The Godfather of Basketball

"You are robbing like this." Tang Tian said after a pause.

"The choice is yours." Dempsey was very calm. In this transaction, he was obviously at the top.

Members of the Cavaliers draft room were outraged.

Although Matthews was undrafted, he averaged 15.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 39% three-point shooting last season. In the selection of the best rookie, he was second only to Tyreke Evans of the Kings, let alone Tyreke Evans of the Kings. Stable play in the playoffs.

And still on a championship team, the future looks bright.

The Hornets are really robbing him if they want him.

Tang Tian took a deep breath.

In fact, after the brief contact with the teams after winning the championship, I knew that after working as the general manager for a year last year, other teams wanted to get more chips from him.

After all, he can be regarded as a disaster for the Kings and Clippers.

"Okay, but I want to withdraw the first-round pick for next year in the current plan. I can have more chips, but it is impossible to have no bottom line."

What Tang Tian said next surprised the people in the selection room.

Even though he got that person, the chips are really too big.

"No problem." Dempsey laughed out loud.

The first round of the Cavaliers was worthless. Turning that first round into Matthews is a huge profit.

After hanging up the phone, the deal between the two parties was finally concluded.

That's when Stern had just announced his No. 4 pick.

The Timberwolves selected Wesley Johnson.

At this moment, someone from the background came out to exchange a few words with Stern.

Stern looked surprised, but nodded quickly.

"A trade happened. The fifth pick in the 2009-2010 season belonged to the New Orleans Hornets. They had five minutes to choose."

When Stern then announced this sentence, the entire draft scene was fried.

what's the situation? !

Doesn't the fifth pick belong to the Cavaliers? How did it become a wasp?

trade?

When everyone looked at the big screen on the draft stage, their eyes were stunned.

After the Cavaliers fans were stunned, they all went crazy.

God!

How can it be!

In fact, not to mention Cavaliers fans, fans of other teams feel that the world is crazy.

The Cavaliers sent the fifth pick in 2010, the eleventh pick in 2010, Wesley Matthews, Louis Williams, and got Chris Paul from the Hornets and the second-round pick in 2011!

This chip is crazy!

Two lottery picks this year, plus a second-best rookie who averaged 15 points per game, and Louis Williams, who also averaged 15+ per game and had a 4-year cheap contract.

but……

but!

That's Chris Paul!

The 26-year-old No. 1 point guard in the league!

crazy!

Really crazy!

The league's No. 1 point guard and the league's No. 1 small forward are on the same team!

Although there were more chips than expected, after the draft was officially concluded, the Cavaliers' draft cabin was still excited.

Tang Tian left the hut with his mobile phone at this moment.

He had to say goodbye to Matthews.

This is what he did not expect.

"Wesley, I'm sorry..."

After hanging up the phone, Tang Tian sighed.

Matthews was in a bit of a bad mood.

When he was brought back from the undrafted scene, Tang Tian knew that he was a very hardworking person.

He had planned to keep his too.

But sometimes some things are really out of their control.

The other members in the hut were still cheering wildly.

Just won a championship.

Everyone outside basically feels that they will maintain the current lineup and continue to hit the championship.

Even based on this, some people are gloating.

The key veterans of the Cavaliers' rotation, O'Neal and Wallace, are both older, and O'Neal's contract has expired.

If one is not careful, everyone may break up directly.

But in fact, Tang Tian had planned a year ago, and made the layout early.

He didn't even think about which rookie to pick!

Because no matter who is selected, it takes time to develop. Cousins, George, Hayward, even if they get Wall, it is impossible to kill the Quartet in their rookie season, but James is at the peak, and it is obviously a bit wasteful to ask him to grow with rookies .

So last summer, he started to play a big game.

Getting O'Neal, Wallace, and a bunch of expiring contracts is just the first step.

After that, it is the second step to play badly or trade to get a high-ranking draft pick.

And the key step in his plan is Chris Paul.

The most suitable point guard for James, none of them.

In fact, this bargaining chip is higher than the bargaining chip that the Clippers traded for Paul in 2011 in the previous life.

Matthews ≤ Eric Gordon

Louis Williams \u003e Carman

No. 5 rookie \u003e No. 8 rookie

No. 11 rookie ≥ 2012 first-round pick

But the good news is that even though it is Paul after a serious injury, he has just signed a 4-year 68 million contract with the Hornets.

No matter what the future holds, at least until the summer of 2013, Paul will be a member of the Cavaliers.

One move of chess broke the deadlock completely, and gave people unlimited expectations and reverie.

The outside draft is still going on, and the Hornets used the fifth pick to select Cousins.

The situation in the first round after that was similar to Tang Tian's expectation.

Although there may be some slight changes in the draft, basically the people selected have not changed.

George went to the Pacers, Hayward to the Jazz.

The Hornets also used the No. 11 pick in their hands to select Aminu.

During this process, Tang Tian called Paul.

Paul is excited.

After so many years in the Hornets, Chandler, the former trident, was also traded away. The fifth place in the Western Conference in the 2007-08 season was already the peak. Last year, because of a major injury, he didn’t win the playoffs directly. beated.

But now he has arrived at the championship team, and he is also playing with his most familiar brother James. There is nothing more exciting for him than this.

The first round of the draft is over, followed by the second round.

"The No. 1 pick in the second round belongs to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and they have five minutes to think about it."

Stern has done his job and is now replaced by assistant Tatum.

"Don, do you really want to choose Hassan Whiteside? This guy is average in all aspects except for blocking shots." Jones finally confirmed to Tang Tian.

"It's enough to have a cap." Tang Tian nodded.

Whiteside is only 20 years old, but as a freshman at Marshall University, he has averaged 13.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.35 blocks per game.

An average of more than 5 blocks per game is indeed enough.

Tang Tian knew that Whiteside had experienced a lot in his previous life, and had also received the baptism of socialism.

But a large part of that is because the Kings and Grizzlies are ignorant.

Whiteside is a well-known inspirational player in his previous life. He has been trained well. It will definitely be a big surprise when Brown leaves the team.

After Tang Tian said that, Jones didn't say anything more.

Whiteside arrived at the scene, heard that he was selected first in the second round, and jumped on the stage directly.

It can be seen that this young boy is a very positive and optimistic person.

The second round went quickly.

With the Bucks picking shooting guard Darlington Hobson at No. 37, it was the Cavaliers' turn.