With the end of the NCAA league, the focus of fans' discussion began to quietly shift from the NCAA to the NBA draft.
Major media and websites are predicting which team will have what probability of getting which pick, which players will be selected, which pick each player will be selected, and which teams will be selected.
These are all topics that fans talk about.
Among them, the most discussed one is naturally Lu Yu.
But what is strange is that although the outside world has been shaking up the quarrel surrounding Lu Yu, few NBA teams have expressed their attitude towards Lu Yu.
Except Michael Jordan said when facing the media: "I will not choose Lu Yu. Although he is very good, I think the Wizards need a big man more."
Don Nelson of the Mavericks has been so anxious these days.
He has reached an agreement with the Celtics. As long as the Celtics are willing to select Lu Yu in the draft, they will take out Greg Buckner, Tim Hardaway and a second-round pick as bargaining chips.
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Buckner performed well last season, averaging 6.7 points per game, but he only has one year left on his contract with the Mavericks, and it is unlikely that the Mavericks will be able to sign him after one year.
So just let it go at this time.
As for Tim Hardaway, he is old and hard to say whether he will be able to make a living or not.
I have to say that Don Nelson made a good calculation.
However, he is not sure what kind of pick the Celtics will get. If the Celtics can get the top five picks, this amount of chips is not estimated to be enough, and they will need to add some more.
But with years of experience, Don Nelson predicts that the Celtics have a greater chance of getting the ninth and tenth picks.
This has to do with the lottery rules.
The lottery drawing system uses 14 numbered ping pong balls, marked with numbers 1-14, and randomly takes 4 out of them to form a sequence-independent array. In the end, only 1,000 sets are valid, and they are randomly assigned to the unsuccessful ones in proportion.
14 teams entering the playoffs.
The team with the worst performance can get 250 groups, the second worst team can get 199 groups, in descending order, and the non-playoff team with the best performance can get 5 groups.
The Celtics had the 10th worst record last season.
Therefore, there is a high probability that the draft pick they receive will be at the ninth or tenth place, unless they are extremely lucky, which of course is extremely unlikely.
At this time, Chicago.
Bulls assistant coach Bill Cartwright is trying to persuade his head coach, Tim Floyd.
Yes, this assistant coach was the guest invited by the TV station to commentate on the NCAA Finals. He could see that the commentator at the time, Doug Collins, also took a fancy to Lu Yu, but he knew better that Doug Collins could not convince Michael.
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After all, Bill Cartwright and Jordan were teammates for many years.
He knew the stubborn Michael better.
"Tim, you must believe me, Lu Yu will definitely be the player we need."
"But, he is an Asian player..."
"Have you ever seen such a tough Asian? Tim, I won't lie to you, you really should go see Lu Yu play, he looks so much like Michael."
"He was injured and couldn't even participate in the trial training."
Tim Floyd shook his head helplessly, and then said: "If you want to persuade Jerry, it's best not to mention that Lu Yu is like Michael."
Jerry is referring to Bulls general manager Jerry Krause.
He didn't have a good relationship with Michael Jordan.
Although their relationship seemed strained, Jerry Krause was more than happy to praise Michael Jordan and generously admitted that Michael Jordan played a very important role in building the team.
In his years as general manager, Michael Jordan never asked him to sign, trade or take a player in the draft, mainly because Jordan knew how great he was and thought he could do things that others couldn't.
The arrogance in Jordan is a plus.
As we later saw, Michael Jordan did not interfere with the team's front office operations.
Although Michael Jordan was considered by many to disrespect Jerry Krause, Jerry Krause often felt despised. These are normal, because when a player has absolute strength, he has the capital to despise anyone.
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Of course, that's also because Jerry Krause believes that it was he and Phil Jackson who helped build the team that gave Jordan Michael the tools to win championships in the 1990s, and his own greatness should not be ignored.
This caused a conflict between the two people.
Bill Cartwright knew that Floyd was kindly reminding him. He sighed and continued: "Thank you for your suggestion. I will go talk to Jerry, but I would rather you come with me.
If we miss Lu Yu, I think we will regret it."
The reason why Cartwright wanted to drag Floyd.
Mainly because Freud was Krause's good friend for many years, and the two talked about almost everything.
Floyd nodded helplessly: "Okay, I will accompany you, but I want to remind you that Klaus seems to have reached an agreement with the Clippers because he is interested in a big high school player."
Big high school player?
Cartwright was stunned for a moment, and it suddenly occurred to him that Michael Jordan also had his eye on a big high school player.
Couldn't they both have fallen in love with the same person?
At the same time, the Washington Wizards offices.
Doug Collins has just arrived with the Wizards and they have signed a contract. Collins will become the head coach of the Wizards next season.
Transforming from a commentator to the general manager of an NBA team is definitely an incredible story.
In fact, this is not the case. Doug Collins was already famous before he became a commentator.
This is not the first time he and Michael Jordan have collaborated.
Only this time he is the head coach, and Jordan is the team's minor owner and general manager.
In 1986, he became the head coach of Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. He led the Bulls to the playoffs and led the team to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in 15 years, but did not enter the Finals that year.
After the season, Phil Jackson took over as coach from Collins.
In 1995, Collins became the head coach of the Detroit Pistons and improved the team's wins by 18 games in his first season.
In the second season, Collins led the Pistons to the Eastern Conference Finals. In 1997, Collins became the head coach of the Eastern All-Star team in the NBA All-Star Game.
On February 2, 1998, Collins left the Pistons and was replaced by Alvin Gentry.
Collins has become a game commentator for many television stations including NBC and TNT.
After five years as a television commentator, Collins became the head coach of the Washington Wizards this year.
It sounds like a character in a novel. After living in the city for a few years, the king's agent stopped pretending and showed his cards. I am the boss of the Dragon Group. This kind of bloody plot is not an exaggeration to describe Collins.
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But what he didn't know was that the Michael Jordan this time was no longer the Michael Jordan of fifteen years ago.
After he recommended Lu Yu to the team's general manager Michael Jordan, Jordan looked at him deeply and then shook his head: "No, the team needs a big player."
Collins was stunned for a moment.
The team has two excellent insiders in Juwan Howard and Jahidy White. Why does it still need a big man? Hamilton is at the small forward position, but the only thing missing is a shooting guard. Lu Yu should be the best choice?
The Wizards will no longer be short of shooting guards.
But Jordan wouldn't tell Collins the answer until he made a final decision.
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Spokane.
On the court not far from Lu Ji Chinese Restaurant, a tall young man wearing a gray sweatshirt was practicing hard.
The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the plastic floor through the shade of the trees, and the sound of basketball hitting the ground can be heard.
"Excuse me, may I ask how to get to Lu Ji Chinese Restaurant?"
A broken English voice interrupted Lu Yu's training.
Lu Yu looked back and saw a very tall young man with acne on his face standing not far away.
Lu Yu smiled. He was very familiar with this person. He was so familiar with him that even after a lifetime of reincarnation, he still felt very friendly when he saw him again.
"Are you Wang Zhizhi?" Lu Yu asked directly in Chinese.
Wang Zhizhi then carefully looked at the young man in front of him and was suddenly startled.
