The night before the draft, Richard met DeRozan and Danny Green, and they were the only two of them to participate in the draft today.

"You two boys get ready, I'll take you both in tomorrow's draft." Richard said to DeRozan with a smile.

The two of them were beaming, and being able to join the Pirates was a fantastic start for a rookie player.

Although the data of the first year or two after the newcomer joins the Pirate team will not be very good, but think about the five years since the establishment of the Pirate team, all the players who have gone out have become talents, and the 100% success rate has never missed, which is too tempting for the newcomer.

Even if they are very confident in their own strength, they have not been seen by many people since they entered the NBA, and they don't want to follow the mistakes of these unlucky predecessors.

The next day's draft began, but Jordan didn't come this time, and Richard took Raheem and Ranbir to the draft.

Ranbir returned to the draft for the first time in these years, and he sighed that during the days when he coached the Bulls, he actually did not bring any cost-effective rookie players to the Bulls in the draft.

"I announce that the Memphis Grizzlies selected Blake Griffin with the first pick in the first round!" Stern announced on stage the belongings of the top pick Griffin.

Under normal circumstances, in this draft, the Clippers chose Griffin with the top pick, but at present, the Clippers' record is not high or low, so naturally they can't get such a good signing as the top pick.

The Grizzlies have a pretty good season this season, but their potential is pretty good.

There are players who should be in every position, Conley, Guy and Bynum, and now there is another power forward Griffin, I am afraid that the strength will improve a lot in the future.

But next season, the Grizzlies will definitely still be a fish belly, because Griffin will not be able to play a game because of the reimbursement of his rookie season.

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Next, the Kings chose Hashem Thabitt.

As the saying goes, there must be water in the eyes of the champions.

This must be a bit absolute, but it is still quite applicable in most of the draft, especially this year's draft.

Griffin is certainly not the strongest champion in history, there are more champions stronger than him, but this Thabit can be called the most, he is the most watery since Richard entered the league.

You can even go back ten years when Richard entered the league, and from 1986 to the present, Thabit is the most watery eye, and there is no one......

He was selected with the second pick, and in addition to the principle of big picks in the draft, his physical fitness is also an important reason.

With a height of 221 cm, an arm span of 229 cm, a bouncing of 89 cm, and a weight of 121 kg, his athletic ability is relatively good, anyway, he is much better than Yao Ming.

Such a physical quality, even compared to Oden, is not much worse. (Auden's reach isn't particularly outstanding.) ）

But the physical fitness is outstanding, which does not mean that Tabit can really play a performance that matches this physical fitness.

His career was not particularly short-lived, playing for five years, but in those five years he was a wanderer to four teams......

The best season, that is, the rookie season, averaged 3.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, which is really a bit unreasonable.

The Kings have now chosen Tabit, presumably because of his physical talent, and they want to take a risk, and if they win, the value of a top-potential center is self-evident.

"Lee, it's a pity for this thabit, originally I thought that Griffin and Rubio would be the first two picks, and our third pick could win this thabit, and the physical fitness is really good." Ranbier on the side smacked his lips and said with a look of pity.

In this draft's draft predictions, Griffin is undoubtedly the top pick, and in the case of the second pick, most media predicted that Rubio would be selected with the second pick.

"If we choose this tate, we'll lose all the pants left, do you believe it or not, he's better than Kwame Brown?" Richard smiled and looked at Ranbier.

Ranbir was stunned, not as good as Kwame Brown? What are you kidding, this thabit is really that watery?!

But since Richard has said so, then Ranbir has to believe it if he doesn't believe it, and he will question Richard in other aspects, but only in this aspect of looking at people, he will never have any doubts about Richard's opinion.

"I am announcing that the Charlotte Pirates selected James Harden from Arizona State University with the third pick in the first round." Stern gave Richard a strange look.

He didn't expect Richard to choose a backcourt player with the third pick......

Hasn't Richard always favored a center? Could it be that Richard's original target was Thabit? Now that he has been cut off, he can only retreat to the next best?

Thinking of this possibility of Richard being cut off, Stern felt a little happy in his heart.

Harden in the little green room looked confused, he never expected Richard to choose himself with the third pick!

As a quarterback, why did Richard choose himself? Don't they have a top attacker like Roy on their Pirate team?

Harden has a bit of a pain in the egg, judging from the current situation, his rookie season must start off the bench, and no matter how confident he is, he will not be arrogant enough to think that he can steal the starting position of Roy, the scoring champion.

After Harden was drafted by Richard, many Pirate fans immediately began to study Harden as a newcomer.

Harden has a good draft projection, but he hasn't been in the top three picks in his previous predictions.

"This Harden is actually quite strong, at least among the local players in the United States, except for Griffin, Harden should be the strongest one, and Richard's choice will definitely not be wrong."

"Everybody knows Richard can't be wrong, aren't you talking nonsense? We're now talking about why Richard chose Harden and what exactly attracted Richard to Harden. ”

"I'm a fan of Arizona State University, I've been following Harden's performance, his offensive ability is quite strong, this NCAA season just ended, averaging 20+5+4 data per game, the shooting rate can still be maintained at more than 50%, 95 years, only Wade and Roy can do this in the NCAA. The most important thing is that his ability to make fouls is quite strong, averaging 7.6 free throws per game, which is the highest in the NCAA Division I League! ”

There are NCAA fans who know Harden quite well, and they have accurately said Harden's performance in his NCAA career.

Harden has the nickname of the son of Jingdezhen, and many fans think that he has developed the ability to make fouls when he entered the NBA, but in fact, this product has a strong and unmatched ability to make fouls when he was in college.

The NCAA averages 7.6 free throws per game, which is already an incredible existence......

Now that Richard has got Harden, needless to say, he will definitely not waste Harden's talent in this area.

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"I thought Richard would choose the golden boy Rubio or Evans, but I didn't expect that he actually chose Harden, is this Harden very strong?" Doubts arose in the hearts of the fans.

The New York Knicks, who were the fourth pick, chose Tyrek Evans......

This Evans is definitely a typical example of opening high and going low, he can play 20+5+5 data in his rookie season, and there are really few people in the entire NBA history who can play similar data in his rookie season, but then he gradually became obscure, although he can still mix in the NBA, but it is difficult to play as a starter, and most of the games are played as substitutes.

In the 18-19 season, Evans entered the playoffs for the second time in his career, and his three-point shooting rate contributed enough outside firepower to the Pacers, but because the gap between the two sides was too big, plus the Pacers' star Oladipo was injured and absent, and the Pacers were finally swept out by Green Kai.

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The top four picks are all out, and the next thing is the selection of the Pirates.

Without hesitation, Richard wrote DeRozan's name on a slip of paper and handed it to the staff at the scene.

After Stern saw the Pirates' selection, he was stunned again, Richard is taking another guard?!

Didn't this kid always have a special preference for the center? Could it be that this kid is empathetic and don't fall in love? Stern was confused.

Richard didn't empathize, and his favorite thing in his heart was the center player......

It's just that the center is withering now, and there are fewer and fewer reliable centers, at least in this draft, there is no one who can make Richard look at it.

Not to mention the kind of center who can score a while, not even a quasi-All-Star center, Richard definitely can't be of much interest.

Although Oden is about to leave the team, Kwame Brown is also leaving, and there is only one Jordan left in the center position of the Pirates at the moment, but Richard would rather be lacking.

It's a big deal to put Gasol Jr. back in the center position and rotate him in the fourth or fifth position on the bench, which is no problem at all.

Gasol Jr. is much better than Bogut or Zaza, the main reason is that he has a good three-point firepower, and if he pulls out a high post to block and dismantle, the threat is quite great, and the opponent's center must also follow, otherwise, Gasol Jr.'s three-point shooting can definitely teach him to be a man.

Under normal circumstances, Gasol Jr., who had just entered the league, actually didn't have three-point firepower, or to be precise, three-point ability, but the Grizzlies' tactical system at that time didn't require him to shoot three-pointers.

Later, as the black bear Randolph gradually aged and entered the bench, the Grizzlies abandoned the original black and white two-tower strategy, and Gasol Jr. had no choice but to start shooting three-pointers.

I didn't expect this shot to be quite good, at least the shooting percentage was higher than that of Cousins or thick eyebrows.

And now that Gasol Jr. plays for Richard, he was naturally asked by Richard to temper his three-point firepower from the beginning, and in the season just ended, he averaged 37% three-point shooting rate per game, which is already quite a top existence in the interior group.

With such a three-point shooting rate, once pulled out to do a high block, if the opponent's center does not come out to help defend, the opponent's end will definitely be quite miserable.

And if you come out to help defend, there is no one in the penalty area, and it is also a big problem to solve in the face of the breakthrough or air cut down in the face of the Pirate star.

In a way, Gasol Jr. is actually a better fit than Jordan Jr. for the Buccaneers' starting center this season.

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DeRozan in the small green room was overjoyed, the coach didn't lie to himself, he really chose himself, the fifth pick in the first round, which is already a pick that DeRozan is quite satisfied with.

But the only thing that made him a little painful was that Harden was also selected by Richard, which was very uncomfortable.

The Pirates already have a point guard Roy on the team, and Roy is one of the top quarterbacks in the league.

In today's league, the big four quarterbacks have aged, and Kobe Bryant is still in great shape, but who knows how many years he can maintain this state?

Anyway, Maddy, Iverson and Carter are not the top quarterbacks in the league at the moment.

After removing Kobe, there are only two people in this league who can still be qualified to be called the top quarterback.

Wade counted one, and the remaining one was Roy.

The guarantee is also the third quarterback in the league, and it can be said that Roy's position on the Buccaneers is absolutely unshakable.

If there is only one Roy, then DeRozan will play Roy's chief substitute, he can accept it, the key is that now there is more Harden, and the competition is too fierce.

DeRozan is certainly no stranger to Harden, although they have not played against each other in the NCAA, but they must have heard of each other's names, this kind of strong competition, DeRozan is a little uncertain.

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Next it was the Buccaneers' turn to pick up Danny Green with the 30th pick in the first round, and then with the 30th pick in the second round, Richard took down Matthews again.

The audience was in an uproar, who would have expected that Richard would take four shots this year.

If Richard had told others that he would take four forward linebackers before the draft began, I'm afraid no one would have believed it, thinking that Richard was lying to them again......

"Hey, judging from this situation, there may not be any decent center players this year, otherwise, how could Richard not take a center forward."

"It seems that those experts say that the center is withering, and that's not wrong at all."

After seeing Richard select four strikers in a row, many fans and experts sighed.

If Richard had had a handful of draft picks, they probably wouldn't have had that idea.

But now that Richard has four draft picks in hand, including three grades of high, medium and low, he still hasn't chosen a center, what does this mean?

It can only show that in this draft, except for Tabit, there is no decent center at all......

As for whether Tabit can play in the future, no one knows, if he was not selected by the King in the second pick, and Richard did not choose him with the third pick, then it is estimated that Tabit will not be able to play.

But now Tabit was chosen before Richard made a move, so he can't see anything for the time being.

After the draft, Richard asked Rahim to schedule four players for the offseason, reporting to the team in mid-July and signing rookie contracts.

Although Jordan didn't come to the scene, he also watched the live broadcast of the draft, and after watching it, he was completely confused, even if he was Richard's partner, he also didn't expect Richard to draft four forward players.

And there was something he didn't expect, after Richard came back from New York, the first thing he said to him was about the Auden deal!

"What? God, Lee, are you sure you want to trade Oden? Jordan's eyes were about to burst out.

This draft didn't get any inside line, and now he has to send the team's positive Indian center, no wonder Jordan reacted so much.

"That's right, Michael, you should know about the '07 draft, the Trail Blazers originally wanted to choose Oden, but I got it over, and now it's time to give Oden back." Richard said with a wry smile.

"I know this, can we play tricks? Just forget about it, I don't think Paul Allen will do anything to you, right? Jordan said tangledly.

He really didn't want to send Oden away, not only him, but I'm afraid the owner of any team in the league wouldn't want to send Oden away, even Richard.

"Playing tricks on Paul Allen? Man, believe it or not, he'll be able to set up a business tomorrow with a family of kids......" Richard said with a roll of his eyes.

Jordan smiled bitterly and asked in a tangled way: "Then without Oden, can we defend the title this season?" ”

This is what Jordan is most concerned about, without Oden, can the team win the championship in the next season!

Now that the Pirates have won three consecutive championships, according to common sense, other teams should have no desire......

But Jordan is not an ordinary boss after all, he has created two three-consecutive champions in his own playing career.

He is now thinking about creating a four-crown dynasty, which is much better than saying three consecutive championships.

In the entire history of the NBA, except for Green Kai's eight consecutive championships, other dynasties have only three consecutive championships.

Including Richard's previous dynasty at the peak of the Trail Blazers, it is also only three consecutive championships......

Now Jordan wants to build a four-crown dynasty, which will be the longest winning streak after Green Kai's eight consecutive championships.

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Faced with Jordan's question, Richard thought for a moment and solemnly gave his answer.

"I can't say 100% sure, 70% sure, I'm 70% sure of winning the championship next season."

Jordan nodded, so that he could accept it, and seventy percent of the certainty was already quite large.

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