Old Nelson's bargaining chips were reduced from the big tractor to Nowitzki + Nash + first-round draft, to Nowitzki + first-round draft, and finally to Nowitzki + second-rounder, and the Knicks still hung up the phone directly!

After a long time, he finally realized that he had been tricked!

Like the Mavericks, the Celtics are in a hurry.

In the Celtics' box, general manager Chris Wallace sighed: "Rick, the Knicks told us that Nowitzki is not for sale on their team, and all chips are not for sale!" ”

"How can it be!" Rick Pitino clenched his fists, "Call Dirk and tell him that if the Knicks contact him and make him stay out of the NBA, only then can we trade him!" ”

"Okay, I'll get in touch in a moment." Chris Wallace Road.

"Mr. Pitino, it's your Celtics' turn to choose." NBA staff said.

Nowitzki was intercepted, and Pitino was in no mood to continue the selection. However, his eyes swept over the remaining rookie list, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Hey, Pierce hasn't been drafted by any team yet?" ”

Chris Wallace said, "Oh, yes, the Grizzlies drafted Bibby and Pierce slid down. ”

"We might have found a treasure!"

Pitino's hands trembled, and it took him a long time to finish the words of the University of Kansas and Paul Pierce!

Half a minute later, David Stern read on stage: "The 10th pick in the 1998 draft, the Boston Celtics chose Paul Pierce from the University of Kansas!" ”

"Ah——!h Paul Pierce in the little green room roared and stood up.

It's finally my turn, the 10th pick picks me, and I'll make your top nine teams regret it!

The eleventh pick, which belongs to the Pistons, chose Bunch Wells of Ball State University.

The twelfth sign, belongs to the Magic team. Since O'Neal's journey to the west, the Magic's inside line has been very empty, so they chose Michael Doriak, a big man from the University of Utah who is 2.11 meters tall.

As a senior graduate, Doriac has little potential and average ability, averaging only 16 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1 block per game. But high-quality elders are too sought-after, and the Magic team can only go home with Doriac.

What, you say that since there is no genius, why don't the Magic team take a gamble and choose the talented Keon Clark?

Hold your horses!

The thirteenth draw, which is the last draw in the lotto area, should have belonged to the Wizards. This year, they are still 42-40 and still locked out of the playoffs.

What's even more wrongful is that they traded this year's first-round pick as early as '94, and this signing is now also magic!

So he just picked Michael Doriac Magic, and once again used the No. 13 pick to select another outstanding big man this year, that is, the big drunkard who has been talked about by Li Wei before the draft - Keon Clark!

Choosing Clark with a late sign would have suppressed the drunkard's arrogance lest he think he was great. In addition, with a rookie on the same team who is in the same year and position but has a higher pick than him, Keown Clarke will definitely be stimulated and will definitely rise up!

It's all in the hands of the Magic team, and their routines are deep!

This is the end of the lotto rankings, and it is the turn of the teams that make the playoffs. With Keon Clarke, the last super-favorite, being picked up by the Magic, there are fewer and fewer highlights this time.

The fourteenth pick belongs to the Rockets, who are eighth in the West this season.

The Rockets deliberated and chose Bibby's teammate, Michael Dixon from the University of Arizona. This person has graduated from his senior year and averaged 18 points per game in his final year, which is a relatively good instant combat power. It's hard to find a better option for this order.

The fifteenth pick was supposed to be the eighth Cavaliers in the East, but the Cavaliers traded the sign, and now it is the Magic who owns the sign.

The Magic selected Georgia Tech's Matt Halplin.

The No. 16 pick belongs to the Knicks, who are seventh in the East. This season, the Knicks only have 43 wins, and the Timberwolves, who are seventh in the West, have 45 wins, which is a better record than the Knicks, so the Knicks have a 16th pick and the Timberwolves have a 17th pick.

"It's our turn again." Dennis Johnson looked at Li Wei.

"President Xia said, we choose him." Li Wei pointed to a name.

In terms of talent, the best of the remaining players in the draft are certainly two talented high school students: Rashad Lewis and Al Harrington, whose NBA experiences have proven their abilities.

But Li Wei has worked in the Knicks for a year, and he is no longer the outsider who only knows how to watch stars and data.

Now he pays more attention to the needs of the team!

The Knicks' starting small forward is Kevin Garnett, Maddy has to play off the bench when he trades over, and there is also defensive titan Bowen and another Stephen Jackson with unlimited potential for the remaining time!

Lewis and Harrington are very good, but even if the Knicks choose them, they can only let them sit on the cold bench, and their role is limited!

Teams should opt for missing pieces of the puzzle rather than blindly piling up talent in the same position, resulting in a team full of small forwards sitting on the bench staring at each other. This lineup may look beautiful, but it's not practical at all!

So what talent is the Knicks lacking right now?

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Knicks are in dire need of a big meat shield!

Last season, the team also had a big Z, which could be hard topped with other tanks, and now that the big Z has been traded, the Knicks' center position is as weak as a baby!

Of course, the team still has Daben, as well as Li Wei's scheduled target Da Yao. But Da Ben is too short, the single anti-tank suffers, Da Yao is only 17 years old, he is as thin as a bamboo pole, and it takes time to grow!

The team needs a big meat shield, a big meat shield that can withstand the crushing of the tank at a critical moment, and a big meat shield that can give Big Ben and Garnett time to help defend!

What's more, the Knicks have already drafted Nowitzki, and if nothing else, after two years of training, Nowitzki will be fully mature and have the strength to stand alone.

In other words, two years later, fully grown Garnett and Nowitzki will take the team to the top!

At that point, if the Knicks can make it to the Finals, who will be the toughest opponent?

Li Wei feels that there is only one answer, and that is the Super Lakers with the OK combination!

The Lakers' O'Neal is so terrible that the Knicks need to limit him, and only by limiting O'Neal can they win the championship!

Of course, Pinnacle O'Neal is invincible, and no one can really limit him. In the finals of 01 in the previous life, Uncle Mu, the best defensive player, also knelt when he met Ao Fat. As for the other super defensive titan on the 76ers' interior line, Matt Geiger, who squeezed Divac out of the starting position this year, has become an ATM in front of Ao Fat, with or without it!

But not being able to limit it does not mean that you have to let it go.

Uncle Mu and Geiger spit out old blood to defend, Ao Fat can still average 33 points per game, with a shooting rate of 57.3%, if Li Wei dares to let it go, then Ao Fat will hit a 40 or 50 points with a shooting rate of more than 60%, which must be as simple as eating a homely meal!

People have a 60% shooting rate on two-point shots, and the Knicks can only make up for this loss by hitting 40% of three-point shots!

Even with D'Antoni, it's very difficult to get the team to shoot 40% from three-point range, so it's hard to say who the championship will be!

That's right, the Knicks have Da Yao, but two years later, Da Yao is only 19 years old, and it was difficult to restrict Dazhi in the CBA in his previous life, Li Wei can't expect him to get O'Neal alone, he has to find a helper for Da Yao!

If you want the meat shield to take turns, carry O'Neill to death, and make that big fat man so tired that he can't rest for a moment, his hands and feet are weak, and his hit rate declines, so that he can win!

However, it is not easy to find a meat shield helper who can carry two times with O'Neal, and every team knows how precious a big meat shield is these days.

The Jazz's big white bear, Ostertag, can't score, can't grab the board, is as slow as a snail, and the offensive end can even completely block the team's breakthrough route, and the old coach Sloan is angry when he sees him.

However, he signed a sky-high contract with the Jazz, and his salary is second only to Karl Malone and higher than the team's second leader, Stockton!

Maybe you think the Jazz team is stupid and signed such a piece of garbage at a sky-high price, but none of the NBA's 29 team executives think the Jazz management is stupid!

If it weren't for this big guy, how could the Jazz simply sweep the Lakers 4-0 in the Western Conference Finals and make O'Neal cry and go home fishing?

I don't know how many management wants to be such a stupid hat, but there is no same big meat shield to sign!