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In an interview with reporters, Jerry West did not hide his admiration for Kobe Bryant, a high school student.

After the Lakers' tryout, Kobe flew to Boston to participate in the trial invited by the Celtics, and the legendary Cardinal Auerbach of the Boston Celtics was also full of praise after watching Kobe's performance.

This makes this year's draft move even more confusing, and being able to get these two respected Lakers godfathers and cardinals to praise them like this has pushed the high school student's popularity to the peak, and expert predictions even ranked him in the top five.

Some good deeds even turned out the report that Kobe Bryant said that he would play for his hometown team more than a month ago, and for a while, Kobe's limelight even overwhelmed the recognized rookie king at that time - Allen Iverson.

As the summer fades into its lap, the NBA's annual rookie draft is on schedule.

NBA commissioner David Stern announced the start of the 1996 NBA Rookie Draft after a rousing speech.

"Hey, Kobe, who do you think this year's champion will be? That little man, or you? Tony sat next to Kobe Bryant with a relaxed face, of course he knew that Kobe Bryant had always wanted to play in Philadelphia, and his strength had a good chance of winning the title of champion, but he still found it more interesting to tease Kobe.

Bryant didn't speak, but the occasional look of unparalleled confidence in his eyes had told Tony his answer.

After a brief silence, David Stern announced this year's winner.

"The Philadelphia 76ers have selected Allen Iverson from Georgetown University, congratulations to Allen for becoming the 1996 No. 1 pick, 6 feet, the shortest No. 1 pick in NBA history, and wish him a great career." David Stern's sonorous voice came, and Kobe Bryant angrily punched the chair.

Looking at the little man with tattoos all over his body, revealing an unruly spirit all over his body, walked up to the stage to shake hands with David Stern and take a photo, Kobe Bryant's eyes could almost erupt with fire.

Tony naturally saw all this in his eyes, and at this moment he wanted to slap himself, at this time, why couldn't he control this crow's mouth.

However, Bryant's psychological qualities are very strong, and after just a moment of anger, he regained his composure.

At this time, almost all the team leaders are busy, and unlike the reporters and media, being able to be the head of the team's draft is a necessary quality to have a cool head. Each of them knows that the 76ers will definitely choose that 6-foot man, Iverson's talent is really good, no matter how popular Kobe Bryant is, he is only a high school student, the instability is too great, and no team is willing to take this risk.

In the Celtic room.

Cardinal Auerbach crossed his legs steadily, took a deep puff of a fine Cuban cigar, and his deep eyes flashed a sharp edge from time to time, he is 78 years old this year, and he has spent his life forging one of the two greatest teams in NBA history - the Celtics.

This draft is too important, in addition to Allen Iverson, there is no shortage of extremely talented players such as Marbury and Ray Allen, and even the totem of the Celtics was shocked to come to the scene in person.

His brilliant mind is spinning fast, the Celtics have the No. 6 pick, and now the team is desperately in need of a strong interior player.

Marcus Camby is exactly what he is very optimistic about, 6.11 feet, standard center height, excellent arm span and jumping, and also gives him a one-hand block skill, although he lacks independent offensive ability, but he has excellent response ability, and can support the Celtics' interior defense, but he knows very well that with the emergence of Shaq O'Neal, in order to be able to limit this monster, the defensive interior line has become more and more popular, and his No. 6 pick is too far back, basically not getting his hope.

And that Rahim? He skipped him without even thinking about it, the 6.9-foot guy is typically a strong offensive and defensive weaker, and he's too soft, and as a big man who can't guarantee rebounds but floats on the outside to shoot threes, that's not what the Celtics need.

Although this is known as the golden generation, there are more guards, and the interior line is really pitiful.

In the end, he set his sights on the big fat guy named Anthony Walker, who was strong enough but had the agility to match his size, had a very wide offensive range, could play from the No. 1 to the No. 5 position, and was a very versatile player.

And Kobe, although the old bishop admires him a lot, but Auerbach concluded that as a high school student, it is impossible to get too high a pick, after all, everyone is not stupid, there are enough geniuses who have been played this time, even if Kobe Bryant is talented, but the NBA is not lacking in talented players, not to mention that he is only 18 years old. Kobe Bryant is at most in the middle of the first round, and his apprentice Danny Ainge is now the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, and this year's Suns pick is exactly the 15th pick in the first round.

Therefore, he is not worried that he will not get Kobe, and even, he has envisioned the future of Kobe and Walker to form the twin stars.

And at this moment, the Celtics' sworn enemies, another of the greatest teams in NBA history, the Los Angeles Lakers, were in the room.

Lakers godfather Jerry West was also on the scene.

"How's it going?" Jerry West stares at the draft.

"The other party agreed to our trade request." His assistant had just finished a phone call, but he still had some doubts, and in his opinion, Jerry's proposed deal was simply a gift of money.

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The draft continues.

The Toronto Raptors selected potential center Marcus Camby from the University of Massachusetts with an eye-pick pick

The Vancouver Grizzlies used the probe pick to select projection power forward Sharif Abdul Rahim

The Milwaukee Bucks drafted Stephen Marbury

The Minnesota Timberwolves drafted Ray Allen

The Boston Celtics also got their wish by choosing Anthony Walker, handpicked by Cardinal Auerbach

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"The Charlotte Hornets selected talented high school student Kobe Bryant with the No. 13 pick!" David Stern announced the message.

Immediately afterwards, under the watchful eye, a tall and smiling teenager appeared in everyone's sight, shook hands with David Stern, and took a group photo.

This surprised the Cardinal, and he didn't expect Kobe to be selected with the 13th pick, which was somewhat unexpected, but he wasn't in a hurry, because he still had a backhand, and a team like the Charlotte Hornets still couldn't afford to reject his proposed trade.

However, the next trading news made him so angry that his nose almost crooked.

The Los Angeles Lakers and the Charlotte Hornets completed the trade, with the Lakers sending starting center Vlad Divac to the 1996 No. 13 pick Kobe Bryant, and the Hornets sending the No. 13 pick Kobe Bryant to the All-Star center Divac.

The cardinal realized that he was yin, which was obviously what the Lakers asked the Hornets to choose, otherwise he wouldn't believe that this high school student could have such a high pick.

It's just that Jerry is really bold enough, and exchanging an All-Star-level starting center for a high school student who has not yet landed in the NBA is really not something that normal people can do.

However, Cardinal, after a little thought, he understood Jerry West's plan, this move seems ridiculous, but trading Divac can free up a lot of salary space for the Lakers, the real purpose of the Lakers is to hunt the big shark who is about to become a free agent.

Thinking of this, the cardinal also dispelled his thoughts about Kobe, the Hornets are one thing, and the Lakers are another, he doesn't have the confidence to take away the person they fancy from a behemoth like the Lakers, and, it seems that next year, that Duncan guy is going to participate in the draft.

Almost instantly, Auerbach decided the Celtics' plan to compete for the top pick.

The Suns' plan to hunt Kobe Bryant collapsed with the Lakers' turmoil, and they used the No. 15 pick in their hand to select Canadian point guard Steve Nash.

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The draft is coming to an end, and after the talented rookies have been drafted, the draft is losing its passion.

However, to everyone's surprise, the Lakers used their first-round No. 24 pick to sign another high school student, also a big center from Philadelphia, Tony Marles.

Everyone present had a lot of questions in their heads, could it be that the Lakers, a giant team, have a soft spot for high school students?