Pick Westbrook

Chapter 6

The draft continues.

"The 2008th overall pick in the 8 draft, the Milwaukee Bucks select Brook Lopez from California!"

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"The New Jersey Nets selected Serge Ibaka from the Congo with the 2008st overall pick in the 21 draft!"

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"Um?!
28 cards were chosen? "

Li Lai was quite surprised to see that the Nets chose Ibaka ahead of schedule.

The Nets have forward Richard Jefferson, who averages 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and Ibaka has a slightly overlapping position for them.

Even if the Nets have announced a complete rebuild and even plan to trade Richard Jefferson in the future, they shouldn't sign Ibaka.

Because the new coach of the Nets, Lawrence Frank, is a typical head coach who advocates half-court offense and defense and positional warfare. He prefers heavy insiders like Brook Lopez.

"It seems that there is a transaction happening here!"

At this time, the Thunder seemed to know nothing. First, they apologized for not being able to get Ibaka, and then asked who the Bucks wanted to pick next.

"George Hill!" Li Lai said, looking at the list of all draft players handed over by Hammond.

Li Lai was very impressed with George Hill, although the opponent is not a potential rookie, and his talent is not enough to support him to become an All-Star player.

But George Hill's abilities are extremely comprehensive, he can attack, shoot, defend, and organize, and he plays extremely smartly. Any team's tactics can be learned as soon as they are learned, which belongs to the plug-and-play type.

It's also why George Hill gets a ton of team contact once the offseason hits.

As for the last second-round pick No. 37 held by the Bucks, Li Lai had already made a decision.

He did not hesitate to use aggressive methods to stimulate Sam Presti, and even said that if he wanted him to take out the No. 37 second-round pick, he would leave the Thunder and trade with the Timberwolves. The draft picks the biggest leftovers of this draft, the future Most Improved Players and All-Stars.

——Dragic, who should have been selected by the Spurs with the No. 45 pick in the second round!
"It's just a pity that Jordan should be selected by the Clippers in advance with the 35th overall pick. Otherwise, it would be more beautiful to win him and Westbrook to form a new lob city."

Li Lai sighed regretfully. To lose Ibaka and Jordan Jr. one after another, anyone would feel pain.

The draft continues.

"The Oklahoma City Thunder selected George Hill from Indiana with the 2008th overall pick in the 24 draft!"

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"The Los Angeles Clippers select DeAndre Jordan from Houston, Texas with the 2008th overall pick in the 35 draft"

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"The Milwaukee Bucks selected Goran Dragic from Slovenia with the 2008th overall pick in the 37 draft!"

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The Spurs management private room.

After seeing George Hill and Goran Dragic being stolen by the Bucks one after another, Popovich was stunned for a moment.

Bucks?It's not enough to rob me of George Hill, but also rob me of Goran Dragic?What the hell?

At this time, another manager of the Spurs came over with a phone, and Popovich took the phone.

It was Suns general manager Steve Kerr calling.

"Teacher, Dragic has been taken away, so the deal between the Suns and the Spurs may also be terminated."

Popovich was a little helpless. Originally, he wanted to trade the No. 45 pick in his second round to get the Suns' No. 48 pick in the second round + some cash + the Suns' second-round pick next year, but now it can only be wasted.

Because the Suns only want to choose Dragic, who has a style similar to Nash, to play as a substitute, and others will not consider it at all.

"Dragic's deal is a trivial matter, it's just that he lost a second-round pick, but George Hill is an important pick for the Spurs this year, and he was cut off! Your Bucks are simply It's doing something!"

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After the draft is over, it's time for all the sports media to get busy.

Everyone knows that on the first day after the draft, there will be a large number of player and rookie transactions, and there may even be earthquake-level transactions involving star players.

Fans and onlookers who have a good thing have already started to sit on the bench and eat melon seeds. The sports channel never changes channels, and they even swipe their phones from time to time to follow the latest news of the day.

The first is the draft swap trade between the Timberwolves and the Grizzlies.

The Timberwolves traded OJ Mayo + Marko Jaric + Antoine Walker + Greg Buckner with the 3rd pick in exchange for Kevin Love + Mike Miller + Brian Card with the 5th pick from the Grizzlies Dinar + Jason Collins.

This is an amazing 4-for-4 deal.

Of course, the most profitable one is the Timberwolves. They not only got their favorite love god Love, but also got Mike Miller, a swingman with a scary three-pointer, and got rid of Marko Jaric's 3-year 2100 million rubbish contracts.

And the Grizzlies are not too bad, after all, they got OJ Mayo, one of the three cornerstones of this year's draft.

Next is the trade between the Nets and the Thunder.

The Thunder traded eighth pick Brook Lopez to the Nets for Serge Ibaka and a 8 first-round pick.

"No, isn't Brook Lopez the player selected by the Bucks with the No. 8 pick!" A careful reporter discovered this problem.

Sam Presti laughed and didn't rush to explain.

At the same time, Hammond and Li Lai, who were at the press conference, already understood that they were in the way of the Thunder.

When Li Lai handed over Ibaka's list in advance, Sam Presti had already made a deal with the Nets and let the other party take Ibaka with the 21st pick in advance.

"This bitch is a poisonous snake that eats people without spitting out bones! He is trying to plot against us!"

The honest and trustworthy Hammond has never seen such despicable tricks in his life. When he broke out, he even wanted to rush to the press conference and put his big belly on the opponent's head.

Li Lai knew that the original Thunder team liked Ibaka very much, and it was a pity that they couldn't get it from the opponent this time.

The draft was originally a game of intrigue and intrigue, and this time the loss to the Thunder was indeed a mistake, so I can't blame others.

"Haha, sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you."

Sam Presti still greeted Li Lai with a smiling face, walked over and gave Li Lai a big hug, and then continued.

"Once born and twice acquainted, we can be regarded as trading partners who are familiar with each other, how about it, man, I think you like Ibaka very much, why don't we make a deal again?
Don't you still have Maurice Williams and Yi Jianlian in your hands? I will trade Ibaka for one for two? "

Li Lai was really disgusted by the other party, smiled and said: "This proposal is good, we can discuss it later."

Hearing that it was possible to discuss, Sam Presti hurriedly smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Li Lai, but the other party walked directly to the press conference as if he didn't see it.

Sam Presti could only turn his head resentfully, and then followed.

Then came the big news that shocked the entire sports world.

The Bucks used Brook Lopez with the 8th pick + All-Star guard Michael Reed + Bogut, the No. Hill also took two junk contracts from the Thunder, Marshall + Malik Rose.

"Are the Bucks crazy!"

"Michael Reid is the leading scorer on their team, and Bogut was the No. [-] pick and almost made the best second defense last season.

These two only changed the No. [-] pick in the first round? "

"With this trading chip, I am afraid that the Bulls with the first pick are enough to be tempted."

(End of this chapter)