Chapter 108: The first person in the NBA China
"Okay, the Nets are going to ask for our 13th pick, and my guess is that they're going to offer to trade their 29th pick for our 13th pick."
"Wilson, do you have any favorite players with the 13th pick?" Petrie asked.
Davidson shook his head.
In this year's draft, he only needs two second-round picks.
One is used to choose Battle.
The other is to choose Eric Snow.
This Eric Snow is Davidson's previous takeaway in the player's manual.
This is a No. 1 player, and this year's mystery stone tablet shows that he was selected with the 43rd pick in the second round.
As for Battle, in fact, a random draft pick can probably be selected.
So Davidson doesn't really care about draft picks.
"Okay, if not, then I'll get in touch with the Nets in the next two days, and before the draft starts, I'll quickly settle this matter first." Petrie is still quite neat, which is certainly a lot better than Willis Reed.
After leaving Petri's office, Sidney drove to pick up Daddy and Davidson.
Sidney is ten years older than Davidson, and he takes care of Davidson like a sister, although he hasn't seen him for some years, but the relationship is still quite good.
"I really didn't expect that our little Wilson would now become a head coach."
"I already knew that you kid would definitely have a future in the future." Sidney gave Davidson a hug and said in surprise.
Davidson felt kind, "Sidney, you're a mother of two, but you haven't changed at all. ”
Over the next few days, Davidson rested for three days before heading to China.
This time he went to China, and it was definitely different from the last time.
Last time, because he didn't even know where his next home was, Davidson was not confident.
This time I had the confidence, and after I went, I signed a contract with the basketball team directly.
Then he handed over the $320,000 "transfer fee", and Battle's matter was completely settled.
However, because of his visa, Battle was unable to go to the United States with Davidson this time.
"Bus, I'll call you after the news of the draft, and you will be able to leave for the United States in August." Before leaving, Davidson instructed Battle again.
Battle nodded excitedly, he will be selected by the NBA in a few days and become the first Chinese person to enter the NBA.
Before that, there was actually a Chinese who appeared in the NBA draft.
Song Tao.
He was drafted by the Hawks with the 67th pick in the third round in 1987.
At that time, after Song Tao was selected, the Eagle sent the contract over, and Song Tao also signed it, everything was ready, only Dongfeng was owed.
Unfortunately, just two months after he was drafted, he suffered a comminuted knee fracture in a game, completely ending his hope of playing in the NBA.
And now Battle is not the first Chinese to be selected by the NBA, but he will definitely be the first Chinese to play in the NBA.
When the time comes, it may be possible to make the NBA popular in China.
After telling Battle, Davidson returned to the United States, where he still had a mess to solve.
Although Dad is now the president of basketball affairs, Davidson still wants to do as much as he can, and try to let Dad spend more time with his family, which is not something that he can't do, so he won't bother Daddy.
As soon as the front foot arrived in the United States, Petrie informed Davidson on the back foot.
The deal with the Nets is complete.
The Nets sent Murraysan plus a 29th pick in the first round in exchange for Kings starting center Polines plus a 13th pick.
In fact, this deal is definitely a loss for the Nets, not to mention that they got a higher pick, but the value gap between Muresan and Polynis is much higher.
Not to mention a thirteenth pick, if the Nets are looking for a team like the Raptors or the Grizzlies, maybe one Murraysan can get at least two lottery picks, and there must be a center player of Polinis's level on the outside.
The Nets definitely don't want to sell Muressan, someone does the business that lost their heads, but no one wants to do a loss-making business.
But now the Nets can't sell it, and they have to sell it to the king.
Muressan's attitude was already extremely clear, he was going to leave immediately, and he indicated that he was going to the king.
If he doesn't let him go, maybe Muresan can do something at a critical moment.
Because Muresan's indication that he wants to go to the Kings, other teams will definitely not be able to make a move even if they are interested in Muresan.
Because after buying Muressan, maybe Muresan couldn't work hard, and ran away directly after the contract ended......
At that time, these teams will face a chicken-and-egg situation.
In the end, the Nets could only pinch their noses and admit that the King was actually kind enough, probably because he didn't want to cause more trouble, and he didn't let the Nets suffer too much.
On June 27, this time Davidson traveled alone to Toronto, Canada.
In order to open up Toronto's ball market, the league deliberately placed the venue of the draft on the Raptors' home court.
If you look at it this way, it's no wonder that the Grizzlies later relocated from Vancouver to Memphis......
Everyone is a new team this year, and you Stern has chosen to host the event in Toronto, so you don't have to think about Vancouver's feelings.
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Originally, Dad wanted to accompany Davidson this time, but the distance was too far, and Davidson didn't want Dad to work hard, so he simply persuaded Dad to lead the team to the draft by himself.
This time Davidson brought two men, both of whom were assistant coaches to former head coach Gary.
Davidson came to the king alone to take office, and naturally he didn't have his own teaching assistant team, so it's good to have it now.
In the evening, Davidson began to enter with two teaching assistants.
Before entering, Davidson was a little nervous, and he was in charge of such a big scene tonight, so he was naturally worried that something would go wrong.
However, after stepping into the venue, Davidson calmed down a lot, and he participated in the draft with his father twice.
There were no changes in the first two times, such as being cut off.
And this time, because the two players to be selected are nobodies, and it is even more unlikely that something will happen, Davidson naturally calmed down and led people slowly towards the venue.
Many people looked at Davidson, and they were incredulous about Davidson's success.
You must know that Davidson is just 24 years old now, and he has become the head coach of a team at such an age, if it weren't for a living example like Davidson, no one would dare to believe it.
Davidson directly became the youngest head coach in NBA history!
Previously, Davidson also thought that after signing a contract with the Kings, he would definitely be able to give himself a good reward for his achievements by completing the task of being the youngest assistant coach in NBA history.
But to this day, Davidson hasn't gotten his hands on it.
According to his guess, it is very likely that he will not be able to get this reward until the season really starts.
After all, the award for the youngest assistant coach in the history of the previous season was also obtained during the course of the season.