NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 4 Draft Night

The reporters were all choked by Russell, so high-profile.

We like big talkers, but this rich second-generation target is too outrageous.

The Suns also want to compete for the championship, don't you look at their lineup and record?

The strongest Suns in the Barkley era have never won a championship. Now they are talking about the championship just after changing the boss and still rebuilding. This young man is probably out of his mind.

That is to say, he is handsome and rich, otherwise he will definitely be beaten.

D'Antoni's face became a little hot when he heard Russell's words. He is shameless enough, but he is still not as thick-skinned as a capitalist. First, set a small goal and get some good players into the playoffs. One bite, the road has to be taken step by step.

"Boss Russell is right, those reporters are too rare and weird." Warren immediately slapped his feet.

The three buddies believed in Russell's determination, and this was Russell's style of doing things.

Russell patted D'Antoni's arm, "Be more confident, coach, I believe you can make the Suns the most dazzling team in the league."

D'Antoni was moved and almost cried, just like he met coach Bole Peterson when he was in the trough, and now he met Russell again, and he vowed to do a good job.

The goal of the Suns is the championship, and anyone who says it's not D'Antoni will fight him hard.

The draft started with excitement, and the biggest suspense in the 2004 draft was revealed. The Magic didn't get too hot-headed in the end. They chose Howard, a high school student with explosive physical talent.

The Magic still have a way of picking insiders, although they will give it to the Lakers in the end.

In this draft, Howard and Okafor are the most famous. The Magic chose Howard. Of course, the Bobcats won Okafor, and the other teams were free.

The Suns have two choices for the No. 7 pick. According to the original history, choose Luol Deng or take Iguodala. Both of them can become immediate combat power, and there are no obvious shortcomings in offense and defense.

In theory, this is the case, it only depends on the compatibility of the team configuration, but in practice it is not.

Iguodala is the boss of Russell's Arizona State University team. Why is he also the son of Phoenix among this year's rookies? Isn't he criticized if he is not selected? Besides, Iguodala's shooting width is more suitable for D'Antoni's system.

A well-known player from a local university can win a lot of favor after being selected. Russell doesn't even understand what the new owner of the Suns thought in history. Can't do it, so the elites of the alliance are actually mentally ill.

Is it stupid?Are you stupid!
Originally, the management of the Suns in history was so stupid. Even if Russell didn't stuff his brother into the management, he would let those guys with brain disabilities go out.

"The Phoenix Suns selected Arizona State's Andre Iguodala with the seventh pick."

Iguodala came to the stage excitedly, and did not forget to gesture to Russell behind him.

This pick is very good for Iguodala, and he is very satisfied.

As an all-round sportsman, Iguodala did not dislike Russell as a scumbag when he was in college.

He was also quite interested in exchanging economic issues with Russell, but Russell didn't know much about it, and he didn't participate in the family business, so the two didn't get along well.

However, Russell selected him with the No. 7 pick, and Iguodala felt that Russell was very loyal and discerning.

When he took the stage, he decided that he must take care of this good brother on the court in the future, and give Russell more balls during the few common playing time.

Although everyone now thinks that Russell is not very reliable, everyone still naively thinks that he is the same as when he was in college, just occupying a team spot to experience the game at close range, and by the way, get some pitiful statistics in unimportant games.

The rich second generation is wayward and spends hundreds of millions of dollars to sit in special seats to watch the game. How can everyone not forgive him.

Anyway, in the team roster, there will always be a few people who are paid to watch the game, and there is nothing wrong with recovering part of their money.

The ensuing draft was uneventful, Russell's optimistic technical insider Al Jefferson was taken by the Celtics, and the Celtics still had a hand as a wealthy draft pick.

At this time, there are not many people who are paying attention to the candidates for the show. Anyway, the rest are small roles, and those who are still guarding are the candidates and their families.

The Nuggets didn't want the 20th pick at all. According to the previous agreement, the Suns exchanged next year's draft pick with the Nuggets for this pick.

The Nuggets are crazy. Weak teams like the Suns are willing to trade in the first round. They have no draft protection yet. Maybe they will get the No. [-] pick next year.

It seems that the new boss doesn't understand anything, and the Nuggets team chose to cheat new players without hesitation.

So, they helped the Suns choose Kevin Martin from Western Carolina University.

The Nuggets have been a good person silently, and they still despise the Suns' vision.

Can a skinny guy from a weak university team play in the NBA? Maybe he can't even adapt to the second-tier league.

Being selected in the first round, Kevin Martin was extremely excited.

He has been playing hard and can score points under various defenses on the court. Why do people only stare at his slightly thin figure?

When he was in college, only one weak team was willing to accept him. Now that he has become the first round pick in the NBA, Kevin Martin feels that he has counterattacked.

His blood was boiling at the moment, and he vowed to fight hard for the Suns and face the entire league.

Then it was the Jazz who secretly laughed at the Suns as fools. They sent the No. 21 pick to the Suns in the 2006 first round.

The unreliable Russell family bought the Suns. They might pick the No. 2006 pick in [-].

They actually used the 21st pick to select the Brazilian Anderson Varejao. God, the young draft year can only scratch the lottery, but it is outrageous to use the first round pick to scratch a guy who is very average in the European battlefield.

Anyway, it's none of their business, the Jazz seem to see their gains in 2006, and feel very happy.

Seeing that he was selected by the NBA in the first round, Varejao burst into tears and didn't stop until he received a call from the Suns.

He has a hard life, playing hard in Barcelona, ​​but the team doesn't appreciate him.

Now a higher level league team wants him to play, which is really hard work.

Knowing that the owner of the Suns called him personally, Varejao was very moved. In fact, a certain owner should add a small letter in front of the title.

But it’s the same for Varejao. He immediately stated, "Boss, I will definitely play well. I will buy a plane ticket to come to the United States to train hard. Boss, I will definitely work hard to meet the team's requirements."

There are very few players in the European League who are as agile as Varejao, so let’s go if we say go, anyway, Barcelona will not keep him, and they have to spend money to buy out what doesn’t exist.

In the second round, everyone was more casual, and Russell completely relaxed.

The main rotation of the team is almost done, just wait for the free market to get some meat shields, functional players and the like.

With the 31st pick, they chose Trevor Ariza, who was not favored by others.

Ariza was not outstanding in college, and he was considered to have rough skills and insufficient offensive ability, but the young man Tie Tie participated in the draft as soon as he finished his freshman year.

The sun gave him a chance to enter the NBA, and Ariza twisted excitedly.

If it is possible to shield his face, I can barely make my eyes hurt.

Ariza still needs to grow, and it's good to be Iguodala's backup.

With the 36th pick, Russell considered choosing a third point guard to stabilize. Chris Duhon, who is still in the pool, is also a plug-and-play type, but in the end he gave up. Too many rookies is a waste.

"The Phoenix Suns selected Arizona State's Nicholas Russell with the seventh pick in the second round."

The protagonist is in place, just waiting for the battle to begin.

(End of this chapter)