In fact, Pat Riley really didn't dare to ask Zhuang Fei, it's not that he and Zhuang Fei have a relationship, but in his personal opinion, he owes Zhuang Fei a lot, and now he opens his mouth to exchange his team's low No. 24 pick for his No. 12 pick, which feels a little inappropriate, although the two teams belong to the Eastern and Western Leagues, but from the perspective of strength, it is difficult for the Heat to create too much threat to the Timberwolves, but the Heat is still second in the Eastern Conference, and Pat Riley's goal is also the championship, and the two are really enemies in a sense, Although he contributed some to the trade of O'Neal Jr. for Zhuang Fei and the Trail Blazers last season, his contribution was not much, and at that time, the Timberwolves were not the champions, and the Heat did not reach the Eastern Conference Finals, so the two teams were naturally not hostile.

Now that the Timberwolves are the defending champions, how can they give up the growth of their own strength and let the strength of their competitors increase, Pat Riley doesn't want to come to Zhuang Fei, this is the main reason, but in the same way, he doesn't know who else he can find except Zhuang Fei, he has hit a lot of walls, if there is a way, he won't be like this, now there is only one day before the draft, if you can't get a good outside player, the Heat will still not be competitive this year, unless the Pacers themselves have problems, In fact, now the Pacers have a problem, the Pacers' Dutch big center Smits is said to be preparing to retire this year, and Larry Bird has been persuading recently, but it doesn't sound like it has much effect, the Dutch center thinks he is old, has many injuries, and is humiliated by Garnett's first dunk in history in the Finals this season. This made the interior player with All-Star strength finally decide to retire, and if Smiters really retires, then the Pacers' strength will definitely drop by more than a notch. Smiters is the offensive axis of the Pacers, and without him, Miller and Rose's offense will be even tougher. The Pacers' offense will also be underwhelming, and their defense will have problems without a big barrier.

It can be said that Pat Riley has seen the path of the Heat to advance to the Finals next season, the Pacers have problems, and the Knicks' Ewing also has problems.

Add to that the Pistons' Hill as well, and next season is definitely the Heat's best chance to break through from the East. Otherwise, Pat Riley wouldn't be looking around for draft picks and strengthening the Heat's perimeter strength, and even now the god operator already thinks that next year's Finals will be a matchup between the Heat and the Timberwolves. This also made him even more hesitant about seeking Zhuang Fei.

No matter how hesitant he was before, this time the Heat head coach still begged Zhuang Fei, but he didn't ask for the No. 4 pick in Zhuang Fei's hand. It's the twelfth sign, and this time he also came to Zhuang Fei in the name of 'borrowing', there is a loan and there is a repayment, this is for sure, if Zhuang Fei needs a lottery in the future and if he has, he will naturally return it to Zhuang Fei, but in Pat Riley's opinion, this Chinese coach may reject him, there are not many good players this year, so there is still some value in the lottery area, and the other first-round picks are of little value, and he also knows that the Timberwolves have recently gone two important rotation players. Zhuang Fei's two signatures must be useful, Zhuang Fei is really his last straw, and he is ready to be rejected by Zhuang Fei, but to his surprise, Zhuang Fei did not refuse. Instead, I thought about it for a moment and agreed.

"Zhuang, I will remember this time to borrow the visa, and I will definitely pay it back in the future" Pat Riley said excitedly, and after chatting with Zhuang Fei for a while, he hung up, and compared with Pat Riley's excitement, Zhuang Fei sighed slightly.

Pat Riley thinks he owes Zhuang Fei, and Zhuang Fei actually thinks he owes Pat Riley all along. Zhuang Fei has always remembered that Pat Riley helped him trade Xiao Ao's favor, originally Zhuang Fei had the No. 4 and No. 12 picks, he could have two choices, in addition to choosing Crawford and Reed, he could also use the No. 4 pick to select Miller, the No. 12 pick Quentin Richardson, and now after the No. 12 pick was taken away by Pat Riley, he now has only one choice left, No. 4 Crawford, No. 24 Reed, for the so-called ' that Pat Riley promised later. He doesn't mind very much, the Heat are very strong now, and it will be difficult for the lottery to happen in the future. Of course, the most important thing is that Zhuang Fei himself also likes the combination of Crawford and Reed in his heart, and the No. 12 selection Reed is indeed a bit overkill. He doesn't mind using No. 12 to draft Reed, but there is a big gap between the salaries of No. 12 rookie and No. 24 rookie, and the Timberwolves' salary space is already very tight, and it is a little bit to save a little. …,

On June 29th, the draft officially began, this year's draft is very strange, although the players are not particularly outstanding, but the people who come here to participate in the draft are extremely big, Zhuang Fei came last year, and this year is still here, in addition to Zhuang Fei and McHale, Heat head coach Pat Riley, Lakers head coach Phil Jackson also continues to attend, and even the Mavericks head coach Nelson Sr. and Spurs head coach Vicky who did not come last year also came, even in Zhuang Fei's previous life, these NBA legendary head coaches will gather together.

"Greg, do you have any players you like this year" Larry Brown smiled and asked this former disciple next to him, Vicky was Brown's former assistant coach at the Spurs.

In fact, in this draft, each coach also has an obvious faction division, such as Zhuang Fei, who used to like to be with Larry Bird and Pat Riley, and now he brings an old Nelson, while Spurs head coach Vicky is with 76ers head coach Brown, Phil Jackson is standing alone, and Lakers general manager Jerry West did not accompany him.

"Our signings this year are not very good, and the players we fancy will definitely not be retained" Vicky sighed and said, he has no connections in the NBA like his teacher Brown, since the district team won the championship last year, the team has aged seriously this year, he is like a change of blood, but after a long time of tinkering, no team is willing to trade draft picks with him, and he is not even willing to make a deal with him, not to mention that Vicky has no connections, even if he has connections, who is willing to exchange young players and some of your thirty or forty-year-old uncles? This is where Vicky is embarrassed now, he doesn't want to mess up, and with a pillar player like Duncan, even if the players are all fifty years old, the Spurs have no problem entering the playoffs, which makes it impossible for him to get a high pick to sign a strongman for blood, so in order to be able to use a low signing to select high-quality players, his eyes have been on international players for the past two years, such as Ginobili last year, Ginobili performed well in the playoffs last season, Although Vicky was unable to sign the Argentine in the end, it also strengthened his idea of taking the international route, so he still has his eye on an international player this year. Turk Turk Turkoglu, but recently there have been rumors that the king wants to take this Turk, and the king's signing is No. 16, and the Spurs are No. 20, it is obvious that Veky can't play the king.

Thinking of his current situation, Vicky looked at Zhuang Fei who was not far away and Pat Riley Old Nelson they said, this Chinese does not seem to have such a predicament as himself, in Vicky's heart Zhuang Fei is not a communicative strongman, not much stronger than himself, but this Chinese is far more open than himself, the same champion coach, how the difference is so big.

"Do you have to poach young free agents to supplement the team? But where to find a young free agent now" Vicky sighed again in his heart, if he knew that not only Ginobili was robbed by Zhuang Fei, Stephen Jackson was actually intercepted by Zhuang Fei in advance, of course, and Bowen, if Vicky knew, he would go directly to Zhuang Fei to fight hard.

At this time, Brown looked at the depressed Vicky and sighed, he had no choice, his team's signing was lower than Vicky.

Zhuang Fei was very relaxed and happy in this draft meeting, he was very nervous because of Wang Zhizhi's matter last year, the feeling that everyone was staring at the same prey made it difficult to relax, this time there will be no such scene, Zhuang Fei also inquired like these old friends of his own, it is obvious that the people these people want do not overlap with themselves, and the players they want in the draft rumors in the past few days have not been targeted.

Soon, the draft began under the auspices of NBA commissioner David Stern. …,

In fact, the final result of each year's draft is almost predictable, and there are few accidents, of course, there will definitely be accidents, but not much, there are not many excellent players this year, so Martin, Swift and Myers are easily in the top three, these three have been determined before the election, without a trace of suspense, and Zhuang Fei used the No. 4 pick in his hand to successfully win Jamal Crawford, a four-point man, in the pre-election prediction, the guard was estimated to be the eighth, So after Zhuang Fei's election, many people on the scene looked at Zhuang Fei, obviously they thought that Zhuang Fei was a little distracted this time. There were still a lot of strongmen in front of Crawford, but when Zhuang Fei drafted Reid with the No. 24 pick, Zhuang Fei could even hear some laughter on the scene. This kind of scene is already obvious, and Zhuang Fei is out of sight again.

Zhuang Fei didn't care about these people who laughed at him, he was surprised by Pat Riley's selection, the famous coach selected Quentin Richardson abandoned by Zhuang Fei in the 12th, and Eddie House in the second round, it can be said that these two choices are good choices, and will definitely make new changes to the Heat next season. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )