Chapter 659: Trades and the 2008 Draft Picks and Jerry West

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"I want to see how much you have made me grow in these two years."

"Now many people say that Kevin, Darko, Paul and Rajon and even JJ have grown tremendously with your help, and I also want them to see my progress."

"I can clearly feel that my strength has reached its peak, but I don't know what level my peak strength will reach."

In the courtyard of Yesi Villa, looking at the bright moon above his head, David Li smiled.

"Besides, I also want to know how much you have changed my trashy destiny in the world of basketball."

"Yes, you will definitely bless me, right?"

Ye Si looked at the forced smile on David Li's face, and finally nodded quietly.

"meeting."

"I knew it would be like this. That guy Tucker even threatened me that if he said yes, he would definitely beat me up, an ungrateful guy. He just wanted to keep me here and continue..."

David Li, who originally wanted to say something, stopped talking in the end, and the smile on his face disappeared.

"yes..."

"Thank you for not keeping me."

"You don't want me to keep you."

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I'm afraid."

Are you scared……

Look at the smile on David Lee's face again.

Looking at David Lee's complicated back as he left, Ye Si closed his eyes.

And David Li, who walked out of the Ye Si family villa, looked at the moonlight above his head again. It was obviously the same moon, but the scenery was completely different...

"I really want to see where the limit of your gift to me is, my God..."

David Lee left Seattle, and the next time he came back, he was no longer a Seattle SuperSonics player.

After David Lee said goodbye to Ye Si, he applied for a trade to the team.

The contract David Lee currently carries is a four-year, $4.5 million rookie contract, and the contract still has the last year of next season.

As a rookie at the end of the first round, he can achieve his current achievements in three seasons in the NBA, which is quite a magical thing in the history of the NBA.

As the main player last season, David Lee averaged a double-double per game.

As the main player this season, David Lee can still average a double-double per game.

Even on the bench, his statistics are still outstanding. In the playoffs, his comprehensiveness amazed many people.

His trade value is huge in the current league.

Many teams are willing to accept such an important member of a championship team, not to mention that this important member is only 25 years old.

David Lee is determined to leave the Sonics.

He didn't hide the reason why he wanted to leave from Ye Si.

Nor did he hide his reasons from the team's general manager, Presti, and the team's head coach, Nelson.

So after knowing David Lee's plans for his future.

Even without Ye's intervention, Presti and Nelson were willing to achieve David Lee's goal.

David Lee wants to go to other teams to realize his value, and Nelson supports it.

Because David Lee's starting position was handed over to Millsap.

Originally, David Lee could realize his personal value in the Seattle SuperSonics.

But in the end, his starting position was replaced by Millsap.

After being replaced by Millsap, David Lee didn't have any complaints. He was still the most gentlemanly, polite, and funniest Lee on the team...

For such a player, Nelson can hardly bear to treat him as a bargaining chip, although he is just a role player destined to be a bargaining chip.

Presti's willingness to meet David Lee's request is not the same as Nelson's. He has a very deep relationship with David Lee.

But there are many teams that are interested in David Lee, and there are also many teams that are willing to give David Lee an important role. In this case, why would he make Yes and Nelson unhappy?

Just doing a favor.

Young insiders like David Lee who have both statistical achievements and abilities really don't have to worry about maximizing their interests.

After David Lee requested a trade, Presti's direction of operations changed.

Presti's previous direction of operation has been to lobby Kwame Brown, whose contract expires this season, and the team to sign and trade, using Kwame Brown and the No. 28 pick already owned by the Sonics in exchange for a lottery pick.

The draw for this deal does not need to be lottery, 134, or even 156 which is not lottery will do.

That’s the range of James Harden’s draft prospects.

Although James Harden did not participate in other teams' rookie training camps and was buried in Seattle, James Harden's performance in the NCAA this year was quite outstanding.

He brought Arizona State University, a team that has always been a weakling, into the NCAA championship. In addition, his statistics in the NCAA are also quite outstanding, as well as his status as a freshman. It can be said that as long as there are no major changes in his draft picks, Injuries can always be taken care of.

Even though he is now staying in Seattle and not going anywhere else and has become an unknown person, no matter how unknown he is, he is not completely unknown.

Although his trial results at the Seattle training camp were poor, he was always worried about someone robbing him.

In Presti's view, the marginal lottery picks are enough to select James Harden, and Kwame Brown and the No. 28 pick in the first round are enough to trade for a lottery pick.

But things are not that simple.

After Kwame Brown came to the SuperSonics from the Lakers, he performed very well and became Millsap's most qualified substitute. He can defend and attack with Yes's passing.

Even in the regular season, Kwame Brown had a 30+20 performance by yes.

Many teams are very interested in Kwame Brown, especially those teams on the edge of the playoffs. Their draft picks cannot select players who are good enough to be the core players in the future, and they need immediate combat power. For these teams, it is appropriate to trade such a useless pick for Kwame Brown, who can give the team a huge improvement in immediate combat ability.

After being consecrated by yes, maybe there will be another Milicic!

Milicic is the second pick, and Kwame Brown is still the top pick!

What's more, Kwame Brown is not very old now, only 26 years old.

Even Kwame Brown himself feels that he still has a future and is very confident that he no longer wants to be Milicic's substitute.

However, although the two teams agree on the sign-and-trade operation, the reason why it is not so easy to operate is also due to the players.

Kwame Brown is a free agent. If the Seattle SuperSonics are willing to give him a suitable contract extension and then send him to a team where he can be the starting core, he is certainly willing.

Think of it as repayment for yes and the Sonics.

However, if you need to pay a high price for Kwame Brown and guarantee that he will start, why should I make a deal with you, the Seattle SuperSonics?

And give away your draft picks?

Am I stupid?

Wouldn’t it be better if I just use this request to attract Kwame Brown to get a visa exemption?

These teams that are willing to get Kwame Brown are willing to trade their draft picks in the hope that the Sonics can sign Kwame Brown to a low-price contract without requiring too many commitments.

The salary cap has increased significantly this year. If you get Kwame Brown, who may be a quasi-All-Star, at a low price, and then use a big contract to exempt an All-Star, why not just take off?

It's just obvious that Presti and the Sonics can't do such a thing.

Kwame Brown’s heart is in the bright moon, so how can the bright moon really shine in the ditch?

What's more, Presti is not stupid. He really did such a thing, and all the kindness Kwame Brown felt towards the Sonics was gone. It was like a chicken and egg, but in the end he got nothing.

Again, Kwame Brown is an unrestricted free agent who can control his own destiny.

Therefore, be extremely careful when handling, and you must continue to play the game slowly.

Two parties benefited from the interests of the three parties, but of course the third party like Kwame Brown suffered the most.

Presti spent a long time signing and then trading Kwame Brown, but in the end there was still no result.

After David Lee's trade request was made, Presti's focus changed.

When Presti's focus shifted away from Kwame Brown, it was basically officially announced that Kwame Brown could freely choose his team.

Kwame Brown was relieved not to have to repay the cultivation of Sonics and Yes, but at the same time...

"Kwame, are you okay?"

The agent was very excited when he left Seattle.

The salary cap has increased significantly this year, Kwame has shown his worth again, and there is no longer the shackles of Yes and the SuperSonics. All this means is money!

only……

Kwame didn’t seem so happy…

"Kwame, I know you want to stay in Seattle, and I also hope you can stay in Seattle, but..."

"Kwame, Seattle's starting center will always be Milicic. You are still young and you can pursue higher goals."

"I see."

Finally, Kwame Brown reluctantly glanced at Seattle behind him and boarded the plane flying to the distance.

"Goodbye, Seattle, goodbye, yes..."

When an inside player like David Lee, who has both strength and potential, enters the trading market, the entire trading market is hit by the boulder of David Lee, causing huge ripples.

In this year's draft, the biggest protagonist is Derrick Rose, who is second in yes.

Now the eyes of the world are fixed on the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat, and the whole world is watching what the Chicago Bulls can pay for this Chicago yes.

It is rumored that the drama is complete, but the draft is not over before it begins.

Obviously, the Chicago Bulls hope that this drama is over, and they are unwilling to continue to be stabbed by Pat Riley with a knife.

But it is obvious that Pat Riley is greedy. How could he let go of any value of the Chicago Bulls?

He is still squeezing the Bulls' value. Just think of Derrick Rose still waiting for the call of the Chicago Bulls in the draft, and Chicago has to be squeezed by Pat Riley.

Therefore, ESN has conducted a survey to determine which city hates the Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors the most. It is not Seattle, which was robbed by the Celtics and Raptors, but Chicago, which is being robbed by Pat Riley...

That's how dramatic things are.

The Heat and Bulls are the two teams that receive the most attention right now, while the Mavericks, who won the second pick, and the Clippers, who won the third overall pick, are the teams that receive the most attention.

Beasley is now making his final struggle, but Mayo has actually accepted his fate and has completed trial training with the Mavericks and Clippers. As for the result... Mayo has started trial training with the Warriors again.

The Warriors are the fourth pick in this year's draft.

At the same time, the Warriors are now also a team in the third tier of attention.

The Warriors with the fourth pick, the New York Knicks with the sixth pick, and the Nets with the seventh pick determine the futures of Westbrook, Afflalo, Love and others.

As for the fifth pick, it is the Chicago Bulls who are currently being robbed.

In addition to these teams, the remaining teams actually do not have that great pick value.

These are the best rookies this year, and the rest of the rookies combined don't get as much attention as any of these rookies.

So the remaining lottery teams, such as the Bucks with the eighth pick, the Bobcats with the ninth pick, the Kings with the tenth pick, the Cavaliers with the 11th pick, the Timberwolves with the 12th pick, and the 10th pick The Jazz with the third pick and the Trail Blazers with the 14th pick are both similar.

These lottery teams are different from the previous teams that tightly guarded their draft picks. The draft picks of these teams can be traded.

And David Lee is very valuable to some of these teams.

For example, the Bobcats with the ninth overall pick are eager for David Lee. In recent seasons, with Jordan's draft manipulation, Bird Jr.'s complete loss of Adam Morrison, and Gerald Wallace's defection last year, the Bobcats are in urgent need of David Lee. A No. 4, a core No. 4 with good abilities and potential.

David Lee is almost one of the best choices. He is a player from the University of Florida. Donovan, the head coach of the University of Florida, is called the Larry Brown of the NCAA. David Lee's defensive ability is not strong, but his attitude is excellent. .

There are also the kings with the tenth overall pick and the Cavaliers with the eleventh overall pick who are very interested in David Lee.

In addition to these teams, another team is interested in David Lee, which makes Presti very excited.

"Warriors head coach Mark Jackson is very interested in David Lee!"

“We might be able to get the fourth pick this year!”

Because of Mark Jackson's huge interest in David Lee, Presti was so excited that he convened a meeting of all SuperSonics giants.

Yesi saw Presti's excitement during the meeting.

Yes knew exactly why Presti was so excited.

James Harden is the Sonics' No. 1 target this year.

But that’s because the most the Sonics can get is James Harden.

Presti’s favorite is his good friend Afflalo’s disciple, that turtle boy, Westbrook…

With the fourth pick, Westbrook can be selected...

However, Presti's excitement died the day before the draft.

On June 26, 2008, the Warriors announced that they had invited Grizzlies general manager Jerry West to serve as the team's senior advisor.

On the same day, the Warriors withdrew their interest in David Lee.

On the same day, rumors spread that Warriors head coach Mark Jackson had applied for resignation.

With Jerry West joining the Warriors, even if Yeezy is still trying his best to lose weight, he can feel that there are huge ripples in the entire league!