Chapter 171: On the eve of the draft
In Chang Wei's memory, 2000 was a veritable draft year, and the only ones who can be regarded as stars are Kenyon Martin, No. 5 Mike Miller, No. 8 Jamal Crawford, No. 16 Hido Tekoglou and No. 43 Michael Reed, and the others are No. 18 Quentin Richardson and No. 19 Margloyle are not bad, and the other players are basically not worth mentioning. With the 76ers' current roster, it stands to reason that trading for a high draft pick and then selecting Tekoglu is the best, and George Lynch at the small forward position is still worse.
But Chang Wei does not plan to advise Brown to choose Turkoglou, after all, Turkoglou was playing as a playmaker for the Magic at the peak of his career, which means he needs a lot of ball possession, and now there is already a ball bully in the team, and another ten will be a lose-lose. Of course, Chang Wei can also transform Turkoglu into a well-rounded small forward, but he doesn't plan to do that, so it's better to let Turkoglu continue to grow into a playmaker according to his original trajectory.
So who should Brown choose? Chang Wei took the list of players who participated in this year's draft and slowly pondered it. First of all, the player can't be too high, so that even if he can trade for draft picks, it will definitely cost a lot, and secondly, he doesn't have to be famous, but he has to be easy to use, and if he can, it's better to be a defensive wing player.
If Chang Wei recommends another offensive player, then Brown is estimated to be going crazy, and at that time, the team's defensive burden will be on Snow and Mutombo, what is the difference between this and the previous life? Now Chang Wei can simulate the future development direction of players through the system, but each time it takes 100 prestige points, and the players participating in the draft are almost in the triple digits, so even if you want to simulate, you must find the key points, and it is absolutely impossible to cast a wide net.
Suddenly, Chang Wei saw a slightly familiar name on the list, Desmond Mason, which was still inspired by Reed. In his previous life, when Reed was at the top of the Bucks, Chang Wei remembered that there seemed to be a small forward next to him with this name. He didn't hesitate to throw out 100 reputation points and let the system simulate Mason's direction.
The simulation turned out to be pretty good, and this guy was an all-around guy in his prime, which was much better than a pure offensive player like Lewis. Moreover, Chang Wei is confident that he will be a 3D player, so that there will be someone on the wing to protect Iverson. However, Chang Wei has forgotten where Mason was drafted in his previous life, and he was between the 10th and 20th picks anyway, so he is not sure how many draft picks he needs to trade to ensure that Mason is selected.
Forget it, let's let the management have a headache, I'm lucky, I can't die. Moreover, with the crazy and cool hanging of the system, the current lineup of the 76ers may not have a chance to defeat the Lakers and win the championship.
Brown was a little skeptical about Chang Wei's suggestion, after all, among the two players introduced earlier, Mutombo was also very optimistic about himself, and it could only be said that Chang Wei happened to think of the same point as himself. Lewis, on the other hand, didn't cost much, and Brown really wanted him to be the team's backup power forward, so it didn't matter. But now Chang Wei is suggesting that the team trade draft picks upward, which doesn't seem necessary.
And Chang Wei's recommendation of Mason was not in Brown's consideration, and of course he didn't want Turk Turk Tekoglu. Brown only plans to pick a player with good physical test results in the position that the team needs to supplement, and it depends on the situation whether to use it or not, anyway, Brown doesn't like to use these rookies who can't play for a while.
However, Brown still gave management a mouthful, although he didn't think it was necessary, but he didn't want to discourage Chang Wei. As for whether the guys in management are willing to trade draft picks upward, or even choose Mason as a player, it depends on their ideas, and Brown himself doesn't mind too much.
With the exception of the 76ers, the remaining 28 teams are also in full swing preparing for this year's draft, while they are also battling each other in the transfer market to get the players the team desperately needs. Of course, the 76ers are undoubtedly ahead of them compared to them, in fact, the 76ers have nothing to add now, the bench players only need to get it done before the start of training camp, and the requirements don't need to be particularly high, just fill the remaining positions on the player list.
Kim was interested in the suggestion of trading draft picks up, and until the draft, he continued to try to trade the No. 20 pick to other players with higher picks without giving up any major rotation players. At first, he wanted to see if he could get a lottery pick, and after being rejected in a row, he set his sights on the 15th to 19th picks.
The SuperSonics, who had made a trade before, were a good partner, but they were reluctant to give away their No. 17 pick, so Kim had no choice but to continue to ask several other teams. The good news is that the Bucks, Hornets, and Clippers are all willing to trade their draft picks, with the exception of the SuperSonics and Kings, who don't think they have the players they want at this pick.
In fact, this is also a gamble, and if there are players who want to go down for various reasons, then the deal is considered a loss. However, Kim didn't think there really were any players he wanted to pick on these teams, and after weighing it up, he chose the Bucks, who were higher in the pick, and traded Ira Bowman plus the No. 20 pick for the No. 15 pick.
However, Kim's first choice is different from Chang Wei's recommended Mason, he wants Jeromy Moiso, a power forward from UCLA, and I don't know how he likes this big black man. But King still named Mason as an alternate, thinking it was the player Brown wanted to choose, and if Moiso was cut off, it would be better to choose Mason.
Chang Wei didn't remember Mason's specific pick, but he was sure that this guy was not selected in the lottery, so when the team officially announced that he would get the No. 15 pick, he was very excited, so that Mason would be selected. That is, he doesn't know what Kim thinks, if he knows that Kim wants to choose a black power forward who doesn't know what the hell is, he may have to beat up the general manager severely, this vision is too bad!
But considering the brain-dead decisions Kim made in the future, it doesn't seem like a big mistake to take a fancy to Moiso?