Just when Green Kai was chatting with the Clippers management, the Lakers management suddenly became in a hurry!

"Quick! Inform the Hornets that we are going to Corey Kidders with the 13th pick."

Jerry West, who has always looked gentle and elegant on weekdays, is a little out of shape at the moment, because their target has been cut off!

Truncated by Richard!

Originally, West thought that when the 12th pick was finished, they would give Kobe's list to the Hornets, let the Hornets use their 13th pick to win Kobe, and then exchange Kobe Bryant with the team's starting center, Divac!

They have basically confirmed that O'Neill will join the team, so the center Divac is naturally of little use, and it is better to trade it for a lotto pick......

But now with Richard's involvement, West's plan has been completely disrupted!

He also knows that the Trail Blazers got the Nets' No. 8 pick!

But he, like Adelman and the others, thought that Richard's target was Brad Miller!

The elegant West was panicked at the moment, he didn't expect that besides him, there were people who were interested in this high school guard!

What's even more terrifying is that as far as he knows, Kobe Bryant has never tried out the Trail Blazers at all!

Why?!

Why did Richard choose Kobe?!

The shock in West's heart was incomprehensible, but even if he panicked, he still forced himself to calm down, and he couldn't mess around!

They also tried out Kidders and knew that Kidders was also a pretty good point guard.

It's just that they didn't take Kidders as their first choice, mainly because Kidders' predicted pick was too high, and the Lakers didn't trade such a high pick.

When Hornets' newly appointed coach Cowens learned that the Lakers were going to pick Kidels, he wasn't surprised.

At that time, the Lakers almost begged the Hornets for two months, from the beginning of May to the end of June, and the Hornets finally saw that the Lakers were really sincere, plus selling the legendary West a face, and finally agreed to the Lakers' trade request the day before the draft began!

Now that the Lakers are going to use this lottery pick to select Kidders, Cowens feels that the Lakers have definitely made money......

The Lakers' chip Divac is not a great chip, and he can draw a high-quality newcomer like Kidders, anyway, Cowens feels that the Lakers have made money in this wave of operations.

……

Richard saw that the Hornets chose Kidders with the thirteenth pick, and knew in his heart that this was a temporary choice for the Lakers.

For this choice of the Lakers, Richard is still quite optimistic......

Kidders' strength is not bad, and he can average 16.4 points per game in his rookie season, which is also the top existence among the star-studded rookies in the class of '96, and is completely worthy of his pick......

Even if he can rise normally, not to mention that he can catch up with Kobe, at least he is at the level of a first-line quarterback in the league.

The only thing is injury......

After his first two standout seasons, Kidders was plagued by injuries and ended up performing year after year, and eventually retired after seven or eight seasons.

But now that his fate has been changed, no one can say what he can do in the future!

Not to mention anything else, after he arrived at the Lakers, he must have started off the bench, because the Lakers' current backcourt strength is not weak, and he is estimated to not get too many opportunities to play like Kobe Bryant in the first two seasons......

Maybe because the first two seasons are not very physically taxing, and the later ones will not be plagued by injuries.

……

Peja and Nash, who were drafted with the 14th and 15th picks, respectively, and the 16th picks were the Hornets, selected the little-known point guard Tony Deck......

Regarding the Hornets' plan to dispose of these two draft picks, Richard was secretly distressed.

If you think about it, it seems that if they had joined the Hornets, it would have been a good choice, after all, they have two first-round picks directly in their hands, and the picks are not low......

"I announce that the Portland Trail Blazers selected Jermaine O'Neal from Oclair High School with the seventeenth pick in the first round!"

The scene of the "up......roar" was another uproar, and the Trailblazers chose a high school player!

And this player is so young that he is only seventeen and a half years old!

Kobe Bryant, who was just selected with the No. 8 pick in the first round, actually produced a record at the moment of selection, that is, the youngest player in the history of the draft, today's Kobe Bryant is actually under the age of 18, and his birthday is the end of August, so he is now 17 years old with 10 months!

But Kobe's record, which only lasted for half an hour, was broken by O'Neal Jr.!

Little O'Neill's birthday is October!

"God! Richard wouldn't think it was NCAA, would he? Choosing such a young high school student?"

"He may not have adapted to the rhythm of the NBA and ignored the fact that the NBA is a game for adults......"

"I'm still saying the same thing, Richard is a madman!"

For this choice of the Trailblazers, everyone is not optimistic, because O'Neal Jr. is too young!

The uproar at the scene did not make Richard have any expression on his face.

Richard was thinking, what kind of expression would these people have when they knew that Kobe Bryant was also won by himself? I guess it's even more surprising than it is now!

With two precious first-round picks, two underage ...... were selected in a row

……

O'Neal Jr. came to the Trail Blazers for a tryout in mid-June, and the results of the tryout were not particularly satisfactory, but Richard still resolutely took him off.

If you take off the Martial Saint next season, and after two seasons, you will pick up Artest, and the protagonists of the Auburn Hills Palace incident will be alive......

……

After taking off O'Neill Jr., Richard waited quietly for Big Ben......

If there really is any team that is willing to sign Big Ben with a first-round pick when Big Ben is injured and he didn't participate in the trial, it can only mean that this team is willing to reuse Big Ben!

This is true love......

And this situation is completely acceptable to Richard!

What he couldn't accept was that his disciple went to someone else's team and became a water cooler guardian on the bench!

……

Soon, all 29 picks in the first round were selected!

Richard's heart tugged, whether he can get the big book depends on the next few choices!

The Timberwolves' draft pick is the fourth pick in the second round!

A few minutes later, Richard breathed a sigh of relief because none of the top three picks in the second round had chosen Big Ben.

"I announce that the Minnesota Timberwolves selected Ben Wallace from Purdue University with the fourth pick in the second round!"

The voice of Adam Shaw, vice president of the alliance, sounded like heaven to Richard!

By the time Big Ben was taken off, this draft was over for Richard and the Trail Blazers!

The only thing they have to do is help Cary Perry pick his favorite second-round player......

Everything went smoothly and nothing unexpected happened!

There is no situation where people have been cut off!

It's a good start!

"I hope that the future NBA journey will be as smooth as today's draft!" Richard thought with a smile.