The Rest, Only Noise

"Today is the most special day of your year, the most special moment of your life. Let's guess who's going to be No. 1, Allen Iverson? Marcus Camby? Ray Aaron? Stephen Marbury? This will be remembered for a lifetime, and you want to hear your name on this night, so when that moment comes, you need to be grateful that you lived up to the gift God gave you, Your life has never been the same, kid, your NBA dreams have come true."

TNT specially hired a tragic artist to make a short pre-draft short.

In the clip, the tragic speaks softly to this year's rookies.

At present, the Lakers are not sure whether the tragic division will continue to play, and he himself is seriously considering this matter.

However, the world is not as big as it is today at the Continental Airlines Arena in New Jersey (Co

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a/ Hereafter referred to as CAA) the draft conference held is important.

All parties are looking forward to it.

On the Lakers side, they invited Johnny Bass, the eldest son of the Bass family, to the CAA site as a team representative.

The forum draft war room is tentatively set in the president's office.

Two hours before the draft, Louie came here to prepare.

Then (Chick) Hearn, Jim, Jenny, West, Kupchak, Bass Sr. all came to the office.

"Any news?"

Jenny said the right nonsense: "If nothing else, San Antonio will use the No. 1 pick to select Allen Iverson."

Well said, but Louie wants to know something Earthlings don't know.

Jim said strangely: "Then I guess, Toronto should select Marcus Camby with the second pick."

"It's not necessarily." Zhao Yuanzheng reminded Buss, "Toronto has P-J Brown, Marcus Camby is not the player they desperately need."

Kurt Laimbeer, who had a fight with Zhao Yuanzheng last year, said with a gloomy smile: "Really, Coach Zhao, you mean a team like the Toronto Raptors, they will consider the team fit when drafting. ?"

Zhao Yuanzheng retorted with reason: "If it was an ordinary draft, they might choose the most talented players, but there are many talented players in this draft, and they can choose the most suitable player for them. I even think , they might trade the second pick."

Louie interrupted their argument: "I just want to know what's going on in San Antonio."

West said what he's got: "They just seem to be focused on the No. 1 pick."

Is it really that simple?

At this moment, the phone in the office rang.

Louis picked up the phone and asked, "Which one?"

"Louis, it's me, Elgin!"

"Elgin?" Louis asked. "Anything?"

Baylor said straight to the point: "You have too many draft picks in your hand. Would you like to send me one?"

"Okay, I can give you the 19th pick in the first round, but you have to give me Doug Christie."

"Thinking beautifully, how could the mere No. 19 pick get Doug?"

"So, we don't want to think about beautiful things." Louis said it directly, "There is no pie in the sky."

Baylor then chatted a little with Louis.

He's annoyed at this year's draft picks, which don't have such a high value.

While chatting, Louis noticed a message.

Baylor wants Atlanta's eighth pick in the first round, but San Antonio also wants it, and the two sides are in a tug of war, depending on who bids the most.

"Actually, we don't need such a high pick. A pick at the tenth position is enough." Baylor sighed, "But it's really not that simple."

"It's not that you don't know the hype of this year's draft, it's normal."

"I just don't understand, a group of players who have only proved themselves a little in college, is there such a big gimmick, it's crazy!"

Louis hung up the phone and began to think about countermeasures.

Unlike the Knicks and the Spurs, they don't have the determination to get the eighth pick, while the Spurs are determined to pick the eighth pick.

What can they do with the No. 8 visa?

Taking the No. 1 lottery to select Kobe Bryant is too shocking to the world, even a traveler can't do it.

With the No. 8 pick, others would say, it was a huge gamble, but given the bet the Lakers placed on Kevin Garnett last year, it didn't necessarily fail.

With Popovich's current reputation in professional basketball, he couldn't have picked Kobe Bryant with the No. 1 pick.

The only people in the industry who have enough prestige to support this choice are Louis and Auerbach.

So, the Spurs will definitely do whatever it takes to get the No. 8 pick.

Once they succeed, if the Lakers don't make changes, they can only watch Kobe and Iverson join forces.

"Sir, what's the matter with you?" Little Bass asked.

"I just heard news that San Antonio is actively seeking the No. 8 pick," Louie said.

West became nervous: "Is the news true?"

"Do you think Elgin will lie to me?"

"Probably not necessary."

Old Buss asked keenly: "Will this affect our draft plan?"

Louie smiled: "In the entire draft, it is possible to use the lottery to select Kobe, only San Antonio and us."

"Coach Lu, is there a possibility that the Spurs are actually looking at Corey Kittles?" Rambis said, "To be honest, using the lottery to select a high school student who hasn't developed yet, this It's a very big risk, and I don't think the Spurs are willing to pay that much to do it."

Jenny immediately added: "Kobe may be a one-of-a-kind talent, but absolutely no team is willing to use the top eight picks to select him."

Louie looked at West, wanting to hear his opinion.

Xiongcai is roughly like a LOGO man, and he hesitates at this moment.

"Is it possible that ... San Antonio's bullishness on Kobe ... is a smokescreen from them?" West said. "They just want to lure other teams to Kobe to make sure their goals are safe."

"Is there such a possibility?"

West loves Kobe very much, but there is no limit to his love.

If they decide that the Spurs are going to pick Kobe, then in order to get Kobe, they have to move up to the top seven.

In this year's draft, the value of the lottery is mainly divided into two grades.

The first two are the only gears, and three to six are the second gears.

The seventh pick is a very special position.

It can either pick any one of Allen Iverson, Marcus Camby, Sharif Abdul-Rahim, Stephen Marbury, Ray Allen, Antoine Walker who fell by accident , or you can choose the one with the best talent out of the six.

Although its value is not as good as the second gear, it is infinitely close.

All teams that want to get it have to prepare for a hemorrhage.

Others, including West, seem unwilling to bear the higher price and cost than the risk of losing Kobe Bryant.

To put it bluntly, no one knows how big Kobe's potential is.

West dared to promise that Kobe was the most promising player he had ever seen, but what was he willing to bet on Kobe?

Is he really 100% sure Kobe can be a great player?

As long as you can't see the future, you can't say 100% that he will do it.

Louie took a look at their reactions.

Old Bass said: "Road, you decide."

"It's really interesting, you were the ones who saw Kobe, you were the ones who invited him to try out, and you were the ones who begged me to choose him. Now that things are uncertain, you are the first ones to shake." Louie mocked with a smile. "You can't do it like this."

As soon as Louis's voice fell, he winked at Little Bass.

Little Buss stood up: "We can't sit still, no matter what, we have to make sure that Kobe is 100% one of us!"

Old Bass was shocked by his son's arrogance.

Is this still the prodigal who worries him about not being able to run the family business?

What can you do when Jerry West doesn't even dare to make a deal?

"Are you sure, Jim?"

Louis asked with a smile.

"Sir, you always taught me that people who can't persevere to the end can't do anything. Kobe, I absolutely have to persevere to the end. I believe he will become our key player!" Buss said firmly.

Finally, Louis looked to West.

His meaning is very clear, even the boss's precious son has to insist, don't you have your own attitude?

I was so optimistic about Kobe at the beginning, but what does it mean to look forward to the future?

West felt an irresistible weight on his body.

"I support Jim," he said helplessly.

"Don't say it as if you were forced. You started this matter. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't take Jim's recommendation seriously. He's not a professional. You're the one. Guaranteed person." Louis still wanted to put the blame on West in the end, "Now we have to pay a higher price to ensure that we get Kobe. If Kobe can't do what we want in the future, I hope you can do the same. Responsible as a man."

It's the same sentence, if there is credit, it must be someone's little bus. If there is a fault, 90% of it is your LOGO man. Who asked you to go into this muddy water?

So, what is Louis' confidence in taking the seventh pick?

it's actually really easy.

The team with the seventh overall pick is the Detroit Pistons.

Their most pressing issue right now is the Buddha nature of Glenn Robinson, and Steve Smith's limited ceiling, but with patience, he can still turn the team into a playoff-level team.

That's what's most pressing for their general manager Earl Monroe right now.

Louis had worked with Monroe when he was the Clippers' general manager.

It was also at Louie's advice that Monroe was able to turn the Clippers into a super battleship, and he left there immediately after his success and got a job in Detroit.

Now he has a problem, but it is difficult for one person to solve it. If Coach Lu, who is handsome and kind, calls him and wants to continue his career, how likely is he to reject Lui?

This is Louis' confidence and the benefit of making friends.

It can be said that in the professional basketball circle, Louie can do whatever he wants.

West was completely suppressed by Louis' aura, and Rambis and others who wanted to interfere did not dare to confront Louis head-on.

Everyone's eyes gradually turned to the TV.

On TNT, Ernie Johnson was explaining the background of this year's draft. His partner was Hubie Brown and Rick Pitino, who had just led the team to the national championship.

When Ernie asked Pitino whether a large number of underclassmen entering the draft would affect their prospects, some players are not ready for professional basketball.

Pitino's answer was impeccable: "Ralph Sampson, Ervin Johnson, Isiah Thomas, Benjamin Wilson, they all got into pro basketball early, that's not a problem. , as long as they are good enough, the players will become talented."

In addition, several of the TNT members discussed the fact that the league and union have not yet reached an agreement.

If a consensus cannot be reached before July 1st, the first month of the offseason will be in a state of lockout~www.novelmt.com~ Then, the camera went to the draft scene, and David Stern took the stage and said The opening speech that has not changed for thousands of years, give all parties another five minutes, and then—

"In the 1996 NBA Draft, the San Antonio Spurs selected ... Allen Iverson, Georgetown University, with the first pick in the first round!"

At this time, Iverson still looked like a spiritual boy, with a short head, not the ditch that became popular in the alliance later, and honestly wearing a suit, not the street wear that Stern introduced to restrict the dress code.

"I got it right!"

Inside the Lakers' draft war room, Jenny Buss said happily.

His younger brother sneered immediately: "It's too good for my sister to guess that the Spurs will use the first pick to select Allen Iverson."

Louie motioned for them to stop talking, had the TV turn down, and called Detroit.