Chapter 382 Trial Results

  The two came to the training hall, and there was a large group of people, including the rookies and their agents, and the staff of the Suns.

  Head coach Westphal and several assistant coaches are there, they have not left the team and need to finish the work of the season after the draft is over.

   The Suns did not open the trial training to the media, and the same is true for other teams, otherwise their draft intentions are likely to be exposed.

   "Too thin?"

   After the staff introduced the identities of the rookies, little Colangelo frowned.

   When he saw Kidders, he shook his head secretly, observing the real person was more intuitive than the data on paper, about the same height as Kobe, but lost two laps.

  Look at Kobe again, when he was four years younger, his body was not yet mature, and now he looks much stronger than Kidles, and his bones look thicker.

   "Paul, let's test first, and arrange for them to fight after that." He said to Westphal.

   Lao Wang sat on the side and watched the excitement. Many rookies glanced at him from time to time. Obviously, his presence distracted these young people.

   At this moment, the phone rang, it was Hawksman's phone.

   The two chatted for at least a quarter of an hour, and after arranging the trip, they ended the call.

   He was going to send Yu Feihong back to China first, and then go to Japan to make money, so as to save her from traveling to Japan with her and be exhausted.

  This year’s offseason is still very busy, with banquets, the construction of Fengshen Street, the Olympics, and training…

By the way, thinking of this, he suddenly remembered that he didn't pay attention to the MVP award last time. He opened the system and took a look. The stingy guy only gave 1000 points, so now he has only 1200 points, which is too few. Don't mess around.

   He feels that the plum blossom step has made some progress recently, and there should be a breakthrough recently. If he can reach the third realm, then there is hope for completing the task.

   was thinking wildly when someone walked to his side and sat down beside him, seeing lightning.

   "Kevin, is the contract negotiated?" he asked with concern.

  Lightning glanced at Little Colangelo not far away, and whispered, "We talked about it, the management is going to give me a two-year 15 million contract, I agreed."

   "15 million in two years?"

  Pharaoh talked about it for a while, the age is a bit short, but unfortunately the lightning did not catch up with the good time, and now the salary has risen sharply, but he has entered the late stage of his career.

   Lightning is also unlucky. He was injured in the regular season and injured again in the Western Conference Finals. Otherwise, the contract may be a little longer.

   "How's your shoulders now?" he asked.

  Kevin Johnson touched his right shoulder, shook his head and said, "No big problem. Dr. Carter said that he will recover after a period of rest. I am going to go on vacation first, and then I will do some training to keep in shape."

  Pharaoh was startled, is this for extra training?

  Kevin Johnson smiled and said, "I hope the management can get a good guy this time. It's been the last two years, and I'm still going to fight."

   "Hopefully."

   The two were chatting while watching the rookies test. An hour later, a rookie game began.

  Westphal arranged for Kidders and Kobe to make a direct comparison so that management can observe and make decisions.

Although Kobe and Bryant did not know the intention of the management, they also knew each other. Everyone's prediction positions were not far apart, and they were both shooting guards. They were absolute competitors, so the game started fiercely. matchup.

   "A little soft!"

   Old Wang muttered.

  Kevin Johnson nodded. The skinny-looking Kidders kept escaping Bryant's confrontation. When facing defenders, his shots were somewhat indecisive, and he rarely got the ball into the paint.

   On the other hand, Kobe took the initiative to confront the strength. When facing the defender, he shot decisively, with a little blacksmith spirit, and dared to throw it in a double team.

   "Old K, your apprentice is like a basket." Kevin Johnson complained.

   Old Wang laughed, nodded and said, "There is a problem with the rationality of the shot."

   "I heard that our selection range is not large, who do you like?" Kevin Johnson asked.

   "If they choose one of the two, of course it's Kobe." Pharaoh said without hesitation.

   Lightning nodded, confrontation ability is very important, after these rookies enter the alliance, they will know what real confrontation is.

   If the confrontation ability is not strong, then you can only be an open shooter in the sky, and the main shooting guard of a team must have the ability to hold the ball and attack, and the open pitcher cannot play the main shooting back.

   "Aren't you going to communicate with Brian?" Lightning asked.

   "Does it work?"

Pharaoh shook his head. Little Colangelo is not an incompetent person. He does not need to interfere in the work of the management. It will only affect the relationship between him and the management. No management likes its players to interfere with them. responsibilities.

   He also has his own business. If the people under his command interfere with his affairs, he will hate it, and he will get fired if he is annoyed.

  From the perspective of the team leader, if someone grabs his ball and takes his shot on the court, he will not be happy.

   The game was only played at half time, and Colangelo Jr. stopped. He had already seen what he wanted to see, so he didn’t waste any more time.

   At 4:30, the trial was over, the other rookies left, and Pharaoh left Kobe.

   "Old K, am I doing well?" Kobe asked excitedly.

   He felt very good about himself, and he took the initiative to fight against Kidles throughout the whole process. In the singles, he had the upper hand, knocking over the opponent once, and successfully punching the opponent three times.

   "Wait a minute."

   Old Wang gave an order, and he went over to Little Colangelo. He was going to ask about the situation and give Kobe an attitude.

He didn't have an attitude before, that's because it's not something he should take care of. The team hasn't tried Kobe yet, so he can't give his attitude. Now that the trial training, the management will definitely come to a conclusion, so he has to have An attitude, so as to explain to Kobe, after all, the two have a layer of relationship, and they can't completely ignore it.

   "Brian, coach, have you come to a conclusion?" Colangelo Jr. was discussing the results of this trial with the coaching staff, and he asked after passing.

   "Old K, the preliminary trial training is over, I am more optimistic about Kobe."

Colangelo Jr. said something and added: "But he is still too young for me to make the final decision. But among the rookies, near our signing position, we can't find a better shooting guard than him. , Iverson and Ray Allen are definitely not going to be our picks."

   "Then can you give him an answer now? The Lakers have promised that if they can't select him, they will find a way to trade him." Pharaoh said.

"real?"

   Little Colangelo pondered for a while, glanced at Kobe in the distance, and said, "If we choose Kobe, I'm afraid it will take at least three years to cultivate him. His body, skills, and game experience will all take time to grow."

   Westphal nodded and said: "He is only a high school student, under the age of 18, he must not be able to play the main force directly. That is unimaginable, so if we choose him, we also need a transitional main shooting guard."

   "Bring Wilkins back to the main lineup and let him bring Kobe with him?" Danny Ainge said.

  Lewis said: "In the game just now, his back-playing skills are very similar to that of old K. It seems that he has really learned your skills."

   "A little bit." Old Wang smiled.

   Little Colangelo also nodded. The reason why he was tempted by Kobe was also very important.

He said: "Next season's main lineup, center old K, power forward Rasheed Wallace, small forward Horry, shooting guard Wilkins, point guard Lightning, aging No. 1 and 2, focus on training Kobe, you guys What do you think?"

  Danny Ainge said: "Rasheed Wallace replaces Ben Wallace. He can pull to the three-point line, which can just create a breakthrough space for Wilkins, and Kobe will be the same in the future."

  Lewis added: "For a shooting back, the ability to pull up a jumper is very important, you can break through the defender and then shoot the open shot, or go outside the paint, pull the opponent's block defender out, and then pass in.

   To strengthen Kobe's shooting training, especially the ability to pull up jumpers. Wilkins is not very good at pull-up jumpers, and we only put him on the bench in the first place. "

   However, he said with some doubts: "If this is the case, wouldn't it be back to the original situation, Wilkins will break in, and he will also bring the defender in, causing trouble for old K?"

Westphal said: "It is indeed the case, and Wilkins was transferred to the main lineup, and the bench lineup is also short of people, I think we still have to find a way to get a main shooting guard who can shoot and defend well. ."

   "Too difficult!" Little Colangelo shook his head and smiled bitterly.

   Little Nelson said with a smile: "There is actually only one shooting guard who is most suitable for Old K."

   "Who?" Several others asked at the same time, and even Old K was very interested to know.

"Michael Jordan."

   Little Nelson uttered a name that stunned everyone.

   Little Colangelo said helplessly: "That's true, Jordan can shoot suddenly, and he has the highest match with Old K."

   "Kobe's idol is Jordan, and his skills are also imitated by Jordan. In fact, his pull-up jumper can also be made, but his body has not grown up yet, and his skills have not been completely finalized." Danny Ainge said.

Colangelo Jr. finally decided and said: "I will continue to look for a suitable immediate shooting guard, but in terms of the draft, I decided to give the No. 13 pick to Kobe. His talent and potential are still worth cultivating. Let's hold him in our hands and train him for a while."

  Pharaoh nodded, the No. 2 position will be weaker next season, Wilkins is old and doesn’t match him well, Kobe still needs time to grow, but that’s not possible, take your time.

   He turned around and told Kobe the decision of the management. Kobe seemed very happy. Although the Lakers were good, the Suns had old K. He could learn the skills he wanted to learn the most here. He still wanted to join the Suns.

   That night, the Bulls defeated the Magic 4-1 and advanced to the Finals.

  The finals will start on June 1st. The Bulls have home-court advantage and a two-three-two home-and-away system.

   On May 29th, the NBA league lottery ceremony was held in New York. Thirteen teams that failed to make the playoffs participated in the lottery ceremony.

   The scene was in a five-star hotel, and a business conference room was rented, which has been properly arranged and broadcasted live by TNT TV throughout the United States.

  The Suns have the Hornets' lottery pick, so Colangelo Jr. also participated in the lottery ceremony, but I'm afraid he won't have a chance to draw the lottery.

  At eight o'clock in the evening, Pharaoh tuned the channel to TNT on time.

   The first to draw was the Vancouver Grizzlies, the bottom of the 95/96 regular season, with a record of 15 wins and 67 losses.

   The probability of the Grizzlies drawing the No. 1 pick is as high as 25%, followed by Philadelphia with a probability of 19.9%, and then the Raptors and other teams.

  The first lottery is drawn first, and then the second and third lottery are drawn.

   Only the top three are drawn, and the rest are ranked in reverse order of record.

   After Stern gave a speech, the lottery began, and the general manager of the Grizzlies stepped onto the stage in a rather nervous mood.

  TNT commentator Dort said with a smile: "As a newly established team, the Grizzlies really need this No. 1 pick, but sometimes things backfire..."

  “…”

  Three meters away, the general manager of the Grizzlies, Stu Jackson, turned angrily and stared at Dortmund, his eyes could kill.

   "Shhh!"

  Letham hurriedly raised his index finger, signaling his partner to shut up.

   "Hey...I didn't say he couldn't draw? Haha..." Dot couldn't help lowering his head, his shoulders were shaking.

  Stu Jackson rubbed his hands, which had been washed repeatedly with holy water and maintained with goat milk. I believe God would bless him.

   With trembling hands, he pressed the button, fourteen ping pong **** jumped, and his heart thumped.

   "Guessing the size still has a half chance of winning. This is only a 25% chance. I don't think he can get the No. 1 lottery." Phoenix, Pharaoh muttered.

   "No matter what happens, the Suns won't turn, right?" Yu Feihong said.

   "That's the last of us. If the champion is signed to us, Mr. Stern will not be scolded to death?" Pharaoh said with a smile.

   Far away in Los Angeles, the Lakers owner Buss was watching the lottery ceremony when he said to his daughter Jenny Buss: "I think this No. 1 pick will belong to Philadelphia."

   "Why?" Jane Buss asked in confusion.

   Bass said thoughtfully: "Because God wants Philadelphia's ball market to be maintained by this No. 1 pick."

  Jenny Buss was startled, God is too free, why bother with this?

   At the scene of the draw, a few seconds later, four **** were drawn, and the result came out.

  Stu Jackson's face was neither blue nor white, and a little dark. He looked back at his boss, Arthur Griffith, and spread out his hands with a wry smile. There were 250 combinations, but unfortunately none of them were drawn.

  Griffith is a local sports giant in Vancouver. His expression is calm and his face is normal, but there is disappointment in his eyes.

   Contrary to them, the Philadelphia side is smiling, and now it is their turn to try their luck.

  The owner of the Digital Team is Erne Sneijder. He just took over the Digital Team this year and spent $12.5 million. The Digital Team failed to rebuild the year before. The previous owner lost confidence in the team and simply sold the team.

  Sneed stood up, rubbing his hands together, believing he had better luck, and decided to draw the lot himself.

"yeah!"

"Ugh!"

   Twenty seconds later, his cheers rang out from the scene, and then there were sighs of loss from other teams.

   "Look, God takes care of this tonight, I hope he can take care of us Lakers this time next year." Los Angeles, old Buss smiled.

   As Philadelphia took the No. 1 overall pick, it was the Grizzlies’ turn to start the No. 2 and No. 2 pick.

   This time, Grizzlies owner Griffith decided to come by himself and learn from Sneijder.

  Unfortunately, his hands were also stinky, and he failed to win the second draw, and the disappointment in his eyes overflowed directly.

   "This time he is really unlucky, can't blame God." Los Angeles, old Bass continued to complain.

   Then, after the Grizzlies, the Raptors drew the second overall pick, and the Grizzlies played shirtless again and took the pick.

  Griffith still decides to come by himself, his destiny is to be controlled by himself, and no one complains if he loses.

  Fortunately, this time he finally won the lottery and got the No. 3 lottery.

  On the 30th, Wang Tiejun and Yu Feihong flew to Los Angeles, where they will stay for more than ten days. Pharaoh also needs to participate in some business activities.

  On June 1st, the finals will begin. The Bulls will fight at home.

   But the process was very hard. After four quarters, there was no winner or loser, and the game was won in overtime.

   But No. 3, the Mosaic Big Three worked together to pull back a game.

   Then the two teams came to Houston to fight again. Mosaic took advantage of the home advantage to play another game and led the Bulls with a big score of 2-1.

   But the Bulls are too strong. Jordan scored 44 points in the G4 battle, with a hit rate of 65%, which blew up Mosaic and tied the big score.

   The G5 battle between the two sides continued in Houston. This time, Mosaic performed better, won the crucial third game, and got the match point of the finals.

  Unfortunately, the Big Three were too complacent. After arriving in Chicago, they lost the G6 battle and the two sides scored a tiebreaker.

   On the 13th day, the tiebreaker started.

   At 9 am that day, Wang Tiejun and Yu Feihong left the United States and boarded the plane to the capital.

   At 10:00 on June 14, capital time, the plane landed at the Capital International Airport.

   At this time, just after the tiebreaker was over, Pharaoh got off the plane and just turned on the domestic mobile phone, and Barkley called.

   "Old K, we won! I won the second championship! Haha, the second championship! That idiot Hakim actually cried, haha, it's so funny..." Barkley roared excitedly.

   "Charles, wasn't it the same when you won the championship?" Pharaoh said sarcastically.

   "Have I ever cried? That's impossible, absolutely not," Barkley denied.

   "Okay, I just got off the plane, I won't chat with you, see you at the Olympics." Lao Wang said.

   "Okay, I'll go to your games at the Olympics." Barkley laughed.

   At this time, at the United Center in Chicago, Jordan was full of disappointment. He worked hard for a season, and he didn't even compete with the old K for MVP. In the end, he lost to the Big Three. He was really unwilling.

   But he has no complaints. Tonight's big dream played very well. He scored 36 points, 18 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals and 8 blocks. He almost scored a quadruple double in the finals. He scored 42 points.

   Hakim Olajuwon was not far away, hugging Drexler and Barkley, all three of them were full of tears.

   The three of them have been crushed by Jordan for a lifetime, and defeating Jordan to win the championship means too much to them.

Especially the big dream, as the No. 1 pick in 1984, after Jordan won a series of honors, he has always won nothing, which makes the media have been questioning the draft of that year, thinking that he is not worthy of being the No. 1 pick in 1984, and now he beats it with his own hands Jordan is the best response to the media.

  Barkley, this is the second time he beat Jordan to win the championship. He won't admit it because he is holding a group. It is not him who is holding the group.

  Drexler, beat Jordan again to win the championship, like Barkley, too happy.

   "You three guys are so shameless!"

   When Jordan came to congratulate, he cursed reluctantly.

   "Come on, Michael, you should think about how to deal with old K in the future. He failed to defend the title after two championships. You can play with him in the future." Barkley said with a smile.

   "I won't let him defend the title." Jordan gritted his teeth.

   "Are you going to stay in Chicago?" Barkley asked.

"talk later."

   Jordan shook his head, turned and left, leaving the United Center to the winner.

   "Are we going to leave too?" Da Meng said regretfully.

   "That's for the future, now let's celebrate like crazy, haha!" Barkley said excitedly.

   "Oh hoo!"

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   (end of this chapter)