hotmtlnovel Chapter 587 Antetokounmpo
Chapter 587 Antetokounmpo
Chapter 587 Antetokounmpo
After more than a month and a three-round series, the NBA finally became a game between two teams.
Those eliminated teams started preparing for the next season early.
Before the end of the conference finals, the NBA held its annual draft lottery to lay hope for the future of the NBA.
The 13 draft is recognized as a small year, but whether it is a small year or not still needs time to verify.
For example, before the 09 draft, it was also considered a small year. As a result, Curry, Harden, Griffin, and the Raptors DeRozan and others all became talented.
Curry has grown into a league superstar, the pioneer of a new generation of play, and the new idol of many young fans.
Therefore, the teams are still doing their best to deal with this year's draft. After all, whether they can turn around or not depends on one lottery in many cases.
In private, the team general manager, scouts, agents, sponsors, and the family members of the players are even more frantic.
Building up momentum, looking for people, and negotiating conditions is similar to graduates looking for a job. Although it is an open recruitment, in fact, there are many people with sophistication behind it.
After all, it is tens of millions of dollars. In the future, it is possible to lead to a big business with a contract of hundreds of millions of dollars, which is different from ordinary recruitment.
Needless to say, players, being able to step into the league, even if they are not famous in the future, is a step that can change their destiny.
An annual income ranging from several million to hundreds of thousands of dollars is a huge sum of money for many people and families.
How many players from the slums are just waiting to be selected, get millions of annual salary, let their mothers, relatives and friends who have worked so hard to raise them live a good life, and by the way, let that dead ghost dad who doesn't even know what he looks like, look Regret going while watching TV.
And the agent who is attached to the player lives directly on the commission of the contract ratio, and naturally hopes that the player will be selected as high as possible.
Therefore, the agent spared no effort to promote the players in his hands, called the managers of each team, invited them to try out training, asked the media to write articles to build momentum, and participated in various training camp activities.
But for managers and scouts, they have to keep the fake and keep the real, and discover the real thing and the future through these complicated appearances.
The two sides are always engaged in a game of confrontation and cooperation.
During this time, Min Congda was worrying about the Western Conference Finals.
On the other hand, after arriving at the office every day, the phone on the desk rang continuously.
The general managers of each team kept calling Min Congda, wanting to hear his opinions on the draft.
After all, in the past few years, Min Congda's draft picks can no longer be described as successful, they are simply cheating.
Several operations related to the rookie were a stroke of genius, successfully turning the Clippers into an unsinkable warship.
Some media and magazines have reviewed the drafts and rookie trades in the past five years, and Min Congda's operations are all among the best, all of which are divine operations.
When Min Congda saw this article in Sports Illustrated, he threw the magazine away and told Ada not to subscribe to Sports Illustrated in the future.
This sports magazine with a long history in the United States originally wanted to promote the relationship between the magazine and the Clippers by touting Min Congda.
Unexpectedly, the relationship between the two parties was directly broken.
Min Congda is not concerned about the Clippers' draft affairs, but he is quite concerned about other teams.
He asked the scouting team to send him the status of this year's rookies.
Olshey felt rather strange. Didn't Mr. Smart say that he didn't care about the draft?Secondly, the Clippers didn't have a good signing this year. They were traded in the first and second rounds, and they didn't have a share in the draft.
Min Congda explained: "It is precisely because we do not have our share that I have to pay attention to it seriously. This is called knowing ourselves and our enemies. Do you understand? These young people in the future will all be our opponents, so we need to study it early!"
What Min Congda said was awe-inspiring, and of course Ol'Shea couldn't disobey him. The Clippers' scouting team continued to send first-hand information to Min Congda.
Min Congda started working overtime like never before!
In the four years since he came to the Clippers, it is not easy for Min Congda to arrive at the office on time every morning, not to mention working overtime.
Generally speaking, after having lunch in the training center, his work for today is considered complete, so he can do whatever he likes to do in the afternoon.
There is no such thing as fishing and meeting. There will never be a meeting. If there is anything to say, just talk about it.
What's the point of a group of people getting together to blah blah?In addition to venting and communicating, there is often not much benefit in promoting things.
In the end, Min Congda said, do this, do that.
Besides, for the Clippers team, doing more is worse than doing less, and doing less is worse than not doing it.
The team's performance improved, the championship fell, and the business came on its own.
Having nothing to do every day, holding meetings and working overtime will affect the enthusiasm of employees.
As a result, with such a good working atmosphere and culture, Min Congda made an exception and started working overtime.
"Ada, you go back first, I still have some information to read."
Min Congda asked Ada to go home first in the office, and Ada was stunned.
"Mr. Smart, you...are you going to work overtime?"
"Ah? Yes, I have to work overtime. Anyway, I will watch it when I go home. Why don't you watch it here. Oh, if you are free, bring me a bento."
"Okay... okay, no problem."
Ada went to buy lunch for Min Congda, and she suddenly remembered that at Min Congda's house, the two frantically looked up various materials, watched videotapes, read tactical reports, and looked through old basketball books in order to find a suitable offensive tactic for the Clippers. .
Ada suddenly understood that in fact, Min Congda only seemed to be relaxed. In private, he has always been a very hardworking person.
His relaxation is just to let everyone work easily and happily, and he doesn't want to put pressure on everyone.
Isn't that how he treats players?He laughed when he lost, but kept a straight face when he won.
The Clippers employees also knew that Mr. Smart worked overtime in the office and did not leave.
The big guys were surprised, and they all stayed at their workstations. Those who worked on data worked on data, and those who did ticketing made phone calls.
Min Congda didn't realize this at all. He ate the dinner bought by Ada, watched the player data and videos sent to him by the scouts, and predicted their strength and potential.
To be honest, this is Min Congda's weakness. Although he is very talented in basketball, just like Jordan, when God opens a door for you, he also closes a window.
He was really inaccurate in judging people, if he had been accurate, he wouldn't have ended up where he is today.
But to see whether the players are accurate or not, in addition to talent and feeling, it also requires experience accumulation.
Min Congda has been in the league for four years at least, and he has come into contact with the world's top basketball players, as well as the best basketball management and coaching teams.
The rats could become smart after listening to the sutras in front of the Buddha, not to mention Min Congda's talent is so high, if he puts his heart into it, his ability to recognize people will definitely become stronger and stronger.
From four o'clock in the afternoon, Min Congda read the materials until nine o'clock in the evening, five hours, which can be called a waste of sleep and food.
After seeing the level and ability of this year's rookies, Min Congda shook his head, thinking: "Damn, this year is really young. From the beginning to the end, there is not a single outstanding character. Why don't you let me travel through the world?" How about completing the task this year? It's... It's really not easy to pick a player who can become a star."
Min Congda was very angry. After all, the Clippers didn't have room to play in this year's draft. Why are there all crooked melons and cracked dates to participate in the election?
Min Congda went through all the people in the data, including some corner players that no one pays attention to.
The Clippers' scouting team has already numbered and marked them in advance. There is a high probability that these people will not be selected, but it is not ruled out that there are some hidden gems among them.
Especially the European players in it. Before the Spurs selected Parker and Ginobili, they took advantage of the fact that other teams did not understand European and South American players, stealing chickens and using low picks to select suitable talents.
Therefore, Min Congda paid special attention to European players. He took a look, and a player with a long name called "Giannis Antetokounmpo" with a strange name caught his attention.
Judging from the data, this player is mediocre in all aspects. Except for some special height and wingspan, judging from the only photo of him playing, he doesn't look like a serious athlete. He feels too thin and weak.
But Min Congda had suffered a loss before, and it was a huge loss, which directly made his mission career fall into today's field.
He had just come to the Clippers at the time and was choosing a new No. [-] pick. Seeing that Curry was thin and small in the data, he looked like a primary school student, so he chose him without hesitation.
The results of it?It's ruined, they all won the championship, and Curry is running towards MVP-level players, and he can't stop him.
This kid has three-point accuracy, top-notch skills, and a simple life, self-discipline, playing basketball with all his heart. He is a rare basketball wizard.
Therefore, Min Congda did not dare to make a conclusion based on a single photo. Looking at this kind of light, he felt that "this person can play ball, but this person doesn't seem to be able to play ball" is really inaccurate.
This NBA scout is not just a looker, some players are indeed born with superstar looks, but in the end they are not superstars, just ordinary players, such as OJ Mayo.
And some players look like migrant workers, rusty and wretched, but they play really badly. The typical one is Kevin Durant.
It's just that there is really little relevant information about Antetokounmpo. Min Congda feels that more information is needed to understand this player from Greece.
So Min Congda got up, picked up the phone and called Olshey, asking him to come to the office.
Of course, Olshey didn't dare to leave work. For the first time in four years, Mr. Smart worked overtime. Who would dare to leave?
Olshey came, and later, Min Congda said: "There is too little information on this player named Giannis Antetokounmpo. Take some time to get to know him well. Before the draft lottery, I want to know more about him. Case."
Olshey nodded and said, "Uh...Mr. Smart, do you still want to stay and work overtime?"
Min Congda said: "I... I'll watch it for a while, the day of the lottery is coming, I want... er, I want to know myself and my enemy."
Min Congda originally wanted to say that he wanted to give advice to the team managers, but he changed his mind when he thought it was not good to say so.
Olshey said, "Then...then, can the employees leave?"
Min Congda was taken aback, and said, "Employees? Why, you haven't left yet? Haven't gotten off work yet?"
Olshe said: "Yes, it's rare for you to work overtime this year, so everyone will stay and work overtime with you."
Min Congda slapped the table and said angrily: "What's going on? How can you work overtime casually? How can the good working atmosphere and culture established by the company be easily broken! Get off work, let everyone get off work!"
With that said, Min Congda left the office, from the third floor to the second floor to the first floor, and rushed all the people who hadn't left to get off work.
While telling everyone to get off work, Min Congda also said: "Working overtime is not allowed in the Los Angeles Clippers! Of course, I don't want to pay you overtime pay, but overtime is for the eight-hour work system. A kind of disrespect! Moreover, work is not the whole of life, you don’t want to accompany your family? You don’t want to be with your lover and children? Just for the sake of me as the general manager, I will work overtime together and never leave. This situation must never happen again! "
"By the way, overtime pay can't be less. Everyone remember to report their overtime hours to the accountant tomorrow and settle the overtime payment."
After such a rush, the Clippers headquarters at the Staples Center was finally emptied, and Min Congda also left and went home.
He thought to himself, if there is something to watch at work in the future, he should take it home and read it, but he can't work overtime on the team.
Once this bad atmosphere starts, what can happen.
The Clippers are already thriving, and if they work overtime, they are still not fully fired.
No, absolutely not!
After eliminating the risk of overtime, the NBA's lottery ceremony quickly came to fruition.
Surprisingly, the Houston Rockets were very lucky to get the No. [-] pick this year!
This is the sixth time in the history of the Rockets to win the No. [-] pick. With this No. [-] pick, the Rockets, together with the Washington Wizards, have become the team with the most No. [-] picks in NBA history.
And compared with the Wizards, the Rockets' top picks are all well-known, like Hayes, Lucas, Sampson, Olajuwon, Yao Ming.
Although only two championships were won, these players have left a lot in NBA history and are worthy of writing.
In comparison, several champions of the Wizards were too early and unknown. The more famous ones are like Walter Bellamy. He is most famous for being severely taught by Chamberlain.
There are also parallel import champions like Kwame Brown, who leave their names and leave their reputations.
The probability of the Rockets' No. [-] lottery is still quite low. After winning it, Darryl Morey's fat face burst into smiles.
Of course, he immediately became worried. The Rockets' high draft level has not been used very much.
Morey himself is not a player, and he is engaged in statistics, and lacks the inspiration that players have.
He contacted Min Congda before, hoping that Min Congda could help out in the draft and come up with ideas.
Min Congda saw that the Rockets actually got a high-ranking lottery?This is my chance to help!
He immediately called and reached Morey. At this moment, Morey's phone calls were non-stop. Some wanted to seek a deal, and some wanted to contact him for trial training. They were very busy.
Seeing that it was Min Congda's call, Morey immediately asked, "Smart, how about trading Harden for the No. [-] lottery?"
Min Congda was taken aback, thinking that I'm here to give you advice, do you want to give me warmth?There is no way, I don't want the number one lottery.
Although it feels like this year is a small year, what if there is another Curry?
Besides, trading Harden, he really has to weigh it up. When the time comes, his mother will come to the door, but it will be fatal.
"Cough, let's forget about the trade. Darryl, didn't you ask me to recommend you a rookie? You pay attention, a Greek player named Antetokounmpo, he may be a very good No. [-] pick."
"What name? Adet what? Adetto, Konbo Greek?"
"That's right, Adetto, Kun, Bo! Kun! Kun!"
(End of this chapter)