On the 22nd, there was a new development in the trade between the Timberwolves and the Wizards.

Although the Wizards finished at the bottom of the league last year, unlike the weak Kings, the Wizards' official statement is that they were trapped by injuries and the general missed almost a season.

With Arenas, Butler and Jamison, the Wizards don't need to develop young players. They are desperate to clean up the salary structure.

A few days ago, Wizards general manager Ernie Granfield said in an interview with the media: "I am very satisfied with the players in the current Wizards roster, we are willing to pick potential rookies in the draft, of course, we are also willing to sit down with other teams in the league to negotiate, we will look at rookies while listening to offers from other teams." ”

In this world, there is only one Zheng Ke, and a rookie like him who is growing rapidly is only one or two in the NBA in ten years. Generally speaking, it takes at least two years for a rookie to grow from being selected, adapting to the NBA, and slowly growing into a qualified athlete, which is why the NBA Rookie Challenge is a rookie with less than two years of game experience. And not all rookies can really grow, and the draft sounds great, but it's actually a big gamble, a big gamble for the future and destiny of the team.

There are a lot of teams in the league who want to get the Wizards' No. 5 pick. In addition to the Timberwolves, there are also ten teams, including the Knicks, Celtics, and Bucks, who have made bids to the Wizards before and after.

The Bucks are desperate to sell All-Star small forward Jefferson on the team. Jefferson still has two years and a big contract of 29.2 million. The 28-year-old is also in his prime this year, averaging 19.6 points per game with the Bucks last season. With 4.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists, and a 39.7 percent three-point shooting rate, he is really a rare high-quality small forward. In order to deal with the tricky Zheng Ke, several powerful teams in the West have begun to act, and the Spurs and Lakers are all impressive.

In addition to Jefferson, Artest, who became a free agent this summer, has been the target of invitations from many teams in the West, and it is still the Lakers and Spurs who are the most active. Meantime. The Rockets are also trying their best to find an opportunity to renew Artest's contract, you know, there is no Artest. It will be difficult for rockets to go far in the west.

For Artest, the first thing he came out of was San Antonio, a small city with limited salary space. And then, he fell into a tangle, he longed for a fancy world like Los Angeles. He also likes the feeling of being in the rocket. Although there was a little bit of unpleasantness with Adelman at the end of the season. Last month, the Rockets made history by entering the Western Conference Finals, and if it weren't for Zheng Ke, maybe they would be the ones who are winning the trophy now.

Artest needs time to think about it, and a battle around him is also going on between the Rockets and the Lakers.

23rd.

ESPN's Chad Ford confirmed that the first trade of the offseason has been completed. The Milwaukee Bucks sent their All-Star small forward Richard Jefferson to complete a trade with the San Antonio Spurs. In this trade, the Spurs sent away Uncle Bowen and Uncle Bowen, the hero of three championships. and two soy sauce men, Kuto Thomas and center Oberto.

The Spurs' roster has been strengthened again, and the only thing to worry about is the run-in between Jefferson and GDP.

Judging by the reaction of the teams in the league. They didn't react in particular to the Spurs-Bucks' lightning trade, as if they knew something like this was going to happen.

McHale is still fighting for the Wizards' No. 5 pick, but the price of paying two championship-winning heroes at once is too great, and the Wizards are a bit of a lion's mouth. McHale is only willing to send one of McMiller and Randy Foyer, while the Wizards want to give away a couple of junk contracts on the team with a salary equal. Negotiations are at an impasse, but neither the Wizards nor the Timberwolves can afford to wait, after all, the draft will be officially held tomorrow.

When Zheng Ke and Taylor came back, they chose a direct flight to New York, and after getting off the plane, it was already the night of the 24th. The two, accompanied by the staff arranged by Schwertz, checked into a hotel near Madison Square Garden, and sadly began to get jet lag.

The next day, according to media reports, the Phoenix Suns and the Cleveland Cavaliers reached an agreement.

The Suns sent 37-year-old Shaquille O'Neal in exchange for the Cavaliers' Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic and the No. 46 pick in the second round of the year, as well as some cash.

Although the Suns failed to make the playoffs last season, O'Neal played 75 games last season, and in an average of 30 minutes per game, he can contribute 17.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks. And Ben Wallace's 14 million contract with one year left is also in line with the Suns' idea of emptying salary space, and the two teams hit it off.

With the opening of the free market, trade rumors between the teams are flying, and there is no shortage of news about the Magic team that lost in the Finals, according to the "Yahoo Sports" reporter, the Magic team is actively selling several players, including Alstom, who are said to have a strong interest in Canadian flyer Carter.

The Suns, who have just lost O'Neal, are launching a fierce pursuit of last season's championship backup center Channing Frye, hoping that Channing Frye, who has excellent mobility and accurate shooting, can become the starting center of the future team, which the Timberwolves cannot provide, and it is reported that Channing Frye's agent is actively persuading Channing Frye to go to Phoenix.

Zheng Kehao Taylor woke up at noon the next day and went for a leisurely stroll around downtown New York City in the afternoon, and when a general manager like McHale was busy, a superstar like Zheng Ke seemed particularly comfortable. He met many "acquaintances" on the way, Anthony, Kobe, James and others were all present, although their team did not have a good order, but such a grand event that the world paid attention to, they all wanted to be a witness.

On the 25th, the NBA2009 draft was officially held at Madison Square Garden in New York.

This can also be regarded as one thing that determines the fate of the N many rookies who signed up for the draft this year, the rookies with high picks, hoping to be selected by the right team; A rookie with a low pick, hoping to be drafted in the lottery; An unknown player who wants to be seen.

And until now, there has been little progress in the trade with the Wizards, and the Wizards' thinking has changed, they are not selling the precious No. 5 pick now, preferring to stay and pick a rookie, maybe get a good player?

The Clippers have undoubtedly chosen the beastly power forward from the University of Oklahoma - Blake Griffin, maybe they are thinking of Carman off the bench or Camby on the bench?

Then the Grizzlies still chose the giant Thabit from Tanzania, who is seen as a combination of Yao Ming and Uncle Mu, the Thunder chose the nightclub prince Harden, the Kings chose Tyrek Evans, and the Wizards, who held the No. 5 pick, after careful consideration, chose Jordan Hill, a big forward from the University of Tanzania who ran and jumped!

The Wizards, who are not short of guards, have picked up a rare interior player in this class, which makes McHale itch the root of his teeth, he feels that he has been completely played by the Wizards, you know, he himself is very optimistic about Jordan Hill's prospects.

The Bobcats, who have the sixth pick, were selected by Joe, who watched the player tryout, studied it for a long time, and selected the NCAA's star point guard, Jonny Flynn from Syracuse University, whose draft template was Chris Paul, and his competitive spirit and big heart were appreciated by Joe's gang leader.

"Yes, he's going to be a star player." When the gang leader Qiao faced the media interview, he said.

After that, Rubio dropped to the eighth pick and was drafted by the Knicks. DeRozan, the talented swingman who developed Zheng, was picked by the Raptors, and the Hornets, who were the 12th pick, chose Gerald Henderson.

It was the Timberwolves' turn to be the eighteenth pick, and there were a bunch of guards left, and Meshale didn't care whether to pick or not, he was in Ty Lawson, Jeff Teague, Eric Maynor, and Darren Collisson, and finally chose Ty Lawson, who helped North Carolina win the championship.

Ty Lawson was particularly excited to be drafted by a championship team, "The Timberwolves are a top team, Chauncey is my senior, and I'd love to play him off the bench and be willing to learn from him." ”

Subsequently, the Timberwolves selected Omi Cosby with the 20th pick, Ty Gibson with the 25th pick, and Marcus Thornton with the 28th pick.

This is really a crazy draft, the Timberwolves did not choose to trade, but hoarded a group of young players in the team, many experts have shown that they can't understand the operation of the Timberwolves, logically speaking, the Timberwolves only need to maintain the core lineup of the championship, and Minney can attack the championship again.

At this point, the Timberwolves have a slightly larger lineup.

Point guards: Billups, Lowry, Ty Lawson

Quartiles: Afflaro, Randy Folye, Marcus Thornton

Small forwards: Zheng Ke, McMiller, Omi Kasby

Power forwards: Kevin Love, Ty Gibson

Center: Nikola Pekovic

Free agents: Channing Fry, Chris Anderson, Cardinal, Greg Smith, Jason Collins, Mark Madsen.

Generally speaking, rookies picked in the first round will get a contract, so there are certainly some of those who become free agents in the summer that the Timberwolves won't keep. Others are worried that there is no one on the team who can play, but the Timberwolves have too many people to play and don't know how to strengthen and trade.

Before the draft was over, some people ridiculed the Timberwolves' strange lineup, plus Pekovic, who didn't play last season, the Timberwolves have rookie players at all five positions, are they defending champions or rebuilding teams? (To be continued......)