"Are you sure the Kings aren't interested in Thomas?" Tang Tian said and looked at Jones.

In the past life, the Kings' No. 60 pick was obtained in a trade with the Bulls, and now history has changed, and the No. 60 pick belongs to the Cavaliers.

Originally, if Beverley was still on the team, he was ready to trade draft picks to select Itowin Moore, a three-point shooter, but now that Beverley is traded away, there are only two point guards left on the team's roster, so Isaiah Thomas is the most suitable choice.

"Yes, this one is called Isaiah Thomas, except that the name is the same as 'Smiling Assassin', there is nothing worthy of the team to choose him." Dante spoke.

"Yes, it's a smiling assassin, and he does recommend this small player in front of the media, but he is only 1.75 meters, and this height really can't play at the NBA level." Victor also added.

"His father, James Thomas, is a die-hard Lakers fan, and he named his son Isaiah Thomas when he lost a bet with others, but in fact, his name is Isaiah A. Thomas, and his height is really a problem, but his breakthrough is very lethal." Jones spoke.

His initial thoughts were similar to those of Dante and them, but these things that Tang Tian said to him, he checked and confirmed, and they were completely true.

And more coincidentally, the University of Washington, where Thomas is located, once produced a 1.75-meter NBA player, "Little Potato" Nate Robinson.

Sometimes fate is so strange, Tang Tian's draft vision can always find some players that others have overlooked.

"Height isn't everything, AI has led the era of the little man, but before that, both Boykins and Nate Robinson have left a big mark in the league." Tang Tian opened his mouth and said.

As he spoke, both Dante and Victor put away their contemptuous expressions.

They do have some preconceived notions, and just like skin, in basketball, height is always automatically undervalued.

The second-round draft went on quickly, and as Dent said, until the Bulls with the 59th pick had made their selections, Thomas was still not drafted.

The attitude of most people in the Cavaliers cabin is also the attitude of this league towards smaller players.

In fact, a large part of the reason why the Kings selected Thomas in the previous game was also the strong recommendation of the "smiling assassin", and they did not have much hope for this player in the pick, and the subsequent development was a complete surprise.

After all, Iverson is still 183, 8 centimeters is already an insurmountable ravine, even if Tang Tianenum's Boykins and Robinson, the NBA has only produced two people for so many years.

"In the 60th pick of the second round of the NBA in 2011, the Cavaliers selected Isaiah Thomas, a 1.75-meter point guard from the University of Washington."

Unlike previous years, it was not Stern's assistant Tytum who was in charge of broadcasting the second-round draft, but Adam Shaw, the league's vice president, who read out the Cavaliers' final pick.

The fans at the scene were almost gone, but there was still a small man in the audience who stood up excitedly and took the hat handed by the staff and walked onto the field.

Xiao Hua didn't seem to expect Thomas to be on the scene, and he smiled after being stunned for a moment.

At this time, the reporters were all gone, and the handshake with Thomas was just a formality, and even the picture of the two shaking hands was not left.

Thomas walked off the field, a smile on his face.

For him, he's been looked down upon since he started playing basketball, and he's even ready to be missed, and he's excited enough that the Cavaliers drafted him in the last place.

But just as he was stepping down, he saw a group of people waiting for him in the audience.

The person who is the leader he knows is the well-known godfather of the NBA, the general manager and head coach of the Cavaliers, Tang Tian!

"Hey, Isaiah, welcome." Tang Tian smiled and stretched out his hand to Thomas.

What he couldn't say in the cabin before was that Thomas played the pinnacle of short players in his previous life and was selected as an All-Star with a height of 1.75 meters.

The strongest on the surface is 1.75 meters, which is the most inspirational story and the biggest affirmation of him by fans.

Thomas was very excited, so many people greeted him together, and the battle was really a bit big.

"Coach!"

The smile on his face couldn't be hidden, and he hugged Tang Tian and the people of the draft team one by one.

"Prepare well, I'll see how you perform in Summer League." Tang Tian finally clenched his fist and stretched it out.

"I'm ready all the time." Thomas and Tang Tian bumped fists and said in a firm tone.

After chatting with Thomas, the group finally left the draft venue.

After selecting Thomas, the Cavaliers' roster has changed a lot from last season.

After Wallace won the championship last year, he told the team's management that he was ready to retire.

In fact, since choosing to renew his contract last offseason, he has probably been planning to do so for a long time.

As for Brown and Iverson, they both chose to test the free agent market, the former is definitely going to get a big contract, and the latter wants to get another contract at the end of his career after last season.

Because the Cavaliers' salary has exceeded the luxury tax, renewing the contract of the two is equivalent to double the expenditure, and the base salary is acceptable, and no matter how much Gilbert will agree.

In this way, the Cavaliers' roster for the new season is basically released.

Point guards: Paul, Jeremy Lin, Isaiah Thomas

Shooting guards: Green, Butler, Stephenson

Small forwards: James, Artest, Chandler Parsons

Power forwards: Anderson Vallejo, Channing Frye

Centre-forwards: Yao Ming, Hassan Whiteside

The next step is to add two big men to the free agent market, and the roster for the new season is basically complete.

Tang Tianjia's Big Three, the core of iron, and the role player of circulation.

And probably only Tang Tian knows how terrifying this lineup will be in the next few years.

Butler and Whiteside are the kind of players who can grow into All-Stars.

"There is news that the Wizards are preparing to pardon Antoine Jamison by July 1 because the ad hoc clause may be removed from the new collective bargaining agreement." In the car back to the hotel, Jones told Tang Tian the first-hand information he had just gotten.

"Hold on." Tang Tian was also slightly excited.

Jamison is 35 years old, but in his previous life, he will still be able to average 17+6 data per game next season, and he was also with the Cavaliers at that time, and now history has changed, and Jamison is still with the Wizards, which is obviously to make room for young players.

Jamison is the kind of standard space-based power forward and has a good defense, which is a perfect fit for the Cavaliers.

Although it cannot be collected directly because it exceeds the luxury tax, as long as the clarification period has passed, it is worth using the mini-middle class.