Chapter 159: The draft is over

In an office of the Atlanta Hawks, Lenny Wilkens, like many basketball practitioners or fans in the United States, was watching TV, and just now David Stern read that the team was the Atlanta Hawks, and the Hawks chose Wang Zhizhi, a young center from China, with the seventeenth pick.

For Wang Zhizhi, Lenny Wilkens has a bit of an impression that at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, a young player who was less than 19 years old at the time, performed well against the United States, and Lenny Wilkens himself was the head coach of the 1996 American Dream Team. However, for Wang Zhizhi himself, Lenny Wilkens has no interest, and he has no intention of signing him.

A few days ago, Wilkens received a very unexpected phone call, the person who called him was the Chinese who had served as his assistant coach, Zhuang Fei, that is, the hottest Z coach in the United States now, for Zhuang Fei Wilkens is very clear, that kid is a xìng grid who does not ask for anything, can let him put down the shelf and ask for people, naturally it is not a small matter, sure enough, Zhuang Fei hopes that Wilkens can trade this year's No. 17 pick to the Timberwolves, for this request Wilkens did not hesitate, Zhuang Fei is a young man he values very much, and the two worked together very happily when they were in the dream team, so this face still has to be given, but Wilkens did not immediately agree, after all, although the No. 17 pick is not too high, but it can also pick up some good players, and the Hawks also have some players they want, such as Terry such as Marion, etc., so Wilkens agreed to the condition that as long as there are no players that the Hawks are particularly interested in after 16 rounds, then this No. 17 pick is the Timberwolves', The Hawks will also help the Timberwolves sign Wang Zhizhi. The final result was that the players that the Hawks were very interested in were indeed selected before the No. 17 pick, so the Hawks selected Wang Zhizhi as agreed. The Hawks traded the No. 17 pick to Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves for almost nothing, and the Timberwolves only gave away more than a million dollars in the trade difference.

"Is this Chinese inside line really good?" Wilkens is a little uncertain, in his heart Zhuang Fei just wants to get a fellow countryman, as for the strength does not matter, many teams in the NBA have mascots, it seems that this Chinese young interior is a mascot.

Just as Wilkens was thinking, the phone in his office rang, and Wilkens wondered who else would call at this time.

"Hey, huh? Donald? Is there something wrong? To Wilkens' surprise, it was Nelson Sr., an old friend from his former and current head coach of the Mavericks, who called him this time.

"You want that Chinese too?" Wilkens was taken aback again.

"Donald, I can't do anything right now, because now that Chinese kid is no longer a player for the Hawks, he has been traded to the Timberwolves"

Wilkens could feel the regret and loss of his old friend from his old friend, and it could be said that he had not seen his old friend like this for a long time.

"Could it be that Chinese kid is really so powerful that he actually makes Zhuang and Donald value it at the same time?" Wilkens fell into deep thought.

Old Nils in the office of the Dallas Mavericks was very angry, and under his own personal confirmation, he got the answer he wanted, and his prey was intercepted again, and the person who robbed the prey was still the Timberwolves, just like they robbed Nash last season, the Chinese kid's judgment and determination are really amazing, the last time he robbed Nash was less than a month in advance, and this time he robbed Wang Zhizhi only one step behind, and the calves were only half a step slower.

"What a great boy, I kept putting smoke bombs before the draft, no one thought that he was the last yellow sparrow, I thought the biggest opponent was the Lakers" Old Nelson couldn't help but sigh, this time he really lost again. And it's already two losses in a row.

"Remember, boy, one day I'll rob you a few times" Old Nelson turned his attention to the TV again.

Phil Jackson, the new head coach of the Lakers, who is as depressed as Don Nelson, is not as open as Don Nelson, and was won by Zhuang Fei before the season even started, which can definitely make him feel aggrieved for a long time, and in the end, the coach had no choice but to choose Devin George. On the other hand, Jazz coach Sloan, who has been trembling, finally picked off his favorite Russian Kirilenko with the 19th pick, but what he didn't know was that except for Zhuang Fei to tease him, no one else had much interest in Kirilenko at all.

San Antonio, ** Vic has been in a good mood lately, won the first NBA championship in the team's history this year, and he himself is among the ranks of NBA coaches, although now I think of the tie-break with Zhuang Fei's Timberwolves is still thrilling, sometimes he will be awakened when he sleeps, but the final winner is still himself, and he is still enjoying the excitement.

This year's NBA draft Spurs as the regular season champion of the NBA last season, they have no specific plans, after all, the signing is very late, but in the mind of ** Vic, there is a very good player to participate in the draft this year, this player has very good potential, if he exercises for a few more years, he is definitely a strong player, and this player is not yet a well-known favorite, he is confident that the Spurs will pick him in the last pick in the first round.

Originally, he didn't plan to sign that player in the first round, after all, he was just an international player who was not sure whether he could enter the NBA, and he was also a guard international player, for the NBA, the guards of international players were not trustworthy at all, and all international players could get was their height, which was the consensus of almost all teams in the NBA. But this year's draft is very strange, in recent days there has been a lot of momentum among international players, that China's Wang Zhizhi and Russia's Kirilenko were suddenly hot-fired, although he himself was also interested in Wang Zhizhi, but knew that it was unrealistic, so he gave up early, and this sudden rise of international player fever made this very cautious person begin to have a sense of crisis, so he was ready to sign the No. 29 in the first round of this year to the Argentine. He's really afraid that someone will step in now, and the first-round signing is already very high for an international defender, and he believes that in the end, Spurs will get the Argentine without any suspense.

Vicky watched Stern for a long time, eager to hear from him that the Spurs had successfully drafted Ginobili.

"The next team to be selected is the Timberwolves with the No. 28 pick"

"Timberwolves? I want to see who this Z coach will choose" I heard David Stern say that when it was the Timberwolves' turn to be drafted, ** Vicky was also interested, in his mind, the entire NBA is now Zhuang Fei is still one of his opponents, he is quite curious about Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves, before the draft, he also heard that Zhuang Fei was very interested in Kirilenko, but in the end Kirilenko was still selected by the Jazz, and he now wants to see what Coach Z will do.

"Hehe, the prey is not pleasant to be snatched away by others" ** Vicky was secretly happy in his heart, and the more uncomfortable Zhuang Fei was, the happier he became. Thinking of this, ** Vicky actually laughed out loud in his office, which made Mike Brown next to him a little confused.

"The Timberwolves selected Ginobili, a shooting guard from Argentina at the 28th pick."

When David Stern finished reading the note in his hand, the Spurs head coach's office was still laughing heartily just now, and the most funny thing was that he was still in the posture of laughing just now, and his mouth was still open.

"** Mr. Vicky, are you okay" McBrown on the side reminded that ** Vicky has not been very normal since winning the seventh game of the series with the Timberwolves, and McBrown also knows that it was all harmed by the head coach of the Timberwolves, and the whole seven strange games tortured the always determined ** Vicky like this, which also made McBrown admire the Chinese.

"How so? How could that kid fall in love with Ginobili? The Timberwolves have so many No. 2 players who don't need this Argentinian at all, does he know I want to pick Ginobili? It's impossible," Vicky muttered to himself for a moment.

Looking at the chattering ** vicky next to him, Mike Brown just sighed softly.

Madison Garden Plaza in New York, Zhuang Fei is in a good mood now, and today he has successfully completed the goal he wants, and neither player has been robbed by others.

"Zhuang, how can you choose an international defender? You should also know that the body of the international guard is too weak, and many of the NBA rules are not suitable for them, although it is a pity to miss Kirilenko in the end, but it doesn't need to be like this" Pat Riley on Zhuang Fei's side was actually in a good mood when he saw Zhuang Fei.

"Really? I think he's very good, maybe he will cause you a lot of trouble in the future," Zhuang Fei said with a smile.

"Trouble?" Pat Riley shook his head with a wry smile and continued: "You don't need him at all, your Timberwolves' group of young No. 2 and No. 3 positions can cause a lot of trouble for our Heat" Last season, the Heat's outside line was beaten by the Timberwolves and almost collapsed.

"I'm not talking about the NBA, I'm talking about the Olympics"

"Olympics?" Pat Riley was puzzled again, looking at Zhuang Fei's mysterious smile, Pat Riley couldn't figure out what to think.

Zhuang Fei has no explanation, Pat Riley is now his assistant coach in the United States and the head coach of the 2004 Olympic Games, which was quite unfortunate for Argentina that year.

Now that the draft task has been completed, the next step is to sign the zìyóu players and the question of a possible trade.