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Chapter 1200 The Sixth Man of Steel

When Kobe was interviewed by Seg, a staff member ran over to inform him of his trade.

Kobe didn't look surprised at all, and took the initiative to replace the hat with the Pistons label on his head with the Lakers'.

The same thing happened to Marcus Camby.

Sure enough, the Rockets sent Camby to Toronto in exchange for Marbury's signing rights and the 1999 first-round pick.

After that, the Hawks selected Lorenzen White with the eighth overall pick.

Since Kobe was intercepted by the Lakers, the deal between the Spurs and the Eagles was not completed.

The Chicago Bulls selected Eric Dampier with the ninth pick in the first round and then sent him to New York for Doug Christie.

This deal caught Louis a little by surprise.

Looking back, it was quite reasonable.

Ewing is 33 years old and has reached the time when he needs to take good care of himself. Since Yu Tiancan was traded, he has no good substitutes in the past few years. Dampier came to help him for a few minutes.

After the tenth pick, Monroe didn't know who to choose.

Louis raised his mouth to Peja.

Then he chose.

Because the two sides have a precedent for successful cooperation, Monroe chose Peja almost without hesitation.

The Philadelphia 76ers used the NO.11 pick to select a center named Todd Fuller (Todd Fuller C).

With this name, it feels like Philadelphia will be the No. [-] pick next year.

Then it was the Lakers' turn to make a choice again.

"Call that Canadian kid," Louie said.

Little Buss smiled and said, "This is a treatment that even Kobe doesn't have."

"Who told Kobe to be a second-hand product?"

So, the forum office called the draft site.

The man Louie had spotted, the unremarkable-looking Steve Nash, got the call.

"Steve, this is the draft war room of the Lakers. Are you ready to be a member of the Lakers?" Buss Jr. asked straight to the point.

On the other end of the phone, Nash was very excited, which meant that he had entered the lottery.

"It is my pleasure, sir!"

"I hope to see you soon in Los Angeles and send my regards to your family."

After all, Bass Jr. hung up the phone.

"In the 1996 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Lakers selected Steve Nash with the No.12 pick in the first round"

At this point in the draft, Louis felt that it was time to open champagne.

Two of the three MVP-level players in the current year were selected, and they are still the two with the longest shelf life. This is the talent Louis needs.

Coupled with the existing Wilson and Garnett in the Lakers, as well as the Grizzlies pick that may be selected for Duncan next year, they have the opportunity to form a set of MVP starters.

This is also the original intention of Louis to design "beautiful basketball".

He wants to form the NBA version of the "Generation of Miracles", and then let this amazingly talented five-person team play an unprecedented and mythical offense in order to climb to the top of basketball.

Teams like this don't last long, especially now that the league is determined to limit superteams.Even without external interference, it is impossible for these five once-in-a-decade geniuses to be buried under each other's wings willingly, and someone will definitely leave in order to prove themselves.

It wasn't something Louie needed to care about either.

His contract with the Lakers expired in 2000, and he only needs to ensure that the mythical offense in his mind appears before the contract expires, which is enough.

The struggle for power among the stars, the doomed infighting and division of the super teams have nothing to do with him.

His pursuit is no longer the perfect team like the Knicks dynasty, because that is not repeatable.

The draft continues.

Microwave shooting guard Tony Delk went to Washington.

Then there is the most important thing. Another high school player in this draft, Jermaine O'Neal, who is younger than Kobe, was almost recommended by Louis to the Vancouver Grizzlies.

When things came to an end, Angie hesitated instead.

He wasn't sure if it was worth it to take O'Neal with the 18th pick in the first round.

Even though it was highly recommended by Louis, the opponent's status as a high school student discouraged Angie, who couldn't accept players skipping college.

He did not accept Louie's suggestion, and took the No.18 pick to select the scoring-cut small forward John Wallace (John Wallace SF).

Then, the Detroit Pistons did the opposite.

In fact, Angie's abandonment made Louis regret giving the No. 19 pick to the Pistons.

Although Jermaine O'Neal is not needed with the Lakers' four-position reserve, but who would refuse to be able to select a Yao Ting-level insider in the middle and late stages of the first round?

Louie secretly decided that if Monroe was not interested in high school students, he would take the No. 19 pick back and choose O'Neal himself.

As a result, Monroe only hesitated for a few seconds before choosing to believe Louis.

Because Louis has proven his draft vision.Moreover, as long as Louis dared to bet on Kobe with the No. 19 pick, it was nothing for them to bet on a high school insider with the No. [-] pick.

O'Neal went to Detroit like this.

As in the previous life, Big Z (Zajunas Ilgauskas) still went to Cleveland with the 20th pick in the first round.

After that, Derek Fisher was drafted by Portland.

"Trash Dog" Jerome Williams was drafted by the Knicks.

After that, it's mainly the Lakers' choice.

The Lakers used the No. 28 pick in the first round from the Trail Blazers in the early years. It is very difficult to use this pick to select good players.

Otherwise, everything depends on luck.

Louis is a deep-rooted person. He gave up the option of this pick to West, which made the Lakers loyalist feel a little involved.

West originally wanted to take this pick to Fisher, but the Blazers got ahead of him through a trade, so he had to take a step back and choose the spare tire Malik Rose (PF).

This is an unexpected choice.

Rose's market is in the early and middle of the second round. It is a little wasteful to pick at the end of the first round, but it is not in the way. The draft for this position is relatively random, and only choose the people you want.

Louis still has a certain memory of Rose.

In his previous life, Rose made his debut with the Spurs and was a typical second-round player. He had no talent, but relied on hard work and fighting spirit. However, the highlight of his career was not following the Spurs to win the championship, but being spotted by Isiah Thomas when he was over 30 years old. He insisted on trading with the Spurs with Nazr Mohammed.

When the deal was done, Barkley exclaimed: "Isiah made a championship team."

Yes, the Spurs won the championship that year.

Then, let's fast-forward all the way to the Lakers' last pick of the year -- the No. 1996 eighth pick in the second round in 20.

Louis pretended to ask West and others to recommend a candidate, but he knew exactly who he was going to choose.

After West and others casually mentioned a name, Louis chose the unknown Ben Wallace from the 28th pick in the second round.

"Who is this?" Kurt Rambis was stunned.

Louis said lightly: "Don't look at him like this, I think he will be our most cost-effective choice in this draft."

If you can use the late second round to draft the best defensive player of the 00s, why hesitate?

Although Louie doesn't engage in defense anymore, the animated version of Age of Miracles has the outrageous existence of the Sixth Man of Illusion. It is reasonable to have the Sixth Man of Steel in the NBA version of Age of Miracles, right?
So far, the 1996 NBA draft is over.

The Lakers selected Kobe, Nash and Big Ben in this draft. No matter how you look at it, they are the biggest winners.

(End of this chapter)