The draft is approaching, and trade rumors are flying everywhere.
Most people are aware of the NBA trade deadline, but not many people pay attention to the start of the season.
In fact, the transaction is allowed at the end of the finals.
It's just that most teams will not make transactions at that time because transactions require chips.
The draft and free agent signing, these two key time nodes, are the time periods when transactions occur frequently.
This period of time is also a critical moment that tests the abilities of the general managers of each team.
Especially this year, the 2003 generation of James, Wade, Bosh, and the Suns' Stoudemire will all take out player options to test the free agent market.
Plus Nowitzki, Joe Johnson, Pierce, Ray Allen, Rudy Gay, David Lee whose contracts have expired...
And Anthony, who was previously rumored to be leaving the team.
This year is definitely the busiest summer in recent years.
Teams such as the Bulls, Knicks, Heat, and Clippers, which will free up huge salary space in the summer, are all eager to try.
At this time, an unexpected and reasonable person also encountered a major challenge in life.
Steve Kerr!
Last season, the Suns had an old boy's carnival and unexpectedly won the championship. In the end, the management was left with a multiple-choice question.
Should we let Stoudemire go while we have already won the championship, and then rebuild around Lin Ying, or should we renew Stoudemire's contract and maintain the lineup to defend the title?
Cole finally got the instructions given above, which was the latter.
This is also a multiple-choice question that normal people would do.
The Suns seem to be a carnival of old boys, but among the core lineup, only Nash is older. The rest of Stoudemire, Lin Ying, Butler, Tony Allen, Richardson and others are actually not very old.
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It obviously doesn't make sense for this kind of lineup to be dismantled after winning one championship.
Moreover, after the baptism of the playoffs last season, the Suns have established the team's style of play and have full chemical reaction.
Their chances of defending the title are not small.
But after making this decision, Cole had a headache!
Because no one else has noticed, but the actual situation is that when the free market door opens on July 1, the Suns actually have few players.
Tony Allen, Quentin Richardson, Channing Frye, Stoudemire, Ben Wallace, Grant Hill...
These people who made significant contributions in the playoffs last season are all in contract years!
And except for Ben, who has stated that he will return to the Pistons, everyone else has expressed their willingness to stay with the team.
In addition, many of them do not have Early Bird terms, so they can only renew their contracts by using salary space.
So he can only do multiple choice questions.
Winning the championship makes people happy, but for Cole, he was happy too early!
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New York.
Anthony, who finally returned home to spend time with his wife and children, felt that life was a little boring.
He suddenly felt more free in Denver.
Sure enough, marriage is the tomb of love, or the prison of freedom.
But the good news he has now received is that the Knicks are very interested in getting him.
As soon as possible, there will be results in the draft!
New York is a great place.
The commercial value of this place is much greater than that of places like Denver.
Moreover, the Knicks now have so many expiring contracts that they can sign 1 to 2 more max-salary contracts in addition to acquiring him in the trade!
The Big Three?
If the Celtics can do it, he can do it in New York too!
Lin Ying, please stop playing near the finals, otherwise he will definitely give this guy some trouble!
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On June 24, the 2010 NBA Draft was held at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Compared with the past two drafts, this year's rookies are less well-known.
But if we really look at it with our eyes, this rookie class will still produce many All-Stars and even superstars in the future.
Wall, who was designated as the No. 1 pick; Paul George, the "successor of Tracy McGrady" and "Dove can really be that silky spokesperson"; NBA/professional game amphibious all-rounder Gordon Hayward; not losing his temper is a historical level
Center DeMarcus Cousins.
In addition, "Blow Master" Lance Stephenson, "Blood Cloth" Bledsoe, and Georgetown's traditional center Monroe are all famous players in the NBA.
Counting Jimmy Butler, who entered the draft a year in advance.
It's lively.
Not long after Lin Ying and Durant sat down, they were talking about Barnes going to the Nuggets.
It's now officially announced.
Moreover, Durant, as an active person on Twitter, also knows the news that the Knicks are likely to trade Anthony in the draft.
"What a pity."
This is the evaluation given by Lin Ying.
Anthony's transformation in the playoffs last season was impressive.
If he continues to stay and play according to the changed style of play for one season, then Anthony may become different from what he has in history.
But now that I am running so fast, if I go to the Knicks, I will probably go back to my old ways.
As soon as Lin Ying finished sighing, the draft began.
As in the past, there is an entry video, the Texas Five Tigers successfully entered the country.
That is to say, the rookies this year have received less attention, otherwise the Texas Five would have to compete with Wal-Cousins ​​and his Kentucky Five.
The draft will begin soon.
The first few picks are basically consistent with history.
Wall went to the Wizards as the leader of the Kentucky Five;
Although Favors is not the boss of the University of Texas, he is the most talented and was selected by the Nets with the third overall pick;
The Kings selected Cousins ​​with the fifth pick;
The Jazz drafted Hayward with the ninth pick;
The Pacers successfully acquired Paul George with the tenth pick;
When the 17th pick was reached, an operation different from that in history occurred.
The Bulls used the 17th pick in their hands to trade with the Kings to get Noah, who was frustrated in Sacramento.
The Kings' selection of Cousins ​​also shows that the last bit of patience with Noah has disappeared.
The Celtics drafted Bradley from the University of Texas with the 19th pick;
At this time, Jimmy Butler looked anxious.
As the outside core of the University of Texas, Bradley was picked before him!
Sure enough, the draft depends on talent. Butler's dynamic talent is okay, but his static talent is too poor, especially his wingspan. His height and wingspan difference is even worse than Griffin's.
As an outside player, short hands mean that it is difficult to control the ball and it is also difficult to improve his defensive ability.
Although both players are famous for their training, compared to his senior Lin Ying, Butler is still far behind in talent.
The 22nd pick belongs to the Suns.
However, before the draft began, the Suns traded the pick directly to the Nets and acquired Courtney Lee.
This operation made Lin Ying's eyes light up.
Lee was a guard for the Nets last season!
He was replaced after a first-round interruption!
Although the Nets' record last season was very low in the league, and Lee was not a high-draft pick, this operation can indeed work.
The new season is only Lee's third year, and the Suns are facing pressure from many people to renew his contract, which can greatly ease the team's salary space.
However, Lin Ying was stunned for a moment when he saw this transaction.
Nets general manager Mark Walkendian?
He heard before that Dean Walken and Karl resigned together, but he didn't expect to be re-employed with the Nets so soon!
Although, this first transaction seems a bit of a waste.
But if Dean Walken goes, doesn't it mean that Billy King can't go to the Nets?
This butterfly has huge wings!
The face of the Celtics was so swollen that they were slapped! Without the Nets' draft rights, it will not be easy to rise after the Big Three get old!
"With the 22nd pick in the first round, the New Jersey Nets selected Jimmy Butler, a 2.01 meter shooting guard from the University of Texas at Austin."
The Nets used this pick to draft Butler!
Including Favors, two players from the University of Texas have been selected!
This is... I didn’t have much decision-making power in Denver at first, but I started to fall in love with the University of Texas Department in another place?
The case was solved.
When Lin Ying was traded, Walken Dean must have been opposed to it.
Well...
The Hawks selected Damai James with the 24th pick and then sent it to the Nets...
This time it is really confirmed.
Lin Ying was made to laugh and cry.
But don't tell me, I want them all. In the end, Butler can really perform, and Walken Dean's performance is full.
Fortunately, the 31st pick has been sent to the Hawks by the Nets in the recent trade, otherwise Pittman would really be dead.
Pittman ended up going to the Heat with the 32nd overall pick, just like in history.
Seeing this, Lin Ying and Durant went down to congratulate Butler and the others.
Butler was in a much better mood at this time than before.
The Nets are a rebuilding team, and he will get a lot of opportunities there, which is rare for a first-round pick.
As for how many young people the Nets have and how competitive they are?
What he fears least is competition.
Anthony: Why am I still on the Nuggets?
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The draft is over, and free agency is just one week away.
However, Lin Ying is not the general manager, so Cole will take care of the lineup matters.
He is about to start arranging things for summer training.
The people he plans to find for this training include him, Kobe Bryant, Durant, Tony Allen, and Holiday.
A very important reason why the battle was so big was that he arranged the trial training in... China!
Don't ask about eating habits, Kobe said he would arrange it, and it's not like there is no Western food in China.
And the place he chose was Sanya. The last time the national team trained there, the results were very good.
What he didn't expect was that Kobe, Durant and the others had no objections to the arrangement of the trial location.
Kobe often travels to China, and the enthusiasm of domestic fans also makes him like China very much.
As for Durant, he was already confused, so of course he wouldn't have any objections.
It was Allen and Holiday who gave up in the end because they were worried that they would become acclimated, so they finally chose to stay in Phoenix for training.
However, they only have about a month to train this time, because Lin Ying has to report to the national team in August, and the same goes for Durant.
This time when we go to China, in addition to Kobe and Durant, Grover, Su Feng, and barber Tony will also be with us.
Moreover, Yang Shuyu will also be there.
She has been included in the national team training squad.
This year's World Championships not only include men's basketball, but also women's basketball, but one is in Türkiye and the other is in the Czech Republic.
So in the end, although there were a few fewer people than expected, it was still a huge group.
On the plane, Durant was pestering Kobe to teach him techniques.
This should be what Durant calls the method to get Kobe, stalk him!
Yang Shuyu and Lin Ying chatted about their experiences at the University of Denver.
Su Feng huddled in that corner looking pitiful, as if he was deeply afraid that Yang Shuyu would use acupuncture to treat him as a guinea pig.
Only Teacher Tony looked out the window. He had not returned to China much since he followed Lin Ying from Sanya.
Now, it can be regarded as a glorious return to his hometown.
After getting off the plane, Yang Shuyu parted ways with them. He wanted to transfer to Ningbo, where the women's basketball team was in Beilun.
The rest of the group went to the hotel where they were staying.
Durant is still pestering Kobe...
Originally, Lin Ying was going to talk to Kobe about his footsteps first, but now he had no choice but to chat with Grover.
And speaking of it, he did have something to talk to Grover about.
I knocked on the door of my trainer's room and ordered a seafood barbecue with Chinese characteristics.
Chatting while waiting for food.
The thing Lin Ying wants to talk about is related to Kobe Bryant in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals.
Kobe's performance in that game was too incomprehensible. He scored 48 points in the game, 2 points shy of tying the 50-point record set against the Suns that year.
Especially the 30 points scored in the second half.
The key is that the shooting percentage is ridiculously high. You must know that Kobe was defended by Allen alone and other Suns players for the whole game.
And the negative angle at the end is a sure kill, it's simply ruthless.
Lin Ying felt that his defense had no effect at all.
If it hadn't been for everything that happened between him and Kobe, plus his last flash of inspiration, the Suns G6 would have basically given up.
"White hot space, he entered the white hot space."
Grover told him something.
That was a concept he created himself.
"Only a very small number of extremely talented athletes possess this 'skill'. It is a state, a very scary state.
Once you enter here, you will find that everything around you is just you.
Basketball, hoop, your heart has never been so peaceful.
Emotions such as fear, desire, and urgency are far away from you.
In this state, you will feel that the speed of other athletes on the field has slowed down, and you only need to gently accelerate and exert force to catch your opponent off guard."
After Grover finished speaking, he also sighed with emotion.
"It's a wonderful, fantastic state. So far, I've only seen it in Michael and Kobe."
After listening to Grover's description, Lin Ying thought of another word he knew: Zone.
This is a state mentioned in the anime called "Kuroko's Basketball", and it is also mentioned in the NBA in reality.
Lin Ying also knew this, but what he didn't expect was that it was actually invented by Grover!
“Do I have a chance to get that ‘skill’?”
Lin Ying couldn't help but ask.
yy It's not a crime. It would be a wonderful thing if you could experience the feeling of playing ball in the anime.
"Everyone has a chance, but few can persist until the end."
Grover gave Lin Ying a blow at first, but his words immediately boosted his fighting spirit.
Chapter completed!