The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

In 2010, the Wizards had two draft picks, the Clippers' first round and their own second round.

On May 19th, the league had already held a lottery ceremony, and the record was ranked third from the bottom in the Western Conference. The Clippers, the sixth from the bottom in the league, got the fourth overall pick.

Wang Xiao felt that the management of the Clippers probably wanted to block him.

The No. 1 pick Griffin is going to die, he was reimbursed directly last season, and then look at the performance of Curry and Harden of the Wizards...

Now, the team's fourth overall pick will also be handed over to Wang Xiao, how angry!

Holding the No. 4 lottery in his hand, Wang Xiao was full of confidence.

Excluding Jeremy Lin and Wall, who must be the No. 1 and No. 2 picks, there are many players for Wang Xiao to choose from, and Wang Xiao has already set his goals early on.

Paul George.

Paul George is definitely a very cost-effective player. He has strong defense, accurate shooting, and can play off the ball or with the ball.

In Wang Xiao's plan, George will be the best candidate to replace Butler when Butler gradually ages and retires to the bench.

And George's defense will also greatly enhance the Wizards' fragile perimeter defense.

George would have been selected by the Pacers with the tenth pick, and Wang Xiao, who holds the fourth pick, has no reason to miss him.

Wang Xiao also considered using the fourth overall pick to win Cousins, and then find a way to get George through a trade.

But after thinking for a long time, he gave up this tempting idea.

Cousins ​​is very strong, and there is even a faint tendency to shoulder the title of the league's first center in the future.

But what the Wizards play is small ball tactics after all, and they don't need a center as the main attack point.

It is true that Cousins' technical characteristics can fully fit with small ball tactics, and he can even pull out of the three-point line to shoot three-pointers.

But for any team, someone always needs to do the dirty work, get in position and grab rebounds to help defend.

Using Cousins...or using a No. 4 pick to select a super blue-collar, Wang Xiao felt a bit too bad.

Moreover, in the final analysis, although Cousins' style can fit small ball tactics, he has never proved that he can really adapt to small ball tactics. After joining the Warriors in 2019, Cousins ​​​​basically suffered from injuries. Haven't played much.

In addition, there is another point that Wang Xiao is more concerned about, which is Cousins' performance in the playoffs.

It may be exaggerated to say it, but before Cousins ​​joined the Warriors in 19 years, his experience in the playoffs was 0.

That's right, Cousins ​​hadn't played in the playoffs at all before that.

Incredible, right? A super center who averaged 27+12 per game couldn't lead his team to the playoffs.

In six seasons with the Kings, Cousins ​​never made the playoffs.

In the 17-18 season, Cousins ​​played 48 games and finally entered the playoffs thanks to the performance of stars such as Anthony Davis. Neither played.

With such a performance, even Wang Xiao, a traveler, can't figure out whether Cousins ​​is out of luck, or a complete stat brush.

Coupled with Cousins' personality problem that has been criticized for a long time, Wang Xiao thinks that it is better not to choose this kind of time bomb for the sake of safety.

The draft will start on June 24, and before that, each team has begun to invite trial training for the rookies participating in the draft.

The Wizards are no exception.

The difference is that the Wizards only invited two players to try out.

Jeremy Lin, Dunn.

These two players were both the main core of Wang Xiao's time at Harvard.

In the 2009 NBA draft, Wang Xiao achieved great success. Curry and Harden were selected, and Durant before that, everyone has repeatedly confirmed Wang Xiao's talent in judging people.

This year, many teams have begun to pay attention to Wang Xiao's movements, and want to try to see if they can cut off in advance.

Wang Xiao is not stupid, of course it is impossible to expose his goal like last year.

In fact, he did that on purpose last year. At that time, no one cared about his vision, even if he knew that Wang Xiao valued these players, he would not care too much.

But this year, the peers who suffer from a ditch and gain wisdom will inevitably chase and intercept the players they have chosen, and they are bound to win them one step ahead of schedule.

So Wang Xiao only chose Jeremy Lin and Deng En.

In the 10th year of the NCAA, Harvard University won the championship again and completed the three consecutive championships. Afterwards, Jeremy Lin and Dunn, the two core players of the team, announced their participation in the NBA draft.

Jeremy Lin is the favorite of the No. 1 pick, and he is not a player who can be expected to be Wang Xiao's No. 4 pick at all, and Dunn also has a high probability of entering the lottery.

But Dunn's style is not suitable for the current small ball tactics of the Wizards. Even if he came, he would be just another enhanced version of Jordan, so Wang Xiao never considered choosing him to the Wizards. Wang Xiao felt that it was necessary to give them momentum.

Sure enough, Wang Xiao only selected two players to participate in the trial training, which caused a lot of repercussions in the league. Jeremy Lin must be the No. 1 pick or the No. 2 pick, so it goes without saying.

Although Dunn originally had outstanding defensive ability, his evaluation was not as good as Cousins, Favors and Monroe due to his lack of offensive means.

But after Wang Xiao's operation, Dunn attracted more people's attention, and his evaluation also had the momentum to surpass Cousins ​​and others.

After doing all this, Wang Xiao didn't do anything more, but just waited steadily for the start of the draft.

A week passed in a blink of an eye, and soon it was the day of the draft.

The draft, as always, was held at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The opening ceremony was still Stern's opening remarks, and then the draft officially began.

"Wang, who did you finally decide to use the No. 4 pick?"

Grunfeld endured it for a long time, but in the end he couldn't hold back and asked Wang Xiao like this.

He was upset, very upset.

Since the trading power was handed over to Wang Xiao, he, the general manager of the team, seemed to have become a decoration, and he could only manage the team's daily operations. Even the draft was about to start, and he, the general manager, didn't know his position Who the team will pick.

He seriously suspected that Wang Xiao did it on purpose.

In fact, he guessed right.

Wang Xiao really didn't want to tell him the candidate in his heart.

Paul George is a very important part of the Wizards' small-ball lineup, and Wang Xiao must make sure nothing goes wrong.

Not only Grunfeld, but no one in the entire team knew who Wang Xiao was targeting...Of course, except for the team owner.

Wang Xiao still had to report to the team owner who was going to be selected in the draft, but he hadn't dragged him to the point where even his immediate boss didn't care.

However, when reporting to the team owner, Wang Xiao also specifically mentioned not to tell others about his choice. This is related to the future of the Wizards, and of course the team owner will not cause any extra problems.