Chapter 0423 - Three-Way Deal! The Birth of Team Cosmos! (2nd Update)
With the approach of the draft meeting, all units and departments of the alliance rushed to work hard to do a good job in earthquake relief, but fortunately, since Lin Yi joined the alliance, the alliance in the earthquake zone has become accustomed to being shaken from time to time.
On the 24th, Lin Yi and Harden watched the live broadcast of the 11-year draft together in their villa in New York, the "bearded" eyes were blurred, he really didn't wake up, after all, he was hi until four o'clock in the morning yesterday.
"Lin, what are you doing?" Harden yawned and asked curiously.
"Swipe Twitter, I'll see if there will be any revelations." Lin Yi always paid attention to Woshen's Twitter, and at this time at the scene of the draft, Javier and Donnie Wash were also paying close attention to the previous rounds of the draft.
For this draft, Lin Yi prepared various plans A, B, C, and D, and at the same time, before the draft began, the Knicks won the No. 23 pick in the first round of the Rockets.
11 years is worthy of the draft, the shrewd Morey planned to go to the second round of Taobao, and the Knicks used a future team first-round pick plus some cash to complete the deal with the Rockets.
In addition, the Knicks traded Lance Stephenson plus some cash from the Bobcats for their first-round pick No. 12.
This pick happened to be stuck with the Pacers' No. 13 pick, and the Knicks' No. 8 pick also happened to be stuck with the Warriors' No. 10 pick, Javier Stanford and Donnie Wash have done their best, if it weren't for Jordan's pick-picking attributes and the overall lack of favorites in the 11-year rookie, the Knicks would not have gotten these two first-round picks so easily.
You know, Boss Joe still thinks that he has made a lot of money, after all, Stephenson is a member of the championship team, and the Bobcat uniform team also feels that instead of betting on Boss Joe's vision, it is better to change Stephenson back.
To put it bluntly, 11 is a draft year, and scouts have to take the blame.
But even if he is ready for everything, Lin Yi still feels that these bigwigs in the NBA are not so easy to handle.
Sure enough, five minutes before the start of the draft, Woshen broke a big news.
Lin Yi subconsciously smashed his mouth, and even Harden beside him cheered up.
With David Stern reading out the name of the 2011 Top Pick, the pre-shutdown madness is here!
Kelly Irving became the No. 1 NBA pick in 2011, and just as he was smiling and accepting people's blessings, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Denver Nuggets, and the Dallas Mavericks completed a three-way deal.
The Denver Nuggets sent Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and at the same time, the Nuggets got Jamison, Ellis, Barria, Brewer, the No. 26 pick of the first round of the Mavericks in '11, the first-round pick of the Mavericks in '13, and two second-round picks in '11, the Cavaliers got Anthony and J.R. Smith, and the Mavericks got Kelly Irving and the 16th first-round pick in '11 (the Nuggets were traded by the Lakers and sent in this three-way trade).
Lin Yi is really going to flip the table now.
ESPN was quick to rate the deal, with all three parties receiving an A rating.
History changed, and the Cavaliers, with one less first-round pick, wanted to awaken the love of basketball to the city of Cleveland with an All-Star player, and they chose to trade the No. 1 pick and Jamison for Anthony, an All-Star small forward. That's just an add-on to the Nuggets.
The Nuggets failed to complete the deal with New York as originally recorded, but their patience with Anthony has reached the limit, and in the second half of last season, Anthony desperately brushed the scoring title regardless of the team's life and death, coupled with the falling out with George Carr, the Nuggets management did not side with Anthony who was riddled with negative news this time.
You know, the Nuggets made a lot more money in this trade than they originally traded with the Knicks, Jamison is still a 20+ scorer, and Ellis is still a 20+ scorer in the Finals, but he is also averaging 20+ points per game throughout the playoffs.
The Nuggets are not so interested in Irving when Lawson has already played, and George Karl hopes that the Nuggets can maintain their fighting power, and with Ellis and Jamison, as well as Barria and Brewer, plus a bunch of draft picks, George Carr believes he can quickly bring the Nuggets back to the ranks of the Western Conference powerhouses.
As early as during the Finals, they tried out Irving, when in the one-on-one singles session, the Mavericks had no guard to match Uncle Drew, and Kidd was already old, and the Mavericks had to strengthen the guard line and find someone who could open up a second battlefield for Nowitzki.
The Mavericks even considered Paul, but in the end they chose Uncle Drew anyway.
You know, Owen doesn't have any growth period, and his singles ability in his rookie season is already very strong, but this is not the reason why Lin Yi wants to flip the table, because Lin Yi knows that the Mavericks failed to win the championship, and they will definitely be strengthened, but he didn't expect the Mavericks uniform group to be so decisive......
Lin Yi hurriedly called Javier, "Javier, can we trade up for first-round picks?" If I'm not mistaken, the Mavericks got the 16th pick in the first round, right? Can we get stuck before them? ”
Javier Stanford frowned and said, "It's hard, Lin. To be honest, this trade of the Mavericks also made me stunned, and now the time is too urgent, and I can only try to find a way to do it. ”
Lin Yi nodded, it is true that each team has different ideas at this time, and many teams that have not traded draft picks are because they already have a sweetheart.
And the reason why Lin Yi wants to find a way to find a first-round pick to be stuck in front of the Mavericks is because the Nuggets and the Cavaliers are unwilling to bet on newcomers, so will the Mavericks bet?
Owen is strong, and the chips sent by the Mavericks in exchange for Owen are not a loss, but if the Mavericks are determined to strengthen, Lin Yi always feels that the first-round pick they got from the three-way transaction is likely to be used to make trouble.
No matter what, Lin Yi also has to find a way to stop, interfere with, and sabotage Maverick's plan.
Nowitzki is not yet at the point where he can't hit the ball, and with Irving as a booster, Dallas will really take off if he makes up for it......
However, Lin Yi was soon relieved, because the calf's reinforcement was also very secretive, even if the Knicks could get stuck before the calf, Lin Yi didn't know who the calf wanted to choose.
"Huh, you really can't be arrogant, these strong teams in the NBA do have reasons why they are strong." Lin Yi thought to himself.
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While the parties were in the game, the Huskies, who were uncontested, chose Derek Williams for second place in the first round.
Williams is physically strong and can play multiple positions on the court, and the Huskies see his potential, after all, this kind of player who can play multiple positions now has risen in value because of Lin Yi.
And the Utah Jazz, who hold the No. 3 pick, chose Enes Kanter, a center from Turkey, well, nicknamed Turkey's Lin Yi......
Kantesan's scoring ability is still good, and the Jazz were very happy with his offense when they tried him out.
The fourth-in-line king chose Tristan Thompson, and when he was chosen by the king, TT looked confused, with an expression of "I won't go, I won't go".
Say yes to New York! Okay, the Big Apple! I, Tristan Thompson, was born a Knicks man, and died a Knicks ghost!
The king was misled by the Knicks...... Although TT was originally drafted at the fourth pick, the Kings would not have chosen him at this pick if it weren't for the Knicks' high opinion of him.
The Kings are very happy to have chosen TT, plus Favors, and Rubio, who has finished training in Spain next season, the Kings uniform team is waiting for the salted fish to turn over and beat the West.
And it's fun to think about it!
TT came to power with a bitter gourd face...... Damn, I want to go to the Knicks!
Javier also sent a special text message to TT that you were cut off by the king and we were also helpless, which made TT feel that the world was full of malice towards him.
The fifth-pick Raptors selected Jonas Valanciunas, this choice is fine, Valanciunas can shoot 3-pointers, in this era of big men have to shoot, he is worth more, if the Kings were not misled by the Knicks, he should have been drafted with a higher pick.
The sixth-pick Wizards chose Nikola Vucevich, nicknamed Swiss Lin Yi, who also rose in value because of his seven-foot height and ability to shoot 3 points, Lin Yi knew that the Wizards had earned it, because the Wizards originally selected Jane Vesely in this cursed pick......
Vucevic and Yi Jianlian can both pull out and shoot after the pick-and-roll, and Wall can't come back with an assist king.
The Nets, who were the seventh pick, chose Jane Vesely, and the Nets' uniform team was overjoyed, thinking that they had missed it, and Veseli was nicknamed Czech...... He is also a big man who can shoot three-pointers.
Lin Yi looked up at the sky, meow, will Anthony Davis also be the new Lin Yi in the United States in the future?
Emotionally co-authored me as a template for this bunch of people?
Fuck, use me to brush the sense of existence, do you want to be embarrassed?
However, the Knicks' plan was not discovered, Javier and Donny Walsh were relieved, so according to the original plan, the New York Knicks chose the ...... with the eighth pick
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PS: The second update!