Before the East-West Finals began, the three best teams of this year were announced.

All awards will be announced in the second round of previous years, but this year's time is too tight.

For a while, Kidd, Iverson, Malone, Duncan and Mourning joined hands to be selected.

In the second team, Tim Hardaway, Anfini Hardaway, Grant Hill, Chris Webber and O'Neal were selected together.

In terms of the three formations, Stockton, Payton, Antonio McDyce, Garnett, and David Robinson were selected together.

Many people are regretting the Suns. If Gugliotta is replaced by Antonio McDyce, Kidd is paired with Antonio McDyce's double-player pick-and-roll protection, and Luke Longley's franchise protection, the Suns may not be penetrated by Nash and Rashid Wallace's pick-and-roll attacks.

On the one hand, Kidd, Payton, Duncan, Malone and Mourning joined hands to be selected.

In terms of second defense, Muqi Brecklelo, Eddie Jones, PJ Brown, Ratliff and Mutombo were selected together.

Mourning became the first double-team center after Olajuwon and David Robinson. It was really surprising before the end of this season, but this double-team was hit by the black eight...

In terms of the All-Rookie Team, Bibby, Carter, Pierce, Jamison, and Wang Zhizhi were selected for the first team, Jason Williams, Mobri, Matt Hapril, Michael Doriak, and Michael Olovokandy were selected for the second team.

Olovo Kandi is indeed watery, but it is not that bad in fact. If a high school student meets the destined person in the future, Olovo Kandi will be saved.

The main reason is that Olovo Kandi was hyped too much before the draft, otherwise he would have averaged 8.9 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, which can only be said to be not excellent and not particularly bad. However, he was hyped up as the second in the draft, and compared with Zhang Hao and Duncan in the draft.

When the three best lineups were announced, many people felt uncomfortable because in the past three years, Ritian's name has been in the middle of a squad...

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On May 28, the East-West Finals started. Yesterday, the day after the draft lottery ended, registration for the 1999 NBA draft began. Yesterday afternoon, the NBA official website had posted a list of some of the first-day candidates.

Duke University, a college student who was preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination who was unwilling to be named, accepted an exclusive interview with CNY.

"Bryant, have you submitted your draft application to the NBA?"

"Of course, I'm ready to partner with Tracy. We've known each other for several years. I'm so happy to be able to partner with him in the NBA."

"Do you think you will definitely be selected in the first pick?"

"Otherwise? Which pick do you think I should be selected?"

"I also think you should be selected in the first pick, which teams are you going to go for trials? Are you only accepting the top three picks?"

"Trial? Sorry, I don't have time. I'm preparing for the master's degree exam at the end of the year. The Bulls have contacted me this morning. They will come here to do the test for me..."

...

"This little blacksmith really loves to show off and doesn't know who he learned from..."

I heard that there was an exclusive interview with Kobe, and Zhang Hao took a look... he was simply unaware of it.

"It's time to put Xiao Zhizhi next to Kobe and hold the board of 'I'm going to show off'!"

Zhang Hao is also preparing for the draft, but this time he is not participating in the draft, but helping the team complete the trial training.

Howard Schultz, after a few days of general manager addiction, he has now started to interview candidates with the general manager position seriously. Since the general manager and head coach have not yet signed, Zhang Hao has to take assistant coach Paul Westfal to take charge of the trial.

Head coach and Zhang Hao also have a candidate to interview and have sent an invitation. In just a few days, Howard Schultz will go for an interview.

There are also several candidates, and he, Mr. Zhang, can call him directly to ask.

Something happened to the NBA during the rest days after the second round.

The Lakers experienced a major earthquake. The logo man who served as the Lakers' general manager for more than ten years lost his position as general manager. Mickey Kupchek became the new general manager of the Lakers, and the logo man became the general manager consultant. While Jenny Buss continued to serve as vice president of commercial operations, he became the head of the Lakers' player operation department. The coach Silver Fox Del Harris resigned due to the blame...

On the Rockets, Olajuwon's pension contract for an annual salary of tens of millions was rejected. The Rockets are ready to disband Olajuwon and Divac's double towers. According to media reports, Olajuwon is preparing to change teams to find a pension contract. The Rockets have also begun to sell Devac and are preparing to completely rebuild.

The Spurs have also begun to sell Pippen, but it is not that easy to sell. Famous expert Sean Marx analyzed that the Spurs can only exchange Pippen for a garbage contract with a shorter term. It is difficult to reduce their salary and avoid paying luxury taxes in the new season...

...

"Coach, come to the Supersonics as the head coach!"

"No."

"Coach, are you not going to continue coaching NBA teams?"

"I don't plan to continue to be a head coach."

"What about the teaching assistant?"

"Be your assistant?"

“…”

"I'll think about it first...Dududu..."

Zhang Hao and Yinhu made a phone call, but the other party was very impatient and hung up the phone in a few seconds.

But Zhang Hao also received a response and learned about Silver Fox’s thoughts.

It's so clean and neat...

"Why do I feel that the old fox doesn't want to say something more to me? Is it my illusion?"

Keep calling...

"Coach, I, Aix."

"Well, what's wrong? Are you unhappy in Seattle?"

"It's pretty good, I have something to look for you."

"What's up?"

"Come here to be our head coach!"

"Ah? I'm so casual about finding a head coach? Are you a player coming out to find a head coach?"

"Uh... our team is quite special. Are you here? Your ability to coach young players is so good!"

"You also know that I can only tap into the potential of young players. Others may not be as good as you, so why don't you do it yourself."

“…”

"Haha, I'll give you Doug's phone number and find him to coach. I still don't like the NBA atmosphere. Although the money is a little less, I'm happier in school."

"Ah? Why do I suspect you want to be closer to Paul?"

“Doudududududu…”

“…”

Zhang Hao was hung up again...

"Why is there no one who wants the position of the NBA head coach? It doesn't matter! I still have a candidate!"

Keep fighting...

"Hello, Mr. Baird, I'm Aix. I haven't contacted you for a long time."

"Aix! Haha, I'm talking to my friend about what happened to me when I chose you. What's wrong? Is there anything?"

"I lack a head coach here now. Are you interested?"

"No."

“…”

"If you want to play a bad game, I can help you, but if you want to win the championship, I can't help you... If you need scouts, I'm competent."

"Okay! That's all, Mr. Baird, come on!"

"Uh... Aix, can you decide this?"

"Our team is very special. To put it simply, there is nothing. We need such an excellent scout."

"I'll think about it... one week, give me one week, and I'll reply to you."

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Hao felt very tired.

Fortunately, these options are options with better relationships. If they are these people, that's not bad, but if you don't want to come with better relationships, you should choose one with strong business capabilities.

Originally, Zhang Hao wanted to choose a head coach who was easy to talk to and then be equipped with an excellent assistant coach. Of course, if he was a Silver Fox who was easy to talk and had strong ability, it would be the best.

"Being a management team is really not an easy task! It seems that many things are very simple, but in fact, a successful operation may be exchanged for countless hits..."

...

The playoffs are in full swing, and lotto teams like the Supersonics are also very busy.

On June 1, the Supersonics began a draft trial.

Zhang Hao has a favorite candidate and is added to the draft invitation list, but also adds many media draft expectations for candidates in the range of their No. 9 picks on the invitation list.

In addition to the No. 9 draw in the first round, their Supersonics also has a No. 8 draw in the second round. The picks in the first round and second round are not low, and there are many people coming to try out.

The trial was led by Paul Westfall, with physical fitness tests in the morning, health status checks, psychological tests, afternoon technical tests and occasionally several people were selected for combat combat tests.

Zhang Hao continued his training in the morning and went to watch in the afternoon.

Although there are candidates who are desirable and have analyzed that it may be appropriate, the difference between a player's career may be very large. What Zhang remembers is definitely when the players are the best. Whether the rookie stage is suitable or not, and how strong it is, we still need to carefully observe.

That is, combat power is very important. For some types of players, Zhang Hao is willing to wait for a year or two to let them grow, but for their current situation in the Supersonics team, that is, combat power is the first choice.

The draft trial progress was very smooth. Zhang Hao saw what he wanted to see, and Howard Schultz interviewed the candidates quite smoothly.

Time passed day by day, and on June 7th, the Western Conference Finals were decided!

After 6 games in the Western Conference Finals, relying on Nash's average of 14.7 points and 8.5 assists per game, Rashid Wallace's 20.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.7 blocks, Sabonis's 17 points, 11 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.5 blocks, and Isaiah Ledel's average of 12.8 points, the Trail Blazers eliminated the Jazz 4-2, and reached the Finals again after 8 years!

In this Western Conference Final, Malone averaged 22 points, 10 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game, and his performance was still stable, but Stockton only averaged 10.5 points, 6.5 assists per game.

With similar strengths of the two teams, Malone is not as good as Rashid Wallace. Sabonis, Nash, and Isaiah Ledel can score based on his personal ability, while Malone does not have such a teammate. Hornersek's performance in the Western Conference Finals this year was also defeated. The second-highest scorer of the Jazz was Brian Russell, who had the weakest offensive threat among them. Brian Russell got countless open shooting opportunities, but he had the second highest number of shots, and averaged 13.7 points per game with only 41.1% shooting percentage.

On June 10, the 76ers and the Knicks won the finals in the tiebreak battle. The 76ers narrowly defeated the Knicks 89-85 in the tiebreak battle and met the Trail Blazers in the finals!
To be continued...