Chapter 973 This is business(1/2)
In June, the Golden State Warriors waited for a golden rain.
They rose strongly in 2015 and lost to Wei Xia's 76ers for two consecutive years.
Finally, in 2017, the one who broke out into the east was no longer the mountain, but the Cleveland Cavaliers.
This is also one of the biggest challenges Curry encountered.
The second decade of the NBA in the 21st century belonged to Weisha and James.
Together, they won six championships in the first seven years of the 1920s.
Curry brought the six-star Warriors in the finals to break the two's monopoly on the O'Brien Cup.
After six games in the series, Larry O'Brien's name is no longer Wei's name or James's name is no longer.
This team, founded in 1949, has gone from Philadelphia, to San Francisco and then to Golden State. 68 years have passed. I don’t know how many times the tears of the past half century have shed. The dreams of seven generations have shone into reality in Curry’s generation.
Curry is the FMVP of this finals. When the final whistle sounded, this man who changed the basketball game shed tears on the court.
For James, there is nothing to be happy about this season.
They passed the 76ers level, but only when they came to the Warriors did they know how amazing the 76ers did last season.
How could this Warriors be defeated?
With the end of the season, the Warriors have to deal with some tough problems.
Their salary space.
Curry's super maximum salary will be executed next season, and with the contracts of Green, Thompson and Gasol, these four people have firmly occupied 90% of the Warriors' space, leaving them with too little money to strengthen.
Moreover, Iguodala, the best player on the front line, is about to become a free agent. How to keep him and how much price to keep him is a question worth thinking about.
The warriors have reached their peak.
As the saying goes, when they are prosperous and declining, they only win one championship at the best stage, which can be said to be time and luck.
These days, the 76ers have been trying out the 2017 fresh rookie.
This draft is known as another draft year after 2014.
Moreover, this draft is far more attention than in 2014.
Although 2014 was a big year, two of the three kings of the year were foreigners, and this year's draft can be called the big year of the American local draft.
The 76ers' signing position is quite embarrassing, and it is the 24th pick in the first round.
This season, their problems are still cliché, and they can't find high-quality candidates to serve as the No. 4 position in the 41 system.
Bamot has done a good job, but not enough.
If Siakam's growth rate can be faster, it will be the best solution in the eyes of the 76ers uniform group.
Before the most suitable candidate appears, the 76ers still need to find ways to strengthen.
It is known as the first draft of the New Year, which has attracted attention from all parties.
Pence Fultz, Kidbawreck Jr., Walfox Jr., Westbrook Dennis Smith Jr. set the main theme for this draft.
This is a year of guards.
The last time many defenders became popular rookies was in 2009.
In terms of talent, scouts have higher expectations for 17 players.
On the day of the draft, Wei Xia and Kobe obeyed the whole time in front of the TV.
They don't care about the choice of the 76ers, but are very interested in the choice of the top scorer.
Kobe never has his eyes on these defenders. He prefers Duke University's Jason Tatum.
"His offensive ability is very outstanding." 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. 1 pick and chose to trade downwards.
They used the third pick to trade down and got Jason Tatum.
Wei Xia doesn't particularly like this draft. If you insist on one, it is UCLa's Kidrenzo Ball. His size is fascinating, and his talent for passing and his talent for initiating offense are powerful enough to be seen by the naked eye.
But Wei Xia had doubts about his basic skills, and his big-mouthed father was really annoying.
At the beginning of the season, some people said that Ball's future achievements may be less than half of wish.
Ball's father Laval stood up and called the person diss, basically meaning: "My son Lonzo is a god-like figure. What kind of eyes are you trying to compare with wish? What kind of smelly fish and rotten shrimp?"
After reading the choice of the top three picks, Kobe won't waste his time.
Wei Xia was no longer interested.
He knew who the 76ers would choose. This year, like in previous years, he gave a reference suggestion.
But Sam Hinki is a snobbish guy who respects Waysha's way of observing rookies.
Wei Xia is not a person who values talent in particular. He has his own standards.
And Hinki's approach is to choose the one with the best talent.
The 76ers only have 24th picks. You have to choose a talented person in this position, basically the rough guy with very low completion.
The person they selected was OG Anunobi of Indiana State University.
A few days after the draft, Wei Xia's family welcomed her second child.
It's a girl. According to Wei Zile's program, this child also has two names.
Wei Xia did not take a very complicated name. He flipped through the dictionary and chose the word "Si".
Wei Si read it very hard, and it sounded a bit like "wish" at first glance, so he chose the method of replicating words - Wei Sisi.
Elaine had a little difficulty in making a choice, and Mei Chen proposed "Olivia", she said that this was the most popular female name.
Wei Xia tactfully expressed disagreement, "Popularity means that you will meet many people with the same name in the future."
Wei Mingliang followed Wei Xia's words and vetoed his wife's suggestions and gave his own suggestions: "How is Catherine?"
Catherine...It sounds good. No woman Wei Xia knows called this name, but the female characters in various film and television dramas often appear as "Catherine", which sounds very inconsistent.
Wei Xia's brother Wei Qiu gave a very inappropriate suggestion: "Sabine, is this good? It sounds nice and rarely used by people."
Wei Xia and Wei Mingliang's faces immediately changed.
And he said in an unquestionable tone: "Don't even think about it!"
If you can't say the name sabine, there is nothing wrong with it, but people who know Chinese can easily think of "stupid" when reading this name, which is unacceptable to Wei Xia and Wei Mingliang.
Finally, Wei Chun's suggestion was adopted.
Anna.
It's very simple and a bit popular, but this matter must be settled.
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 time to relax.
This year is his rare holiday.
The season ended and it ended very early. Wei Xia was not only engaged in business activities, but also maintained daily training.
There is no need to worry about the national team.
Just finished the Olympics last year, China won the hosting rights of the 2019 World Cup in Basketball as early as last year. The next World Championship will be at home, which means that the national team will not have important game tasks in the next few years. The main thing to do is to use the training in the past few years to select useful talents for the national team.
Since the national team is going to train, core players like Wei Xia, who are older veterans, naturally cannot "hinder" young people's performance.
That is to say, in the next three years, until the summer of 2019, Wei Xia will not have to accept the call from the national team.
This is a good thing. His body needs rest. The World Cup in the Basketball Team three years later may be his last dance in the national team. After all, he will be 35 years old by then, so he will have to consider the age of retirement.
In July, the Warriors held an unprecedented parade in Golden State.
The first championship in the team history in more than 60 years is not an exaggeration to make the noise.
But what they have to face next is the dilemma of a large number of rotation players' contracts expire but are unable to leave behind.
For example, Andre Iguodala.
He is the Warriors' meritorious service. In order to give way to young people, he was willing to play the sixth man, achieving 74 wins of the Seven-Star Warriors and helping the Six-Star Warriors realize their dream of winning.
Now that the contract has expired, the Warriors cannot even issue him a compensatory contract extension.
At the same time, many players of the 76ers became free.
Brandon Jennings, Seth Curry and the most popular Gordon Hayward.
Hayward's agent said he had recovered from an ankle fracture and asked the 76ers for a maximum salary of 150 million yuan in four years.
In terms of relationships, Hayward is his own child who has won the team by 76ers and has made three championships. It is a foregone conclusion to hang a jersey at the Fuquo Center in the future. However, the management cannot issue this contract just because of the old love.
Hayward's situation reminded Wei Xia of herself in 2008.
He was also recovering from a serious injury at the beginning, but the team did not believe in their recovery ability, so they let him come to Philadelphia.
Hayward is retracing his path, but he can't comment too much.
To be continued...