Bishop of the Devil

A week passed in the blink of an eye.

During this week, Richard sporadically trained more than 20 players in various positions. The teams are now in a state of misery...

They had just decided to select a new player who was valued by Richard, but the latest news came the next day. When they took a look, it seemed that this latest player who was valued by Richard seemed to be good...

Anyway, the teams are suspicious.

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June 27, the day before the draft.

Richard met with Purdue's fourth young coach in Vancouver, Canada...

The title of Purdue's Four Young Men is the nickname given by the media to the four Purdue players participating in this year's draft.

Paul Pierce, Antawn Jamison, Mike Bibby and Larry Hughes.

"Coach, do the Trail Blazers have a chance to select one of us this time?" Paul Pierce asked eagerly as soon as they met.

Richard smiled bitterly. He knew that Pudu Fourth Young Master would ask this question.

It's really hard for him to answer, because he really has no plan to choose these four people...

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

After coming to the Trail Blazers, the Blazers' tactics would not allow them to have a lot of rights to dominate the ball.

Let these two play without the ball like Rasheed or Robinson in Portland? !

It is very likely that their performance will decline a lot...

This is quite detrimental to both the Blazers and these players.

"We can only leave it to fate. Don't place too much hope..."

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

Pierce nodded: "Coach, don't worry, we will never embarrass you!"

"No matter which team we go to, we will definitely become the absolute controller of that team, just like Iverson and Da Zhi!"

"I have already thought about it. If I cannot join the Trail Blazers, I hope to be selected by Boston. Chauncey needs me!"

Richard smiled and nodded, "Okay, let's not say so much. This is your West Lafayette gold medal!"

"I have only one request for you, to win this gold medal is to be a true West Lafayette player, and I hope you can unite!"

After that, Richard handed each of the gold medals to the four young masters of Purdue.

"I'm so looking forward to tomorrow's draft. The four of us will go out with gold medals. It won't be long before we in West Lafayette can dominate the league!"

"The draft is finally here, I've been waiting for it for a long time!"

"I hope we can all be selected by our favorite teams tomorrow!" The four of them laughed one after another.

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In the evening of the next day, Richard took Stevens in and the draft started in an hour.

"Hi, Li, I haven't seen you for a while. Why do you feel like you've gained weight?"

"Last season I gained so much, I naturally gained weight when I was in a good mood. If it were me, I would probably gain even more weight!"

"Li, can you tell us your draft goals? It will also open our eyes..."

Some head coaches or team executives who had a good relationship with Richard immediately smiled and greeted Richard when they saw him coming.

Richard smiled and greeted each other, and he and Stevens went to the Blazers' box, waiting for the draft to officially start!

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

Every box was busy. Many teams had swapped or traded draft picks, and now they had to hand over their rosters to other teams.

Richard is not so busy here, just quietly waiting for his draft pick...

"I announce that the Los Angeles Clippers have selected Michael Olowokandi from the University of the Pacific with the first pick of the first round!" Stern announced the Clippers' selection for the No. 1 pick.

Richard couldn't help but laugh. There were some fates that he, a little butterfly, couldn't change, such as the Clippers' selection of Olowokandi...

Before the emergence of Kwame Brown and Bennett, Olowokandi was recognized as the second parallel draft pick in the history of the league.

As for the first parallel draft pick, his name is LaRue Martin. Coincidentally, this was the first pick selected by the Trail Blazers in 1972. He only played four seasons in the NBA and averaged about 5 points and 4 rebounds per game. Far inferior to Olowokandi.

…

Richard originally thought that because of his and Purdue's success, Olowokandi would lose his qualifications for the No. 1 pick.

After all, Olowokandi is not Duncan. He is not a definite candidate for the No. 1 pick. He can only be said to be the favorite...

It seems that the Clippers are still superstitious about the hidden rules of the draft, and did not use the precious No. 1 pick in their hands to select one of the four young players from Purdue.

The Grizzlies watched the Clippers choose Olowokandi, and couldn't help but feel a big stone fall in their hearts.

It would be better if I didn’t choose Bibi...

They already have a big man like Raheem on the team. Even if they hold the No. 1 pick, they will not choose Olowokandi, but will choose point guard Mike Bibby.

Now that the Clippers did not select Bibi, they naturally feel relaxed.

Being intercepted in the draft is a very uncomfortable thing. Fortunately, the Grizzlies did not encounter this dilemma.

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

Stern just announced the news, and the entire scene suddenly burst into warm applause...

This draft was held at the Grizzlies' home court. The fans were naturally happy to see the team select Bibby, their favorite point guard!

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

How come you, the 76ers, can suddenly rise to prominence while everyone is a weakling? But we grizzly bears are still wallowing in the mire!

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

Well, we Grizzlies will also get the Purdue Twins...

Bibby came out with the West Lafayette gold medal, winning wild shouts from the fans at the scene. They seemed to have seen the Grizzlies rise like the 76ers!

The 76ers are small Iverson plus big man Dazhi, the Grizzlies are the same, small Bibi plus big man Raheem!

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

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

"I announce that the Golden State Warriors have selected Vince Carter from the University of North Carolina with the fifth overall pick in the first round!"

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

The top five picks are no different from Richard’s memory, exactly the same!

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

This deal seems to be a loss for the Warriors. After all, Carter is stronger than Jamison.

But considering the situation of these two teams, this transaction will undoubtedly be a win-win and beneficial to both parties.

After the Raptors selected McGrady last season, they did not reuse McGrady. I don’t know if they felt that McGrady was too embarrassing to use, or for other reasons...