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Chapter 266. 266. Draft Night Deals
On June 2014, 6, the NBA Draft was in progress at Madison Square Garden in New York.

As another draft year after 2012, this year's draft has attracted much attention. From the first pick to the No.14 pick, the entire lottery area is full of talented rookies.

Needless to say, the Cavaliers are lucky. They won the No. [-] lottery for the second consecutive year and three times in the past four years.

There are three candidates for this year's No. [-] pick. The first is Wiggins from Canada, the second is Parker from the United States, and the third is Embiid from Africa.

The three of them are the top three in this year's draft list, and there is no surprise. It just so happens that the top three in the draft are the three of them, and the ranking is the same as the ranking.

Liu Ren also watched TV at home and followed the draft. From the first pick to the fifth pick, there was no difference from his memory. Wiggins has gone to the Cavaliers and may be traded away soon. Parker, who is known as the junior Anthony's went to the Bucks, and Embiid's old injury went to the 76ers. I don't know if he can play it out. Anyway, in Liu Ren's memory, Embiid will be injured for the next two years.

After that, things began to change. Since the Lakers were no longer in the lottery zone, the draft picks of the teams starting with the seventh pick all increased by one. The market has been declining. When the Lakers drafted him, he was questioned. Now that the Lakers don’t draft him, lottery teams dare not consider him until the No.12 pick is traded to this place by the Warriors with two future draft picks. The pick picks him up!

Seeing that Randall was selected by the Warriors, Liu Ren thought to himself, is this an exchange of "Big and Big Green"?

It finally came to the No.13 pick that Liu Ren was concerned about. Originally, the Timberwolves' pick was No.14. Because the Lakers left the lottery, their pick rose one.

Judging from the fact that the Timberwolves management loves to collect talented men, they will definitely choose LaVine, which Liu Ren is sure of.

But just because the Timberwolves love to collect talented men, in fact, their talent in the backcourt is about to explode, and there is Rubio who has already played a quasi-first-class point guard, so if they are given some benefits, they will simply put this Draft picks traded out!Both Liu Ren and Kupchak's team are quite sure of this.

Teams are given 3 minutes to consider each pick, as their target is likely to have been drafted by another team before.

Before the Timberwolves were about to submit the draft envelope, the official announced the news of a three-way deal.

湖人队送出今年首轮No.20九顺位选秀权和2015年来自雄鹿的次轮选秀权，2007年次轮49顺位的欧洲球员法里德-吉恩斯的签约权以及300万现金补偿，得到森林狼今年首轮No.13顺位选秀权、火箭队的林书豪！

The Rockets sent Jeremy Lin and the 2007th pick in the first round of this year, and got the right to sign the Lakers' second-round rookie in [-].

The Timberwolves sent out the No.13 pick in the first round of this year, and got the Rockets' No.20 pick in the first round of this year, the Bucks' second-round pick in 2015 and 300 million cash!
The owner of the No.13 pick became the Lakers!
The Lakers used this pick to select Zach LaVine from UCLA!

LaVine didn't have any of the top ten picks. He already wants to curse. His initial draft ranking can be ranked in the top eight, but other teams have always maintained a skeptical attitude towards a perimeter player who only has excellent physical talent and relatively average skills. , He already thought that he was going to fall out of the lottery zone, and he might even fall into the second round like the Clippers' Jordan!
Jordan was also a member of the Little Green House during the draft. He didn't expect that no team would select him after the first round, and he was picked up by the Clippers.

Just when LaVine felt that the world was in darkness, a super big pie hit him on the head, and he was selected by the Lakers!
The draft year is very eye-catching, but the same suspense is not much. Almost all teams will choose talents. For example, if Wiggins is selected, he will choose Parker, and if Parker is selected, he will choose Embiid. Will pick the best of the rest.

Therefore, what fans pay most attention to is not which team chooses whom. The previous draft rankings are basically predicted, and they pay more attention to whether there is a trade!
The Lakers raised the No. 20 ninth pick to the No. 13 pick with almost nothing, and it caused a sensation immediately.

No one is going to talk about the Timberwolves, because the Timberwolves got more draft picks they wanted, and they also got a sum of cash. This 300 million cash is enough to pay the Timberwolves' first-year salary for the rookies selected by the Timberwolves with two draft picks this year!
It was no surprise that the Lakers chose LaVine. LaVine said that he wanted to go to the Lakers most when he was running for the election, and he went to the Lakers draft training camp many times for trial training. The Lakers also lacked point guards. McCollum always scored. Guard, playing point guard is relatively wasteful. Nash is old, Farmar and Marshall are actually useless. In this era when all team point guards are blowing out, the Lakers point guard has always been a very big loophole.

Jeremy Lin was traded, LaVine was selected, and Nash, who still had ten minutes of fighting power, fans described Kupchak's trade as a godsend!

The only thing that makes people complain is the Rockets. Everyone can see that the Rockets want to save money.

The Rockets now have Beverly, a defensive champion, and Harden and Howard. Jeremy Lin and Asik, who signed big contracts back then, have become tasteless, even worse for the Rockets. It is useless to keep them. There is still a salary of 3000 million for the first season. Although the salary space occupied by their three-year contract is 833 million per year, they actually need to get a salary of 1500 million in the third year.

But generally speaking, this is just a painless deal for the entire draft. Jeremy Lin is no longer the crazy Lin of the past. LaVine is just a rookie with excellent physical talent but mediocre skills. It is not certain whether he can play or not. , This year, there are many outstanding talents like LaVine, and people are just complaining about the Rockets doing everything they can to save money.

People's views are correct this time. Whether it is Liu Ren or the Lakers management, they all know that LaVine can't be counted in a short time. No matter how good the talent is, it takes two or three years to practice. It will be the time for LaVine and McCollum to take over after the two veterans Kobe and Nash retire.

So after LaVine is selected, the first thing the Lakers management has to do is ideological work...

(End of this chapter)