Chapter 2: The Knicks' Moves

After Stern's speech, the draft officially began. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info is holding the top pick in Washington, D.C., where Georgetown University, Moxi's alma mater, is located, and this year's Washington Wizards are in the spotlight because the man is back.

There are always some people who are born to rule others, such as the man on the 23rd, maybe his life after retirement is too boring, and the old guy sees that the children are playing too badly now, and decides to go out of the mountain to educate well. However, he did not choose the Chicago Bulls who made him brilliant, but went to a team that changed its name not long ago, the Washington Wizards, because the reputation is too prominent, the entire operation of the Wizards is in his hands, this may be the only player in history who serves as a "coach" and "manager" at the same time, even Lenny Wilkens can only look at it.

In the hands of the Wizards is this year's champion sign, although this year is not a big year for the draft, but there are also many outstanding players, plus the actual status of the choice of this champion pick, people have an almost fanatical idea of who the champion is for the first time, this is too hand-picked by the emperor!

Qiao Gang Master smoked a cigar leisurely, took out a pen, and scratched it twice on the paper, and a high-profile name jumped on the paper.

The envelope was handed over to David Stern.

All stared at Stern's mouth with excitement, and from there, they would know the name of the Union "Prince".

"The Washington Wizards picked, 6'11", 260 pounds, Kwame James Brown from Green College, Georgia!" David Stern has a great sense of camera, and he clearly says the name that has been speculated by the media for a long time.

There was a round of applause from the audience, and in the full house of congratulations, the new champion, the first high school student in history, walked up, hugged David Stern, and took a group photo.

The Wizards' choice was very surprising, people thought that it would be an outside player, and the champion would be Jason Richardson or Richard Jefferson or something, but they didn't expect it, even God was not exempt, and he was still an inside player.

Kwame-Brown was very excited, not only because he was the champion, but also because it was the champion hand-picked by Joe's gang leader, and even he himself was there.

It took a long time for the turmoil of the champion to pass, and the draft continued.

However, it seems that the choice of the Wizards has shaken many people at this moment, and the next list is the Los Angeles Clippers, for the Clippers, this draft pick is also very embarrassing, because in this rookie, almost all of the people in front of the rookies are interior players, but now the Clippers are already inside, very good at the style of the Knicks in the past, the list in his hand is really, a little chicken, the Clippers came for the purpose of trading from the beginning, and Van Gundy also intends to make some references from the Clippers, The situation facing both teams is very similar right now.

Soon, however, Van Gundy felt that something was wrong.

The Clippers' envelope has not been delivered for a long time, what's going on?

Mo Xi whispered to Van Gundy, "It seems that something is wrong. ”

According to the information obtained by the Knicks, the Clippers should have traded with the Charlotte Hornets, got Byron Davis, and sent a top-notch show and Boykins on their side, but now the Clippers have not moved.

When the time was about to run, the Clippers made a choice, another high school player, Tyson Chandler, by the Knicks got important news, the Bulls and the Clippers made a trade, the Bulls got Tyson Chandler, this news was learned, and there was an uproar, because the Bulls still have a No. 4 pick in their hands. This time, the bull seems to have a lot of plans.

The Eagles, who lost Lenny Wilkens next, chose Pau Gasol from Europe and sent him to Memphis.

At this time, Van Gundy couldn't sit still, the situation was out of control, several potential trades of the Knicks lie in the Knicks' rich interior resources, he has already seen the few teams in the league that lack excellent interior lines, and wants to make some exchanges with them, but now, there are almost no potential customers, and Van Gundy is very anxious.

The Bulls used their draft pick to select Eddie Curry, another high school student, and Mo Xi couldn't help frowning, the Bulls' current talent on the interior and forward line is really a bit of a pressure.

The lottery show is coming to an end soon, Van Gundy's face is very unsightly, the Knicks sent Charles and a first-round pick to the Raptors last season to get Knicks veteran Mark Jackson, but Mark Jackson is thirty-six years old, although the Knicks also have a Ward, who is fully capable of being an excellent bench player, but in terms of point guard, it is clear that the Knicks are still a little stretched.

Seeing that Van Gundy was a little impatient, in fact, there was a trace of darkness in Mo Xi's heart, because, in this way, his friend would almost definitely come to the Knicks.

Taking advantage of Van Gundy's inattention, Mo Xi slipped out and made a phone call quietly.

"Are you watching the draft right now?"

"Of course! Of course! Of course I'm watching! S*hit! The lotto show is over, why haven't I been selected yet? Am I not even as good as that Troy Murphy? Hell, the hell knows what the basketball team at Notre Dame is called! ”

Hearing the crazy voice on the phone, Mo Xi was a little surprised, and he comforted: "But you should also know that no point guard has been drafted so far, and there are few teams that lack point guards now, except for us." ”

"Aha! Are you here to be a lobbyist? Want me to fly you? I can see very clearly, you didn't even make it to the Eastern Conference Finals this time, and besides, your draft pick is a second-round pick, are you going to let me go to the second-round pick? ”

Although at this time, Mo Xi wants to tell him the truth, there may not be a few point guard names in the entire first round, because this year is definitely a bumper year for many teams, not to mention, now they have an O'Neal above their heads, many teams have begun to hoard a lot of interior lines, want to win by numbers, the Western teams can almost be said to be crazy, and the Eastern teams, unfortunately, although they don't have to bear the scare from the sharks, but unfortunately, they still have a 30 on their sideAs far as last season is concerned, Mo Xi's dominance in the center may not be as good as O'Neal's, but now there are few centers in the East who can purely defend Mo Xi.

Coupled with the head opened by the Wizards, in this draft, the high-quality insiders, even the worse insiders, were completely robbed of madness.

The other side of the phone didn't speak again, probably because of his disdain for the Knicks' second-round pick, but Mo Xi also knew very well that there was fear in this silence.

"Pick 27, Memphis Grizzlies, what they chose is—"

Mo Xi could hear the heavy breathing on the other side of the phone at this time.

"Iowa State University's Jamal Tinsley—"

Mo Xi could feel that the person on the other side of the phone was breathing at this moment.

"The No. 28 pick, the San Antonio Spurs picked, Tony Parker from France."

There was a screeching noise from the mobile phone in Mo Xi's hand, and the other side hung up the phone.

Van Gundy walked over at this time with a helpless look and said: "I'm going to trade Kurt Thomas for Grizzlies' Jamal Tinsley, but those guys in Memphis actually said that this will be their starting point guard in the new season!" What the hell! Van Gundy propped his forehead and said, "Your friend in Los Angeles is a point guard, right?" ”

Mo Xi nodded.

Van Gundy began to ponder, since he can't get Tinsley, then he might as well simply find a backup on the point guard, so that he can get this person at a very small price, what is this person called?

Van Gundy looked at Moxi.

Mo Xi seemed to know what Van Gundy was going to ask, and said, "Gilbert Arenas is the one the Warriors have chosen right now." ”

Van Gundy was taken aback and looked up to see that the second round had already begun, and the Warriors selected Arenas with the second pick in the second round, and Van Gundy hurriedly sent someone to negotiate and exchange Laver Ratrill for this "very personal" point guard.

Mo Xi dialed the phone again, and he said, "Congratulations, Gilbert, you've been drafted, thirty-tenth, my coach has offered a trade, the Warriors have agreed, and you'll be my teammate when you sign the contract." ”

A hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone, "Hell, in the second round, even a Frenchman is ahead of me." ”

Mo Xi thought for a while and said, "Actually, I envy you very much, so that you can slap the faces of the twenty-nine people and twenty-seven teams in front of you." How? Not interested? Rest assured, your arrival won't cost us the championship? ”

There was a roar on the other end of the phone: "I'm telling you, I'm going to be the team's starter in the middle of the season, and I'm going to lead you to a championship!" ”

"Toot too~" There was a blind tone on the phone, and Mo Xi smiled slightly, he was still too young! Want to be a starter, though? Mo Xi frowned, Sprewell, Houston and himself are all people who need the ball, Mark Jackson and Ward are very suitable point guards for the Knicks, this one, it is a little difficult.