Chapter 238: Draft end

While Leon was doing science for Old Auerbach in the Washington hospital, Danny Angie in Madison Square Garden was mixed. ≥One Novel ﹤＜≤﹤≤≤≤＜＜＜﹤＜≦Happily, the transaction between Celtics and Timberwolves was unexpectedly smooth, and the two parties quickly reached a consensus. Based on Angie’s experience, it is estimated that by the alliance office tomorrow It will be approved, Garnett will officially enter Boston, and Boston will also be the second place in the finals from the regretful defeat to become the most powerful contender for the championship next season.
Worry, it is naturally Kevin Garnett’s 280,000-level big contract. Even if the salary cap will rise next year due to the effective TV broadcast agreement, the 280,000 will still exceed 65% of the salary cap, alone. To occupy so much salary space, this makes Anji's operation stretched. He knew in his heart that after trading for Garnett, so far next season, the Celtics have only 9 players left on the books. To meet the requirement of a minimum of 12 players, Angie needs to sign 3 players, and to fill the 15-person team roster, Angie needs to get 6 more players.
But now, the Celtics' salary space is o, and their salary has passed the luxury tax line. In any case, they will start to pay the luxury tax next season. The job of the team president is not just to help the team win the championship. If the boss makes money, it is also their important task. If the boss cannot make money and the boss spends more money, Angie will not be stable in the position of president.
Thinking of this, Angie scolded Leon a hundred and a thousand times in his heart, but he still has to remain calm, because the draft is not over yet, and the Celtics still have picks at the end of the first and second rounds. Now that the Celtics have no salary space, the importance of these two draft picks has been highlighted. This will provide the Celtics with two cap positions, and Angie must make good use of him.
Now, the draft conference has reached the middle and back ends. Although the Celtics were the finals team of last season, the ranks of the draft picks outside the lottery zone are based on the regular season record, so the Celtics Possessing the 2o pick in the round, a pretty good position. In terms of demand, the type of player the Celtics most need is small forwards. They were stretched for this position before. Now that Eric Williams is traded, Pierce is completely out of substitutes and becomes the only team. Small forward.
In this draft, the Celtics' scout work was solely in charge of Angie. At this time, he missed Leon a little. If he is responsible, he must prepare everything in an orderly manner. Then they Will make the most suitable and optimal choice.
At this point, the draft has reached the 19th overall pick. The Utah Jazz picked Alexander Pavlovic from Europe in this position, a dual guard with both possession and scoring, a typical European player.
"Haven't the Jazz learn from the previous lesson? He picked another guy from Europe." Angie mumbled when he heard the Jazz's result. The Jazz chose a European point guard Raul Lopez the year before. It turns out that the European guard is true It is difficult to survive in nBa. Stockton has officially retired this year, and it seems that Sloan really wants to find a replacement for Stockton in Europe.
Now, it's the Celtics' turn to choose.
At this time, the aftermath of the Celtics and Timberwolves deal has not dissipated. The hosts of espn are still discussing the deal, and even with them, they have begun to pay close attention to the Celtics' choice of 2o. .
After the players who looked very talented at first glance were almost all picked, what remained were young people who looked flawed at first glance but looked very good again.
Five minutes, Anji has five minutes to think about his choice.
"Does Fox have any suggestions?" Angie asked his assistant Darryl Morey. Because Leon did not participate in the pre-draft affairs, so all kinds of auxiliary matters are handled by Darryl Morey.
"No...Fox didn't say anything, his mind was on the deal." Morey hesitated and said. In fact, Leon had called Morey to exchange opinions before the draft, but what they exchanged was not the Celtics draft, but the Grizzlies draft. Because in the previous private agreement, Leon promised to help Chris Wallace and provide rookie intelligence resources. So this is one of the reasons why Leon gave all the draft to Angie.
Since Leon did not give any comments, Angie should consider using Plan B or Plan C. Because Plan A Angie wants to get a point guard to make up for the vacancy after Steve Kerr retires, but now it seems that the small forward position is their top priority. After all, in the position of point guard, high-quality There are veterans, and small forwards, the most body-eating position, must be filled with fresh blood as soon as possible.
Now Angie has three small forward candidates, one is Duntai Jones from Rutgers University, one is Josh Howard from Wake Forest University, and the other is a boy from France, Boris Dior.
These three players have their own characteristics. Dengtai Jones has excellent physical fitness, but the technique is relatively rough and the height is not enough; Josh Howard is impressive defensively and has great potential offensively, but he has no talent in organization. As for Boris Dior, Angie doesn't watch his games much, because he has been playing in France and only knows that he is a very comprehensive guy.
The time given to Anji is only five minutes. Choose one of the three. At this time, the various investigations and analyses done before may be useless. Most of these general managers will succumb to their own feelings, the kind of companionship with basketball. The feeling produced for decades. This time, Angie also decided to believe in his own feelings. He handed the selected candidate list envelope to the staff, who went to the backstage and handed it to Stern.
This is the 2o time that Stern has stepped onto the podium tonight, his face is obviously tired, and the 2o, it means that after two-thirds of the round, it is almost over. "The 2o pick in the 2oo3 draft, the Boston Celtics chose Boris Dior from France!" Stern still used his standard tone to say the Celtics' choice, they want The forward Dior from France!
"Boris Dior... from France, can play multiple positions on the court, basically got all the basketball honors in France... However, he should be one of the few rookies with the least attention before the draft. I didn't expect it. "Darryl Morey looked at Dior's information, very few, Dior has never been to the Celtics to try out, there is no connection between the two.
Dior, who stood up when he heard his name in his seat, was also at a loss. He had always thought he would be selected by the Eagles~EbookFREE.me~ He was ready to stand up and shake hands after the 2o position was over. Stern had already reported his name.
"In the draft, anything can happen. Take a break and get ready for the second round." Angie looked a little tired. After winning Dior, his spirit could finally relax a little. This is a choice made entirely dependent on feeling, just because he heard that the 21st eagle is interested in Dior, and he wondered if he could rob Hu Dior, could he trade some chips from the eagle.
However, in the next hour or so, he did not receive a call from the Eagle's general manager. It seems that losing a Dior is not a big deal for the Eagles.
Then, in the 27th overall pick, the Grizzlies chose Kendrick Perkins. This is a suggestion given by Fox Leon, and the fact that this suggestion has benefited the Grizzlies a lot.
In the second round, everything became bleak, and the Celtics were ranked 27th, which is a bit behind. When it reaches this position, all that can be picked are picked away, and the rest are crooked melons.
At this time, Danny Angie based on the principle of "I want a small forward" and chose a small forward-Marquis Daniels from the remaining players. (To be continued.)