"I'm excited to be a San Antonio Spurs player. I've been a Tim Duncan fan since I was a kid. I love Duncan. I love the Spurs. This is a perfect night!"

Looking at the excited young black man on TV, Jerry West immediately thought of all the information about this young man.

Name: Derek Favors

Height: 2.08 meters (6 feet 10)

Weight: 112kg

Position:Power forward

Age: 19 years old

Template: Chris Bosh (best), Chris Wilcox (worst)

Draft prospects: Top five

This is one of the best insiders among this rookie class. In his junior year, he averaged 23.7 points, 17.1 rebounds and 9.1 blocks per game. In his senior year, he averaged 27.5 points, 13.3 rebounds, 5 blocks and 4 steals per game. A terrifying one, even better than

Cousins ​​is more promising, and it is indeed a good choice to select him with this pick, but what about John Wall?

Although the Spurs are also short of power forwards, but they replaced Parker, don't they need a point guard more?

Jerry West really doesn't understand now.

On the other side, the Spurs' general manager's office, Popovich, Buford, and Bowen all breathed a sigh of relief!

"It's too dangerous. The battle for Anthony just now was too dangerous!"

Bowen, Buford, Popovich, and Duncan all found it incredible.

"Anthony almost went to the SuperSonics!"

"I didn't expect the Cavaliers to be so decisive in the end. After selecting Bradley, they did not bargain with the Nuggets and directly sent Bradley and Richard Jefferson to the Denver Nuggets to complete the deal. If it had been slower, let

The Clippers draft is complete, then Anthony will definitely go to the SuperSonics!"

Bowen was very excited, really excited.

The Cavaliers suddenly intervened in Anthony's trade and were willing to offer Bradley in exchange for Anthony.

Regarding Bradley's reputation in the current NBA, his best draft template is yes, and his worst draft template is a combination of Rose and Curry.

The person who looks most like yes is, without a doubt, a person who seems to have great prospects.

There is nothing wrong with just replacing Anthony.

Even this offer is much higher than the bargaining chip that the Lakers and New York worked so hard to find, but compared with the offer of Millsap's No. 4 pick and No. 30 pick Gasol from the SuperSonics, it is evenly matched.

The Nuggets want to see what kind of player they can draft with the fourth pick before making a decision.

There is nothing wrong with this, but I didn’t expect the Cavaliers to be so decisive. Seeing the Nuggets’ hesitation, I directly added another chip and sent Richard Jefferson away. Although he is thirty years old, he can still average 20 per game.

All-star level player!

And after sending away Anthony, the player the Nuggets need most is the small forward position.

The Cavaliers increased the price, but the SuperSonics had no way to increase the price because this was already the SuperSonics' highest offer. In the end, the Cavaliers and the Nuggets completed this super deal.

The Cavaliers sent No. 1 pick Avery Bradley and Richard Jefferson to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Carmelo Anthony.

If it's a little slower, the Nuggets can see that the Sonics' fourth overall pick can draft John Wall.

So there is no doubt that Millsap, John Wall and Gasol's offer for this year's No. 30 pick is even more attractive.

Of course, the Cavaliers have so many chips, they can still continue to increase the price, but it is obvious that their speed and decisiveness make them seem to have obtained Anthony at a relatively small price.

Thinking of Anthony's trade war just now, Popovich kept shaking his head.

If Anthony really goes to the SuperSonics, it will really not be that easy. Even with the leadership of two MVP players, Rondo and Duncan, the Spurs will not be able to make any waves in the Western Conference.

Therefore, he is really still a little distant.

After regaining his composure a little, a smile finally appeared on his face.

"We used the No. 4 draft pick in exchange for Rondo, and the No. 5 pick in exchange for Favors. Together with Tim, Stephen, Diaw, and Laga Bell, we have quickly completed the reconstruction. The next step is to focus on Rondo.

Continue to add role players."

Although he also knows that if Rondo is not traded, he can choose Wall with the fourth pick and Favors with the fifth pick. If he was told last season that he had a chance to get Wall this season, he would definitely be

Without hesitation.

But now, what he can get is Rondo!

If Wall and Rondo compete, is there still a choice?

Listening to those people on TV calling him dementia and stupid, Popovich smiled slightly. Next season, he will make all those who are currently calling him stupid admit that he is stupid!

Popovich doesn't care about the words scolding him on TV at this time, and Buford and Bowen are the same as Popovich.

Only Duncan frowned.

From an idealist perspective, Rondo should indeed be a strong man.

Bowen, Buford, and Bobo, they are all smart people who seem to have the ability to see the truth from the fog.

They also think more and more profoundly than others.

However, as a relatively honest person with not so many thoughts, Duncan does not like that kind of idealistic old Yin B-style thinking. He likes to feel directly through his own eyes and games.

Rondo...is he really the person that Bobo, Bruce, Buford and others say has the power to reach the world?

Only Bobo and the others are smart people, and are all the fools in the world?

Are these people who scold Bobo and these celebrities all fools?

Why does Duncan always think this is something evil?

"Let's complete this deal now. Although I don't care about the scolding of these people, we will not bear the blame for Leonard. We have not inspected him. How could we select him with the fourth pick? This

Let’s throw the blame to the SuperSonics.”

Popovich smiled and Buford nodded.

"What a lucky boy."

Although the Spurs selected Leonard, Popovich basically didn't have much impression of him in his mind.

All he knows is that this is what the Sonics asked him to choose. This is what yes means. This kid is yes's apprentice and he is a hard-working kid. Yes feels sorry for him very much.

Yes is really a very respectable person. Just because he feels sorry for his disciple, he signed him with such a pick, as if he was afraid that someone would compete with him.

After the NCAA finals, Leonard once reached the top 15 and entered the lottery. But now, after the halo of the NCAA finals has slowly faded, Leonard's current draft prospect is around 20.

A player ranked among the top 20 in the draft is selected with the No. 4 pick.

Tsk tsk.

The whole world says that Yes, like Jordan, is the two losers of the NBA. It is not unreasonable to go against Bole.

Jordan fans are obsessed with Bird.

Yes, I am obsessed with Durant.

When the Spurs sent Parker to the Hornets, Jordan was still unwilling. Originally, Popovich thought Jordan wanted a big bird with the fourth pick. Unexpectedly, Joe's boss was interested in a "little uncle" in this class.

De'Gordon Hayward, he was stunned.

He couldn't figure out whether this Joe's leader was Bird Honey or Bird Black. Nowadays, the NBA rookies don't dare to say that they are Bird Jr., for fear of being targeted by Jordan.

When Hayward was even asked in an interview that Jordan thought he looked like Bird, Hayward was so frightened that he dropped the basketball in his hand.

"Don't hurt me, I'm not Little Bird, I'm Little Mike Dunleavy!"

I would rather be Dunleavy Jr. than Bird Jr.

Is there a hundred thousand levels difference between Dunleavy and Bird?

Bird Fengjing was so persecuted!

Thinking back on the recent drafts and trades, Popovich wanted to laugh.

At this time, the Spurs and SuperSonics broadcasts also appeared on TV.

The Spurs used Leonard as a bargaining chip to acquire Rondo and $2 million in cash from the Seattle SuperSonics.

Rondo is strong, but his contract is low. Sign-and-trade The Spurs can't find anyone to replace him, so the Sonics can only balance it with their annual cash transaction quota. This year, the available cash transaction quota for each team is 8 million US dollars.

For NBA teams, the amount of cash is basically negligible.

So this deal is a one-way exchange of Leonard and Rondo.

So after the transaction was approved and announced, the commentators on TV changed from calling him sb to calling him and Presti both sb.

"Popovich actually traded the team's No. 4 pick for Rondo?!"

"Wouldn't it be nice to select John Wall? If John Wall can't be selected, it's okay to select Rondo with the fourth pick. John Wall can be selected, but it's ridiculous to trade it for Rondo?!"

"Presti traded Rondo for the No. 4 pick. Why would he use the No. 4 pick to select Leonard, a player with the 20th overall pick? Can't John Wall do it?!"

"I agree that you say Presti is a bad guy, but I think that choosing Leonard may not be what Presti means, but what he means is yes."

After Kenny Smith finished speaking, all the snorts disappeared for a moment.
To be continued...