In the Suns box, D'Antoni and Suns owner Savo gave a high-five.
Just now, they reached an agreement with the Portland Trail Blazers through a trade operation and won this year's second pick, Chen Yan!
In order to acquire this popular rookie, the Suns also spent a lot of blood!
They sent All-Star small forward Marion, last season's best sixth man Barbosa!
Acquired from the Trail Blazers for this year's second pick, Chen Yan and Vaughn Weaver!
Although this transaction is nominally 2 for 2, anyone with a discerning eye can actually see that this is a 2 for 1 Suns deal!
Vaughn Weaver can only be regarded as an add-on, and it is estimated that he will be ruthlessly waived by the Suns as soon as the deal is completed.
In fact, it is not difficult for the Suns to make this trading decision.
After failing in the playoffs for several consecutive years, the Suns management decided to seek changes this summer!
Moreover, Marion is having a bad temper with the team recently. He wants a high salary, otherwise he will choose to become a free agent after next season.
If Marion is allowed to leave the team freely, the Suns will be completely drained.
In fact, D'Antoni has been observing Chen Yan for more than a day or two, but he is relatively low-key and has never expressed his interest in Chen Yan in public.
So this time the Sun took action very suddenly!
It can be said that it caught all competitors by surprise!
This is the draft. Each team is hiding its true intentions. Everything is unknown until the dust settles.
In D'Antoni's eyes, Chen Yan perfectly fits the team's run-and-gun tactical system.
He has strong athletic ability, can play fast breaks, moves well without the ball, and has certain mid-to-long-range shooting ability.
What ultimately matters is that Chen Yan is a singles master!
D'Antoni has been criticized by the outside world before. He can't play without running and gunning. There are no other tactics in positional warfare except pick-and-roll.
After having Chen Yan, D'Antoni can finally raise his head proudly!
Who says I don’t have other tactics in positional warfare?
I will still give the ball to Chen Yan!
Mustache is very confident in his vision. D'Antoni believes that Chen Yan can play the role of Wade and Kobe on the offensive end as an attacker, which will bring the Suns to a higher level!
The Trail Blazers are also very satisfied with this deal. With the team's dual-core Roy Aldridge already confirmed, their purpose in selecting Chen Yan is to use him as a bargaining chip.
Marion is currently the top 3D in the league. Last season, he averaged 17.5 points and 9.8 rebounds per game, but his main contribution was on the defensive end.
This is a player who can truly defend from position 1 to position 5.
He can defend Parker, Kobe, James, Duncan and Garnett.
Trivia: Marion once defended O'Neal.
This kind of all-star immediate combat ability is paired with the increasingly mature Roy and Aldridge, and a bench gangster like Barbosa.
The Blazers management feels that the team will take off next season!
The righteous version of the Yellow Mamba, Rasheed Wallace, hacks the Brazilian Lightning's lineup. It's not too much to reach the conference finals, right?
It can be said that the two teams each got what they needed, and the deal hit it off!
The draft is still going on.
The Celtics, who won the third pick, still need to select?
Directly Kevin Durant!
At the beginning of this year, the Celtics contacted Durant's mother privately in order to acquire Durant, and were severely punished by the league for this.
After watching Durant's game, Celtics general manager Ainge immediately decided to let Pierce lead the Celtics to failure, and even sent Pierce away for Durant.
Saying before the game that he would not draft Oden, Chen Yan, or Durant is just a smokescreen.
Durant seems to be in a good mood. Although he only won the No. 3 overall pick, the Celtics are the place he yearns for. They have a big ball market and a glorious history...
Rick Barnes, the head coach of the University of Texas in front of the TV, smiled when he saw this scene. With Chen Yan and Durant, the second and third overall picks, the University of Texas has stable enrollment this summer.
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Then the Sonics picked Horford with the fourth overall pick. This was a very safe choice. Horford's lower limit was guaranteed, and he wouldn't be able to get anywhere no matter how weak he was.
The Grizzlies, who picked Conley with the fifth overall pick, chose Conley as they did in the previous life. Now that the Grizzlies have Pau Gasol and Rudy Gay, the team is short of a point guard, and Conley is the best player in this year's draft.
A reliable point guard.
In the small green room, Chen Yan is currently being interviewed by ESPN.
"Chen, as the second pick in the NBA, can you tell me how you feel at this time?"
"Honestly... it's been crazy this whole journey, a month ago I was nobody and if someone had told me I was going to be the No. 2 pick I would have thought they were crazy, but now that it's happened, I feel like
It gave a lot of people confidence." Chen Yan said sincerely, this is indeed how he has felt in the past month or so since he time traveled.
The reporter from ESPN nodded and continued to ask: "Chen, tell me how you feel about the Portland Trail Blazers. You will start a new journey there."
"Portland is a nice city and the fans are very enthusiastic."
Chen Yan’s answer was very concise and even a bit emotional!
There was no way, Bill Duffy had just specifically stated that there might be a trade later, and Chen Yan didn't want to praise the Trail Blazers from the bottom of his heart and then be told that he was actually going to another team.
That situation would be very embarrassing.
At this time, ESPN reporters suddenly received news of a trade between the Trail Blazers and the Suns.
ESPN reporters also immediately conveyed the transaction news to Chen Yan!
Chen Yan expressed that he was surprised. He had been mentally prepared to be traded before, but he never thought it would be the Suns.
I have the impression that their reaction during my trial training was not very intense...
"Chen! Can you talk about your feelings about the Suns team?"
The deal has been settled, and now Chen Yan can directly boast: "The Suns are a great team. I like their run-and-gun tactics and are very passionate. I have been a fan of theirs since a long time ago. I
I can’t wait to wear the Suns jersey! In addition, Phoenix is also a great city, it’s very suitable to live there, I love everything there!”
Chen Yan said that he felt very good about being traded to the Suns, at least better than the Trail Blazers. His style of play will have a lot of room for development in the Suns.
And next to Nash, the score still keeps rising?
"Viewers! I just received the latest news. The Phoenix Suns and the Portland Trail Blazers have reached a trade agreement! Chen Yan has been traded to the Suns!"
“This is the first blockbuster trade in this year’s draft!”
The tv5 studio suddenly exploded!
The three commentators also became excited!
"Oh! I'm going to the Suns. I really didn't expect this before! But the Suns' style of play is good-looking and suits Chen Yan's style very well. I believe he will perform well there!"
"This deal is reminiscent of the scene in 1996 when rookie Kobe Bryant and All-Star Divac swapped clubs!"
"Kobe Bryant just changed to an All-Star. Chen Yan not only changed to an All-Star but also added a Sixth Man of the Year!"
The three commentators were excitedly discussing the deal, and they even forgot to pay attention to the scene of the draft! When A Lian walked on the stage and shook hands with David Stern, several commentators realized that A Lian had also been selected!
Still the sixth pick, the difference is that the team that selected him changed from the Bucks in his previous life to the Bulls!
The United Arab Emirates has a happy face. The Chicago football market is huge, and the lineup and team style are also conducive to the performance of the United Arab Emirates.
On this day, Chinese fans have two more home teams!
The Bobcats selected Brandon White with the seventh overall pick, and Boss Joe's vision is still as unique as ever.
The Bucks drafted Noah with the 8th overall pick.
The Timberwolves selected Corey Brewer with the ninth overall pick.
Nick Young was selected with the 15th overall pick, and the team is still the Wizards.
It seems that no matter in his past life or this life, he will never escape the fate of being greened by General Arenas...
In an interview with "Slam" in his previous life, the general admitted that he had slept with Nick Young's women!
Focus on it, guys!
Moreover, Arenas' explanation for this was very outrageous. Whenever Yang Shaoxia fell in love with a frivolous woman, he would sleep with this woman.
As a big brother, he wants to remind Nick Young in this way that such a woman is not worth his heart and soul!
Another Chinese player, Sun Yue, was selected by the Lakers with the 40th overall pick, but he chose to join the NBA next year. It seems that the NBA career of a Lakers star will have to wait another year to start.
After the draft, all the lottery picks came on stage and took a group photo with David Stern.
Chen Yan stood on the left side of David Stern, Durant stood on the right, and A Lian and Oden stood behind him.
Chen Yan smiled brightly in front of the camera. I don’t know how many people’s youth started from this moment!