While Hodge and Little Potato were confronting each other, David Stern suddenly read out Roy's name.
At this time, Hodge was still spewing trash talk. As soon as Stern said these words, it was like an invisible hand suddenly grabbed his throat, and he was instantly speechless. In his heart
It was like ten thousand mud horses galloping past, so his facial features twitched and his expression was wonderful, like a runaway cartoon.
Roy was originally deeply shocked and depressed to the extreme. He sat there and kept repeating one sentence, "I'm so stupid, really. I only know that NBA managers will deceive people and lie to players when trading players."
"; I didn't know it would happen during the draft..." When David Stern read his name, he didn't even react. He still sat there blankly, with his head lowered.
Little Potato was the first to react. He pushed Roy and said excitedly, "Brandon, it's you. Stern called your name just now. Come on stage quickly."
"What?" Roy looked at Xiaotuo with a confused look.
"You were selected, No. 10 in the first round, the Los Angeles Lakers selected you." Xiaotuo said and gestured excitedly, as if he himself had been selected. "Don't be in a daze, hurry up and get on the stage."
."
Just like that, under the push of Xiaotuo, Brandon Roy took the purple and gold hat representing the Lakers from the staff in a daze, and then walked to the stage.
At this time, Roy had been freed from the state of mindlessness just now and began to calmly think about the impact of this draft.
"I was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers have Kobe. If I go to Los Angeles, I will definitely have to sit on the bench. There is no room for me to play. The Lakers have no shortage of guards, why would they choose me?" Although
He was selected with a high pick, but Roy was not happy at all because Los Angeles was not a team that suited him very well.
"Wait, if the Lakers don't want to choose their own..." Roy suddenly wanted to catch something, "Why would the Orlando Magic want Bynum? They already have a young and inexperienced Howard who is full of potential.
There's no point in having another Bynum."
Although Roy is a person with a very high IQ and a sense far beyond his peers, he is only a 21-year-old boy now. This is why he felt that he had been tricked just now, and he was also devastated after being deceived.
.When he was suddenly hit, his reaction was not much different from that of ordinary people. He had not yet reached the state of being unfazed by favors and humiliations in later generations.
But when he calmed down and began to analyze things carefully, his smart brain cells began to occupy the high ground again, and soon he grasped the key to the problem.
"Could it be that there was a trade of draft picks between the Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers?!" The more Roy thought about it, the more reasonable and excited he became. "That must be the case, so that the selection of the two teams can be explained at once.
, Bynum went to the Lakers to strengthen their inside line, and I went to Orlando to strengthen their outside firepower." Thinking of this, Roy turned his head sharply. Although he didn't know exactly which box Paul Edison was sitting in, he glanced
After walking around, he showed a happy smile.
"He's looking at us. It seems he has figured it out." Old Pat looked at Roy looking outside through the glass of the box and said to Edison with a smile.
"I said, he's a very smart player."
What is the situation like? Let's rewind time and see what happened in the box ten minutes ago.
At that time, Edison and Chris Paul were only 0.01 centimeters apart, but after one tenth of a stick, the Hornets still took him away. All Edison's efforts were in vain and he could only move out again. "We have Nash, Paul is here."
He comforts himself with the reason that he is also spending time on the bench, which is not good for his growth...
Edison wanted to move up, but he wasn't the only one who wanted to move up. Sloan had already implemented the idea, and another was about to do the same.
After missing out on Paul, Edison was waiting boredly for his turn with the No. 8 pick. At this moment, the phone in the box rang.
"Hello Paul, I'm Mitch Kupchak of the Lakers, and I want to make a deal with you."
When Edison heard that he was the manager of the Lakers, he quickly went through the current Lakers players in his mind and found that there was no one he wanted, so he was interested. However, out of respect for others, Edison still responded politely, "You
Good Mickey, I don’t know how you want to trade.”
"I want your No. 8 draft pick at the cost of my No. 10 pick."
After hearing Kupchak's words, Edison understood what he was thinking by combining history with the current actual situation, so he tentatively asked, "Do you want Bynum too?"
After listening to Edison's words, Kopchak instantly felt cold from head to toe, thinking, "This is bad, I've crashed with this guy."
In fact, each year's draft has a lot to do with the performance of the players in the previous year. For example, Nash played well in 2004 and reached an MVP level, so the point guards in the 2005 draft were very popular. Later, Novis
As Key performed well, big men who could shoot became popular in the draft, and Bargnani even became the No. 1 pick. In 2003, James, a high school student, performed well, and in 2004, Howard became the No. 1 pick among high school students again.
The same goes for the other way around. Historically, Kwame Brown was a high school rookie in 2001. So in 2002, Stoudemire had such incredible physical fitness. As a result, no one dared to choose him, and he ended up in the third place.
Eighth. Also in 2004, Howard's mediocre performance directly caused Bynum to fall to tenth, and the Lakers were criticized for it.
After being incited by Edison's big butterfly, history has changed a lot. Howard beat Okafor to become the best rookie, and Josh Smith, who is also a high school student, is also very eye-catching. This has led to this year's
High school students were instantly in demand. The only three high school students, Monta Ellis, Bynum and Martell Webster, instantly became popular in everyone's eyes.
As a result, after Webster was selected with the sixth pick, Kopchak couldn't sit still because he suddenly received news that the Golden State Warriors with the ninth pick would select Bynum, so he decided to give it a try.
But the word "also" on Edison's phone gave him a huge impact. He thought Edison also wanted Bynum. It was not impossible. Let Howard play power forward and Bynum play center to form a twin tower.
, and Edison particularly likes young players.
Although Kopchak felt a sudden change in his heart, he immediately calmed down, saying, "Indeed, we want Bynum, but we don't know if we can change him."
Edison thought for a moment, and it was indeed a waste to choose Roy with the No. 8 pick. It can be said that if he didn't choose, no one in the top 20 would care about him, and the main reason he chose him so early was to give him a psychological hint of confidence.
"Actually, there is no essential difference between the No. 8 pick and the No. 10 pick, and the salary can be lower. This is a good job."
After thinking about it, Edison's main job was to squeeze the Lakers to the maximum extent, "Okay, but you still have to add something, not to mention the existing players on your team. We don't want players, there is no salary space, and I don't plan to trade."
When Kopchak heard this, he thought to himself, "Wouldn't it be over if you just said you wanted the draft pick? Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Although he secretly slandered him, after all, it was a good thing for him that they were willing to exchange. So Kopchak revealed the trade plan that he had long thought about, "The No. 8 pick plus the No. 29 pick in the first round we got from the Heat."
We will not use future draft picks for Paul." Kopchak knows very well that his team will not be very competitive in the next one or two years, so the draft is very important and must not be
It was easy to trade out. So in the end, Kopchak blocked Paul Edison's idea of further gambling to take advantage...
Edison listened, thought about it in his mind, and then gave a reply, "If you don't want No. 37, you can add 3 million U.S. dollars." 3 million is the upper line of additional cash for a single transaction, otherwise Edison planned to ask him for 5 million.
"No, 3 million is too much, 2 million at most." In Kopchak's view, the next step was the standard step of asking for a high price and paying the money on the spot. However, Edison did not follow common sense and was directly beaten to death.
"3 million, otherwise forget it. You decide as soon as possible. Villeneuve has already taken office and will be with us soon."
Edison was sure that Kopchak would retreat. First of all, they were really optimistic about Bynum and believed that he could support the Lakers' future inside line. Secondly, for Los Angeles, money is really just a number. If they give up because of 1 million, then from now on
If Bynum performs well, he will be sprayed to death.
Sure enough, the old Kopchak did not insist and quickly confirmed the deal, "As you said, 3 million." But Edison could hear that this guy said it through gritted teeth.
After talking about what happened in the box, we turned our attention to the theater again.
After Roy figured everything out, he walked onto the stage with his head held high and shook hands with David Stern. After being baptized by the flashbulb, he sat in the front seat specially prepared for the selected rookies.
The people sitting here at this time are all figures who were hyped by various media before this draft. Except for Bynum, a high school student, everyone else is a strong player in the NCAA. Facing the upstart Roy
, they naturally didn't care much. Several North Carolina players were talking to each other, and Paul was also talking to Bogut, the new draft pick.
When Roy sat down, only Frye, who was drafted in front of him, took the initiative to shake his hand. But after Roy sat down, he took the initiative to say hello to Bynum in front of him.
Bynum had an acquaintance with Roy at the training camp in Orlando. Both of them went there to participate in trial training. In fact, Bynum had trial training places all over the United States, but Roy was forced to do so after he went to Orlando.
Cultivation is required.
Although Roy is calm on the court and has a leadership spirit off the court, he is not as "boring" as Duncan. Roy is very cheerful in life.
Because he understood all this, Roy couldn't help but smile when he looked at Bynum playing with his magic hat. Soon Bynum discovered this. As a high school student, Bynum was not yet mentally mature.
He was completely mature and didn't know what self-restraint was. He saw Roy always smiling at him, so he couldn't help but ask, "Brandon, why are you laughing? Is there anything wrong with me?"
"No, it's just that you look very awkward in this suit." Roy said, waving his hands.
Bynum also has the temper of a child. When Roy said this, he suddenly turned into a sad face, "I also know that I don't look good, but I can't help it. My height and body shape are the same no matter what suit I wear."
funny."
After all, Roy was not the little old man he was later. After holding it in for a while, he really couldn't hold it in anymore, so he revealed the secret, "Andrew, do you know? The two of us may exchange teams. I will go to Orlando."
, you go to Los Angeles.”
"How did you know."
"Paul Edison of the Magic promised to select me with the highest pick, but they selected you. And I have never been to Los Angeles, and my performance would not allow Los Angeles to select me with the 10th pick. So.
I'm sure there must be some kind of deal between these two teams, and you and I will swap teams." After saying that, Roy regretted it. He looked at Bynum, who was rubbing the Magic team logo, and thought, "
It seems that this guy likes Orlando very much, and now he has moved to Los Angeles for nothing. Isn't this too cruel for him?"
But Bynum defeated Roy with one sentence.
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When you read this chapter, I am on my way back. If I am healthy, I should be able to resume updating 2 tomorrow.
