Although next year's draft has not yet begun, Richard has already determined his choice for this draft.

comes with a first-round pick, and that must be Paul.

The mid-first-round pick that Richard was going to use to select Granger, who normally picked up the 17th pick.

This Granger can basically be seen as a copy of pickled peppers.

Notice, it's not some poor man's version of pickled peppers, he's the normal version of pickled peppers......

As for the second-round pick, Richard is prepared to use it to select the Polish hammer Gortat, who normally finished at the bottom of the second round.

These three options, including a point guard, an interior and a small forward, are definitely the best draft options Richard can think of.

Of course, Richard's top priority now is how to get a mid-first round pick.

This is quite important.

Under normal circumstances, in this '05 draft, the Bobcats have two first-round picks.

One is the fifth and the other is the thirteenth.

With the fifth pick, they chose Felton and missed out on De Chubby and Paul.

Felton is not water, and his strength is still okay, but Beat's chubby and dirty cannon must not be able to catch up.

This is also something that can't be helped, it has nothing to do with their selection vision, after all, De Xiaopang and Dirty Cannon were selected in the third and fourth picks, and the Bobcat was also in a hurry.

As for the 13th pick, the first-round pick was obtained from the Suns in the expanded draft.

This is quite a coincidence......

The Suns have a player on hand named Jahidi White with a contract salary of about $6 million a year.

Because the Suns have Marion and Smalls, this White has no role in the Suns at all.

The annual salary of six million may not seem like much, but it is enough to be the last straw that crushes the Suns' salary space.

If you want to trade, no one wants to ask for it, after all, the cost performance is too low and too low.

You must know that his statistics are only 4 points and 4 rebounds, such a data of 6 million annual salary, there must be no team interested.

In that case, the Suns set their sights on the Bobcats' expanded draft pick......

The Bobcats were offered a condition to pick White in the draft and then give the Bobcats a first-round pick.

This kind of thing, the Bobcat naturally agreed, their new army salary space is greatly sufficient, swallowing a garbage contract with an annual salary of six million, it is not a problem at all.

Richard wondered a little, this Suns 04-05 season, obviously played the best record in the league, where did they find the thirteenth pick to give the Bobcats?

Directly asked Miles to check it, and the result was clear.

It turned out that this draft pick was the stock draft pick of the Suns, which they took from the Nets before, because the Nets have always had a good record, so they took out this draft pick and traded it.

They probably didn't expect that the Nets collapsed this season, and their record was not as good as their Suns, and they finally drew a 13th pick, but their Suns had a very good record, first in the league.

If this had been the case, I am afraid that the Suns would most likely use their own first-round pick to trade with the Bobcats, not the Nets' first-round pick.

……

After Richard learned of this, he frowned and began to think about how he could get this first-round pick from the Nets from the Suns.

Taking advantage of the fact that the new season has only just begun, and taking advantage of the fact that the Suns do not have Nash, their record is not particularly good, and find a way to let them hand over this first-round pick from the Nets.

This deal must be made as soon as possible, and it must not be delayed, and the further it is delayed, the more reluctant the Suns are to take out the Nets' first-round pick.

Thinking of this, an idea rose in Richard's heart.

Two days later, Richard made a phone call to Pierce.

Among the West Lafayette gang, Pierce is Richard's most loyal follower, and Richard's company in the previous incident of his stabbing has moved his heart beyond measure.

"Coach, you know?" As soon as Pierce answered the phone, he immediately asked wistfully.

Richard was stunned, what did he know? Could it be that the Suns are in such a hurry, it's only been two days, and they have already started to contact Green Kai?!

It's normal to think about it, the Suns are now hell-bent on getting Nash and then starting to rise.

But the run-in of the lineup takes time after all, and the sooner they get Nash, the sooner they have a chance to rise.

It's no wonder they're not in a hurry......

"Paul, is it the team going to trade Chauncey?" Richard asked.

"That's right, Coach, it's a real headache."

"Although I also know that getting Oku and enriching our interior strength is not a bad thing, but I have been working with Billups for so long, and I really don't want him to leave me." Pierce said with a sigh.

He and Billups have been working together for some years, and both of them are members of the West Lafayette Gang, so naturally they have a very deep relationship.

Now the team wants to trade Billups, and although he knows that this is the best way for the team to break the game, he still can't accept it.

With this lineup of Green Kai, if they want to win the championship, there is no possibility at all, so they can only not break or stand, seek change as much as possible, and maybe change to get the strength to win the championship.

Richard nodded, "Paul, you can continue to resist this matter, although you should know very well that the team will eventually trade Chauncey." ”

"But you still have to have the resistance you should have, and try to make this deal as smooth as possible."

"It's hard for your team to go any further than where your team is now, and I think you can do it this season and get a good draft pick, and then I can help you in the next year's draft."

Pierce was dumbfounded when he heard Richard's words.

Good guys, Richard was willing to help his team in the draft?!

Isn't he at odds with that old guy from Anji? Why do you want to help Green Kai?!

Could it be that the coach wants to give himself a taste of the championship? And then he gave up the grudge with Angie?

Thinking of this, Pierce's heart was even more moved.

However, he still can't understand why Richard let himself continue to boycott the deal, knowing that the team will eventually trade Billups, does it make sense to boycott himself?

……

Richard asked Pierce to do this, of course, it makes sense, and it makes a lot of sense.

He's now grasping the Suns' purpose of speeding up the trade and then trying to get Pierce to delay the trade as much as possible.

Nine times out of ten, the Suns will end up asking for their own heads.

The relationship between himself and Pierce is very clear to the whole world, and if anyone in this world can persuade Pierce, I am afraid that in addition to Pierce's parents, Richard is the only one.

Even in this kind of thing, Pierce's parents didn't work, and only Richard came out.

The Suns are definitely going to play up Richard's idea......

At that time, Richard will be able to negotiate with the Suns easily.

……

The next night, during Green Kai's post-game press conference, Pierce faced reporters and publicly rebuked the recent trade rumors, suggesting that he would not agree to the deal anyway.

He knew very well that Richard had some kind of purpose in this matter, but at the moment he couldn't think of what Richard was seeking, this was a game between the management, and he didn't have so much information at hand, so he naturally couldn't guess Richard's purpose.

But there is one thing he can be sure of, that is, Richard will never harm himself.

For now, I only need to do it according to Richard's arrangement......

Thinking about the '05 draft, Richard would help his team pick people, and Pierce couldn't help but feel excited.

……

Seeing Pierce's public boycott, Richard breathed a sigh of relief.

In this matter, he was suspected of using Pierce, but he promised to make amends.

……

A week later, Richard got a call from the Suns.

However, to Richard's surprise, the call turned out to be not from D'Antoni, but the team's owner Saville.

Upon arrival, Savile thanked Richard for his previous tolerance.

Then the conversation shifted directly to the deal.

Originally, they and Green Kai had already talked about it, but with Pierce's public boycott, the deal entered a stalled stage.

Pierce is now the absolute leader of the team, and so far in the new season, he has averaged 32 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists per game.

Although Angie is the general manager of the team, he can't completely ignore Pierce's opinion now.

If he really offended Pierce to death, he would definitely not be happy to do his position as general manager.

For now, Angie can only suspend negotiations with the Suns and see the limelight first.

As soon as this stopped, the sun was in a hurry......

They immediately targeted Richard, hoping that Richard would come out and get Pierce and make the deal happen as soon as possible.

"Lee, this deal Pierce has been resisting, and the deal has entered a stalled phase." Saville said with a wry smile.

In the face of smart people who don't need to say much, Savile said half a sentence, and didn't mention anything about asking Richard to help.

"I can help you get Pierce done, but I'm going to join the deal." Richard decisively put forward his own purpose.

Savile was stunned, the original three-way deal, Richard wanted to join?

Wouldn't that be a four-way deal?

But if Richard wants to trade, what can he come up with? They don't seem to have much to trade for.

And what did he want? They don't seem to have much demand for a new army, could it be that Richard is ready to make the Pirates a league powerhouse in the short term?!

It's impossible to think about it, it's not that easy for a team to rise.

Look at the Grizzlies and Raptors before them, they have been in the league for almost ten years, but they still haven't made any results.