088 Draft
Li Zhe did not take these comments to heart, because one-on-one challenge and competition are different things.
The fans don’t know how to make fun of them, and the senior management of each team must understand that, and the rankings will not be blamed for others.
The two soon arrived at the Warriors training base, and Old Nelson greeted him in person.
The solo trial was very smooth, and Li Zhe performed well in all tests, but the Warriors did not make a draft promise.
"Jamie Lee is very outstanding and will definitely become an epoch-making player," said the old Nelson in an interview.
Back in Los Angeles, Li Zhedafei suggested adjusting his itinerary and boarding the plane to head to the east.
On the afternoon of the 3rd, Li Zhe underwent a separate trial for the Wizards.
Nick Young came to help, and Arenas, who was recovering from injury, also came to the scene, yelling to challenge Li Zhe alone.
Since the Wizards have not yet confirmed the coach's choice, the trial was hosted by General Manager Glenn Feld.
Li Zhe still performed well in all three-pointers, and made 23 of 25 shots in the three-point test.
Arenas suggested on the spot that the team would choose Li Zhe with the fifth pick, and Glenn Feld said that he would give priority.
On the morning of the 6th, Li Zhe was given a separate trial in the Knicks, and only De Anthony was present.
President Donnie Walsh made Duffy very upset, thinking that the Knicks did not attach enough importance to Li Zhe. Fortunately, DeAnthony praised Li Zhe's performance, but because Curry was determined to join the Knicks, he could not make a promise.
At noon on the 9th, Li Zhe underwent a solo trial in the Timberwolves and Love was there to watch.
After the trial, Li Zhe's performance was no different from that during the joint trial. General Manager David Kahn called a group of Timberwolves substitutes and arranged for Li Zhe to lead the team to play, and McHale arranged the tactics.
When something happened, McHale's tactics were all complex tactics such as baseball screening and running without a ball. Many players did not understand it at all. Li Zhe led the team with very poor results. He only scored 8 points and 4 assists in a total of 20 minutes of the game.
As they parted, David Kahn said nothing.
On the afternoon of the 14th, Li Zhe underwent a separate trial for the Grizzlies, and Vice President Williamson and head coach Hollings watched on the spot.
After the basic test, Hollins also arranged for players to let Li Zhe lead the team to play.
The main thing is the horn tactics, Li Zhe is quite familiar with it, and scored 12 points and 5 assists in 20 minutes.
After the end, Hollins commented: "You performed comparable to Conley in the first year."
This is very obvious, but what else is there to choose?
Back in Los Angeles, Bill Duffy was very frustrated and thought that after this trip, he didn't get a draft promise. The biggest reason was that the video of a single-handed fight against Evans was leaked, causing many senior team leaders to observe with magnifying glasses.
The result could not be changed, and Li Zhe could only continue to train, but the media kept exposing news of his dissatisfaction on Twitter.
"Compared with Jamie Lee, the Warriors are more optimistic about Stephen Curry and Nelson's words are also used to evaluate Curry. Warriors' senior management believes that Curry's characteristics are more distinctive."
"The Wizards believe that Jamie Lee has a long way to go, and they are eager to return to the playoffs and prefer to acquire a veteran point guard with rich experience."
"Knicks President Donnie Walsh has made a draft commitment to Curry's team."
"Timberwolves coach McHale believes that Li Zhe lacks understanding of NBA-level tactics."
"The Grizzlies think there is no need to add a point guard, they hope someone can hold up the inside defense when Randolph and Mark Gasol are out, so Hashem Tabit is a better choice."
Fortunately, although there are many negative news, in NBADRAFT's latest draft prediction, Li Zhe is still ranked 13th, and ESPN also gave a 10th ranking forecast, but did not fall out of the lottery range.
Time passed day by day, while Li Zhe maintained training, he participated in many trials, and the teams had different evaluations.
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On the evening of June 25, Madison Garden Plaza, the talent show.
Fans of each team were wearing team uniforms and chattering about who the home team should choose. ESPN photographers walked back and forth with cameras, and the on-site staff were nervously preparing various processes.
Li Zhe sat in the audience, Breer and Natasha separated, and Bill Duffy covered his cell phone and made a call.
As the BGM sounded, the rest of the scene gradually became darker, and the lights were all focused on the main stage.
On the live broadcast seat, ESPN host Brin said: "The draft is about to begin, and there is a news that needs to be informed to all fans again. Just yesterday, the Wizards sent their No. 5 draft pick and traded with the Timberwolves to get players such as Randy Fury, which means that the Timberwolves will have three first-round draft picks this year. What do you think?"
Whitman said: "In this way, the top 5 picks in the draft are completely confirmed. Griffin will go to Los Angeles, the Grizzlies will choose Hashem Tabit, the Thunder will choose James Harden, and the Timberwolves will definitely choose European Golden Boys, Rubio."
Andrew said: "The sixth pick will start to appear. Now there are Stephen Curry, Demar DeRozan, Joni Flynn, Terrence Williams, but Curry has a high probability of going to the Knicks."
Bolling nodded: "Where is Jamie Lee? He was once the favorite to pick the second and fourth picks."
Whitman shook his head: "He performed poorly in the individual trials of each team. He should be from 12 to 14. He is likely to go to the Bobcats. I heard that Jordan likes him very much and even asked him to endorse AJ."
Andrew nodded: "The 12-14 pick is of great significance. He is not a big player like Yao Min and Yi."
Bryn nodded: "Okay, Chairman Stern is on the stage right away."
After the words came to an end, the BGM was changing on the spot, Stern slowly walked out of the backstage, and the fans booed wildly.
"Good evening everyone. First of all, I would like to thank Madison Garden Plaza for hosting this draft. I would also like to congratulate the Los Angeles Lakers on winning the NBA 2008-2009 season championship, and the Orlando Magic also performed well..."
After a courteous speech, Stern announced that the Los Angeles Clippers had five minutes of preparation time.
Off the stage, Duffy hung up the phone and was sweating profusely.
"What?" Li Zhe asked.
"Nothing..." Duffy waved his hand, but Li Zhe's sharp eyes showed that he didn't believe it at all, so he could only take a deep breath and whisper. "I just called the top executives of the team who were 9-14, but they didn't..."
Li Zhe nodded when he heard this, felt Natasha and Breer holding their hands, and smiled and said, "Don't worry..."
Five minutes passed by and Stern walked out of the backstage.
Griffin was elected No. 1 pick, and the Clippers fans shouted in unison.
Subsequently, Stern announced that the Grizzlies chose Tabit, the Thunder chose Harden, the Kings chose Tyrek Evans, and the Timberwolves chose Ricky Rubio in the fifth pick, which was exactly the same as the previous predictions.
Five minutes later, Stern walked out of the backstage again.
Chapter completed!