stadium ambition

Chapter 95

The small meet and greet was very successful. Su Yanghao's declaration directly drove the Clippers fans into a state of madness. One of the young fans was so excited that he fainted, so that he accidentally exposed the Griffin jersey he was wearing under his T-shirt.

Leaving the media area, Su Yang went straight to the CCTV5 interview area to meet the domestic team who had been waiting for a long time.

Teacher Zhang Lili was very excited. When he caught him, he boasted a lot, and conveyed the congratulations from Yao Ming and Ah Lian, as well as the congratulations from domestic leaders. When Zheng Xiang urged the interview time to seriously exceed the standard, he didn't even ask a serious question. .

Su Yang emphasized that it doesn't matter, his family will give more time and let others wait first.Teacher Zhang Lili calmed down and began to ask questions according to the procedure. He also answered in an official way. The cooperation was very tacit, and the interview task was completed in a blink of an eye.

I've been busy, I thought I've done all the interviews, but TNT sent me an invitation.

Su Yang chatted with Barkley again about his promise to bring the Clippers into the playoffs.Barkley may be trying to increase the effect, betting that he can't do it, and if he can, he will wear a Clippers jersey to watch the game live.

He decisively accepted the bet, and the price of failure was that he could only watch TNT live basketball games for the next year.

At the end of Lianmai, Su Yang returned to the arena. The draft was still going on. It happened that Hashim Thabeet was selected by the Mavericks with the 24th pick in the first round. Looking at the results of the previous selection, except for the Grizzlies who chose Gerry Fern, nothing else has changed.

Thabeet's 24th pick can be described as a serious decline, but considering that he was predicted to be more than 20 picks last year, it is normal.

The Grizzlies fans were very happy. Su Yang happened to see one of them being interviewed.

The Grizzlies fan said that after getting Griffin, there is no need to trade for Randolph to build a twin-tower system. The average age of the team is younger and the future potential is full. It will definitely reach the playoffs ahead of the Clippers.

Randolph was traded to the Knicks by the Trail Blazers before, but he caused troubles on and off the court, which made the Knicks decide to send him away halfway. Cut Hu.

Since the Clippers won the No. [-] pick and it was reported that Dunleavy insisted on choosing Griffin, there was news that the Clippers would send Randolph away to provide Griffin with the space. The Grizzlies took the initiative to contact and still wanted to Get Randolph.

As a result, it still didn't work out, but Griffin was accidentally obtained, which seemed to be a perfect replacement.

Su Yang slightly envisioned Griffin holding the ball in the low position and digging hard, which seems quite suitable, but he doesn’t know if Griffin’s flamboyant character can accept Hollins’ slow-paced tactics, and the ball will be played every round. Lead to lead to go.

The key point is that the Grizzlies still have to focus on tough defense, and Griffin's awareness of assisting defense does not know whether he can develop it.

It's boring to think too much. Taking advantage of nothing else for the time being, Su Yang began to reply to the classmates and teammates who sent congratulations, and then called Coach David and Coach Johnny to talk for a long time, and finally replied to Kobe and LeBron to express his thanks.

Schwartz also came to the meeting after finishing his work arrangements, saying that there were still a few important media interviews to attend, and then excitedly started gossip, the content was about the inside story about Dunleavy's sudden dismissal from various sources.

"It still has to start from your interview in the afternoon..."

"Your interview made many people believe that you have no chance for the top three picks. Kings owner Calvin Marouf immediately announced in the team that he will definitely use the fourth pick to select you. The news quickly spread through their own revelations..."

"Then the phone at their ticket office was buzzing. In less than half an hour, all their season tickets for the new season were sold out, as many as 1000 additional sets were snapped up, and a large number of sponsors took the initiative to call and contact..."

"There are not only Chinese companies, but also many American companies, including KFC..."

"The matter was settled in this way, but another owner of the Kings, Joe Maloof, actually showed off in the circle of NBA owners, and the owner of the Clippers, Sterling, was extremely jealous. He felt that he was deceived by Dunleavy and the marketing department, so..."

Su Yang was dumbfounded. If these claims are true, then Sterling is more ruthless than he imagined. No wonder he was able to forcibly move the team to Los Angeles to share the home court with the Lakers. Leading many owners against Stern is also considered normal.

"I said why he was eager to discuss with me about various matters of the new season. It turned out that he made a lot of money..."

"Yes, seeing that you were selected by the Clippers, those sponsors turned around and contacted the Clippers." Schwartz laughed. "Season ticket sales for the Clippers have also soared. Sterling wants to take the opportunity to increase the price and is arguing with the sales department..."

"This boss really doesn't worry about it for a moment." Su Yang recalled what Stephen Smith said. If the Clippers raise the season ticket sales price at this time, they will undoubtedly be riding on the heads of the fans. Why do they have to wait until the Summer League game? finish it.

After chatting for a while, the first round of draft picks were all over.

Following the guidance of the staff, Su Yang walked to the main stage to participate in the group photo of the first round rookies of the 09 session.He and Curry stood on both sides of Stern, one on the left and one on the right, and at the same time put their hands on the basketball, smiling at the camera to complete the shooting.

The second round of the draft was held immediately, but the Clippers had neither draft picks nor initiated a transaction. All work had been completed. After accepting two media interviews, Su Yang went to the Clippers draft war room in the backstage area.

For his appearance, Hiner led the applause and asked him if he needed to speak to Sterling.

Su Yang decided to continue to leave Sterling alone. He just discussed with the team management how to hold a press conference when he returned to Los Angeles the day after tomorrow, and then he had to leave the contact information of teammates who still have contracts. He planned to start an internal player discussion group first. Group.

He was the first to call Gordon, thanking the Nike Challenge again, and the other party reminded himself that someone would not pass the ball.

Gordon didn't have much reaction. He simply welcomed him to join the Clippers and asked the training camp meeting to come to a heads-up first.

Su Yang called Davis again, expressing that he couldn't wait to join forces, but Davis said that there would definitely be a deal, because the two had conflicting positions, and both of them were unwilling to play as substitutes, anyway. No chance to join forces.

Su Yang did not dare to make a promise. He only said that the head coach of the team has not yet been determined, but the tactics will definitely change. Fast-paced offense is entirely possible. It is not even a dream for three defenders to start at the same time. In short, everything can be discussed.

He finally called Jordan and praised Jordan as an All-Star, the best defensive player in the future, and he can also take care of the important task of scoring at the same time. Last year's draft fell to the second round because of those stupid teams. They will definitely help him complete his transformation. .

Little Qiaodan almost cried, and thanked Su Yang for his approval repeatedly, expressing that he would obey the command.

He issued the first challenge to Jordan on the spot, which was to change his free throw posture, give up the parallel position of his feet, and change to a front-to-back position, narrow the distance between his feet, and stabilize his body balance. question.

This double improvement of posture and psychology is very interesting to Jordan, promising to improve his free throw percentage.

As for Kaman and other teammates, Su Yang does not want to contact them for the time being. First, his identity and personality are not suitable. Second, the team has not yet determined a new tactical system. He does not know how to communicate with them. The most urgent task is to find a new head coach.

In addition, the summer free market is about to open, and we must hurry up to grab people.
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PS: If you have suggestions for team formation, please let me know in the comments, especially role players.

(End of this chapter)