Before the draft, the first thing the Bucks did was to announce the extension of head coach George Carr.

This season's championship not only made up for many's regrets, but also saved Carl's future in Milwaukee.

The Bucks offered Karl a four-year, $30 million contract extension, which catapulted him to become the highest-paid head coach on the roster.

Yu Fei has not been idle, and has been following up on the Bucks' draft work.

According to Yu Fei's opinion, the Bucks tried out Zaza Pachuria. The results were neither surprising nor disappointing, he was the kind of guy who wrote his strengths and weaknesses on a scouting report.

Slow speed, short hands, poor athleticism, but the sense of position and awareness on the inside are very good, there are strategy attributes, and you can shoot a few baskets, and you can't find fault with the mental attributes.

Karl preferred the Polish Maciej Lampe C to Pachuria.

When general manager Larry Harris set his draft target on Pachuria, Karl thought the general manager, who didn't deal with him, was deliberately asking for trouble, "You're going to give me at least three reasons to choose Georgians." ”

"Yes." Harris Jr. said, "This is Frye's suggestion, and Frye likes him, and Frye wants him. ”

Carl didn't know what to say for a while.

He wanted to say, Frye is a stinky baller, what does he know?

But this stinky player took the team to the top of the league and won the championship within a year.

So even if he says you're a dog, George Karl, and he only deserves to eat, Carl has to bite the bullet and say that is delicious if he wants to continue doing it here.

"But the Georgian doesn't have any athleticism, he can't even shoot three-pointers, I really don't know what he can do to the team!" Karl said angrily, "It's crazy that such a person has such a high draft market (early to mid-second round)!" ”

Harris Jr. looked at Carl like he was retarded, he didn't care who was more suitable for the Bucks Pachulia or Lampey, he just knew that he worked for the boss, and the boss asked him to meet everything he needed to fly.

"We still have a second-round pick." Carl found that he couldn't resist, so he could only comply, and then put his mind on the 29th pick in the second round, "I have a candidate." ”

Harris Jr. smiled playfully like a fishing friend who saw a fish bite the hook: "Frye also has a choice. ”

"He just retired and became president!" Karl shouted.

Carl complained a few words, but did not ask Harris Jr. to choose people according to his own ideas, since Yu Fei has his own ideas, then let him go, anyway, it is the end of the first round and the end of the second round, and it is nothing if the selection is broken.

"Travis Knight must get out!" Carl and Harris Jr. reconciled the old score, "I didn't want him to come at all, and he really didn't work!" ”

Harris Jr. sighed: "If we don't eat his contract, New York won't shoot Spree." ”

"Now he has the last year left on his contract, and he can be reused!" Carr didn't back down and said, "I'm going to take charge of this deal!" ”

One of the benefits of a champion is that it can alleviate internal conflicts.

Carl and Harris Jr. were originally in a state of sabre-rattling, but after winning the championship, Sprewell's value was proven, so the thorn in Travis Knight's side became acceptable. What's more, Mason has proven his worth this year, and Harris Jr. no longer has to take responsibility for the operation of the offseason last year - if he has to bear anything, he has to bear part of the credit for winning the championship, and the Bucks will definitely not be able to win the championship without him signing Mason to withstand Duncan (but not withstanding it).

The championship cooled the atmosphere between Carl and Harris Jr.

They were able to exchange ideas through face-to-face communication, and Harris Jr. agreed with Carl's desire to trade Travis Knight: "I don't have a problem. ”

"That's right!" Karl asked curiously, "Aren't we the penultimate pick in the second-round pick?" Who did Frye recommend? ”

If you want to blame for this, you have to blame Pat Riley.

On the night after winning the championship, Yu Fei temporarily extended the program time to four hours in order to make up for the thirsty fans who were hungry due to the suspension of radio programs during the playoffs. As a result, he heard a lot of strange questions, one of which was about Riley's suggestion that the No. 23 jersey be retired across the league.

This question makes Yu Fei abstractly remind, Heat soul Udonis Haslem is also a rookie in 2003, right? If memory serves, he seems to have lost the draft.

In other words, the Bucks can use the "priceless" reverse pick in their hands to draft him and make the Heat lose the team's soul.

The team lacks an inside line, and the selection of Haslem can also indirectly retaliate against Riley, and by the way, make the reverse champion sign worth the money, which kills three birds with one stone.

So Yu Fei sent a text message to little Harris after doing the radio show, vividly expressing his love for Haslem, if he hadn't shown that he was heterosexual, it was estimated that people would think that he had other thoughts about Haslem.

Since the Bucks have all the draft picks in their hands, once the selection is confirmed, there are no distractions.

Karl, for his part, is targeting the Los Angeles Clippers on the trade market.

With eight players on the Clippers' roster going to free agency this summer, it's safe to assume that Sterling will give Elton Brand a long-term contract at most.

Carl's eyes fell on the Clippers' third-year guard Quentin Richardson.

As a No. 2 position, Richardson has a strong ability to break through, but his shooting percentage is not high, and his defense is all about personal will, and he had a bad competition with Andre Miller last season, and both played badly.

This made the Clippers determined to give up Miller, and at the same time, the attitude towards Richardson was passable, and the only reason he could stay with the team was that his rookie contract was not over and it was cheap.

Carl sent Travis Knight and veteran point guard Kevin Ollie to the Clippers, as well as second-round picks in 2004 and 2006 in hopes of acquiring Quentin Richardson.

Knight may be poison for other teams, but for the Clippers, who are desperate for 2004 salary space, there is merit in this expiring contract for next season.

The Clippers have set their sights on free agency in 2004, when Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant will become a free agent, and if he and O'Neal are as closely matched as rumored, they could take advantage of it.

What's more, what the Bucks want is Quentin Richardson?

When he heard this offer, Baylor felt that there were still many stupid people in the world.

The day before the draft began, the Bucks made a deal with the Clippers.

The Clippers sent away unaccomplished child laborers, got an expiring junk contract, a veteran and two second-round picks that were better than nothing, and the Bucks got a high point guard who shot 38 percent, and both sides felt they had earned it and thought the other was stupid.

Hearing that Carl took Kevin Ollie and Travis Knight back for a high point guard, Yu Fei's mood did not fluctuate.

He and Ollie and Knight were all ordinary colleagues, and when they were gone, he would give nothing but verbal blessings.

But who is this Quentin Richardson?

He didn't know.

But there is no need to delve into it, after all, the players who can be exchanged for Knight and Ollie, as long as they can bring a little contribution on the field, they are not a loss.

That night, Yu Fei received a voice text message from LeBron James at home.

"Frye, will you represent the Bucks in the MSG draft tomorrow?"

Generally speaking, players don't come to the draft, it's a management show, and it's not good for him to steal the limelight.

After all, it was hard for people to wait until the end of the season, and they were finally going to show their faces, what did he go to join in?

However, as James's eldest brother and younger brother are in need, how can he not come to the scene to support him?

Although it is inconvenient for him to support James as the Bucks, it is still okay to go to the scene to help him as James's big brother.

This is what a big brother should do.

How can you be the chosen one if you don't look like a brother or a brother?

26 June 2003

On the eve of the draft, LeBron James had a long dream.

He dreamed that he was back in his small room in Akron, he was hungry and cold, he didn't have a father by his side, his mother was working outside, and there were quarrels outside the house from time to time, and then, he heard a woman's plea for mercy, followed by gunshots, and soon after, sirens and shouts filled the community.

James was awakened by the horrible dream.

Now that he lives in the Marriott hotel that Nike arranged for him, he will no longer have those uncertainties and dangers in his life, and he has enough talent to create a better world for his mom and friends.

This is what keeps him going, and he doesn't let his family, and his children, live in that environment.

Looking at the time, it was not yet six o'clock.

James received a voice reply from "Big Brother".

"I'm going to be there, LeBron, and I'm going to be the first champion in history to have an MVP as a member of the family and friends group."

James laughed, and Frye always liked to joke.

He was often amused, but sometimes, he felt that Frye was making too many jokes.

You know, once you make too many jokes, you lose some kind of boundary.

As far as James knows, his big brother often makes jokes without boundaries on the court.

For a year, the media's portrayal of Frye made James suspect that he didn't know the man at all.

Frye under the Fourth Estate's narrative is a terrible thug, a rebel who disrespects his predecessors and a radical egalitarian. But James really couldn't put those hats on Fry, who wasn't the one he knew.

Hearing that Yu Fei was going to the scene to support James, as the henchman of the little emperor, Maverick Carter had some thoughts: "Today is your big day, Bron (Bron/nickname) (1), Frye may steal your limelight." ”

James smiled lightly: "Don't think nonsense, MC, no one can steal my draft pick." ”

(1) Bron is pronounced more like Brown, but the name is not recognizable, so I use Bloom.

(End of chapter)