Chapter 989: The Last Draft

Although Thibodo, the former Celtics assistant coach, is unwilling to go back to Boston to deal with the team's mess, Zhuang Fei has no choice, and the Boston Celtics are different from the Lakers, the Celtics are not an extremely extreme team like the Lakers.

On the contrary, the Boston Celtics are actually a very reasonable and balanced team, in this case, there is basically no need for Zhuang Fei to worry about the head coach of this team, as long as it is not a completely defensive head coach like Larry Brown, or a completely offensive head coach, as long as a little balanced head coach can get this team back on track.

Of course, Zhuang Fei's request for Green to be the head coach is not something that Zhuang Fei can count if he says it alone, although Zhuang Fei has a very strong voice in this team, he can give his own suggestions for such a thing, and Old Bass is also willing to follow his advice, but it also needs Old Bass's consent.

And when Zhuang Fei said to the owner of the Lakers when he wanted Green to become the new head coach of the Lakers, the owner of the Lakers agreed without any hesitation, which made Zhuang Fei a little surprised, although Green is now the first assistant coach of the league worthy of the name, but his qualifications are there.

With his qualifications, it is a fantasy to become the head coach of a team like the Lakers, and Zhuang Fei has prepared some reasons to persuade Old Buss, but Old Bass did not give Zhuang Fei any chance, which can also be seen that the Lakers' boss's trust in Zhuang Fei has reached several terrible levels.

"I hope that kid will give me some courage too"

After putting down the phone in his hand, Zhuang Fei also thought with a smile in his heart, and Old Bass readily agreed to Green's coaching application. And Zhuang Fei can be regarded as solving most of his problems with the Lakers. Now the only thing he needs to do is wait for the draft in two days. Then he finished his last draft as the head coach of the team, and Zhuang Fei never worried about the NBA draft, and his dynasty system made him feel that the most convenient time was the annual draft.

And this time, when Zhuang Fei opened his dynasty system again, at this time, Zhuang Fei's dynasty system inventory had a few more task rewards.

That is the main mission reward after leading the Los Angeles Lakers to win the championship this season, and Zhuang Fei's Lakers can be said to have achieved the ultimate in what a team can do, and the regular season and playoffs all add up to only four losses, for Zhuang Fei. This year is basically perfect, and such an almost perfect season naturally did not make Zhuang Fei unexpectedly give Zhuang Fei an A+ evaluation, but although Zhuang Fei was not surprised by the A+ evaluation of his life, Zhuang Fei knew very well that the task of the dynasty system was S-level evaluation, according to Zhuang Fei's idea, such a perfect season should be possible to impact the S-level evaluation, Zhuang Fei really wanted an S-level reward.

It's just obvious that although Zhuang Fei and the Lakers are almost close to perfection, they are not perfect after all. Although it is infinitely close to S, it is still only A+, but this time the reward of A+ is much richer than Zhuang Fei imagined. Because there are three rewards for the main quest this time, a potion and two cards, the potion is an extremely precious luck potion, this thing is a fetish, a fetish that can't be bought, and the other two cards are also very good.

Special Item: Larry Bird Coach Card

Grade: A+

Item description: Using this card can increase a team's three-point shooting percentage by 15% in the next three games, with an unknown special effect and usage requirements, limited to the host team.

This is a very practical card, somewhat similar to the Magician star card or Abdul-Jabbar star card back then, but the star card is only for one player, and this coach card is for a team, but obviously, the coach card can't be like the star card after using the card, even if there is no effect, everyone can become Larry Bird, of course, at some times this coach card is no less useful than the star card, and this coach card seems to have some unknown special effects, So it's hard to tell the difference between the two.

Therefore, for this card, Zhuang Fei still likes it very much, this is a very practical card, and in addition to this very practical card, the other one is also good.

Special Item: O'Neill's Sigh

Grade: A+

Item Description: After using this item, the player will gain 100% of O'Neal's peak strength, the use effect is only one game, the special effect is unknown, the use requirements, only for the host team.

This card is also somewhat similar to the star card, but it is much weaker than the star card, if it is O'Neal's star card, then the player used is not as simple as obtaining 100% of O'Neal's strength, and the same use effect will not be a game, even if there is no star card like the ability to defy the sky, but this card is still A+ level, and it can also be seen from this side that the star card is against the sky.

This time, the reward is a total of three items, all three items are A+ level, although none of them are extremely rebellious, but this is also the first time that Zhuang Fei has obtained three A+ level items after completing the main quest after having the dynasty system, so although the completion of the main quest Zhuang Fei this time has not reached the perfect level of S-level, it is definitely not very far behind.

"The S-level main quest evaluation doesn't need to win all, it's absolutely impossible," Zhuang Fei finally turned off the dynasty system and collapsed on his office chair and thought with a wry smile.

Of course, although this year's main quest did not reach the S level, it did make Zhuang Fei a little regretful, but it did not make him regret it for too long, after all, the reward this time is not low, and he also has more important things to do, such as the final draft this time.

Because of the Los Angeles Lakers' Finals this year, it is basically impossible for Zhuang Fei to get an assistant to do an investigation on the draft, and the Lakers' scouting system is still paralyzed, in this case, Zhuang Fei can only rely on the scouting system. For this year's draft. Zhuang Fei has some impressions though. But the impression is also a little light, and Zhuang Fei finally browsed the draft list from beginning to end and determined the draft goal of this year's Lakers.

On June 29, 2005, Madison Square Garden, New York, the 2005 NBA Draft will be held here, for this annual draft, the local fans in New York actually do not have much enthusiasm, after all, in recent years, the team's work in the draft is almost zero, if it is not for the annual routine here to boo Zhuang Fei and David Stern. I'm afraid these people don't have much interest in coming here to watch the draft.

Of course, their lack of interest does not mean that other NBA teams are not interested, this year's NBA draft is definitely a much-anticipated draft year, the big year here does not mean that this draft has a large number of high-quality young people like 1996 or 2003, but this year's draft has so many newcomers who can become superstar potential, especially the 20-year-old Australian center Bogut, the international player has taken the champion into his arms, The template for the best interior player in the NCAA since Duncan is Duncan, and it is believed that as long as he continues to grow normally, there is basically a 90% chance of growing to Duncan's height. It's kind of crazy, in this case. Last season, there were once again a large number of teams who finally messed up for him, and this time, as the owner of the top pick, the Magic team has long shouted that it is not Bogut who will not be selected.

In addition to Bogut, the other two highly coveted players this year are Marvin Williams and Deron Williams, the prospects of these two are also optimistic by many people, one is called Maddie second, and the other is known as the physically strengthened version of Nash, it can be said that these three people are also the reason why this draft is called a big year for many people, of course, as far as Zhuang Fei is concerned, these three people really reach Duncan in terms of achievement, Nash and Maddie are still a little impossible.

Of course, these three are the focus of attention of all teams in the United States now, and for Zhuang Fei, his goal naturally cannot be any of these three, so for the madness of the three rookies in the United States in recent times, Zhuang Fei just thinks it is a little interesting.

In this draft, Zhuang Fei did not bring the Lakers' general manager Kupchak, but brought his disciple Green, which is also why Zhuang Fei wants to take him to adapt to the environment, but now it seems that the young man who is about to become the NBA head coach is still a little nervous at this time.

"Coach, I'm afraid it will be a little overwhelming for me to come here alone in the future."

After Zhuang Fei took Green to say hello to some of his good friends such as Pat Riley and others, when Green watched David Stern come out, the draft began, and the scene was booed, the future head coach of the Lakers also said to Zhuang Fei with some bitterness.

"It's good to get used to it, everyone is the same" Zhuang Fei also smiled after glancing at his disciple, and at this time Green also sighed again, he was really not prepared.

Of course, whether he is ready or not, in the future, he needs to be on his own, Zhuang Fei can help him now, I am afraid that this time I will take him to adapt to the environment first, of course, he can also sit in his office and watch the draft on TV in the future, but this will be a lot less fun.

This year's draft did not come as a surprise to the champion, as the owner of the champion sign, the Magic's early statement had already killed the suspense, and in fact, when David Stern read out the first name, everyone on the scene also showed a hint of affirmation, and the young Australian center Bogut became the second international champion after Gasol.

Although there is no surprise that the rookie was elected the top pick, what the rookie said after taking the stage was absolutely surprising.

"Recently a lot of people say that I am like Duncan, of course, I don't deny it, Duncan is a player that I admire, he plays in a similar way to me, we are the same kind of people, but this does not mean that I came to the NBA to be like him, I came to the NBA to surpass him, I will be the best interior in the NBA, as long as I lead the Magic to win the championship, I can be one of the best interior players in history"

When the arrogant new champion said such a thing on stage, even David Stern, the president of the league who stood on his side, was shocked by the rookie's 'domineering spirit', David Stern has seen many strange rookies on this stage, and he has seen all kinds of strange things. But this is the first time he has seen such an arrogant and open-mouthed person. Just in the draft, Duncan, the current league's No. 1 forward, and No. 1 center O'Neal were despised.

"Coach. This guy is an idiot, right, he still wants to surpass Duncan and lead the Magic to win the championship? Seeing his best friend and classmate Duncan being despised by this rookie, Green on Zhuang Fei's side couldn't help it, this kid is a little too crazy, Green knows that Bogut's talent is good, and his data in the NCAA is also very good, but how many championships has he won in the NCAA?

"There's no need to care. As long as you look at these things from one side, it's just a joke" Zhuang Fei looked at Green, who was a little indignant beside him, and said with a smile, and finally saw Zhuang Fei like this, Green also nodded, but he was already thinking that he would definitely teach this guy a lesson next season, I'm afraid there are still many people who think like Green at this time, such as Duncan, who watched the NBA draft on TV at home at this time, this honest on the outside but a little sullen in his heart, although he looked at Bogut on TV without any expression, But the glint in his eyes definitely betrayed his mood, and as for the other despised inside liner, O'Neal, he was probably on vacation at this time. However, after hearing such words from the rookie, there will definitely be some indications next season.

That's why Zhuang Fei said that as long as he watched the play on the side, it would be fine. Maybe next season the arrogant rookie will know that the NBA isn't that easy to mix and that Duncan and O'Neal aren't that rookie.

Of course, although most of the people on the scene were a little disdainful of Bogut's arrogance, the management of the Magic was overjoyed, and this kind of confidence was what they wanted, and they didn't need it compared to a player with a daughter-in-law-like personality like Marvin Williams.

The Magic management doesn't look down on Marvin Williams, who is extremely talented, has a comprehensive impact and full of potential, but as the holder of the list of eye signs, the Hornets are very optimistic about him, so the team chose this Maddie second with almost no hesitation in the second pick, they don't expect this young all-round forward to really be able to become Maddie 80% like an expert, they just need this all-round forward to grow to the height of Pierce, It's just that maybe in the coming years they'll also find out that in fact, Pierce's height is also a luxury for Marvin Williams.

This year's draft was not surprising in the first two rounds, Marvin Williams and Bogut, the two most talented players, were selected first, and the third pick of the Jazz naturally had no choice, this team lacks a playmaker, this is something that the whole NBA knows, after the Jazz double brakes retired, Sloan dreamed of copying another Jazz double brake, and now the interior line has Al Jefferson, the high school student has made significant progress in the second half of the season, it can be said that Sloan has found a successor to Malone, What is missing now is Stockton's successor, and Sloan is very optimistic that Deron Williams can take over Stockton's class.

So Zhuang Fei saw that after the Jazz successfully won Deron Williams, the old coach's face also showed a relaxed expression, obviously, he was not interested in the previous two players, and he was also worried that the Hornets or Magic would rob Hu, but now it seems that not everyone can rob his players like Zhuang Fei.

The most important thing to watch in this year's NBA draft is who these three super rookies will be, and after these three are drafted, it is obvious that the next draft will be much more complicated, because many players are actually similar, and in this case, the ranking is basically a little difficult to determine.

So this time, the 76ers, who have the fourth pick, are very entangled in choosing Villanueva, the power forward, and the Bobcats, who have the fifth pick, they did not hesitate to directly choose the University of North Carolina's leading point guard Felton, this is the second draft in the history of the Bobcats, although they performed well in the regular season this year, seventh in the East, but they still have the fifth pick.

Although this year's NBA draft is called a big year for the draft, Zhuang Fei does not pay attention to many players, in addition to the previous ones, Zhuang Fei is most concerned about the Bynum who is extremely known by many fans as 'Country Wash Scissors and Blow Center', this high school student inside is known as a combination of Abdul-Jabbar and O'Neal, if it is not for the ball quotient is a little low, it is likely to be a favorable contender for the champion, and in the end, the Country Scissors and Blows were taken away by the Nuggets with the sixth pick.

In addition to Bynum, Zhuang Fei is also more concerned about a player, Granger, who is one of the biggest testaments of this year, was selected by the Pacers with the 14th pick, and it is clear that Larry Bird has been eyeing this player for a long time.

In addition to Granger, a player who was originally a missing pearl, he was selected to enter the lotto, and there are not many changes in the other drafts, in fact, Zhuang Fei does not have much impression of most of the players this year, and several of those who have an impression seem to be similar to his previous life, such as Nate Robinson, a player with a similar style to Van Exel, was selected by the New York Knicks with the 25th pick, and Jarrico Jack was selected by the Spurs with the 27th pick, and what surprised Zhuang Fei was that The Grizzlies used their No. 28 pick to select center Gortat from Poland, you know, this is one of Zhuang Fei's several targets, but obviously, Jerry West is now not very satisfied with his interior offense, and the lack of offensive ability of the Grizzlies makes the Grizzlies lack of change, which is also an important reason why the team lost to the Boston Celtics this year, Jerry West hopes to find an offensive center in case of emergency.

Of course, in addition to Gortat being robbed by the Grizzlies, which was an accident, the Boston Celtics selected Gerald Green and Monta Alice with their 19th and 24th picks respectively This time it was also an accident, Zhuang Fei is extremely appreciative of the Celtics' scouting system, it is obvious that Gerard Green, another Maddie successor, is undoubtedly talented, and he was definitely able to enter the top 10 in draft predictions, but in the end it fell into the hands of the Celtics, and Alice, This defender may be regarded as a treasure found by Celtics scouts, but I feel some expectations for whether this defender can integrate into Celtics Zhuang Fei.

Although there are not many excellent players in this year's NBA draft, there are many high-quality role players at the bottom of the pick, such as Iryasova of the European interior selected by the Raptors with the 23rd pick, and Anderey Bleccher, a high school student selected by the Wizards with the 26th pick.

And, of course, the Los Angeles Lakers' own selection of David Lee with the 30th pick and Amir Johnson with the 60th pick.

The draft has been the theme of the NBA for some time, but soon, one day after the draft, a piece of news from the Lakers quickly replaced the draft and trade as the theme of the NBA, or the world's media. (To be continued......)