Grab Curry at the start

Chapter 2 Draft Night

In addition to the draft, Zhang Sixin's current work also pays attention to the free agent market and the trading market. To some extent, these three tasks are closely related.

Before the arrival of the draft night, you need to go through it carefully, so that you can have the confidence to make a decision at the critical moment.

The main reason is that the Timberwolves have more draft picks, but the picks in the latter part of the first round don't have much effect.

Not to mention the large gap in the level of players, there are a lot of guards in this class, and it is impossible for the team to repeat the selection.

Coupled with the fact that many players on the team want to make a move, a trade is imperative.

There were some gimmicks in the free market in 2009, but most of the players were just gimmicks, like Kobe, the Lakers are now the defending champions, and he can't make a fuss anymore.

What the Timberwolves want is the front line, the first, second, and third positions.

Well, the fifth position also wants it, only the fourth position has someone.

In the traditional consciousness of the league, Al Jefferson and Love are both four positions, so they can only play one.

Originally in history, the Timberwolves let Love play as a substitute for a long time.

Of course, Zhang Sixin doesn't think so. Even if Al Jefferson is difficult to make a shot now, he can also arrange for Love to start together.

In this year's free market, there are backcourt players, but the general situation is that they are older.

Mike Bibby is 31 years old, Andre Miller is 33 years old, Allen Iverson is 34 years old, and Kidd is 36 years old. Because there are many rookie guards in this class, the Timberwolves do not need to consider this aspect in the free market.

Zhang Sixin on the front line has some ideas, such as Marion and Artest, but the two are not young, and the key may not be cheap.

The third position can be considered at the age of 30, but if the defensive type is expensive, it is not worthwhile, and the boss will not give money.

So looking at it now, we still need to try to trade.

On David Kahn's side, Zhang Sixin listened politely.

History has proved that this buddy really has a bad eye.

The preliminary work is just the preliminary work, and on the night of June 6th, the real work will begin.

Zhang Sixin and the Timberwolves team came to the theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

For the Timberwolves with multiple picks, the summer draft is the top priority.

"Hey, Zhang, we will be able to face each other on the field soon."

"Didn't you say goodbye to the finals?"

"Yes, we will meet in the finals."

Zhang Sixin and Spoelster, two middle-aged middle-aged men, laughed heartily.

The two have worked together for several years and have a very good friendship.

Now that each has become the head coach of an NBA team, it is natural to sigh.

When Zhang Sixin left the Heat, the two drank a few more glasses and uttered bold words.

They are in the east and west respectively, leading the coaching teams to compete on the stage of the finals.

After the two greeted each other, they went to the preparation rooms of their respective teams.

Soon, the 2009 NBA Draft began.

There is not much suspense in the choice of the Clippers. They won the star star Griffin of the University of Oklahoma.

Rubio has also been popular for a while, but outside players do not have absolute strength, and it is impossible to overwhelm inside players. This is a tradition in the NBA draft.

As for Thabeet, the static talent is really good, but Griffin's physical fitness is exploding, and his key skills are not bad. The Clippers are very satisfied with him.

The Grizzlies' No. [-] pick did not hesitate to select another popular insider this year, Thabeet.

Although the Grizzlies have a defensive insider, Gasol, but in line with the principle of only choosing expensive regardless of position, they won the relatively scarce inside favorites this year.

In the end, everyone knows that Thabeet is completely useless, but now I can't see it. This buddy's static talent is quite good, but he is relatively rough when he comes into contact with basketball, but there are actually a lot of games in this situation.

The Thunder were in third place and chose Harden.

Many people suggested that they choose Rubio, but they just like Harden.

It can only be said that Thunderclap's management has a good vision, and if there is no operation to send people away later, it will be a lore.

And the fourth king did not choose Rubio, which shows that the shortcomings of the Spanish golden boy are still relatively obvious.

The king chose Evans, who was at the peak of his debut, and David Kahn couldn't control his excitement at this time.

"Rubio, Rubio..."

Rubio actually fell to fifth place. David Kahn thought it was a godsend opportunity. The Spanish golden boy is the hope of the Timberwolves' revival.

Their trade with the Wizards took effect immediately, and the Timberwolves traded Randy Foye and Mike Miller for the Wizards' No. [-] pick, plus a few matching additions.

Zhang Sixin smiled at David Kahn, beckoned him to maintain his demeanor, and then asked Curry to be selected.

David Kahn felt as if the pause button had been pressed, and he froze.

"Why not choose Rubio? Rubio is the answer to the No. [-] position. Although Curry is also good, he is not a pure organizer. Yes... Next is us. We can choose Rubio with the No. [-] pick and let Curry play the No. [-] position."

"However, Curry's small body plays the second position, and the risk of injury is too great. Zhang, you are too stubborn. Curry is not a good choice at all."

David Kahn muttered non-stop, and Zhang Sixin didn't bother to talk to him at all.

It turns out that in history, this buddy happily selected Rubio, and then Rubio delayed his arrival for two years.

The Timberwolves can only offer Sessions, which is also a ghost decision.

There are so many good guards in this class, and 1600 million is given to Sessions, which completely violates the team's principle of thrift.

Even if the Timberwolves choose Ty Lawson, who was traded to the Nuggets with the 18th pick, he is better than Sessions, not to mention that they did not choose a series of trainable guards such as Curry, Brandon Jennings, Jrue Holiday, Jeff Teague, let alone DeRozan at the second position.

Rubio isn't bad either, but not worth that high a pick.

For the sixth pick, Zhang Sixin chose DeMar DeRozan of the University of Southern California amidst David Kahn's constant suggestions.

In the absence of Harden, Zhang Sixin had no choice but to take the next best thing and win DeRozan.

Although DeRozan's performance in the playoffs has been criticized, but he is still an All-Star level, and it is definitely not a loss to be selected.

For the remaining picks, to be honest, Zhang Sixin doesn't have much interest.

With the 18th pick, they still used it to make a deal with the Nuggets, taking Ty Lawson in exchange for next year's draft pick that the Nuggets got from the Bobcats.

David Kahn thinks it's worth it, and there's nothing wrong with it. He doesn't know that the Bobcats will make a historic playoff this season, and the Bobcats' draft picks next year will depreciate.

However, it's not a loss for the Timberwolves to do so, because they don't have the energy to train another No. [-].

For the 28th pick, Zhang Sixin looked down on NCAA champion Wayne Ellington and chose to trade with the Warriors.

Ellington actually has shooting, but it is too unstable. Zhang Sixin has no patience to cultivate players who are likely to waste time. It is better to trade for more mature pitchers.

It just so happened that the Warriors Supermarket was also opening. Originally, the Timberwolves initially discussed the possibility of trading Wusheng Jackson with the Warriors.

The Warriors said no problem, they don't dislike Al Jackson.

But although Timberwolves' Jackson couldn't sell for the time being, he was at the peak of his age, and Warriors' Stephen Jackson was a bit older. Zhang Sixin remembered that this buddy began to decline after the Bobcats had a prestige, so it was not worth it.

So at this time, the direction of the transaction changed. The Timberwolves traded the No. 28 pick from the Warriors for the Italian Marco Belinelli.

As for the second-round pick, it can also be traded, but basically it is a small amount of cash or a low-level pick for the next year. Unless there is really no one to choose, it is not necessary.

This year has not reached the point where there is really no one to choose. Zhang Sixin chose Danny Green with the team's No. 45 pick. Tielin still needs to be tempered, but there will be no problem as a substitute [-]D.

For the No. 47 pick, Zhang Sixin chose Patrick Mills. The Australian is not yet mature enough, but it is no problem to be a substitute.

In addition, Zhang Sixin also ordered to go down and immediately invite undrafted Wesley Matthews to participate in the team's summer league.

(End of this chapter)