The Basketball Court Swordsman

After the joint trial, the Indiana Pacers publicly praised Jonny Flynn's performance in front of the media. This combo guard with the best physique became a lot of attention overnight.

Although Flynn was well-known throughout the United States during the NCAA period, but limited by his height and wingspan, Flynn's draft prospects are actually very general. Therefore, before the start of the draft, Flynn was not the star that received the most attention. But with the Pacers so disturbed, Flynn seemed to be a hit overnight.

O'Brien didn't understand Bird's approach at first. Are their targets Hansbrough and Ty Gibson? Why are you suddenly interested in a Jonny Flynn who has never been observed?

To this end, Bird held a uniform group meeting. In addition to explaining why the Pacers were suddenly interested in Jonny Flynn, this meeting also determined the first and second candidates for the Pacers draft and emergency backup plan.

It can be seen that Bird is very confident in this draft and values ​​it very much. This is after all Bird's first year as president of basketball affairs. Although he is highly respected, Bird also needs achievements to prove himself.

If the Pacers succeed in the draft, Henson can't take the credit, and O'Brien can't take the credit. Everyone will say that the general manager of XX team Huiyan Zhizhu, when have you heard someone praise the scout and the coach like this? So Bird also needs this opportunity to prove himself.

But after the meeting, the faces of O'Brien and Percy were not very good. Because their suggestions were basically rejected by Bird. They still want Hansbrough, but it is clear that Bird has lost interest in Hansbrough.

After the meeting, Bird, in a good mood, even lit a cigar in the office. He holds the scout report and plan that Henson has worked so hard over the past few months. For others, the draft is a gamble. But for Bird, in the 2009 draft, only a big win!

"The guy Henson is really smart." Now, even Pritchard has to admit Henson's ability. Not only can he do a good job in scout reports, he can even bring other things to the team. s help.

"I'm a smart guy, I like him! I tell you, a scheming person like him is the most **** fit to survive in this circle, hahahaha!" Byrd smiled, compared to O'Brien always letting him Disappointed, Henson has always surprised him.

"You said, if this guy can use his head for coaching, can he succeed?"

"Ah!? Larry, what are you talking about!?" Pritchard's eyes widened, this guy shouldn't be thinking...

"Nothing, just talk about it, just talk about it." Byrd waved his hand. This year's draft is destined to be a good show!

On June 24, 2009, Madison Square Garden Theater, New York. The signal of eSPN TV station will broadcast the grand event of this year's draft to 203 countries and regions. The commercial development of the NBA has become more and more mature, and it is now only a draft, which also affects the hearts of countless fans.

In fact, the draft is indeed very important to a team. Because of a draft, it is very likely that a team will rise for more than ten years!

But as far as this year is concerned, the expectations of the teams are actually not high. After all, 2009 is a recognized draft year, and many media even believe that the 2009 rookies will not produce any superstars.

But even so, the draft this year has attracted much attention. Henson felt that it was even more lively than the finals. After all, the finals are two teams' business. The draft is a matter for all 30 teams!

Today, Bird did not attend the draft in person. A draft pick with the 13th overall pick does not need Bird himself. In the draft year, it is not realistic to trade up, because the draft picks in the middle of the first round are not valuable in the junior year. So the Pacers' pick is still the 13th pick in the first round. He has already communicated the draft plan very well in the meeting. O'Brien just needs to follow suit on the spot. If there is any change, both parties will call again.

Looking at the young people underneath waiting for the fate to come, Henson actually became nervous. This time the draft will change his own destiny.

Scouting reports with hundreds of thousands of words, piles of information, travels throughout most of the United States, dozens of games... All the hard work of Henson in the past few months will soon come. See you When it turns out. And that plan, Byrd largely listened to Henson's opinions. If this time the draft is messed up, Henson must be the leader.

All the results of his work will be revealed tonight. Those young and immature faces are waiting for their destiny, and the calm and steady Henson is also waiting for his own destiny.

On the other hand, the Timberwolves management team is also struggling. Because the Pacers publicly showed goodwill to Jonny Flynn and disrupted their plans.

Originally, they wanted to use the sixth overall pick to trade down the two first-round draft picks, so that they would have a chance to wipe out Jonny Flynn and Zhu Holiday. After all, Ricky Rubio will not be able to land in the NBA in two years. In the past two years, the Timberwolves can't live without a point guard, so in addition to Rubio, the Timberwolves also value other young point guards.

But now that the Pacers have stepped in, this plan is obviously not feasible. If you trade down, then the 13th pick, the Pacers will definitely cut Flynn, and the Timberwolves will not justify the loss. But if you use the sixth overall pick to directly pick a Flynn or a Holiday, the Timberwolves feel too disadvantaged. These two guards do have potential, but the Timberwolves think they are not worth a sixth overall pick.

But soon, they came up with a strategy. With the sixth overall pick, Flynn won the Pacers' favorite, and then the Timberwolves can speak up. They can use Flynn as a bargaining chip to force the Pacers to choose Holiday, and let the Pacers send Holiday and Hibbert to get Flynn back! Without a clear goal, doing so will undoubtedly maximize the value of this sixth pick!

The Timberwolves are more optimistic about Hibbert. With Al Jefferson's refusal to renew their contract in advance, they really need to find a big guy who can guard the inside line for Love. And Hibbert, he has such potential! In this draft year, you can't win Flynn and Holiday at the same time with the sixth overall pick, but it is already very good to be able to win both Hibbert and Holiday at the same time.

The management of the Timberwolves is still triumphant, a team shouldn't expose its purpose too much. As everyone knows, they are the first to be exposed.

And Henson asked Bird to release the smoke bomb for a simple reason, to ensure the safety of Zhu Holledi! Holiday's predictions have been erratic, high and low, which means that this guy may be selected in any overall pick. If the Timberwolves don't keep up, they will directly use a sixth overall pick to pick Holiday.

Although the possibility of this matter is unlikely, what Henson and Bird have to do is to completely kill such a possibility!

Setting Flynn's smoke bomb is misleading. The whole world thought that the Pacers wanted Flynn or Hansbrough, so they came up with bad ideas. But the real goal of Bird and Henson was the guy who never thought of Holiday! When the whole world was waiting to pick up Holiday, the Pacers had already cut their heads!

Of course, all of this may still go wrong. The Timberwolves may directly pick Holiday with the sixth overall pick and give up Flynn. Although this is stable, the Timberwolves are at a loss. But if this is the case, the Pacers will have to choose Ty Gibson. In short, things are not 100% successful.

Seeing David Stern taking the stage to prepare to speak, Henson's heart was beating wildly. Whether you can go further in the uniform group, it all depends on the next draft!

After the draft began, the Los Angeles Clippers, as expected, chose Blake Griffin, a violent forward with explosive athleticism, with the first overall pick.

Second overall, the Memphis Grizzlies picked Thabeet, known as the "second Mutombo". With the third overall pick, James Ha, who had long been favored by Henson, joined Oklahoma. Henson smiled, Oklahoma really picked up a treasure! Fourth overall, the Sacramento Kings gave up Rubio, who was unable to land in the NBA in time, and chose Tyreke Evans, who they had been observing for a long time. The "Spain Golden Boy" fell to the fifth overall pick, with the Timberwolves.

Henson, who has always been known for his calmness, has his heartbeat quickened again! With the sixth overall pick, will the Timberwolves choose to be safe or give it a go?

"The sixth overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, the Minnesota Timberwolves chose..." Stern paused for a few seconds, but Henson felt it took a long time. "Jonny Flynn, from Snow City University!"

Seeing Flynn wearing a Timberwolves baseball cap and shaking hands with Stern, Henson let out a big breath. O'Brien shook his head, then smiled approvingly at Henson. This is the first time O'Brien has smiled approvingly at Henson.

The ability of this "quacker" seems to have been recognized by the coaching staff. Of course, except Posey.

Soon, Bird received a call in his office from the Timberwolves management. Byrd only said one sentence and hung up the phone.

"I am not interested in your trade proposal. Give up Hibbert and Holiday? If you are willing to come out of Ricky Rubio, come and talk to me again."

A few minutes later, Zhu Holledi unexpectedly put on a corn yellow baseball cap at No. 13 overall. The management of the Timberwolves watched Holloday move into Indiana. They wasted a sixth overall pick, and they didn’t get any benefits, so they glared at the blonde Schiller: Didn’t you say that there was no intelligence? Problem? So why are the Pacers not interested in Flynn at all?

Schiller thought of the Asian scout who looked stupid, and lowered his head.

I have always regarded that Chinese as a stupid X, and finally realized that I was really stupid!