No one knows what the boss did that night.

Anyway, as Popovich expected, when he got up the next day and returned to San Antonio in the Houston sun, his assistants called him to tell him that he was now ready to trade! There are already a number of teams willing to trade with the Spurs!

Sure enough, money can make the devil grind, and the teams that didn't want to see the Spurs yesterday are now extremely enthusiastic.

What mess of the "anti-Spurs league"? Is it a scum......

Popovich is now rushing back to San Antonio, and based on his discussions with Qin Yan Duncan and others, as well as some situations within the team, he already has some specific trade ideas in his heart.

However, whether these ideas can be realized or not requires specific operations.

At the very least, those things need to be done before the draft and the contracts of the players under him expire.

After this year's draft, the Spurs don't have many draft picks, except for the 30th pick in the first round, the Spurs also have the 58th overall pick and the 60th overall pick in the second round.

To be honest, the Spurs have not had a high draft pick for more than a decade in the new century, and they are all corners.

And among Popovich's favorite trade partners, it is the Suns who have the most draft picks and the most draft picks this year!

The Suns have four picks in the first round, No. 14, No. 16, No. 18, and No. 27, as well as the No. 50 pick in the second round.

Draft tyrants, draft tyrants, although the Suns' draft picks are not high, but the numerical advantage is also remarkable.

The first thing Popovich did when he returned to San Antonio was to trade the Timberwolves' 28th and 60th second-round picks for the same second-round pick.

The Timberwolves also have a lot of draft picks this year, and they don't pay much attention to the second round, which is only the second round anyway.

After all, the Timberwolves are not the kind of team that can be searched for in the second round, and for the second round, they care more about quantity.

Of course, if it's a first-round pick, that's another story, especially if you have multiple high-ranking lottery picks, it's definitely a good idea.

As for Popovich's 38th overall draft pick, it means nothing else, it's just to make his chips a little more attractive.

Popovich believes in the principle of getting the most out of the least effort.

"Hmm...... Looks like we need to bring a group of people in. ”

Looking at the bunch of trading plans in front of him, Popovich always felt that it was a little not cost-effective, and he felt that if he could do it in one step, he should not spend more effort, so this time, he decided to play a big one.

Open a three-way transaction!

That's right, it's a three-way deal, and only a three-way deal can complete Popovich's goal in one go in the fastest time!

But with whom do you make a three-way deal? This is something to consider.

Timberwolves? No, they're not interested, Knicks? Forget it, they don't have the goods in their hands...... I'm going, isn't there a team to trade?

Just when Popovich was upset, suddenly, someone called him.

"Hello? I'm Greg, huh? Want to trade? ”

Popovich came to the spirit, this is really sleepy and someone sent a pillow, so someone took the initiative to send it to the door?

“…… You don't have enough chips, and neither of us can be satisfied, so I have a better way here, so ......"

Popovich began to fool the general manager of the team on the other side, and it was clear from the expression on his face that this time, he was likely to succeed.

A day later, a three-way trade news came out, of course, this news is not particularly exciting, if it were not for the Spurs involved, maybe this news would not have been noticed.

The Spurs, Suns and Clippers completed a three-way trade together.

The Spurs sent away Dio, Split, and the 38th draft pick from the Timberwolves.

The Suns sent PJ Tucker, Okafor, and a 27th pick in the first round.

The Clippers sent Dudley, Barnes, and the 28th pick in the first round.

Well, this scene looks like the three of them are almost the same, and for the three of them, it can be said to be a win-win situation!

Now let's take a look at what they get.

The Spurs got Tucker for the Suns, Barnes for the Clippers, and the 28th pick in the first round.

For the Spurs, although they sent away the team's interior double substitutes, Tucker was an all-round defensive player, not to mention Barnes, who was also ruthless defensively, and these two directly strengthened the Spurs' already very strong defense.

The current Spurs seem to be reproducing the defensive ability of the top two in the league back then!

The Sun got their coveted spiritual leader, Dio, as one of the representatives of the most powerful and gorgeous Sun period, the return of Dior, for the young people of the Sun, is a kind of inheritance. What's more, there is Dudley of the Clippers and the 38th draft pick of the Spurs, in fact, it doesn't matter if you want this pick, the Suns have too many picks this year, if it weren't for the fact that they can't get the picks in the front, the Suns are estimated to be able to stage a wholesale scene of more picks for one.

The Clippers got two tall and powerful interior benches, an Okafor, a Split, and the Suns' No. 27 draft pick, for the Clippers, these two interior benches are very useful, can share the pressure of Jordan Jr. and Griffin, especially Griffin has had a major injury, and has played a lot in recent seasons, in order to protect him, the Clippers' uniform team is also struggling.

No, Okafor, who once won the Rookie of the Year award, and Split, who is known as the Spurs' "strongest standing defense", these two are definitely qualified interior substitutes, and their arrival has raised the depth and thickness of the Clippers' interior to another level.

For all three teams, they are all quite happy with their deals, and it is difficult to say who has taken advantage of them, after all, all three teams have completed the reinforcements.

Of course, if you look at it from the perspective of reasonable allocation, the Spurs and Clippers are obviously better, after all, one strengthens the outside and the other strengthens the inside, only the Suns are not particularly obvious.

However, for a team that has been restructured during the period, it is actually very good to get a strong player and a spiritual leader, not to mention that Dudley and Dio are both types that can be three or four, and for the Suns, they can also adapt to the tactics perfectly.

Well, the Spurs finally have two round-first-round picks in their hands, and on June 26, they can finally make a move.

Ready, it's all about draft day!