roccoschili Chapter 292 Van Jordan and the Bald Mamba!
Chapter 292 Van Jordan and the Bald Mamba!
Chapter 292 Van Jordan and the Bald Mamba!
Three days passed quietly.
During this period, the NBA also successively announced various awards for the 2015-2016 season.
Among them, Stephen Curry won the MVP, and Leonard won the DPOY.
There are actually some controversies about these two awards, mainly about Lin Tian.
A large number of fans think that these honors should belong to Lin Tian, but Lin Tian is limited because of the number of appearances.
Fortunately, Lin Tian didn't miss the league's best first team. In addition, he was also selected for the best defensive first team.
Scott, who coached the Lakers, also beat Cole, who won 73 wins, to become the best head coach in 2015-2016.
Lin Tian's goal for next season is to win all the MVPs.
On the night of June 6, after Lin Tian returned to the apartment after training, he turned on the TV as usual.
What is being broadcast on TV is the draft.
The draft was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
On the screen, Xiao Hua held the card in his hand and said to the microphone: "The Philadelphia 76ers who hold the first pick choose... Ben Simmons from Louisiana State University!"
As the camera cuts, Simmons' rather handsome face appears in the camera.
He took the hat from the staff, got up with a smile, hugged the family members sitting next to him one by one, and then went to the sky to give a speech.
Lin Tian came from a previous life, so he was not surprised by the choice of the 76ers, and Simmons did have the strength of the champion.
It's just that this player who is over 2.10 meters and is called the next magician is a talent with no shooting ability...
The Celtics, holding the second pick, finally chose Ingram without much suspense.
In another time and space, the No. [-] pick belonged to the Lakers, but now, the No. [-] pick belongs to the Celtics.
With the appearance of Lin Tian, everything changed dramatically.
The Suns, who hold the No. [-] pick, chose Jaylen Brown. This is also different from the previous life. After all, Brown was selected by the Celtics in the previous life.
The draft didn't go very quickly, and those rookies who were invited to sit in the small green room were selected by the team one after another.
Dragan Bender, Kris Dunn, Jamal Murray, Buddy Hield…
The names and faces of these rookies flashed across the screen one by one, which did not make Lin Tian excited.
Finally, it was the Lakers' 15th pick.
Xiao Hua opened the card in his hand and said slowly: "The Lakers with the 15th pick in their hands chose Malcolm Brogdon from the University of Virginia!"
"Whoa!"
As soon as this remark came out, the audience and many reporters at the scene were stunned.
After all, Brogdon's name did not appear in the first round in the previous draft predictions announced by major mainstream media!
The 15th pick means that there is only one pick left before the lottery show!This is obviously unbelievable.
There is no doubt that Brogdon is also the oldest of all the rookies currently selected.
The camera was given to Brogdon in the auditorium.
Brogdon was obviously not eligible to be invited to the Little Green Room. When he heard his name, he even thought he had heard it wrong.
It wasn't until the staff handed him the hat with the Lakers logo on it that he realized that he almost cried without being excited.
It can be said that there is a natural difference between the first round and the second round.
The rookies selected in the first round must get a full guarantee contract from the team, but the second round is different!It would be nice to have a two-way contract.
A cruel fact is that most of the rookies selected in the second round every year cannot gain a firm foothold in the NBA.
After Brogdon stabilized his emotions, he walked onto the stage and talked a lot before the draft continued.
As the players were selected one by one, those players who had not been selected seemed a little restless.
Lin Tian noticed that there was a rookie who was invited to sit in the small green room, but was selected at the end of the first round, which was really embarrassing.
The camera pans to the undrafted players in the stands.
Lin Tian is very unfamiliar with these faces.
But there were two faces that made him particularly impressed.
One is Fred VanVleet and the other is Stressor Caruso.
Van Fleet, known as Van Jordan, is a short guard. In his previous life, he was quite popular in China. He played well in the Raptors and won the championship in the 2018-2019 dead season with the team.
The pressure on Shanda Carus has exploded in physical fitness, but because he became bald at a young age, he has the nickname of Bald Mamba.
These two are also rookies this year.
But he remembered that these two guys seemed to be undrafted, that is, the kind who participated in the draft but were not selected.
Van Jordan is okay, he should be signed by the Raptors to play in the summer league, and then climb up step by step.
As for Carus, if he wants to play the first NBA game in his life, he may have to wait until next season.
The Lakers still have a pick next, and Lin Tian is thinking about whether to make a call to Bass Jr.
In the end, he gave up. Anyway, these two people will not be selected by the team, and it will be the same when they are about to play the summer league.
The draft conference lasted for more than three hours before it ended.
Those rookies who participated in the draft in person, some were ecstatic because they were selected, and some were distraught because they were not selected.
Van Jordan and Bald Mamba, there is no doubt that it is the latter, because they lost the election.
Lin Tian hesitated for a moment, but still sent a text message to Kupchak, asking Kupchak to focus on these two players.
The next morning, when Lin Tian turned on his phone again, he saw the news that the Lakers had signed contracts with Van Jordan and Bald Mamba.
But one of them signed a two-way contract, and the other signed an exbihit10 contract.
Both of these contracts are unstable, and they are the kind that can be cut by the team at any time.
Signing this kind of contract also means that the two of them will play for the Lakers in the summer league.
The current Lakers are in urgent need of guards. Signing them is a lottery for the Lakers. Everyone is happy if they win the lottery.
Most importantly, this is Lin Tian's opinion, and Kupchak knows how to do it.
Looking at these two pieces of news, Lin Tian couldn't help but murmured to himself: "This Kupchak is not ambiguous in his work. Raptors, I'm sorry, your champion guard was cut off by us."
When he came to the team in the morning to prepare for personal training, several Lakers rookies had also come to the Staples Center Arena to report.
Brogdon looks slightly more mature now that he's 24.
Fan Qiaodan gave Lin Tian the feeling that it was a bit funny.
And the bald mamba is not bald yet, the whole person looks energetic, and he seems a little excited to hug Lin Tian.
He couldn't help but said, "My God! Lin! You are much more handsome than those on TV!"
Lin Tian smiled: "Thank you for your compliment, the pressure is great, and you are welcome to join the big family of the Lakers! Let us move forward together."
This simple sentence also made the three of them nod continuously.
They knew very well that this thin and tall young man in front of them was the MVP of this season's finals!
Fan Qiaodan also couldn't help but asked suddenly: "Lin, how does it feel to dunk James, can you tell me?"
Lin Tian curled his lips: "I don't feel much, it's just a button for me.
Fan Qiaodan clicked his tongue secretly, and he admired Lin Tian even more in his heart.
Lin Tian greeted them briefly, and whispered to Kupchak next to him, "Good job, Mickey."
(End of this chapter)