As the dust settles on the finals, the annual free market drama has kicked off, first of all, the league's giants compete for Maddie, after Maddie publicly broke with the Magic management, Maddie's departure from the Magic is inevitable, but Maddie is not an ordinary star, Maddie's belonging is enough to affect the league pattern next season, so now many teams are fighting for Maddie.

Although the Pacers also wanted to get involved in stirring up the situation or making profits from it after getting the news, the Pacers were soon out, because the Magic management had made it clear that they would not send Maddie to any team in the East, and Maddie himself preferred to go to the West, after all, even if Maddie left the Magic and joined an Eastern team, but in front of the mountain of the Pacers, it was difficult for Maddie to get ahead, unless Maddie could go to the Pacers, but this is what everyone is even more unwilling to see, Of course, it also includes the Magic, the Pacers, who have Meng Xu, the league's No. 1 person, and Jermaine O'Neal, the league's top five forwards, are now strong enough, and if they get Maddie again, then the rest of the team will not have to play.

Although Maddie's influence is huge enough, and the NBA teams are enthusiastic enough about Maddy's competition, the biggest news in the NBA league now is not Maddy's transfer, but the league's new Charlotte Bobcats, as early as 2002, the NBA league was planning the 30th team, and after a series of competitions and planning, the 30th team of the NBA league finally fell to Charlotte, The team, led by Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, took ownership of the NBA's 30th team, and after the Charlotte Hornets relocated to New Orleans, Charlotte now has another NBA team.

And with the addition of new teams, the first is a wave of crazy expansion draft, in the expansion draft, the remaining 29 teams in the league, each team will have 8 protected spots, and all players except for these 8 quotas are left to Charlotte Bobcats to pick, but this round of expansion draft has nothing to do with the Pacers, because the team's 5 veterans are considering retiring this summer, plus a few marginal people whose contracts have expired, the Pacers now can't even get together 8 protection spots, So there's no need to worry about expanding the draft.

In addition to the new team and the addition and expansion of the draft, the league now has a very important event, that is, the annual draft, although this year's draft can not be compared with last season's draft, but this year there are still a few talented fish out of the net, because last year's draft is really fierce, so there are many good players, choose to postpone their entry into the league, in order to get a better draft pick, and better contracts and treatment, It's just that these big fish have nothing to do with the Pacers, and with the No. 29 pick that the Pacers currently have, it will be difficult to pick any Puyu in this draft year.

On the morning of June 25, 2004, the NBA draft kicked off in Madison Square Garden, and Meng Xu was pulled by Rick Carlisle to participate in this year's draft.

"Lucky dice, why don't you try this?" Under the pretext of going to the toilet, Meng Xu secretly entered the system space, and found one of the special rewards of this triple championship in the inventory, and was considering whether to use him, according to the introduction of this lucky dice, as long as Meng Xu used this lucky dice, Meng Xu and Meng Xu's team would be full of luck, and even with some things that were unfavorable to Meng Xu and Meng Xu's team, it would also change the original trajectory, so this thing was simply a cheat in Meng Xu's opinion.

"Use it!" After thinking about it again, Meng Xu still pressed the button to use.

Then on the big screen in front of Meng Xu's eyes, a rotating dice appeared, and after spinning for a few seconds, the dice stopped, and the number of points displayed on the dice was 4.

"Ding, if the host uses the lucky dice successfully, the luck of both the host and the host's team will be changed to excellent, which lasts for four days."

"Let's see if this thing works."

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"Congratulations to the Orlando Magic, who selected Dwight Howard from Atlanta Christian College with the No. 1 pick in the first round, congratulations to the Orlando Magic, congratulations to Dwight Howard."

After David Stern read the first note, the audience was immediately boiling, especially in the small green room where the draft players were located, Dwight Howard, who became the champion of this draft, was very excited, and the other players in the small green room were congratulating Howard while congratulating Howard, and they were also full of envy to look at Dwight Howard, who was about to go out, the champion sign, this is the coveted signing of countless players participating in the draft, especially Emeka Okafor, who is also the top pick, not to mention how embarrassing it is now.

After the Orlando Magic, Charlotte Bobcats, who were traded for the No. 2 pick from the Los Angeles Clippers, used their No. 2 pick to pick Emeka Okafor of the University of Connecticut.

Emeka Okafor, who was originally a sophomore last year, was thinking about participating in the draft in advance, but in front of the head coach's persuasion and a group of talented players, Emeka Okafor finally gave up his plan to participate in the draft, after all, with Emeka Okafor's strength and talent, if he participated in the draft last season, at best he would be about 15 picks, but now, when Emeka Okafor postponed the draft for a year, Emeka Okafor immediately became the top pick, Although the Magic finally chose the younger Dwight Howard, the rookie with the 15th pick is a world of difference, whether it is a player contract or a team status, especially the choice of Emeka Okafor or a new team like the Charlotte Bobcats, in the Charlotte Bobcats, Emeka Okafor is definitely the main force that cannot be beaten, and even more will be cultivated as the core of the team.

As the draft progresses, Rick Carlisle is obviously a little nervous, if David Stern was still a breezy look when he announced the top ten picks, then when David Stern read the fifteenth pick in the first round, Rick Carlisle was obviously a little nervous, for fear that his selection object would be cut off by others. It's also impossible for Rick Carlisle to be worried, not only Rick Carlisle, but even Lester Connell, who is next to Rick Carlisle, holding the notebook, is getting tighter and tighter.

The Pacers have this year's first-round pick No. 29 and second-round pick No. 29, so these talented players are naturally not in Rick Carlisle's consideration, and judging from the current lineup of the Pacers, the Pacers need more role players than talented, plus the Pacers are not short of interior lines now, so Rick Carlisle's goal today is several players at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions, Jamil Nelson, Kevin Martin, Tony Allen, Chris Dujon, These players are Rick Carlisle's No. 1, 2, 3, 4 targets, Chris Dujon is a little better, Jamil Nelson and Kevin Martin are both around 20, so the closer to 20, the more worried Rick Carlisle becomes. 、

"Damn." As the results of the Nuggets draft with the No. 20 pick were announced, Lester Connell couldn't help but curse that the Nuggets used the 20 pick to select the Pacers' No. 1 target, Jamil Nelson.

After seeing Jamil Nelson being drafted by the Nuggets, Rick Carlisle crossed out Jamil Nelson's name on the notebook in his hand with a marker, although Rick Carlisle was not as excited as Lester Connell, but Rick Carlisle's hand holding the marker was also obviously a little shaky when he crossed out Jameel Nelson.

"Meng, I'm going to Houston." Feeling that the mobile phone that had been adjusted to vibration mode kept shaking in his pocket, Meng Xu took out his mobile phone and found that Maddie had sent a text message to himself, although it was only a short sentence, but Meng Xu probably knew that the battle for Maddie was over, but this result was undoubtedly a little unexpected by Meng Xu, even if the Nets and Heat in the East were out, but in the West, the Timberwolves, Mavericks, and Lakers were also very competitive, and their sincerity was also very strong. But the result was that the mussels competed for the fisherman's profit, and the Houston Rockets took Maddie quietly.

"That's clatter." After thinking about it for a while, Meng Xu can guess a rough idea, with Maddie's pride, he will definitely not run to the group at his peak, or be a junior brother to others, otherwise with Maddie's strength, whether it is with Kevin Garnett, or Dirk Nowitzki, or Kobe Bryant, it will definitely have a great chance to impact the championship, but Maddie finally chose Houston, because in Houston Maddie will still be the most special one.

"Meng, I'll go to the finals with your fellow Chinese countryman to kick your ass, you just wash up and wait!" Maddie's text message came back quickly, but the content of the text message made Meng Xu a little crying and laughing, but to be honest, the Rockets will definitely hurt their muscles and bones when they get Maddie, but as long as they build a team around Maddie and Yao Ming, with a few outstanding role players, the Rocket's record will not be bad, although Yao Ming has only played for two seasons now, Yao Ming has now shown the potential to become a superstar.

"Meng, what's wrong?" Seeing Meng Xu shaking his head and laughing secretly, Rick Carlisle, who was sitting next to Meng Xu, asked Meng Xu a question, and by the way, he also relieved his nervousness.

"Tracy went to the Rockets." After putting the phone in his pocket, Meng Xu tilted his head and told Rick Carlisle the news of Maddie's going to the rocket in a very low voice.

"No wonder." After listening to Meng Xu's words, Rick Carlisle looked not far away, Rockets head coach Rudy Tomjanovic and Magic head coach Chris Jant were talking to each other there, when the draft began, Rick Carlisle also wondered why these two guys who had nothing to do with each other sat together, it is estimated that the two teams had already reached an agreement, just waiting for the end of the draft to surprise everyone.

"It's a good thing for us." Lester Connell was visibly excited to hear the news of Maddy's departure to the Rockets, as the dust had finally settled on what they had been worried about for a long time, and as long as it wasn't the Mavericks, the Timberwolves, or the Spurs, it was a perfectly acceptable outcome for the Pacers.

"Maybe that's the power of the lucky dice?" Meng Xu is now a little skeptical, whether the lucky dice are playing tricks, after all, before this, according to the information disclosed by various media, the most promising ones to get Maddie are the Timberwolves and Mavericks, but now the result has reversed.

"Hey, this ** king." Just when Meng Xu was still muttering, he heard Lester Connell scolding again, the Pacers' No. 2 target Kevin Martin was cut off again, this time it was the Sacramento Kings, the Kings selected Kevin Martin with the No. 26 pick, and now Rick Carlisle and Lester Connell can only pray that the No. 3 target will not be cut off.

"The San Antonio Spurs selected Slovenian defender Benno Yudri for No. 27 in the first round."

"The Los Angeles Lakers selected Slovenian guard Sasha Vujacic with the 28th pick in the first round."

When the draft results of the Spurs and Lakers came out, Rick Carlisle's hanging heart finally landed, although his No. 1 and No. 2 targets were cut off, but the No. 3 target was still retained, if the No. 3 target Tony Allen was cut off, Rick Carlisle really didn't know who to choose with this No. 29 pick, because their No. 4 target Chris Dujon was enough to sign with a 2-round pick.

"Finally took the first one, now wait for the last one." After successfully selecting Tony Allen, Rick Carlisle and Lester Connell high-fived each other in celebration.

"You're really lucky, a No. 29 pick, you can get a player who is in the top 10 in the history of defensive ability in the guard position."