rpbooks Chapter 171 The Eve of the Draft
Chapter 171 The Eve of the Draft
Chapter 171 The Eve of the Draft
On May 2016, 5, the NBA lottery draw was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
For a team that did not make the playoffs this season, a good pick may change the team's fortunes.
This year's lottery draw is very interesting.
The first is the Los Angeles Lakers. Whether the Lakers can keep the draft pick is the most concerned thing for many people who eat melons.
If the Lakers can't keep the top three picks in the lottery, their pick will go to the 76ers.This is undoubtedly a huge blow to the Lakers who are aiming to rebuild.Therefore, after Kobe left, whether the Lakers can take a solid first step in rebuilding, this lottery draw is crucial.
Secondly, whether the 76ers can get the No. [-] pick this year is also a concern.
You know, the 76ers' performance has been going on for several years.What makes people ironic is that they always miss the number one lottery.The record of the 76ers this season is at the bottom of the league. I don't know if they can get the No. [-] pick this time.
In this year's lottery draw, there is another very incredible thing.As a playoff team in the East, the Celtics have great hopes of getting the top three picks.This is all thanks to the generosity of the Nets.And what draft pick they can finally get will be something that many opponents will pay attention to.
Except that An Luo actually hopes that the Lakers can get the top three picks, and then he will have a chance to stay in Los Angeles.But Bill Duffy told An Luo two days ago that the Lakers are more optimistic about Brandon Ingram.Ingram, known as "Little Durant", is still more optimistic than "Little Curry" An Luo.
In the end, the 76ers finally got the favor of God and won the No. [-] lottery.The Lakers won the second pick and kept their draft pick.The No. [-] pick fell into the hands of the Celtics, which made many NBA teams envious.
The following is as follows: No. 11 Suns, No. 12 Timberwolves, No. 13 Pelicans, No. 14 Nuggets, No. [-] Kings, No. [-] Raptors, No. [-] Bucks, No. [-] Magic, NO.[-] signed the Jazz, NO.[-] signed the Suns, and NO.[-] signed the Bulls.The rest of the teams are drafted in order of regular season record.
The 2016 draft will be held on June 6 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.There is still more than a month, and each team will invite their favorite players to try out.Of course, most teams will focus on the two weeks before the draft before starting to invite players to try out intensively.
This period of time is precious, and it is related to whether the players can make their dreams come true.
An Luo still keeps training. In this draft battle, what he has to do is to adjust his state, maintain it to the best level, and be ready at any time.
More things are done by Bill Duffy.He is responsible for actively communicating with the teams that invite An Luo for trial training, and then fully understands the expectations of both An Luo and the team, so as to select the team and arrange the trial training schedule.It also includes travel, accommodation and other related matters.
There may be thousands of uncontrollable factors in the matter of the draft, but as long as there is a problem, he must deal with it.As a responsible professional agent, you must seek the best interests for your players.
In fact, for a popular player in the draft like An Luo, the pick-up point is not wide.Every year, those hot players don't have too many teams to invite to tryouts, and they don't go to all of them themselves.
An Luo's situation is a bit complicated.Judging from his performance in the NCAA this season, he is definitely a strong contender for the No. [-] pick.But as the draft got closer, the situation became a little less optimistic.
The 76ers have already confirmed that they will select Ben Simmons!The talent of this guy is just too good.The long-awaited "Little Durant" Brandon Ingram of the Lakers also basically reached a consensus with the team.Even if Durant lost to Curry this year, no one would refuse a player of his type.The Celtics don't know for sure, but are said to be more interested in Jaylen Brown of Berkeley, California.
It can also be seen from the trial training schedule arranged by Bill Duffy that An Luo's draft market is not as good as expected.After repeated discussions with An Luo himself, they booked An Luo's pick in the range of 7th to 10th.Therefore, they participated in the trial training of the Pelicans, Nuggets, Kings, Raptors, Bucks, Magic and Thunder.
The first few players all have a lottery that can choose An Luo, but for the Thunder, An Luo just takes it easy.If his senior brother Westbrook hadn't invited him personally, he would definitely not have gone.After all, the opponent has only one second-round pick this year, which is relatively late.An Luo will definitely not fall into the second round.
The content of the trial training and the physical test are indispensable.Although the joint trial training has released the data, each team will test it again by itself.Physical fitness and fitness will also be tested.Especially the health status, after all, this is the most basic guarantee for whether a player can fulfill his talent.After all this is over, the main event will come.
Actual trial training is the main way for team executives to closely observe whether a player is suitable for their team system.
Teams generally find players in the same position to compete directly.Heavenly confrontation to observe the players' basic skills, skills, ball handling, shooting ability or offensive footwork, defensive awareness and ability, etc.Some teams will directly group the players into a confrontation match, which depends on the players' tactical execution ability, overall situation view and so on.
In addition to these, each team will arrange some simple psychological tests to observe the character and intelligence of the players.The most interesting thing is the final comprehensive interview. The team will arrange for the general manager, head coach and some other high-level officials to participate.The interview methods are also different, and sometimes they are even very casual. For example, in Oklahoma, Anlu is useless and feels like an interview.Some of the interviewers in the room had to sit, some stood, and asked An Luo some questions very casually.
By the time An Luo returned to Los Angeles, the draft was approaching.
No team has said categorically that it will use its pick to select An Luo.As a Chinese defender, in this circle, it is like a rough stone, and it is too risky for everyone who gambles on stones.
But Bill Duffy told An Luo that everything would not exceed expectations.After all, in this trial training trip, An Luo performed very well.Even at the same time, he exposed his shortcomings to the eyes of those professionals, but the flaws did not hide their strengths.Every young player has flaws.
On June 6, An Luo, accompanied by his parents, Bill Duffy and others, went to Brooklyn.Whether you can realize the dream you once thought was a fantasy depends on tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)