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Chapter 1547 Danny is really a vampire
Louie tends to trade the No. [-] pick for a swingman who can shoot.

As a mid-year draft, this year's No. [-] pick is quite popular.

When Danny Ainge learned that the Celtics had got the sixth pick from the Bobcats and was about to trade the sixth pick, he took the initiative to call Ewing and offered to trade Antoine Walker for the sixth pick. Sign the suggestion.

The Grizzlies have embarked on another round of rebuilding.

After the end of this season, Mohammad Abdul-Rauf, who was controversial in his player era, announced his retirement. A deal allowed the Nets to give this year's first-round pick to the Grizzlies.

This first-round pick has now evolved into the second pick.

In other words, the Grizzlies have the No. [-] and No. [-] picks in this draft, and they are also interested in the Celtics' No. [-] pick.

To this end, they did not hesitate to send Antoine Walker.

If it was Walker at the beginning of the century, it would definitely be profitable to exchange the No. [-] pick. Now, Louis thinks it is not worth it.

Walker could still average 22 points per game last season, but due to injuries, he only played 50 games, and his field goal percentage was 41% per game. He took 8 crazy three-pointers per game, but his three-point shooting percentage was only 32%. .

This is a typical garbage data that relies on high shots. It has no positive effect except to make the team lose continuously. It is no wonder that Angie wants to trade Walker.

Ewing originally thought it was profitable to trade the No. [-] pick to a player like Walker. After Louie's analysis, he found that Angie was trying to cheat himself.

"This bastard doesn't miss old feelings, we won't make a deal with him!" Ewing said angrily.

Louis snorted softly: "There is no way you can be successful every time you talk about business. Even if you can't do business, you still have to leave a face. If you can't do business, there is righteousness."

"Then what to do, the draft is about to begin." Ewing actually thought it would be good to keep the sixth pick for himself.

In exchange for combat power, how can a rookie selected by himself be so good? He is young, has potential, and has a five-year child labor contract bonus. Just thinking about it makes people drool.

Like the team of the Celtics who won the championship this year, aside from the two foreign veterans Kukoc and Houston, the others were all selected by themselves.

It's not that Louis didn't think about using the No. [-] pick himself, but he looked around the lottery favorites, and there really weren't many players worthy of the lottery pick.

"Anyone else have any ideas?" Louie asked.

Ewing said: "Larry has given himself a vacation since the end of the season. He believes in the vision of the management. As for Coach Riley, his suggestion is the high school player Martell Webster."

It's really rare, Louis didn't expect that even in 2005, he could still meet a high school genius he didn't know.

It is certain that Riley has misread this time.

"Forget it, I've had enough of high school kids in L.A. I need a man, not a boy."

Ewing's eyes were strange, he didn't know what Louis was thinking.

Now he basically doesn't care about team affairs. Even if he chooses a high school student, Bird will be the one to worry about, right?
However, through Louie's attitude towards this draft, Ewing basically knew that he didn't want the team to use the No. [-] pick. In this way, trading the No. [-] pick was the only option.

On the eve of the draft, Jerry Sloan of the Utah Jazz wanted to trade the sixth pick to the Bobcats, but he was told that the pick had been sent to Boston, so he called Louie and made an irresistible offer. quotes.

The Jazz want to trade Wally Szczerbiak for the sixth pick.

Of course, Louis was very tempted by this proposal, but it was not a few years ago now.

When Louis asked Sloan for Szczerbiak, the handsome shooter was still healthy and in the midst of a rapid rise.

Last season, Szczerbiak averaged 19 points per game, scored 3 three-pointers per game, and made nearly 40% of his shots.

Combined with his size, he is a very good, efficient and productive shooter, but he has injury problems, and his efficiency has plummeted into the playoffs. It can be said that his health and playoff performance have devalued himself.

In this case, Sloan wants the No. [-] pick, and Louie of course wants something more. He proposed that the Jazz eat Tony Kukoc's garbage contract, which is a prerequisite for completing the deal.Because the Celtics don't have the salary space to take over Szczerbiak alone.

Sloan has no objection to this.

Then, the aggressive road boss made a request for the Jazz to add the 30th pick in the first round to the trade.

At first, Sloan refused.

But as the draft approached, Sloan finally finalized a deal with Louie before the draft began.

According to the agreement, when the No. [-] pick starts to be selected, the Jazz will tell Louie who they want, and then Louie will tell the Bobcats.

Sloan didn't know why he kept the deal so mysterious, and Louie didn't say much.

It is not difficult for Sloan to guess the answer as long as he thinks about it.

How could a loyal person like Boss Lu trade someone when the team's championship hero hadn't passed the championship celebration?
2005 NBA Draft
Louis, like last year, also came to the Celtics' draft war room.

This year, the NBA's No. [-] pick once again fell into the hands of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Why do you say "again"?Because the last time the Clippers got the No. [-] pick was four years ago.

That year, they used the No. [-] pick to select Stromile Swift, whose fear below the head is a super giant standard.

Then, Swift was dispatched to Canada by the Clippers before finishing his five-year rookie contract.

For the Clippers, getting the No. [-] pick this year is really not as comfortable as the No. [-] pick.

Because this year's No. 41 pick is Australian center Bodogte, and they have selected one center after another in the past few years, including Emeka Okafor, who is known as the face of the team, and Sampson who made Sampson congratulate himself before the draft. Eddie Curry, who retired early, even got Rasheed Wallace, who scored [-] technical fouls in a single season, through a trade. The last thing they need is to choose another insider.

However, as a rebuilding team, do they have any choice?

Fat Curry seems to be hard to realize his potential. Okafor has been tested in his rookie season. Compared with his reputation before the draft, he is obviously overrated. If Bogoute is let go at this time, who can be sure that he will not become the next great What about the center forward?

The Clippers thought twice, and finally won Bodog with the No. [-] pick.

"Is this crazy? It must be crazy!" Lambiel complained continuously, "They now have three centers who need to be vigorously trained!"

Seeing that the Clippers chose Bogou, Louis laughed happily. Everyone thought he was amused by Lambiel's complaints, but it was not.

Considering the rookies drafted in the history of the Clippers, and considering the competitive pressure facing Bodog, and considering what a terrible owner Sterling is, the Clippers seem likely to end Bodog's career early.

Then, the biggest trade during the draft happened.

When Stern stood in front of the stage again, ready to announce to the world the Grizzlies' No. I'm announcing a sudden trade - the Memphis Grizzlies traded the No. 5 pick to the Los Angeles Lakers, so we need to give the Lakers [-] minutes to make a decision."

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Louis, who was just gloating over Bogou, suddenly sat up, "When did it happen?"

With Louis' connections, it stands to reason that he shouldn't be too late.

Ewing doesn't like Angie now, "Who knows, Danny has a bad stomach now, I don't think the Lakers can please him!"

That's not necessarily
Louie knows exactly what the Lakers can do with the No. [-] pick.

Unless Zhao Yuanzheng went crazy and used the second pick to pick Marvin Williams, otherwise, this deal would not be a deal.

Bird was stunned, "Is it possible that the Lakers traded Bean?"

"Impossible." Louie shook his head and said, "Since Bean and Jasmine have already determined that they cannot coexist, Jim Buss definitely wants to keep Bean, because Bean is the player he dug out."

Assistant coach Mike Budenholzer used his connections in Los Angeles to scoop up details of the trade, and the results were surprising.

Lakers trade Tayshaun Prince, Marco Jarich, Bobby Simmons, 2006 first-round pick and 2008 first-round pick to Grizzlies for No. [-] pick and Antawn Walker .

"Danny is really a vampire!" Ewing exclaimed, "It can be said that he traded Antoine Walker!"

"They traded Tyshawn Prince?" Bird said in surprise, "They plan to keep Ron Artest?"

Taking into account the relationship between Artest and Kobe, according to the deduction - the Lakers have made a choice between Kobe and Garnett.

Then, Stern returned to the stage.

"In the 2005 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Lakers selected Chris Paul with the second pick in the first round, from Wake Forest University!"

(End of this chapter)