Chapter 359: Pre-Draft Deals
Since the draw ceremony, Mallory has become a small influencer, with her Twitter followers skyrocketing from a few hundred to tens of thousands.
This is very new to Mallory, who often interacts with her fans on Twitter during this time.
"If you're looking for a photo, you'd better wait until later."
Wang Xiao thought for a moment, and then said.
Although the draft has already begun, and the possibility is not very high, it is better to avoid exposure as much as possible for the sake of safety.
It is not clear whether there is a paparazzi Wang Xiao among Mallory's Twitter fans, but there are no clues about his next home in the league at present, and now he suddenly appears in the same frame with the daughter of the big boss of the Bucks.
When the draft is over and the dust is settled, it doesn't matter.
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On the other side of the draft, Stern, who will never retire for the sake of harmony, was still speaking, but the management of the Bucks had already begun to act.
They reached out to both the Magic and the Jazz and expressed their desire to trade them with the No. 1 pick and next year's first-round pick.
The Magic's request is Oladipo and this year's No. 2 pick.
The Jazz are Hayward's No. 3 pick this year.
This is undoubtedly a tempting proposition.
The first-round pick means Wiggins, and next year's first-round pick, judging from the current record of the Bucks, will most likely become a lottery pick.
The rookies of 2015 also have a number of promising players, such as Carl Brown. Anthony. Downs, D'Angelo. Russell and Jahir. Okafor, etc.
Neither for the Magic nor for the Jazz, the player conditions proposed by the Bucks are not unacceptable.
And when the management of the Bucks informed the other side that the other party had contacted the Magic and Jazz teams separately, the management of both teams became anxious.
After all, there is only one such opportunity, and if they miss it, Wiggins may be far away from them!
The management of the two teams immediately called an emergency meeting, and the Jazz were the first to respond, and they agreed to the Bucks' terms.
Wang Xiao, who got the feedback, smiled slightly, but he was not in a hurry.
It would be great to get Hayward, but it would be even better if Hayward could be traded for Oladipo.
Compared with Hayward, Oladipo's potential and growth space are undoubtedly better, and Hayward's main position is small forward, and he also has a conflict with Antetokounmpo.
In fact, in terms of style, Oladipo and Hayward are not the best fit for the Bucks.
Judging from the technical characteristics displayed by Antetokounmpo in another time and space, his most suitable system is to shoot four stars, with Antetokounmpo as the core, and establish four outside shooters to open up space for him.
Oladipo and Hayward's outside shooting ability is only mediocre and not impressive, and both of them have only about 35% three-point shooting percentages in their careers.
But Wang Xiao doesn't have to choose, he wants Thompson, he wants Curry, then the Wizards have to release talents, just two first rounds are not enough to exchange these two people, and Wang Xiao feels a loss when he takes other chips.
In the case of ensuring that Embiid can be obtained, the best option now is Oladipo of the Magic, and if the Magic do not agree, then it is acceptable to trick Hayward from the Jazz.
The Magic are still hesitating.
Unlike Hayward, who has been cultivated by the Jazz for four years and whose statistics are still unremarkable, Oladipo is after all the star of last year, although his performance in the regular season is very average, which makes the Magic team a little disappointed, but after all, there is still a little bit of expectation in it.
But that's when the Bucks management called again.
"Just now, the Jazz have agreed to our terms, but in comparison, we are still more interested in Oladipo, what do you think?"
"We're also interested in what you're proposing and happy to get the deal done, but Oladipo is a player we value and you can choose any player on the Magic team other than him." After the Magic management hesitated, they still wanted to bargain.
But the Bucks, on their side, are running out of patience.
"Sir, the conditions we have put forward are already the maximum concessions, and if you do not show the sincerity you deserve, then there is no need to talk about it any further. Remember, there's only one Wiggins, Oladipo can't compare, and neither the other players can compare, and whether we or the Jazz get this No. 1 pick, we'll choose Wiggins, and you're going to miss the only opportunity! ”
After a brief silence, the Magic finally agreed to the deal.
The general manager of the Bucks, who received an exact answer, breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, he doesn't quite understand why the team owner would make such an inexplicable choice, Wiggins is obviously a future All-Star level player, why would he give up Wiggins and trade for a high-pick sophomore rookie who didn't play at a high price?
However, this is the first task given to him by the team after the new owner, and if he can't even achieve such a deal with no difficulty, then he may not be able to do the position of general manager soon.
Soon, the deal was successfully reached.
The Bucks sent a 14-year No. 1 pick and a 15-year first-round pick in exchange for the Magic's No. 2 pick in 14 years and last year's No. 2 rookie Victor. Oladipo.
Then, before people had time to be surprised, the Magic team selected Andrew with the top pick with lightning speed. Wiggins.
For Wiggins, there is no difference between being drafted by the Bucks and the Magic, and he cares about the title of champion, so he seems very happy.
Immediately after, the Bucks took the Magic's No. 2 pick and chose Wiggins' teammate, Joel, who is also from the University of Kansas. Embiid.
Although this choice was a slight surprise to many, it was not surprising.
Embiid is a potential rookie with talent not inferior to Wiggins, and he was originally capable of competing with Wiggins for the top spot, but due to injury, his rating has dropped a lot, and before the draft, major media generally believed that Embiid's draft pick would fall out of the top three.
It makes sense to be drafted with the second overall pick now, after all, it's worth taking some risks for Embiid's potential.
The third pick, the Jazz, who failed to make a deal with the Bucks, said it was uncomfortable and then used the No. 3 pick to select a point guard, Dent. Essam.
This is similar to what Wang Xiao expected, the Jazz team is not short of interior lines, so they did not choose Jabari, who has a good evaluation. Parker, instead, has selected a scar-after defender talent on the team.
They missed Zach though. LaVine also missed Marcus. Smart, who chose a player who had a good reputation in the NCAA but was unknown in the NBA, can only say that they looked away.