Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 422 - 140: Draft Conference, New Big Three! (Daily 11,000-word update, please subscribe and vote) _2
Due to the reasons mentioned above, the Blazers wanted to quickly send away the "number one criminal" of the Portland Prison while he still had value.
Originally, upon learning that the Blazers were shopping Randolph around, the Grizzlies also wanted to acquire the young forward, but unfortunately...
Jordan, who thought Randolph was child’s play compared to Rodman, offered a higher bid in the end.
On TNT TV Station, Barkley analytically commented on this trade: "The reason Michael is interested in Zach Randolph, I guess, is because in the past two seasons, Zach is one of the few players who could hold his own against the Messiah."
"Master Qiao" Barkley guessed quite accurately.
Jordan didn’t hesitate to send the highly promising talent, Jeff Green, to Portland...
Precisely because he valued Randolph’s ability to make impressive shots against Qin Yue, even with all his excess weight.
ESPN gave Charlotte a C-plus rating for this trade.
And commented on the potential newcomers and their team owner for the new season in Charlotte:
A center who has been plagued by back injuries for a long time (Okafor).
A criminal who could blow up the locker room at any time (Randolph).
A future star of the team with street background (Roy).
A scumbag owner who is well-versed in drinking, gambling, and whoring, and is definitely not a gentleman (Jordan).
In the little Charlotte, they managed to gather so many "social elites" overnight...
It must be said, evaluating Jordan’s team-building approach without the divine perspective is indeed difficult.
Just that...
Considering that the Bobcats also have Felton and Wallace.
In the eyes of the transmigrator Qin Yue, he actually believed that Boss Qiao had inadvertently assembled a highly competitive lineup for the Bobcats. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
Following this...
With the sixth pick in the first round, the Minnesota Timberwolves selected Yi Jianlian from China.
Although he was dispatched to the chilly northwest as soon as he entered the league, Yi Jianlian’s agent Feigen didn’t cause trouble like in Qin Yue’s memory.
Because the Timberwolves, lacking inside players, could not only provide Ah Lian with the playing time he wanted, but also...
In terms of developing inside players, Minnesota is definitely a paradise for them.
In history, whether it’s Al Jefferson who further excelled in Minnesota, Kevin Love, or Karl-Anthony Towns who proved how modern centers should play by advancing while retreating...
In conclusion, you can question everything about the Timberwolves, but you can’t question their tailored development paths based on the characteristics of every young inside player.
Yi Jianlian’s team wanted him to be selected by the Timberwolves even before the draft started.
Therefore, it was a mutual choice.
And next, a few well-known first-round picks from Qin Yue’s memory—Joakim Noah, Spencer Hawes, Nick Young, and Wilson Chandler were selected by the Bulls, Kings, Wizards, and Heat, respectively.
The Warriors selected Josh McRoberts from Duke University with the thirtieth pick in the first round.
The Lakers, who acquired Pau Gasol early through a trade, had learned in advance through Big Gasol’s connections that Marc Gasol was willing to buy out his contract with his current European team to join the Lakers...
So, under the suggestion of the Lakers’ scouts, the Lakers’ management, who had been keeping a long-term focus on Little Gasol, decisively used a twenty-fifth pick in the first round through a trade to select Little Gasol.
It couldn’t be helped, as the inside information that Little Gasol could join the NBA next season was something the Warriors management could not obtain.
Moreover, from the perspective of hindsight...
The Warriors, who could at most trade with the Pacers for a twenty-seventh pick in the first round on the night of the draft, had a hard time snatching the Gasol brothers’ bond that the Lakers wanted to secure.
Phil Jackson had already pressured Kupchek multiple times since the middle of last season, saying the Lakers needed a center.
Plus, Big Gasol could persuade Little Gasol to use his own money to buy out his contract with his team and join the NBA early.
Additionally, Kobe, who was in a passionate relationship with Big Gasol at the time, pressured the Lakers management before the draft, saying, "I trust Paul, and his brother will surely be worth more than he says."
Therefore, combining all these reasons, Kupchek, with his extensive network in the league, easily secured a first-round pick for the Lakers that ensured they chose Little Gasol.
This was exactly the kind of high-class heritage that Jerry Buss had built up for the Lakers over decades of hard work.
However, for missing Little Gasol, Qin Yue, who had already prepared himself mentally for this, didn’t feel regret.
In the second round, after the Lakers unsurprisingly selected Sun Wukong, Qin Yue turned off the TV and began to enjoy a debauched vacation, only wanting to enjoy his holiday and then start his annual vacation training.
...
Time swiftly moved to July.
The NBA free agent market officially opened.
If last year, the powerhouses in the West were the ones causing turmoil...
Then this year, it was the turn of the Eastern teams to showcase their ambitions to the world.
To console the soul of the "Cardinal" Auerbach with a championship ring, the silver-tongued Celtics general manager Danny Ainge was the first to persuade Vince Carter, who would become a free agent this summer.
Carter was moved by the beautiful blueprint Ainge outlined.
And most importantly...
