Before the quarter-finals between Kansas and colorado.
The management of the various teams held an internal meeting at the same time.
For the sake of the 1997 draft, teams such as the Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, San Antonio Spurs, and so on all joined the cause.
They used their actions to tell people:
He had to devote his limited life to an endless career.
At the moment, the Celtics were still in the lead.
As expected of the Green Army, they had a way of fighting for the championship. They were also not weaker than others.
The internal meeting of the Green Army was very simple.
Auerbach was more inclined to choose Lu Ran, but most of the Celtics 'management preferred Tim Duncan.
After all, he was a freshman center who had been shining for less than a season.
The other had already been in college for four years.
Should he choose a high potential lottery that he couldn't see the upper limit of?
Or should he choose a top-notch insider who had already won the lottery?
As for the more conservative Green Army management, they still preferred the latter.
The Philadelphia 76ers 'internal meeting was even more straightforward.
Their management didn't have a decision-maker like Auerbach, who could deal with thousands of troops.
The head coach of the 76ers, Johnny Davis, made it clear:
"We should choose Lu Ran. He has more explosive power and can lead the offensive basketball with Allen and John Stackhouse!”
"More importantly, Lu's defensive coverage is larger. He will make up for Allen's lack of height on the defensive end.”
Obviously.
As the manager of the team.
Davis analyzed the team's overall strength and structure.
Choosing Lu Ran was the best addition to the team's lineup.
"Johnny, Tim can do what you said.”
However, the general manager of the 76ers, Brad Greenberg, had a different point of view."Don't forget, Aren alone is enough to trouble us.”
"Another Chinese boxing champion? Man, our locker room is going to be a big problem!”
The team manager analyzed it from the strength of the lineup.
The general manager of the team was considered from the overall image of the team and the degree of management.
Allen Iverson was a thorn in his side.
During AI's rookie season, the management of the 76ers had spent a lot of effort on him.
If he chose another Chinese Fist King with potential, he would be able to win.
The combination of Iverson and Lu Ran would probably completely destroy the image of the 76ers.
On the other hand, Tim Duncan was different.
Duncan's humility was known throughout the league.
Moreover, Iverson and Duncan's personalities could easily complement each other.
Deng Daidai was the best candidate for the 76ers!
"Lu's strength and potential surpass Tim's!”
"Come on, Tim was the only candidate for the No. 1 show in 1997. Lu only played in the NCAA for one season, and Tim has been shining for several years longer than him!”
He listened to the team's manager and general manager arguing over the topic of Lu Ran and Duncan.
The owner of the 76ers, Patrick Chris, didn't say anything.
Why?
He had already lost his patience with the two of them.
In the 1996 draft, the 76ers selected Allen Iverson with the first pick.
With the combination of Iverson and Stackhouse, the 76ers could only be defeated this season?
As the boss of the team, pat Chris had already thought it through.
At the end of the season, let Davis and Greenberg go together!
As for the team's new manager and general manager, pat Chris already had someone in mind.
The current Pacers coach, Larry Brown, had already contacted the 76ers in private.
The Pacers were about to choose Larry Bird as the new manager in the summer, and Larry Brown would be idle at home.
The 76ers were prepared to let Larry Brown join them seamlessly and take on the role of manager and general manager for the next season.
In other words.
Now, the suggestions of Coach Davis and General Manager Greenberg were all nonsense to pat Chris.
Larry Brown was the one who decided on the top pick in the summer.
The San Antonio Spurs were even simpler.
The team's general manager, Bobovic, fired the team's original managers at the beginning of the season and took over the position of manager himself to start the plan.
He was the one who had the final say in the true sense of the word.
Bobovic's choice was also very simple.
The first option was to choose Duncan, and the second option was to choose Lu Ran.
As for the other plans?
Sorry, I, Bobo-Vich, bet that the Spurs only have two possibilities: number 1 and number 2!
What if there was a third possibility?
There was a third possibility. I, Boboviki, would eat this computer screen on the spot!
Ah, no, he resigned on the spot and went home to open a winery!
In fact, it wasn't just these teams that were struggling with the choice of the top scorer.
NBA President David Stern was also in a bad spot.
He wasn't worried about who to pick.
Instead, he was conflicted about who to sign number 1 to.
Sixers, Spurs, Celtics, choose one of the three.
The Green Army had Auerbach, the man Stern feared the most.
The Spurs 'market was too small for a supernova.
The Philadelphia 76ers might be able to do it, but their management was in turmoil. No one knew how things would develop in the summer.
Other than these three teams, if they signed the top pick to another team, the inside story of the NBA's top management controlling the ownership of the draft pick would probably be exposed.
So...
This was truly a world problem!
Of course.
The answer to this difficult question would only be revealed in May.
Before that, David Stern still had plenty of time to think.
On March 25th, US time, Tim Duncan led his Wake Forest team to advance to the final four.
They would face the winner of the semi-finals between Kansas and colorado.
The reporters at the scene asked questions about their opponents in the next round when they interviewed Duncan after the game.
As for the question of which team he wanted to play against in the semifinals.
Deng Daidai's answer was very straightforward.
"I'd rather fight Lu Ran."
It wasn't Kansas, nor was it Orlando.
It was Lu Ran!
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