NBA: Being criticized for half a year at the beginning

June 24th, the day of the 2009 draft came in a blink of an eye.

The Houston Rockets were undoubtedly the protagonists of this draft, and Sam Hinkie's phone received calls one after another.

"Boss, the Los Angeles Clippers are going to trade their No. 4 pick plus Eric Gordon for our No. 1 pick."

"Hehe, that's wishful thinking. Tell them, I want their first round picks in 2010 and 2012 plus the Hornets' first and second round picks this year and the first round pick in 2011, and their No. 4 pick can be given to the Hornets."

Sam Hinkie immediately contacted the Hornets' general manager, who disagreed with the deal. Tang Yu gave the 2010 Rockets' first round pick to the Hornets, and the deal was quickly reached.

During this period, the Nets intervened and were interested in the Clippers' No. 4 pick. The chips they offered made Tang Yu unable to refuse.

The Nets sent Vince Carter and Yi Jianlian to get the No. 4 pick.

At the last moment of the draft, the league announced that the Houston Rockets sent the No. 1 pick to the Clippers, and a four-party deal was reached.

The Houston Rockets sent the No. 1 pick and the No. 7 pick, as well as Luther Head and Knight, and got the No. 21 pick of the Hornets and the first round of 2011 and the first round of 2012 of the Clippers, Vince Carter and Yi Jianlian of the Nets.

The Nets got the No. 4 pick of the Clippers, Eric Gordon and the first round pick of 2010 of the Clippers.

The Hornets got the No. 7 pick of the Rockets this year.

The Clippers got the No. 1 pick of the Rockets.

The other two teams thought they had taken advantage of Tang Yu, the crazy boss.

Tang Yu was so excited that he almost didn't want to, "The Nets are going to rebuild? Sam, I'm right, right?"

"It should be, boss, do we agree to this deal?"

"Yes, why not, isn't this the starting small forward here!"

Tang Yu was worried that the team's starting small forward was not deep enough, with the half-man, half-god Carter coming to join, plus President Battier, the depth is immediately here.

As for the team's future luxury tax, let this little bit of fly meat go to hell, there is no shortage of money at all!

The Nets' reconstruction made Tang Yu's Rockets pick up a bargain. Carter was originally going to go to the Magic, but he didn't expect to end up in the Rockets.

Tang Yu couldn't help but YY, if possible, his cousin could come back anytime, but it must be a minimum salary.

After McGrady was traded to the Thunder, he immediately announced that he would be reimbursed for the season, and he himself had to undergo surgery, which dealt another blow to the Thunder, which had already seen the dawn.

Thunder GM Presti may be the first person who thinks that Tang Yu is not an idiot boss, because he was severely tricked by Tang Yu.

The Clippers got the White Beast Blake Griffin as they wished, which gave the Clippers' management hope for the team's revival.

Soon it was time for the Rockets to choose the second pick, and Warriors General Manager Bob Myers called.

Sam Hinkie said a few words and turned on the speakerphone, and Myers' voice came over.

"Mr. Tang Yu, I want to know if you are interested in trading the fifth pick?"

"I'm very sorry, we don't plan to trade this pick, maybe you can ask the Charlotte Hornets and Sacramento Kings."

"I've asked, they don't want to trade their draft picks, then I'll change the way, which player do you plan to choose at the fifth pick?"

Tang Yu rolled his eyes, this idiot should be so obvious.

"We plan to choose Spanish Golden Boy Rubio or Flynn, we need a backup point guard."

I don't know what Myers' reaction is, I guess he is still secretly happy.

But Miles said, "Oh my God, that's so unfortunate. We also planned to choose Rubio. It seems that we don't have that luck. Damn it!"

After hanging up the phone, Tang Yu smiled and said, "Submit our choice."

Soon, Mr. Stern, the league president, opened the Rockets' selection envelope on the draft stage.

"Let us congratulate the Houston Rockets. They chose James Harden, a 19-year-old shooting guard from Arizona State University!"

Harden, dressed in a neat suit, immediately stood up and hugged his relatives and friends from the stage, and took the Houston Rockets hat from the staff and put it on his head.

After going on stage and shaking hands with Stern, Harden walked backstage to the room where the Houston management was.

"Welcome, James, you will have an extraordinary journey in Houston!"

Tang Yu stood up and hugged Harden, and then the Rockets management congratulated Harden.

Then, with the third pick, the Sacramento Kings chose Tyreke Evans, who was at his peak at the beginning of his debut, as expected.

When it came to the crucial fourth pick, Tang Yu was also nervous, fearing that something unexpected would happen.

Fortunately, Stern openedThe Hornets' envelope read: "Let's congratulate the Nets. They chose Ricky Rubio, an 18-year-old superstar who plays for the Spanish Barcelona club!"

Take a deep breath, Tang Yu's heartbeat jumped to an estimated 180.

"Okay Sam, hand in our choice."

At this time, Sam Hinkie's phone rang again. It was still the Warriors' general manager Miles, who once again expressed the idea of ​​exchanging draft picks.

But Sam Hinkie directly rejected it.

When Stern announced that the Houston Rockets had selected Curry, a 21-year-old rookie from Davidson College, Bob Myers was furious.

"Fuck! Houston people are liars, we were deceived, we were deceived!"

But at this time Curry had already come to Tang Yu's room wearing a Rockets ball cap.

"Welcome Stephen, I see hope for the team's revival. By the way, have you and James found a place to live?"

"Thank you, boss, we will handle these ourselves." Harden said first.

Tang Yu shrugged. If it's not needed, forget it. It seems that he is too enthusiastic.

"Well, you go to Toyota Center to sign the contract tomorrow, and then I will start special training for you two!"

Tang Yu can see that the ability values ​​of the two are still very low, which should be the level of substitute players in the league.

Harden has an ability value of 74 points, while Curry is even lower, only 71.

There is still more than a week before the summer league, and the two can also improve a little. After all, time is everything.

After sending the two away, the draft is still going on.

The Warriors chose Johnny Flynn in desperation;

The draft is still going on here. After the Hornets got the No. 7 pick, they chose Uncle Mu II Thabit, who had dropped to the seventh pick.

Then the Knicks chose Jordan Hill, the Raptors took DeMar DeRozan, and the Bucks got Brandon Jennings as they wished.

The 75ers signed Jrue Holiday at the 17th pick, and the Hawks successfully recruited Jeff Teague at the 19th pick.

Coming to the 21st pick, it was the Rockets' turn again. Tang Yu looked at the big screen in the room and finally chose DeMarre Carroll, who is known as the James of Shennongjia.

A pretty good first-round pick, he can play two roles at the three and four positions, but the main position is still the three.

Wearing a Rockets cap and coming to Houston's small room, Tang Yu congratulated him on joining the Rockets and asked him to stay in the room and wait.

The Bulls picked Taj Gibson at the 26th pick.

All the teams with draft rights in the first round of the draft soon finished their selections.

The Rockets made their debut with the fourth pick in the second round, and the mad dog Pat Beverley was recruited by Tang Yu.

It has to be said that when Beverley entered the Rockets' small room, his appearance was really shocking. Beverley was wearing a suit that was completely incompatible with his temperament.

Tang Yu almost had a myocardial infarction when he saw his explosive dreadlocks.

However, as a team owner, he still has to be generous. "Welcome, man. You are about to start a wonderful journey!"

The 21-year-old Beverley was still a little shy at this time. He greeted everyone in the room and sat in the corner.

The Rockets still had one second-round pick, the 10th pick, and soon they got it. They directly made an American interception of Danny Green, who was favored by the Cavaliers.

Tang Yu got five super rookies in 2009, a year of talent explosion!

Tang Yu looked at the five people in front of him and said in his heart that he really made a fortune in this draft!