Reboot McGrady

Chapter 80 080 Draft & Trade
The 2001 NBA Draft was held as scheduled.

Under Jordan's personal operation, Kwame Brown became the No. [-] pick, the first high school student to be drafted No. [-] in NBA history.

The physical hardware is excellent. Among the promising interior rookies this year, Eddie Curry moves slowly; Tyson Chandler has rough skills, and Kwame Brown is just in between.

What has been shown so far is that he is invincible in one-on-one defensive post-up singles.When the Wizards tried out, Kwame Brown told Wizards coach Doug Collins: "If you choose me, you will not regret it."

Jordan especially appreciates the domineering Kwame Brown's words. With such a mentality, why not succeed, so he decided to appoint him as the champion.

The second pick is Tyson Chandler, a player who was once beaten by Yao Ming in international competitions. He will become a member of the Clippers.

The winner of the No. [-] lottery is Pau Gasol, a handsome European player. According to the report given to him by scouts, he is skilled, but physically weak, and he is not yet suitable for NBA-level confrontation.

This seems to be a gamble, but it is actually out of transactional needs.

Then there's Eddie Curry, the Chicago Bulls' pick, No. [-].

With the fifth pick in hand, the Golden State Warriors selected Jason Richardson, the future dunk king.

"Agent No. 0" Arenas was also in the draft, but no one selected him in the first round, and eventually became the second round of the second round, and was received by the Golden State Warriors.

Soon, there were deals in the draft market.

Billy Knight came with a mission. He had contacted Jerry West early and was ready to play an exciting deal.

Paul Gasol, who just became the No. 96 pick, was sent to the Grizzlies, plus White and Wright, two marginal men, to make up the salary space, and got the 2002th golden generation No. [-] pick Abdur-Rahim from the Grizzlies , and a [-] first-round pick.

It's interesting that both sides of the exchange are flower candidates.

Then when it came time to select a second-round pick, Billy Knight immediately contacted Dawson and made a new deal.The two rookies selected this year were traded before signing.

Billy Knight held the 34th overall pick. They chose Terrence Morris, and then added the 2002 first-round pick just exchanged from the Grizzlies, and exchanged the 2002 pick with the Mosaics. First-round pick of the year.

Moreover, it is an unprotected draft pick, that is, no matter what record the Mosaic team has next year, they must send out the first-round pick.

Billy Knight was also at a loss after completing these two transactions, and then asked the buddies around him.

"We made a deal just now? Then, what did we get?"

Raheem is a bargaining chip in the trade of McGrady, and he will go to the Heat to play for the Heat without even reporting to the team.Then, the first-round pick of the Mosaic team in 2002 must be won by McGrady's name. McGrady doesn't care about other operations, but this draft pick must be won.

"Forget it, McGrady is the boss. He's right. Chambers won't let me take the blame." Billy Knight shook his head. He still has new tasks.

He only completed a little bit of the list that McGrady gave him.It's still next year's draft pick, and none of the names on the list came.

"Contact the Heat, then contact the Cavaliers."

"Wait, we still have to contact the 76ers. They have the players McGrady wants, and our players are chosen by the opponent."

Billy Knight has his hands full.

For the Heat, because the first-round pick has been given to the Raptors, they exchanged the 24th pick from the Jazz to prepare for the rejuvenation. They chose Raul Lopez, a Spanish player and a point guard. ball guard.

Tim Hardaway is getting old, Anthony Carter is not stable enough, and he still has to have young strength.

In the second round of the draft, Riley chose the young center Ken Johnson, which is also a complement to the position, which is a typical center player.Of course, Pat Riley didn't have too high expectations for him.

However, he saw Billy Knight's crazy operation, and he had mixed feelings.

If McGrady stays healthy, I will never trade him.

He called Harlan Snicker again for confirmation, "Snicker, tell me seriously, will McGrady's back injury really leave hidden dangers?"

"Yes!" Snicker has been in the industry for many years, and he is naturally sure of his answer. "A week ago, I checked him again. Although it has improved a lot, the problem is still obvious. Even, there are strange things happening. It seems to be changing positions, I'm not sure, but if that happens, it's not a good thing."

"So serious? How likely is McGrady's 100% recovery? Would it be better if he had surgery?"

"The spine is not other parts. Which basketball player would dare to undergo spinal surgery?" Snicker smiled wryly.

There are a lot of neurons in the lumbar spine. No matter whether it is successful or not, after the body recovers, it is certain that the competitive state will be greatly affected, and the recurrence rate is high.

The future Howard, whose physical fitness exploded, underwent a lumbar disc herniation surgery, and could never return to the top; Mosaic's Motiejunas, after the operation, was quickly abandoned...

Riley picked up the latest CT drawing again, "Hey, it's strange, why there is a faint shadow on McGrady's back in the previous CT scan, but not in the latest one."

Harlan Snicker smiled awkwardly, "The previous one was due to special reasons. During the scanning, if the person moves, or the machine is not stable, or for other reasons, some special situations are prone to occur."

"Of course, this, in general, does not affect the scientific diagnosis."

Riley nodded and said nothing.

After being silent for a while, he sighed heavily again, looking very sad, "For the future of the Heat, I can only give up McGrady."

"Stan, contact Billy Knight, we can talk about a big deal. By the way, since he also wants a big book, let him send me Telalif."

He suddenly recovered his calm expression, picked up the red wine, took a sip, mellow and comfortable, "Tralif came out of the 76ers, and was immediately traded. I'm giving McGrady a good face. When the time comes, he will still Thanks to me."

Pat Riley decided to call Tracy McGrady himself.

"Tracey, I'm going to avenge you, you should thank me."

"Hehe, I thank your whole family." McGrady smiled cutely, "I have grown a lot this year with the Heat, do you really want to trade me?"

"Can you guarantee that the back injury will not recur?" Riley asked with a smile. Obviously, no one can guarantee, "No matter where you go, I hope you are well. Thank you for your contribution to the Heat this year. In the future, We may still have an opportunity to work together."

He likes to sign veterans who have been abandoned. Perhaps McGrady has been included in this ranks, although he is only 22 years old now.

"By the way, according to the contract, you have to declare the ownership of the transfer yourself." Pat Riley wanted to laugh, this clause is funny enough.

"We have already contacted the broadcasting station." McGrady thanked Riley again.

(End of this chapter)