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Chapter 596 The Pistons Can't Take Him Anymore

The draft in 1988 was undoubtedly a small draft year.

There are not many players who are exciting, but there are not a few teams who are going to fight for it.

Like the Trail Blazers, it is very risky to trade for the third overall pick to select a player with a high probability of losing water.

And the Miami Heat, who were almost remotely controlled by Louie, selected Willie Anderson with the seventh overall pick, and Louie helped them more than that.

Louis believes that by helping other teams draft to build a relationship between the two sides, and let the other party not choose one of his players when expanding the draft, it is a practice that can be continued.

In order to prove his "strength", he gave his own opinions on the several second-round picks owned by the Heat.

In addition to the seventh pick in the first round, the Heat also got the 21st pick in the first round this year through their own operations.

Louie suggested that they choose between Brian Shaw and Rod Strickland.

Both were players Louie knew.

Shaw is a big point guard, the Lakers' best player at feeding the Sharks during OK's three-peat championship.

Strickland was the godfather of the famous flat earth theory.At the same time, he is also a talented guard from New York. Some local media hope that the Knicks will choose Strickland.

Judging from the game, Strickland and Irving have many similarities in their style of play.

Louie has no doubts that he can be a first-line guard in the NBA, but has doubts about his locker room attributes.In addition, the Knicks already have Stockton and Hornacek at the No. [-] position. In the future, he will let Wilson try to play a point forward, so Strickland is not needed.

As a result, Strickland was taken 19th overall by the Houston Rockets.

The Heat seem to have only one option left.

Without hesitation, they took the big point guard Brian Shaw.

In addition to the two first rounds, the Heat also got two more second rounds through operation.That said, they have three options in the second round.

Louis, an adult beauty, sold the Knicks' second-round pick to the Heat for $10.

As a result, the Heat's second-round picks became four.

As the first choice in the second round, the Heat selected Andrew Lang (Andrew Lang C) from the University of Arkansas according to the recommendations given by their scouting team.

Another pick, they took Louie's advice.

Moreover, this person is also surnamed "Lang".

He is Grant Long (Grant Long PF) from Eastern Michigan University, an extremely tough power forward, and the development template given by the Knicks scouting department is Charles Oakley.But there is a high probability that he will not become an invincible boxer like Oakley. Compared with Oakley, he is more like a diligent blue-collar.

The reason why Louis knew this person was entirely from his uncle's recommendation.

Who is his uncle?It is the meritorious player of the Celtics, John Long.

The Heat's remaining two second-round picks, one is the 19th pick in the second round, and the other is the 24th pick in the second round of the Knicks.

Louis originally thought that they would solve it by themselves, but he did not expect that Lewis Shafier suffered from "Louis dependence".

He called again and asked, “Coach Road, how is Everette Stephens PG?”

"Generally, the technical issues are severe enough to be unsuitable for the NBA."

"So do you think Charles Shackleford (C/PF) is a good fit?"

"Uh, as far as I know, he is an insider. We haven't got to know him seriously, but you already have Grant Lang and Andrew Lang. There should be no shortage of insiders."

"That's right, Coach Lu, do you think Morlon Wiley SG is suitable?"

"How about I recommend you one?"

Louis asked angrily.

Shafier was waiting for his words: "Oh, is there any suitable candidate?"

Louis looked at the players who have not been selected, there are still three "acquaintances".

Vernon Maxwell SG with Steve Kerr and Anthony Mason Jr.

Kerr and Mason are guys the Knicks want.

But there is a problem. After choosing Dan Marley and Ronnie Sekali, their roster is already full.Among the rest, only Song Tao and Brad Rohaus are less important players.

Louis did not intend to send Song Tao away. One reason was that they were both Chinese. He hoped that there would be a compatriot in his team. This was of course selfish.Secondly, the New York Knicks have become the only home team for domestic fans in the NBA. If they send away Song Tao, the live broadcast of Knicks games in China may be greatly reduced.Therefore, he will not send Song Tao away.

Moreover, even for Song Tao's consideration, he will not send him away until he grows up enough to play in any team.

As for Brad Rohaus, Louis likes it very much. Anyway, only 13 people can play in each game, and he already has 13 people who can play, so why recruit more people?
Therefore, he told Lewis Shafier all three candidates.

As a result, Vernon Maxwell was selected by the Heat with the No.19 pick in the second round.

Anthony Mason Jr. was selected by the Trail Blazers with the 23rd pick in the second round.

Therefore, the Heat hold the Knicks with the 24th pick in the second round and can only choose Steve Kerr.

Mason was selected by the Blazers, which Louis never thought of.

What he didn't even know was that Mason was originally selected by the Blazers.

The Blazers team is weird here.

You say he has bad eyesight, because he is very good at Taobao for low picks; you say he has good eyesight, he doesn’t usually get sick, but when he does, he will miss a big one for you, like Moses Malone, Bird, Jordan, Paul⑴, Durant, etc. They are not rare.

There was only one surprise in this year's draft.

Top-five favorite Jose Hawkins fell to the tenth pick in the first round.

This pick is equivalent to the No.14 pick in the first round.

No. [-] pick outside the lottery.

The problem is, Hawkins didn't deserve to fall here.

He is a combo guard with a bare foot of 191 cm. He has a strong scoring ability. He scored 3000+ points in four years of college, ranking fourth in history.

The scouts are worried about his height. The first position is tall and the second position is too short.

Before this, there have been many examples of NCAA kings not playing well in the NBA.

In any case, Hawkins fell to the tenth pick. Louis lacks understanding of him, and Zhao Yuanzheng is not optimistic. This is one of the reasons why he did not recommend Hawkins to the Heat.

It turned out that everyone was wrong.

Hawkins' drop to [-]th was cheap for the Sacramento Kings, who happily picked a top-five favorite who dropped to [-]th.

Once the draft is over, all Louie has to do is prepare for the Knicks' championship parade.

When other teams win the championship, they will put on lights and festoons, and stand on colorful limousines and wander around the most prosperous areas of the city.

The Knicks are no exception.

Without Dell Ellis and Michael Cooper, the Knicks' strength has been affected to a certain extent.

But with Sekali and Marley as supplements, their inside line has been strengthened, and whether Marley is suitable for the murder press still needs to be tried.

In the trading market, some teams can't stand loneliness.

Like the Pistons, they can't resist the temptation of other teams.

The Pistons, who knew they were going the wrong way, really wanted to do badly, but they couldn't really do badly.

Because the Pistons were in the hands of the Knicks in the first round of 1989, even if they want to play badly, they have to wait until after 1989.

So in any case, we must maintain the competitiveness of being able to enter the playoffs until the end of next season, and we will see how it goes.

Even so, it does not affect their business.

The Pistons sent the complaining Adrian Dantley to Dallas, as happened before Louie crossed, and they traded back 1981 No. [-] pick, Mark Aguirre.

This is not a good deal.

In the timeline we know, the Pistons traded for Aguirre because they had Aguirre's stalwart Isiah Thomas on the team.These two can move forward together for a common goal, so those problems off the court of Aguirre will not exist.

As a player, Aguirre is not as influential as Dantley, both on and off the field.

He's just not as weird as Dantley, but he's still not a likable player.

From this point of view, replacing Dantley with Aguirre is to exchange 10 yuan for 8 yuan, which is a weakening.

The Pistons trade only proves that Dantley is a real jerk, and the Pistons can't stand him anymore.

⑴ Many people are complaining about how stupid the Eagles were for not picking Paul, but many people have forgotten that the Blazers had the third pick in the first round that year. They could have gotten Paul or Deron, but they didn't.Year after year, they've picked the wrong side of big choices about their franchise's fate.

　I went out today and didn’t have a word today. After I came back, I thought of a game temporarily.

　　I will start coding at [-] o'clock later, and the goal is three chapters. Every time I finish one chapter, the starting point will also update one chapter at the same time (end of three chapters). What if I don't code three chapters?As a punishment, I will update six chapters tomorrow—the last time I wrote three chapters in one night was when I wrote the Eastern Conference finals. Nothing else, just want to give myself some motivation. No one really prays that I can’t write three chapters. You are all my best friends and relatives.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)