in history and a master at playing the piano, and the other was a 2k monster, a giant inside player who helped Sichuan win the championship in the NBL.

These two are considered to be the few good players in the second round this year, and they are the two better players in this bad world.

Jiang Chao found out that Finson had indeed entered the draft. He averaged 12.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in college, and was predicted to be selected in the second round at 10-15.

I don’t know if it’s fate, but this year Jiang Chao may cut off two players selected by Bird in his previous life.

This shows that Bird's vision is still very good. In his previous life, he selected George in the first round and Finson in the second round, but now he has eliminated him. Jiang Chao will look at the pick when the time comes. If the Pacers pick higher, it won't be a big deal.

Maybe choose Fensen's one at the back.

This kid is going to the CBA to kill randomly, and he also has a lot of CBA relationships. He must first accept the training of the iron fist of socialism. Otherwise, if he comes to the Knicks, he will be the master.

Then Whiteside is much more terrifying. Hassan Whiteside averaged 13.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.35 blocks per game. The total number of blocks in a single season was 182, setting a school record. He is a block maniac.

He has also announced that he is running for this year, but now he is a bit defensive and only pursues statistics. Jiang Chao can see by looking at his block collection that this guy can't survive just sitting in the paint.

It’s no wonder that no one wanted to go to the CBA in the first two years and struggled hard. After no one wanted in the CBA, it finally came to the small ball era. The powerful centers in the small ball era disappeared. He has long hands and can fly in the penalty area.

Defensive and offensive rebounds are still somewhat useful.

The Knicks’ scouting report reads:

Hassan Whiteside averaged 13.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.35 blocks per game, with a total of 182 blocks in a single season, setting a school record.

Now he is indeed average in hardness in the paint, and can even be called a softie. Not to mention meeting Yao, he will be completely beaten when meeting someone like Hibbert.

But it is enough for this kind of player to go to the CBA. There are not many players with strong shooting in the CBA. With a height of seven feet and a wingspan of seven feet and seven inches, he is undoubtedly the O'Neal of the CBA.

Any team that wins the CBA championship must have a strong inside presence.

Bai Bian's pick prediction is at the beginning of the second round, which is also the pick that the Birds can select. However, the Birds have Hibbert, so they will not select a big center. Jiang Chao will watch a wave of trades when the time comes.

Moreover, this player is actually not particularly popular. Only a big team like the Kings would choose a player like this. After selecting Cousins ​​in the first round, they would also select a big center in the next round. I don’t know what the brain is thinking.

So Jiang Chao actually suspected that Da Baibian might not be drafted because he heard that he was too soft during the trial training and was called a big softie by the scouts. As we all know, in the NBA, if you are labeled as a softie, unless you

A dunk on a big shark or a ridiculously accurate shot, otherwise he is basically a fringe figure.

Da Baibian has a deeper connection with the CBA and China. After being abandoned by the NBA, he saw that many international players who wanted to enter the NBA had to win local championships to be seen.

So I really studied hard in the NBL for a year and helped Sichuan win the championship and upgrade to the CBA.

What follows is a bloody story.

At this time, he really wanted to continue playing in the CBA and win the championship, but in the end, the CBA didn't want him.

Regarding CBA, there is actually a strange situation.

If foreign players want to join the CBA, they must have strong team leadership or scoring abilities.

Without these two characteristics, it would be difficult for them to join the CBA.

Take Whiteside, for example. In his previous life, he helped Sichuan win the championship in the NBA and also won the FMVP. However, the final result was rejected by the CBA. They believed that Whiteside did not have a dominant performance.

It is worth mentioning that Whiteside averaged 21,154 data per game in the nbl, which is already very outstanding.

This is a rare situation where a foreign player wants to stay, but the CBA doesn't want him.

From this, Jiang Chao could feel the decadence of the CBA and the mediocrity of vision. At that time, foreign players were basically small defenders. Such a big center would not be liked by the management if he could not score 40 casually. Only defenders can score more goals if they keep scoring.

It's about selling tickets, right?

Therefore, CBA actually pays more attention to data, because the big white side's offense basically relies on dunks, and the explosive scoring power is naturally not as good as those foreign players who perform pull-up operations on the ground.

In this aspect, he just complements Finson. Finson makes a wild show and just makes tip-ups and grabs rebounds.

After being unable to get a contract in the CBA, Whiteside had no choice but to try the NBA.

This trial was my spring. Needless to say what happened next. I have dominated the shot blocking list in the NBA all year round. Although I changed several teams, it is simple to get a stable rotation in an NBA team.

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Until Jiang Chao crossed over, his 16,143.1 blocks with the Trail Blazers were undoubtedly the league's top statistics.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chao made a call to Finson and the two of them. He actually didn't have to pretend to be a rookie like he chose Curry last year. He could just let nature take its course. He was very wealthy this year.

And these two people are different from Curry. Curry is the core and must be there. If these two people knew that Jiang Chao wanted him, wouldn't they have their tails raised to the sky?

But he really wanted to see how Fensen raised his tail.

"Hello? Stephenson? Come to our team for a trial training in the summer."

"okok!! Are you going to choose me, boss!! I will do my best! I will not participate in any team's trial invitation!"

"That's not necessary!"

It turned out that Fensen didn't hear it either. His voice was far away, as if he said something to the people around him:

"Hey, uncle, I'm going to the NBA, the Knicks!"

"Just take it easy. If you lose, you'll be bragging. Why are you excited?"

Worthy of being one of the hottest men in the NBA, Finson is really hot:

"Ah?? Don't you want the Pacers to draft me?"

Jiang Chao really wanted to give him a punch:

"What are you thinking about, little brother? It would be too wasteful to give it to you."

"Okay... I don't choose. As long as I can get paid to play ball, I want to dazzle the whole world."

"Didi didi didi."

Jiang Chao hung up the phone directly, and the female bodyguard drove to Butler University and took him to the airport.

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In the private room, Jiang Chao was enjoying a relaxing leg massage, eating desserts sent by Hayward, and taking a report call from Sean Marks.

We talked about the records of each team and the teams we will face in the playoffs.

The Pacers are doing pretty well right now, and Bird is not going to bully me. They are fourth from the bottom in the Eastern Conference. If they work hard in the end, they will be second to last and they will be perfect.

You must know that the bottom three players in the league have a 14.5% chance of being the top pick.

Then the Knicks unexpectedly climbed up, perhaps because they were enraged by the Yao Ming controversy. Recently, the Knicks have won four consecutive games and ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference with 45 wins and 22 losses.

It left the Hawks and Heat behind, but they were very close, with one winning half a game and the other winning a game.

Therefore, the Knicks should have the lowest number of second-round picks, with more than 20 picks in the second round.

But Sean Marks, and even the beautiful bodyguards around him, feel that Jiang Chao can still find treasures at a low level this year.

Sean Marks also mysteriously asked Jiang Chao if he had any favorite players:

"Boss, I promise not to tell anyone, so just tell me who do you like in the second round?"

"Anyway, I feel like they are definitely not the two you contacted!"

The two he was talking about must be Finson and Dabai Bian who played at Butler University. As expected, the news about the draft spread quickly. The more Jiang Chaoyue pays attention to, the more likely he will be selected. This is no longer the case.

Less subconscious thoughts from scouts.

After all, the Knicks didn't try out Harden alone last year, so they directly used the No. 3 pick to select a player who hadn't tried out once, which was considered a first.

"Oh, you don't believe me when I tell the truth. In the second round this year, there are only two that are okay. These two are the best ones to choose."

"Boss, why do you have anything to do with me? This year's draft is pretty good. There are players in all positions. It's not like last year where they were all defenders."

Sean Marks and Mustache actually talked privately that Jiang Chao would definitely recruit the seventh rookie guard in the team.

That is the Chinese guard Jeremy Lin. Jeremy Lin has also signed up for the draft this year. To be honest, the only person who can choose him is the Chinese boss Jiang Chao. After all, Harvard’s basketball background is almost zero. Jeremy Lin has nothing to do with being in the circle. The only connection is to help

Jiang Chao tried out Sun Yue.

Therefore, many people are speculating that Jeremy Lin may be selected by the Knicks in the second round, otherwise he will be unsuccessful in signing up.

"To be honest, this year's level is not one-tenth as good as last year."

Jiang Chao looked like he was joking about everything from ancient times to modern times.

To be honest, if it weren't for providing two rookies to the Sujiang team, he really wouldn't care so much about this year's draft.

There was a sigh in his heart, despite the excitement this year, but from his perspective in 2022.

Regarding the NBA rookies in 2010, we can only say that whether they are popular big shots or little guys who want to counterattack, they are all short-lived and cannot afford to be hurt.

Among the 2010 rookies, there are a total of four who have made the All-Stars: No. 1 pick John Wall, No. 5 pick DeMarcus Cousins, No. 9 pick Gordon Hayward, and No. 10 pick Paul George.

There are only a handful of them, very shabby.

And Turner, who was selected second overall by the 76ers, is worse than the last generation: If Iguodala is an All-Star threshold, Turner might as well be hovering outside the All-Star threshold.

After exploring Faworth, No. 4 pick Wesley Johnson, No. 6 pick Aipai Udu, No. 7 pick Monroe, and No. 8 pick Aminu, they all had high hopes, but none of them performed as expected.

Success comes.

And some of the little guys who might be able to counterattack have also had their fair share of hits and misses, and there are no super dark horses in the second-round picks like in the previous decade or so.

Basketball poet Larry Sanders, maybe he is not a nobody, he is the 15th pick, just the first person outside the lottery pick.

He once blocked a triple-double and was the core of the Bucks inside. He was later suspended for smoking contraband and was later bought out.

In fact, before he left the NBA, he was still a very good inside player. If he had not been suspended, he would probably have been an All-Star player if he continued to advance.

Jordan Crawford, who dunked on James, was once a good scorer for the Wizards. He was probably Nick Young at the point guard. When he went crazy, he even scared his own people. After all, he dared to dunk on NBA superstar James in high school. He was indeed very talented.

People are bold.

Greg Vazquez, the 28th overall pick, got a chance to play due to extensive injuries on the team. As a result, he performed well and was poached by the Hornets. He was once a qualified starting point guard in the NBA.

Even Whiteside, the big white edge that Jiang Chao planned to select for Su Jiang, was so depressed that he was eliminated from the CBA gold rush.

After returning to the NBA, he put up crazy numbers and got a big contract, but his defense was always inadequate, preventing him from taking further steps.

Landry Fields, the 39th pick, is Jeremy Lin's good friend. Let's put it this way, during Wall's injury in his rookie season, Fields was always the best in the Eastern Conference.

Lance Stephenson, the 40th overall pick, once easily achieved a triple-double. He was the "No. 1 LeBron James" in the world. He was the man who made Pacers fans excited second only to George. Later, he could only hang out in the Development League. In the CBA, he also had an attitude due to his attitude.

Question was fired, and his replacement was also a generation of tragic "hero" OJ Mayo.

As for the undrafted players, only Jeremy Lin had his highlight moment. Lin Crazy was enough to last him a lifetime, but that was all... and he never reached the state he was at that time.

These are the little guys in the 2010 rookie class. Each and every one of them had their highlight moments and counterattacks, but their counterattacks ended in a flash in the pan, and they failed to take another step forward and were unable to get close to the All-Stars.

So if you ask Jiang Chao to select them, Jiang Chao doesn't want to take the risk to get them. There are enough rookies in the team and there is no room for them.

At this time, Jiang Chao is no longer the crazy boss he was last year.

Let’s just say, who can the scholar replace now? Curry? Beverley? Danny Green? Matthews? Mills? Or Harden, who can also organize?

Therefore, choosing him is a waste of his youth and cannot give him a chance. Therefore, even though Sean Marks said on the phone that Jeremy Lin has contacted the Knicks for a tryout many times, Jiang Chao said not to give him extra hope. The Knicks have been

There is really no space for him in Nian.

This kind of point guard wants the ball, and what Jiang Chao wants is not a flash in the pan, but a championship. His feelings are not the ones he has now. When the time comes, I will help you find out which team is short of a point guard, and I can recommend him.

He is still looking forward to the reappearance of Lin Crazy. This is the passion of his generation, and it is one of the necessary materials for the composition!

But it's impossible to go crazy in Knickslin again.

The above four players who have been selected as All-Stars also have something in common, except that Jiang Chao relies on the blessing of a miracle doctor and believes that he can fight against unnatural factors.

That is!

Injuries!

This is the most regrettable thing for these four strongest rookies this year.

John Wall can be reimbursed for taking a bath at home, and the scenes of Paul George and Hayward being injured are even scary to watch, and the same goes for Cousins.

Wall was once the league's best point guard both offensively and defensively, not the number one point guard, but definitely at the forefront;

Paul George was once one of the top three small forwards in the league, and Cousins ​​was once the top center in the league. Unfortunately, injuries ruined everything.

After Hayward was injured, it was difficult to return to his peak. Now that he has moved to many teams, Wall simply takes an annual salary of 40 million and does not have to play.

Cousins ​​is wandering around for the championship, going wherever there is hope. Fortunately, there is also Paul George.

Before time travel, Paul George was still the league's top star, and he was the only player in the NBA's 2010 rookie class who remained at the All-Star level.

Think about the 2009 class including Curry, Harden, and DeRozan.

There was Westbrook in the 2008 class, Durant in the 2007 class, and James in the 2003 class. The rookies in the 2010 class really couldn't afford to be injured.

So if we want to rank the quality of NBA rookies every year, the ranking of the 2010 class is destined not to be too high. Only Paul George is left, and nothing can save this rookie class.

There are only 4 All-Stars in total, and they all fell quickly due to injuries. The upper limit of the counterattack is not high. The 2010 rookie class, even if Jiang Chao is forced to join Kyle Anderson who participated in the draft early, it will only be a bleak rookie class.

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But if Jiang Chao operates correctly, it is very likely that two future All-Star forwards will join the Knicks this year.

This is the only thing Jiang Chao is looking forward to.

As for Sean Marks' reminder that the Warriors may have to make trouble this year, Jiang Chao doesn't care too much, because the quarrel between Don Nelson and Wright this year caused the draft to be dizzy.

Originally, the Warriors drafted Curry in 2009, Thompson in 2011, and Barnes and Green in 2012, but in 2010, their hips were stretched.

In 2010, the Warriors selected Epa Udu with the No. 6 pick and missed Paul George. This was the Warriors' biggest and only failure in the draft in those years. If not, perhaps the Warriors' rise would have been earlier.

But now there is no chance at all. The Pacers' record is worse than the Warriors now, and they are likely to be selected before the Warriors.

"Just find out a little bit about the warriors. I believe in the reincarnation of history."

"Okay, Bird asked which one you suggest they pick. Our first-round pick should be around 20-25."

Jiang Chao thought of the cooperation agreement with the Pacers and smiled:

"Just tell the king, in order to thank you for showing off, I will tell him on the day of the final draft that you will continue to show off."

"Boss, you are still ruthless!"

"I still have dreams, what if I win the top prize in the lottery, haha."

"Then do we want Wall???" Max is already imagining the Knicks' storm!

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When I was writing this, I realized that the 2010 draft was really miserable. I wonder if General Joe can win a championship in the past few years. It is basically impossible for Hai Shuai and Wall to be together. Maybe one of them will be tested~~