the rest, only noise

Chapter 313 Stretch work, wonderful class?Animal team?Golden generation? (2129)

When the Bucks completed the 22nd pick in the first round, the Knicks stepped onto the stage again.

The 23rd pick in the first round was the first round of the Lakers. During the regular season, they traded the first round to the Knicks.

Since he got Oakley with the ninth pick, Louis didn't know whether to choose AC Green. If he chose another Green to go back, the Knicks' inside competition would be too fierce.

Just when he was struggling, the phone rang.

Louis winked at De Buschel.

"I have a bad heart," De Buschel said.

Louie jokingly said to Wu De and Kruger: "I should have signed two contracts."

"Hello, who is it?" Louis answered the phone.

"Dave, it's me, Jerry."

Louie ventured, "Which Jerry?"

"Aren't you Dave?"

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Louie."

"Coach Lu, it's you." The other party was surprised at first, then relieved, "I'm Jerry West."

Louis didn't expect that the person calling this time would be a big boss, but he didn't know what the other party was calling for?
"Mr. West, is there anything I need?" Louis asked.

De Buschel opened his eyes wide, he didn't expect it would be West who called.

"We want to use cash to buy back the 23rd pick in the first round that was traded to you." West reported a number, "30."

"Hold on."

This draft pick is really of little use to the Knicks. Although Green is good, there are too many insiders.

Louie conveyed the intention of the Lakers to the two bosses.

Wu De basically had no objection, Kruger asked: "Is there any other plan? $30 is meaningless to us."

Louie also hopes to one day be able to say lightly that $30 means nothing to him personally.

"Let me try."

The advantage of crossing let Louis know that what the Lakers want to add is the inside, so the main purpose of this draft pick for them is to add an inside rotation.

If you want to say that West knew tonight that AC Green could play for 16 years with almost full attendance, that must be nonsense.

Picking Green from the rest of the people at a glance shows that West's draft vision is indeed good, and the follow-up development is another matter.

Since the Lakers need an insider, Louis will give him an insider.

"Well, Mr. West, we have no use for the pick, but if you want to use it to select an insider, I have someone to recommend to you."

According to Louis' observation, every old fox in the trading field would pretend to be profoundly silent for a few seconds after hearing what the other party said.

The same goes for West: "Would you recommend Antoine Kyle or Ken Bannister?"

"Kyle is not suitable for Kareem." Louis opened his mouth and said, "If I were you, I would choose Bannister."

"What do you want from us?
"Your first round next year."

West replied in seconds: "Lu, I can't send out the first round of next year for Bannister!"

"This is just my suggestion, Mr. West." Louie said with a smile, "Also, I'm not sure whether you can get an insider with an average of 9 points and 7 rebounds per game at such a small price. Kareem is already very old, and Ralph Sampson is climbing a higher level every year. You need an insider."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played at the peak level in the finals this year, averaging 33 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists per game, but he is not as good as Sampson.

If there is an inside line that can help Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for a few minutes in Game [-], maybe the Lakers will win.

When talking to a master like West, you have to point out the key points.

If you know what he wants, it's easy to handle, and you don't need to talk to him.

"Okay, Little Lu, you are as difficult as the rumors say." West said helplessly.

"Don't say that, Mr. West, Bannister is definitely worth the money."

"hope so."

In this way, an insider who scored 9 points and 7 rebounds on the team at the tail end of the crane was sent to the Lakers by Louis Lianmeng in exchange for the opponent's 1986 first-round pick.

It's not that Bannister isn't strong, or that he can't help.

Instead, Louis knew that once the game reached the finals level, a player like Bannister would not be able to help at all. Sampson could kill him with one hand, and he could find time to caress Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's bald head with the other hand.

Sending out Bannister will free up a position in the inside rotation, and now Louis can rest assured that he will choose AC Green.

Not to mention that the Lakers also sent over the first round of next year.

Although the Lakers must be at the bottom of the first round, the end of the first round in the hands of the traverser and the end of the first round in the hands of the natives of the plane are not the same thing.

"Another first round?"

De Buschel was taken aback.

"How many first-round picks do we have next year?"

"Fortunately, not many." Louis smiled, "Only four."

With the smell of Versailles in the air, Debusschere said dazedly, "Why do I feel like you've hoarded 100 draft picks?"

This world is really unfair.

Louis, who had worked so hard to negotiate with others, was still numb, but De Buschell, the hands-off shopkeeper who only cared about watching the show from the beginning to the end, was actually numb.

Next, the Knicks used the Lakers' 23rd pick in the first round to select AC Green.

Then use the Mavericks' fifth pick in the second round to select Manute Ball.

After choosing Ball, Louis found that they had no top second-round picks.The Knicks' 1985 second-round pick had been sent years ago.

This caused them to miss Tyrone Corbin, who had already been booked.

Fortunately, he saw a familiar player on the list: Gerald Wilkins.

Louis immediately called Zhao Yuanzheng and asked him what he thought of this person.

Zhao Yuanzheng compared Wilkins to the legacy of the 85 class. As the younger brother of the essence of human film, he has good physical fitness and various skills. The reason for his position so late is because of off-court reasons.In February of this year, Tulane University (Zhang Zhenlin's university) had a gambling scandal. Wilkins was involved in it, but there was no evidence to prove whether he was involved, so the teams were very afraid of him.

Want to choose but dare not choose.

The 18th pick in the second round didn't have a good choice, so Louis simply chose him.

Louis' next choice, in the eyes of others, is to make a living.

Only Louis himself knew what he was doing.

With the fourth pick in the third round, the Knicks selected Spud Webb PG, the shortest of all players selected in this draft.

In the end, the Knicks selected Chinese player Song Tao in the fourth round.

This year's draft was reduced from the original ten rounds to seven rounds. The Knicks selected seven players in the first four rounds and abstained from the last three rounds.

Ewing, Oakley, Green, Ball, Wilkins Jr., Webber, Song Tao.

This class of Knicks players will be hailed as the "Golden Class of 85" in the future because of their amazing success rate.

Fans who are catchy with this title don't know that at the beginning, the Knicks were called "Wonderful Class 85" and "Animal Team".

Ewing who looks like an orangutan, Oakley who looks like a bandit, Green who is said to be a virgin in college, Wilkins who is the only human, Bohr who no one doubts that he is from an alien, and a Chinese player who is already an alien in terms of geography.

The matter of Song Tao's draft was planned by Louis.

Before the draft, he asked Song Tao to write a letter to sign up for the draft, but he didn't say the specific reason.

At that time, Chinese people only knew that the NBA was the best basketball league in the world, but it would be nonsense to say that someone dreamed of entering this league.

Because everyone doesn't know what the NBA is like.

You must at least know whether it is a human or a ghost, whether it is playing basketball or doing some unscrupulous things in the name of playing basketball, so that you can have a good dream.

The news that Song Tao was selected by the NBA did not arouse much response in China.

Even Song Tao himself is as ignorant as Wang Zhelin, who was drafted by the NBA while he was sleeping.

He doesn't know the strength of the NBA yet, but he will soon.

This year, Song Tao will represent the Chinese team in the World Championships.At that time, when he learned that few of the strongest players in various countries in the world could make it to the NBA, he would know what a great honor it was to be selected.

The 1985 NBA Draft was also the first big year in history for international players.

For the first time, players from Germany, Italy, Spain, Sudan and other countries were selected by the NBA.

As the draft ended, Louie let out a sigh of relief in his place.

"Dave, don't hold your chest." Louis thought he was too involved.

De Buschel said with an ugly face: "I really feel very uncomfortable."

(End of this chapter)