After the end of the first phase of the trade, the main lineup of the Warriors next season was formed, the main force at the center position is the new recruit Rasonestrovic, and the bench is the rebounding monster Danny Fortson, last season Denny Fortson was also an important reinforcement for the Warriors, but he only played 6 games before the season was reimbursed, Richard's biggest impression of this short center is that he averaged only 28 minutes per game in the 98-99 season, grabbing 11.6 rebounds! It's horrible!

In the power forward position, Antoine Jamison is the absolute main force, and there is a Kenny Thomas on the bench; The starting point at the small forward position is Jerry Stark House, who replaces Devin George, and as for the veteran Chris Mills, although he also got a lot of playing time last season, Richard still chose not to execute Chris Mills' contract for the new season, making Chris Mills a free agent.

Shooting guard Michael Reed is the starter, Morrison Evans is the bench; Point guard Chauncey Billups is the main player, and Bob Soula is the bench.

However, there are still problems with this lineup, first of all, Bob Sula may not be able to accept being a substitute, after all, he was still the team's starter last season, although the actual point guard of the Warriors in the second half of the season is Ralph Alston, but this season can not even start, Bob Sula is definitely not very willing, maybe Richard has to make a deal to send Bob Sula away.

Time flies quickly, the draft draw on May 23 is coming in a blink of an eye, the Warriors failed to make the playoffs last season, and finally ranked twelfth in the West, counting the 14 teams in the East and West that did not enter the playoffs, the Warriors' position in the lottery should be tenth, only the ninth Celtics in the East have a better record than the Warriors, so the six teams from the tenth to the fifteenth in the East are all ranked ahead of the Warriors, and the Warriors are better than the other three teams in the West, so the Warriors are naturally ranked tenth in the lotto area.

The tenth lottery ranking, the Warriors' draft pick is most likely to draw the No. 10 pick, but theoretically speaking, the Warriors still have a 1.1% chance of winning the lottery, but Richard knows that this probability is very small, and the lowest probability in history to draw the champion is the 1993 Magic, even if they have a probability of 1.5% at the time.

It is almost impossible for the Warriors to draw the No. 1 pick, and Richard knows that in his previous life, the Warriors won the No. 5 pick with the second-worst record in the league this year, which can be called unlucky, and now the Warriors have a better record, maybe the top five picks will not be drawn.

However, in order to give the team some luck, Richard still chose to send the most gimmicky lottery combination, he made "The Rock" Mitch Ridgemond and "God's Left Hand" Chris Mullin as guests in the Warriors' draft draw, which is a classic example of the Warriors' draft success last season, one was the No. 5 pick in 1988 and the other was the No. 7 pick in 1985.

However, such careful preparation still did not bring any good luck to the Warriors, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin teamed up to draw lotteries, and in the end only brought the Warriors a first-round eighth pick, obviously this pick could not help Richard select the best rookie Pau Gasol of the class, even if it was Sean Battier, the Warriors were unlikely to pick it.

The final lottery rankings are the Washington Wizards, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Atlanta Hawks, the Chicago Bulls with the fourth pick, the New Jersey Nets with the fifth pick, the Memphis Grizzlies with the sixth pick, the Cleveland Cavaliers with the seventh pick, the Golden State Warriors with the eighth pick, the Detroit Pistons with the ninth pick, the Boston Celtics with the 10th pick, the Boston Celtics with the 11th pick, the Seattle SuperSonics with the 12th pick, the Houston Rockets with the 13th pick and the Orlando Magic with the 14th pick.

In the Warriors' scouting report, the most likely player selected by the Warriors is Joe Johnson, and after Joe Johnson, Richard Jefferson, Troy Murphy, Zach Randolph and other players may also be selected in the lottery area, Richard directly asked the team's staff to send training camp invitations to these four players, plus Pau Gasol and Sean Battier, Tyson Chandler, who may fall behind in front, and several players ranked at the end of the first round and the second round in the draft predictions, including Brandon Haywood, Gerard Wallace, Samuel Delham Porter, Jamal Tinsley, Tony Parker, Gilbert Arenas, and Memet Oku all received training camp invitations from the Warriors at Richard's behest.

In addition to the 8th pick in the first round, the Warriors also have a 25th pick in the first round, which comes from the Lakers. There are also three second-round picks: the 30th overall pick in the second round, the 37th overall pick in the second round, and the 52nd overall pick in the second round.

Richard's draft plan also began to be drawn up with the end of the draft draw, one of the options for the Warriors with the eighth pick in the first round was Joe Johnson, the later Hawk King is still very strong, three-point breakthroughs are considered above the level, ball handling and passing are also very outstanding, and can be regarded as the top five scoring guards in the league in the first decade of the 21st century.

Joe Johnson, who is good at projection, is a good fit for the Warriors, and if Michael Reed regains Richard's vitreous physique from his previous life, Joe Johnson can become the outside core of the Warriors. However, in Richard's heart, if Pau Gasol falls into this position, he will definitely choose Pau Gasol, and the same is true for Sean Battier, anyway, the Warriors already have an excellent scoring guard, and only when Pau Gasol and Sean Batil are drafted, Richard will choose Joe Johnson.

However, in this position, Richard is still a little entangled, and Richard Jefferson is also very suitable for the Warriors, this is a very versatile small forward, can score, three-point is not bad, and the organization of the offense is okay, plus a hand of Camby's interior rebounding ability, it is obviously a good choice.

The 25th pick in the first round has a chance to select players such as Zach Randolph, Gerard Wallace, and Tony Parker, but among these players, Richard prefers to choose Gerard Wallace, not for anything else, just because the Warriors already have offensive power forwards like Antoine Jamison and point guards like Chauncey Billups.

And the overall 30th pick in the second round, Richard intends to follow history and select Gilbert Arenas at this position, the 37th pick in the second round, if Richard remembers correctly, the Pistons selected Memet Oku in this pick that year, and Oku is obviously a good choice for the Warriors.

And the final pick of the 52nd pick in the second round, it is difficult to pick a good player, and for Richard, the draft pick in this position can only go one step at a time.

Rookie training camp soon began at the Warriors training gym in Oakland, and under Richard's auspices, the Warriors' scouting team and coaching staff began to test all kinds of data around this group of young people, especially Darrell Morey, his data basketball theory is the most useful at this time, at least Richard thinks so, through Darrell Morey's data basketball theory, after various statistics, Richard directly excluded Zach Randolph.

In the statistics of Darrell Morey, Zach Randolph's performance is very bad, several training camp games, when Zach Randolph is on the court, the team's loss will reach more than 10 points, obviously this is a strong offensive and weak defense, the ball black hole of the big forward, maybe he can succeed in the Grizzlies later, but at least for now, Zach Randolph is far from meeting Richard's requirements.

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