In the 2007 draft, 99% of the media's attention was on Greg Auden and Kevin Durant, especially Greg Oden, who was already close to LeBron James in 2003 before the draft, and was considered a combination of Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, another monster that could dominate the NBA interior in the next decade. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Fox Leon sat in the Suns' draft room, quietly watching the reality show, watching Greg Oden put on the Portland Trail Blazers' red and black hat and smile like a 40-year-old. He certainly didn't believe that Greg Auden was a combination of Russell and Chamberlain, and if nothing else, both of them were on the level of a latecomer, and Auden looked far worse. However, Leon admits that Auden deserves the title, but he is not optimistic about Auden because of his intuition.

In addition to Oden and Durant, another player who has attracted attention is of course Yi Jianlian from China, who was picked by the Bucks with the sixth pick, but he didn't look very happy, and he smiled a little hard when he shook hands with Stern.

As a draft jack-of-all-trades, Leon certainly knows that the Bucks don't actually want to pick Yi Jianlian, and Yi Jianlian doesn't want to go to Milwaukee. The Bucks didn't expect their pick to fall to the awkward sixth, having already taken Andrew Bogut last year, and this year they want a guard like Conley or a power forward like Al Hoford. As a result, the sixth pick couldn't get them at all, so they could only choose Yi Jianlian, who was not bad, with Yao Ming's successful experience, Yi Jianlian's expectations in the draft were also much higher.

But a cold northern city like Milwaukee is obviously not a good place to play its own business value, Yi Jianlian may not think so, but his agent must think so. So it's a choice you don't want to make, and such a draft is doomed from the start, and it's likely to fail.

However, Leon soon didn't have the heart to think about these messy questions, and the more the draft went on, the more nervous he became, the media feast had passed, and the stage for the head coach and general manager had just been built.

Leon sat there, pinching his phone in his hand and looking at it non-stop, not looking at the time, but waiting for a call, waiting for a call from the Phoenix Suns' general manager's office. Now Steve Cole must still be talking around, struggling to make a deal for himself. Kerr is one of the good things about him, he has a lot of connections, and he is often able to close some "emotional" deals in this situation. What's more, the transaction requirements made by Leon this time, on the surface, the Sun is a blood loss!

When the draft picked 10th and the Atlanta Hawks took Assi Rau in 10th place, Leon's cell phone finally rang, and it was Kerr. Leon immediately connected and asked, "How's it going?" ”

Cole's voice came from the other end of the phone: "The delivery mission has been successfully completed." ”

"It's not a money-giving mission, it's for the reinforcement of the team." Hearing Cole say it was done, Leon's heart relaxed, and his tone became relaxed.

"yes, reinforcement, and then send away last season's Sixth Man of the Year! If you can't make a name for yourself in the draft, I'm going to be scolded by the Phoenix media. Cole said reluctantly. As the new general manager of the Suns, he feels that his greatest achievement is to recruit Fox Leon, and his biggest failure is that he is now simply Leon's little brother. Leon has to share the credit for the transaction, and if something goes wrong, he has to bear it all by himself.

Leon smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's our turn to perform soon, and if there is an interview with the media at that time, I will give you all the credit." ”

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After hearing about the trade between the Suns and the Lakers, Buford immediately called owner Holt and coach Popovich to communicate, and finally got the response: not to change everything, to see what kind of action the Lakers will make, and how the deal is completed. -

The Lakers have the 18th pick in this draft, which is higher than the draft pick of the Suns and the Spurs. Before, Buford thought that the Suns' signing was only two positions higher than that of the Spurs, and they might be able to grab it after a trade, but now it's okay, they traded with the Lakers, and it was really no way to get Split.

Unexpectedly, in the 18th pick, the Lakers did not take Split, but picked Jared Dudley from Boston College, and Buford immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed the number of Fox-Leon.

"Do you want a three-way deal? Or do you have other plans? Buford said.

"If you could have guessed my mind, you wouldn't be in the situation you are in. As you'll know later, our deal with the Lakers is complete, Split's signing rights are already in our hands, and we only have one request, to take Mark Gasol in 28th place! Leon said to Buford in a quick tone.

Mark Gasol? Buford has a bit of an impression of him, a fat man from Spain, the younger brother of Pau Gasol, and the Spurs have looked at this player, thinking that Mark is not a good draft option because of his gap in all aspects compared to his older brother. But since Leon said so, Buford agreed.

Soon, the NBA's official media reported that the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns had completed a draft pick trade, and the Lakers had sent them to the Phoenix Suns with the 18th pick, Ronnie Turiaf and a trade exception to get Barbossa, the sixth man of the year, and the 29th pick from the Suns.

"29th in line?" Buford saw the draft pick sent by the Suns, and seemed to understand something, the Suns obviously had the 24th pick in hand, but they traded the draft pick one pick lower than the Spurs to the Lakers, there must be some ulterior motive.

But now Buford didn't want to think about it, and soon the draft came to the 24th pick, and the Suns did take Thiago Split at this position, and then Buford called Popovich and Holt to tell them what the Suns wanted. So in the 28th pick, the San Antonio Spurs took off the center from Spain, Marc Gasol.

There was a small commotion at the scene, and it was clear that everyone was a little puzzled by the Spurs' pick of such a player in this pick, although Mark Gasol is the younger brother of Pau Gasol, but he is not well known in the United States. His performances on the European stage are no match for his older brother. However, there was a small commotion at the scene, and in the Lakers draft room, it was completely scolding!

The little cards that Kubrick handed to Stern had already been written, and they were ready to take down Marc Gasol at the 29th pick in advance, so as not to have too many dreams at night, who knew that he would be intercepted by the Spurs! According to their information, the player Spurs want is Split! As for Marc Gasol, Kubrick was originally going to use the second-round pick to take him, but in the last week, there have been more scouting reports on Marc Gasol, and the market is bullish, and it has reached a very high position in the second round.

At this time, Steve Kerr called and wanted to trade Barbosaga for the Lakers' Turyaf and a No. 18 pick, and let them take Dudley at this position. Of course, Kubrick doesn't want to let go of such an opportunity to give a big gift, a super sixth man like Barbossa is exactly what the Lakers need, and exchanging Turiaf for nothing is simply a free gift. And then get the Suns' pick at the end of the first round and get Mark Gasol in advance, wouldn't it be beautiful?

As a result, Mark Gasol was taken away by the Spurs, what are the Spurs going to take them for? Kubrick thought of Thiago Split, who the Suns took with the 24th pick, in fact, just when the Suns took Split, Kubrick already had a very, very bad premonition.

"Damn it, Fox-Leon!" Kubrick thought on his toes, and he could figure it out, and who else but Fox Leon likes to do this kind of draft cut-off?