Chapter 55: The Focus of the Draft - Los Angeles Clippers!

There is a small green room at the Madison draft site, which is the NBA's practice, and every year some hot rookies will be invited into the "green house", and the normal number is thirteen to sixteen, and they will experience the entire draft process in the small green room, which is undoubtedly an affirmation and an honor for the rookies waiting to be drafted. At this time, there are 16 players selected by the general managers of 30 teams to be the most likely to be selected in the lottery area, and Michael Beasley from Kansas State University and Derrick Rose from the University of Memphis are undoubtedly the best among them, and tonight's champion will be born between the two of them.

The remaining fourteen are USC talented guard OJ Mayo, University of Arizona Jerry Baylors, UCLA Kevin Love and his teammate Russell Westbrook, Stanford University's Brooke Lopez and his twin brother Robin Lopez, University of Texas D.J. Augustine, Kansas State University Brandon Rush, Louisiana State University Anthony Randolph, Indiana University Eric Gordon, Texas A&M College Andre Jordan, Milan, Italy handsome guy Daniello Gallinari, Kansas State University Darrell Arthur, and finally a Chinese boy from West Virginia University Joy Alexander.

Sixteen young talents are waiting for their opportunity, when the gray-haired David . Stern walked up to the stage and officially announced the start of the draft after a decades-long template, with the 30 teams' draft picks on the big screen behind David Stern, and a box behind each team that would show each team's draft name.

And the staff in each team's draft room are actively preparing, like a war.

"John, are you sure you want Derek?" Bulls head coach Stells asked.

"Sure!" Paxson's tone was extremely firm, he lowered his head and quickly wrote something on the stationery in his hand, and then handed it to the official NBA staff.

The other locker room was the Miami Heat's makeshift war room, where they were waiting for the Bulls' selection to come out, David Stern smiled and turned the draft envelope handed over by the staff, "The Chicago Bulls who had the first pick in the 2008 draft chose ......" David Stern deliberately lengthened his voice.

Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley of Little Green House both pricked up their ears and waited.

The Heat's Pat Riley stared at his letterhead, which was still blank as they waited for the Bulls' choice "Don't pick Michael, don't pick Michael!" "All the staff of the Heat are praying in their hearts.

David Stern slowly opened the envelope, the smile on his lips was still so full, slowly unfolded the letter, raised his head to the microphone, and steadied, "It's Derek from the University of Memphis...... Ross......! Congratulations! ”

As David Stern's voice fell, Pat Riley smiled, and his assistant immediately happily wrote Michael Beasley's name on the letterhead, and at this moment they didn't feel that the draft pick was depressed, because their goal was Beasley!

Derrick Rose jumped up excitedly, hugged his parents and agent excitedly, and then took the Chicago Bulls' baseball cap.

However, at this time, there were a lot of boos from Chicagoans, "Why did that guard become our first choice, we already have Kirk, we don't need a guard!" ”

Sitting at the top of a long conference table, Nel Orshu was quietly listening to the speakerphone in front of him, which was the scene of the New York draft, reading 30 seconds once for a total of 5 minutes. He already had his own plans, and as long as the first few rounds were not a big deal, they would stick to their choice.

"Thank you to the great Bulls, thank you for giving me this opportunity, NBA I'm here!" Ross stepped down after his last remarks.

David Stern took the stage again, "The Miami Heat chose Michael Beasley from Kansas State University!" When David Stern announced their selection, the Heat let go of a big rock in their hearts, and the big screen behind Stern began to play back Michael Beasley's college highlights.

In the war room of the Thunder team, they also quickly handed in their choices, and this youth army is still on the way to work.

Who will the Thunder choose? Talented defender OJ Mayo? Or UCLA's hot kid Russell Westbrook?

With David Stern's announcement, the doubt was revealed, and they chose Westbrook.

Immediately after the fourth place, the Grizzlies chose the talented guard OJ Mayo, but unfortunately Mayo had already said that he would not go to Minnesota, which was in the snow, and when OJ Mayo was depressed and ready to take over the Timberwolves baseball cap, the first trade in the 2008 draft was born!

"Wow, the Timberwolves chose to trade!" Everyone couldn't help but cry.

The Timberwolves sent Mayo to Memphis and got the Grizzlies' No. 5 pick, and the Timberwolves used the No. 5 pick to pick Kevin Love.

And the next few teams have made their favorite choices, the Los Angeles Lakers used the Knicks' draft pick obtained by Lin Fei's three-way trade to select the Italian handsome guy Gallinari, and the seventh pick Milwaukee still brought their favorite Chinese boy Joe Alexander back to the cold home court, the eighth pick New Jersey Nets happily brought Brook Lopez back to New Jersey, and the ninth pick Charlotte Bobcats needed a point guard, Seeing that DJ Augustin has not yet picked the general manager of the Bobcats, Flyer Jordan happily wrote Augustin's name, the 10th pick of the Pacers selected Jerry Baylesss, the 11th pick of the Kings picked up Jason Thompson, and the 12th pick of the Portland Trail Blazers put Brandon Rush to the Rose Garden. The Golden State Warriors selected Anthony Randolph with the 13th overall pick and Eric Gordon from the Denver Nuggets with the 14th pick.

At this time, Darrell Arthur and Andre Jordan in the small green room were even green, and only the two of them were left of the sixteen people.

"Looks like we can choose a happy newcomer!" The corners of Olshu's mouth were full of smiles.

"Yes, the Suns will definitely choose Robin Lopez, they don't want to leave Stoudemire alone!" The assistant echoed with a smile.

"The Phoenix Suns have chosen ...... Robin Lopez from Stanford University! As David Stern's words fell, Olshu clenched his fist fiercely.

"We chose Roy Hibbert! I love this big guy! Olshu spoke into the phone announcing their choice. The general manager of the 76ers on the other end of the line nodded, motioning for his men to write Roy Hibbert's name on the letterhead.

When David Stern just announced that the Philadelphia 76ers had chosen Roy Hibbert, the big screen behind David Stern immediately played a trade message.

The Los Angeles Clippers sent Shaun Livingston plus three million compensation cash in exchange for Roy Hibbert and Andre Miller!

"Fucking idiot, Andre is so much better than that glass man, damn Phillies are all kicked in the head by donkeys?" Kupchak slapped the table fiercely, as a rival in the same city, the last thing he wanted to see was the strength of the Clippers, this season's playoffs Clippers have made him feel dangerous, and now he has traded Livingston for Andre Miller, as for the three million cash and Roy Hibbert were directly ignored by Kupchak, not only Kupchak The other uniform groups in the Western Conference are scolding the 76ers uniform group.

Olshu lit a cigar and smiled leisurely, Chen Xiyan looked at the thoughtful Lin Fei and frowned slightly.

The draft is still going on, and the faces of Darrell Arthur and Andre Jordan in the small green room have changed from green to black, until the 27th pick of the New Orleans Hornets Darrell Arthur was drafted, and he walked off the stage in a huff after giving his speech with a black face, and there was only one Andre Jordan left in the small green room.

When the first round was over, Andre Jordan was still not drafted, and he was undoubtedly the biggest joke of the draft.

"Alright, it's time for our show!" Olshu snapped his fingers and dialed the Timberwolves' general manager.

"My old friend, yes, now we can announce, a million cash plus Paul Davis, yes, hopefully we have a next collaboration!" Hanging up the phone with a smile, Olshu nodded to his assistant.

The Clippers staff wrote a name on a piece of stationery.

"What? Los Angeles Clippers bought the Timberwolves' fourth-pick pick in the second round? Kupchak listened to his assistant's report with a look of disbelief.

"Mickey, yes! The Clippers bought a Timberwolves draft pick! ”

Jackson, the vice president of the NBA league, was standing on the stage to announce the continuation of the second round of the draft, and Andre Jordan listened to Jackson's choice with a cold face.

First pick in the second round, Timberwolves: Nicola. Pekovic's second pick in the second round, SuperSonic: Walter. Sharpe's third pick in the second round, Trail Blazers: Joey. Dorsey and Joey Dorsey were immediately exchanged for two million cash and sent to Houston.

Jordan doesn't have the confidence to listen anymore because he's already set the most humiliating record in the Green Room in 2001 when General Arenas was drafted by the Warriors with the first pick in the second round in the Green House, and it turns out that the front uniforms have eye problems.

The Los Angeles Clippers selected Andre from Texas A&M with the fourth pick in the second round...... Jordan! ”

"Andrey, Los Angeles has chosen you!" Jordan's mother excitedly pushed her lost son.

"Los Angeles? Lakers? Andre Jordan, who was still lost, looked at his mother and asked.

"Son, it's not the Lakers, it's the Los Angeles Clippers, the team with Superlin!" Andre Jordan's mother hugged her son, hoping to comfort him.

"What, the Clippers bought another draft pick?" Kupchak slapped the table again.

And the Clippers who have been buying draft picks have undoubtedly become the focus of the 2008 draft, not only because of the consecutive shots, but also because the Clippers have been buying second-round picks in a row, are they so confident? This is a common idea of all.

(To be continued)