As soon as the finals ended on June 15, the players began to take vacation, but the busiest work period of Yuanfei and Dawson had just begun. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yuanfei counted the resources in his hands, and the Rockets currently have the 11th pick in the first round (the result of a year's bad swing), the 18th pick in the first round (the '99 Francis trade, from the Grizzlies), the 23rd pick in the first round (the 00 Pullsbilla trade obtained the 22nd pick from the Bucks, and just traded with the Magic in June for the 23rd pick), the 13th pick in the second round (the all-time 00 years through Dan. Langi's trade was traded to the Mavericks, and Yuanfei blocked the deal).

The next step is to count and evaluate the rookies. Yuanfei quickly got the year's materials and sat down with Alexander, Dawson, and Tomjanovich to start a discussion.

"The quality of this year's draft is much better than last year's, but I think the Washington Wizards are likely to be blind, and I speculate that the final pick for the top pick will be high school Kwame. Brown. Brown would be a famous disaster in draft history, comparable to Olowo Kandi. ”

"Tyson. Chandler, a great center, tall but not slow, strong defensively, good finishing ability under the basket, good free throws, but not much offensive ability. He's going to be a good star. ”

"Paul. Gasol, my favorite player among the rookies. He's tall, can organize offense, can pull out shots, and is the perfect interior player in addition to his weak confrontation ability. ”

"Eddie. Curry, he's hot right now, but he's having a problem with his training attitude. It's likely to be a depraved player, forget the name. ”

"Sean. Battier, the perfect face for role players. The best individual defensive ability, the best big-picture vision and leadership, strong three-point shooting ability, and the ability to switch to four positions outside the center. I really want this player. ”

"De Saguena. Diop, a weakened version of Chandler in all aspects. The quality of the substitute center. ”

"Eddie. Griffin, bad player, don't think about this. ”

"Ah, that's right." Dawson interjected regretfully: "Actually, I quite like this player." Yuan Fei couldn't help but roll his eyes.

(Historically, Dawson used Jefferson, Collins, and Armstrong to get this great immortal...... Not to mention the ball-star Jefferson, even if the blue-collar Collins is almost equivalent to him, Dawson's ability to see people is really not complimentary)

"Joe. Johnson, a great shooting guard, solid shooting, and physical strength. It's okay to be a role player without the ball, and it's okay to be a number three. ”

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"After listening to your words, I feel that the rookies at the end of the first round and the second round of this round may be of high quality." Alexander concluded.

"That's right, so I suggest that you don't put your signatures in hand and trade them to a higher priority, and use the existing ones to select people."

"With our highest No. 11 pick, Gasol and Chandler are hopeless. Battier and Johnson are still possible. ”

"It seems to me that Battier was also very likely to have been drafted early, as for Johnson...... There is hope. ”

"Rudy, what do you think?"

"I suggest we pick at least one young point guard and don't always have Maddie to play the playhouse, and Reed and Mobley are not the same material. According to the plan, we will produce results in another year, and we must always develop a point guard. Tang Shuai complained.

"This question, according to what I just said, there are not only candidates, but two or three candidates." Yuanfei was confident about this, "At least I can take one." This time there are four draft picks, at least one on the inside, one on the wing, and one on the point guard, leaving one to improvise. Recall Turkoglu again, and next season will be our training season. There's one more problem though, and you need to give orders, boss. ”

"What's the problem?" Alexander asked.

"We had no problem with all three first-rounders, but the second-round pick was too low. This time, the target is a maximum of two or three players in the second round, and there is a good chance that they will be selected by our previous team. So I want to trade a little bit higher to make sure I don't miss the target. ”

"Mr. Dawson, it's up to you to do this."

"Okay, boss!"

***

"Dawson, what I told you three days ago, how is the matter of draft picks?" Alexander leaned back in his chair and crossed Erlang's legs, feeling happy in his heart.

"Boss, this is too difficult." Dawson said with a sad face: "Most of the teams with good picks are young players who are rebuilding and want good. And our young players are babies who can't come out. Since we're rebuilding, we don't want to give up future picks. If you only add cash, who will give us the draft picks? ”

"Well, did you talk to Vancouver, oh no, the Memphis Grizzlies (note: the Grizzlies moved from Vancouver to Memphis in 2001, just in transition)?" Yuanfei asked.

"Why are you talking to the Grizzlies specifically?"

"Oh, old gentleman, you're still the manager." Yuanfei was dizzy, "The Grizzlies, like us, have three first-round picks this year, and their picks are still higher than ours, so their roster is enough to make up these first-round picks." The second round is dispensable for them. Now they have two picks, the fourth pick in the second round and the 19th pick in the second round, which doesn't matter to them, and it's useful to us. Ask them if they can add cash for the fourth pick in the second round for us. If it doesn't work, buy the 19th pick in cash, and then use the 19th pick plus our second-round pick 13 to trade for the Warriors' second-round second pick. ”

"You're a genius, Jason!" Dawson trotted out after listening.

***

Rookie tryouts are an important step for other teams to scout rookies, but it doesn't matter at all for the Rockets. The Rockets' tryouts were just a symbolic walk-through.

June 27th in Memphis, Jason. Wang met with the team's executives one by one again. This time, Wang Yuanfei is fifteen years old, and his height is 170cm, which looks like an adult. He also seemed to be much more familiar and took the initiative to greet many people.

"Mr. Cuban, how do you feel about reaching the second round of the playoffs?"

"Haha, the team's record has improved as soon as I bought it, and it feels really cool." Kuban is now proud. The Dallas Mavericks rose from ninth to fifth in the West the year before, and also knocked out the Utah duo 3-2 in the first round (superstar Carl Brown). Malone and John. Stockton).

Yuanfei greeted Popovich warmly, but Old Man Bobo only looked at him coldly and didn't say a word.

"Is it because you still hold a grudge because you lost to us?" Yuanfei wiped his cold sweat.

***

The first few picks in the draft were not shocked, and they were completely in the impression of Yuanfei.

Michael of the Washington Wizards. Jordan's boss handpicked the parallel goods champion Kwamei. Brown, this lesson teaches us that playing well and being able to pick players are two different things.

The Clippers drafted Tyson with the No. 1 pick. Chandler, he's good, but he's not a star who can lead the team out of the doldrums.

The Grizzlies selected Gasol and Batile with the No. 3 and No. 6 picks, two great players, and the 10,000-year-old team is about to rise.

The Bulls selected Eddie with the No. 4 pick. Curry, soon Maddy will be glad again, too happy not to sign with the Bulls.

……

Everything went exactly according to plan, until the Celtics drafted Joe with the No. 10 pick. Johnson.

Yuan Fei and Dawson, who held the No. 11 pick, were speechless for a while, and they were one short of one player, and they were one short of being able to choose their favorite player.

"Fortunately, Lao Tzu has already made Plan B and enabled the alternative!" Yuanfei's heart roared.

The Rockets used the No. 11 pick to select Richard from the University of Arizona. Jefferson (the 13th pick in history for the Rockets, but he was actually a mess last season...... ）。

Next, according to the plan, the No. 18 pick will select an interior player, and the options include: center Murphy, Durham Porter, Haywood, Collins, power forward Randolph, and forward Gerard. Wallace.

The Golden State Warriors drafted Murphy with the 14th pick, one less player.

Yuanfei is the most unsure about this position. Judging by Zach from pure strength. Randolph is undoubtedly the best of the bunch, but he has a bad temper and has the potential for a locker room cancer. Moreover, Randolph's style of play is more retro, closer to the basketball style of the last century, and is not suitable for the tactics of the Rockets.

Dalem Potter's type is close to the weakened version of Big Dream, and in terms of role, it is best to choose him to play as a substitute for Big Dream. But Yuanfei is still thinking about leaving a place for Yao Ming.

So the Rockets used the No. 18 pick to select Gerald from Alabama State University. Wallace (selected by the Kings with the 25th pick in the first round).

At this moment, the media was in an uproar, knowing that the Rockets were strong on the outside and weak on the inside, and they actually selected two small forwards in a row. Even if Wallace is relatively strong and can barely swing to the power forward position, the Rockets' starting center is very old, and the backup center is very weak.

The next 19 Trail Blazers picked Zach. Randolph.

Twenty Cavaliers chose Hywood.

The 23rd is back to the Rockets, with Durham Porter and Collins still available.

The Rockets used the No. 23 pick to select point guard Tony from France. Parker (selected by the Spurs with the 28th pick in the first round).

There was another media uproar. Some reporters even had the headline of the Herald in mind -- "What the hell was Dawson thinking?" 》。 Media people couldn't understand why the Rockets, who lacked a center, made up three outside players in a row.

26 76ers selected Jason. Collins (Historically drafted by the Rockets with the 18th pick in the first round.) ）

The 27-player Grizzlies drafted Jamal. Tinsley.

The 28-player Spurs drafted Hellam Porter (76 with the all-time 26th pick in the first round).

With the second pick in the second round, the Warriors drafted Gilbert. Arenas.

At this point, the goal of the far flying guard is gone, Arenas is one, Tinsley is half, but with Parker, it's okay.

With the fourth pick in the second round, the Rockets selected center Memet from Turkey. Oku.

The media finally felt that the Houstonians were back to normal, but they picked another Turk after last year, and some reporters drafted a new headline -- "Does Alexander Love Turkish Kebab?" 》。

Yuanfei smiled with satisfaction. He got four players he wanted, and even the last two were more important than the first two. Oku is 211cm tall and has a standard weight, which is enough to act as a substitute for Big Dream, and can also be used as a big forward and Big Dream to team up to defend the opponent's twin towers. He can also shoot three-pointers, and with him the Rockets have a lot more play, and can even line up a five-shooter lineup. Parker and Arenas are two of the best point guards in the draft, and given the length of his career, it's clear that Parker is better. Jefferson, Wallace and Turkoglou will flesh out the Rockets' wings, and Wallace and Turkoglou can also play as power forwards in a small lineup. The worst thing the Rockets did last season was bench depth, and now, they've fleshed out four rotations in one fell swoop, with Tekoglu coming back to five.

The countdown to the rocket launch has sounded!