start with scouting

Chapter 485 Ghost Talent Danny Angie (9527 plus more)
At [-]:[-] p.m., Su Yang and Hinkie rushed to the Barclays Center, home of the Nets, and saw at least ten media reporting.

In addition to traditional media such as ESPN, TNT and FOX, the new media FACEBOOK was specially invited to participate in the report this time, and will announce the results of the draft as soon as possible.

"FACEBOOK is too behind..."

Su Yang shook his head and complained: "The live broadcast business in our country has been fully rolled out, and geniuses such as the [-]-[-] opening have become bigger and stronger. The thousand-broadcast war is about to start, and the short video business is also brewing. Americans are a bit behind in Internet services. Aww."

It's a pity that services are always services. Compared with companies such as Google and Microsoft, high-tech companies are really untouchable.

"I saw rumors that your MT was going to be sold to Facebook, but now it seems to be fake news..." Xinji laughed, "Am I looking for inside information? It seems that you can use your answer to make short-term stock profits... "

"I don't plan to sell it for the time being. I've done a great job. Let's see the final bidding results of Google and Facebook. Then you can operate in advance." Su Yang was not joking. After buying the king, he no longer needs a large amount of money, and wants to control the company by himself. .

The biggest problem with doing MT by yourself is that it is difficult to monetize traffic, because there is no function similar to Moments, you can’t sell advertisements, and it’s difficult to get payment-related licenses. However, seeing that Facebook is still trying to live broadcast, I feel that I can formally develop short video-related applications.

At that time, the entrance will be placed in the MT, which is similar to the 'WeChat video' function, to seize the opportunity and seize the traffic.

But the recommendation algorithm is a very troublesome thing. I don’t know what Douyin is doing. I have to explore it slowly. It’s a big project.

But as long as it is done well, it can be worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

During the conversation, the two entered the arena, and saw the super-sized green room area and the more luxurious main stage at first sight.

Obviously, Silver, as the new NBA president, likes to talk about ostentation and atmosphere. The draft is his first public large-scale event. It must be beautiful, full of stories, and full of humanistic care, which means that he will lead a new era.

Su Yang rushed to the NBA office as a boss, shook hands with Xiao Hua and other officials as a matter of routine, and also met Doc Rivers, the president of basketball affairs who represented the Clippers, and asked with a smile: "I heard you made room to recruit LeBron, sure!"

I didn't think much about it, I just asked casually, after all, the mentality of eating melons, the media continued to report, and the fans had various assumptions.

"Haha, of course!"

Rivers pretended that the first layer was trying to confuse them in a joking tone. In fact, the second layer really wanted to recruit, but Su Yang guessed everything on the third layer. There have been rumors that the Clippers are selling Dudley, Barnes, and Ke Lawford can free up 1700 million + salary space, which is enough to sign LeBron naked with a maximum salary, but he just wants to send Dudley and others away, and he needs to accompany a lot of draft picks.

Perhaps thinking that the old acquaintance Rivers needs help, Danny Ainge standing next to him smiled and said: "I heard that you sent away potential center Rudy Gobert. The main goal is to gamble that Joel Embiid will fall to the fifth pick, or Choose Marcus Smart..."

With those words, Su Yang was slightly surprised for 0.5 seconds, because he did imagine the possibility of Embiid falling to the fifth pick.

As the draft approached, that is, on June 21, Embiid underwent stress fracture surgery on his right foot. Yao Ming suffered from the same injury, which caused Embiid to drop his draft predictions. The four mainstream prediction media, there are The two ranked Embiid sixth, and one ranked fourth. The media generally speculates that: Immediate draft and surgery, it must be a super serious injury.

According to reports, it will take 4-6 months for Embiid to recover from his injury, and he will not be able to come to the scene to participate in this draft.

Su Yang predicted that the reason why Embiid might drop is the change of the timeline. The current president of the 76ers, Thorne, is not a person like Sam Hinkie who can separate the process from the result. Well, this year, he chose a center with a serious injury risk, and he didn't even plan to let Embiid play, and he went directly to the next season. It took a lot of courage.

What's more, Dante Exum seems to be very talented. With McAway to form the 76ers' backcourt, the future can be expected.

However, even if Embiid slipped to fifth, Su Yang would not choose, and he didn't have the time to let a center support for two years in vain.

What really surprised Su Yang was that Anji guessed that the Kings would choose Smart. It was a bit surprising, but considering that the Kings already had Cousins ​​and Antetokounmpo in the frontcourt, it was a relatively normal decision to choose a backcourt player. A few are easy to guess. "I really like Smart's defense, but we need more outside shooting ability to create space for Cousins. But if Embiid really drops to fifth, we are really willing to take a gamble. Are you planning to trade drafts with our king?" Right?

Embiid is a cornerstone player for a complete rebuild like yours, worth the risk..."

Su Yang did not pretend to be calm, but used his tricks, pretending to be surprised when he guessed Embiid, and mentioned Smart's defense, but selectively shifted the focus of his words to Embiid, biting the Celtics back Want Embiid to rebuild.

The key is that the king really likes outside shots. In the previous life, the king chose Nick Tauskas because of his 45% three-point shooting percentage. He is also 198 cm tall. He was selected by the National College Coaches Association. Best player in the league.

But the Kings management at the time did not expect that after Nick Stauskas entered the NBA, his three-point shooting percentage plummeted.

"If Joel Embiid really falls to the fifth pick, I will contact you as soon as possible, you are a good person!" Angie smiled and gave Su Yang a thumbs up, his eyes were full of gratitude, and Rivers next to him forced a blank smile.

Su Yang responded with a smile, turned to leave the NBA office, and hurried to the king's temporary draft operations office.

Hinkie was browsing the news with three assistants. Seeing him enter the door, he said: "The Lakers used their own first-round pick and the first-round pick from the previous trade with the Warriors. The two-in-one multi-party operation changed to the seventh pick this year. Rumor has it that Dante Exum will be picked.

Regardless of whether the news is true or not, the Lakers are determined to compete for the championship and may recruit Anthony and other players next. "

Su Yang shrugged slightly: "It doesn't matter, Curry has promised to join us, and it doesn't matter if LeBron goes to the Lakers."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words, and they discussed the possibility of LeBron joining the Clippers seriously. It would be really difficult if it came true.

In the blink of an eye, the draft officially began.

On TV, Xiao Hua walked out with boos all over the place, and solemnly began his speech: "Good evening, welcome to Barclays Center, thank you Brooklyn Nets for providing the venue for this draft, before the official start, I want to thank the Miami Heat for an incredible performance in the Finals and congrats to the San Antonio Spurs for another championship and building a dynasty.

Tonight, young people from all over the world gathered together to make a final effort to hit the highest glory..."

Between words, Xiao Hua strongly emphasized the diversity and internationalization of the NBA, and by the way raised the status of the NBA in the United States.

Su Yang was too lazy to read more, lying on the sofa and checking Twitter news, watching the Whistleblower battle between WOJ and SHAMES.

The speeches ended quickly, and the draft began.

With the first pick, the Cavaliers chose Wiggins.

With the second pick, the Bucks chose Jabari Parker.

In the third pick, the 76ers chose Embiid, and the live video connection was with Embiid in Los Angeles, boos and cheers coexisted.

Another 5 minutes passed, Xiao Hua came out again with a small card, stood next to the podium despite the boos of the fans, and read with a smile: "Just now, the Boston Celtics and the Orlando Magic finished sixth. No. 2014 and no. [-] pick trades, and now, in the [-] NBA Draft, the Orlando Magic select Marcus Smart from Oklahoma State University…”

Before the words finished, Su Yang stood up stiffly, and complained to himself: "Yes, Danny Angie is really awesome..."

(End of this chapter)