UGB Chapter 925 The Draft Is Too Good, But It Also Has Side Effects! 【Subscribe】
Chapter 925 The Draft Is Too Good, But It Also Has Side Effects! 【Subscribe】
Three days later, at the draft meeting, although Lin Long did not return to the United States, he turned on the TV at his home in the imperial capital to watch the live broadcast of the draft meeting. At the same time, he and Bird continued to talk on the phone. He set up a line to keep the phone unblocked at all times, so as to avoid any accidents when Byrd wanted to ask Lin Long for instructions at a critical moment.
"Lin, the Portlanders refused us to trade the Sonics' 15th pick this year, our own 27th pick, and the Knicks' next year's pick for their No. 2 pick.
"They turned down our offer with the addition of Gerald Wah '653' Rash.
"They're still saying no, and I added our own first-round pick for next year.
Lin Long listened to Bird's reports one after another, he was not in a hurry, the draft had not officially started, he had plenty of time.
And even if the deal fails to be negotiated before the Blazers draft, and Durant is selected by the Blazers, as long as Durant does not play a game, his value will not be fully seen by others, and it is considered a Low price period.
In the next period of time, Bird chose to deal with it coldly, as if he had given up making an offer to the Trail Blazers, and there was less than half an hour left before the draft officially started.
Lin Long thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Larry, find someone to spread the word that we are going to buy the No. 3 pick from the Grizzlies!"
"Grizzlies?" After being stunned for a moment, Bird barely understood Lin Long's meaning, and began to find someone to release the news. At the same time, he also began to communicate with the famous Lakers Jerry West who had already come to the Grizzlies, asking They explore the price of flower lottery.
Of course, Bird did not make a formal offer. He knew that Lin Long's goal was still Durant. Unless the Blazers made another choice, Lin Long would never settle for the second best.
"Let's release the chips we quoted, and tell those reporters that we used LaMarcus as the core chip to quote the lottery!" Lin Long smiled and continued to direct Bird.
At this time, Bird finally realized that Lin Long is about to make another move!
So he and Carlisle immediately found several influential reporters and communicated with them. In the next 5 minutes, a seemingly incomparably true news directly detonated the social network.
[Jianxian team has taken a fancy to Al Horford, Florida's leading insider, with last year's No. 2 pick LaMarcus Aldridge as the core, plus several draft picks to bid for the No. 3 pick of the Grizzlies!】
This offer is completely higher than Bird's offer to the Trail Blazers! After all, although Adelaide was not as good as Roy last season, everyone can see that this is because the Jianxian team did not reuse him. Gerald Wallace in the position took up too much of Alder's time.
But almost everyone in the league believes that Aldridge definitely has ten bright futures!
In the draft office of the Trail Blazers, they are having an extremely tense team meeting. They want to have a final discussion, whether they want the future draft pick or Kevin Durant!
Head coach McMillan said: "Kevin is definitely a genius. I don't deny it, but with all due respect, he is too thin. I am not optimistic about a player of this size! He may not be able to hang on for the rest of his life. His His style of play is too soft, he may be able to succeed, but I think he is more likely to become a parallel importer!"
"If the Jianxian team is willing to give Roy, I think we should not hesitate! Brandon Roy is a player who has proven himself, he has a big heart, and he has the belief that he will never give in. He made it to the division finals, and contributed to the lore in the Eastern Conference semifinals!"
"If you ask me, I will definitely choose Roy! Instead of Durant who is full of unknowns..."
What the head coach said caused the Trail Blazers' management to fall into a huge entanglement. Whether it was Durant, Roy or the Knicks' future draft picks, they all wanted it very much.
But at this time, he was caught in a dilemma.
General manager Neil Orsi pondered: "To be honest, I want to make a trade and accept the 1.0 swordsman's offer, but what I care about is that if the swordsman is optimistic about Durant, then with their usual According to the results of the draft, shouldn't we give up this player they are so optimistic about?"
Lin Long never imagined that the reason why this deal was so difficult to achieve was that his previous draft vision was too good, which made the Trail Blazers so entangled.
"What if what they want is not Durant, and everything is a smoke screen?" McMillan said: "Actually, I have a way, we can try it."