Min Congda now needs some psychological support and comfort.
Like many gamblers, they start to become superstitious once they place their bets.
Min Congda's selection of Curry in the draft was a gamble, but the opening time was really a bit long, which made him feel very tortured.
Before today's game, Min Congda was very confident because everyone thought he made a bad choice.
Various comments and voices from all walks of life are pointing out that Curry is not a No. 1 draft pick and his NBA career will definitely be unsatisfactory.
This is exactly what Min Congda wanted, so he was very confident and gave Curry full trust and investment, adding to his bad plan.
But Curry's first performance in the summer league revealed a side of the basketball game that Min Congda didn't understand. Curry may not be as bad as he thought.
After the game, Min Congda went to Goupu.com to read netizen comments. Most people paid little attention to the summer league. There was no live broadcast signal, so everyone could only look at the post-game data.
There are only a few posts and comments, but they all praise Curry for his high efficiency. With 25 points in the half, he is worthy of being the top pick.
"It seems like the Clippers using the No. 1 pick to take Curry is not necessarily a bad choice."
There was a post saying this, which immediately put Min Congda in a bad mood.
Why is this not a bad choice? Do you know football?
A Chinese netizen has never watched the game video, can he understand just by looking at the data?
But someone immediately responded and said: "Look at Griffin's performance next door, and you will know what the real No. 1 pick is."
Min Congda watched the Grizzlies' game yesterday. Griffin scored 29 points and 12 rebounds, both of which were the highest in the game.
Although there is only data, Min Congda still feels that this performance is really good.
"This netizen knows a lot about football. He can understand a player's level just through data. It's really amazing."
With such ups and downs in his mood, where could Min Congda have dinner?
It happened that Ada said that there would be Griffin's game tomorrow morning, so he would go and watch it to understand what the real No. 1 pick was like.
On July 14, the summer league continued at the University of Nevada Stadium.
A total of 21 NBA teams will participate in this summer league, as well as one NBDL Development League team.
Although there are a large number of teams, because each team only plays five games, not every team has a chance to play against each other.
Compared to the Clippers, the Grizzlies came to Vegas the day before yesterday and played their first game.
Blake Griffin deserves to be the most watched rookie. He performed well in the game and easily scored 20+10.
He has shown the physical fitness and talent level to crush everyone, and these summer league scraps can't stop him at all.
In the first game, the Grizzlies faced the Oklahoma City Thunder. Westbrook fell into a disadvantage in the conversation with Griffin and his performance was mediocre.
The post-game report also praised Griffin greatly, saying that it would be a huge regret for the Clippers to miss Griffin.
This morning, the Grizzlies faced their second opponent, the New York Knicks.
Min Congda went to bed early yesterday and got up early today. After having breakfast and cleaning up, he and Ada arrived at the University of Nevada in advance.
Min Congda is already well-known in NBA circles. Everyone knows that the Clippers have a Chinese paratrooper who became the general manager without any resume or qualifications. It is said that he often makes tricks, but he is very good to employees and gives everyone a salary increase.
Some reporters and editors immediately became interested when they saw Min Congda arriving to watch the Grizzlies game.
The article titles are all compiled:
"The Clippers manager went to the Grizzlies game to inspect the goods and verified with his own eyes whether the No. 1 pick he abandoned was qualified";
"The Chinese general manager regretted it, but Griffin's performance conquered the man who abandoned him";
"There is no regret medicine in the NBA. Seeing Griffin's performance, Smart yelled that he ruined the Clippers' future"!
Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace saw Min Congda and took the initiative to say hello: "Hello, Mr. Smart."
Min Congda looked at Wallace walking over and expressed that he didn't recognize him. Ada whispered next to him: "It's Mr. Chris Wallace, the general manager of the Grizzlies."
"Oh, hello, hello, Mr. Wallace." Min Congda shook hands with Wallace warmly and thought to himself, "You just picked up Griffin and took it away. It's really an advantage for you."
Wallace looked at Min Chongda up and down. He was ordinary and not at all like an NBA basketball insider.
Many coaches and management staff in the NBA are professional basketball players, so they are all tall and strong.
It is rare to find someone with an ordinary figure like Min Congda, and his appearance and energy make him look like someone who doesn’t exercise much.
I don’t know where Sterling found such a person to be the general manager of the team. I heard that he also serves as the team president and has great power. It is really unheard of.
But without him, he wouldn't have been able to pick up Griffin. Thinking of this, Wallace was still very proud.
There was a murmur in his heart, but nothing showed on his face. Wallace and Min Congda exchanged pleasantries for a while, and soon the topic turned to the players.
"Smart, your team wanted to trade Zach Randolph before, right? Why is there no movement now?"
The Grizzlies contacted the Clippers before the draft to want Randolph. Wallace knew that the Clippers selected Griffin and Randolph was redundant. He was optimistic about this dark and strong power forward.
Unexpectedly, the Clippers directly gave Griffin to the Grizzlies, which is really a good person.
Min Congda said: "Trade Randolph? Olshey had this idea before, but I rejected it. We will keep Randolph."
When Wallace heard this, he thought, why not trade? Do you want to keep this fat black man? Could this man be optimistic about Randolph?
Wallace hurriedly asked: "Randolph is a troublesome guy. He gets into trouble a lot in Los Angeles, right?"
Min Congda said: "Yeah, he gets into trouble a lot, but I'm optimistic about him."
"You are optimistic about him? Why?" Wallace was very curious. He felt that Min Congda had some ideas.
Min Congda asked back: "Aren't you also optimistic about him? Otherwise, why would you want to trade him to the Grizzlies?"
Wallace was speechless when asked, so he could only smile awkwardly and said, "The game is about to start. Let's see how the boys perform."
Of course, Wallace is optimistic about Randolph, and after careful research, he believes that Randolph has no problem with his ability. What needs to be changed is his attitude on the court.
Randolph was born in a poor family with a single parent. He entered the league with the Portland Trail Blazers. He is the easiest to learn bad things at a young age. He followed the Jailblazers and couldn't imitate him.
Later I went to New York, a big city with a lot of money and luxury, and the players were in a quagmire, and they continued to fall. The next stop was the Los Angeles Clippers, which was no different from New York. It would be strange if they got better.
Memphis is different. Compared with those big cities, the birthplace of rock and roll country music is more peaceful and quiet. Wallace believes that Randolph can get better development here.
Unfortunately, by mistake, with Griffin's Grizzlies, Randolph is no longer needed.
But Wallace still thought: "This Smart seems to have something. He was able to find the bright spots in Randolph and stop the transaction. He is indeed a powerful person. Let's test him later."
