Towards the end of June, the NBA decided the championship. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Cavaliers were a surprise NBA champion in 2015-16 against last season's champions, the Warriors, who had been clamoring for a title.

LeBron James's Finals G7 vs. Iguodala's flat basket chasing hat scene has become a classic, and Irving, who threw a quasi-shot, and James, who chased the hat, have become news one after another. More crucially, this is the first championship in the history of the Cavaliers.

James is great enough to rise in history after falling behind 3-1 and winning a championship, almost instantly elevating himself to the point of being on par with Jordan and Magic, two epic superstars.

The Warriors were undoubtedly sad, originally playing the best record in history of 73-10, and also led 3-1 in the finals, but were ruthlessly overturned. Curry's no-look pass in the Big Seven has made people question Curry's ability.

So on June 24, at the Barclays Center Arena in Brooklyn, New York, the NBA held the 2016 draft as scheduled.

And with that, the NBA's old collective bargaining agreement expired.

Maybe it's because it's about to face new collective bargaining agreements, or maybe it's because of the overall draft year of the 16th, and the attention and trading volume of this draft are far less than that of Li Dong's 15th.

Li Dong watched the live broadcast of the draft at the resort, and the 76ers did not hesitate to select Louisiana State University's star forward Ben Simmons with the top pick, this new champion has the delicate skills of a backcourt player, as well as the strength and momentum of a frontline player, strong assault ability, and at the same time in individual singles, basketball vision is also beyond the average player, passing is quite accurate, can play from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, is a very good scorer and offensive playmaker. NBA template for LeBron James/Lamar Odom.

Then there are the Lakers with the No. 1 pick and the Celtics with the No. 1 pick. One picked the Duke Blues' star swing man at the No. 3 or fourth, Brandon Ingram, who has a good arm and a soft touch, and a small forward Jaylen Brown, who has a tough and smart mind, who has chosen the University of California, Berkeley.

The No. 4 pick was the Kings, and they unsurprisingly chose Dragan Bender, a Bosnia-Herzegovina who has excellent interior running and jumping ability, a high basketball IQ, excellent ball handling, and a talent to impress the Suns in the trial.

Then with the fifth pick, the Magic picked off Providence College point guard, Chris Dern. He is only the second player in Great Eastern Conference history, after Patrick Ewing, to win the Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year twice.

With the next six picks, the Pelicans drafted a shooting guard from the Bahamas, Buddy Hield. He's a lethal outside shooter with NBA three-point range, can hit the basket at high speeds, is good at dribbling and shifting, has a big heart, can lead teams with an incredibly hot hand, and is willing to work hard to improve his abilities.

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The 10th pick belongs to the Bucks, and after thinking about it, the Bucks still chose Lithuanian athlete Sabonis. The latter has excellent shooting skills and can cause problems on the defensive end, and it is worth mentioning that his template is Luis Scola.

This choice disrupted all of Magic's deployments. Originally, Hannigan's plan was to pick Sabonis with the 11th pick.

It stands to reason that few European players like Sabonis should know about it, why was he cut off by the Knicks?

"What can I do? Domantas was chosen. Hannigan looked depressed in the private room, unsure of the situation.

Came with him to the draft. There is also the team's coach Scott Skels, who got a two-year contract extension at the beginning of this summer, which can be described as a spring breeze.

Bob, the team's assistant coach, suggested, "Why don't you just go for the second option, I remember Lee talking to me in an email about the young two-way guard from the University of Washington, and then the young man came to our training camp for a tryout, and although he wasn't strong enough, his overall scoring ability and defensive potential were good, and it seemed that he was working hard and being strong." ”

"You mean Dejounte Murray? Li Dong also told me that if it is really as powerful as Li Dong said, then we will not suffer a loss if we choose this, and as for the reinforcement of the internal line, it can be left to the free market. Skeles nodded in agreement.

"The pace of interior growth is relatively slow, and we don't have a lot of experience developing a good interior defender right now, so instead of making a fuss about that, we should just sign one or two starting centers on the fly, such as Hassan Whiteside, a free agent, who has done well in the playoffs." Bob is a strong supporter of bringing in Whiteside, and has always felt that what the Magic need is an interior defender like Whiteside.

"But will the Heat let it go?" Hannigan was deeply skeptical.

While a few people were chatting, draft night continued, and it was the Magic's turn to be the eleventh pick, and after thinking about it, Hannigan wrote down the names of his favorite players on a small note.

Li Dong watched in front of the TV, and saw Stern take the small note, and slowly prepared to say his name, his heart really slowed down, and he was more nervous than when he participated in the draft.

Stern looked at the camera and slowly said the magic's choice.

"Eleventh pick, Orlando Magic chose to—"

"Dejounte Murray, from the University of Washington, six feet five inches tall, 175 pounds, let's congratulate him."

Everyone was in an uproar, who was Murray? This infamous guy seems to have popped up out of nowhere, the leading player of the University of Washington? After saying this, everyone was a little surprised.

Murray stood up from his seat in a daze, still a little unclear.

The agent said that his draft market was not good, according to the previous draft market rankings, he was just the second round of the draft, at most at the end of the first round, I didn't expect to improve so much at once, I really didn't understand.

However, this is a rare good thing, the higher the draft pick, the higher the contract amount signed with the team at that time, and for Murray, who is not wealthy, at least he has found a very good job after graduation.

He happily took the Magic's baseball cap, shook hands with President Xiao Hua, and coyly announced that he was willing to play for the Magic and work hard to win.

As I walked off the field, something suddenly occurred to my mind.

"That guy...... It's magic, too......"

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At this moment, in the box of the Spurs, General Manager Buford's face instantly turned blue, "Hannigan, this guy, how dare he?" How did they notice Dejountae? ”

The Spurs, who were the 29th pick, were looking around the world for a guard to replace Parker almost the day after they were defeated by the Thunder.

Murray, from the University of Washington, is a rookie favored by both Buford and head coach Popovich, and his reputation is so unknown that he will almost certainly be picked by them. But at this most important and critical time, magic intervened and intercepted people.

"This is a robbery, shameless, despicable!" Buford jumped to his feet in anger and his heart ached.

Popovich reacted immediately and said to Buford: "Buford, you quickly contact the general manager of Magic and ask if you can trade, and secondly, prepare our second choice." ”

Buford looked distressed, but it was a pity that Mingzhu secretly cast.

In the draft, when it came to the Spurs' 29th pick, the Spurs unexpectedly selected center Thorne Mark from South Sudan, a black guy who was inexplicably selected in the first round, and happiness fell from the sky.

Just like the Magic selected Murray, the Spurs' selection of Mark was confusing and incomprehensible. Mark is thin and not very strong, although he has an outstanding height of 2.16 meters, his arm span is not too good, and his hands are small, and his lower limb ability is not good enough, and his lack of college experience also adds some uncertainty to his future.

ESPN is very puzzled by such a choice for the Spurs, but in the end it is only a 29th pick, no matter how incredible it is, it is not too newsworthy.

On the other side of the Magic's box, Hannigan received a call from Spurs' Buford.

The two old foxes began to negotiate a verbal trade on the side, and the Spurs naturally had Hannigan's coveted presence in the lineup, such as LaMarcus Aldridge, who has an excellent interior offense.

However, LaMarcus Aldridge is the Spurs' current starting power forward, averaging 20+9 per game for two consecutive seasons. Popovich is an important part of his system, and Buford is unlikely to trade him out, and he is only willing to put the team's power forward backup Boris Dior on the trading table.

In such cases. The two argued for a long time and did not take it substantively, and in the end the deal could only fall through.

Li Dong, who is far away in Europe, has a satisfied smile on his face, and the team takes his opinion seriously, and he feels very good to be able to select Murray, who he thought was tricky, into the current lineup. The team will also pursue Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol in the summer, and if they can bring in either of the two, the Magic will form a qualitative change roster next season.

Li Dong is starting to look forward to next season's Magic.