The Fifth Point Guard

  Chapter 472 Continuous heavy trading (second more)

  Maybe this offseason is too busy.

  The Athens Olympics, Adi’s trip to Drew, various advertising endorsements, plus an internal training camp held in his own home.

  Shentong really has no time to get distracted, so when he came to Cleveland to report on the team's date, he was surprised to find that the entire league has undergone tremendous changes.

  Some are consistent with the last time and space, and some are different from the last time and space.

  After all, parallel time and space, the development of things may not be exactly the same.

  On June 25th, the 2004 NBA Draft was held at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York, USA.

  High school student center player Dwight Howard became the No. 1 pick this year.

   Fortunately, it was the Orlando Magic who selected him, not the Washington Wizards.

  Otherwise, whether Howard will become a Warcraft or a second ha, it’s hard to tell.

  As for Howard’s character, if it falls into Jordan's hands, it will be useless in minutes.

  However, it is difficult to say.

  After all, Howard is called the "son of miracle".

  Be aware that before Howard’s mother Xie Li gave birth to him, seven children had been aborted.

  So when Howard was lucky enough to survive, his parents called him the "son of miracle."

  Moreover, Howard’s idol is Michael Jordan.

  He has collected Jordan's sneakers and jerseys since he was a child, and imitated his stay in the air.

  So, maybe when Jordan coaches Howard, he will completely change a character, maybe?

  Like the original laughter, after being punished by Crawford for a foul, he never laughed again.

  There are some things, no one can say for sure.

  The Charlotte Bobcats, who have the second pick, selected UConn junior Emeka Okafor.

  As the team’s starting center, he led the team to the NCAA National Finals.

  In the final, they defeated Georgia Tech 82-73 to win the cup.

  In that game, Okafor scored 24 points, 15 rebounds and 2 blocked shots, and was awarded the MOP of the Final Four of the NCAA in the 2003-04 season.

  The Chicago Bulls selected the 1.91-meter shooting guard Ben Gordon with a pick.

  Gordon is Okafor’s teammate.

  It was the two of them who joined forces to send Kangda to the championship.

  In view of the Bulls' desire for shooting guards, they skipped Sean Livingston, who was known as a genius point guard, and chose Gordon.

  This year is a recognized draft year.

  But there are still many outstanding players appearing in this draft list.

   Devin Harris, Roll Deng, Andre Iguodala, Al Jefferson, Josh Smith, JR Smith, Dronte West, etc.

  The Cleveland Cavaliers, who had the 26th overall pick in the first round, selected an inside player from Brazil, who can play Anderson Varejao, who can play the fourth and fifth position.

  This player was a Brazilian professional basketball player before participating in the draft, playing for the Spanish basketball giants Barcelona.

  Perhaps because of the relationship between playing for the team, although it is playing basketball, but diving is also proficient in practice.

  Shentong’s trip to Brazil made the Cavaliers turn their sights on South America and found Varejao.

  They decided to take a bet with the 26th pick, and soon after the draft they signed a three-year, $2.06 million rookie contract with Varejao.

  Speaking of the second pick, the Charlotte Bobcats have never appeared in the league before.

  In fact, he is a newcomer to the NBA this season.

  After the Charlotte Hornets left Charlotte and moved to New Orleans to become the New Orleans Hornets, the NBA promised that Charlotte will get the right to form a new team and participate in the 2004-05 NBA season.

  The new team is named the Charlotte Bobcats.

The Bobcats carried out the expansion draft on June 22, 2004. They selected a veteran such as Peja Drobniak who has played in the league for many years and a talented young man such as Sacramento Kings forward Gerald Wallace. people. They also completed a deal with the Los Angeles Clippers, won the 2004 first-round draft pick, and selected center Emeka Okafor, who led the University of Connecticut to the NCAA championship.

  Due to the addition of the Bobcats, the total number of league teams has increased to 30, so the league divides all teams into 6 divisions, with three divisions each in the eastern and western leagues.

  Since then, the New Orleans Hornets have been reclassified from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference.

  New Orleans Hornets: I’m too difficult.

  This also indirectly caused a certain guard to not touch the floor of the Western Conference Finals for a long time in the future.

  After the draft, each team in the league began trading and signing.

  On the first day the transfer market opened on July 15, the Cavaliers lost a general.

   Carlos Boozer did not accept the 6-year $40 million contract with the Cavaliers. He turned around and signed a six-year $68 million contract with the Utah Jazz.

  In the face of doubts and disputes, Boozer did not choose to remain silent, and took the initiative to stand up and accept the media interview.

"I called the Cavaliers management at the time and said my thoughts,'Four teams are willing to give me a $70 million contract.' I'm just a second-round pick, earning only $500,000 a year. . This will change my whole life. I don’t just sit around and say something like “I want bread, but I’d like to get the money from the knight.” So I told them, “In order to stay Stay with me, can you guys make a big move.'"

  In the end, the Cavaliers failed to keep Boozer.

  As Boozer’s “rebellion” intensified, Shaquille O’Neal “saved” him.

  A heavier transaction immediately diverted everyone’s attention.

  The Los Angeles Lakers used center O’Neal to trade with the Miami Heat.

  They traded a shark for three players and a draft pick.

   All-around forward Lamar Odom, immediate wing Caron Butler, center Grant and a future first-round pick.

  In fact, in F4 last season, the interior of the Lakers' locker room was already torn apart~www.ltnovel.com~ Malone and Payton were reluctant to wade into the muddy waters and chose to retire immediately after the end of the season.

  The Lakers, facing Kobe and O’Neal, placed their bet on the younger Kobe.

  According to some experts, this offseason, Kobe has been training and joined Shentong’s training camp, while O’Neal has been having fun throughout the holiday, anyone in this situation will tend to work harder Kobe.

  The Eastward Journey of Shark is also considered by many to change the pattern of the entire alliance.

  The combination of O'Neal and Wade has been highly anticipated by Heat fans.

  The day after the news that the Sharks had left the team, the Lakers signed a seven-year, $136 million contract with Kobe.

  On the third day, they signed a free agent for the Kings, and center Divac came to make up for O'Neal.

  The Cleveland Cavaliers also subsequently made a deal.

  They made a deal with the Orlando Magic for Tony Barty who did not play as expected and a future second-round pick in exchange for Drew Gooden and Stephen Hunter.

  (End of this chapter)