NBA: Start with 2 billion, buy the Knicks

Chapter 369 Mo Gou must be disgusted

"The Knicks are finally operating normally."

"Yes, I actually hope that our home team will not learn from the Knicks. The draft will be about selecting players with peace of mind and not making so many trades."

"I think Popovich will definitely regret it. There are so many forwards in this class, but he has to replace Hill with one. Can't he also choose a forward with the 29th pick..."

"What is this Jimmy Butler pretending to be? He's still shouting at the Knicks management..."

"Maybe just choose one to let go."

"Yes, just like Stephenson and Dabaibian last year, let other leagues train them first."

"Although five of the Knicks' contracts have expired, the Knicks can at least renew their contracts with four. If Okur and Yao Ming don't demand high salaries, they can sign all five."

"I think so too. This year, the Knicks can completely eliminate the rookies and just renew the contracts of the veterans for another two years!"

"Yes, this lineup is not aging. I think Yao can stay in the Knicks with a minimum salary."

"I am a Rockets fan. Although I also wanted Dayao to return to the Rockets and continue to shine and even retire with the Red Rockets, the Knicks brought him a championship. In the end, Dayao's long article also moved us, and he still stayed in the Knicks.

Well, the place where you feel comfortable is the best."

Following a report by a TNT reporter, the Knicks' draft method was once again questioned.

That is, before Jimmy Butler was selected, he never met with the Knicks management, let alone Jiang Chao alone. He only came to New York twice, once for a joint trial held by Marks, with about 40 people.

During the inspection in Madison, his performance was average at that time.

The second time is now.

So he was probably the most surprised when he was selected by the Knicks. This reporter reported that Jimmy Butler had the most contact with the Bulls and Heat...

"Imitate anyone but not the Knicks, that's too crazy!"

"You are playing coquettishly again, how can you fight this??"

"This guy with short arms and short legs is not strong, right?"

"As we all know, those who only participate in the draft in their senior year are usually those who are not particularly wanted by NBA teams."

Although Scarlett, a die-hard Knicks fan, didn't expect it to be Jimmy Butler, she still had to criticize him: "Duncan likes it!"

But in fact, the management leaders at the scene also had the same idea.

Although Jimmy Butler came to the scene, many people were not optimistic about him.

After the Knicks drafted him, many managers immediately looked at the scouting report.

The Spurs and Celtics scouting reports read this:

"Height 2.01 meters, wingspan 2.02 meters, standing reach 2.58 meters. Functions as a small forward/guard. Advantages: pretty good physical fitness, tough style, and strong defense."

"Weaknesses: Relatively speaking, his wingspan is relatively short, which is likely to restrict his output on the defensive end.

His technique is a bit rough and his offensive skills are single. It is unrealistic to expect him to use offense to carry the team forward. His shooting is not stable enough, his vision is not broad enough, and he is easily emotional and has a bad temper."

Thunder scouts also evaluated his future ceiling. There is a question mark on whether he can stay in the NBA for a long time. He is expected to become a qualified NBA rotation role player.

President Pu even felt that Jiang Chao might have follow-up operations? Otherwise, why would he choose another striker?

"He can only be selected with this pick, which is quite satisfactory." Anji and others commented that Jiang Chao should be no longer magical in this season's draft. This player's talent is mediocre, and he is the bottom talent among small forwards in this class. He is the only one.

The advantage may be his mental attributes.

Judging from the family environment, Butler has endured a lot of ridicule and contempt since he was a child, and even his closest relatives dismissed him and abandoned him.

Butler didn't care about this, he turned doubt into motivation for moving forward.

I was holding back my energy and wanted to prove myself, so I went to this year's draft.

He was also drafted by a championship team like the Knicks at the end of the first round!!

The rest of the players looked at him with envy, and some agents and players also made sarcastic remarks. Butler was already used to this kind of questioning.

Backstage, Butler shook hands with D'Antoni. He excitedly put on the Knicks' orange cap and mustache, hugged him, and asked in his ear:

"Coach D'Antoni, boss Jiang Chao wants me, right?"

D'Antoni is also an old fox and started talking directly:

"Huh? Our whole team wants you, welcome to the Knicks!"

"I will try my best to do everything."

"Well, just work hard here with peace of mind."

In the office, Liu Yan's Knicks official website team also put out an advertisement welcoming Butler to the Knicks. This obviously told everyone that Butler would not be traded and the Knicks just wanted to draft him.

The ones who are nervous at the moment are George, Hayward and Kyle Anderson, and there is another forward. If the four forwards are rotated plus starting Turk Drew, there will be five people???

"This is what the boss wants to encourage you to work hard!" Zhang Mingji said with great sincerity as he watched the live broadcast with Anderson at the Magic City Training Center.

Kyle Anderson, who is the same agent as Yao Ming, nodded solemnly.

In their view, if the boss chooses a small forward again, he is not satisfied with them enough, so they can't take a break this summer.

The same goes for Hayward. He was originally playing League of Legends and aiming for Platinum. He immediately hung up and went offline to practice with the ball. He also called the young coach to ask if he was free to watch him train and check for any mistakes he made.

Young Marshal: "It's hard to take a vacation, don't be CUE!"

"Boss, your position as commander is secure, I'm still fighting for rotation!"

"I'll give you a suggestion, go train with George. When you can beat him, you won't be afraid anymore,"

"OK!"

Here Jiang Chao is already imagining the scene of playing against the five dead forwards in the future.

In the future small ball era, strikers like Butler will always be popular. He naturally knows that the fans are indifferent to the Knicks' selection, and the enthusiasm is obviously not enough.

But it turned out that Butler was very successful.

He is not the mediocre role player in the scouting report. He counterattacked and became an All-Star. He was selected for the best defense and became the core player who can stand alone.

Butler has been making progress since he entered the NBA. Not only can he beat his opponents with scoring on the offensive end, he can also pass the ball for his teammates. On the defensive end, he is even more ruthless that opponents don't want to meet.

In the 2019-20 season, Butler broke out in the playoffs. He averaged 22.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 6 assists and 1.95 steals per game. He led the team all the way through, defeating the Bucks and Celtics, advancing out of the Eastern Conference, and advancing to the finals.

, the Lakers led by James' thick eyebrows performed very well.

In the regular season, he also averaged 21.5 points, 6.9 rebounds, 7.1 assists and 2.1 steals per game.

The most improved player in 2014, the steal leader in 20 seasons, 6 All-Stars, 4 All-NBA Third Teams, and 5 All-Defensive Second Teams. These statistics are comparable to those of Derrick Williams, the Morris brothers, etc. who were ranked second in the previous list.

Too awesome.

And in Jiang Chao's view, the difference between him and other small forwards of later generations is that he rarely shoots three-pointers unless necessary. He always plays aggressive offenses, has good athletic ability and speed, and is good enough when breaking through.

Strength and body control.

He is very confident in shooting at critical moments, and his mid-range shots are very lethal.

In addition, he plays unselfishly and will assist his teammates if they can score. This is enough. Now the Knicks still have fewer mid-range shooters.

And as the commentator said, this is a player who plays with great passion. It doesn't matter if he is tough off the court or not, as long as he is tough on the court.

ESPN also played an interview with Butler just now while continuing the draft:

"Hello, Jimmy, do you have anything to say about being selected by the Knicks with the 26th overall pick?"

Butler, who was born in Houston, Texas, crossed his hands on his suit and his eyes were moist:

"I have always been a fan of YAO. I can be a teammate with Yao Ming. I am very excited!!"

Afterwards, the Nets also successfully selected striker Bojanovic recommended by Jiang Chao.

Bojan was shocked. He didn't expect that another New York team would also choose a striker.

Is this looking for a substitute for Anthony or?????

However, the media still weirdly released a video of his previous interview about wanting to join the Knicks, with the following text:

"The dream comes true, Bogdanovic is selected by the New York team, but not the Knicks..."

The ups and downs of life are just like this. Bo Yang and Cai Chongzhen hugged each other warmly in the background. It’s not bad to stay in a big city!

Afterwards, the Spurs chose guard Corey Joseph, and Jiang Chao nodded.

The thorn honeys also stopped questioning.

This obviously shows that Guan Guan had a plan. He replaced a guard with a forward, and then selected a point guard at the end of the first round to re-train. This makes sense.

"It means the fuel tank of a sports car can last for a few more years," Jiang Chao and Parker joked in the super chat.

The French supercar who was hugging the beauty scolded her directly:

"Hey, I'm only 29 years old this year, okay!"

"No wonder you are so energetic."

"Go, go, enjoy your championship!"

While we were chatting awkwardly, a phone call came in. It was Geoff Patrini, the president of the Kings' Basketball Operations Department.

There is no such thing as airtight news in the NBA.

What Geoff Patrini means is that he probably knows that the Nets, Spurs, and even the Pacers, who are chasing the Kings, have consulted Jiang Chao about the draft.

The Kings are a mediocre team, and Joe Patrini himself is a rookie president who has just renewed his contract for one year, so he also wants to choose to "hold the thigh."

"Hungry...is this okay?"

It's hard for Jiang Chao to imagine that he has become such a existence, but in fact, the president of the Kings is quite smart. If it develops normally, the Knicks will not have a championship in how many years, and the Kings have not entered the playoffs in how many years. They are a piece of shit.

Same uniform team.

But obviously Jiang Chao doesn't have any desire to communicate with him now, because if you don't give him anything good, you just want nothing to show for it.

Think I am a Chinese from 100 years ago?

I just think that we Chinese people are kind-hearted, talkative, and proactively show kindness, so we want to make friends??

Sorry, I'm a young person in the new era. You don't have any useful information and you want to trick me?

But this guy Joffe Patrini talks very nicely:

"If you don't mind, when we are in the west from now on, it will be your Jiang Chao family..."

Not to mention this, most people will find it helpful and give them some information.

But Jiang Chao knows that there are no permanent friends in the NBA. If there is a real playoff matchup or a regular season matchup, no one will spare your kindness.

In other words, if the Nets and Knicks meet in the playoffs, Cai Chongzhen will be more ruthless than Jiang Chao. Every team in the NBA is a wolf, and they all want to eat other teams.

And just listen to each other in this kind of business. Who knows about Jiang Chao??

You are not like Tyronn Lue, who was trained by the Knicks for two years. You must know that President Pu and RC Buford have said this before. They don’t know whether the players introduced by Jiang Chao are good or not, but they always feel that Jiang Chao

A very confident tone is worthy of trust.

It is a good thing that the league will be full of his connections 20 years later, but it is not something you can just say.

"We will select the 6th pick in the second round later. Boss Jiang, please give me some advice."

"Let me give you some suggestions..." Jiang Chao looked at the rest of the list and suddenly thought of something.

Jiang Chao helped the Kings in a small way, and the roses he gave to others had lingering fragrance. What if the Kings messed up the contract in the future in order to fill the poor line and the Knicks could throw away the bad contract?

So the suggestion he gave was to select a forward with the No. 6 pick in the second round. Chandler Parsons would be the best.

If this year is not the year of the forward, the rich and handsome Chandler Parsons is actually the fifth pick in the second round...

In his previous life, he was selected by the Rockets with the 8th pick in the second round. Jiang Chao also knew what happened after that. Gao Fushuai was extremely valuable, but he would never be a playoff player.

It's just that he was absolutely awesome in the regular season, and the Kings should see how awesome this guy is.

"Thank you, thank you!!! I'll choose it right away!"

To be honest, the second round is pure Taobao. It is better to listen to Jiang Chao than to choose the bad guys like myself. The Kings' scouts are the most flattering in the league.

And what Jiang Chao was thinking about was that Parsons beat the Rockets to a bunch of new fans. He must be disgusted by Mo Gou. At least Geoff Patrini is not hypocritical. Mo Gou is.

He was already blacklisted by Jiang Chao if he didn't say anything that wasn't digging a hole.

But the second round is really fun. The golden bomber who was on the same level as Hayward last year) - Kyle Singler fell to the third overall pick in the second round this year and was selected by the Pistons.

He looked confused as he waited in the little green room.

You know, last year he was still competing with Hayward for the strongest white athlete in the NCAA.

Hayward can be selected by the Knicks in the first round, so of course he can.

And this year, he was selected in the second round despite high expectations, which is not a big disappointment.

So it's not difficult to understand why Hayward is so anxious. This year's forward year, Singler can only be in the second round, so the opponents he will face this year are stronger, and he needs to train faster!

Then the Nets' second-round pick Jiang Chao gave no advice, and they selected power forward Jordan Williams with the 36th pick.

Jiang Chao knew about him, because this was one of the rubbish operations of Russia's richest man. He went to a foreign league after playing only one season, which was not at the NBA level.

With the eighth pick, the Kings also successfully selected fair-looking small forward Chandler Parsons, the star of the University of Florida.

The University of Florida lost to Hayward's alma mater Butler University in the NCAA top 16 this year, so his draft prediction has not been very high.

But the Rockets are obviously crazy, let me wipe it out!

Mogou looked at the Kings management side fiercely. Geoff Patrini also happened to look at Mogou. He felt relieved when he saw that many teams were looking at him with strange eyes.

This is obviously what they wanted to choose.

Comfortable!

"Boss, Jiang Chao helped us this time." Joffe Patrini directly helped Jiang Chao to claim credit for the boss of the King's chip seller.

"No problem. They have consulted our company on ChaoChao. I will answer them right away and provide technical assistance."

"OK!" Geoff Patrini was already looking forward to Parsons' performance.

If it’s not the year of the striker, then let’s take a walk together!!!

"In other words, I am increasingly looking forward to what position the Knicks will choose at the end of the second round!"

(End of chapter)