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Chapter 592 The New Year of the Trading Market
On June 6, the NBA's expansion draft went smoothly.

The Knicks lost two players in this expansion draft.

The Charlotte Hornets were overjoyed to choose Dell Ellis, who was not on the protection list.

The Miami Heat gave up John Sely due to the agreement reached by the two parties and selected veteran Michael Cooper instead.

Moreover, it is the first choice.

It can be said that Ellis and Cooper are the top picks in the expansion draft.

The two people who were selected had different feelings.

Ellis was very sad. Although he only spent four seasons in New York, they were the most important four seasons of his career.

Louie let him find his edge in the league, and he rewarded the Knicks with a great performance in the Eastern Conference Finals of the 1988 playoffs that was enough to go down in history.

He's willing to come off the bench, well versed in the N.UCLA system, and probably one of the smartest players on the team
Abandoning him was a difficult decision, but Louis could not regard Ellis' sacrifice as normal.

It's not fair to him.He has the strength to be the core of other teams and get a big contract.This season, he would rather play as a substitute than stay and help the Knicks win the first championship in the Louis era, which has made Louis grateful to him.Now, he's sending Ellis to a team that has nothing.

There, he can perform as he pleases, as long as he doesn't provoke those troubles off the court, his achievements will be good.

Still, Ellis acts heartbroken.

As he left the press conference in New York, he cried terribly.

"I know I let everyone down"

"No matter where I go, New York is my home."

Ellis' crying was very moving, and some media couldn't help criticizing Louis for letting Ellis go.

Those troubles off the court for Ellis made him lose popularity, but his performance against the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals won him back the hearts of fans.

Fans were as sad as he was when he left.

Louie ignored the gossip.

He took Lorraine to Ellis' "final party" and explained to Ellis why he wasn't on the protection list.

He made it clear to Ellis that it wasn't that he wasn't good enough to let him go.

Although these explanations did not make Ellis feel better, Louis did untie his knot.

After bidding farewell to Ellis, Louis returned to work again.

After the expansion draft, there is the draft conference.

But before the draft, there is the battle of the century between Tyson and Spinks.

Interestingly, the boxing match between the two was on the eve of the draft.

So Louis hopes to get the behind-the-scenes work done as soon as possible, so that he can watch the game with a completely relaxed mood.

On June 6, Phil Jackson officially announced to join Chicago as the chief assistant under Doug Collins.

This has several implications.

Jackson and Jordan are not together after all, the "Zen Master" in this world may never be the person he knows.

It was also on this day that Louis convened a meeting of scouts in the Blue Palace to integrate and summarize the recent trading rumors.

This year may not be a great year for the free market, but it is definitely a great year for the trading market.

The draft has not yet started, and trading rumors are already flying everywhere.

The Dallas Mavericks, who could not see any hope, decided to split the team.

They want to send away the 1981 No. [-] pick, Mark Aguirre.

The Pistons also made big moves. They knew that their team building was in the wrong direction and wanted to adjust it back.So Adrian Dantley, Moses Malone and Robert Parish are being sold all over the world.

They went from "only inside" to "no inside".

Louie couldn't see if it was the right way.

Anyway, the Knicks' success is inseparable from the inside.

The Bulls also began touting Joe Barry Carroll.

The Pacers decided that Wayman Tisdale was not someone who could lead the team to revive, and decided to send him and Herb Williams away together.

The Bucks also put Terry Cummings on the shelf.

The 76ers have had enough of repeated injuries to Sam Bowie.

"The basic situation is roughly like this." Zhao Yuanzheng introduced, "Some teams are preparing to rebuild, and some teams want to form a better team. If the operation is done properly, one or two strong teams will emerge this offseason."

Louie asked, "How's it going in Chicago?"

Elgin Baylor says what he knows: 'My friends say they're interested in trading for Robert Parish'

"How can they have bargaining chips?"

"They probably have Joe Barry Carroll as their main bargaining chip."

Louis shook his head directly.

How sick is the brain of the Pistons management to think of replacing Malone or Parish with Carroll?
No, it's impossible to be sick in any way.

Unless the bulls are crazy, 3 first-round and 3 first-round stud chips are exchanged.

If this happens, the Pistons will reluctantly accept it even if Carroll is disgusted.

"What about Portland, is there any action?" Louis asked.

Tomjanovich replied: "It is certain that they will make a deal, but there are no rumors coming out yet, which is really strange."

The team with the draft pick for Danny Manning this year is not the Los Angeles Clippers in the original timeline.

The No. [-] pick is the Indiana Pacers, the Cleveland Cavaliers have the second pick, the Clippers have the third pick, the fourth pick belongs to Don Nelson's Golden State Warriors, the fifth pick is the San Antonio Spurs, who are not doing well, the sixth pick is the New Jersey Nets, and the seventh pick is the Knicks. The next two are the Hornets and the Heat.

This is the basic situation in the lotto area.

A day later, the Portland Trail Blazers were the first team to take action.

As Tomjanovich said, they will definitely do something.

They reached out to Don Nelson for their No. [-] pick in the first round.

All indications are that the Warriors will take Mitch Richmond with the fourth pick.

Will there be variables?
Louie believed there was no way Nelson would accept Portland leftovers.

He noticed that the Bulls' Jerry Krause was eager to trade with the two new teams that had just entered the league.

His goal is of course the draft picks in their hands.

Preventing the Bulls from strengthening is Louie's main goal.

Because the Bulls still have the draft pick in their own hands in the future, and the relationship between him and Klaus is not very good, if he does something that hurts the enemy and benefits himself, he will be struck by lightning if he doesn't do it.

So he started by calling the Hornets general manager.

When it was learned that the opponent was determined not to trade the first-round pick, the only thing left to worry about was Lewis Shafier.

If Krause uses Carroll to seduce him, maybe this guy who likes to be cheap will really trade the ninth pick in the first round for a quasi-All-Star center.

When Louis called Shafier, the other party was not enthusiastic.

"Coach Lu, I tend to keep the draft pick." Shafier said, "Also, I don't see the benefits of exchanging draft picks with you. I don't think it's a good idea to exchange the ninth pick in the first round for the No. 11 pick in the first round."

"Well, if you are willing to keep the pick, of course I will wish you the best player." Louis said suddenly, "However,"

But what?Shafier felt that he was being led by the nose by Louis.

"If, I mean if. If the Bulls make a very attractive offer for the ninth pick, Lewis, I welcome you to call my office with open arms. I'm more than happy to make an offer."

Shafier got a lot of information from Louis' words.

Louie doesn't really want the ninth pick, he just doesn't want the Bulls to get the ninth pick.

He has had issues with the Bulls.

"What if another team makes a favorable offer?"

"Well, besides Chicago, I also like to compete with New Jersey. I have a 'very good' personal relationship with the general managers of these two places. We are always in competition, so if you have an offer from these two places, you are welcome to let me know. As for the other places, there is no need. We don't know each other well."

Shafier felt more and more that Louie was a ruthless character. Judging from his tone, he was not interested in the ninth pick.

He's interested in crippling those two teams.

If necessary, he will try his best to prevent these two teams from strengthening.

"What a terrible guy, it's better not to provoke him." Shafier suddenly felt that it would be best to develop a lukewarm friendship with Louis.

Because with his professional basketball experience and operational ability, getting too close to Louie would be taken advantage of.If you go too far, you will be easily trapped.If he had an enmity with him, wouldn't he be able to screw up any deal he made?
This man is too cruel.

Louis is actually not that ruthless, he is a man of principle.

Work matters, just work.But Nets general manager Harry Weltman and Bulls general manager Jerry Krause both chose to mix work matters into personal grievances, and used methods of discrediting him to redeem their failures.

It became a personal vendetta.

Since it was a personal grievance, of course he had to give them eye drops as much as possible within his ability.

He, the little Zhou Yu from New York, is not famous for nothing, but he is narrow-minded, narrow-minded and poor-minded, what's the matter?
Louie awaits news from Miami.

The operation of other teams is also carried out simultaneously.

First came the trade news from Detroit.

The Pistons and Spurs have reached a deal.

Detroit sent Moses Malone and a 1989 first-round pick to San Antonio in exchange for a 1988 first-round pick with the fifth overall pick.

The Spurs chose to trade in order to enhance the team's immediate combat power.

They were in a hurry because their 1989 first-round pick was in the hands of the Knicks.

If the record next year is still stretching the hips, you have to give the Knicks a big gift.

The Pistons' approach is easy to understand. They want to return some useful chips while the players in their hands are still valuable.

It is not a loss to get the fifth overall pick. At that time, you can practice rookies while looking for a future path.If the road fails, the lineup will be completely dismantled and rebuilt.

However, Louie feels they may continue to trade.

Because Parish and Dantley are also players they want to shoot.

These two people may not be useful in the Pistons. If they are released to other teams, they are not ordinary.

Especially the Blazers, if the Blazers can have one more Robert Parish, the strength of the lineup will be raised to another level.

Just as Louie wondered what would happen next, San Antonio made another move.

This time, they chose to send away Alvin Robertson of the 84th generation.

It was the Utah Jazz who made a deal with them.

(End of this chapter)