Chapter 234: The Draft and the Free Market
When Hu Qingniu led the Argentine men's basketball team to practice hard, there was also news from the Bobcats.
At the draft draw, the Magic got the top pick. But Gabriel, the general manager of the Magic team who was in charge of the draw, had a face like earth. Before the draw, he had been silently thinking in his heart that he should not be the champion lottery, so that he would be able to feel better, but God did not fulfill his wish, this champion lottery was something that the Magic team could not escape, but it had been given to the Bobcats by Gabriel himself.
Just an hour after the draft ended, Magic general manager Gabriel was announced to be fired, and the managerial wizard was finally laid off. But his "famous" deeds still remain in everyone's hearts.
In '92, Gabriel refused to make a big contract for the sharks for some reason, but trusted Penny Hardaway more. This led directly to the exodus of the sharks. After that, Gabriel continued his efforts, trading Hill to the Wizards and recently trading Maddie to the Heat because of a falling out with Maddie.
But all of the above behaviors did not make the boss of the Magic team fire him, until he won the lottery today, and this lottery has been personally traded to the Bobcats, in exchange for a 23rd pick, which makes the Magic team owner swallow this breath.
I've heard that the office of the Magic's management has been surrounded by angry fans, and the posts abusing the management have hundreds of pages on local forums in Orlando.
Subsequently, the draft is coming, Hu Qingniu can no longer be left unconcerned, and next season's lineup is related to his coaching pressure. Hu Qingniu keeps in touch with the magician every day and provides various references.
Hu Qingniu's understanding of the characteristics of each player is astonishing to the magician.
According to Hu, Gerard Wallace and Turkoglu were both signed and traded for the No. 17 and No. 25 first-round picks, respectively. DeSean Stevenson was also signed and traded, but he only got the 40th overall pick in the second round.
Fans and the media have said that they can't understand the operation of the magic, Charlotte just reached the Eastern Conference Finals and sold all the main players, is this the opening of Charlotte's supermarket. So many teams inquired about Wade and Dazhi, as well as Sabonis, but of course they were all rejected by the Magic.
In fact, the magician didn't quite understand why Hu Qingniu had to have so many draft picks, but then Hu Qingniu sent him a list. The magic man was even more puzzled, it was obvious that Rodman went to inspect the rookie, and the results were all reported to him, why Hu Qingniu knew so much about the rookie, and also made up the order of selection of each player.
- First pick, Dwight Howard from Georgia is recommended.
Seeing this, the magician was puzzled, it wasn't Emeka Okafor, even the dream team chose Okafor, why didn't Coach Doctor be optimistic.
- Dwight Howard, the lanky boy from Georgia will grow into a beast with a wide skeleton, powerful legs, and superhuman dominance on the inside. He's got a high ceiling, and Patrick is going to love the big boy.
– We only had 17 picks in the remaining picks, and the best choice was Iguodala from Arizona, but he was a player in the lottery and we had a slim chance of being selected. So I have an alternative, Josh Smith, also a high school student from Atlanta, Howard's teammate. Equally physically gifted, he can develop into an all-round striker.
- The 25th pick, if we have already selected the little guy Smith, then we have another choice at the 25th pick, and the best choice is Tony Allen, and seeing him reminds me of Payton, a mature rookie with a unique perspective on defense.
- If Tony Allen has been drafted, then we have an alternate player, Kevin Martin from Ohio, who is like a light machine gun and can give us a lot of firepower.
-- The 40th pick in the second round is for just one person, and that's Trevor Ariza from UCLA, and with him, we can build a team with explosive athleticism and a terrifying defense.
This has almost killed all the candidates, and what if all the candidates are chosen. But when the election show came, the magician realized that he was wrong, and Hu Qingniu's prediction was as accurate as knowing the result in advance.
Dwight Howard, Josh Smith, Tony Allen, Trevor Ariza, none less, were all drafted by the Bobcats.
Hu Qingniu was there in person, but he still took a moment to take a look at the future members of the team.
But from afar, he could see Howard using his eloquence and talking to the other three.
"I'm Zhuangyuanxiu, you all have to listen to me, you know!"
Josh was Howard's little henchman, and he nodded diligently. Ariza is already incredibly excited to play in the NBA, and he certainly has no problem with that.
Tony Allen, who has a very hard temper, thought that he was just a rookie at the end of the first round, and the other party was a top pick, and he would definitely be vigorously cultivated in the team, not to mention that Josh took the lead in allegiance, and Tony Allen had to acquiesce.
So Howard happily led his three younger brothers over. He didn't know that Hu Qingniu had heard his words from afar, and he had started to form gangs before he officially played in the NBA, and Hu Qingniu was also helpless about this living treasure.
However, Howard is a child, and he will not have any bad intentions, and he needs to be disciplined well, which Hu Qingniu is clear. Fortunately, there are a lot of bigwigs in the Bobcat team, so this Hu Qingniu doesn't have to worry about it.
From afar, Howard let out his own unique hearty laugh, greeted Hu Qingniu, and grinned with a big mouth. Hu Qingniu sighed that it is such a big mouth that can eat the body of a demonic beast.
"Coach, we're here!"
Hu Qingniu looked at the crowd around him who were attracted to watch, and helplessly held his forehead.
"Be quiet, stupid, do you want to make big news?"
When Howard heard this, he sighed aggrievedly.
Hu Qingniu continued.
"Our Bobcats are different from other teams, especially rookies, and you're going to go to Charlotte for special training next, do you know how Wade got the best rookie last year, it's just relying on a summer of special training."
Howard grinned.
"Coach, make sure you get the job done. I'll lead them to Charlotte to report. They are all my little brothers, and I will discipline them and make each of them complete their training. ”
The corners of Tony Aaron's mouth twitched when he heard this, but he didn't make a sound.
Hu Qingniu was really defeated by this naïve guy.
"You just have to mind yourself, this is Patrick Ewing's call, you can just call him when you get there."
Thanks to [Dromekyo] brother for his tip.