A week has passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the course of the week, Richard has tried out more than 20 players sporadically, in all positions, and the teams are now suffering......

They had just decided to choose a certain newcomer who was valued by Richard, but the next day the latest news came, and when they looked at it, it seemed that this latest player valued by Richard did not seem to be good......

Anyway, the teams are suspicious.

……

June 27, the day before the draft began.

Richard and the Purdue Four met in Vancouver, Canada......

The name of the Purdue Four Boys is the nickname given by the media to the four Purdue players who participated in this year's draft.

Paul Pearce, Antoine Jamison, Mike Bibby and Larry Hughes.

"Coach, do the Trail Blazers have a chance to draft one of us this time?" As soon as they met, Paul Pierce couldn't wait to ask.

Richard smiled bitterly, he knew that the four young men of Purdue would ask this question.

He really couldn't answer, because he really didn't have a plan to choose these four people......

Bibby and Jamison both have high draft picks, Pierce and Larry Hughes, and Richard have a chance, but the key is that both are players who need the ball in their hands.

After coming to the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers' tactics could not have allowed them to have a lot of power to dominate the ball.

Let these two play without the ball in the Trail Blazers like Rashid or Robinson?!

It's likely to make their performance drop a lot......

This is quite bad for both the Trail Blazers and these players.

"This can only be left to fate, don't put too much hope in you......"

"Speaking of which, if you think about Rahim, Iverson and Dazhi, you will know that if you have the strength, you can mix anywhere!"

Pierce nodded: "Coach, don't worry, we will definitely not disgrace you!" ”

"No matter which team we go to, we will definitely be in control of that team, just like Iverson and Dazhi!"

"I've figured out that if I can't join the Trail Blazers, I want to be drafted by Boston, Chaunci needs me!"

Richard smiled and nodded, "Okay, don't talk so much, this is your West Lafayette gold medal!" ”

"I have only one request for you, if you take this gold medal, you are a real West Lafayette player, I hope you can unite!"

After that, Richard handed over the gold medals to the four young Purdue.

"I'm so looking forward to tomorrow's draft, the four of us coming out with gold medals, and it won't be long before we can rule the league!"

"It's finally going to be a draft, I've been waiting for a day for a long time!"

"Hopefully tomorrow we can all be selected by the team we want!" The four of them laughed.

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The next evening, Richard took Stevens into the room, and the draft began in an hour.

"Hey Lee, I haven't seen you for a few days, how do you feel like you've gotten fat?"

"Last season's harvest was so big, and when I was in a good mood, I naturally gained weight, if it were me, I guess I would be even fatter!"

"Lee, tell us about your draft goals? Let's open our eyes too......"

Some head coaches or team executives who have a good relationship with Richard immediately greeted Richard with a smile when they saw Richard coming.

Richard greeted each other with a smile, and Stevens came to the Trail Blazers' box, waiting for the official opening of the draft!

At eight o'clock in the evening, the draft meeting officially began after Stern's speech.

The boxes are busy, with many teams swapping or trading draft picks, and now they have to hand over their rosters to other teams.

Richard, on the other hand, was not so busy, just quietly waiting for his draft pick......

"I announce that the Los Angeles Clippers have selected Michael Olovocandi from the University of the Pacific with the first pick in the first round!" Stern read out the pick for the Clippers.

Richard couldn't help laughing, some fates are powerless to change by his little butterfly, such as the Clippers' choice of Olovo Candi......

Before the emergence of Kwame Brown and Bennett, Olovokandi was recognized as the second-best parallel player in league history.

As for the No. 1 parallel pick, named LaRue Martin, coincidentally, this is the top pick selected by the Trail Blazers in 1972, who only played four seasons in the NBA, averaging about 5 points and 4 rebounds per game, which is far inferior to Olovo Kandi.

……

Originally, Richard thought that because of his success and that of Purdue, Olovokandi would lose his qualification as the top pick.

After all, Olovocandi is not Duncan, he is not a sure candidate for the top pick, he can only be said to be the top favorite......

The Clippers still seem to be superstitious about the unspoken rules of the draft with a big draft, and did not use the precious No. 1 pick in their hands to select one of the four Purdue Less.

The Grizzlies saw that the Clippers chose Olovo Kandi, and they couldn't help but have a big rock fall in their hearts.

It's good if you didn't choose Bibi......

They already have a big man like Raheem on the team, and even if they have the top pick, they will not choose Olovokandi, but will choose point guard Mike Bibby.

Now that the Clippers didn't pick Biby, they naturally relaxed.

Being cut off in the draft was quite uncomfortable, but thankfully the Grizzlies didn't suffer from that dilemma.

"I announce that the Vancouver Grizzlies have selected Mike Bibby from Purdue University with the second pick in the first round!"

As soon as Stern announced the news, the whole audience burst into applause......

This draft was held on the home court of the Grizzlies, and the fans were naturally happy to see the team choose their favorite point guard Bibby!

The Grizzlies are actually quite extreme right now with the Philadelphia 76ers......

Why are you all 10,000 years old, you 76 people can suddenly rise, but we grizzly bears are still rolling in the mire!

Isn't it because you have a Purdue twin on your team?!

Well, we Grizzlies have a Purdue Twins too......

Bibby played with the gold medal of West Lafayette, which won the crazy shouts of the entire fans, as if they had seen the Grizzlies rise like the 76ers!

The 76ers are the little man Iverson and the big man, and the Grizzlies are the same, and the little man Bibby is the big man Rahim!

Everyone is a Purdue Twin, no matter how bad it is, how bad can it be......

……

"I announce that the Toronto Raptors have selected Antoine Jamison from Purdue University with the fourth pick in the first round!"

"I declare the Golden State Warriors to pick Vince Carter from the University of North Carolina with the fifth pick in the first round!"

After the Denver Nuggets selected Lafrenz with the third pick, the results of the fourth and fifth picks were hot again.

The top five picks are exactly the same as Richard's memory!

Next, when the draft is over, the Raptors and the Warriors should announce a rookie swap, and Jamison and Carter will swap owners......

This deal looks like the Warriors are losing money, after all, Carter's strength is better than Jamison's.

But given the situation of these two teams, the deal will undoubtedly be a win-win and beneficial for both parties.

After the Raptors selected Maddie last season, they didn't reuse Maddy, I don't know if they felt embarrassed by Maddie or something else......