On the night of the championship, Lakers owner Jerry Buss invited all the Lakers players to a well-known local bar in New York to celebrate.

Qiao Hai directly refused and did not go.

That night, that is, late at night on June 23, Qiao Hai directly booked a ticket and stayed at the airport overnight, and in the early morning of June 24, Qiao Hai flew directly to Vancouver.

His role changed quickly, the day before, he was the acting head coach of the Lakers, the youngest champion coach in the NBA, and the next day, he was the new head coach of the league's bottom-ranked team.

Stu Jackson sent someone to pick him up at the airport, but Qiao Hai went directly to the hotel that Grizzly Bear had booked for him and slept for a long time.

After adjusting his state, Qiao Hai directly started his work.

The Grizzlies' draft tryouts are begins, and several of Joe's requested trades have been answered.

After a few contacts, the Timberwolves, Raptors and Hawks are all willing to make further contacts.

For the Timberwolves, two lottery picks in the first round are not as good as a pick, and last year they gave Kevin Garnett a super big contract, which caused the Timberwolves to have a bit of a shortage of salary space, keeping Kevin Garnett, and the Timberwolves sent away Stephen Marbury and Tom Gugliotta.

As a result, the Timberwolves failed to make the playoffs last season, and if they don't make the Finals in a row, Kevin Garnett will be unhappy even if he stays.

And the Timberwolves already have little room to operate, and it will be difficult for them to complete reinforcements.

As for the pick, this is what the Timberwolves dream of, whether it is used to select Elton Brand, or Steve Francis, or Byron Davis and Lamar Odom, it will be a good choice, at least certainly better than the Timberwolves' No. 6 and No. 14 picks.

Of course, the Timberwolves didn't directly agree to the trade, and they also gave a lot of demands.

The Timberwolves have no shortage of interior players on their roster, and they have Kevin Garnett and Joe Smith.

However, on the outside, the Timberwolves are still short of people, and they have their eye on the Grizzlies' rookie guard Philip Lopez last year, who played 47 games last season, started 32 games, and averaged 9.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, shooting 44.6% from the field.

Stu Jackson was a little hesitant, if it was the list of players who changed the No. 6 and No. 14 picks, he would lose points, he would still be able to accept it, but with another Philip Lopez, he would not be willing.

Qiao Hai smiled, Philip Lopez, he didn't want to stay in the first place.

If the Timberwolves want it, give it to the Timberwolves, but the Timberwolves have to spit out something.

"Stu, don't do this, the trade is a long negotiation, they want Philip Lopez, that's okay, didn't I say it, the Grizzlies can trade everything except Mike Bibby and Sharif Abdulahim."

When Stu Jackson saw Qiao Hai insisting on a trade, he could only nod.

Anyway, if Qiao Hai's deal loses, next season, he can take back the transfer power.

"Just give them an extra second-round pick, plus their backup center, Rasione Nestrovich." Qiao Hai flipped through the Timberwolves' roster and found a familiar name, Rasiunestrovic, Slovenian center, who later played for the Spurs and also got a big contract with the Raptors, is a good center.

Good rim protection, good passing, playful play, and a hand-shot.

In 2003, Rasian Nestrovic won the championship as the main center at the Spurs, which was enough to prove his quality.

However, at this time, Nesterovic was just a water cooler player for the Timberwolves, playing only two games last season, shooting 2-of-8 from the field with 4 points and 6 rebounds on 2-of-8 shooting, and 4 points and 2 rebounds on 1-of-4 shooting from the other game.

This performance, it is no wonder that he sat on the bench.

Stu Jackson was very strange that Qiao Hai wanted such a player, and in the face of Stu Jackson's questioning, Qiao Hai's explanation was: "Brian Reeves has too many injuries and can be traded, if Reeves is traded, we need to add the interior line, the shooting and passing of the European center are very good, which suits my tactics." ”

Qiao Hai's explanation was quite reasonable, and although he was not optimistic about Rasiunestrovich, Stu Jackson accepted Qiao Hai's explanation.

The response from the Eagles was simpler.

The Grizzlies want the Hawks' No. 10 and No. 17 picks, as well as next year's first-round pick.

The first two picks are not high, and the third is related to the record of the Hawks next season, but the Hawks reached the second round of the playoffs in the 1998 season, and the management of the Hawks did not think that they would not make the playoffs next season, so the Hawks were naturally willing to use a picks at the end of the lottery and two non-lottery picks to exchange for a list pick, and they were naturally willing to agree to the deal.

However, Stu Jackson had more ideas, and he didn't want to make a trade that looked like it was obviously a loss, so he asked for more chips.

Stu Jackson took a fancy to the Hawks' sixth man last season, forward Grant Lang, who averaged 9 points and 5 rebounds per game this season, and the Hawks naturally did not agree to the trade, they did not want to let go of their sixth man.

Joe Hai didn't think there was anything appealing to him about this Grantland, and after looking through the Hawks' roster, he only looked at Deacon Bemutombo and Steve Smith, but these two were the star players of the Hawks, and the Hawks obviously wouldn't agree to such a deal.

So, Qiao Hai turned his attention to another draft pick of the Eagles, the 27th pick in the first round.

As for draft picks, Qiao Hai's idea is that the more the merrier, the draft picks can be used to select good players, and they can also be traded, which are of many uses, which are more useful than many players that Qiao Hai looks down on.

According to Qiao Hai's idea, Stu Jackson sent another email to the Eagles.

Finally, there are the Raptors, and when Stu Jackson called the Raptors general manager, it just so happened that they were negotiating a trade with the Pacers for the No. 5 pick.

The Raptors want to get an interior lineman, they have last season's rookie of the year Vince Carter on the outside, and an excellent one-on-one defender Doug Christie, and Tracy McGrady and John Wallace off the bench, and on the inside, Kevin Willis and Charles Oakley are too old, and the Raptors need new people.

They want to make a playoff run in the new season, so they're in the reinforcement phase.

They have their eye on the Pacers' blue-collar interior Antonio Davis, and the Pacers are also interested in trading for the No. 5 pick to select Jonathan Bender, who is known as the second Kevin Garnett.

As a result, now the Grizzlies have directly intervened, giving the Raptors a new idea.

There was no shortage of interior lines in the '99 draft, Elton Brand could not be selected, and there was also Lamar Odom behind him, but Jonathan Bender and the Raptors were a little disdainful, so they thought about sending away the No. 5 pick.

Their agreement with the Pacers is like this, if the first No. 4 pick is directly Elton Brand and Odom are drafted, then the Raptors trade with the Pacers to get Antonio Davis, and if Elton Brand or Odom is not selected, then the Raptors will keep the No. 5 pick for themselves.

Now that the Grizzlies have been added, the No. 2 pick could be directly selected for either Elton Brand or Lamar Odom, and obviously, the Raptors could get more if they traded with the Grizzlies.

So, the Raptors agreed to talk to the Grizzlies about a follow-up trade.

Hearing that the Raptors agreed to trade the No. 5 pick, Qiao Hai had a new target.

"Stu, send an email to ask the Raptors, sign Gbryan Reaves for No. 5 pick and No. 12 sign Gracy McGrady, this trade will not work."