Bishop of the Devil

After the Timberwolves learned that the Jazz had acquired Millsap and that they were still using their first-round pick as their main bargaining chip, the team's executives were about to vomit blood.

If they had known that Richard was planning to sell Millsap, they should have taken action directly.

That is Millsap, who can be directly cultivated as the core of the team. Even if a better player is obtained in the draft in the future, a player like Millsap who can do three or four will be perfectly qualified for the team. The position of the second boss.

The Timberwolves vomited blood with regret, but the deal had been reached, and they could only watch helplessly as the Jazz took away Millsap.

…

"The Timberwolves' first-round pick in 2009? Not bad. Remember, the Timberwolves should have the fifth or sixth pick, and Curry was the seventh pick. It's not a big problem to get Curry." Richard sat. In his office, there were smiles all over his face.

Curry is a player that Richard is determined to win.

Some fans may have the impression that Curry can only play small-ball tactics. In fact, this is not the case. Curry has good organizational skills, a long enough shooting range, and a fast enough shooting speed. Even if he is playing Richard's half-court battle, the effect is Not bad either.

In his rookie season, Curry averaged 17.5 points per game and shot 43.7% from three-point range. Although Richard has always paid attention to the selection of three-pointers, he has never used such a powerful three-pointer.

…

"Ding ding ding." Richard's phone rang.

It was Old Curry calling. Richard answered the phone in confusion. He was thinking about Curry just now, but his father called in.

"Dale, what happened?" Richard asked.

"Something big happened, Lee!" Old Curry said with some anger in his tone, which made Richard confused.

"Are you in the office now? I brought this bastard to you..."

…

Twenty minutes later, Richard watched Old Curry walk into his office, followed by Young Curry who looked embarrassed.

"What happened, Dale? This boy made the female student pregnant?" Richard joked.

"If this were the case, I wouldn't be so angry!"

"This kid actually told me that he wanted to participate in the draft early!" Old Curry said with an annoyed look.

Richard was startled. Curry is going to participate in the draft early? ! I told Curry at the beginning that the most suitable time for him to run for the election would be in 2009...

Now Curry will participate in the 2008 draft?

Seeing Richard frowning, Old Curry became even more angry and wanted to take off Little Curry's pants and give him a good beating.

"Coach, Beasley and Lopez brothers, they all want to participate in the 2008 draft. I don't want to stay by myself. I also want to participate in the draft." Curry said timidly, standing behind his father.

"No! It just can't be done!"

"Richard asked you to participate in the draft in 2009, then you will be in 2009!" Old Curry almost roared.

His expectations for Curry are quite high. Apart from being the Best Sixth Man of the Year, he has not received many honors in his career. This is the biggest regret of his career.

Of course, winning the championship with the top Blazers is also an honor, but at that time, the old Curry basically had little playing time in the team.

Now Curry is counting on his eldest son to make up for his regrets.

He has two sons, but the younger son is not as talented as the older son, so he naturally has higher expectations for the older son.

Curry is currently admitted to Purdue University and has become Purdue's starting player, which makes the old Curry quite pleased.

In his opinion, his eldest son is already half successful. As long as he can get Richard's guidance, he will definitely become a powerful figure in the alliance in the future.

As a result, now my eldest son tells me that he is not planning to participate in the draft in 2009 as Richard said, but is planning to participate in the draft in 2008.

This made the old Curry quite angry. He knew very well that if Curry participated in the draft in 2008, the draft pick would not be much higher.

At the moment, Beasley is the most popular at Purdue, followed by the Lopez brothers. Although Curry is performing well, due to his poor physical condition and lack of outstanding performance in the season, it would be good to be in the top 15 in the draft. Got it!

It may even be relegated to the second round, which is not impossible.

And if he runs for the 2009 election as Richard said, when the Beasley and Lopez brothers enter the league, Curry will be the leader of Purdue University, and with the lineup recommended by Richard, by then Curry's draft pick is definitely in the top ten or even the top five.

Old Curry is someone who has been there, so he naturally knows the importance of draft picks for a rookie, so at this moment it is absolutely impossible for him to allow his eldest son to participate in the draft in advance.

Richard frowned and looked silently at Curry, who was standing behind Dell.

It looked really childish. Even if someone told Richard that the little Curry in front of him was a junior high school student, Richard would never doubt it.

He watched this junior high school student grow up. Richard still remembers the scene when Curry timidly called him uncle when he was a child.

In the blink of an eye, that little kid is going to enter the league and become a professional player.

Richard just felt so sad. Time passed so fast. In the blink of an eye, more than ten years passed by in an instant.

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"Dell, please go out first. After all, I can be considered his uncle. I will have a good talk with him about this matter." Richard said with a smile at Old Curry.

Old Curry has been with him for more than ten years. He has always been by his side, working hard and never complaining. Richard respects such a capable arm.

Old Curry sighed and walked out of Richard's office.

"Sit down, kid." Richard smiled gently.

Little Curry was obviously frightened by his father, and he was still a little frightened at this moment.

"Coach, I know you are all doing this for my own good, but I am an adult now and I have the right to choose the life I want." Curry looked at Richard firmly.

Richard became amused and felt an inexplicable sense of joy when he heard the junior high school student in front of him say that he was an adult.

"First, let's talk about why you want to participate in the 2008 draft. You should know very well that if you participate in this draft, your draft pick may drop by more than ten levels."

"Because Beasley and the others are all participating, I also want to participate. We will definitely win the NCAA championship this year. After winning the championship, the NCAA will no longer have any appeal to me."

"The drop in the draft pick is exactly what I'm looking forward to. The lower it drops, the greater the chance I have of being selected by you." Curry said with a smile.

Richard was startled. He didn't expect Curry to have such an idea...

Under normal circumstances, Curry was selected with the seventh overall pick in the first round of 2009. In fact, with Curry's physical fitness, it would be good to be selected at the bottom of the first round...

The biggest reason why he was selected with such a high pick is that his performance in Black March was so outstanding.

Curry led his alma mater, the No. 10 seed Davidson College team, to defeat Gonzaga University in a 64-32 game, and then eliminated No. 2 seed Georgetown University in a 32-16 game. 8 eliminated No. 3 seed Wisconsin again.

It's nothing short of a miracle...

If it weren't for such a superb performance, Curry's draft pick would definitely not be much higher. Let alone the seventh pick, it might be difficult to get into the top 20 picks.

Now that Curry is at Purdue University, it is obviously impossible to defeat him, because Purdue will always be the No. 1 seed team.

In addition, Curry is not the most eye-catching player on the team, and his draft pick may drop to around the 20th pick.

If he really falls to this position, Richard feels that it would not be a bad thing for Curry to run for election this year.

He wanted Curry to participate in the draft in 2009 because he didn't have any decent draft picks in 2008, and he didn't want to affect the direction of Curry's career.

Now if it falls to the 20th pick, this matter can be handled.