one-handed ball

Chapter 105 Robbery, deal!
"Damn Timberwolves!" In the private room of the Grizzlies, the general manager Chris Wallace smashed the red wine glass in his hand, and he shouted red-faced: "They are robbing, robbing you understand !"

"Okay, Chris, you need to calm down! Everyone in the know knows how much you love the little guy Mayo, who made us just draw the No. 5 pick?" Deputy General Manager Williams showed a helpless expression , waving his hands to persuade Wallace.

"McHale, bastard, bastard!" Wallace roared with a hideous face.

"Chris, Mayo is about to step down, and the No. 4 draft is about to start, you should find some way to remedy it!" Williams spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Contact McHale, you bastard!" Chris Wallace sat down on the sofa, rubbed his forehead with his hands, and said with a headache.

"All right."

"The Seattle SuperSonics selected with the fourth pick."

"Russell Westbrook!"

"Wow!" There was an exclamation from the audience, and the first dark horse in this draft appeared!This sophomore was named by Van Gundy as the player with the best personal defense in this draft. He is only eight or nine on the draft prediction list, or even lower, and can be selected as the fourth overall pick. , can be called a dark horse in this draft.
The young man was very energetic, and ran onto the stage in a daze, and couldn't wait to express his surprise and gratitude. Of course, he announced to everyone with his cutest expression that Westbrook is here!
Grizzlies' draft
The expressions of the players in the small green room began to become a little unnatural. Time passed by and the first four players had been picked away. Everyone sitting here has a chance to be the next one to be picked , everyone looked at each other, wondering if they would be the next one.
Stern posed for a photo with Westbrook in his hat, sent off the energetic young man, and unhurriedly opened the note from the Grizzlies
"Uh..." Stern was stunned. He thought it was the fifth pick of the Grizzlies, but he didn't expect it to be this
So he hurriedly read aloud according to the note on the note: "The following is a transaction message." The old man habitually played tricks.
The people below were attracted by his words. One of the greatest charms of the NBA is that it trades anytime and anywhere. It doesn’t matter if you call it cold or ruthless, but it is indeed a topic that the audience wants to see. see something.
Stern continued: "The Timberwolves traded OJ-Mayo's signing rights, Anthony Walker, Mark Jaric and Bagner to the Grizzlies for the fifth pick, shooter Mike Miller forward Cardinal, and Point guard Kyle Lowry!"

"Wow!" The audience below exclaimed again. Mayo, who was considered to have the potential to surpass Kobe and James, was traded on the day of the draft!
So which player will the Timberwolves choose?
Stern opened the small note again, looked up at the microphone, and said, "The fifth pick is the Minnesota Timberwolves, choose!"

"Kevin Love!"

Sure enough, the real goal of the Timberwolves is this potential and seemingly extremely strong power forward-Kevin Love!Everyone thought in their hearts that the Timberwolves, relying on their draft pick higher than the Grizzlies' draft pick, robbed the Grizzlies' favorite object OJ-Mayo in advance, and then through the trade, they not only got rid of Anthony Walker's big contract, but also cleared the Grizzlies. Lost his own salary space, and robbed the Grizzlies' potential vacancies by the way, Kyle Lowry!Fortunately, the Grizzlies have ample salary, and the team has a young point guard like Conley with more development potential, so although it is a pity for Lowry, it is not particularly nostalgic.
Stern took the information in his hand and began to introduce Kevin Love: "He is from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is six feet ten inches tall (about 2 meters 08), weighs 260 pounds (about 118 kilograms), and serves as a power forward. And center, let's welcome him!"

Love is obviously very satisfied with his pick. Although his alumni and good brother Westbrook unexpectedly got a higher draft pick than himself, which made him very nervous just now, but as long as he can be selected in the top five, he should be very happy. It was what he was looking forward to before the game. He took the baseball cap from Stern and expressed his inner excitement maturely:
"First of all, I am very happy. I can stand here today without the tempering of the college coaches and the encouragement of my mother. Thank you.
Secondly, I know that the Timberwolves are a young team, and I am also a young player, although I am a bit old (laughter in the audience), which makes me feel like a big gathering of young people, I like this I know The Timberwolves are really going through rebuilding, Jefferson and Zheng Ke are very good players, the Timberwolves often play jaw-dropping results last year, such as double-killing the Mavericks, such as beating the Celtics, it's cool, I hope I can integrate into this group and continue our wonderful performance together in the new season. I also hope that I can contribute a double-double every night with my sturdy style of play. Thank you.”

Zheng Ke stood up, and he applauded Love. This is the younger brother in the future. If you don't show the demeanor of the team's seniors at this time, when will you show it again?

The director at the scene was also very understanding of human feelings, and gave Zheng Ke a close-up of the front, so that Zheng Ke's expression full of bright smiles appeared in front of the audience. Love on the stage obviously noticed Zheng Ke, although the two I don’t know each other, but this does not prevent Love from leaving a very good impression on Zheng Ke. This is the first person in the Timberwolves team to welcome me.
Then the draft continued, but obviously there was no climax when the transaction just appeared
The New York Knicks selected Gallinari, a high-quality handsome small forward from Italy, with the sixth overall pick.

The Los Angeles Clippers picked Eric Gordon from Indiana University with the seventh overall pick. So far, all three guards in the 08 draft have been selected.
Bucks pick Alexander Joe with eighth pick
The Bobcats selected DJ Augustin with the ninth overall pick.
Nets select Brook Lopez with [-]th pick
In addition, the Thunder selected the Congo sharp striker with the 24th overall pick, Gisele Ibaka, who looks like he can only jump and jump at the moment, and the Timberwolves with the first overall pick in the second round once again selected an inside player. The white big man from Serbia, Pekovic, it seems that McHale is fed up with the feeling of being blown up inside last season.
Then, in the second round, the Timberwolves chose Mario Chalmers with the fourth overall pick, a seemingly thin point guard. McHale thought for a long time, how should he deal with this Chalmers? ?There are already enough point guards. The Heat sent a trade request, hoping to use their 52nd overall pick, some cash and next year's second-round pick in exchange for Chalmers. It seems quite cost-effective, tangled
At this time, DeAndre Jordan, who has been staying in the small green room, finally met his hit man. The Los Angeles Clippers selected the 7-footer with the fifth overall pick in the second round. It seems that his condition is not good. That's great, but why is he constantly getting blown away by low picks in rookie camp?He doesn't seem to be in good shape right now.
"Kevin, there's another trade request!" Timberwolves deputy general manager Fred Hooper said excitedly to McHale.

"Calm down, Fred, first look at their trade request!" McHale said calmly.He has already made money tonight. Not only did he receive his favorite insider Kyle Love, but he also took the opportunity to rob the Grizzlies. When he thought of the Grizzlies, he could immediately see Wallace's tangled old face , followed by a knowing smile.
"Kevin, it's a supersonic trade request!"

"Oh?" McHale was a little surprised, what did the supersonic request?
Huo Boge said: "The Sonics request for Zheng, they are willing to use Jeff Green and next year's second-round pick as bargaining chips!"

"Impossible!" McHale shook his head disdainfully, and said, "No! He thought I was Wallace, and exchanged Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown? Zheng is not for sale, and I won't sell it!"

Huo Boge nodded and said: "Okay, but here is another transaction request!"

"Say."

"It's about a deal for Pekovic."

"No change, I am still very optimistic about this big white man, at least a large part of his potential can be tapped from him! Don't send him out!"

All the general managers, the deputy general managers, the head coaches of some teams, and the players of some teams are very busy. Under their negotiation and discussion, deals are quickly finalized. Among them, some people must be It's a trap, and someone must have robbed something.
(End of this chapter)