The Godfather of Basketball

After the Rockets' draft was over, Tang Tian also looked away, and then discussed the possibility of trading with Dante.

Although the plan for the new season is to play badly, he is obviously not aimlessly badly. Whether it is the target players for next season or the young players for this season, they are all around James.

The outside draft was going on very quickly, and Tang Tian kept letting Dante try to trade up.

"Chicago agrees with our plan, but they don't want our plan for Varecho plus the future second-round pick, but want Mo Williams. This is a robbery." Dante put down the phone, slightly aggrieved Said.

Tang Tian frowned. Are these management people so unreasonable? He just wants the opponent's 26th pick.

Taj Gibson is his goal. He is a tough guy on the inside, has a fierce frontcourt, and also has the potential to develop three-pointers. He is one of the most suitable insiders for James.

It seems that these teams have spotted the vacuum period of the Cavaliers' management and want to take advantage of it.

"Then start Plan B." Although he was a little regretful, he didn't drag his feet.

Dent nodded and continued on the phone.

"With the 26th pick in the first round of the NBA, the Chicago Bulls selected Taj Gibson, a 2.06m power forward from the University of Southern California."

"It's done." At this moment, Dante put down the phone.

Tang Tian nodded. If you open your eyes, there is more than one Gibson who adapts to James in this league.

"A deal has been made. The New Jersey Nets got the No. 27 pick. They have five minutes to think about it." When Stern appeared at the front desk again, the just-concluded deal appeared behind him.

This is a three-way deal. The Cavaliers sent the 27th overall pick and Delonte West to get Ryan Anderson from the Nets.

As a third party, the Lakers sent the 42nd pick in the second round and a future second-round pick to get Delonte West.

The Nets traded Ryan Anderson for the 27th pick and a future second-round pick from the Lakers.

(Note: Anderson was the No. 21 pick in 2008. Last season, he averaged 7.4 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, and his three-point shooting percentage was 36.5%. Delonte West was the starting shooting guard of the Cavaliers last season, averaging 11.7 points per game. 3.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 39.9% three-point shooting)

At first glance, this deal shows that the Nets want a rookie, rebuild, and make no loss; Earn; while the Cavaliers only get a big man who looks like he can only shoot three points, the worst loss.

But Tang Tian knows what Anderson will do next to James, and the No. 42 pick is also of great use to him. As for the West who was sent away, not to mention the limited talent, he was in 2010 with James' mother in his previous life. He must be the first to send this time bomb away.

"With the 30th pick, the Sacramento Kings choose Jeff Ayers, a 2.06-meter forward from Arizona State University."

With the Kings using the draft pick from the Rockets to select Ayers, the first round of the draft officially came to an end.

There have been some changes, but overall it is still similar to the previous life.

Speaking of which, this has a lot to do with the teams coached by Tang Tian, ​​because they are all strong teams with low draft picks, so there is limited interference with the overall historical trend.

After a short break, the second round of draft picks began soon.

"It's done!" At this moment, after Dante finished speaking, he picked up the water bottle beside him and poured most of it into his mouth.

Tang Tian's mind was very active, and he, the only striker, hadn't been idle since he entered the office.

After drinking the water, Dante went on to say: "Darnell Jackson, plus 500,000 cash, the Heat's No. 43 pick is in hand, and the future second-round pick, the Pistons' No. 44 pick is also settled. .”

"Good job." Tang Tian praised Dante.

Young but looking clean, Dante has a place in his team's future.

"It's just that I don't quite understand why so many second-round picks are collected." After all, Dante is young, so he still raised some questions.

Just now, he traded a total of 3 second-round picks, including the Cavaliers themselves, a total of 4, which is considered an exaggeration in any draft.

"You will understand in the future." Tang Tian didn't explain much.

Because a lot of people weren't there, the second round of the draft went much faster than the first round, with Mark Tatum coming in and out of the arena and quickly getting into the mid-40s.

"A trade happened. The 42nd pick in the second round of the NBA belongs to the Cleveland Cavaliers. They have 5 minutes to think about it."

Not long after the announcement over there, a staff member knocked on the door.

Tang Tian asked Dante to write down all the following choices, and gave them to the staff at one time, so as to save people from the organizing committee from running here again and again.

After all, the next picks are all from the Cavaliers.

"With the 42nd overall pick in the second round of 2009, the Cleveland Cavaliers selected Patrick Beverley, a 1.85-meter point guard from Europe."

Cavs fans on the sidelines yelled in excitement as Tatum announced his selection.

Although he didn't know Beverly well, the choices made by Tang Tian had been proved to be absolutely correct in the past few years.

In contrast at this time, the Rockets fans' mood will be much lower.

In the past, they were all cheering, but this time, they could only look at the Cavaliers fans and shout.

Perhaps what they can still whisper in their hearts is that Tang Tian will be mistaken this year!

"A trade happened. The 43rd pick belongs to the Cavaliers. They also have 5 minutes to consider."

After Tatum finished speaking, he walked back to the backstage. Although he had already received the Cavaliers' envelope, the process still had to go.

Five minutes later, he re-emerged and announced the Cavaliers' pick, Marcus Thornton.

Thornton is a guard with explosive scoring ability. He even averaged 18+ per game in a single season in the early stage of his career. point.

Thornton came to the scene, and after hearing that he was selected, he took the Cavaliers hat from the staff and walked quickly towards the stage.

Because of defensive problems, his draft market has been bad. Being selected in the middle of the second round is already a very good choice for him.

"A trade happened, the 44th pick... still belongs to the Cavaliers, they have 5 minutes to think about it."

Tatum smiled unconsciously when he read this, this is already the third one in a row.

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