the rest, only noise

Chapter 656

"We took the best player in this draft class with the 14th pick in the first round!"

In Zhao Yuanzheng's eyes, Sean Kemp is a definite choice.

Because he believes that under Louis' hands, Kemp's future is limitless.

Louis is not so excited, but now the core talent of the Knicks has indeed overflowed.

For him, there are only two things left in the draft.

One is to use the late draft picks to strengthen the depth of the lineup as much as possible, and the other is to disgust Jerry Krause.

The Bulls' highest pick this year is the 17th pick in the first round.

Louie found one of Krause's main targets in the draft -- Edwards' BJ Armstrong PG.

Louie knew Armstrong was one of the dead stars of this draft class.

In the main timeline fans are more familiar with, he was named an All-Star alongside Horace Grant around the time Jordan was off to play baseball.

In the eyes of some people, this even became another black spot of Jordan, because they were not all-stars when they were with Jordan.

Now Louis no matter what his future is, the Knicks don't need Armstrong, and he won't destroy the team's lineup just to disgust Klaus.

When it comes to the draft, if he wants to disgust Klaus, there are plenty of ways.

Louie picked up the phone and started calling the teams with the three picks before the 17th pick.

They are the Nuggets, Bucks, and 76ers.

Louie, ostensibly interested in their draft pick, was actually trying to imply that Armstrong was a good pick.

Moreover, in addition to these three, Louis also let the wind spread to other teams.

In the few minutes when the Nuggets, who held the 15th pick in the first round, were thinking about it, the phones of the teams rang frequently.

The Nuggets did not believe in Louie's evil, but several teams were willing to believe in Louis' vision and were ready to intercept.

Just when Louis thought that Armstrong would be won by the 76ers or the Bucks in all likelihood, Lewis Shafier was dispatched.

Shafier sent Grant Long + this year's second-round pick to Denver in exchange for the 15th pick in the first round, and used that pick to select BJ Armstrong.

The moment his favorite candidate was intercepted, Jerry Krause stared at the phone, wanting to smash it.

His assistant hurried over to protect the phone: "Jerry, don't smash it! The draft is not over yet, we don't have a spare phone!"

"Little Lu is too much of a bully!" Klaus growled.

What makes Klaus even more angry is that Louis knows his plan like the back of his hand. If there is no traitor, how could the Knicks know who they want to choose?
With this in mind, Klaus can be sure that there are spies among them.

"Check! Check hard for me! I want to know who in the scouting department has contacts with them, don't let anyone go!"

Louie was very satisfied after screwing up the Bulls' draft plan.

As for other people in Krause's plan, Louis does not intend to obstruct it, because it seems that Armstrong is the only gain of the Bulls in this draft. As long as he is not selected by the Bulls, his plan will be completed.

Louis called Shafier by the way.

"Lewis, what happened to that deal?"

It's not that he doesn't want to recommend Armstrong to the Heat.

After all, his plan now is to turn the Heat into a strong team that can occupy a place in the East, so the rationality of their lineup must be considered.

Although Armstrong is good, his immediate combat power is definitely not as good as Brian Shaw, not to mention that they also have Cheeks who is at the peak. If you choose Armstrong and have no resources to train, it is better not to choose.

"Coach Lu, you want BJ so much, I think he must be a talent." Shafier asked nervously, "You won't be unhappy if I do this?"

Louis smiled helplessly.

This transaction really has an unintelligent follow-up atmosphere everywhere.

"I don't blame you, but why did you hand over Grant Lang?"

"Denver asked for it by name."

"You can bargain with them!"

"The situation is urgent. If I don't make a decision, they will choose someone."

Louis was sure that Denver played a game of extreme pressure on Shafier, but Shafier took so much damage and fulfilled their wishes. It really is not surprising at all.

"Although you have Hank Geithers, he has a heart problem. He must strictly control his playing time. If there is no strong fourth position substitute, there will be big problems in the rotation."

"I really didn't care about it at the time."

Louis was speechless to him, since the transaction had already happened, there was no point in worrying about it.

After that, the Knicks used the 26th overall pick in the first round to select physical man Doug West SG (Doug West SG), and then used the first overall pick from the Heat to win Chucky Brown, a beast wing who can play both small forwards and power forwards.

At this point, all the operations in the Knicks draft are complete.

Louie originally wanted to suggest that Shafier take Clifford Robinson (Clifford Robinson PF/C/SF), who fell to the second round. Unexpectedly, the Blazers had a keen sense of smell and launched a trade to obtain a second-round pick at a high position. Apart from Kemp, he acquired one of the biggest leftovers of this draft.

If Louie knew Robinson, he might give up Kemp.

The only thing he knew about Robinson was Jordan's famous shrug in 1992.

When Jordan set a record for the number of three-pointers made in the finals halftime with a hot touch, he shrugged "I can't control myself", at that moment, Robinson appeared in the camera.

That's why Louie remembered Robinson.

He only knew that Robinson was an important role player at the finals level, but he didn't know that he was a decathlon wing Spiderman.

Stylistically, he was Rasheed Wallace before Rasheed Wallace.

The Trail Blazers get this person, which is even more powerful, making them stronger who already have the league's first wing talent, depth, and strength.

It's just that under Rick Pitino's "culling" system concept, can this team play its full strength?
Louis is not optimistic at all. You must know that at the beginning of next season, the Lakers will usher in a center at the level of team history, and that is David Robinson, who has finished his service and made his official debut.

The Blazers finally got rid of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and now the Lakers have directly added a young Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Just thinking about Louis is worried for Jordan, won't he be blocked by the Lakers in the West again?
Moreover, in addition to Robinson, the Lakers also took Vlade Divac in the draft, which is a point of Louie's negligence.

He forgot that there was Divac in this draft.

In addition to him, Zhao Yuanzheng and the scouting department under RC Buford will not pay attention to overseas players.

The twin towers of Robinson + Divac, just thinking about it makes the Blazers suffocate.

Afterwards, the Knicks sold their 27th pick in the second round to the Heat for $20.

Since this was the last pick, Louie seemed to have nothing to choose, so he let Shafier play freely.

As a result, Shafier resold the total to the Orlando Magic for $21.

This gave Louis another call in anger: "What do you mean, Lewis?"

"Coach Lu, to tell you the truth, I don't want to buy it. If it wasn't for your face, I wouldn't do this kind of business."

"So you sold it to Orlando?"

"Do they want it? Besides, Minnesota bid more than Orlando. I didn't sell them the draft because of your face."

He really couldn't fix Louis.

"You don't think I'm going to thank you, do you?"

"Coach Lu, the weather is really nice today."

"Goodbye."

Louie hung up, and Baylor had a funny face.

"Why do you think this person should be the general manager? The more I think about it, the more angry I get!" Louie suddenly felt aggrieved in this year's draft. Except for disgusting Klaus, nothing good happened.

Baylor reassured: "Indeed, you really shouldn't meddle in Miami's affairs, and now this person depends on you."

"In the long run, this is a good thing. At least we can grasp the dynamics of Miami. Although the guy is like you, the general manager is not doing well."

"WTF!" Baylor yelled, "Leave me alone!"

Louie didn't expect Baylor to be allergic to the joke.

But the more anxious Baylor is, the more he likes to make jokes, what can this old guy do.

"Elkin, as long as you understand what I mean. I just made some news about Armstrong's trade, and I didn't inform him, but he moved very quickly and finished Denver before the other teams. Although he was a bit clumsy, that's the only way to get Denver quickly under such circumstances."

Louis said with a faint smile: "This guy is very well-informed."

Baylor said with an unhappy face: "I don't care what he is, if you compare me with him, I'm really in a hurry with you!"

"What are you in a hurry for? Do you think you are much better than him? I haven't settled with you for the expansion of the draft yet!"

Baylor would never have imagined that Louis would be so worthless. It has been several days, and he is still turning over old scores?

"Didn't I not expect this to happen?"

"I'll fuck you, when you think about it, my ass has turned into the shape of Klaus' bastard!"

(End of this chapter)