On June 26, this year's draft finally began.

The night before the draft, Richard gave Oladipo a gold medal for Silafayette.

When the draft began the next evening, when Richard appeared at the draft site, it immediately attracted the attention of various teams.

Richard has been running the Clippers for three years, and this draft Richard has the most first-round picks and the best quality, and it is not known which players he will ultimately choose.

"Li, which newcomers do you like this time?" Trail Blazers head coach McMillan leaned over to Richard and asked with a smile.

In the previous Western Conference semifinals, their Trail Blazers lost to the Spurs, which made McMillan quite uncomfortable, although Paul Allen didn't accuse him of anything, let alone fire his squid, but McMillan knows very well that if this is the case next year, even if Paul Allen doesn't fire him squid, he can't do it himself, and the fans will definitely drive him down.

"It's okay, there are indeed a few good newcomers this time." Richard said with a smile.

"We only have a 29th pick in the first round this year, and a 29th pick in the second round, Lee, can you help us?" McMillan asked with a bitter face.

In fact, to ask Richard to help with this job, you have to let Paul Allen do it, but Paul Allen can't pull this face, and their Trail Blazers lineup is actually quite good.

There was no way, McMillan had to come by himself.

"Hmm......" Richard muttered for a moment.

"I'm sorry, old man, but there's really no particularly decent newcomer who will fall into your ranks."

It's not that Richard doesn't want to help the Blazers, after all, this is his own person, and he can help if he can......

But the crux of the matter now is that there really aren't any decent players behind them.

There is no one who can play in the second round, and in the first round, under normal circumstances, there will be no outstanding players after the 27th pick Gobert, and the 29th pick of the Trail Blazers will definitely not get any outstanding newcomers.

Hearing Richard's words, MacMillan sighed.

He didn't suspect Richard of lying to himself, because Richard didn't have to do that......

Since Richard said that there were no decent newcomers to be selected by them, there would certainly be none.

McMillan suddenly became less interested in this draft and couldn't choose a brilliant newcomer, so what's the point of participating in this draft?

If you want cannon fodder players, where is the none? Just go to the summer league and pull out dozens or hundreds.

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Seeing Richard and McMillan muttering, many teams looked at McMillan with envy, thinking that Richard was working as a consultant to the Trail Blazers again.

After a while, Xiao Hua began to appear.

Looking at Xiao Hua's excited expression, it seems that this draft will be a little different.

This is the first time Xiao Hua has presided over the draft as the president of the league, and he has been responsible for the reading of second-round picks in the past.

"We have something to announce today."

"After this draft, we're going to change the draft rules, and we're probably going to come up with specific rules in August."

Hearing Xiao Hua's words, everyone in the audience knew very well that the history of high school players not being able to participate in the draft was about to be broken, and from the next draft conference, there will be high school players entering the league.

There are a lot of people in the audience who are important figures in the league, and they don't feel that this draft restructuring will have a huge impact on them.

At most, it will keep the scouts busy for a while.

"Now I'm announcing the official start of the draft."

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"I am announcing that the Cleveland Cavaliers selected Anthony Bennett from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with the first pick in the first round." Xiao Hua read out the candidate for the champion show.

There was an uproar in the audience, no one thought that the knights would choose him?

This Nate can't be said to be completely unwell-known, but there are some well-known, such as his selection to the All-Freshman Team for Sports News and the All-Freshman Team for Basketball Writers Association......

It looks a bit powerful, and it's all first-team honors in the United States.

But if you take a closer look at these two selection bodies, you will know that this award has no gold content.

National Basketball Writers Association?! This is as nonsense as asking a domestic basketball writer in China to judge this award......

These writers and writers don't know anything but.

West Hills League, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, minor leagues plus elementary schools, the key data is not particularly dazzling, averaging 16.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, there is no data that can rank in the top three in the West Mountain League.

You must know that this is just a small Xishan Alliance, in terms of overall strength, it will naturally be stronger than the Ivy League, but it is not much stronger, compared to the top big league such as the Big Ten Alliance, the gap can really be said to be the difference between cloud and mud.

Everyone in the audience looked strange, and no one knew what the knight was doing, anyway, in their opinion, this operation was too risky.

If there is any bright spot in Bennett, it is probably physical fitness.

Bennett's body has one characteristic, that is, strong.

It's a bit of James, but it's definitely a gap with James......

Moreover, Bennett's height of 203 is playing the position of power forward in the NCAA, and after entering the league, his height is estimated to only develop to the No. 3 position.

In the No. 3 position, Bennett doesn't have that skill......

Anyway, after thinking about it, everyone in the audience is a little confused about the knight, maybe they want to gamble?

Bet on this Bennett is James II?

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Richard laughed, the Cavaliers really chose Bennett, it was really interesting.

In this draft, the Cavaliers' selection of Bennett with the top pick is an unsolved mystery in itself, the Cavaliers don't open their mouths, and others don't know why they chose Bennett.

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"I announce that the Orlando Magic selected Victor Oladipo from Purdue University with the second pick in the first round." A few minutes later, Xiao Hua came out to announce the second pick.

Oladipo is recognized as the top favorite, but I didn't expect the Cavaliers to choose Oladipo and Bennett.

But it's normal to think about it, there is already Irving in the Cavaliers, and it's really difficult to arrange for a small guard Oladipo.

The head coach of the Magic was smiling, they liked Oladipo, who was afraid of being cut off by the Cavaliers, but now they don't have to worry, they got the Audi safely.

The next third-round pick of the Wizards chose Otto Porter, a player that Richard likes a lot.

In Richard's view, Otto Porter actually has the potential to become the league's top 3D player, but being in a team like the Wizards greatly delays his normal development, which also leads to Porter's failure to fully realize his talent.

That is, Richard does not have the right draft pick on hand, otherwise, he really wants to take Porter and try it to see if he can cultivate it.

The original Noel and McClymer fell directly to the fifth and sixth picks, and both of them were injured in the NCAA game, affecting their draft picks.

Richard wrote CJ McCollum's name on a slip of paper and asked Cole next to him to hand it to Green Kai.

The Nets' No. 7 pick already belongs to Green Kai, so Richard's note must be handed to Green Kai, not to the Nets.

"I announce that the Boston Celtics have selected CJ McCollum from Lehigh University with the seventh pick in the first round."

This is Richard's shot, and many people at the scene looked at Richard.

Richard's continuous operation directly emptied all the players in the No. 1 position in the team.

Even if there is a rondo now, there must be a decent replacement.

Right now, Richard has used the highest draft pick in the draft to select a small guard, which seems reasonable.

But those who know McCollum well feel that Richard chose the wrong person.

Richard definitely wants a backup point guard, but this McCollum has no organizational skills at all, and his height of 191 is playing at the point guard position......