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Chapter 338 Xiaoshuai was intercepted?The willows are dark and the flowers are bright and a bumper harvest!
"Eighth pick? It's okay."

In the regular season last season, the Bucks finished 12th in the Eastern Conference and 24th in the league, which is the seventh from the bottom.

Under normal circumstances, the lottery pick is around 7th in the first round.

This time, He Li represented the Bucks to participate in the lottery, and he won the eighth pick in the first round. His luck is not too bad.

Fortunately, the Bucks traded Antawn Jamison before and got the first-round picks of this year's Pelicans and Grizzlies.

The lottery is over, and the first-round picks of the Pelicans and Grizzlies have also been clarified.

These two teams have not made the playoffs this season, so they are destined to get the lottery pick.

However, after the Pelicans got Antawn Jamison, they also tried hard to make the playoffs, but in the end they were short of breath and ended up tenth in the Eastern Conference.

It is also among the big teams, which seems to have a preference for record, but the Bucks' income is not so high.

In the end, the Pelicans' first-round pick was the 11th pick.

That is, the good brother of the Grizzlies, got the high-ranking pick with the fifth overall pick in the first round, which gave the Bucks a chance to trade up.

The teams with lottery picks this year are the Trail Blazers, Eagles, Bulls, Bobcats, Grizzlies, Kings, Clippers, Bucks, 75ers, Pistons, Pelicans, Wizards, Timberwolves, and Heat.

Because the Celtics and Supersonic lineups are okay, and they both made the playoffs this season, and it wasn't because of Durant's intentional failure.

And the teams that won the top three picks this year do not lack strikers, even though strikers are very valuable in recent years.

However, the value of strikers also depends on the model.

It is basically wishful thinking to solve the Bucks, solve He Li, and choose someone who can surpass He Li. Therefore, in the past two years, strikers have not pursued the offense very much, but they will be more concerned about the defensive end.

The direction of the free market and the draft has changed from an all-around small forward in the past few years to a big 3D striker.

Having 3 points is of course a good thing, if you don't have 3 points, you can rely on your body to resist He Li. Even if you can't prevent He Li's attack, it will consume He Li's physical strength.

Unfortunately, Durant's physicality is a bit poor.

Even in the NCAA, Durant's draft prospects are always lower than Oden's.

Not to mention, Oden stole the limelight in the NCAA Finals.

Even though the University of Florida won the championship playing team basketball, it still cannot be denied that Oden was the best player in the NCAA finals.

Unlike Durant, another top pick favorite, in addition to the traditional center's defense and excellent running and jumping talent, Oden is most commendable for his strong confrontation ability.

If you don't open your eyes, under known conditions, the vast majority of fans will choose Oden instead of Durant.

As for how to choose the general manager of the league team, it depends on the team configuration.

But the current configuration of the Blazers does not lack strikers, but lacks a big center who can hold the field.

Oden seems to have unlimited potential, speed and agility can also play and run, and he is not afraid of teams like the Bucks who are good at fast breaks.

Except for the Trail Blazers, most of the teams with high-level picks are short of inside players, not forwards.

Therefore, as long as other teams don't know who the Bucks are going to pick, the Bucks may even use the Grizzlies' fifth pick in the first round to quietly win Durant.

After all, with He Li, other teams never dreamed that the Bucks would use the first-round high pick to arrange a substitute for He Li so early.

For a championship team like the Bucks, it is simply a waste.

It was unexpected that the Bucks would choose Durant, so if it is not suitable for their own team, other teams will not think about intercepting the Bucks and choosing Durant in advance for a price.

However, the Bucks can guess these possibilities, but in practice, you still have to be careful.

Since He Li proposed to choose Durant, and Durant is a freshman player in the NCAA, he seems to have great potential.

Considering that He Li has always been extremely powerful in developing rookies, the Bucks management is willing to continue to believe in He Li. For this reason, he did not hesitate to trade up draft picks like Wade was selected four years ago to win Durant earlier.

However, the Bucks took the initiative to make deals with the Eagles, Bulls, and Bobcats, but because of the large amount of noise and the great hatred of the Bucks for five consecutive championships, they rejected them.

Obviously, these three teams do not want the Bucks to continue to grow bigger and stronger.

You must know that everyone is an Eastern team. Once the Bucks become stronger in the next season, then this means that no matter how outstanding rookies they select, they will be reduced to a foil, and they will reduce their chances of winning the championship.

Therefore, at this juncture, these three teams are not willing to covet small gains.

Therefore, the Bucks continued to find the Blazers, but the Blazers refused to hand over the hard-won No. [-] pick.

After the Bucks had a bad nose, the following draft conference also changed from the original low interest to suddenly becoming eye-catching.

The 07 draft is not considered a big draft year, even though there are many outstanding insiders this year.

But the overall quality seems to be unsatisfactory, except for Alden the Great.

It can only be said that this is a relatively normal draft, but because the Bucks suddenly took a fancy to a player with good draft prospects, other teams in the league have a strong interest in this draft.

After a while, the NBA finals were over, and even the Lakers, who had just won the championship, expressed their desire to find other teams to trade draft picks up to join in the fun.

Of course, this joining in the fun is really joining in the fun.

After the Bucks scrambled for the draft, there were no opportunities to trade first-round picks on the market, so the second-round picks were traded with each other to see if they were lucky this year and could get a prize.

After more than two months, the teams in the league analyzed and speculated on the Bucks, and the 07 draft finally started.

He Li didn't go to New York this time, and went to the scene specially to participate in the draft.

There is really no need for this!

Besides, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and Durant has nothing to look at, but his unique temperament makes him look a little handsome.

At this time, the best thing for the Bucks to do is to remain calm and mysterious.

Only when others can't figure it out, if you get what you want, can you successfully complete the task of this draft.

Once someone cuts off a favorite player because of certain actions, he will really cry to death afterwards.

Soon, the draft will begin.

Without any surprises, the Blazers with the No. [-] pick took Oden into their pockets.

Immediately afterwards, the Eagles continued to select an inside player-Horford, which was expected.

However, when it was the Bulls' turn, it was a bit outrageous, and suddenly chose an unusable Durant.

Right now, the Bulls have Luol Deng and Andres Nocioni, two strikers who are still relatively young. Although they can't handle Heli, there is no need to choose Durant to strengthen the Bulls' striker strength.

What the Bulls need right now is a center who can hold the scene in order to return to the playoffs, instead of blindly selecting Durant and hoarding strikers like the Bucks.

Speaking of the Bucks, seeing Durant being intercepted, he thought for a while that the team had an insider, and the Bulls next door learned the "mystery" in advance.

After the Bobcats selected Conley, it was the Bucks' turn to pick someone. The Bucks came back to their senses and adopted a preliminary plan. First, Noah was selected to make up the inside line.

Although Noah was blown away by Oden in the NCAA finals, this does not prevent Noah from being successful in the NBA.

Perhaps against the top big centers, Noah's height makes him unable to defend well, but his defensive experience and vitality are an excellent supplement to the Bucks.

In addition, Noah is expected to fight for the MVP for a year, and he answered the media reporter "the Bulls only have one MVP (Ross)", which is very much in line with He Li's appetite.

Training Noah will definitely not waste the resources of the Bucks, and when David Lee and Noah grow up, the Bucks can also release Boozer at the right time in exchange for the 11-year draft pick.

Next, the Kings chose white big center Spencer Hawes.

The Clippers took Jeff Green, who has excellent physical talent.

It was the Bucks' turn to make a choice again. The Bucks took Corey Brewer as they had negotiated before, and let Noah and Brewer play brother basketball.

This time, the Bucks immediately strengthened the defense of the inside and the flanks, and then used the No. 11 pick to win Afflalo and strengthen the defense of the outside.

Afflalo's physical talent is average, but he can develop a low post player similar to Kobe. It can be seen that he can succeed in the NBA, which is inevitable.

Although Afflalo didn't have the strength of an All-Star at his peak, if he focused on defense, he could match up with some All-Star guards. This is exactly what the Bucks need him for.

Besides, Afflalo was able to practice three-pointers and signed Afflalo with a relatively low lottery pick. This is definitely not a loss for the Bucks.

However, before the Bucks selected Afflalo, one thing slightly exceeded the Bucks' expectations.

The Bulls, who had already selected Durant before, suddenly approached the Bucks and wanted to trade Noah with the Bucks.

In fact, in this draft, the Bulls just want to choose an excellent center to support the Bulls inside.

But because the No. [-] pick is too valuable, the Bulls are not willing to trade for an older draft pick who has been blown away by the No. [-] pick and a short insider.

You know, the Bulls selected Michael Jordan with the No. 13 pick [-] years ago.

In fact, before the Bulls looked for the Bucks, they also looked for the Kings, but the Kings still think that Spencer Hawes, who participated in the US national team in high school and participated in the World Championships, is more worthy of training.

Therefore, under the circumstances that almost all the outstanding inside players were selected this year, the Bulls went back to discuss with the Bucks.

The Bulls also know that the Bucks have no shortage of strikers, let alone just selected Brewer.

But try your luck, what if the Bucks take a fancy to Durant?
Anyway, the Bucks have a head coach named George Karl, and George Karl likes to use forward players.

Since the Bucks are hoarding forward players, there is not much shortage of inside players.

Changing the No. [-] show to the No. [-] show, this deal is not a loss, right?
Yes, Bucks general manager Ernie Grunfeld is also a talent. He finally got a 09 second-round pick from the Bulls general manager on the grounds that the team's third-round pick contract is bigger and the Bucks have to pay more luxury taxes.

And the Bucks are in another village, and after acquiring Durant in the Noah trade, they used the remaining first-round picks and second-round picks to win Afflalo and Gasol Jr., re-strengthening the outside and inside.

I have to say that the Bucks really made a lot of money in this year's draft.

(End of this chapter)