The draft is over, Zhuang Fei returned to the Timberwolves without too much communication with the two players he selected, Crawford is a rookie in the small green house, so on the day of the draft Zhuang Fei greeted him on the spot, in Zhuang Fei's opinion, this future four-point gentleman now looks extremely young and extremely shy, when Zhuang Fei found him, the 20-year-old young guard actually didn't say a word for a long time, until his agent reminded the guard to come back to his senses, Obviously, he was surprised by the fact that Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves selected him, and even when he shook hands with Stern, he didn't say anything for a long time, he is a young player born in the 80s, for this generation of players, Jordan is their idol on the court, and Zhuang Fei is their idol on the courtside, any player who comes out of the NCAA will not know that there was once that Wake Forest' 'Undefeated Demon King', for Zhuang Fei, in addition to liking or hating, there may be no possibility in the middle, and Crawford obviously belongs to the column of respect and love.

Zhuang Fei doesn't think there's anything wrong with this, he won't have a bad opinion of the players because of some other performances, and Lewis didn't cry in the draft? And this Mr. Four-Score is just speechless by surprise and excitement, and that's nothing, as long as he can be domineering on the court, Crawford is a Little Green House player, and Reed is not so lucky, he is not named among the 13 people in Little Green House this year, he is a student at Ohio State University, which is also an NCAA powerhouse. It can even be said that it is a giant school, which has won the NCAA championship before. Compared to Wake Forest before Zhuang Fei didn't go to Wake Forest, the basketball emperor Oden in his previous life came from this school. As the core of the team, Reed naturally has no problem in terms of strength, but under the leadership of Reed, this old powerhouse is sinking more and more, Reed was able to contribute an average of more than 20 points per game when he was a freshman, and he was also selected for the first team in the United States at that time, but when everyone expected him to lead the recovery of this old strong team, who knew that De's performance was getting worse and worse in the next two years, and in the end he sank with the team. And he himself has changed from a much-anticipated star of hope to an 'ordinary' player who no one cares about. It can be said that Reed would have been able to join the lottery if he had participated in the draft with Pierce Carter and others in his freshman year, and he was a first-team player in the United States like Pierce, Carter and others, and he was as famous as Pierce. But now, before the draft began, his draft prediction was the last in the first round and the top in the second round, completely missing the style of the year.

Reed didn't come to the scene, most of the non-Green House draft players won't come to the scene, they usually watch TV in the hotel, and now Reed is watching TV in the hotel, and when he saw the Timberwolves draft him with the No. 24 pick, he was also stunned for a long time, because the agent had already told him that he was prepared for defeat, and even he himself was ready to contact the team and then go to other teams for a tryout. He had no idea at all that he would be drafted by the Timberwolves, as the Timberwolves had no interest in him at all before the draft began.

Zhuang Fei was happy that he had successfully picked up his two major goals, he could have stayed in New York to find these two people to get acquainted, but now the team still has a big thing for him to solve, the United States team's training camp is July 2, and on July 1, the Timberwolves should also sign contract extensions with Pierce and Jackson.

Zhuang Fei left these drafts behind and returned to Minnesota, but for the majority of fans and bookmakers who paid attention to the draft, they were very disappointed, they were actually looking forward to Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves to do something. The Timberwolves' draft pick is not low, this is the No. 4 pick, although the three recognized rookies of this year, the Timberwolves can't get their hands on it, but they really didn't think that Zhuang Fei would waste the precious No. 4 pick on Crawford, although Crawford also has the strength of the lottery area, but it is much worse than several other rookies. …,

"Coach Z may be trying to fill the hole in Mobley's departure, in fact, we can understand this, but in my opinion Coach Z has completely chosen the wrong person, I admit that Crawford is the kind of player with great offensive imagination and talent, few people can limit him in a one-on-one situation, but in my opinion he is not suitable for the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves already have Nash and Ginobili, the Timberwolves have enough possession, even Pierce and Garnett can do this task, what they need more is Miller, McMiller is an offensive enhancement version of Jackson, and I'm sure that Crawford can't play Mobley's role when he goes to the Timberwolves, he's not as good as Mobley in terms of offensive efficiency and offensive tempo, and he's still young, and he looks extremely reckless a lot of the time, which makes him incompatible with the Timberwolves' style of play. ”

"Let's see, Coach Z has picked another No. 2 player, is he resistant to point guard? The Timberwolves don't lack the No. 2 position, they lack the No. 1 and No. 5 positions, they could have used the No. 4 pick to draft Chris Mime and Kenyon Durin, Meme is one of the best interior players in this year's rookies, he is very, very flexible and has strong athleticism, he will be very suitable for the Timberwolves' run-and-gun system, his potential is no worse than Jermaine O'Neal, or even better than him, if the Timberwolves have Durin, then they can retire without Dean Garrett, and the Timberwolves' interior strength will go further, And point guard Kenyon Dolin has the potential to be an All-Star, this is a very mature player, his defense is extremely good, his skills are extremely solid, and he is a very responsible player, maybe in a year or two he can replace Nash, unfortunately, Coach Z is now missing out on these two players with great potential and selected Crawford and Mike Reid, these two are cancerous and the other is a 21-year-old junior with no potential. I think Coach Z will regret it after a season, he will regret missing out on Durin and Mime now. ”

In fact, most of the media are regretting that Zhuang Fei missed some players who seem to have great potential and ability, this is a scene that will appear in every draft meeting, in the past, the Timberwolves did not have a too high pick, Pierce was the highest, and Pierce's draft prediction that year was the third, so Zhuang Fei didn't have any ability to select him, and like Mobley, Ginobili, these picks are too low in their opinion, there is not much reference value, Zhuang Fei will not choose a high rookie, This is the conclusion reached by these media experts, but in addition to these media who do not have too many tendencies, Zhuang Fei is a little lacking in eyesight, but it is harmless, after all, the Timberwolves' big frame is not damaged, even if they are selected to think that they are more outstanding rookies to the Timberwolves, they may not be able to have much chance of playing and performance, so on the whole, the Timberwolves will not affect next season's results because of the success or failure of this draft, according to USA Today.

"No matter what Coach Z chooses, the Timberwolves will be the No. 1 favorite for the championship next season, even if these two rookies don't play a game."

Although most people are still optimistic about Zhuang Fei, for some people it will not, such as the New York Times.

"Coach Z has started to go crazy, he's always been so self-righteous, he's now number one in his world, there's no one better than him in the world, he doesn't listen to other people's opinions, he always thinks he's right, I think the whole world will see his jokes this time, Crawford? But just a slimy ball, Reed? Coach Z wouldn't think it was 1998 and rejoice that he had drafted a top-five NCAA player with the No. 24 pick, right? I think Coach Z must think so, 22 points in his freshman year, 19 points in his sophomore year, and then 17 points in his junior year, how much would it be if he played for another year? Will it be 15 points per game? That's the player selected by Coach Z, and I've seen the end now, Crawford will be reduced to an unwanted role player after a terrible three years for the Timberwolves, and Reed will quit the NBA directly after taking the three-year guaranteed contract paid for him by Coach Z, and there will be no second team in the NBA willing to take on such a worse and worse player"...,

The New York Times is almost the ultimate ridicule of Zhuang Fei. Even the headline of this news article was ironic: 'Coach Z only used the No. 24 pick to select the first percentile in the nation'.

For Zhuang Fei, he just smiled at the draft news surrounding him, and after returning to the Timberwolves, the team's general manager McHale and Pierce negotiations have come to an end.

Pierce has no intention of leaving the Timberwolves, and the team's owner Glenn Taylor will not let the Jordan successor leave, Pierce's local popularity in Minnesota is no worse than Garnett, if he can't renew his contract, it is estimated that Glenn Taylor's reputation in Minnesota will be bad, and the owner does not want Pierce to leave Zhuang Fei, so the negotiations for Pierce are progressing very smoothly.

5 years and 60 million, this is Pierce's contract, Pierce is not a greedy player, because Garnett's big contract has caused many players of the Timberwolves to have to make sacrifices, and Pierce chose to sacrifice this time, if he does not renew his contract with the Timberwolves in advance, then at least his contract can reach more than 70 million for 5 years next summer. For one of the hottest new stars in the league at the moment, there are a lot of teams willing to pay him an annual salary of close to 15 million, although Pierce's contract extension is done, but the contract extension of another Timberwolves player, Stephen Jackson, is at an impasse. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )