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Chapter 121 But it's better than freezing

Suns box.

General manager Steve Kerr still hasn't made up his mind on who to draft because the Suns' draft pick is such an embarrassment.

——The No.14 pick in the first round.

This position is neither high nor low. It is difficult to select those talented players, and it is very painful to trade them out.

But this problem is not a big problem. It just determines whether the Suns can be lucky enough to pick a good rookie in this year's draft. There is also a more difficult problem in front of Steve Kerr, That's the biggest problem for the Suns right now.

That's how the twilight Shaquille O'Neal should deal with it.

Last season, the Suns traded Marion for O'Neal from the Heat. At first, Steve Kerr also planned to use him to make up for the weak inside of the Suns, and in the playoffs against the traditional inside strong team, the Lakers Teams, the Spurs, such teams fight inside.

But who would have thought that the tactical system of O'Neal and the Suns is extremely inconsistent. The Suns, which have reached the Western Conference playoffs for 4 consecutive years and the Western Conference Finals twice, would not even make the playoffs last season.

This is the joke of the ski world.

Steve Kerr, who has confirmed that the Suns' experiment failed, originally planned to trade O'Neal, wanting to trade one of this year's top picks, but after spreading the news around, no one responded to him.

The reason is that O'Neal is now 37 years old, and his salary is as high as the fifth in the league at $2000 million.

Not to mention O'Neal's age, this terrifying amount alone is enough to make people daunting, which accounts for almost one-third of the team's entire salary cap!

What's more, O'Neal is still 37 years old.

Adding the two together, even a fool would not easily take a shot at O'Neill.

More importantly, O'Neal's strength has declined significantly last season, and his dominance in the interior is far from what it was back then. It's not even clear whether there are any league starters with strength.

In this situation, the team that originally valued O'Neal's reputation also chose to back down again.

"The Cavaliers are somewhat interested in getting O'Neal, but the premise is that they have to put Wallace, who is also high-paid and low-powered, into the contract."

Steve Kerr rubbed his temples with a helpless expression.

Big Ben Wallace's state is even worse than O'Neal, and the Suns, who have already confirmed the failure of the test center, will recruit another center who is not good at shooting.

Warriors box.

Larry Riley squeezed the chair under him nervously, then picked up the coffee beside him and took a sip, the draft meeting finally started.

For this year's draft, the Warriors management has made sufficient preparations before the conference. During the period, the Warriors' core Monta Ellis also suggested that the team try to win a tall player in the draft. , In order to enhance the team's competitiveness in the West.

On the surface, Larry Riley agreed to Monta Ellis' request, but secretly he has been preparing for how to get the valued core of the team.

Larry Riley did not leak the player's name, and even the team's boss, Monta Ellis, did not receive the wind at all. He wanted to ensure that the Warriors must get this player.

"Originally we planned to trade up and trade draft picks with the Bucks, but we didn't expect their appetite to be so big that even a single Stephen Jackson couldn't satisfy them. As a result, the world was clamoring for a trade. I don't know which idiot will make a deal with them."

Larry Riley still remembers how the Bucks snatched Reggie Miller. Yes, to vent the hatred in my heart.

Of course, in order to prevent the robbing incident from happening again, Larry Riley has made preparations in advance. He bought many scouts, commentators, and trolls to publicize the player's shortcomings on the Internet.

"Explosive power and athletic ability are far below NBA standards. His barefoot height is only 191cm, and his scoring position is extremely short, and this will also greatly limit his defensive ability. Although he changed to point guard in his junior season, but Didn't lead the team to kill the Quartet in the NCAA. Strictly speaking, he is not even a natural point guard, because he struggles too much in the pick-and-roll, does not have good pass creativity, and most importantly, he is too thin Undersized, it's going to be hard to adapt to the intensity of an NBA-level defense."

At the front of the draft, Stern slowly opened the note in his hand and shouted: "The Los Angeles Clippers, the No. 2009 pick in the 1 draft, chose Blake Griffin from Oklahoma!"

Thunder box.

Seeing the supernova who came out of his own city being picked up by the Clippers, Sam Presti almost cried.

How perfect it would be if the Thunder could draft him and become a superstar combination inside and outside with Durant.

It's just that the Thunder don't talk about drafting Blake Griffin. Their first-round pick has already reached the 19th pick. Don't talk about picking the next superstar in this position. As long as it's not a drinking fountain manager, Sam - Presti can already burn high incense.

The Thunder team executives on the side reminded them friendly: "Manager Sam, haven't the Bucks been yelling to trade their No. ?”

"No!"

Sam Presti snarled.

He still remembers that Bogut was reimbursed for the season in the playoffs, no, to be precise, he almost died!

After the playoffs, the Thunder team doctor also gave a very positive answer. It is already a miracle that Bogut is alive, so the Thunder don't expect him to continue playing.

In other words, the Thunder got Bogut with a one-year use period in the trade last season.

What's even worse is that Michael Reed, who had played very well in the regular season, tore his anterior cruciate ligament and lateral collateral ligament at the same time in the first game of the playoffs. Seriously injured, but Michael Reid will miss at least half of the new season's games, and his status after his comeback also needs to be marked with a big question mark.

Considering Michael Reid's large salary of 1700 million, the Thunder has almost no possibility of reinforcement, so they have only made the playoffs once, and they may become the league's belly again.

Sam Presti said emotionally: "We have Trant and why the fuck are we going to suck?"

"So don't tell me that the Bucks are fucking shit, and if you make deals with those mentally retarded people, labor and capital will be pigs!"

"The Memphis Grizzlies selected Hashim Thabeet from Tanzania with the 2009nd overall pick in the 2 draft!"

"The Milwaukee Bucks, with the 2009rd overall pick in the 3 draft, selected James Harden from California!"

When the Bucks decided to draft James Harden, there was a burst of restlessness throughout the Madison Square Garden venue.

Sighing, puzzled, speechless, helpless, hateful, sad
Because in the eyes of all teams, what the Bucks lack is not defenders at all. What they urgently need are forward players and inside players, so this draft is obviously unreliable in the eyes of many people.

After the restlessness appeared, it quickly disappeared from the venue.

The management of all teams is very clear that the Bucks must have made a deal!
James Harden should also be a player selected by the Bucks for other teams. As for who they traded with, it is still temporarily unknown.

Inside the little green house.

James Harden doesn't care which team drafted him, as long as he is a high pick, as long as there is no shortage of nightclubs in that city, money and nightclubs are enough.

His mother happily raised the note in her hand and shouted: "My son is Tanhua, and he will write his own legend in the NBA."

A family member of the player who was curious about what the note was on the side lowered his head and looked carefully.

It read: Can you wake me up at 7 o'clock?And can you give me some pocket money?Keep this note and I'll be a star!

The family member couldn't help laughing after watching it. The mother and son got along like friends. Then she looked at her child beside her and said, "Stephen, when you become a star, you have to repay your mother well."

Stephen Curry glanced impatiently at his favorite mother who was always chatting and chatting. He was so nervous now. After all, his reputation was very bad during this period of time, and the draft predictions had already dropped to the first round. The pick has even dropped out of the lottery.

"If you fall again, you will be a second-round pick."

Stephen Curry's father patted the back of his son's hand lightly and said: "Don't worry, my good friend in the player period Donnie Walsh is now the general manager of the Knicks. No. 8 pick on you, so rest assured son, we're moving to the big city of New York soon, and that's the Big Apple, where the NBA is headquartered."

Bucks room.

Hammond put the phone down and said, "The Kings are asking who we want to draft?"

Before, Hammond had been wondering which player Li Lai would use this draft pick to win. After all, it was so mysterious that he didn't even tell him.

However, after experiencing Li Lai's draft last season and a series of back-to-life operations, Hammond is now completely confident in Li Lai. He believes that the opponent will definitely select a better player than Stephen Jackson, otherwise It would be a shame that the Bucks rejected the deal.

Li Lai picked up the pen and wrote a few words on the paper.

Because the Kings' draft pick is the fifth overall pick, he is not worried that a team will cut his beard early, but he looked at Hammond cautiously and said: "Wait until the Minnesota Timberwolves determine the fourth overall pick, and then choose the name." Tell Geoff Petrie."

Hammond shook his stomach and gave Li Lai a reassuring look, but when he saw the name on the paper, his mouth opened, his eyes bulged, and his hands shook, and then the paper fell to the ground.

"Boss! Don't be foolish! Choose no one, don't choose this cute kid!"

Kings box.

Geoff Petrie took a deep breath, he was still doubting whether it was the right decision for him to listen to Li Lai's advice.

He gave up Tyreke Evans, who is known to be the number one in combat power, and chose James Harden, who even suffered from asthma when he was a child. Of course, he heard that James Harden had recovered from his asthma after entering college. Yes, it was rumored that he was cured by a group of big ass girls, but he was a lucky guy.

Geoff Petrie has already gritted his teeth and prepared to work hard for the rise of the Kings. He has even greeted the team's new head coach Paul Westphal in advance. This season's James Ha Deng will get the first playing time in the team and unlimited fire rights.

He just wants to train James Harden as the absolute cornerstone of the team.

"The Bucks have submitted the names of the draft players to us."

After hearing the prompt from the staff of the Kings, Geoff Petrie suppressed his thoughts and opened the paper handed over by the staff to have a look.

"I'll go! The Bucks actually want to pick this brat!"

"how can that be!"

"They already have a few good potential guards in the team, and if they choose a guard again, is this going to make a mahjong table!"

"Wait, did the Bucks make another trade with another team?"

"The Minnesota Timberwolves with the 2009th overall pick in the 4 draft selected Ricky Rubio from Barcelona, ​​Spain!"

"The Sacramento Kings, with the 2009th overall pick in the 5 draft, selected Stephen Curry of Akron, Ohio!"

boom! ! !
Warriors box.

Larry Riley, holding the No. 7 pick, shattered his coffee cup.

"Ah~ You, the Kings, have suffered thousands of knives, how dare you cut me off!"

"Joe Petrie, are you showing off your head, so many players are not drafted, and behind them are DeMar DeRozan, Brandon Jennings, Jrue Holiday, Ty Lawson , Jeff Teague."

"If you don't choose so many top guards, you have to choose my Stephen Curry, what a fool!"

Little Green House.

Stephen Curry, who heard that he was selected at such a high position, was not happy. He watched his parents shook his head and said with a mournful face: "Mom, where is Sacramento? I don't want to go to Sacramento. I want to go to Sacramento." New York, I want to go to coach Mike D'Antoni and play bombing.

Only that works for me. "

Stephen Curry's father, Dell Curry, the NBA's famous marksman, the third scorer of the Charlotte Hornets in the 89 season, and a retired player who averaged 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game in his career, Facing this result at this time, he could only sigh helplessly.

"Sacramento, there wasn't even a national broadcast last season. It's a more remote place than Ohio."

"Certainly, it's better than Minnesota and Milwaukee, which are freezing cold."

Bucks box.

Hammond looked at Li Lai with aggrieved expression.

"After tomorrow's press conference, fans all over the world will know that the Bucks have drafted another guard, and it's a small guy who looks weak. They will definitely call us mentally retarded again."

Li Lai nodded and said: "This is not the first time I have been scolded, but to be honest, even if I were given another [-] chances, I would still choose Stephen Curry."

Hammond spread his hands and said emotionally: "But we lack strikers and inside players now!"

"In this season's playoffs, you can see how Yi Jianlian alone is blown up by the insiders of other teams, you can see it better than me."

"If we don't rush to strengthen these two positions, the Bucks may be bombarded by other teams this season again because of this weakness."

　It will be updated tomorrow.

　　mwah

　　
　
(End of this chapter)