I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 519 The Battle Between the Old and the New

Originally, Min Congda was thinking of having the fourth lottery and the fifth lottery, and let Olshey and the others handle it by themselves.

Judging from the draft level of the Clippers' history, it should be watered down properly and continue to waste a good pick.

Think about it, it's the No. [-] pick again!The probability of choosing parallel imports will be greatly reduced.

"Forget it, the Clippers were not very good at picking the No. [-] pick before. You have to believe in their level."

Min Congda comforted himself silently in his heart, that he would not interfere in this draft no matter what he said.

Curry's lesson is too profound.

This is the third time the Clippers have won the No. 1988 pick after 2009 and [-].

In 1988, the Clippers selected Danny Manning, which was a pretty good choice.

Because there were really no high-quality newcomers in 1988.

The Clippers took Curry in 2009. This choice has been questioned, but three years later, Curry has proved to people that this is a wonderful choice.

Now there is another chance for the champion, Min Congda dare not touch it no matter what.

Olshey will be solely responsible for this draft.

At the same time, as soon as the draft results came out, the public opinion circle was in an uproar.

The last time there was a similar situation was in 2003. The Pistons, which reached the Eastern Conference finals in the playoffs, had the 1997 first-round pick obtained from the Jazz in 03.

Then this first-round pick became a model pick in 03. Unfortunately, the Pistons chose Milicic and wasted this good pick.

Of course, although Milicic is out of water, his failure is not only a matter of his own talent and ability. The cultivation of the Pistons and the damage of Larry Brown are also important reasons.

Even if the Pistons chose Anthony or Bosh at that time, the growth of the two of them may also be destroyed by the Pistons.

But in any case, the Pistons, with the No. 03 pick in [-], lost a chance to build a dynasty.

They won the championship in 04, and they reached the finals once in the next few years, reaching the conference finals for six consecutive years.

If there is a high scorer like Anthony in their team, they will not be disliked by Stern, and they can win more championships.

Earlier, the 1986 championship Celtics had won the second pick in the 1986 draft. This is also an opportunity to continue the legend of the Celtics dynasty.

It's a pity that Len Bias, the second overall pick, died of drugs and didn't play a game, which became a turning point for the Celtics' decline.

In comparison, the Lakers were much luckier. As the champions in 1982, they won the No. [-] pick of the year, and they signed James Worthy. After that, the Lakers won three more championships.

Because the Lakers took the No. [-] pick as champions, it was too unfair, so the league formulated the Stepien Clause, prohibiting the trading of draft picks for two consecutive years.

Later, the rules continued to improve, and Stern focused on preventing strong teams from getting high picks, setting various restrictions on lottery and trading, and finally the league office checked.

Like the Clippers, it is obviously not in line with league policy for a team in the Western Conference Finals to win the No. [-] pick, so it has suffered various criticisms from the outside world.

ESPN expert Bob Marks said, "The Clippers' lineup has shown great potential. They have the No. 09 pick and No. 80 pick in [-]. They have reached the Western Conference Finals, and they got a No. [-] pick in a trade? This is [-] The era? The league dominated the Hornets-Clippers trade, and they didn't add pick protection to the pick, which is unbelievable!"

Big Mouth Barkley even said bluntly: "The league just wants to recommend the Clippers and make the Clippers the next hot team. I bet the No. [-] pick is given to the Clippers by the league!"

However, there are also people who stand on the side of the Clippers. The former Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor said: "The Clippers have suffered too much in history. Now that the times are turning, everyone can't stand it? This is An unfair mentality."

In terms of competition, no one would dare to compete with Bellerby. After all, they have entered the finals eight times without a single champion.

Although Baylor stepped down from the position of general manager of the Clippers, he still maintains contact with the Clippers management.

After Min Congda heard about Mr. Baylor's tragic history in the finals, he strongly invited him to become a member of the Clippers' advisory team.

I hope to use Baylor's bad luck to offset Jerry West's brilliant vision and destroy the Clippers' feng shui by the way.

A small Clippers team, the advisory group already has West and Bellegar Dunleavy three, and it is almost becoming a state-owned enterprise pension re-employment group.

Min Congda now focuses on one that can be earned as well as spent, but any money earned from investment failures must be spent on it.

No matter who gets the No. [-] pick this time, the team's exposure, attention, and market value will rise again.

The first thing Min Congda wants to think about next season is how to spend the extra money he earns to keep the Clippers' cash flow in a tight state.

There is also the construction of the new arena. Min Congda must complete the fundraising work as soon as possible, and the project will be put into operation as soon as the season is over.

Therefore, getting the No. [-] lottery is just a little sadness for him, and he will soon devote himself to more intense work.

The day after the draft lottery ended, the Western Conference finals started first.

The Clippers challenge the Lakers away, and the title of King of Los Angeles will be answered after this round of the series.

At 6 o'clock in the evening, Min Congda appeared on time at the seat behind the Clippers' bench at Staples Center.

Ada brought corn cakes, roast pork rolls and fried rice balls made by her mother from home, as well as a super-large pineapple cola, which was Min Congda's dinner.

"Thank you Ada, the snacks made by your mother are really good... Have you sorted out the information sheet sent by Wells Fargo? There is also the team's charter, which will be reviewed and approved at the meeting next week."

"It's being sorted out, the charter is already being processed, and the draft will be given to you tomorrow."

"Thank you Ida, let's enjoy the game tonight."

Min Congda took a bite of the roasted pork roll, the gravy burst into his mouth, it was delicious.

Since the assassination of Marcella, the relationship between Min Congda and the Antolini family has become very close.

As long as he has time, he will go to Ada's house to grab a meal. Her mother's cooking skills are really good.

Today, Min Congda was busy with the team's charter, funding plan and other related matters all day. Olshey went to New York. The team had to change owners and raise funds. There was a lot of work to do.

Min Congda, who had always let go of his hands in the past, had to do it himself when encountering financial problems to ensure that all the work was in place, and the mines that should be buried had to be buried well so that they would explode later.

Rosser pointed out that some of Min Congda's plans for the use of funds are too aggressive, and problems may arise in terms of interest rates and risks.

Min Congda believes that the Clippers are in a period of rapid development, how can they expand their market value and profits without being more aggressive?
After some weighing, the new boss Shelley Sterling still agreed with Min Congda's idea, thinking that it should be more radical.

It can be seen that Shelly Sterling, who just took the throne of the boss, is full of ambitions and wants to make a career and compare her useless ex-husband.

Rosser was just making suggestions based on his professional manager's responsibilities, and he knew that he couldn't stop Min Congda.

If he wants to stop it, he has been stopped a long time ago, and now he has been defeated by Min Congda.

For Min Congda, after a busy day, he can have a bite of delicious food in the evening, and then go to the Staples Center to watch a wonderful game. This day is quite pleasant.

He took another bite of the Italian fried rice balls, and the taste was quite good. How about the Italians are European Chinese? They eat almost the same food as the Chinese. They are rice and noodles, and there are a lot of ingredients added. Big biscuits, as well as the cultural tradition that attaches great importance to the family, this cultural barrier is really quite thin, and it can be broken with a single blow.

It's no wonder that Min Congda went to Ada's house for dinner, and the more he spent time, the more friendly he felt, and the feeling of home.

This is much warmer than him cooking and eating at home all day.

Ada looked at Min Congda eating deliciously, his eyes sparkled.

It can be said that there is no other NBA executive like him who eats food on the sidelines of the game, and his mouth is full of oil.

The camera of the TV station was also on the sidelines, broadcasting Min Congda eating fried rice balls and roast pork rolls live to the whole United States.

This shot of more than ten seconds led to a 30.00% increase in the consumption of fried rice balls and roast pork rolls across the United States in the next three days.

The TV commentators were all joking, saying that Min Congda could be an endorsement advertisement for a food company, and the effect was absolutely awesome.

He became famous all over the United States because of the popcorn thing before, and a popcorn company really came to ask him to be the spokesperson.

Min Congda wanted to take it, but unfortunately the income system does not allow this job, so Min Congda had no choice but to refuse on the grounds of maintaining the team's image.

Ada didn't care about this. On the contrary, he felt that Min Congda was very kind, which was completely different from those team executives who liked to put on airs.

Because of this, the atmosphere of the entire Clippers team is very warm and good, and the players have a good relationship in private.

It is much better than the tense and depressing atmosphere when Sterling was the boss before.

After the national anthem, the game will start soon.

The first game of the Western Conference finals series between the Lakers and the Clippers, this will be a battle that sets the tone.

The Lakers' road to promotion in the first two rounds was not particularly smooth, but it was not too difficult.

Both rounds were advanced 4:2, lost some games, and won all the games that should be won.

The combination of Kobe and Paul is powerful in the regular season. The Clippers and the Lakers faced off in four games, and the Lakers had an advantage of 3 wins and 1 loss.

Phil Jackson combined Paul and Kobe very well, and Paul is an extremely smart player who is well integrated into the triangle offense system.

Originally, in Jackson's triangle offense system, point guards were mostly role players.

Fisher, Harper, Cole, etc. are all functional players.

However, this does not mean that in the triangle offense, the point guard can only be a functional role player.

In fact, Phil Jackson's triangle offense was originally an open system.

What role each player plays depends on their abilities.

Of course, before Gary Payton joined the Lakers, he was never able to integrate into the triangle offense and played very poorly.

But Paul is different. Paul obviously has a higher basketball IQ tactically, and his match with Kobe is quite successful.

The basic idea of ​​Phil Jackson's offensive construction is to assign part of Gasol's role to Paul.

The difference is that Gasol is an insider, Paul is an outsider and a point guard.

Therefore, Jackson assigned another part of Gasol's role to Andrew Bynum.

Then, Jackson assigned part of Kobe's role to Paul, allowing Kobe to attack more off the ball and become a purer scorer and defensive leader.

This season, Kobe averaged 28.8 points per game, successfully surpassed Kevin Durant, and won the third scoring champion of his career!
This is definitely a very exciting achievement for Kobe.

His two previous scoring titles were won by a large number of shots.

There is no way, the team's lineup is too bad, there is no stable second scoring point, and he can only rely on him.

Now that the team has enough helpers, Kobe can concentrate on scoring. This scoring champion is even more precious to him.

Phil Jackson is like playing with building blocks, deploying different functional modules of the team on different players to achieve the balance he wants.

Jackson's coaching model is quite clever. He knows how to teach students according to their aptitude, how to stimulate the strengths of players, and finally knead everyone into a strong team, allowing superstars to lead role players to the championship podium.

Relying on this coaching model, Phil Jackson has won 11 championship rings. From 1990 to today for more than 20 years, he is the most successful coach.

His model has also been imitated by many strong teams, and his coaching ideas have also left a deep mark on the league.

For example, the two coaches of the Clippers opposite tonight, Tyronn Lue and Steve Kerr, are his former disciples.

Both of them were greatly influenced by Jackson in terms of team building and coaching philosophy.

But I have to say that the Clippers' team building ideas are completely different from those of the Lakers. They are a more modern team.

The Clippers have a deep imprint of Min Congda: a stable structure, local rookies, few veterans, unity and friendship, novel tactics, and are very obedient.

Some commentators even pointed out that the Clippers are not like an American team, but more like a European team, or even a Chinese team.

"I heard that in China's basketball team, the players are all trained by the local department, and they play there. There are very few transfers, and most of them stay and play in the local area for the rest of their lives. This is similar to the NBA's local draft strategy in the 50s. Now The Clippers are about to become like this, can you believe it? In the 2011-2012 season, the Los Angeles Clippers did not make any trades, not one trade, which may have set an NBA record."

The on-site commentator was right, the Clippers did not make a single deal this season.

The only thing they did was sign a few players on short 10-day contracts and come over for a tryout.

The main purpose is to let the scouting team have something to do, otherwise everyone will feel sorry for taking money when they are idle.

Such a stable team seems out of place in the NBA with an open market.

You must know that NBA teams are not only the management, but even the fans and owners. Many people have "trading addiction".

That is, no matter what the current situation of the team is, they are thinking of trading, hoping to maximize their strengths and avoid weaknesses, or for future considerations.

Although the facts often prove that most transactions are useless, and even prove to be failures in the long run.

But the teams are still keen to trade, and trade if there is nothing to do, even if they have some draft picks and cash for fun.

Of course, many of them are also for tax avoidance.

Min Congda didn't like it, so he didn't do anything.

And the Lakers, when the trade deadline was approaching, also brought in Gerald Wallace to make up for their "last shortcoming", which was considered by fans to be a sure deal for the Lakers to win the championship.

Judging from the performance of the first two rounds, Gerald Wallace did play a big role. After all, Artest and Grant Hill are relatively old.

Wallace's comprehensiveness made up for the lack of the Lakers' forward position after Lamar Odom left.

Therefore, in the playoffs, he successfully entered the Lakers starting lineup, Bynum, Wallace, Martin, Kobe and Paul.

The Clippers are still starting five, Gasol Jr., Randolph, George, Harden and Curry.

Gasol and Bynum jumped the ball in the middle circle, and the game between the two sides began.

(End of this chapter)