The No.1 Anti-Fans in Basketball-Chapter 594 - 290 [Blessings from an Elementary School Student]_2

Chapter 594: Chapter 290 [Blessings from an Elementary School Student]_2

After exchanging his talent, Hansen called up Conningham to go to the training gym.

"Boss, aren’t you taking a couple of days off?"

Conningham wasn’t complaining because he arrived at the gym even earlier than Hansen after receiving the call, making Hansen the earliest to prepare for the 2014-2015 season.

However, Hansen replied offhandedly, leaving Conningham speechless.

"There’s no championship parade this year, no need to rest."

Strong and reasonable.

Hansen asked Conningham to come not to help him retrieve balls, as he wasn’t testing long-range three-pointers, but rather forceful three-point shots.

His current three-point talent still came from the initial newbie gift package.

"Eagle Eye" was only a three-tier talent, but it allowed him to enter the NBA with a 3D identity.

However, the threat of that talent in ball-handling three-pointers was limited, improving more on the stability of open three-pointers and not enhancing his forceful shooting ability, whereas the latter was key to becoming a top shooter.

Then he joined the Cavaliers, and under Brown’s unique three-point training methods, his ability to shoot forceful three-pointers improved, which was a separate matter.

But this time, it was a significant upgrade, and he wanted to know how much it would help his forceful three-point shooting.

"Give it your all, don’t worry about fouls, just stop me from shooting threes."

Hansen’s request was quite simple.

Although Conningham didn’t know the reason behind Hansen’s actions, he definitely complied with his words.

Of course, with his not low emotional quotient, he wouldn’t actually make any drastic moves against Hansen, just fully interfere.

After more than half an hour of training, Hansen’s upturned lips couldn’t be contained.

Although he had just received the talent and his overall shooting percentage hadn’t noticeably improved, the feeling was completely different.

It could be said, Conningham’s earnest defense had very limited effect on him.

Another important point was that he was still using a two-stage shooting technique.

This meant he didn’t need to switch to Curry’s one-stage shooting method just because he acquired this talent.

This was good because the fundamental reason Curry used one-stage was that two-stage consumes more physical ability, and Curry’s physical condition was average.

It’s known that many in the league use two-stage for good reason, though it has a relatively slower release speed, it has much stronger resistance against interference.

For the next few days, Hansen spent most of his time in the training gym with Conningham.

It was during this time that Hansen saw his anti-fan value surge dramatically.

He checked the news after training and learned it was related to the Warriors’ past championship parade.

During the final Q&A session of the game, Green boasted on stage, "We’ve beaten Han! Now it’s our dynasty!"

People like Green didn’t care about the Cavaliers’ capabilities. Though he didn’t have the Anti-Fans System, his loudmouth ability was certainly no less than Hansen’s.

Moreover, his cry, much like James calling himself the goat, trivialized the concept of a dynasty, making it seem like something easily attainable.

Hansen naturally enjoyed seeing this kind of thing.

It could be said that the Warriors winning this championship indirectly turned Green, this anti-fan leader, into a completely cultivated personality.

Throughout the past season, the Warriors had accumulated—or rather awakened—a lot of Warriors fans, and although Green attracted hatred from opponents, Warriors fans liked him a lot, truly treating him as another Rodman.

Thus, Hansen was truly gaining automatic anti-fan value, or rather, before he stepped on the Warriors to win the championship, he wasn’t short of anti-fan value.

It was also during this time that Griffin came to the training gym to talk to Hansen about the draft.

This year the Cavaliers had traded their first-round pick to the Grizzlies, and they hadn’t managed to trade for another first-round pick, so they only had a second-round pick, and it was the 56th pick at that.

Of course, improving the ranking of a second-round pick was possible.

Those you often see on draft day, where a team trades a late second-round pick plus some cash for a better number or even buys a pick directly with money.

Hansen had Griffin show him the draft list and draft prediction rankings.

This year’s no. 1 pick was predetermined, Carl Anthony Towns from Kentucky (with a Minnesota accent).

Hansen wasn’t surprised by this; this year wasn’t a weak draft year, but it wasn’t a strong one either, and essentially, no one could threaten Towns’ position.

However, seeing Towns’ predictions and draft report still surprised him a bit.

Because he had just realized that this year’s No.1 pick belonged to the Celtics.

Previously busy with the playoffs, he hadn’t paid attention to the draft lottery.

The butterfly effect began to show its power in this timeline.

However, the Celtics had indeed been declining over the years and considering their past dominance, they had only received the No.1 pick once in history.

Back then, Auerbach did everything he could for Duncan, but unfortunately, Stern still didn’t give the No.1 pick to the Green Army. Who knows what he would think, knowing that after 65 years the Green Army would get the No.1 pick again.

Speaking of which, the Cavaliers had received six No.1 picks, the most in the NBA, but sadly, none of those picks had succeeded—the misfortune of being in Cleveland’s sports wilderness was not without reason.

Moreover, Towns’ draft template being Bo Gote was quite interesting.

Hansen remembered that Towns was an offensive powerhouse but weak defensively, yet this template was the exact opposite.

However, if he went to the Celtics, his development might differ from what "history" had in store for him had he gone to the Timberwolves.

After all, the Celtics were known for nurturing players’ defensive capabilities.

Hansen glanced at the first-round prediction list, and the names that struck him were Porzingis and Booker, but neither was within reach for the Cavaliers.

He shifted his focus to the second-round predictions and quickly noticed two familiar names, one of which was quite significant to him.

One was Josh Richardson; if he remembered correctly, this guy played as a starter for the Heat for a while.

The other was Norman Powell, known among fans from East University as Bao Kobe!

Then, Hansen discovered something interesting about this scout, because Powell’s drafting template was Tony Allen!

This scout’s template choices were far too arbitrary.

However, this was precisely why these players might drop to the second round.

Just like how no one thought Leonard could develop his shooting before the draft, there were always those overlooked by scouts.

Hansen eventually chose these two players.

Not just because they were steals, but for a more important reason—the team’s tactical system.

Malone was now fond of the Deathly Five Small too, a style that demanded more from the guards, so it was always good for the Cavaliers to stack up.

The Cavaliers’ failure to beat the Warriors in the finals also had something to do with this.

West and Delavadova playing at that level were just not capable enough.

Having just finished discussing the draft, Hansen remembered something even more important.

Jokic!

Last year, they picked Jokic, who, because he was too overweight, stayed back in Serbia to train for a year.

Now the season had ended, and that guy hadn’t even come to Cleveland yet?

"He said he won’t come until the end of July," Green said with a weird expression.

"Why?"

"He wants to wait until after the horse racing competition in their town."

"...Just kidnap him."

"Huh?" Green thought he had heard wrong.

"You’re not suggesting I go to Serbia to kidnap him, right?"

Hansen didn’t mind—after all, his plan this summer was to visit Africa to adopt a "young king," so making a side trip to Serbia to snatch someone wasn’t out of the question.

"I’ll take care of it right away." Green knew Hansen was interested in Jokic, but didn’t realize he was this concerned.

After sending Green off, Hansen shook his head.

He thought about Jokic’s love for horse racing.

The guy was happier winning a horse racing championship than an NBA championship.

But now wasn’t the time to let him indulge.

The Cavaliers’ front line was too weak last season, and Jokic wasn’t the type who could help immediately upon arrival—this summer, they must push him hard.

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