The '11 Draft was held on June 24 at the Prudential Center Arena in Newark, New Jersey.

As in previous years, all the management of the major teams attended the annual draft event.

As a representative of the No. 1 pick, the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers has a smile on his face, and in his opinion, this No. 1 pick will bring new vitality to the team, and the Cavaliers will not continue to sink into the impact of James' departure.

But he probably couldn't have imagined that even if he won the first pick three times in the next four years, the Cavaliers would still be mired in the quagmire and never left the bottom of the league, let alone return to the playoffs.

It wasn't until James returned to Cleveland in the summer of '14 that the team returned to the playoffs and made it all the way to the Finals.

I have to say that the Cavaliers' vision is really bad, except for the 11-year champion Kyrie. Owen is also worthy of the champion's Cheng number, and the remaining two champions are not worthy of the name, especially the 13-year-old champion Bennett, who is a famous parallel champion, and even surpasses Kwame. Brown.

Although the 14-year-old champion Wiggins performed fairly decently, averaging 20+ points per game, he was by no means a powerful character, and he partnered with Towns, who was also the champion, in the Timberwolves, but failed to enter the playoffs for two consecutive years.

In fact, the reason why the Cavaliers were able to select Irving in 11 was because Irving's popularity before the draft was too high and suppressed all competitors, otherwise it is difficult to say whether the Cavaliers would use any strange operation to bury the only good seedling in this selection.

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As is customary, Stern gave a stinky and long speech as always, but after the speech, the much-anticipated draft officially began.

As soon as the game started, the Cavaliers selected Kyrie without any suspense. Irving, Irving has a big smile on his face, and at this time he is ambitious and wants to make the Cleveland fans forget about LeBron completely. James's name.

"The Utah Jazz's pick, who has the second pick, is Derrick Brown, a forward from the University of Arizona. Williams. ”

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The Toronto Raptors, who have the third overall pick, have selected Ines from the Turkish Pro League. N'Golo Kante ......"

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Watching Stern read out the choices of each team one by one, Glenfield, the general manager of the Wizards, did not have the slightest wave in his heart.

Right now, it's the biggest event in the NBA, the stage of the draft, but it doesn't matter to him as a general manager.

Although this is the third year, he has become a little used to it, but looking at Wang Xiao who was smiling but not saying a word beside him, Grunfield still felt unhappy for a while.

Especially in the past two years, the Wizards' record has risen, becoming more and more exaggerated year by year, and even reached the Finals this year, but these honors have nothing to do with him, the general manager, and even many Wizards fans ridiculed that Glenfield is not even as useful as the team's mascot.

"I can't do it, if you have the ability, you can choose a few players similar to Curry and Harden this year."

While Grenfield was thinking this, the Cavaliers, who traded for the No. 4 pick from the Clippers, made another move.

"The Cavaliers' selection is...... University of Texas forward Tristan. Thompson. ”

The Cavaliers ultimately opted for a combination of Irving and Thompson.

At this time, on the side of the Wizards, who held the Timberwolves' No. 5 pick, Wang Xiao had already submitted a decision.

When Stern picked up the Wizards' envelope, he couldn't help but look twice.

Wang Xiao, this young head coach from Huaxia has given him too many surprises, especially in this year's playoffs, he actually defeated the Heat Big Three to reach the finals, which he didn't expect at all, and almost all the rookies selected by Wang Xiao in the past two years have become hot figures, which makes Stern curious, what kind of choice Wang Xiao will make this year.

However, when he opened the envelope and saw the name written on it, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"The Wizards' selection is...... Guard Clay from Washington State University. Thompson! ”

When Stern read out the name, many media outlets who swore that the Wizards would inevitably choose a big man were dumbfounded.

Fullback? Wang Xiao actually chose a defender? He's not sick in the head, is he?

The current Wizards team is almost crowded with guards or outside players, with Curry and Beverley at point guards, Harden and Green at point guards, and George and Butler can also be at the guard position when needed.

In this case, Wang Xiao actually chose another defender, what is this for? Jean Clay. Was Thompson off the bench for Harden? Substitute for the substitute?

Thompson, too, looked confused, and he walked up to the stage, put on the Wizards' baseball cap, and finally had a smile on his face when he shook Stern's hand.

Although he didn't understand what was going on, the Wizards were his favorite team, on the one hand, the Wizards' tactical play was very suitable for a shooter like him, on the other hand, he studied at Washington State University, spent three years in Washington, D.C., and has been a loyal fan of the Washington Wizards for the past two years, and even went to the Wizards to cheer for the team during the Finals.

It's just that, since he has never been in contact with the management of the Wizards, Thompson can't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart, he won't really be selected by the Wizards to be a substitute in the bench, right?

Surprise to surprise, the draft continues.

"The selection for the Saramento Kings, who have the sixth pick, is...... Forward from San Diego State University, Kawai. Leonard. ”

By the time Stern pronounced the name, there was already a lot of noise in the Spurs' private room.

"What? The Kings actually chose Kawai? Damn, these guys didn't even reveal a bit of information before! ”

"Greg! We can't hesitate any longer, if we don't make a move, we won't have a chance! ”

Spurs assistant coach Budenholzer looked at Popovich anxiously, "Trust me, Kawhi is really a great player with the potential of a top superstar, and it is definitely worth trading George for him." ”

Popovich was silent.

George. Hill is the player he loves for ten minutes, but he also understands that the current Spurs team continues to have potential fresh blood, and in this case, everything is sacrificial......

"Okay......"

Hearing Popovich's words, Budenholzer's eyes lit up, and he immediately said to the assistant next to him: "Call the general manager of the Kings immediately." ”

However, after a few minutes, Budenholzer hung up with an ugly face.

"They refused."

"Refused? Why? George. Hill's trade value should be high, do they still want a first-round pick? It's also true, in the first round of No. 6 signing, it is normal for the other party to ask for a higher price. ”

Budenholzer shook his head. "No, they didn't ask for anything, they just replied...... We can't afford to ......"