The Rest, Only Noise

The latest website: Chapter 782 The operation is as fierce as a tiger, but it is just an appetizer

A tossing team usually has several characteristics: random transactions, unclear drafts, and "why did you go earlier" operation.

Beginning with the sixth overall pick this year, "tossing" frequently appeared.

For example, the Mavericks, who had the eighth pick in the first round, decided that they could get the cornerstone of the team with the sixth pick, so they made the decision to exchange the eighth pick for the sixth pick.

There's no reason for people to give up their picks without getting any benefit, so what the Mavericks are giving each other (the Nets) is a protected future first-rounder.

The Nets refused, and then agreed to the ninth overall pick of the Washington Bullets.

The plan given by the bullets is the ninth pick + the ninth pick in the second round.

The Nets consider it acceptable.

This is tantamount to telling others that this year's second round is more valuable than a future protected first round.

Afterwards, the Bullets showed everyone what an unknown draft was. .

With the tough point guard of Avery Johnson, they selected another small guard with the sixth overall pick - University of Oregon's Terrell Brandon PG.

As a player who has been watched and praised by many, Brandon was once one of Louie's key observations.

But he has two flaws that make Louis downplay him.

One is height, he is only 180 cm;

The other is the style of play. With this height, there is no stable shooting.

What's outrageous is not that he was selected, but that he was selected sixth, and some teams deliberately traded their ninth to sixth in order to "cut Hu", for fear of being preempted.

Wouldn't Brandon not have dropped the ninth pick without a trade?

That's just the chaotic part of the 1991 draft, and the many changes since then are dizzying.

From the sixth pick to the tenth pick, all trades took place.

Luke Longley went to the Nuggets with the seventh overall pick, and another upset, Greg Anthony went to Cleveland with the eighth overall pick. Likewise, the eighth pick was traded by the Cavaliers.

What they do is no different from the Bullets. They all make sure that the people they like can come to their teams through trades.

But Louis felt that even if they didn't make that deal, the people they liked would come.

In short, it is just tossing, as if not tossing is sorry for the talent of this draft.

The Sonics selected Brian Williams (C/PF) with the ninth overall pick. For Chinese fans, he may be more familiar by another name—Bison Dele, an important inside rotation for the Bulls in 1997. , a prodigy who was predicted to be the No. 1 pick by scouts when he graduated from high school, he was slow in college. At the same time, there is a psychological problem, so he is more like a lottery ticket, he will win if he scratches it, and he will not lose much if he fails to scratch it.

The Celtics, with the 11th and 13th picks, are in a dilemma.

They originally wanted to pick one or two available guards in this draft to fill the void left by Thomas, but who would have thought that the Cavaliers and the Bullets were so sick?

First of all, the Celtics decisively selected the top-five favorite Doug Smith (Doug SmithSF/PF), who fell unexpectedly with the eleventh overall pick in the first round.

The 1991 draft class was incredibly talented, with top talent at every position. Power forward position, Larry Johnson is recognized as the first, and Smith is second. He has unstoppable athleticism, fast enough to play small forward and a soft jump shot.

Why would such a person fall to eleventh?

Because of a word from Louis that lowered his ranking.

Smith played for Team USA last year, and his performance was so bad that Louie's scalp tingled. When someone asked Louie about Smith's prospects in the league, Louie replied: "He has a high probability of becoming a bubble, talent is very valuable, but talent alone is not enough, he can't even bear the intensity of the European level, so what? Can he fulfill his potential in the NBA?"

It is this sentence that makes the teams daunted.

Louie is a professional sports administrator with outstanding achievements in the draft history. Looking at the recent draft history of the Knicks, he has almost never picked a waste.

Such a person, Doug Smith, will become a bubble. Who can be sure that he will not become a bubble when he enters the NBA?

The Celtics, who had no guards to choose from and were in desperate need of swinging three or four, took Doug Smith with the 11th overall pick in the first round without hesitation.

Because there is no good guard to choose from, the Celtics, who were worried about how to deal with the 13th pick, completed the transaction with the Miami Heat who took the initiative to come to the door.

The Heat sent star guard Maurice Cheeks to Boston in exchange for the Celtics' 13th pick and 27th pick in the first round.

The Heat's trade was not unexpected for Louie.

He didn't know that Lewis Shafir was going to make a living.

To trade Cheeks for the 13th pick was something that Louie didn't expect, and he didn't even expect Shafir to take a risk because he once said that "Dale Davis' rebounding ability is better than 95% of NBA centers." Act of.

The Heat drafted Davis with this pick, thus adding depth to Hank Gaithers' bodyguard.

After he succeeded, Shafir excitedly called Louie's house.

At that time, Louie didn't pay attention to this year's draft.

He naively assumed that all the content that deserved attention was already on TV.

Until Shafir told him that starting with the sixth overall pick, the draft was like a cluttered ensemble scene that turned into a mess.

Louie was dumbfounded, especially when Shafir mentioned that he sent Cheeks to Boston in exchange for the 13th pick in the first round and Dale Davis.

"You took Mochis for the 13th pick in the first round?"

"Coach Lu, you don't know, this year's first round is several times more expensive than a normal draft year."

"Even if it is several times more expensive, it will not be enough to trade Mochis for a non-lottery first-round pick." Louie said helplessly, "You know Mochis is the most needed reinforcement for the Celtics, and they lost Ibrahim. Saiya, there is no reliable point guard, and there are no good guards in the rest of the draft class who can fill this role. Mochis can play a defensive 1, and it is an excellent reinforcement for them, how can you Satisfied with only the 13th pick in the first round?"

"Actually...I also made them spit out the 27th pick in the first round...the one they exchanged from New York. Coach Lu, do you want this pick? I'll sell you."

Shafir's tone and tone made such an image appear in front of Louis' eyes.

One didn't expect "So I still lost in this trade? No, I can't let others see it, hurry up and shut up this smart man's mouth", and then he proposed to sell the Knicks to Boston at a low price in the first round. Knicks.

"We don't need it, you can do it yourself!"

Louie didn't want to do this kind of "you put this on this" kind of deal.

"Coach Lu, who can I choose for this position?"

"Aren't you very capable, do it yourself!"

After all, Louis hung up the phone.

If the Isaiah Thomas trade is in exchange for Steve Smith, Doug Smith and Maurice Cheeks, it's not too bad for the Celtics.

Cheeks has passed his peak, but his technical characteristics are more suitable than Thomas as a porter for Green Kay's Sampson and Bird.

Steve Smith is a much-needed number two shooter for the Celtics, and he's like an all-around evolution of John Long.

And the Doug Smith lottery.

Louie judged that this person probably won't be able to play, but went to the Celtics who are good at training players, who can say for sure?

If these reinforcements are effective, they will affect the legacy of the deal Louis made with the Celtics some time ago.

The Knicks traded Chris Jackson and the Celtics' future two first-rounders with all of this year's first-rounders.

Shafir, the clever bastard, used the way of tearing down the east to make up for the west~www.novelmt.com~ to strengthen the Celtics and make Louis very uncomfortable.

After trading Cheeks, will the Heat have a point guard?

Who are they going to start at point guard next season? B.J. Armstrong? It seems not impossible.

The Heat selected the athletic guard Randy Brown PG with the 27th overall pick in the first round. At this point, all the drafts are over.

The day after the draft, Louie was about to inform Baylor to start an early contract extension to prevent changes.

Billy Owens, the talented player the Kings just won with the second overall pick, a combination of Tragic and Bird, announced in a high-profile manner: "I don't plan to sign with the Kings, and I won't go to Sacramento."

"It was so lively yesterday that it was just an appetizer?" Louis scratched his chin, thinking about how to fish in troubled waters.