In a draft, generally speaking, rookies are the absolute protagonists.

However, Boss Joe's selection is so different. He did not wait in the draft office, but prepared two envelopes early. One was that if Felton was selected with the No. 1 pick, he would choose Bo Gu.

Especially, if there is Bogut, I will definitely choose Bogut.

The other envelope is to select Felton. As the owner of the second pick, Boss Joe doesn't need to worry too much. He will definitely be able to select the player he likes.

So Boss Joe was watching the draft on the spot. After selecting Felton, Boss Joe went directly up to hug Felton.

The media's attention was attracted by Boss Joe, who put Felton aside and surrounded Jordan for interviews: "Michael, can you tell me the reason why you chose Raymond Felton?"

Boss Joe is quite confident in his vision: "If I had the first pick, I would also choose Raymond. Raymond is the NCAA champion. He is a winner. I am also a winner. Winners like to work with winners.

, the stars from North Carolina are very good, such as Vince and I. The teams that didn’t draft Vince and me must have regretted it, right? I don’t want to be the next person to regret it, and I don’t want to miss the next NBA superstar from North Carolina.

Superstar! Raymond has the same talent as Vince and I, and I believe he can lead our team to victory!"

Originally, Boss Joe was not that confident, but with the "successful" example of Kwame Brown, Boss Joe straightened his back when he said these words, and his voice was sonorous and powerful.

Watching the confident Teacher Qiao on TV, Liu Mang never expected that when Boss Qiao got the No. 2 pick, he still picked Felton...

Liu Mang looked at San Niu's eyes waiting for evaluation, and Liu Mang said: "Uh... Michael, this... this... this... this vision is really unique..."

"The four young men from North Carolina are also very good. They are NCAA champions. Everyone likes Raymond. He is a star at the local university in Charlotte and can increase attendance." Little Loli, who understands the football emperor, thinks about this draft.

There is quite a lot of research.

As Little Loli said, although Felton was selected with the second overall pick and the Bobcats let go of Deron and Paul, not many fans were particularly surprised by this.

After getting the No. 2 pick from the Bobcats, Charlotte and even North and South Carolina had high calls for the Bobcats to select Felton with the second overall pick. Compared to the other three of North Carolina's four picks,

As a player, Felton, as a point guard, is undoubtedly the most popular star in North Carolina.

The draft is not just about talent and strength, whether the fans like it or not is also a very important factor.

Ninety-nine percent of the Bobcats' tickets are bought by locals. What the locals want to watch, Jordan must satisfy.

There doesn't seem to be much difference in talent... At this stage, Felton, who just won the NCAA championship, no one dares to say that his talent and strength are worse than Paul and Deron.

After Jordan selected Felton, except for the two point guard experts, coach Sloan and coach Byron Scott of the Hornets, the public opinion in the entire United States was that "Jordan made the right choice" and "everyone loves Raymond."

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If the first two picks are selected in this way, there will be no surprises in the selections of the teams in the lottery area.

Coach Sloan thought for three minutes, and at the urging of league staff, submitted the envelope. The Jazz selected Deron Williams with the third overall pick.

The Hornets didn't expect to find a treasure! Originally they were only looking forward to getting Felton or Marvin Williams, but they didn't expect Paul to stay!

After the Bobcats selected Felton, the Hornets wrote down two names, one was Deron and the other was Paul. Who was who? Deron was selected. The owner of the Hornets quickly stuffed Paul's name into an envelope and handed it over.

To Alliance staff.

With the four most high-profile college stars taken away, the ensuing draft will become much less attractive.

The Raptors selected Marvin Williams with the fifth pick, the Trail Blazers selected Martell Webster with the sixth pick, and the Knicks selected Channing Frye with the seventh pick.

, the Warriors selected Ike Diogu with the eighth pick.

The Lakers selected another high school student with the ninth pick, St. Joseph High School's talented center Andrew Bynum. This selection surprised people and was the first upset in this draft.

People are complaining that the Lakers have a special love for high school students...

When the 12th pick came, Boss Joe was also obsessed with North Carolina, his alma mater, and used the first-round pick No. 12 obtained from the Timberwolves to select Sean May, a short power forward from the University of North Carolina.

After selecting each of the top twelve picks, the little Loli could analyze it. Liu Mang asked curiously: "Dina, what do you want to do when you grow up?"

"Dina wants to be a reporter! When Dinah grows up, will uncle still play basketball? Then Dinah will write all the good news about uncle!" said the little Loli clenching her fists.

This ambition... is so ambitious... When Liu Mang saw that Levia didn't care how the little Loli decided her future, he just let her go.

When the 13th pick was reached, when the Cavaliers were supposed to select someone, the first trade of this draft was made!

It was originally the time for the Cavaliers to make a selection, but after Sean May's interview, the screen cut to Vice President Stu Jackson next to him. Stu Jackson announced that the Hawks used the Spurs' 2006 first-round pick to acquire An.

Dere Varejao reached a deal with the Cavaliers and received the Cavaliers' first-round pick with the 13th overall pick.

David Stern came out with the envelope for the 13th time: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Atlanta Hawks selected Danny Granger from the University of New Mexico with the 13th overall pick!"

Liu Mang didn't expect that he would actually be chosen!

The Cavaliers actually agreed to this deal for a second-round center and a Spurs draft pick!

Among the draft reference candidates Liu Mang provided to the team at that time, the outside players he wanted to pick were those who could play from two to four. Of course, they would be in the rotation lineup, and they would definitely be the same ones. The inside players wanted to pick two types, one was a low-post singles type.

players, the team lacks inside singles, and the other type of inside is the big center who can bear the pressure of Kwame Brown.

Liu Mang gave three candidates to the outside line. One was Francisco Garcia, Gerald Green, and the most unlikely one was Danny Granger. Unexpectedly, he got Granger and paid so much.

All the chips were almost robbed.

However, Liu Mang looked at the rest of the draft list, and it seemed that all the players that the Cavaliers might be interested in were taken away. The last one, Sean May, was taken away, and the Cavaliers had no suitable players to choose from.

If you insist on choosing the latter, I guess the Cavaliers feel sorry for the No. 13 pick.

Moreover, in the more than 50 games Varejao played in the regular season, Varejao averaged 3 points and 4 rebounds in 11 minutes per game. The talent is there, but the Hawks can't use it. The Cavaliers have Sean-

After May was selected by the Hornets with the 12th overall pick, he agreed to the Hawks' trade request.

The selection of Danny Granger was indeed an unexpected surprise. Liu Mang's long-term plan of repeatedly trading draft picks to continuously receive rookie bonuses has a good continuity, compared with the selection of Garcia and Gerald Green.

Much stronger.

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The Eagles' trade broke the iceberg, and then some teams that were waiting on the sidelines began to trade.

Some teams are jealous when they see the Hawks win the championship through the draft, especially the Trail Blazers who were robbed of Rasheed Wallace. Although they were the ones who let Rasheed Wallace go, they are jealous.

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After the Hawks completed the transaction, the Trail Blazers completed the transaction with the Celtics. They used the 2006 first-round pick and this year's second-round pick to obtain the 14th pick in the first round from the Celtics and selected the media.

It was revealed that the Eagles will select Jarrett Jack with the 30th overall pick...

The Celtics have accumulated so many draft picks over the years...

With the 16th pick, they also had the draft rights to select Gerald Green, another forward and defender Liu Mang liked.

With the 30th pick in the first round, the Eagles selected David Lee, a short white power forward from the University of Florida.

Brandon Bass, Andre Blache, and David Lee are the three power forward candidates given by Liu Mang. They all have obvious shortcomings but also obvious advantages.

With the third pick in the second round, the Hawks used the second-round pick obtained from the Jazz to select Polish center Maxin Gortat.

After choosing a short inside man, the Hawks management and coaching staff discussed choosing a tall inside man with Liu Mang. The key is that Gortat does not need to enter the NBA immediately, and he still has two years with the Cologne Rhine team in Germany.

The contract can be placed in Europe for training. It is very good for white centers to train in Europe.

The Hawks have one rookie each on the inside and outside, as well as a second-round pick from Europe. The draft has been completed.

When we went to David Lee, the little girl could tell him something, but when it came to Gottat... the little girl said she really didn't know this person!

After the Eagles finished selecting players, Liu Mang received a call from Stockton. Stockton explained the reasons for selecting two white insiders. Liu Mang didn't think anything of it. These were the options he provided, but

None of the three are just the first choice, but they are all high-quality role players that Liu Mang thinks.

The reason Stockton gave was that David Lee was a star on the south coast and was not weak in Georgia, which is close to Florida. The team had this consideration and chose Gortat because the team had enough players.

The center, Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown, Muhammad and Mourning, who may stay on the team, can all play center. If a new center is to be signed, it will mainly be veterans, and young players will not be used for the time being.

The management was worried that Liu Mang would think that Coach Kruger, Price and most of the assistant coaches were white, so they selected white people, but Liu Mang really didn't think that much.

Chinese people do not have racial discrimination, only regional discrimination. For example...except for Chinese, they are all foreigners...for example...the flowers in Luoyang cannot bloom, dang dang dang dang dang...

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Most of the previous transactions were small-scale deals, exchanges of draft picks and the like, and players were added, all of them role players.

Finally, before the 13th overall pick in the second round, a big trade happened!

The Cavaliers used the 13th pick in the second round to trade with the Wizards, signing first and then in exchange for Larry Hughes. Larry Hughes and the Cavaliers reached a five-year, $70 million contract extension.

This trade is really exciting. The super defensive guard who was on the first team of the league's best defensive team last season was traded away by the Cavaliers in the second round!

Liu Mang felt that the Cavaliers were doing this trade to allow James to completely return to the small forward position, and at the same time find a defensive swingman to teach James how to defend.

However, although this trade is shocking, it is expected. The Wizards are forced to trade. After Larry Hughes was swept in the first round of the playoffs, he was already ready to leave the team. The trade is the best

Choice, the Wizards can get a little reward, Larry Hughes can keep the Bird Rights and renew the contract above the salary cap. After playing for the Wizards for three years, Larry Hughes happens to have the Bird Rights and can renew the contract beyond the salary cap.

Regardless of the Cavaliers' lack of strength, the boss is really willing to spend money. It's just that he often doesn't spend enough money. He is a typical example of spending money sloppily.

James, Drew Gooden, Dessa Gaynor-Diop and other main players are all on rookie contracts. Eric Snow is only in the middle class. The Cavaliers' total salary last season was as high as 49 million. Big Z signed a new contract after the end of this season.

His contract was 40 million for five years, and his salary was reduced by more than 6 million, but it was not enough to directly sign Larry Hughes, so he used a second-round pick to reach a deal with the Wizards and paid a little more to sign Larry Hughes.

This transaction caused the league to change the rules of sign-and-trade after the fact. The teams that previously signed and traded only need to have salary space that is 150% of the salary of the player before signing and trading. Basically,

It is equivalent to buying bird rights, which was the rule when bird rights came out a long time ago.

After this trade, the Wizards sued the Cavaliers against the league, stating that they suffered a loss and forced the league to change the sign-and-trade rule to a sign-and-trade rule.

The salary cap space will increase the home team's chances of retaining stars.
To be continued...