Chapter 687: Wo Shen's overnight popularity
Miles was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that Conley was more valuable, but why did Richard choose a Kwame Brown.
At the moment, Kwame Brown can still play the ball, but now in a garbage team like the Grizzlies, he can't mix up the starters, and his value may not be much greater than a mid-second round pick.
"By the way, by the way, let the Grizzlies exchange the '08 second-round pick with our second-round pick, and I just don't bother to find other teams to waste time." Richard commanded again.
It just so happened that the Buccaneers' second-round pick of 30 picks was not enough to select Dragic, and now that the Grizzlies were sent to the door, Richard simply asked the Grizzlies to replace this second-round pick.
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Three days later, the Grizzlies made a deal with the Warriors, sending Conley plus the recalcitrant Darrell Arthur in exchange for a 10-year first-round pick and this year's second-round pick.
Richard is quite satisfied with this, the Warriors' first-round pick will certainly not be very high, but it will not be low, and it will definitely come in handy when the time comes.
As for Richard's proposal to trade the Grizzlies' second-round pick with a second-round pick, the Grizzlies management was a little reluctant.
After all, their Grizzlies have the fifth pick in the second round, and they can almost be used as the bottom pick in the first round......
After asking Richard, they took a second-round pick from the Warriors and used the Warriors' second-round pick to trade Richard.
Since then, the deal between the Grizzlies and the pirates regarding Paul has been preliminarily reached.
However, this deal will definitely not be officially announced at the moment, because the draft is not over yet, the door to the trade market has not yet opened, and it is impossible to sign a contract now.
The Pirates sent Paul and his '08 second-round pick with the 30th pick, Kwame Brown from the Grizzlies, the '08 first-round pick No. 5, and the '08 second-round pick 14th pick plus a 10-year first-round pick from the Warriors.
If you really want to talk about it, in fact, the old Nelson of the Warriors this time is the biggest winner.
They almost only used a first-round pick to exchange for a potential point guard like Conley, who was almost in the middle of the first round, and the value of this first-round pick was definitely there, but it was quite cost-effective to trade for Conley.
Nelson Sr. also likes a low-key and hard-working player like Conley, with solid fundamentals.
Of course, the Buccaneers and Grizzlies didn't lose either.
"Miles, get the deal out to Woj, we need the whole league to know about it, and then further expand the benefits of this deal." Richard said with a smile.
"He? Is that the reporter named Adrian? Miles said with a frown.
He didn't have a good impression of the reporter named Adrian, who in his opinion was too utilitarian, and had created several opportunities to meet Richard and himself a few times before, just to get some first-hand information from him.
Now Richard is going to take the initiative to reveal the news to this Adrian.
"That's right, this reporter will be our mouthpiece in the future, and some information that we are not convenient to convey is best conveyed through him." Richard said with a smile.
The reporter that Richard is talking about, fans in later generations are quite clear, that is, the famous Woshen.
In '07, that is, last season, Woshen resigned from ESPN and began playing for Yahoo Sports.
Last season, Woshen looked for Richard many times, after all, Richard is the most popular head coach in this league, if he can catch Richard's line, Woshen's work will be extremely smooth.
The current Woshen is still not famous, just a nobody.
However, if he reported on the Grizzlies' deal with the pirates about Paul, it would probably be enough for him to be hot in the old American sports circle.
After all, no one knows about this news at the moment, except for the management of both sides......
Woshen poked out some exciting news from time to time in later generations, which aroused the reverence of fans, but in Richard's view, Woshen is actually roughly similar to the role of the team's mouthpiece.
There are some things that the team is not convenient to announce on their own, such as the current deal, Richard wants the whole league to know that the deal has been made for his next step.
But he couldn't come forward in this matter, and had to let a third party come forward to announce the news.
At this point in time, Woshen is a good microphone, and he can convey the information he wants the outside world to know.
And Richard now wants Woshen to be this mouthpiece, not other reporters, in fact, because Woshen has a good reputation in later generations.
No matter how much news was broken, Woshen never revealed his source, which is something that Richard values a lot.
If you look for another reporter, you might find out that this is the news that the pirates have exposed themselves, and it will be embarrassing......
Miles took the order and went to find the god of Wo to deliver the news.
At six o'clock in the evening of the same day, Woshen directly broke out the details of this major transaction in the Yahoo Sports column!
This directly turned the NBA circle into a sleepless night tonight, and Richard received countless phone calls, including those from the Bulls.
The Bulls were actually very confident in their chips, thinking that Richard would definitely choose them as a trade target, but they waited left and right, but waited for such cruel news.
Richard did not respond positively to inquiries from these teams, all saying that he was busy......
This kind of reply can be regarded as telling these teams that the news that Woshen broke is true!
After the mouths of the management of these teams, various media also confirmed that there was nothing wrong with this column of Yahoo Sports, and the Grizzlies and the Buccaneers actually reached a deal.
Although it is not yet known whether the content of the transaction is true, but looking at the conclusive appearance of Wo Shenyan, there should be little difference.
What does it mean to become popular overnight? Wo Shen is called an overnight hit.
When the whole league was being kept in the dark, a small columnist from Yahoo Sports directly broke the news of the deal, which directly put Woshen into the field of vision of various media and fans.
The next day, Woshen appeared on TV, and when asked by the host about the source, Woshen smiled shyly and did not answer the question.
No matter how the host asked, Wo Shen just didn't speak......
This is where Richard values the god of Wo, and if he is a showy reporter, he may be able to sell the pirates on TV.
Anyway, now that the news has been successfully released, Richard can now start working on his next steps.
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The Timberwolves first contacted Richard to see if the Pirates were willing to trade a draft pick with them.
That is, their third draft pick in exchange for the Buccaneers' No. 5 pick, helping each other pick each other, of course, that requires a little bit of favor from the Buccaneers.
Richard must have rejected the Timberwolves without saying a word, and now the Timberwolves still owe them a '09 first-round pick to the Pirates, and this No. 5 pick Richard is useful, and he will definitely not exchange it with the Timberwolves.
If the bulls have such a need, then Richard is estimated to be able to agree, but as long as the bulls don't have sulfuric acid in their heads, they will definitely not take the champion lottery to change the list of eyes, unless their boss is completely in love with Richard, and he has to love the kind that can't extricate himself.
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After waiting for a few days, Richard saw that the target he was targeting did not take the initiative to find him, so he simply asked Miles to take the initiative to contact the other party.
Richard's target now is the SuperSonics.
He wants to sell the No. 5 pick he has to the SuperSonics in exchange for the SuperSonics' first-round pick next year, and by the way, one more first-round pick for the SuperSonics......
This No. 5 pick is actually quite tempting for the superSonics, that is, the Thunder.
If they can get the No. 5 pick, they'll have a No. 4 pick plus a No. 5 pick in this year's draft.
They could use those two picks to select Willis and Love.
These two people are alumni of the university, if they win these two people at the same time, they basically don't need to run in, and these two people can directly lead the rise of the thunder.
And for these two players, it is actually a good thing, after all, there is a brother in the team to take care of, and with the two working together, it is impossible for the old players to provoke these two newcomers.
I'm afraid that as soon as they enter the team, they will be the hegemon of the team.
However, this matter is quite risky for Richard, because if the Thunder is given the No. 5 pick, the Thunder may rise next season, which will lead to their low first-round pick in 09, which will be a bit painful.
Richard had a bold idea in mind to maximize the Thunder's '09 draft pick and minimize the risk of this trade.
Of course, Richard needs to have a good chat with the Thunder boss about this idea.