June 28, Madison Square Garden, New York.

The annual draft is also a major event in the NBA.

On the red carpet, flashing lights continued, executives of various teams, some star players appeared, and David Stern, the big name in the league and the head of the NBA, stood on the stage podium.

Each team has its own box, where the general manager and head coach of the thirty teams play.

There is no win or loss in tonight's transaction, and in the next few years or even more than ten years, when I occasionally think of today, I will suddenly find out: "I actually made such a deal in the first place!" ”

"Winning over" and "losing big" have become the favorite things for fans to talk about.

For example, the Trail Blazers in '84, the Hornets in '96, the Pistons in '03, and so on.

And with the Heat winning the championship, the call for the standard championship lineup of wing scorers + super interior linemen is even stronger.

From the OK combination of Lakers O'Neal + Kobe, to the GDP lineup of Spurs Ginobili + Duncan + Parker, and now to the new partner of Dwyane Wade + O'Neal of the Heat, the law of winning championships in recent years has demonstrated this law.

Therefore, in this draft, in addition to interior players, the value of wing players has also risen.

In the 76ers' box, Billy King said with a smile:

"Chinese fans don't pay much attention to this draft."

Wang Ming nodded, "There are some players who have withdrawn from the draft and will not participate in this draft, leaving only one big man - Tang Zhengdong, but his body data is very bad, and he is estimated to lose the draft if he is considered in terms of movement, strength, technique and other aspects." ”

"I like Yi, he's a very good big guy, he's 7'1" tall, he can run, he can jump, he can break through with the ball, he can shoot, he's talented." Billy King has read the scouting report and is impressed by China's Yi Jianlian, from a potential point of view, Yi Jianlian deserves a high pick, and after considering the Chinese market, this pick can continue to improve a little.

"I know, but he's going to need some physical polishing, he's a little skinny, and if he can't play in the NBA, it's a question of whether he can adapt to it." Coach Cheeks took a different view, saying that he was not very optimistic about the Chinese player who was the best model Garnett.

"There's potential on both the offensive and defensive ends, and he can even shoot threes, which if he's on the Suns, Mike D'Antoni would love it." Wang Ming said.

While several people were chatting, the draft meeting officially began.

League President David Stern's speech was booed by the audience, which has always been a must-have program in the draft, and during the boos, Stern did not change his face, not even blinking his eyes, completely blocking these outside interference.

After last year, the Raptors selected the foreign champion, and Italy's Bagnani was successfully elected, and he stepped forward to accept the eyes of the world.

In the past 5 years, there have been 3 foreign champions, namely Yao Ming, Bogut and Bagnani, with the acceleration of the globalization of basketball, many people believe that American basketball has not much different from world basketball, especially the defeat of the Athens Olympics last year, which has become the fuse of today's draft status, and even more and more intense.

Bagnani gave an acceptance speech thanking anyone, but his demeanor was calm, because the Raptors couldn't wait to tell him that they would definitely pick him with the first pick.

This is called a form of overture, and the team wants to build a good relationship with the new player.

The Bulls have selected LaMarcus Aldridge, which would have been a target for the Portland Trail Blazers with the fourth pick.

The Bulls' cut made the Trail Blazers passive, and in order to get the players they wanted, the Trail Blazers had to grit their teeth and trade with the Bulls, using the Tyrus Thomas plus Victor Kayapa, which the Bulls originally wanted, and the Bulls paid Aldridge and a second-round pick.

Victor Kayapa, who was an important bench player for the Trail Blazers last season, averaged 5.8 points and 4.5 rebounds per game in 21.6 minutes, including 46.2 percent shooting from the field and 33.3 percent from three-point range.

Then an even more dazzling deal came, and the Trail Blazers were the team of the court.

First, he traded with the Celtics, trading Telfa, Latlif and a second-round pick from 2008 for picking up rookie Randy Foye with the 7th pick, as well as Lafrentz, Decow and some cash from the Celtics.

Then he traded Randy Foye and Roy, who was cut by the Timberwolves with the sixth pick, in exchange for the favorite Brandon Roy.

Before the rookies had time to thank the team that took them away, they had to think about how to gain trust in front of their new clubs, and Aldridge's words were full of frustration: "They told me they were going to take me off in one minute, but at the same time they said to me: 'Don't worry, they're going to send you away.'" ’”

Wang tomorrow found that the Trail Blazers' scouts were simply gods, and the two players who were crazy to get were the only two SS-level potential rookies in this draft, and then players like Kyle Lowry, Paul Millsap, and Rajon Rondo had close SS-level potential, but not as high as these two.

As for the champion Bagyani, Wang Ming found that his potential was only S, and he didn't know if he could play it yet.

"Let's trade!"

Billy King decided to follow Wang's advice because Wang's scouting report was so good and his analysis was too convincing.

Cheeks nodded in agreement.

Then, with the thirteenth pick, the Philadelphia 76ers unexpectedly selected Ronnie Brewer.

Ronnie Brewer is a star player at the University of Arkansas, with excellent athleticism, incredible speed, unbelievable arm span and huge, dexterous hands, which also allows him to make several steals per game, which can be called an all-round player who can be called an offensive and defensive player.

But the problem is that this player is the Jazz's eye.

The Philadelphia 76ers had never expressed interest in this player before, and this operation directly disrupted the rhythm of the Jazz, and Jazz general manager Kevin Oldacon immediately called and roared:

"Billy, what are you going to do!"

Billy King enjoyed the feeling of a Bulls and Timberwolves, looked comfortable, and said with a smile: "Ronny Brewer is a good player, in fact, we 76ers have always cared about him, is it strange to pick him as our player?" ”

"No way, none of you have tried him out, how could you choose him! You're clearly cutting off your beard! Kevin Oldacan doesn't believe Billy King's words, the draft is such an important thing, full of deceit, if there is no factual research and basis, the risk of selecting people will be fired.

After a few breaths, Olanacan lowered his posture in a dejected manner:

"Ronnie is the person we fancie, you say, what conditions do you have!"

Billy King is here: "I want your 14th pick and a second-round pick, it's not too much to pay a second-round pick for a player of your choice, right?" ”

Olanacan was silent for a moment, this was indeed not too much, and it could even be said - very reasonable, so that he could not refuse.

There wasn't so much prevarication in the deal at the draft, and if the time passed, the deal couldn't be done, so Oldacan made a quick decision and agreed to this deal, no matter what, let's get Ronnie Brewer first!

Subsequently, the NBA announced another trade.

The Philadelphia 76ers traded for the Utah Jazz, and Ronnie Brewer, the 13th pick, was traded to the Jazz by the 76ers, getting the Jazz's No. 14 pick and this year's second-round pick.

The Philadelphia 76ers used the No. 14 pick to select Saab Saflosa, a swingman at forward from Switzerland.

Safrosa is another player that the Chicago Bulls are looking for, and after Philadelphia drafted him, Bulls general manager John Paxson immediately called and asked for a trade.

This time, it was directly rejected by Billy King.