activa-t Chapter 962 This is business
Chapter 962 This is business
Chapter 962 This is business
In June, the Golden State Warriors waited for a golden rain.
They rose strongly in 2015 and lost to Wecha's 76ers for two consecutive years.
Finally, in 2017, it was no longer the mountain, but the Cleveland Cavaliers who made it out of the East.
This is also one of the biggest challenges Curry has encountered.
The second decade of the NBA in the 21st century belongs to Wei Xia and James.
Together, the two of them won six championships in the first seven years of the 10s.
Curry led the six-star Warriors in the finals, breaking the duo's monopoly on the O'Brien Cup.
After six games in the series, finally, the Larry O'Brien Cup is no longer surnamed Wei, nor is it surnamed James.
This team was established in 1949, from Philadelphia, to San Francisco and then to Golden State, 68 years have passed. I don’t know how many tears of the times have been shed in the past half century. The dreams of seven generations have been reflected in Curry’s generation.
Curry is the FMVP of this finals. When the final whistle sounded, the man who changed the game of basketball burst into tears.
For James, there has been nothing to be happy about this season.
They passed the level of the 76ers, but only when they came to the Warriors did they know what a remarkable thing the 76ers did last season.
How could this Warriors team be beaten?
As the season winds down, the Warriors have had to grapple with some tricky issues.
their cap space.
Curry's super maximum salary will be implemented from next season, plus the contracts of Green, Thompson and Gasol, these four people have firmly occupied 90% of the Warriors' space, and there is too little money left for them to reinforce.
Moreover, Iguodala, their best defensive player on the front line, is about to become a free agent. How to keep him and what price to keep him is a question worth thinking about.
Warriors are at their peak.
The so-called prosperity and decline, they only won one championship at the best stage, it can be said that it was luck.
These days, the Sixers have been working out the 76 draft class.
This draft is known as another draft year after 2014.
Moreover, this draft is far more than 2014 in terms of attention.
Because although 2014 was a big year, two of the top three kings of that year were foreigners, and this year's draft can be called a big year for the American draft.
The 76ers have an embarrassing pick, the 24th pick in the first round.
This season, their problem is still commonplace. They can't find a high-quality candidate to serve as the fourth position in the 41 system.
Mbah a Moute has done well, but not enough.
If Siakam's growth rate can be faster, it will be the optimal solution in the eyes of the 76ers uniform team.
Before the most suitable candidate appears, the 76ers still have to find a way to strengthen.
Known as the first draft of the year, it has attracted the attention of all parties.
Penny Fultz, Kiedball Jr., Wolffox Jr., Westbrook Jr. and Dennis Smith set the tone for this draft.
It's been a great year for a guard.
The last time a draft featured so many guards as hot picks was 2009.
In terms of talent, scouts have higher expectations for the players in the 17th class.
On the day of the draft, Wei Xia and Kobe OBed the whole process in front of the TV.
They don't care about the 76ers' choice, they are just very interested in the No. [-] pick.
Kobe's eyes have never been on these guards. He prefers Duke University's Jayson Tatum.
"His offensive ability is excellent." Kobe said sharply, "Whoever chooses him will definitely win the jackpot!"
As a result, the Celtics, who ranked first in the Eastern Conference last season, gave up the talented Fultz with the No. [-] pick and chose to trade down.
They traded down for the third pick and got Jayson Tatum.
Wei Xia doesn't particularly like this draft. If he has to say one, it's UCLA's Kidlonzo Ball Jr.His size is fascinating, the talent of passing the ball and the talent of instigating offense are visible to the naked eye.
But Wei Xia has doubts about his basic skills, and his big-mouthed father is really annoying.
Some people said at the beginning of the season that Ball's future achievements may be less than half of Wish's.
Ball's father, Laval, stood up and named DISS, which basically meant: "My son Lonzo has the appearance of becoming a god, what kind of eyes do you have compared to Wish? What kind of rotten fish and shrimp is that?"
After reading the top three picks, Kobe didn't waste time.
Wei Xia also lost interest.
He knows who the 76ers will choose. This year, like in previous years, he gave a reference suggestion.
But Sam Hinkie is a snobby guy, and he respects the way Vershaw looks at rookies.
Wei Xia is not a person who particularly values talent, he has his own set of standards.
And Hinkie's approach is to choose the best talent.
The 76ers only have the 24th overall pick. This position needs to be selected with talent, basically a rough guy with a low degree of completion.
The person they selected was OG Anunoby of Indiana State University.
A few days after the draft, Wei Xia's family welcomed a second child.
It's a girl. According to Wei Zile's procedure, this child also has two names.
Wei Xia didn't choose a name that was too complicated. He looked through the dictionary and chose a word for thinking.
Weiss reads very dryly, and it sounds a bit like "Wish" at first glance, so he chose the big method of duplication - Wei Sisi.
Elaine was having a hard time choosing. Mei Chen suggested "Olivia", which she said was the most popular female name.
Wei Xia tactfully expressed his disagreement, "Being popular means meeting many people with the same name in the future."
Following Wei Xia's words, Wei Mingliang rejected his wife's suggestion and gave his own suggestion: "How is Catherine?"
Catherine. It sounds good. No woman Wei Xia knows has this name, but female characters in various film and television dramas often appear as "Catherine", which sounds very inconsistent.
Wei Xia's elder brother Wei Qiu gave a very inappropriate suggestion: "Sabine, isn't this good? It sounds good and few people use it."
The expressions of Wei Xia and Wei Mingliang changed immediately.
And said in an unquestionable tone: "Don't even think about it!"
The name Sabine, if it is not good, is actually not bad, but people who can read Chinese can easily think of "stupid ratio", which is unacceptable to Wei Xia and Wei Mingliang.
Finally, Wei Chun's suggestion was adopted.
anna.
It's simple, and a bit mass, but this has to be done.
When Wei Sisi was just born, Wei Xia would find a way to come to the crib and watch her every day.
He rarely has free time.
This year is his rare holiday.
The season is over, and it ended very early. In addition to conducting business activities, Wei Xia maintains daily training.
Don't worry about the national team.
Just after the Olympic Games last year, China won the right to host the 2019 Basketball World Cup long before last year.The next World Series will be at home, which means that in the next few years, the national team will not have important competition tasks. The main thing to do is to use these years of training to select useful talents for the national team.
Since the national team is going to train, core players like Wei Xia are also aging veterans, so naturally they can't "hinder" the performance of young people.
That is to say, in the next three years, until the summer of 2019, Wei Xia will not have to accept the call-up of the national team.
This is a good thing. His body needs to rest. The Basketball World Cup three years later may be his last dance in the national team. After all, he will be 35 years old by then, which is the age to consider retirement.
In July, the Warriors staged an unprecedented parade in Golden State.
The first championship in team history in more than 60 years can't be overstated.
It's just that what they will face next is the dilemma of a large number of rotation players whose contracts expire but are unable to stay.
For example, Andre Iguodala.
He is the hero of the Warriors. In order to give way to young people, he was willing to play the sixth man. He achieved 74 wins for the Seven-Star Warriors and helped the Six-Star Warriors realize their championship dream.
Now that the contract expires, the Warriors can't even offer him a compensatory contract extension.
At the same time, many players of the 76ers became free agents.
Brandon Jennings, Seth Curry and most notably Gordon Hayward.
Hayward's agent said he had recovered from a broken ankle and asked the 76ers for a four-year, $4 million maximum salary.
Emotionally speaking, Hayward is the 76ers' own child who was single-handedly selected into the team, and he has made three achievements. He will hang his jersey in the Fuguo Center in the future.However, it is impossible for the management to offer this contract because of old feelings.
Hayward's situation reminded Wei Xia of himself in 2008.
At the beginning, he was also recovering from a serious injury, but the team didn't believe in his recovery ability, so they let him come to Philadelphia.
Hayward is on his way again, but he can't comment too much on that either.
It was also from this moment that he more or less understood all the events of the year from the perspective of the Bass family.
On the surface, the Lakers want to ensure the health of their salary space, but in fact they don't trust Wei Xia to recover from the ACL tear.After all, it was an injury known as a superstar killer.
One of the deeper reasons is that the Bass family, headed by Jenny Bass and old Bass, did not think that he could become the lord of Angel City like Kobe.
As a result, his contribution to the Lakers, those three years of hard work, just like what Hinkie did to Hayward at this moment, all became bubbles and phantoms.
Understandable on a practical level, never forgiven on an emotional level.
Hayward chose the Charlotte Hornets. Boss Joe never blinked when he sent high-risk contracts. Seeing that Hayward's contract extension was unfavorable, he directly handed over a 4-year 1.2 million fat contract.
Hayward signed the contract happily and said: "I will prove myself, I feel very good now, and I can't wait for the new season to start soon!"
Wei Xia really understood that in July 2009, he had this warm heart.
Hoping for the season to start tomorrow and then making those self-deprecating assholes realize how wrong they were.
He sincerely hopes that Hayward can make everyone regret like him, especially Hinkie.
Most people can understand Hinkie's approach. He can't bet the team's future on Hayward, especially as the 76ers are a championship team, their healthy salary space determines their signings.
Before Hayward left, Versia and Cousins went to his house for dinner.
"I understand it's all business," he said optimistically.
Yes, all the players who were traded by their parent team said that, with a frank tone and a natural expression, and when they played against each other next season, he would definitely take it seriously with the murderous intent to kill Hinkie's family.Definitely.
(End of this chapter)