"Big dreams? NO。 ”

Jerry Krauss only thought about it for half a second before rejecting the deal.

What's the use of a super center who is aging and retiring soon, the salary is not small, and is it necessary to take up space in exchange for it? The Bulls are going to rebuild and need potential rookies, not veterans who are about to retire, is Dawson taking him for a fool?

"Mr. Klaus, we didn't make the playoffs this year, we traded big dreams, and next year we will be even worse, and the first-round pick is good!"

Seeing that Klaus was too quick to refuse, Dawson immediately added chips and made an unprotected first-round pick next year.

"I'm sorry."

But Klaus was still not satisfied, next year would not be a big year, maybe not this year, so he still refused.

Dawson was disappointed, and in order to get Yao Min, he had to continue to increase his chips and add blue-collar backup center Kevin Cato.

It's just that what the Bulls want is a team-building core, and no matter how many blue-collar chips Cato has, ten Cato can't exchange for a team-building core.

Even he gritted his teeth and added Mobley up, only to make Jerry Krauss hesitate for a second before being rejected again.

Looking at the back of the departing Dawson, Jerry Krause smiled.

It's not a very good trading chip, it's not enough to be the core of the team, how can he trade Yao Min?

He missed the Iron Fist King back then, and this time he wants to gamble.

Of course, if Yao Min, like Elton Brand, can't bring more wins to the team, only personal data, he can only give up.

"I'm sorry, Rudy."

Dawson went back and told Tomjanovic the result, but Tomjanovic was disappointed that he didn't get Yao Min.

At this time, the Grizzlies approached the Hawks and proposed a trade to exchange the 96 scout Sherif Rahim for Pau Gasol, who was just selected by the Hawks.

As the first round got further and lower, the face of a young man in the audience became worse and worse.

The young man's name is Arenas, a native of Los Angeles, who attended the University of Arizona, and is a very confident person who has a lot of confidence in the draft, but the first round is almost over, and no team has drafted him, which makes him very angry and disappointed.

"They're going to regret it, just like they didn't pick the Iron Fist in '91." He muttered something out of his mouth.

"Bob, I've got something to go first."

"Don't look at it?"

"I don't look at it."

When he was in the 26th pick, Zhou Quan received a call from Zeng Li, saying that his son missed him, and he got up to leave after saying a word to Whithit.

"Hey, Iron Fist."

After walking a few steps, someone suddenly called out to him, and he looked up to see a young round-headed black man in the third row of the audience.

At first glance, the young man gave him a feeling, his eyes determined, but full of anger.

"Hey."

He nodded, and continued on his way because he was teasing his son.

"Tekken, I'm your fan, and I'm also a rookie in this class, a guard, a point guard, as tall as you, my name is Gilbert Arenas, an Angelenite." The young man spoke out again.

Zhou Quan was stunned, so he had to stop for a while and greeted, "Hello, Gilbert." So have you been chosen? ”

"Nope. But I'll make them regret it. Arenas said confidently.

At this time, Zeng Li heard Zhou Quan talking to someone here, so he hung up the phone, Zhou Quan simply called the young man from Los Angeles down, found a place to sit down and chatted, but he didn't talk about the draft, he talked about UCLA.

Because Arenas took the initiative to talk about UCLA, Arenas wanted to join UCLA the most, he wanted to wear UCLA's shirt like Zhou Quan, but unfortunately UCLA wanted Carlos Boozer the most, although in the end Boozer chose Duke University, UCLA did not choose him, and finally he went to the University of Arizona.

"I didn't get into UCLA, which is my biggest regret."

Speaking of which, Arenas looked at David Stern, who had once again walked onto the stage, with a look of anticipation in his eyes.

The Spurs then selected Tony Parker with the No. 28 pick, followed by the SuperSonics' first-round pick No. 29 and the final first-round pick.

"Gilbert, do you think the SuperSonics will pick you?" Zhou Quan asked with interest.

Arenas said with an ugly face: "Iron Fist King, I hope to follow in your footsteps, but if the supersonic doesn't choose me, I will regret it later." I swear, I'll make everyone who looks down on me regret it. ”

"Gilbert, you're kind of like Kobe, that kid has always been unhappy with his draft pick." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

The two of them were not far from Whithit, who kept an eye on them, looking back at Arenas and then down at the letterhead in his hand.

The name hadn't been written on it yet, but it was about to be written, and he still had two minutes to think about it.

He certainly knows Arenas, and SuperSonics also has his draft profile, but it was not built from high school, but during his college years.

This means that Arenas is not too well-known and not very talented, otherwise the scouts would have built a profile for him in high school.

The main reason why Arenas hasn't been selected until now is that he suffered a more serious knee injury in college.

This young man has strong upper body strength, explosiveness, agility, and speed are all first-class in the NBA, of course, there are too many people with first-class quality, which is not uncommon, and I don't know how many people with first-class quality are unsuccessful.

Technically, he's good at pull-up jumpers, he's very fast-paced, and he's good at fast-breaking, and he's good at three-pointers.

In terms of these qualities and technical characteristics, it is actually quite suitable for supersonic speed, and it should be able to play next to Tekken.

It's a pity that the height is a little shorter, and the quarterback is not tall enough, so he can only play as a substitute in the No. 1 position.

Arenas's second weakness is that the defense is not very good, there are a lot of gambling steals, it is easy to lose position, and it is willing to accept being eaten alone, which is not suitable for supersound.

Ewing and Chris Mullin are gone, and his goal today is to select a center, or a shooting guard, a swingman at the forward can also be, and Arenas is playing the No. 1 position, which is not on his radar.

It turned out that he was going to choose a Turk named Memiteoku, who can play power forward or center, with a height of 211 cm, and is currently playing in the Turkish Basketball League, but he cannot join the NBA for the time being after being selected.

The second option is a swingman named Bobby Simmons.

Cory Magetti is also a swingman at the front, but he is a small forward, has no three-point shooting, and his shooting is not very good, he plans to pick a point guard, and if he has potential, use him to replace Cory Magetti, and Margeti can be traded.

"This kid is talking to the Iron Fist King, but if we pick him, we have three point guards out of four people on the guard line, plus Cory Magetti is a small forward, and there is no real scoring guard, which is not good. But ......"

Eventually, he made up his mind, twisted the lid of his pen, and wrote Gilbert Arenas's name on the letterhead.

Two minutes later, David Stern walked up to the stage one last time, opened the envelope, glanced at the letterhead, and said with a smile: "The Seattle SuperSonics selected Gilbert Arenas from the University of Arizona with the No. 29 pick in the first round. ”

From the time David Stern spoke to Arizona, Zhou Quan knew who Whithit had chosen, and he was a little surprised.

Is Arenas a point guard, is the team short of a point guard? What the team lacks is a point guard, Bob, you've got a bad brain, what are you going to do with him?

"Congratulations, lad, you're ready to play next to Tekken." At this time, a fan next to him said to Arenas.

"Oh, ah, yes, haha, thank you, I'm happy."

Arenas reacted and quickly shook the fan's hand.

"Rookie, come on stage."

Zhou Quan stretched out his hand and shook Arenas, Arenas hugged Zhou Quan excitedly, and said, "Iron Fist King, although it is only the end of the sign, I am very happy to join the SuperSonics." ”

"To play at supersonic speeds, you have to work hard." Zhou Quan said.

"Iron Fist King, believe me, the last thing I lack is hard work, and I'll go find a training ground to practice later." A determined look flashed across Arenas' face.

“……”

Zhou Quan was stunned and nodded with a smile.

As he walked to the front desk, Arenas let out a long breath.

It's true that he wasn't satisfied with the No. 29 pick, but he finally didn't fall out of the first round, and his mood at the moment was okay, not too bad, much better than just now.

And he feels a little lucky today, he didn't make it to UCLA in college, but he joined the Iron Fist team in the NBA, which also compensated for the regret of being too low, which is a great blessing in misfortune.

……

Zhou Quan's business activities in New York did not end until the 30th, and he returned to Seattle on July 1st, and then flew to Los Angeles with his family on the 2nd.

Rendezvous with Zhou Jun Zeng Yu, a family of nine people boarded the flight to the capital, arrived in the capital on the afternoon of the 3rd, and the jazz headquarters sent six cars to pick up the plane.

The changes in the capital and the whole country are changing with each passing day, beyond the second ring road is a huge construction site, just past June 9th, the fourth ring road has been opened to traffic, outside the fourth ring has become a large construction site.

Relatively speaking, it is relatively quiet within the Second Ring Road, there are not many high-rise buildings, the closer to the Forbidden City, the lower the building, the intact old buildings are not allowed to move, and even the decoration has to be approved, including Zhou Quan's large courtyard with four entrances.

A few years ago, he bought seven or eight courtyards in his hands, and when he bought this four-entry courtyard, he told Zhang Li that he wanted to invest in a courtyard, but it was cheap anyway, and it didn't cost a few dollars.

His yards are all in the second and third rings, and there are three and two yards, including this four-entry yard, which are all repaired by Jazz Company, and professional repairs are required, as well as daily cleaning once a week.

The whole family lived in the courtyard of Sijin, Zhou Jianguo and Lin Yufen stayed for a few days and then returned to Changsha, and Zhou Quan would follow the Olympic bid team to Moscow to participate in the Olympic bid after a few days of rest.

I haven't come back for more than half a year, Zeng Li will definitely go to work at the Jazz headquarters for a while, and Zhou Jun and the others will also go to help, they also have part-time jobs at Jazz, which is considered a benefit to the family and can get a salary.

Entering the front yard from the Guangliang gate in the southeast corner, the yard was very clean, and before they came back, the Jazz Company had specially let people clean it.

Lots of luggage, good thing to have six drivers to help.

"Sister, it's so big here!"

Zhou Ling followed Zhou Ye around and around, what was the hanging flower door, what was the hand-copying verandah, she couldn't figure it out, she was already lost.

"Lingling, this is your room, I live next to it."

Zhou Ye took Zhou Ling into a room and said: "There are a total of four entrances in this compound, the front and back courtyards plus the two middle courtyards, I remember that there are seventy-two rooms in the ear room." We are the third in the West Wing, and your uncle lives in the main room.

By the way, this is the fourth entry, the fourth entry and the first entry into the front yard have no wings, only the inverted seat room and the back cover room, outside the back door is an alley, out of the alley, is the Forbidden City. ”

"Really? Sister, I haven't been to the Forbidden City yet, let's go and see it later? Zhou Ling said excitedly.

"Okay." Zhou Ye said with a smile.

As he was talking, Zhou Jianguo and Lin Yufen, who was holding little Zhou Yuan, came over, followed by a few drivers with suitcases.

After a busy time, settled down, it was time for dinner, Zhou Jianguo took a few people along the hand-copying verandah from the aisle next to the east ear room of the second entrance to the second entrance, Zhou Quan and Zhou Jun were talking in the Ming Hall of the second main room.

"Big brother, is this a real antique?"

As soon as Zhou Ling entered the hall, she saw several vases or something, and asked very curiously.

Zhou Ye said with a smile: "Your eldest brother likes to buy these things the most, and I don't know if it's true or not, and he hasn't asked anyone to identify them."

I remember that when my eldest brother returned to China in 92, he bought a lot of them in Xiangcheng and brought them back, and they are still in Changsha. ”

Zhou Jianguo said helplessly: "How many are these?" Your eldest brother has brought back thousands of these things from the United States over the years, all of which have been shipped back by container, and now they are all piled up in the warehouse, and I don't know how much it cost, and I don't know how many of them are real. ”

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "Dad, I have read some related books over the years, and I have some discriminating ability. It's cheap to buy these things in the U.S. anyway, and they don't understand the value of these things at all. But none of the things in this room are real, they are basically works of art. ”

Zhou Jianguo nodded and said: "There is no one at home, and there are usually people who come in and out to do maintenance, so they must not be real." ”

Zhou Quan looked at the room and said, "When I retire and settle down in the future, I'll find some old things to enrich here, and make some tables and cabinets for red sandalwood or something." ”

Zeng Li said: "Husband, there are several places to play these things in the capital, what Pan Jiayuan, Liulichang, Shili River, have you ever been there?" ”

"I don't go much, I've been to Liulichang twice, it's basically art and fakes, and the people who sell things there are connoisseurs, so I'm not interested." Zhou Quan said.

After chatting for a while, the family went out to eat.

The Jazz drivers had already left in one car, leaving them with five cars to spare, all parked in South Alley outside the gate.

I set up a big table in Donglaishun, and chatted while eating, talking about topics related to the changes in the capital.

(End of chapter)