This summer league has been very busy, the Bobcats have just finished tossing, and the draft is about to start again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"We don't have a lot of chips in this draft, except for our two picks, we only have the No. 50 pick in the second round from the 76ers (from the Thomas trade)." Dawson lamented: "Because we were ranked No. 1 in the regular season, we had poor draft picks, and this year's outstanding rookie is not a good chance for us." ”

"Originally, we still had the Suns' first-round pick, but I didn't expect the Suns to play too badly last season, ranking second to last in the West with only 31 wins. In the end, we got the No. 7 pick, which is protected by the top 10, so we can only get this draft pick of the Suns next season. Yuan Fei smiled bitterly.

"But next year, this pick has become the top 7 picks protection, and it is likely to be a good pick!" Dawson is optimistic.

But Yuanfei knew that the Suns would soar into the sky and become a strong team in the league. Their future picks aren't worth much.

(Here's a case of top-pick protection in a trade: Picks involved in trade negotiations don't meet the top-10 picks protection agreement, so homeopathic is delayed.) The Rockets will receive a first-round pick from the Suns in '05, and the degree of protection will continue to decline during the delay)

***

On June 24, at Madison Square Garden in New York, the annual draft was held again. Yuan Fei and Dawson, who came to the draft on behalf of the Rockets, became the biggest names of the year, after all, the Houston Rockets were the biggest winners this year.

"Brother Jason, see you again!" Mark. Cuban kept his enthusiasm as usual and greeted Yuanfei: "I didn't expect you to win the championship, I really envy you!" ”

"I was almost killed by the pistons, it's all luck, luck!" Far Flying.

Dumas, who was passing by, burst into tears. It's really lying down and getting shot!

"Why didn't Mr. Alexander come this time?" Cuban asked curiously again.

"About this...... Hey, you'll find out tomorrow. ”

***

Soon, Yuanfei and Dawson found their place to sit down and began to discuss the draft.

"Truth be told, there's not much controversy in the top two this year. Dwight. Howard is the favorite to win the first prize, he has the height, bounce, speed, agility and almost everything a super center should have. Emir. Okafor is also outstanding. It's a pity that we really don't have the resources to compete this year. Dawson sighed.

"yes, if I get the Suns' sign, I'm going to strengthen the wings. Lohr. Deng and Andre. Iguodala can fill the void we lost to Gerrard. Yuanfei was also a little frustrated by this.

There were no upsets in the draft: the Magic didn't hesitate to choose Dwight. Howard, the monster that will lead Orlando to glory.

The Bobcats have chosen Emile. Okafor. Okafor is a well-known figure in college basketball, hitting 138 blocks in his freshman year, breaking the NCAA record of 111 held by former NBA player Marshall. Okafor, a junior in '04, led UConn to the championship and won the Final Four MOP (Most Outstanding Player Award). But he will turn 22 years old in September this year, more than 3 years older than Howard, who was born in December 85, and is obviously inferior to the latter in terms of development potential.

The third-pick Bulls chose Okafor at UConn alumnus Ben. Gordon. "Gordon is a scoring machine, he's very dangerous with his breakaways and shots, and he's good defense and rebounding. But the pass was not good, and the scouts suspected that he had a character flaw. Dawson introduced.

Yuanfei couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, Gordon's height was congenitally less than 189cm, but his arm span was as long as 204cm, and he had a good arm span as a defender with defensive potential, and his evaluation in college was also good defense. As a result, after arriving in the NBA, he became a defensive colander, on the one hand, the NBA standard was too high, and on the other hand, Gordon did not meet a good coach to teach him the correct way to play.

The Clippers chose Sean. Livingston, a big point guard more than 2 meters tall, a skinny version of Bodi Loga.

When it was finally the Rockets' turn to be the 29th pick, Deng and Iguodala, who were far away, were picked off early. It was only at this time that Yuanfei finally made a decision:

The Rockets selected Anderson from Brazil. Vallejo!

(Quick fact: Why did the Rockets pick 29th in the first round instead of the 30th pick?) 1998 Timberwolves and Joe. Smith reached a private agreement, and the Wolves signed Smith for 2 years and 1.75 million at a price well below the market price, and secretly promised to give Smith a fat contract in the future. After the under-table trade was discovered by the league, the Timberwolves were heavily penalized and stripped of their five future first-round picks, which were later reduced to three. The '04 first-round pick was one of those punishments. So this year there are 29 picks in the first round and 30 picks in the second round)

In fact, the player Yuanfei wants more is a small forward who will turn 19 years old, Trevor . Ariza. But when the Rockets retired from the big dream and Oku's contract renewal was not completed, they needed to add an inside lineman. For the team as a whole, Vallejo was the obvious choice.

With the 43rd pick, the New York Knicks selected Ariza. Yuanfei immediately went to ask the Knicks if they were interested in trading, and the Rockets were willing to trade the remaining two draft picks, but they were rejected. It's only natural that the first few in the second round are good, and the last few in the second round are almost useless. Because the unselected rookies can also be recruited by any team for trials or even signing, the remaining few people make little difference whether they are selected or not.

With the 50th pick, the Rockets selected Vasris, a point guard from Greece. Spanouilles.

The 59th pick, the Rockets wanted to send it out for cash, but no one wanted it, and finally chose Rashad casually. White is in trouble.

In this way, the Rockets' draft added two rookies from overseas who are nearly 22 years old and a leftover man who is not expected at all. Everything seems to be in line with the Rockets' plan to expand overseas and open up the market, and many media have praised Alexander's wise management. Woking published a draft summary article in which he lavished praise on Alexander's efforts not only in the athletics but also in the league's marketing and global outreach.

The next day, a big news broke and slapped them in the face. Leslie, the original owner of the Rockets. Alexander announced that he would sell most of the team's shares to a mysterious wealthy man from China. Since then, Alexander has only been involved in a small number of business affairs as a minority shareholder in the team, and the main management power of the team is controlled by the mysterious Chinese tycoon Wang Changming.

"Who is this Wang Changming?" This question has been raised by the American media. Some lace tabloids have even begun to study whether the behind-the-scenes boss Wang Changming is related to Rockets player Wang Zhizhi.

A few days later, someone finally dug up the Rockets' chief data analyst Jason. The father-son relationship between Wang and backstage boss Wang Changming. Mark. When Cuban saw this report, it finally dawned on him that this data analyst was not only an employee, but also a small boss behind the scenes!

And Woking's face turned green when he saw this message.