Reboot McGrady

Chapter 297 Chapter 298 Draft Trade
In the 2004 draft, the biggest light was Howard, a high school student.

Sure enough, the Magic's No. [-] pick directly named the high school student Howard.

In the Magic's short team history, they have had two No. 1992 picks. The first time in [-], they chose Shaq O'Neal, and the second time they chose Dwight Howard.

Howard walked onto the stage with a simple and honest smile, "I am from Atlanta, and I pay tribute to my idol Tracy!"

Many times, he was in the stands dedicated to students, watching McGrady sprinkle magnesium powder from a distance, leading the team to win one game after another.

McGrady's performance made Howard fascinated. He just graduated from high school, and he couldn't help but want to join the NBA. With his excellent physical fitness and talent visible to the naked eye, the Magic planned to make a big bet.

McGrady looked at the draft market and smiled slightly. The inertia of history is still very strong.Although some changes have been made due to my arrival, the overall impact is not particularly large.

With the second pick, the newly formed Charlotte Bobcats selected Emeka Okafor.Okafor looks very mature, with a particularly large forehead, and he is about to become an important player for the Bobcats.

The third pick belongs to the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls have been unable to get rid of the belly in the past few years. In the first two years, they formed the inside twin towers, Eddie Curry and Tyson Chandler, and then the two averaged points per game. 21.7 points and 13.5 rebounds, that's right, it's the combined data of two people.

Seemingly feeling that the inside line was strong enough, the Bulls chose outside players, and Ben Gordon stepped forward.With a smile, shaking hands with David Stern.

At this time, a draft pick transaction took place in the audience.

The No. 10 pick in the hands of the Warriors was traded with the Celtics.The Celtics hold three first-round draft picks, namely No. 15, No. 24 and No. 25. The Celtics Danny Ainge is considered very good at playing and has accumulated a lot of draft picks in his hands.

After changing the draft pick, the Warriors got the No. 15 pick and some cash.Then they traded next year's first-round pick for the Trail Blazers' No. 23 pick.

The Trail Blazers are not only rich, but also have a lot of draft picks. This year they have two first-round picks, No. 22 and No. 23.

Immediately afterwards, the Warriors traded again and used part of the cash to get the Hawks' second-round pick.The Eagles also made a deal before, moving the second-round pick to the 13th place in the second round.The Hawks have two second-round picks and traded the last one.

Chris Mullin stole the show in the draft.He became the focus of the media at will, and he didn't know how comfortable he was as the general manager.

"Anyway, I'll do what the boss says. Let's play with them for a year and then talk about it." Mullin thought to himself, he had a lot of ideas.

The squad has to be built for the owner's plans.The boss has already planned to tear down and rebuild the team, and hopes to get the highest rate of return in the shortest possible time.

"Could it be that the boss has reached an agreement with Tracy?" Chris Mullin suddenly thought of the key point.

The Warriors' original plan was to have the 10th pick and select Andres Biedrins, a lanky center.

The boss originally planned to invite Don Nelson as the team's head coach, but unfortunately, he is currently in contact with the old coaches Larry Brown and George Karl who are at home.Larry Brown tends to be academic, orthodox and conservative, and defense is paramount.

George Karl is relatively relaxed. He hopes to allow players to adjust themselves on the court, which will give players more authority.George Karl was the head coach of the Golden State Warriors from 1986-88.He worked as the head coach of the Bucks for the first two years, but was fired last year due to poor record.

The draft continues.

The fourth pick went to the Los Angeles Clippers, who selected Sean Livingston, a talented point guard.The Clippers already have a good insider prototype, Chris Kaman and Captain Brand, if Kaman grows up, there is still hope to enter the All-Star!

Livingston is highly expected by the Clippers, hoping that he can become a catalyst for the team and glue the team together as a whole.

Immediately afterwards, the extremely fast point guard Devin Harris, the swingman Josh Childress and other players were all selected by the teams that liked them.

Soon came the 15th overall pick, which belonged to the Eagles.The Golden State Warriors selected Al Jefferson.Another high school student player, very ugly, a power forward who is not very tall, and can even stand at the center position.

Jefferson didn't even think that he would be selected in the top 15. He didn't have a good reputation before. As long as he was selected in the first round, he was very satisfied.

The draft continued. The Blazers chose the Russian player Victor Kayapa with the 22nd pick, an international player who looks quite promising.

The 23rd pick is another draft pick of the Warriors. This time the Warriors chose a backcourt player, Tony Allen.An older rookie from Oklahoma State with great speed.

McGrady looked at the Warriors' operations and smiled slightly. This is the sincerity they showed. According to McGrady's meaning, to choose rookies, if they can succeed, then they can talk.

Arne Traum's eyes widened, "These players, in the previous trial training of all teams, did not overestimate them. Can they do it?"

During the conversation, the second round of the draft began again.The influence of this round of the show is not that great. Although there are some leftovers, it is impossible to have a very good second-round show every year.

The Warriors used the Hawks' 13th pick in the second round to get Worret Ariza, who looks a little like Tracy McGrady.

Ariza quickly got Mullin's promise that the team will give you a formal contract, and the duration of this contract is two years.Ariza clenched his fists, excited.

Same performance as Al Jefferson and Tony Allen, both excited.But they heard a more exciting formulation, "You stay on the team and train hard this summer. We still have big moves. Next season, let's do a big job."

Exciting tone.Several rookies were in a daze, unable to react, and the amount of information seemed a bit overwhelming.

Danny Ainge looked ugly. He didn't know why the Warriors chose Tony Allen. Before that, they planned to hide Tony Allen behind the two picks.

"Chris Mullin, it seems that something is going to happen."

McGrady turned off the TV, the draft is over.Everything is going according to his plan.It's a pity that the Clippers failed to move the draft pick forward, or get a new draft pick, and grab their favorite players.

They have been ruled out by McGrady.Billy Knight and Carlisle are working on the Warriors' roster.They want to make a trade, and they definitely hope to get better players.

"Jason Richardson, the slam dunk king, must come. He is one of the key players." Billy Knight has a natural affection for swingmen.

"By the way, we still need two first-round picks for the year. We can't suffer." Carlisle added, "We also need other players who can be traded to balance the salary."

"We need to bring in a third party, or even a fourth party to make a deal." Billy Knight seems to have grasped the essence of the deal.

(End of this chapter)