The first thing they contacted was the Hornets, who have a 13th overall pick......

But the Hornets have no interest in Pike at all, their backcourt is now overcrowded, Glenn Rice, Larry Johnson, Kenny Anderson, Dell Curry......

They were worried about selling some inside lines that would change their strengths, and they certainly didn't have much interest in Pike......

If Pike is a swingman, the Hornets may think about it.

What the Hornets mean is that the bullets take out Chris Webber or Juwan Howard in exchange for their lottery pick, and they are willing to add a Dell Curry......

The offer almost didn't Ernnie off, and if the two were gone, they would have a lot of fun trading for speeds......

So the wasp is definitely not going to work......

Next, they went to contact the Cavaliers, who held the twelfth pick, and this draft pick was sold to the Cavaliers in the first place......

It's easy to sell, but it's hard to buy it back!

The Cavaliers are in a similar situation to the Hornets, and they are also lacking a center, so they rejected the Bullets' offer.

The eleventh pick is the Golden State Warriors!

Linham just said his intentions, and the Warriors hung up the phone directly, what a joke, Warriors head coach Adelman is preparing to use this lottery to sign Brad Miller!

The Warriors are also short of centers now, and Richard clearly remembers that the Warriors selected a center Fowler in this draft, but Fowler's strength, just like his name, was convinced, and the pit was beyond measure, playing in the league for three or four seasons in total, averaging about 3 points and 3 rebounds per game......

This choice of the Warriors should be the most cheating choice in the entire 96 draft, no wonder Richard remembers it so deeply!

Among the 13 lotto draws, even if other teams did not choose stars, they at least got the main substitute-level newcomers, but the Warriors took a big parallel goods miserably......

If it weren't for Brad Miller, Adelman would probably still choose Fowler......

But now with Miller, it's different!

Miller's two years in the NCAA truly illustrate what is called the best center in the Princeton system, while the Warriors lack a center, and Adelman is the coach of the Princeton system......

It can be said that Miller is simply the Prince Charming of the Warriors, let alone Pike, even if the Bullets exchange Juwan Howard for them, they will never agree......

The top 10 teams all rejected the Bullets' offer!

What to do? I can only look forward......

The tenth pick is the Pacers, coached by Larry Brown......

As soon as he heard that he was going to make a three-way deal with Richard, Larry Brown couldn't wait to cut all the phone lines!

The Mavericks, who are the ninth pick, are interested in Pike, but they don't want to play the lottery, but are willing to trade other chips for Pike!

Can the Bullets say yes? Pike is the main bargaining chip they use to exchange for flying cars, how can they get flying cars without Pike!

In the end, the New Jersey Nets, the eighth pick, finally gave them hope!

Pike they are very interested, and the lotto lottery is not impossible to give, but they want more than just Pike......

Since this is a three-way deal, the Bullets call Richard directly and make an appointment for the three parties to sit down and talk!

It stands to reason that in fact, it is not impossible for the Bullets to trade with the Nets alone, get the lottery pick, and then trade with Richard, but the Nets have taken a look at Dudley, the backup center in the Trail Blazers, so they have to make a three-way trade.

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After receiving Linham's call, Richard thought about it and agreed, and the negotiation venue was set in Washington, three days later.

The Nets have an idea about Dudley, but Richard didn't expect it!

He couldn't figure out where the Nets were looking at Dudley......

You must know that last season, Dudley's salary was as high as $3.8 million per year, which was the highest paid player in the entire Trail Blazers team!

What kind of concept is this, Karl Malone's salary last season was only 3.68 million, and he turned out to be higher than Karl Malone!

Richard didn't know what water was in the head of the Trail Blazers management at that time, and he actually gave Dudley such a contract!

You must know that Dudley's last season was his eleventh season in the league, and in eleven years, his best season was only 7.1 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.5 blocks......

It was just the best season, the worst averaged two or three threes per game, two or three rebounds......

So you can give a higher salary than the postman Malone?! Richard now understands why people say that the Trail Blazers are stupid and have too much money......

And that's not even the weirdest thing!

Dudley, a player who is simply a weird B, averaging 3.9 points, 6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, has been able to mix in the NBA for 16 years!

To say that he is good at rebounding and defending, in fact, this is true, but it is only at the level of the second and third tier in the league......

Generally speaking, players with this kind of data do not have a long career lifespan, because no one wants to ask for it after playing for a few years......

But Dudley is different, in addition to getting a big contract with the Trail Blazers, in 99 years in another Knicks team with a lot of stupid money, he got a contract with an annual salary of more than 7 million!

Although the CBA agreement in 99 has raised the salary cap a lot, reaching about 34 million, but the annual salary of more than 7 million?!

It is equivalent to an annual salary of more than 21 million in the hundreds of millions of salary caps in Richard's post-Richard world!

A center with only 7 points, 8 rebounds and 2.5 blocks at the peak of his stats has a contract with an annual salary of more than 21 million......

Richard shuddered when he knew that Dudley was in the Trail Blazers!

He felt that Dudley was probably some kind of brainwashing witchcraft......

Now the Nets are probably poisoned......

The magical Nets, I don't know what Dudley is looking at, anyway, Richard doesn't know at all, since the Nets want it, then Richard can't wait to send it out and clear the salary space!

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Three days later, Richard took Stevens to Washington.

As soon as he got off the plane, he was taken to Ernney's office, where the Nets' newly appointed head coach Carry Perry was already waiting......

Ernnie naturally couldn't wait to negotiate as soon as possible and get his hands on the flying car as soon as possible.

As soon as he entered the office, when Cari Perry saw Richard, he immediately stood up and greeted Richard......

"Coach Li, it's such an honor to meet you!"

"I'm Cary Perry, the new head coach of the Nets, who coached at the University of Massachusetts for eight years!"

Richard was stunned, did he meet his fellow NCAA coaches?

University of Massachusetts, Richard is not very impressed, I slightly remember that this is also a team in the first division of the league, as for which league it belongs to, then Richard does not know, after all, there are more than 300 teams in the first division of the league, plus I have never played against the University of Massachusetts, so I can remember everything.