After McGee was drafted with the 18th pick, Ryan Anderson was drafted by the New Jersey Nets with the 21st pick.

This is another well-known interior player, but his popularity in China may be higher than that of Lao Mei, mainly because he played for the Rockets.

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It's already the end of the first round, and Richard is waiting for the 25th pick, and they have a 25th pick in hand.

Jordan is also quite interested, and I don't know which player Richard will choose with this first-round pick.

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The 24th pick was the Thunder's draft pick, and they selected Ibaka......

Although under normal circumstances, the Thunder used this draft pick to select Ibaka, but now Richard has strengthened their confidence in choosing Ibaka.

Richard promised to help the Thunder rebuild, so the Thunder must consult Richard as soon as possible about these reconstruction matters.

Richard asked them to choose Ibaka in the 24th pick, and even if they had a more preferred choice, they would definitely choose Ibaka first.

Since then, the Thunder's three first-round picks have run out, and the harvest can be said to be extremely huge.

Probably outside of the Buccaneers, the Thunder are the biggest winners in this draft.

Even the Pirates are actually not much better than the Thunder in terms of harvest, after all, Batum's strength is not strong, and Dragic's strength is actually not as good as Ibaka.

Richard promised to help the Thunder reach the Western Conference playoffs in the short term, this matter is actually very simple, think about the current Thunder lineup, with Love and Ibaka on the inside, and this Wei Shao on the outside, just add one or two reliable shooters, they slightly run in for a year, and casually make the playoffs.

It doesn't even take a year, half a season is enough, after all, the inner and outer cores Lefu and Wei Shao are teammates in college.

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"I declare that Jazz Utah has chosen Nicholas Batum from Lissau, France!" Stern announced the 25th pick in the first round.

Like Ruhr Deng, the British Jordan, Batum has the nickname of the French Jordan.

However, he is nicknamed the French Jordan, and there is a Frenchman Petrus who shares it with him......

"This kid is good, I've paid attention to this kid's trial data before, I don't have to say anything about his physical fitness, I don't believe this guy is a Frenchman." Jordan clapped his hands and laughed.

Richard chose Curry, he is not very optimistic, but for this Batum, Jordan is still quite optimistic.

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The Spurs selected George Hill with the 26th pick, and Popovich picked up the treasure.

To be able to get a player with outstanding offensive firepower like George Hill at the bottom of the first round is really earned.

And before Hill suffered an injury, the defensive end was actually good.

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Stern then announced a couple of picks, and soon it was the Buccaneers' turn to pick the 30th pick in the first round.

In the small green room, DeAndre Jordan's eyes were stunned, his face was like ashes, he never dreamed that after he was invited into the small green house by the league, he would not choose himself until now!

If you can enter the small green house, it is natural that the draft prospects are favored by the league, and you may be selected by the top 14 picks, that is, the lottery show.

As a result, now the first round is almost over, and Jordan Jr. has not heard his name......

The little green room was empty, and only little Jordan was left sitting alone, looking quite miserable.

Under normal circumstances, Jordan Jr. actually set a record in this draft.

That's the record for a player in the Little Green Room to be selected with the lowest pick.

Prior to that, the record was held by Lewis, who was drafted with the third pick in the round, while Jordan Jr. was the fifth pick in the second round.

It's not uncommon for a Little Green House player not to be picked by the lotto, as it happens every few years.

For example, after the Grizzlies made a trade with the Jazz before, they took out Darrell Arthur, who was actually a Little Green House player, but fell to the 27th pick in the first round in the draft......

Arthur's luck is actually good, at least it is a first-rounder, and if Jordan Jr. doesn't pick him tonight, he will tragically fall to the second round.

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"I announce that the Charlotte Pirates have selected DeAndrew Jordan from Texas A&M University!" Stern announced the name of the last rookie in the first round.

Little Jordan in the little green room, when he heard Stern call his name, the embarrassed look on his face was reduced a lot, and he was finally selected in the first round......

However, little Jordan was not happy in his heart, he deserved to have a higher rank!

Besides, joining the Pirates is not a nightmare for a rookie center......

The Pirates have O'Neal and Oden, how can it be so easy for a rookie center to emerge!

If there is a choice, Jordan Jr. would rather fall to the second round by himself, in that case, his future path may be better.

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The first round of the draft ended, and then Xiao Hua appeared on the stage to announce the second-round picks.

Richard now has a 14th second-round pick from the Warriors, and Richard chose Dragic just in time.

Since then, after the draft, Richard has bought Curry, Bafacho, Jordan Jr. and Dragic.

The addition of four players is actually not particularly obvious to the overall strength of the current Pirate team, but Richard wants a sustainable development, and these players will be another pillar of the Pirates when they grow up.

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After returning to Charlotte, Richard took the team's current roster from Myers.

The Buccaneers sent away Millsap last season, Paul and Tony Allen later in the offseason, and brought in four more players in the draft.

The interior position, that is, the power forward or center position, Richard currently has O'Neal, Oden, Milicic, Marc Gasol and Jordan Jr. on hand.

The inside lineup composed of these five people is so luxurious that Richard can't help but nod.

If only O'Neal were five years younger, then the Pirates' interior lineup would be able to beat opponents with this interior lineup alone, regardless of the era it was left in.

The forward lineup, that is, the small forward and the point guard position, the Pirates currently have four players: Granger, Roy, Batum, and Ingram.

The No. 1 spot is overcrowded, Rondo, Curry, Dragic and Sun Yue.

However, Sun Yue saw that Richard had selected two more point guards at this draft, and immediately found Richard, saying that he was willing to try the point guard position......

He's quite a chicken thief, and he doesn't expect to play many good numbers now, anyway, he just gets acquainted with the league first......

Sun Yue was mentioned by Richard in the forward lineup, so now the Pirates' lineup configuration is quite reasonable.

There are five people on the inside line, five people on the front line, and three people in the No. 1 position, which happens to be thirteen.

However, the forward line still looks a little weaker, like the interior five and the point guard three, which are all All-Star level in Richard's opinion......

Of the five on the front line, Granger and Roy are All-Stars, while Batum can only be regarded as a quasi-All-Star, and Sun Yue and Ingram are two......

The forward line will definitely have to continue to be strengthened, but it's not a good time because the draft year for a real quality small forward is 10 years away......

If it were known that Richard was not happy with the Pirates' forward lineup right now, they would be trembling with anger.

is already a scoring champion like Roy, plus a high-quality All-Star-level small forward like Granger who has both offense and defense, Richard is still not satisfied? Why don't you go to heaven......

"Ding, ding, ding!" Richard's phone rang, and it was Paul Allen.

"Boy, we said okay at the time, if we're not happy with Durant, you're going to have to give Oden back to us." Paul Allen said directly.

Richard was stunned, how did the good Paul Allen mention this, he just talked to Paul Allen casually, but he didn't expect this old man to take it seriously.

"Ahem, Paul, what's going on?" Richard asked.

"Nothing happened, McMillan recommended that we do a rebuild, sell Jermaine in exchange for a more mature perimeter player, and then trade Durant for Oden......"

Richard almost vomited blood, McMillan?! Is he trying to rebuild the Trailblazers?

However, I have to admit that McMillan's plan is nothing wrong with Richard's opinion.

Xiao Ao's state has begun to become unstable now, while he still has instant combat power, sell it quickly, I believe that there are still many teams in the league willing to come up with a mature and stable backcourt attacker to trade Xiao Ao.

Durant is really good, but his rookie season offensive efficiency is not high, and McMillan will definitely need a more consistent output point if he wants to rebuild.

The offensive efficiency of his rookie season is not high, and this is not Durant's fault alone, as is the case with the vast majority of players.

Some players adapt to the NBA rhythm relatively quickly, and may be able to adjust slowly after their rookie season, but some players may need two or three seasons, and some scumbag players may not be able to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA game until they are fired by the team.

Now McMillan knows how long it will take Durant to adjust.

Anyway, he knew that Paul Allen and Richard had an "agreement", so it was better to return Durant to the Pirates, who just used Auden to play the Indian center after the Trail Blazers sold Ao Jr.

The matter of "agreement" was inadvertently mentioned by Paul Allen to McMillan.

Richard's head suddenly got bigger, he definitely didn't want to let go of Oden, he had cultivated it with great difficulty, and it was a pity to let it go like this.

Of course, taking Oden for Durant can't be said to be a loss......

But at least Richard doesn't want to change it at the moment, he still wants to continue to use Oden for two years, let Oden enter the peak in his hands, and see how terrifying his basket power is.