The Godfather of Basketball

Five minutes later, Tatum came backstage again to announce the Cavaliers' pick.

The Cavaliers selected Danny Green with this pick.

Green is a senior. He is 22 years old this year and has limited potential. However, as the captain of this year's NCAA champion University of North Carolina, he has a stable style of play, has certain immediate combat power, and has the potential to become a qualified bench player.

However, Tang Tian's expectations for Green are far more than that. In his previous life, Green was the Spurs' starting shooting guard, the iron "Huang Ama", a standard 3D player, and one of the most suitable players for James.

Of course, the premise is that he can use it. In fact, Green was also selected by the Cavaliers in his previous life, but he was abandoned for a year in the Cavaliers, and he gradually showed his power under Popovich.

The Timberwolves selected Nick Calathes, a 1.98-meter guard, with the 45th overall pick.

The 46th pick belongs to the Cavaliers themselves, and Tang Tian hesitated for a while.

As he said before, this year is a year with a very high rate of second-round picks. At this time, there are three people worthy of selection, Chase Budinger, AJ Price and Patrick Mills.

The three have their own characteristics. Budinger has the explosive power that is rare for white players, Price is an NBA-qualified backup point guard, and Mills is the most accurate three-pointer among the three.

Finally, under the balance, he chose Budinger.

Compared to the other two, Budinger's talent is better, even if he fails to stay in the Cavaliers in the end, he is still a good bargaining chip in the trade.

After selecting all four picks, Tang Tian gained a lot.

Because there is no suitable trading plan, they can start preparing to withdraw next.

After packing up their things, Dante's cell phone rang when they got up. After he answered it, he gave Tang Tian a slightly surprised look.

After hanging up the phone, he said, "It's the Rockets' call. They want to exchange Budinger with cash."

Hearing this news, Tang Tian remembered that Budinger's career started with the Rockets in his previous life.

"Not for sale!" He said without hesitation, this Morey is really thick-skinned, knowing that he is here, the Cavaliers are so cheeky to exchange, cash back!

Dante was about to make a call when Tang Tian suddenly remembered something and stopped him.

"If Morey is calling, tell him that if he wants Budinger, he can exchange it with Yi Jianlian."

Dante froze for a moment, this is obviously unrealistic, isn't it? Yi Jianlian is now the starting power forward of the championship team!

Tang Tian stretched out his hand to signal him to say that's it.

Dante called, and soon, he took the phone away from his ear.

After confirming that he hung up the phone, he smiled wryly and said, "Mo Lei is furious."

"Okay, let's go." Tang Tian said with a smile.

You want to rob me, I don't mind disgusting you.

After coming out of the draft hut, Tang Tian met with Thornton, Green and Budinger who came to the scene, and said some words of encouragement.

After the face-to-face meeting, Tang Tian was not in a hurry to leave the scene, but sat at the front of the scene.

"What are we doing?" Dante sat next to him with a puzzled look on his face. Tang Tian said in front of him that he was going to evacuate people, so why didn't he leave.

"Wait until the draft is over."

"..."

Dante didn't know what Tang Tian was going to do, but it wasn't long before the draft ended, so just wait.

About half an hour later, the last pick of the Heat selected Robert Dozier, and the 2009 NBA Draft officially came to an end.

The draft teams of each team have all left at this time, and the staff has also begun to withdraw.

Tang Tian also stood up at this time, but instead of going out, he walked forward.

A few meters away from his position, there was one sitting there with his head bowed.

Everyone else went out, and he seemed a little lonely by himself.

If you get closer, you can see that he is holding on to the stool with both hands, and he has already sunk into it.

Obviously, this is a player, but he fell out.

Dante saw Tang Tian stop behind this person, and understood why he had to wait till the end.

This is to wait for an undrafted pick.

"Wesley." Tang Tian called out the man's name.

The man raised his head after hearing this, his eyes were a little red, not sad, but angry and unwilling.

"This is the general manager and head coach of the Cavaliers, Tang Tian." Dante reacted quickly at this time, and immediately introduced.

Hearing this name, Matthews stood up from his seat with a "boo".

Although as an NCAA player, he doesn't know Tang Tian, ​​but anyone who is in contact with basketball in the United States must know this name.

Three consecutive championships, the godfather of the dynasty, no one knows!

"Are you interested in signing a non-guaranteed contract with the Cavaliers for three years?" Tang Tian said with a smile.

"Me?" Matthews was a little unbelievable, but immediately there was an unprecedented desire in his eyes.

At this time, not to mention the non-guaranteed contract, even the training camp contract is already a gift to him, so why would he consider so much.

Seeing Matthews' eyes like this, Tang Tian knew that the matter was settled.

In fact, he was afraid that Matthews was too ambitious, like the K.J. McDaniels he knew in his previous life, who knew he was capable and wanted to sign a one-year contract.

Now it seems that he is thinking too much.

"I'm very optimistic about you." Tang Tian smiled and patted Matthews on the shoulder, then turned his head to signal Dante to follow up.

Matthews looked more and more excited, being so affirmed by Tang Tian was the greatest encouragement for him.

It really was a moment from hell to heaven.

Back in Cleveland, Tang Tian asked Dante to deal with the rookie contract, and then began to prepare for the formation of the team.

Because he holds two positions, he has much more things to consider.

Originally, Cole was the perfect candidate. He was no problem as the team's deputy general manager, and the first assistant coach was more than enough, but it was a pity that the Suns took the lead.

Now we can only separate the two things.

He still has some experience in the coaching staff, so he found the official Cavaliers staff and asked him to send a league recruitment.

There are only 30 head coach positions in the NBA. Many coaches will be fired, and there is a lot of turnover. Just like his interview, there will always be a suitable candidate.

Even during the interview process, by the way, other teaching assistants can also be dealt with.

Things with the coaching staff have started smoothly, but as for the managerial team, he really doesn't have much experience in this area.

But at this moment, he remembered the few words he had exchanged with Thibodeau during the draft.

Jones, the Rockets' deputy general manager, appears to have been fired.

Jones has worked for the Rockets for more than ten years, so he must have rich experience in this area, and he just happened to understand what's going on.

I made a call with Thibodeau. He asked for Jones' number, called him, and after confirming that the other party was at home, he asked Dante to buy a plane ticket to Houston.