Chapter 518: Draft

Several of the University of Florida's best basketball seedlings like Joakim Noah, Al Horford, Corey Brewer and others all chose to stay on campus, which made the entire '06 draft considered a real year of the draft.

The younger the year, the more likely there is an upset draft.

Because many high-ranking teams think that they can't pick particularly amazing and glamorous players this year anyway, it is better to directly choose some players who are not well-known, but show some talent and potential in joint training camps or training camps held by the team itself.

The Warriors have the second-round pick, the 26th pick in the first round, and the 11th pick in the second round and the 41st overall pick.

Because of the situation that there are too many newcomers in the team, the Warriors will definitely make some trades at the time of the draft, and now the Warriors, the rookie roster is close to saturation, and it is impossible to have extra energy to train the newcomers.

At the same time, because of the championship, some special ideas for newcomers gradually emerged in the team.

For example, Svetney, this summer, the Warriors traded Richardson for the meat shield interior line, and the Western Conference Finals and Finals have very little playing time and opportunities, which seems to be a little detrimental to his overall career development for a high-pick draft player like the 9th pick in the '03 class.

So before the draft, before the trade market was about to open, his agent entrusted the Warriors, hoping to make a trade, after all, next year is Svetney's contract year, and if he can't get good data, it is impossible to get a long-term big contract.

Chris Mullin feels a little pity, but he also knows that this is the NBA, and it is reasonable for players to have such thoughts, after all, in this league, won the championship honor, and the next thing is to pursue money.

And Biedrins is not very happy, although he won the championship, but he has been on the sidelines for almost the entire playoffs, he is the 11th pick in 04, and Yang Di came to the team at the same time, there are two years left on the contract, and the agent asked the management to want more playing time and opportunities.

David Lee, Louis Williams, Trevor Ariza, these young people who didn't make it, can still settle down, but once a year or two has passed, by the time they get to their contract year, they will definitely have some new ideas.

Chris Mullin, as the general manager of the team, was exhausted, and not long after the championship celebration parade, he continued to put himself into the work, and in today's draft, he brought his team to see if there could be some new operations in the draft.

In the league's trade rumor board, there have been rumors and scandals about superstars, starters, young, old, and all kinds of players.

After the Warriors won the championship, many veterans came to contact Chris Mullin, hoping to join the Warriors next season.

Mullin is certainly open to welcome, but if he has to be in the rotation, he needs to think about it carefully. Any good general manager knows that the first thing the defending champions need to do is to stabilize the squad and try to maintain the original winning lineup.

So in the summer, the Warriors' first task was to renew head coach Montgomery, who is the head coach and soul of the team, and then to renew the main player of the team who had a good and bright performance in the Finals, Mike Dunleavy.

Young Dee has a rookie information card, and last year he changed the minds of the team's two big men, choosing Danny Granger instead of Syracuse leader Hakeem Warrick, and it turned out that Danny Granger, who honed his skills in college for four years, is indeed an instant member of the golf quotient, and has been a consistent starter for the Warriors in both the regular season and the playoffs.

At this year's draft, Mullin also invited Yang Di to Madison Square Garden to participate in the event, but Yang Di did not accept the invitation, mainly because the Warriors have a high rank, and now the team has no shortage of rookies.

And Yang Di felt that the rookie report made by the Warriors team was very good, and he probably knew what players the team would choose, and after reading the intelligence card, it was not much different from what he thought.

So it was head coach Montgomery, assistant coach Ron Adams, and the team's core player Byron Davis who went to Madison Square Garden in New York with Mullin.

Madison Square Garden, New York.

After the draft began, David Stern took the stage to a warm boo from the audience.

Yang Di, who was watching the draft in front of the TV, suddenly curled the corners of his mouth, it was still a scene that had not changed for thousands of years. In last year's playoffs, the Spurs and Pistons, two teams that were so strong that they exploded, were eliminated one after another, and I don't know if it was because of the bad traditional matchup that annoyed this god who is bent on promoting the NBA around the world?

Anyway, in the finals of the Warriors and the Heat, the global ratings rose several notches at once, almost equaling the ratings of the Bulls in 98, you know, this is the World Cup game!

As soon as Mullin sat down in the box, the phone rang.

Transactions like those in the draft are generally based on verbal agreements over the phone, and they take effect directly after they are submitted to the league for review.

"Chris? I'm Danny Ainge of the Celtics, and I want to talk to you about the trade you have in your hand for the second-round pick. ”

"Hello Danny." Mullin nodded and asked rhetorically, "How do you want to trade?" ”

"I'd like to trade the Celtics' No. 7 pick in the first round and the team's starting point guard, Delonte West, for your No. 2 pick in the first round and Svetney."

When Chris Mullin heard this, he immediately scolded Anji Old Fox, knowing that after the Warriors peddled Svetney, he was ready to intervene, to be honest, the 23-year-old Delonte West is indeed a very good player, with an average of 12+4.1+4.6+1.2 per game in the 05-06 season, if you trade with the Warriors like this, the transaction value of the two sides is indeed equal.

But Mullin doesn't want to get Delondy for some reason, under the leadership of Derrick Fisher and Byron Davis on the guard line, the Warriors are actually very stable, the Warriors need some pitchers and defensive wing players, and the interior also needs some players with special skills, and the backcourt is not in great demand.

So he thought about it and rejected Anji's request for a trade.

The camera swept over the players in the small green room in the suits, most of whom were sitting in precarious positions, waiting for the moment to change their fate.

The camera flashed, and suddenly it was fixed on the face of a young and handsome Chinese player.

"Huh? He's coming to the draft? Yang Di was taken aback, patronizing the playoffs, but he didn't know that another compatriot came to participate in the draft, and he was also an invited member of the Little Green House.