From today on is the king

Chapter 987 986. The draft is over, and turmoil is coming
In the draft, generally speaking, rookies are the absolute protagonists.

However, Boss Joe's selection is so different. He didn't wait in the draft office, but prepared two envelopes early. One is that if Felton is selected in the No. [-] pick, he will choose Bogut. If there is Bogut, he will definitely choose Bogut.

Another envelope is to choose Felton. As the owner of the second pick, Joe doesn't need to worry too much, and he will definitely be able to choose the player he likes.

So Boss Joe watched the draft on the spot. After selecting Felton, Boss Joe went up and hugged Felton directly.

The attention of the media was attracted by Boss Joe. He put Felton aside and interviewed Jordan: "Michael, can you tell me why you chose Raymond Felton?"

Boss Joe is quite confident about his own vision: "If I had the first pick, I would also choose Raymond. Raymond is the NCAA champion. He is a winner, and I am also a winner. Winners like to cooperate with winners. The stars from North Carolina are very good, such as me and Vince. I don’t want to be the next regretful person. I don’t want to miss the next NBA superstar from North Carolina! Raymond has the same talent as me and Vince, I believe. He can lead our team to victory!"

Originally, Boss Joe was not that confident, but with the "successful" example of Kwame Brown, Boss Joe straightened his back when he said these words, and his voice was sonorous and powerful.

Watching the confident teacher Qiao on TV, Liu Mang never expected that Boss Qiao would still choose Felton when he got the No. 2 pick...

Looking at San Niu's eyes waiting for evaluation, Liu Reck said, "Uh...Michael this...this...this...this vision is really unique..."

"North Carolina's four young players are also very good. They are NCAA champions. Everyone likes Raymond. He is a star at a local university in Charlotte, and he can increase attendance." Little Lori, who knows the ball, has done a lot of research on this draft.

As Xiao Loli said, although Felton was selected with the second overall pick and the Bobcats let go of Deron and Paul, not many fans were particularly surprised by this.

After getting the No. [-] pick from the Bobcats, Charlotte and even the North and South Carolinas have a high voice for the Bobcats to pick Felton at the second pick. Compared with the other three players in North Carolina's four minors, as a point guard, Felton is undoubtedly the most popular star in North Carolina.

The draft is not only based on talent and strength, whether fans like it or not is also a very important factor.

90.00% of the tickets for the Bobcats are bought by locals, and Jordan must be satisfied with what the locals want to watch.

In terms of talent, it seems that there is not much difference... At this stage, Felton, who just won the NCAA championship, no one dares to say that his talent and strength are worse than Paul and Deron.

After Jordan selected Felton, apart from coach Sloan and coach Byron Scott of the Hornets, the two point guard experts, the public opinion in the entire United States was "Jordan chose the right one" and "everyone loves Raymond"...

If the top two picks are selected in this way, there will be no surprises for the teams in the lottery zone.

Coach Sloan thought for 3 minutes, and at the urging of the league staff, he handed over the envelope, and the Jazz selected Deron Williams with the third overall pick.

The Hornets did not expect to pick up the treasure!Originally, I only expected to win Felton or Marvin Williams, but I didn't expect Paul to stay!

After the Bobcats chose Felton, the Hornets wrote down two names, one was Deron and the other was Paul. Whoever was picked was who, and Deron was selected.

With four of the most high-profile college stars gone, the ensuing draft is much less attractive.

The Raptors selected Marvin Williams with the fifth overall pick, the Blazers selected Martell Webster with the sixth overall pick, the Knicks selected Channing Frye with the seventh overall pick, and the Warriors selected Ike Diogu with the eighth overall pick.

The Lakers selected another high school student with the ninth pick, St. Joseph High School's talented center Andrew Bynum. This choice surprised people and was the first upset in this draft.

People are complaining that the Lakers really have a different love for high school students...

When it came to the 12th pick, Boss Joe was equally obsessed with North Carolina, his alma mater, and used the No. 12 pick in the first round from the Timberwolves to select the short power forward Sean May from the University of North Carolina.

For the top [-] picks, little Lolita can analyze each one after picking one. Liu Mang asked curiously: "Dinah, what do you want to do when you grow up?"

"Dinah wants to be a reporter! When Dinah grows up, uncle will still play ball? When the time comes, Dinah will write all the good news about uncle!" Little Loli clenched her fists and said.

This ambition... is so lofty... Seeing Levia, Liu Mang didn't care how little Lolita decides about his future, so he just let her go.

At the 13th pick, when the Cavaliers' draft pick was about to be selected, the first trade in this draft was born!

It was time for the Cavaliers to select, but after Sean May’s interview, the screen cut to the vice president next to him, Stu Jackson. Stu Jackson announced that the Eagles used the Spurs’ first-round pick in 2006, Andre Varejao, to reach a deal with the Cavaliers and get the Cavaliers’ 13th pick in the first round.

David Stern came out with an envelope for the 13th time: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Atlanta Hawks have selected Danny Granger from the University of New Mexico with the No. 13 pick!"

Liu Mang didn't expect that he really chose it!
The Cavaliers actually agreed to this deal for a second-round center and a draft pick for the Spurs!
Among the draft reference candidates Liu Mang provided to the team at the time, the outsiders wanted to pick someone who could go from two to four. Of course, the rotation lineup, the starting lineup must still be those few. There are two kinds of insiders who want to choose. One is a low-post singles player, the team lacks inside singles, and the other is a big center who can bear the pressure of Kwame Brown.

Liu Mang gave three candidates from the outside line, one was Francisco Garcia, Gerald Green, and the most unlikely one was Danny Granger. Unexpectedly, he got Granger, and the chips he paid were almost robbed.

However, Liu Wei looked at the rest of the draft list. It seems that the players that the Cavaliers may be interested in have all been selected. The last one, Sean May, has been selected, and the Cavaliers have no suitable candidates.

Moreover, in the more than 50 games that Varejao played in the regular season, Varejao averaged 11 points and 3 rebounds in 4 minutes per game. The talent is there, but the Eagles can't use it.

The selection of Danny Granger is indeed a surprise. The repeated trades planned by Liu Mang have a good continuation of the long-term plan of receiving draft picks and constantly eating rookie bonuses. It is much better than the selection of Garcia and Gerald Green.

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The Hawks deal broke the iceberg, and then some teams that were on the sidelines also started to trade.

Some teams are very jealous watching the Eagles win the championship by relying on the draft, especially the Trail Blazers who were robbed of Rasheed Wallace. Although they let Rasheed Wallace go at the time, they are jealous.

After the Hawks completed the deal, the Trail Blazers and the Celtics completed the deal. Using the 2006 first-round pick and this year's second-round pick, the Celtics got the 30th pick in the first round, and selected Jarrett Jack, who the media revealed was going to be the [-]th pick by the Eagles...

The Celtics have accumulated so many draft picks over the years...

With the 16th pick, they still have the draft pick, and they selected Gerald Green, another striker and guard that Liu Mang likes.

With the 30th pick in the first round, the Eagles selected short white power forward David Lee from the University of Florida.

Brandon Bass, Andre Blatche, and David Lee are the three power forward candidates given by Liu Mang. They all have obvious shortcomings but also obvious advantages.

With the third pick in the second round, the Eagles used the second-round pick from the Jazz to select center Marcin Gortat from Poland.

After choosing a short insider, choosing a taller insider was discussed by the Eagles management and coaching staff with Liu Mang. The key point is that Gortat does not need to enter the NBA immediately, and he still has a two-year contract with the Cologne Rheinland in Germany.

The Eagles have added a rookie inside and outside, and a second-round pick stocked in Europe. The draft has been completed.

When it came to David Lee, Little Lolita could tell a few things, but when it came to Gortat... Little Lolita said that she really didn't know this person!

After the Eagles finished their selection, Liu Wei received a call from Stockton. Stockton explained the reason for choosing two white insiders. Liu Wei didn't think much of it. These were the options he offered, but none of the three were the first choice, but they were all high-quality role players that Liu Wei thought were very good.

The reason Stockton gave was that David Lee is a star on the South Coast, and his popularity in Georgia, which is close to Florida, is not weak. The team has this in mind and chose Gortat because the team has enough centers. Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown, Mohammed and Mourning who may stay in the team can all play centers. If new centers are to be signed, veterans will be the main players, and young players will not be used for the time being.

The management was worried that Liu Mang would think that coach Kruger, Price and most of the assistant coaches were white, so they chose white men, but Liu Mang really didn't think so much.

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Most of the previous transactions were small-scale exchanges, such as the exchange of draft picks, and some players joined, and they were also some role players.

Finally, before the No.13 pick in the second round, a big deal happened!
The Cavaliers traded with the Wizards with the 5th pick in the second round, signed first and then traded for Larry Hughes. Larry Hughes and the Cavaliers reached a five-year 7000 million contract extension.

This transaction is indeed explosive enough. The super defensive gate of the first team of the league's best defensive team last season was traded away by the Cavaliers in a second round!

In this transaction, Liu Wei felt that the Cavaliers wanted to let James return to the small forward position completely, and at the same time find a defensive swingman to teach James how to defend.

However, although this deal was shocking, it was expected. The Wizards were forced to trade. After Larry Hughes was swept in the first round of the playoffs, he was ready to leave the team. Trading is the best choice.

The Cavaliers don't look at their strength, but the boss is really willing to spend money, but the money is often not spent properly, which is a typical example of money being spent indiscriminately.

James, Drew Gooden, Desagina Diop and other main players are all on rookie contracts. Eric Snow is only middle-class. The Cavaliers’ total salary last season was as high as 4900 million. Big Z’s new contract after this season is 5 million in five years.

This transaction allowed the league to change the sign-and-trade rule after the fact. Previously, the teams that signed and traded only needed to have 150% of the salary of the player before signing and changing. This is basically equivalent to buying the bird rights, which was the rule when the bird rights came out a long time ago.

After this transaction, the Wizards sued the Cavaliers to the league, saying that they suffered a loss, and forced the league to change the rule of signing first and then changing to sign first and then trade.

The trade between the Wizards and the Cavaliers is a special case, mainly because of the matter of signing first and then changing. It is rare to say that salary increases so much before and after signing. After all, the last salary increase in the NBA was ten years ago. There has never been such a special case. This new rule was later called the Larry Hughes Clause.

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After the end of the draft, the Eagles' goal of a stage has been achieved.

After sending away Varejao, a center who needs time to develop, the Eagles mainly can't afford to wait. Before Varejao grows up, they need immediate combat power.

Not to mention anything else, David Lee's performance as a senior is stronger than Varejao's performance in the NBA for a year. He is not a type of player.

Next, the Eagles will focus on renewing Kwame Brown, Calderon, and Korver.

With Varejao leaving the team; Persson and McCarty retiring, the renewal of these three young players who have been trained for two years by the Eagles is the key.

Liu Mang has to be busy before returning to China. Why do these three brothers have two players from his company? He has to help persuade them to sign.

After the draft, other teams in the league also started their own busy work.

In Houston, the undercurrent has been surging for a long time, and it's time for a showdown!

(End of this chapter)