At the moment, the Clippers have two draft picks on hand, one first-round pick and one second-rounder, and the worst thing is that the 2012 first-round pick was sold by Stern in a previous trade.

This also led to Richard's idea of trading the 2012 draft pick for the 2011 draft pick, which was also completely frustrated.

There are still a few second-round picks left in 2012, and they certainly won't be of much use......

Right now, Richard is having a headache about how to get more draft picks.

Judging from the current situation of the Clippers, if you want a good draft pick, it is estimated that you can only trade Griffin or Sun Yue.

Whether it is Griffin or Sun Yue, the transaction value is actually quite large.

Griffin is only a rookie season, averaging about 24 points and 13 rebounds per game, and many experts predict that Griffin may become the top three super power forward in history.

This kind of super talent visible to the naked eye, if it is put on the trade market, I am afraid it will directly cause the boiling of the trade market, those teams in the rebuilding period, who don't want to get a player like Griffin.

The strength is incomparably strong, the key is that the style of the ball is strong and good-looking, from his rookie season when he started as an All-Star, you know how popular this product is.

If you can get this kind of player, the team can directly start a rebuild, with Griffin as the core, a little reinforcement, and it will be a team that is completely stable in the playoffs.

As for Sun Yue, his strength is naturally inferior to Griffin, although the average points per game are also in the top 20 of the league's scoring list, but the offensive efficiency is a little worse, and the value is definitely not as high as Griffin.

However, Sun Yue also has his own advantages, and the contract is cheap......

With a four-year contract of only $15 million, this contract is simply cheap, and the top rookies who have entered the league in the last two years are more than that.

In this way, Sun Yue is simply a baby bump for those teams who are interested in strengthening but are suffering from no salary space.

It is foreseeable that if Richard releases the news that he wants to sell Sun Yue, it is estimated that many teams will be interested.

However, at the moment, Richard actually has no plans to sell Sun Yue......

The 4-year contract of 15 million US dollars is so cheap, the key is that I smashed props on Sun Yue, and if I sell it now, it will be a bit of a loss, so it is better to use it for a few years first.

Griffin could have taken it out, and if he had the right chips, Richard might have sold Griffin.

After all, Griffin is the most important chip Richard has at hand, and it can even be said that it is the only chip that Richard can use.

Of the Clippers that Stern left Richard, the value of all the players combined, Griffin may account for ninety percent, or even more......

In this case, if Richard wants to rebuild, he will definitely have to make a big deal.

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After the All-Star break, Richard negotiated a trade for Griffin with several well-connected teams.

When it was learned that Richard had the idea of trading Griffin, the teams were obviously shocked by Richard.

In their opinion, Griffin is undoubtedly the best cornerstone of the current Clippers rebuild, and now Richard is going to sell all the cornerstones, how can it not be surprising.

Richard discussed Griffin's matter with these teams, in fact, it was just a signal to the outside world, that is, Griffin is not for sale for the Clippers at the moment, and if there is the right bargaining chip, Richard will sell Griffin.

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A few days later, more than half of the league's top brass knew about the Clippers' intention to get Griffin.

This kind of news is naturally circulating in a small circle, and the outside world does not know what Richard thinks at present.

If the outside world knows, it is estimated that there will be a lot of waves......

If others don't say it, it is estimated that Griffin can't stand it.

Are you not doing well? It can be called a rookie season performance against the sky, but in this situation, the boss still has to sell himself, and there is no place to reason.

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Soon, the first team couldn't sit still and dialed Richard's phone to seek a trade.

Minnesota Timberwolves!

Many experts predict that Griffin's future achievements may be higher than Garnett's, and in this case, the Timberwolves management cannot sit still.

At the moment, they have a Beasley on the team, and with just one Beasley, how can they have a chance to revive the Timberwolves......

And now the Clippers are going to shoot Griffin, giving them hope for the rise of the Timberwolves.

They can also roughly guess that Richard's purpose for selling Griffin must be thinking of trading Griffin for some future draft picks.

In this case, they offer two options.

The first is to send Cory Brewer plus an 11-year first-round pick in exchange for Griffin.

This plan is undoubtedly sincere, and the Clippers currently have the lowest record in the West and the bottom of the league, and their draft pick is estimated to be no worse.

Brewer's strength is still quite good, he averaged 13 points per game last season, and the defensive end is also considered powerful, that is, the Timberwolves now have Beasley and Wesley Johnson, who just got last season, which caused them to be unable to give company commander Brewer more playing time.

Richard rejected this first plan outright......

He doesn't need such a high pick as the Timberwolves, a top-four pick, and if Richard really gets it, he really doesn't know how to choose.

As for Brewer, his strength is naturally good, and he is a member of Silafayette, but his style is too similar to Sun Yue's, and the current style of these two is almost completely a player carved out of a mold.

And the current Sun Yue's strength is slightly stronger than Brewer, in this case, winning Brewer can only be placed on the bench, and some gains outweigh the losses.

As for the second trade plan, it is actually quite sincere, giving Beasley plus a 12-year top-10 pick protection sign......

To be honest, the Timberwolves can be said to be quite sincere, and even did not hesitate to send Beasley in order to get Griffin.

Beasley is actually good at the moment, a little stronger than normal.

Because of Richard, Beasley is now strict with himself and hasn't caused too many troubles.

The performance on the field is not as casual as it normally is......

In addition, he is still very young and cultivates well, although it is difficult to reach Durant's level, but at least he can reach the All-Star level.

But now in order to get Griffin, a power forward with unnatural talent, the Timberwolves are willing to send Beasley and then add a protected first-round pick.

Richard almost agreed to a trade offer for the Timberwolves......

That is, the 2012 draft pick given by the Timberwolves, if the 11-year draft pick is given, then Richard is estimated to agree without saying a word.

But now Richard doesn't really want 12 draft picks, and this draft is actually a relatively embarrassing draft year after removing the top pick, and there are no players that Richard looks down on in the first round......

In this situation, Richard directly rejected the Timberwolves' offer again.

Anyway, there is no hurry to sell now, it should always be to shop around and seek to maximize benefits.

Next, the Kings, Wizards, Raptors and even Green Kai all approached Richard, hoping to buy Griffin from Richard.

Buying Griffin is definitely a sure-fire deal, and as long as the chips aren't too exaggerated, teams with the ability will want to get their hands on Griffin.

Of these teams, Richard also rejected their offers.

Either they don't have the chips that Richard wants, or they want to play the autumn wind like Lu Kai and take advantage of Richard......

Richard's advantage is so easy to take advantage of, for such a team, Richard naturally decisively closed the trading channel and did not give them any chance at all.

After nearly a month of screening, Richard finally screened out the last two more reliable trading partners.

One is the Knights, the other is the Eagles.

The Cavaliers want Griffin, which is perfectly normal, and as soon as James leaves, they definitely need a popular star to save the market.

Without a doubt, Griffin is a pretty good choice.

The style of play is strong, the data is good, and the Cavaliers management is confident that after taking Griffin, the Cavaliers' ball market can return to its previous peak.

For this reason, the Cavaliers are willing to put up a combination of Vallejo plus Ramon Sessions or Morris Williams, plus an 11-year first-round pick, in exchange for Griffin.

An interior player plus a decent point guard, whether it's Sessions or Mo Bu Pass, these two point guards are good, and the Clippers are short of point guards at the moment......

In terms of draft picks, the Cavaliers are now the second-to-last in the league, and they are only one win more than the Timberwolves, so the pick must be high.

Richard knew the Cavaliers would be the No. 1 pick......

With such a trading chip, it stands to reason that Richard should not have room to refuse.

A first-round pick, plus two absolute starter-level players, or even quasi-All-Star level players, in exchange for a Griffin, Richard doesn't lose anything.

But the Eagles' offer, for Richard, the temptation is also extremely great.

The Hawks are willing to trade their interior core Al Horford plus an 11-year first-round pick in exchange for Griffin's current starting point guard, Blake.

There is no doubt that this offer is no less tempting for Richard than the Cavaliers' offer.

Although he asked for an extra Blake, Blake was actually of little value in Richard's eyes, and it was definitely not in Richard's reconstruction plan anyway, and now that the Eagle wants it, give it to him......

Under normal circumstances, the Hawks have almost been on the rise in the last two seasons.

But this is only normal after all, and the Hawks have a good record because they have the troika of Joe Johnson, Josh Smith and Al Horford......

At least they don't have the most important singles Joe in the troika, which leads to the fact that the Hawks always feel a little worse now, with good and bad records, and now they are in the Eastern Conference playoff class.