The Warriors made their selection with the eighth pick in the first round, and the Bulls, who came in with the fourth pick, once again chose a center, Eddie Curry, nicknamed Little Shark, a choice that once again made Richard feel the aging of Jerry Kraus, Jerry Krauss was already old, and his brain was rusty.

The Bulls chose two centers in this draft, these two centers can be called the best two in the media predictions before the start of this draft, no one knows what Jerry Claus thinks, and he will choose to pack the best two rookie centers of the season, although Tyson Chandler is biased towards defense, and Eddie Curry, who is known as a new generation of traditional back centers, is biased towards offense, one offense and one defense seem to complement each other, but there are still a few people who are optimistic about the Bulls' operation, after all, they want two centers to coexist, It's just too difficult.

It can only be said that Jerry Kraus no longer has the vision he once had, and he is unable to form a team while taking into account the problem of player coexistence and system problems.

The fifth-pick Nets chose Eddie Griffin, the sixth-pick Memphis Grizzlies selected Shaun Battier, who Richard wanted, and the seventh-pick Cleveland Cavaliers chose 7-foot center Desa Gaynadeop.

Then it was the Warriors' turn, and Richard didn't think much of it, he wrote Joe Johnson's name on a slip of paper and sent the crew to the stage.

With the 8th pick in the first round of the 2001 draft, the Warriors finally selected Joe Johnson, a shooting guard from the University of Arkansas.

Choosing Joe Johnson meant that the Warriors gave up Richard Jefferson, and the small forward who later became an All-Star in the Nets was finally selected by the Rockets with the 13th pick in the first round, and Zach Randolph was selected by the Trail Blazers with the 19th pick in the first round. In exchange for Eddie Griffin, who was selected by the New Jersey Nets with the fifth pick in the first round.

Then, it was the Warriors' turn again, and Richard still didn't hesitate this time, he had already thought of this position, and directly wrote the name of Gerard Wallace.

So, with the 25th pick in the first round of the 2001 draft, the Warriors selected forward Gerard Wallace from Alabama State University.

It didn't take long for the Warriors to take the University of Arizona guard Gilbert Arenas with the 30th pick in the second round and the center Memetoku from Turkey with the 37th pick in the second round.

As the good players were drafted one after another, Richard found that their remaining second-round pick with the 52nd overall pick didn't seem to be picking any good players, so Richard chose to take out the phone and call Knicks general manager Scott Reden.

"Mr. Scott Rayden, I'm Richard Cohan."

"Oh, Mr. Cohan, do you have any orders?" Scott Rayden, who received the call, subconsciously glanced at James Dolan, who was sitting next to him, and then lowered his voice.

"I'd like to talk to you about the Bob Sula trade, and now the Warriors still have a second-round pick with the 52nd overall pick, and I want to package that pick, plus Bob Sula, in exchange for a first-round pick for Luke Longley and the Knicks next year."

Richard proposed his trade plan, Scott Reden was a little moved, he felt that Richard was giving Bob Sula for nothing, Luke Longley is close to retirement, and in Scott Reden's opinion, the Knicks must enter the playoffs next season, then their first-round draft picks will not be too valuable, obviously the deal proposed by Richard is a small profit from the Knicks.

"Luke Longley's contract amount next season is 6.33 million, and next season's contract amount is 6.9 million, which is a garbage contract for the Knicks and us, and we are coming to Luke Longley, isn't it too much of a loss?" Chris Mullin next to Richard had some questions, but Richard was still talking to Scott Rayden about the follow-up of the deal, and Richard just smiled at Chris Mullin's questions.

When the call was over and the deal was negotiated, Richard explained Chris Mullin's question: "I didn't bring in Luke Longley to strengthen the team, but to find a teacher for the team's young players. ”

"Teacher?"

"That's right, teacher, just like the work you're doing now." Richard thinks far ahead, Luke Longley is a successful senior in the NBA among international centers, and in exchange for Luke Longley, he may be able to help next year's Da Yao integrate into the NBA faster, without the embarrassment of swallowing zero in his debut.

The Knicks agreed to the deal, and the Warriors ended their draft, and Richard left the draft room and went to a small room next to him, where he met with several young players selected by the Warriors, Joe Johnson, Gerard Wallace, Gilbert Arenas, and Memet Oku.

"How? Lad, are you confident of succeeding in the NBA? Richard patted Joe Johnson on the shoulder and said something like this, Chris Mullin next to him wanted to laugh a little, because it didn't look like Richard was much older than this group of young people, and he would actually call Joe Johnson a young man, how to look at it discordantly.

But Joe Johnson didn't feel like this, he already knew that Richard was the owner and head coach of the Warriors, so in the face of Richard's question, he still nodded a little stiffly.

Gilbert Arenas, who was on the side, was not so shy, and when he heard the same question, he even exclaimed, "Of course! I came to the NBA to be successful! For Gilbert Arenas's arrogance, Richard is not disgusted, but more optimistic about Arenas, the NBA has never had talented players, what is lacking is players like Arenas who are both talented and willing to work hard.

In contrast, Gerard Wallace looked more mature, he didn't look like a rookie at all in his gestures, but looking at Memetoku next to him, the Turk was even more exaggerated, this big man was not the slightest bit inhibited, and even smiled when he saw Richard and took the initiative to come over and shake hands.

Richard also chatted with Memetoku for a while, and Oku said that he may not be able to join the NBA immediately because he has one year left on his contract in the Turkish league and needs to finish before he can join the NBA.

Richard also expressed his understanding, he didn't want Oku to join the team immediately, anyway, now the team has Rasonestrovich and Danny Fortson, two centers with starting strength, in the center position, plus the veteran Luke Longley, who has negotiated with the Knicks, in the center position, the Warriors are not short of people, and the choice of Memetoku is more for the future.

In the future, Oku can be Yao Ming's substitute or start with Yao Ming.

The draft is over, the Warriors are almost traded, the team is basically formed, and the next time is to prepare for the new season.