Legendary Basketball Tycoon

In the second round of the lottery ceremony, Vice President Stu Jackson came to the stage to announce. Considering that the Hans did not have the second round lottery in 1997, Bruce did not pay much attention to the subsequent results.

Now Bruce’s mind has been on the transformation of the team’s management and coaching staff, including the players, after he is about to land in the United States. A **** "replacement" operation is coming.

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The 1997 draft was over. It can be said that the Spurs were the biggest winners in this draft because they got their dream "No. 1 pick" Duncan.

On the contrary, the biggest loser must be the Celtics!

I wasted years for the Duncan Celtics. Who do you think will suffer?

This led to the Celtics team hero Arnold Auerbach, after making countless calls to the Spurs Popovich who wanted to trade Duncan, he finally got down.

After all, he is still old, and it is time to step down and give way to young people.

At least this is what Arnold Auerbach thinks, and he is doing the same. Now he is gradually retreating behind the scenes. Anyway, the team now has general manager Chris Wallace and the new head coach Rick. Pitino is in charge.

Of course, the winner of this draft is not only the Spurs, but the same Lakers are also the winners. They traded Vlad Divac, a guy who was already dissatisfied with the team, and then replaced him with Tracy McGrady, who has more superstar potential. , This transaction is profitable in this way.

At the same time, the Raptors are also making money. Compared with the Hans’ Nash, the former All-Star Vlad Divac of the Lakers definitely works better than Nash at this point in time. Why, because the 90s or even the 80s At the time, big inside players have always been more popular. There are good players at the guard position, but inside players are not easy to find. Use McGrady for an All-Star inside. To be honest, if you don’t think about it. McGrady's future achievements are definitely a big profit now, not to mention the Lakers also got 2 picks for this. Although it is not very valuable, it is better than nothing!

With the All-Star level Vlad Divac on the inside, plus Carter who will be available in the 1998 NBA Draft next year, it can take off. This combination of inside and outside is now strong in the NBA. The team counts as an excellent configuration.

Well, after talking about the so-called small winners, let's talk about the small losers. The Han people are among them.

Although Bruce's expectation (YW) for McGrady to play in the Hans is not too high, after all, McGrady's strength is there, and he was robbed from his hands forcibly. This tone is uncomfortable, right?

Then, through this incident, Bruce, Nash, and Kobe are all involved. Now Nash must not be able to leave, so what should I do next? !

So at this moment, Bruce was thinking about how to repair the relationship with Nash and Kobe. After all, these two are excellent puzzles in the future Han Chinese championship. If they are forced away, then Bruce will not lose money!

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The free market in 1997 was extremely hot!

There are also many players who have expired and the team's option year. There must be "big fish".

Attached this year's list of free agents: (the team that belongs to 1996 follows)

Henry James: Power Forward (Atlanta Hawks)

Willie Burton: Small forward (Atlanta Hawks)

Prest Lauderdale: Center (Atlanta Hawks)

Ricky Pierce: Small forward shooting guard (Charlotte Hornets)

Gary Grant: shooting guard (Miami Heat)

Brian Shaw: shooting guard (Orlando Magic)

David Vaughan: Power forward (Orlando Magic)

Amar McCaskill: Power Forward Center (Orlando Magic)

Jalen Jackson: shooting guard (Washington Bullets)

Bisen Deler: Center (Chicago Bulls)

Chris Mills: Power Forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)

Bobby Fils: shooting guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)

Mark West: Center Power Forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)

Reggie Gilly: shooting guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)

Terry Mills: Power forward (Detroit Pistons)

Letrio Green: shooting guard (Detroit Pistons)

Darwin Hamm: Small forward shooting guard (Indiana Pacers)

John Newman: Small forward shooting guard (Milwaukee Bucks)

Chucky Brown: Power Forward (Milwaukee Bucks)

Joe Wolf: Power forward (Milwaukee Bucks)

Eric Montrose: Center (New Jersey Nets)

Joe Klein: Center (New Jersey Nets)

David Wesley: Point guard, shooting guard (Boston Celtics)

Rick Fox: Small forward (Boston Celtics)

Todd Daye: shooting guard small forward (Boston Celtics)

Dino Radgar: Power Forward Center (Boston Celtics)

Michael Hawkins: shooting guard (Boston Celtics)

Lucios Harris: shooting guard (Philadelphia 76ers)

Mark Hendrickson: Power Forward (Philadelphia 76ers)

Michael Cage: Power Forward Center (Philadelphia 76ers)

Mark Price: Point guard (Golden State Warriors)

Andrew Donald De Klerk: Center Power Forward (Golden State Warriors)

Scott Burrell: shooting guard small forward (Golden State Warriors)

Marek Siri: shooting guard (Los Angeles Clippers)

Stanley Roberts: Center (Los Angeles Clippers)

Bo Otero: Power Forward (Los Angeles Clippers)

Terry Dee: shooting guard (Los Angeles Clippers)

Jerome Corsi: Small forward (Los Angeles Lakers)

Dunn Coswell: Center (Sacramento Kings)

Brian Grant: Center power forward (Sacramento Kings)

Irwin Johnson: Center (Denver Nuggets)

Brooks Thompson: shooting guard (Denver Nuggets)

Tom Hammonds: Power forward (Denver Nuggets)

Vincent Ascu: shooting guard small forward (Denver Nuggets)

Eric Murdoch: shooting guard (Denver Nuggets)

Anfenni Hardaway: shooting guard small forward (Portland Trail Blazers)

Chris Dudley: Center (Portland Trail Blazers)

Stephen Howard: Power forward (Utah Jazz)

Derek Harper: Point Guard (Dallas Mavericks)

Dominic Wilkins: Small forward (San Antonio Spurs)

Vernon Maxwell: shooting guard (San Antonio Spurs)

Greg Anderson: Power Forward Center (San Antonio Spurs)

Jameel Faik: Center (San Antonio Spurs)