You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 996 The 2003 NBA Draft After the Dust Settled
Chapter 999 The Dust Settled 2003 Draft
The Warriors chose Anthony, which means that Joe Dumars has already negotiated a deal. The Pistons only need to select Wade with the fifth pick in the first round according to the opponent's needs, and the deal can be made.

Soon, the fourth pick came out.

The Celtics' pick was Chris Bosh.

It is a reasonable choice. When two rookies have similar draft prices, give priority to the inside line. This is the same principle in the NBA since ancient times.

Bosh is a typical All-Star seedling, tall and flexible, and has a stable shooting skill.

Tall, thin and able to shoot, has the potential to play multiple positions.

The template is Garnett.

Also using Garnett as a template, Milicic's market is much higher than Bosh, but the former is an enhanced version of Garnett, while the latter is a normal Garnett.

Bosh and Garnett do have many similarities, but the physical quality of the two is very different.

On the field, tall, thin and poorly built players are usually referred to as Bosh.

Conversely, the one who is tall and thin but has great physical fitness is Garnett.

The biggest thing these two have in common is that they both have long necks.

(In this regard, Boshiqing is better than blue because of blue)

There is no difference between the top five picks in the 2003 lottery and the previous life, the order is exactly the same.

This is relatively rare in recent years. After 1999, it was the first time that Mo Mengchen encountered a draft with the same order as his previous life.

Only, teams are different.

The top five picks in previous lives were the Cavaliers, Pistons, Nuggets, Raptors and Heat.

There is only one Piston left in this life, and the other four bad teams from the previous life have all played well this season, missing the 03 golden generation perfectly.

When Wade was selected by the Pistons with the fifth overall pick, he was about to put on the Pistons hat, but the agent sent an urgent message.

"Dwayne, you've been traded!"

Yes, after the draft, the trade happens.

Through ESPN reports, the whole world knows that the Pistons and Warriors have completed the deal.

"The Detroit Pistons sent Dwyane Wade's signing rights, Earl Watson and the 29th pick in the first round and the 29th pick in the second round and next year's first round pick to Carmelo Anthony from the Golden State Warriors. signing rights and the 20th pick in the second round."

As soon as the news came out, the Quartet shook.

"that's it?"

This is the reaction of the outside world.

Their reaction is that the Warriors' asking price is too low.

No matter what, you have to get a starter with the Pistons, right?Actually only added a second team of Watson and their first and second rounds? "

What can the Pistons do with their own draft picks?

The first and second rounds are the last ones, and it takes a certain vision to select available players for that position.

Questions from the outside world are blowing like a phoenix, as if to say that the Warriors are bastards who help others.

The Warriors are innocent, but they are also silent, refusing to answer questions from the outside world.

This is a win-win deal. The Warriors certainly want to embarrass the Pistons, but what are the consequences of doing so?It is very likely that one shot and two falls apart. Except for the Pistons, no other team can provide suitable chips.

In order to get Anthony's signing rights, the Pistons have already suffered a loss by bringing along their own draft picks this year plus the second team's Watson.

Generally speaking, the third and fifth picks are swapped, and the team at the bottom only needs to carry a draft pick for the next year.

The Pistons come with an immediate combat power plus two draft picks.

From their draft perspective, these two picks are very likely to bring two good players who can fight well.

Therefore, the Warriors have nothing to complain about.

On the contrary, the voices of grievances from the outside world became louder and louder.

Knowing that he was traded, Anthony was very depressed, but when he heard that his new club was the Pistons, his iconic sweet smile instantly returned to his face, and he even hurriedly took off his Warriors hat and put on a hat with the Pistons team logo. hat, catering to the Detroit reporters in front, said confidently and proudly: "The Pistons are a great team, Dor. It's an honor, and I can't wait to get to Detroit."

However, the big news that the Pistons provoked today is not just that.

Starting with the sixth pick, the order is reversed.

With the sixth overall pick, the New Orleans Hornets selected Chargers guard TJ Ford.

This windy boy's pick is three places higher than in his previous life. I just don't know if starting his career in New Orleans will give him a different fate?

The seventh pick is the Pistons' performance moment.

The team with the seventh pick is the Los Angeles Clippers. They need a core-level outside line, but players with this potential have already been picked in the top five picks.

In front of them is Kirk Hinrich, who is very likely to become the poor white man's version of Dennis Johnson. It seems that this is the only choice?

Just as they were about to make a choice, the Pistons, as if they were going to do something good, took the initiative to approach them and made an irresistible offer.

Michael Reed!
In order to get the Clippers' draft pick, the Pistons traded for Michael Reed.

It's no wonder that the Clippers were excited. Last season, the Pistons played two games against the Clippers, and Reid's performance was extremely outstanding.

In the first game against the Clippers, he scored 32 points and scored seven three-pointers. The Clippers coach Dennis Johnson was shocked and exclaimed, "Can this kind of player only play as a substitute in the Pistons?"

More than ten years later, this sentence was excavated by fans and became a universal sentence similar to Green's formula.

Once a player shines, but he is not the main player, some people will express their amazement with "Can such a person only play as a substitute in XX?"

In Game 30, Reid scored another [-] points as the game turned into garbage time at halftime.

The Clippers scored 62 points in the two games, and the Clippers naturally coveted Reed.

The negotiation didn't take long, and the Clippers nodded readily, announcing the end.

In the end, the Clippers used the seventh overall pick to select Kirk Hinrich, whom they had been looking at from the beginning, but before the iron guard of the University of Kansas had time to put on the Clippers hat, he heard the agent inform him that he had been traded to the Pistons.

Therefore, Hinrich quickly changed his hat and said with great style: "I know, this is all about business, I can understand."

The performance of the Clippers is satisfactory.

A lottery pick took away the Pistons' two-time Sixth Man of the Year, which is enough to hurt the Pistons.

But soon people became worried.

Who can make the Pistons willing to send Michael Reed, who already has the strength of an All-Star?
Seriously, scouts don't see anything in Hinrich that would make the Pistons trade Redd.

Not to mention that no one would believe that the Pistons chose to send Reid purely because they did not want to delay the opponent's development, and it was also for the peace and harmony within the team.

Reid's ability is getting stronger and stronger, and he is no longer suitable to play as a substitute. The Pistons have no place for him, so they have to trade. Trading Hinrich back is the greatest stop loss, as simple as that.

The truth is always simple, but few people are willing to believe it.

Many Pistons fans expressed their reluctance to send Watson away.

Send Reed, Dumars once again become the city's enemy in Detroit.

In the past few years, Dumars has made too many transactions that fans think are stupid, but the Pistons are lucky, and the scouting team is awesome. Otherwise, with Dumars' prodigal ability, the team would have been defeated He dismantled it.

Reid, like Hill, is as personable and community oriented as he is on the court, and watching him shoot is reassuring.

Just as the fans expected Reed to become the Pistons' Havlicek, Reed was traded.

He slapped the fans hard in the face, making them so angry that they couldn't control themselves.

What can Dumas say?He was originally the influence of the city, and every Detroiter would give him a thumbs up when he mentioned it.

What now?Fans can't wait to throw him out of Detroit.

It was obviously Mo Mengchen's idea, but in the end he had to take the blame. Dumas was in pain, but so what?Since it is necessary to maintain the operation of the team, someone must come out to bear the pressure.

No one is more reluctant to bear Reed than he, but he also knows that Mo Mengchen's worries are not wrong.

Keeping Reid will only lead to endless problems. It is better to go our separate ways at the best time and work together.

Pistons fans criticized Dumars' bad operation in various media because Reed was traded, and the outside world was worried because the Pistons introduced two lottery picks at the same time.

They thought that the Pistons would have other amazing operations, but for a long time after that, the Pistons did not make any other splashes.

The first seven picks have been released, and the Nets with the eighth pick accidentally picked Chris Kaman.

Kaman has a stable lower limit, even if he can't become a tall version of Ben Wallace, he can also become a good blue-collar player. His drop to the eighth pick is a big surprise for the Nets.

After Kaman was selected, the lottery was no longer interesting. It is worth mentioning that the Sonics selected Nick Collison as in the previous life.

After the lottery draft, Mo Mengchen turned off the TV.

The remaining jewels behind, such as David West, Dior, Barbosa, Josh Howard, Mo Williams, etc., although they have all made good progress, they are not like Arenas and Reid. He can become the leader of a team and the star of the game, so Mo Mengchen no longer pays attention.

The Pistons have only one target left, and that is Kyle Korver at the end of the second round.

In order to get Korver, in the deal the Pistons made with the Warriors, in addition to getting Anthony's signing rights, they also had their No. 20 pick in the second round, which was enough to help the Pistons win Jay Chou of the United States.

Everything is in place and everything is going well.

The Pistons lost Watson and Redd, but got Anthony, Hinrich and Korver.

Years later, when people look back on this draft, what should they say?

Did the Pistons ruin their dynasty?

Or, under the leadership of Anthony, did the Pistons continue the glory of the dynasty when Dor.Mo and Hill got old?

It is very interesting to watch the doomed history being changed one by one.

(End of this chapter)