There were no unexpected events in this year's draft.

The most popular university, no surprise, is Duke University, which has won two consecutive NCAA Basketball Championships.

Six Duke University candidates may run for the bench, 5 were selected, Kobe, Brand, Magety, and Trajan Langton were selected for the first round and were all selected in the lottery area. The No. 1 pick is the No. 1 pick.

The Duke Blue Devils have reached the peak of team history in the past two years, but the peak period of college comes and goes quickly, and it will only take three or four years at most.

Although Duke University has Bathir left and has attracted the attention of more high school geniuses through its performance in the past three years, it is impossible for them to get college students of Kobe, Brand, and Mageti in a short time.

After the draft, Kobe Bryant held a press conference last year and said, "I decided to enter the NBA with the No. 1 pick in 1999" became popular again.

In the past, the media always hyped that someone was Jordan's successor. After the Bulls selected Kobe, they directly posted the headline title of "Jordan's successor is coming" on the team's official website.

Officially serious Jordan successor.

Before he participated in the draft, Kobe's topic was already so high that he was extremely popular. Now the topic is close to those super popular superstars.

Kobe was interviewed after the draft and said: "I will become the Bulls' historical scoring champion, I will win 5-6 championships, be selected for the Hall of Fame, and my goal is the best in history..."

"I knew from the beginning that Kobe and I were definitely the top two selected, and I was very happy to join the Grizzlies, and I, Mike, Sharif, we were all selected in the second pick, and our trio would definitely surprise everyone."

In an interview, Balang Davis, Tanhua, danced awkwardly, showing the silly nature of the players from the Los Angeles team, and then said: "I want to play with Glenn Rice! That's Glenn Rice!"

The reporter reminded: "Barlang, Glen Rice has just been traded to the Lakers. Now the best players on the Hornets' inside and outside are Derek Coleman and Eddie Jones."

Balang Davis showed a real-black question mark face: "What did you say? Wait, do it again."

As he said that, Balang Davis danced again, and pretended that nothing had happened, he said, "I'm going to play with Derek Coleman and Eddie Jones!"

Steve Francis, who was selected by the Clippers in the fourth pick, said in an interview: "I can actually go to any team. I don't pick the team, but I feel extremely excited to be able to play in Los Angeles. The situation where the Clippers are ignored will no longer exist. I will lead the Clippers to rise!"

Lamar Odom, who was selected by the Raptors in the fifth pick, looked stupid in an interview: "Raptors, I have known him very early on playing with Carter. He should like me very much, I can pass the ball..."

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Every rookie has distinct personal characteristics, either pride, some middle-aged, or relatively stable, but they are full of confidence and show their completely different personality traits from others.

Now, before the start of the new season, the hottest things in the world of basketball are just two things: first, rookies, second, free market.

The Grizzlies have selected Raheem, Antonio Daniels, Bibby, and Brand in the past four years. Except for almost all the lottery zone in 1997, the Grizzlies chose No. 4 pick, Raheem and Bibby have both played. Brand can see that it is strong in combat and talent is enough, but whether it can be converted into results is still the same.

The Bulls have been in a bad position for a year and are about to recover again. It is no surprise to choose Kobe. However, before becoming the No. 1 pick, Kobe is both in the ice and fire. Before the selection, all the media were joking, but after being selected, it was doubtful that Kobe would be like Olovo Kandi.

The performance of each team in the draft was mixed with media and experts. Relying on the hardware performance almost doubled every 18 months, so many people have invested so much money in the Internet industry in the past few years. Although many people have begun to jump off buildings, the Internet has really developed with the investment. Online forums, blogs, etc. are very popular. Many people express their opinions on the Internet, and the same is true for basketball. They have their own opinions on this year's draft.

The Supersonics, which did not select a lottery player in this draft, became the hardest hit area for attack.

Ron Artest, a famous thorn in the college basketball industry, entered university at the age of 17. In two years, he had 23 technical fouls, fought 5 times, and had many conflicts with people in life.

James Percy, although he won the best defensive player in the division during his college years and was selected for a while in the division, he performed poorly in March Crazy and was too thin and was rated as an excellent college basketball player in amateur games, but he did not have the ability to become a professional player.

These two are fine, but at least the Supersonics, which are scarce outsiders, will be sent to the court immediately.

Russian small forward Andre Kirirenko and Argentina shooting guard Manu Ginobili, these two, the Supersonics said in a press conference after the draft that neither of them could enter the NBA immediately. Kirirenko still has two years of contract with the Russian Super League team. According to the existing salary cap, each team can pay a buyout fee of $300,000 for overseas players every year. This thing cannot be accumulated. Kirirenko's buyout fee is 3 million euros, while Kirirenko's 21st pick in the first round is only $4.336 million.

In other words, Kirilenko can only wait to enter the NBA in 2001.

Ginobili chose to renew his contract with a Serie A team after being selected, and he would not be able to join for at least two or three years.

The key is that the Americans have never heard of Ginobili.

The media's wind direction has changed so quickly. I used to mock the Lakers for losing Zhang Hao in their self-righteous operations. Now, I have started to mock Zhang Hao again to a team with poor operations.

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Zhang Hao returned to Seattle and looked at his team's current lineup list, he was also a little frustrated, not because of whom he chose, but because of the type he chose.

"With so many names given, why are you all choosing defensive players?"

Artest, James Posey, Ratliff, Jason Williams is a blue-collar worker...

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If possible, Zhang Hao hopes that the players who come here are already very mature. If so, they can build a lineup more reasonably and in a more level way. Top players, 1-2 are just good, first-class stars, and a strong substitute.

It’s useless to have a lot of talent, there are only two or three people who are the core of the ball-holding tactics.

You also need to consider your personality. You don’t have to be good people. It’s best to be able to complement each other. If it really doesn’t work, it’s good to be able to check and balance each other.

The girl got married for the first time, and Zhang Hao was quite satisfied with the results of this talent show.

After the draft, Zhang Hao trained at home for a few days, and he didn't have to worry about rookies. Paul Westfal and Scott Collins were responsible for cultivating rookies this summer.

On July 6, he called the first of the three free agents he had made to come to Seattle, and the other two made an appointment.

Zhang Hao participated in the management and the coaching staff met with this recruiter who was very high-quality in his mind.

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"Mr. Curry, didn't Stephen and Ellie come together?"

This guy tried to abduct his son, but he also wanted to abduct his goddaughter!

But finding a job is not easy, you have to support your family, and you have to pave the way for your two sons and endure it!

Dell Curry smiled and said, "Stephen is still playing games. I really didn't expect you to come to the Supersonics in the end. How about it? After resting for a year, your strength has not declined, right?"

"It's better than before retirement."

"That's good, it meets the basic requirements I'm willing to join..."

Dell Curry, the Hornets' scoring leader in history, did not get the Hornets' contract renewal after the suspension, chose to join the Bucks and helped the Bucks to enter the playoffs. He played 42 games in the regular season, averaging 10.1 points per game. The strongest thing is his three-point shooting percentage, 47.6%, which is higher than Chris Mullin's 46.5%.

Players who can adapt basically adapted after extending the three-point line for two years. Some three-pointers with excellent three-point ranges in the top arc area have been shortened for two years. There is only one reason why they don’t have that talent for shooting at a long distance.

This is normal. Each player has different talents and different things he is good at.

After the end of last season, Dell Curry won the favor of many teams.

However, what the top teams can give is basically basic salary, which is not within the scope of Dell Curry's consideration.

Champions are important, but raising a family is more important.

The Supersonics attach great importance to the meeting with Dell Curry.

Based on the existing roster, they know how important it is to them if Dell Curry can join.

This is the top pitcher in the league and has certain organizational offensive ability. Although he is old, his athletic ability is excellent. It is suitable to cooperate with Zhang Hao to fight back.

Zhang Hao welcomed Dell Curry and his agent. After chatting for a while, he brought Dell Curry and his agent to the conference room.

Zhang Hao said that his strength was stronger than before retirement, and Dell Curry believed that the basic conditions were met.

The Supersonics lacks manpower on the back line, and Dell Curry doesn't have to worry about playing time.

After a wave of greetings, Larry Harris began to show the time and began a discussion with Dell Curry's agent about salary space.

What Larry Harris is best at is to bring players in and discuss them when discussing the contract.

"Dell, this is our assistant coach Scott Collins. He is the best coach in high school basketball. He has trained Aix, Paul Pierce, Yao, and Yao, the Chinese center who just joined Georgetown University. He is very good at guiding children's progress. I heard Aix say that your child Stephen has a very outstanding basketball talent. If you come to our team to play, Stephen will be able to get Scott's guidance..."

When you are a parent, things become uncontrollable when you hear things that are good for your children.

Dell Curry is very popular in the free market. Almost every team likes players like him. Weak teams with geniuses that need to be trained. We need a pitcher like him who can open up space. In order to compete for the playoffs, ordinary strong teams also need pitchers like him. Top strong teams can't get him even if they want it.

Dell Curry still has certain requirements. First, salary, second, strength cannot be too poor, at least there must be players who can drive the team.

Weak teams are basically willing to give him a contract of 2 years, 5.5 million to 3 years, 8 million US dollars; strong teams with space usually give a contract of 1 year, 2.5 million to 3 million US dollars, and will not give a longer contract. Although strong teams with space get more this year, they will face the pressure of finding a job next year. He himself does not know how his 35-year-old condition will be next season.

After some pulling, Dell Curry accepted the offer given by the Supersonics.

Joined the Supersonics Team for 6 million in 3 years!

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Save as much as possible. A player saves 300,000 or 500,000 yuan a year. If you spend a few more, you can even create a star contract!

Zhang Hao also admired Larry Harris' ability in this regard!

If you don’t start with “How the team is like”, that statement may cause some players to be disgusted by me and I haven’t joined yet. What’s your team’s salary situation and signing plan? What’s the matter with me?

Larry Harris seized the point of Dell Curry's demand and did not over-press the price, and well estimated the bottom line of Dell Curry's psychological price...

Larry Harris has been joining for a while. Zhang Hao received feedback that Larry Harris is not very capable in other aspects, and he can only say that he has no mistakes, but he is indeed quite good at negotiating.

"Everyone always has his own expertise, and the important thing is to put it in the right position!"

After signing, Dell Curry didn't stay much. He had to prepare for renting a house. He would definitely have to move here in the next offseason.

Paul Westfal arranged for him to lead his teammates in the summer league.

After renting the house, Dell Curry had to go back to Milwaukee to move immediately and pay an extra month of rent, which was quite distressing.

Supersonics side.

Silver Fox said to Zhang Hao: "Aix, we need to prepare well next,"

"Preparation? What to prepare?"

"I'll meet with Kassel tomorrow!"
To be continued...