The Godfather of Basketball

This year is not a big draft year, but there is no suspense about the No. 1 pick.

From Duke University, the coquettish Kyrie Irving basically locked the No. 1 pick in advance.

For the Clippers, they already have a strong inside line like Griffin in their formation, and the arrival of Irving happens to form a twin star.

This draft is called a young draft year, but Tang Tian knows that Klay Thompson, Kawhi Leonard, and Jimmy Butler are all in this draft. Butler is what he has to win.

"Good evening, gentlemen and ladies, and welcome to the 2011 NBA Draft..."

Stern is on the draft floor again.

He is nearly seventy years old, and this year's lockout has made him look more and more haggard. There are rumors that he may choose to retire after the lockout, but during the turbulent period, he still showed his iconic smile on the draft scene.

"The No. 1 pick in the 2011 NBA draft belongs to the Los Angeles Clippers, and they have five minutes to think about it."

When Stern announced the result, the Clippers fans cheered excitedly.

This is the second time they have won the No. 1 lottery in four years.

The result was no surprise, the Clippers chose Kyrie Irving with the No. 1 pick in their hands.

Owen came to the stage with a happy face.

Although not as famous as the Lakers in the same city, the Clippers are also in Los Angeles after all, which is the biggest stage for his ballooning skills.

The second pick, the Timberwolves, still maintained their usual poor draft vision and selected Derrick Williams.

The Jazz selected Enes Kanter with the third overall pick.

The Heat selected Tristan Thompson with the fourth overall pick.

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The subsequent choices were almost the same as those in Tang Tian's previous life impression.

The Warriors selected Klay Thompson, one of the future Splash Brothers, with the 11th overall pick.

The Morris brothers were picked off by the Suns and the Rockets successively.

The Spurs traded George Hill from the Pacers for the 16th pick in the first round, and later used him to select Kawhi Leonard.

At this point in the draft, the most popular rookies have basically been picked.

Some fans at the scene began to leave the field, after all, the draft was young.

However, the atmosphere in the Cavaliers' office is somewhat dignified.

Their attempts still had no good results.

There seemed to be only two roads to choose from before Tang Tian.

Either give up Butler, or contact Popovich, and use Green to exchange the Spurs' No. 28 pick and add head.

However, after two years of training, Green has already developed a fairly mature combat capability. He also contributed a lot to Terry's defense in last year's finals. It is not worthwhile to just replace a rookie Butler.

After all, Butler is not the kind of rookie with strong immediate combat power, and Green's role in the Cavaliers is currently unreplaceable.

Can I just give up?

If Butler is given up, Chandler Parsons can be selected with the 30th overall pick.

Parsons' immediate combat ability is stronger than Butler's, and he is also a very good choice.

But Butler, the future super giant, is still a little unwilling to miss him like this.

"The 25th pick belongs to the Orlando Magic, and they have five minutes to think about it."

At this moment, Stern announced the ownership of the 25th pick in the first round.

Magic?

When Tang Tian heard this, a light flashed in his head.

Lewis was pardoned by the Magic last season, and they now lack a space-type four with three-point ability, which is also standard for Howard.

The Cavaliers now have two space-type fours, Anderson and Frye.

Anderson is the Cavaliers regular season starter, and Frye is an important rotation, but in the playoffs, the defensive problems of the two are too obvious, and there are not many opportunities to play.

And in the case of Anderson, he played for the Magic in the new season in his previous life, and he is now in the fourth year of his rookie contract, so he has to consider renewing his contract after this year.

"Contact the Magic and use Anderson and next year's first round offer for their No. 25 pick." Tang Tian said to Dante quickly.

Anderson, whose contract is about to expire, obviously can't impress the Magic. Now that time is limited, he can only spend a lot of money.

Dante didn't ask any further questions and got in touch right away.

Jones hesitated to speak at this time, and finally did not speak.

The entire draft room was extremely quiet, only Dante's voice remained.

Three minutes later, Dante put down the phone, and he let out a long breath.

"The Magic agreed."

The 25th pick in the first round is still a young draft year, but the value is actually very low.

Under normal circumstances, the Cavaliers will definitely be able to trade with this year's 30th overall pick and a second-round pick.

Other teams don't want the Cavaliers to become stronger, but after the Magic lost Rashard Lewis, they also need Ryan Anderson very much.

And exchanging a first-round plus season's starting power forward for a small year's first-round end, it doesn't look like a reinforcement deal.

Tang Tian let out a long breath.

The next pick belongs to the Bulls. Before the draft, some news broke that the Bulls also had a soft spot for Butler, and they also chose Butler in their previous life.

One pick, the last two minutes, this feeling is really a bit like the buzzer on the court.

"A trade happened, the Cleveland Cavaliers got the 25th pick in the first round, and they had five minutes to think about it."

After Stern went out, the deal was announced.

"Hey! Hey!"

Not long after that, the staff at the draft site knocked on the door.

Dante handed over the envelope with the results already written.

After a while, when Stern came out again, he was already holding the envelope containing the results.

Looking at the old man who was nearly seventy years old, Tang Tian felt very cordial at the moment.

Butler!

A swingman on the front line, a defensive champion at the beginning of his career, and an All-Star player who will grow up in the future!

A 25th pick was selected. This is not a second-round pick, but it is an absolute low-ranking Taobao!

"I'll go out for a while. If it's the 30th overall pick, it's fine to choose according to the original plan."

Tang Tian said, and went straight out of the draft room.

"The 25th pick in the first round of 2011, the Cleveland Cavaliers selected..."

They walked out of the hut and walked a passage to the arena. They were on the second floor. After they came out, they could just overlook the entire draft site.

"Jimmy Butler, 2'03 small forward from Marquette."

When Stern announced the result, the Cavaliers fans who came to the scene cheered excitedly.

But Tang Tian's eyes were on the sidelines.

Butler didn't make it to the green room this year, sitting courtside with his adoptive parents and good brother Jordan Leslie.

After hearing that he was selected with the 25th pick, his adoptive parents screamed excitedly, and then shed tears of excitement and excitement.

Their family background is very poor. Before they adopted Butler, they had to raise four children. The final decision to keep Butler was more due to the persistence of his children.

And after adopting Butler, they had the strictest requirements on Butler, requiring him to be the second best for the children in everything he did.

Now, all their hard work has paid off.

Butler smiled and hugged his adoptive parents and good brothers. After receiving the Cavaliers cap handed over by the staff, he took a deep breath and walked towards the stage.