NBA Absolute Flood Dam

Chapter 946 draft, the fourth pick

On June 6, New York, the 28 draft began.

As a hit, A Lian was invited to sit in the small green room, with his father and manager Gao Yuanyuan sitting next to him.

To his left are Oden and Durant and their families, and to his right are Mike Conley and Joakim Noah.

The so-called small green room is that there are a few more tables in the front, which are separated from other seats by a fence to show the difference, and then the draft players sitting inside are accompanied by their family members or agents.

There are still some procedures before the draft, such as interviews.

Oden, who has almost booked the No. [-] pick just now, has accepted an interview with ESPN. Who will be the next one? All the rookies sitting in the small green room hope to be himself, because this represents the recognition of the media.

But what is surprising is that ESPN reporters chose Allen.

"Why is the second one Yi?"

Durant's eyes widened.

"Me?" Allen was surprised.

He has changed a lot in the past three years. Whether it is his football skills or athletic quality, he has been built according to Li Ba's vision, but what has changed even more is his personality, which is more active, outgoing, confident and aggressive.

But no matter how confident he was, he didn't think he would be the second to be interviewed.

But soon, he realized that ESPN definitely wanted to get some information about Brother Hammer from him.

Sure enough, the reporter's first question revealed his intention.

"Yi, have you met Hammer in the past few days?" ESPN asked expectantly.

After Li Ba retired, he stayed in Napac and blocked all news. The outside world still doesn't know where he is, including ESPN, so now all the media want to know his whereabouts, is he in the United States, or has he returned? Arrived in China.

Already prepared in his heart, he smiled and said, "We have spoken on the phone."

The reporter was a little disappointed and asked, "Will he come today?"

"No, he never attends the draft." Allen laughed.

The reporter questioned him a few more times, and A Lian answered without leaking anything, without revealing Li Ba's whereabouts. In the end, the reporter had no choice but to give up.

"Do you have any expectations for your draft position?" The reporter finally asked.

"Look forward to being selected in the top six, that's what Brother Iron Hammer told me." Allen said confidently.

"If not?" The reporter asked again.

"It's okay to go to the back row, as long as you don't fall out of the lottery area." Alian said with a smile.

The reporter's face twitched, why did he feel that this was the tone of a hammer?If it fell out of the lottery, you would say it's fine as long as it doesn't fall out of the first round?

Half an hour later, the draft began.

The No. [-] pick owner, the Spurs, moved quickly, and general manager Buford immediately handed over the envelope.

Stern took the envelope and walked onto the stage, opened it and glanced at it, without any surprise expression on his face, read:

"The Antonio Spurs drafted, Greg Oden."

"yeah!"

Oden stood up excitedly, hugged his family and agent, took the Spurs hat, and walked onto the stage.

Durant has some regrets in his heart, who doesn't want to be the No. [-] pick?He looked at Auden on the stage and thought to himself, "Xie Te, the title of No. [-] must make this guy very happy, right?"

Next came the Blazers, who handed over the envelope, and Stern walked up to the stage again with it.

The higher the draft position, the higher the starting point, the higher the contract, the higher the attention of the team, and the guaranteed playing time and team position.

All the lottery picks in the Little Green House were staring at the envelope in Stern's hand, expecting their name to be there.

Durant licked his lips, his palms were sweaty, and his heart was beating fast.

A Lian was whispering to Gao Yuanyuan, he hadn't thought about the top three picks.

"The Portland Trail Blazers selected Al Horford." Stern's voice sounded.

Some media were surprised, but they didn't expect the Blazers to choose Al Horford.

But what the Blazers consider is that although there are a few good insiders in the team, such as Randolph, the real center is not very good, and Randolph's speed is not good, so he needs to be matched with a fast insider.

In the playoffs, the Lakers' strong lineup was swept by the Suns. Now which team dares to build that kind of clumsy inside combination?At least one insider with good speed is needed, and Horford is such a center.

Seeing Al Horford stand up, Durant felt a little disappointed again.

Next, it was the turn of the supersonics.

"...Kevin Durant." Stern's voice sounded again.

"Finally it's me!"

Durant stood up energetically, and Tanhua was not bad.

The top three were selected, and the lottery dreamers who dreamed of the top three were very disappointed. They began to look forward to the fourth pick.

"The Atlanta Hawks selected... Yi Jianlian." Stern announced the fourth pick.

Allen's eyes widened, fourth?

Gao Yuanyuan smiled, and he was happier than Allen. He finally had an NBA player in his hand, and he was the fourth pick in the first round, which was much higher than that guy who was embarrassed.

After Ah Lian went up, she hurriedly left the small green layer and went to the back.

Today Marc Gasol is here too, sitting in the back with his brother Gasol.

He arrived today, and he arrived immediately after the Suns wanted to draft him in the first round.

"Gao, easy to go to the Eagles is very good, the team boss Joe Johnson is the brother of the Hammer." Paul Gasol laughed.

Gao Yuanyuan nodded with a smile and said, "Yi and Johnson know each other."

The two brothers nodded, and Gasol's brother said, "Gao, are you familiar with the new general manager of the Suns, Cole?"

Gao Yuanyuan said: "Mr. Savor introduced the day before yesterday, we chatted for a while, so we know each other, Mark's matter was finalized that time.

Now that the Hammer has retired, Mr. Colangelo has also left, and Payton has also retired. Steve Kerr is a novice with no management experience. Now the team is a bit chaotic. , There will be problems with the team lineup. "

Next, the draft has continued.

After 10 minutes, A Lian finished the interview, came over with his father, and everyone sat together.

In the end, Marc Gasol was selected by the Suns with the No.20 eighth pick in the first round.

After the draft was over, the free market officially opened, and the league teams began to enter the trading reinforcement stage.

This year's free market, not to mention small players, the top ten free agents are Chauncey Billups, Vince Carter, Rashad Lewis, Gerald Wallace, Maurice Williams, Grant · Hill, Darko Milicic, Anderson Varejao, Andice Nocioni, Chris Webber.

Savor and Kerr rushed back to Phoenix the next day to discuss a deal.

"Robert, the hammer is gone, the rookie Marc Gasol can't do the center, let alone what if he can't come? We need a stronger center." Kerr said.

"Who do you want to trade?" Savor asked.

"O'Neal." Cole said seriously.

(End of this chapter)