NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

Of course, nothing about the New York Knicks has anything to do with flower arrangements.

In fact, after the Raptors ended their season, Hanamichi, with the tacit approval of Raptors president Isiah Thomas, participated in discussions with team manager and executive president Masai Ujiri and head coach Landon Malone about strengthening the team for next season.

The Raptors management is very satisfied with the team's performance this season, and it can even be said that it has completely exceeded expectations!

Compare them with the Grizzlies, who also entered the league at the same time, and you will know how strong the Raptors are this season!

Therefore, they attach great importance to the team's hotshot, Hanamichi.

This is not just a player, he can be said to be a cash cow.

They have decided to continue strengthening the team around Hanamichi next season.

In order to strengthen the team, one thing that could not be avoided was the 96 draft.

No way, no one would ever forget the golden generation of 96, right?

Hanamichi is also very interested in the upcoming 96 draft.

The Raptors of the original time and space won the No. 21 pick in the 61 draft because of their third-worst record in the league (96 wins and 1995 losses). However, both the Raptors and the Grizzlies joined the NBA in 1999, and the league stipulated that these two teams would not be allowed to win the No. pick until . Therefore, the Raptors' No. pick that year was downgraded to the No. pick.

Then, a piece of cake fell from the sky and landed on the Philadelphia 76ers. They took the No. pick in this draft year and chose the answer of "loyalty to Ai for a lifetime".

In fact, the Philadelphia 76ers' first choice was not [The Answer], but the defensive maniac Marcus Camby.

Because the 76ers wanted to recruit Marcus Camby's college coach as the head coach of the 76ers when they selected him, but unfortunately the latter declined.

After Plan A fell through, the Philadelphia 76ers had no choice but to settle for Plan B~The [answer] of 183cm in height, which was a mistake in some ways.

And now, according to the Raptors' regular season record this season, let alone the No. 2 pick, even the first 14 lottery picks have nothing to do with them.

Based on the regular season record of 4th in the Eastern Conference and 9th in the league, the Raptors' final first-round pick should be 21st (there are 29 picks in the first round).

Fortunately, the Raptors traded their first-round pick in 1996 for the Magic's first-round pick, which was slightly higher up the draft - No. 1.

For this lottery position, Hanamichi said there are so many things that can be manipulated!

If you trade up a little, you can get O'Neal at 17th pick. If you trade up a little bit, you can get Nash at 15th pick. If you trade up a little bit more, wow! I dare not even think about it!

Next up is the 20th-placed Lithuanian center ~ Big Z, the tall guy who followed James in Cleveland and then became his second "traitor" to join the Heat.

Further down, there is Old Fish, no, now it should be called Little Fish, Fisher.

If all else fails, there is still the biggest hidden gem of this year ~ Charles Oakley's disciple, the undrafted player who was not present at the draft ~ Ben Wallace!

The master has come to the Raptors, so it would be inappropriate for the apprentice not to come, right?

Oakley, you don't want your players to be left without a ball to play after being eliminated, do you?

Of course, the final decision still lies with the team management. As a pure basketball player, it is a taboo to interfere with the team's draft.

Hanamichi just mentioned appropriately whether they could strengthen the team's outside offensive capabilities or share more of the inside defensive pressure with him, and that they could strengthen the team from these two aspects, but he didn't say anything else.

During this period, the Raptors also tried to obtain a higher-ranked pick through trades.

But it was helpless. 96 was a big year for the draft, and all teams with early first-round picks held on to them like treasures and would not trade them easily. However, the cost of a forced trade was not what the Raptors management wanted to see.

What's more, the Raptors are considered a strong team in the playoffs. Without enough advantages to impress other teams, it would be foolish to trade to the Raptors for a higher pick at this time.

There is no way. The Raptors cannot make any promises to the players with higher draft stock. They just appropriately invited the players with draft stock at the end of the first round and the beginning of the second round to have a symbolic tryout. As for the players with higher draft stock, they will not even consider coming to the Raptors for the tryout.

Players of this era are proud. They don’t worry at all about falling below the 20th pick. Of course, other teams in the NBA league will not allow this to happen!

Huadao was not present during the tryout, but he just suggested to Charles Oakley that Ben Wallace should come and participate again. Of course, Huadao could still afford the small amount of money for the tryout.

With a bird's eye view, this travel expense can be considered an advance investment!

After that, Hanamichi started advertising, sneaker signing events, etc. according to the arrangements of his agent Simmons.

The time quickly came to June 1996, 6, and the location was East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Last year he was just a person in the painting, this year he has become a guest of honor.

Many of the figures who are familiar to later generations can be seen here in Huadao.

The shortest scoring champion in history who has won the regular season MVP ~ [Answer];

81 points in a single game to slay the dragon (slay myself?), various MVP Grand Slams ~ [Mamba];

A phenomenal passing master, the synonym for the bombardment era~[Laona].

And the three-point king of all time ~ [Gentleman Lei] who almost dominated the All-Star Weekend three-point contest before [Curry is diao] became famous.

For the fans of the Chinese Football Association, the "departure day" for this group of "second generation" stars begins today.

Amidst the boos, David Stern began his usual brief opening remarks.

The new owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, Pat Cross, came to the scene with a crystal ball that he had specially sent someone to buy from Ireland. He also put the family's lucky charm in his pocket.

After a brief five-minute consideration, they chose without hesitation the 183cm tall guard from Georgetown University, Allen Iverson, a man worthy of "loving for a lifetime", as the No. pick of this year!

At this time, [Answer] was still very young. He was dressed in a suit and had a crew cut hair. When he heard his own name, a sunny smile appeared on his face.

He stood up, holding his daughter with a furrow whip in her arms, and kissed his wife, then hugged his mother.

Finally, he even walked to the door of the small green house and hugged two gang members.

Then he took the baseball cap with the 76ers logo handed to him by the staff, licked his lips, walked to the front of the stage, shook hands with David Stern, took a photo, and then went down to be interviewed by reporters.

The Grizzlies, who had the second pick (the Raptors picked 20th, so the other teams picked one spot higher), selected Shareef Abdul-Rahim, a strong inside player.

In fact, the Grizzlies were one of the few teams that were optimistic about the Mamba at the time. They once sincerely invited Kobe to participate in the team's individual tryout and were willing to bear all expenses, but Kobe refused.

The reason was exactly the same as the one Hanamichi's former teammate of Kanagawa Shohoku team, Rukawa Kaede, gave when he rejected the invitation from a certain team coach - it was too far from home and too cold.

In desperation, the Grizzlies chose Sharif Abdul-Rahim, a devout Muslim power forward who lives by the motto of modesty, prudence and respect.

The Grizzlies believe he can make the best of it!