Chapter 691: McMillan's reconstruction plan

After McGee was picked 18th, Ryan Anderson was selected by the New Jersey Nets at 21st.
This is another well-known inside player, but his popularity in China may be higher than that of Lao Mei, mainly because he played for the Rockets.
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Already entering the final round of the first round, Richard is waiting for the 25th pick, they have a jazz 25th pick in the first round.
Jordan is also very interested, I do not know which player Richard will use this first round pick.
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The 24th pick is the Thunder's draft pick. They chose Ibaka...
Although under normal circumstances, the Thunder chose Ibaka with this pick, but now Richard is firming their confidence in choosing Ibaka.
Richard promised to help Thunder rebuild, then Thunder must definitely consult Richard for the first time.
Richard let them choose Ibaka in the twenty-fourth pick. Even if they have a more preferred choice, they will definitely choose Ibaka first.
Since then, the Thunder's three first-round picks have been used up, and the harvest can be said to be extremely huge.
Possibly outside the Pirates, the Thunder is the biggest winner in this draft.
Even the Pirates are actually not much better than the Thunder in terms of harvest. After all, Batum’s strength is not strong, and Dragic’s strength is actually not as good as Ibaka.
Richard promised to help the Thunder make the Western Conference playoffs in a short period of time. This is actually simple. Think about the current Thunder lineup. There are Love in the inside and Ibaka in the outside. To add one or two reliable shooters, they have been running together for a year and casually entered the playoffs.
It doesn't even take a year, and half a season is enough. After all, the core of internal and external Love and Wei are two. They were teammates in college.
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"I announced that the Utah Jazz chose Nicolas Batum from Lisso, France!" Stern announced the 25th overall pick in the first round.
Like Ruer Deng, the British Jordan, Batum has the nickname of French Jordan.
But his French nickname, Jordan, and a Frenchman Petrus shared with him...
"This kid is good. I have paid attention to the training data of this kid before. I don't have the physical fitness to say. I don't believe this guy is a French." Jordan clapped and smiled.
Richard chose Curry, he is not very optimistic, but for this Batum, Jordan is still very optimistic.
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Next, the Spurs picked George Hill 26th, and Popovich picked up the treasure.
It was really profitable to get a player with outstanding offensive firepower like George Hill at the bottom of the first round.
And before Hill suffered an injury, the defensive end was actually good.
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Stern then announced a few more picks, and soon it was the Pirates' first round of the 30th pick.
In the small green house, DeAndre Jordan's eyes were stunned, and his face was ashamed. He never dreamed that he had been invited into the small green house by the alliance, and no one had chosen him until now!
Being able to enter the small green house is naturally because the prospects of the draft are favored by the league, and may be selected by the top fourteen, which is the lotto show.
As a result, the first round is almost over now, and Jordan has not heard his name...
The small green house was empty, leaving little Jordan sitting alone, looking rather miserable.
Under normal circumstances, Jordan has actually set a record at this draft.
That is the record that the player in the green house was selected by the lowest pick.
Before this, this record was maintained by Lewis, he was selected in the third round of this round, and Jordan Jr. was the fifth round in the second round.
The Green House players were not selected by the lottery picks. This is not a rare thing. It happens every few years.
For example, after the Grizzlies traded with the Jazz before, the Darrell Arthur they took out was actually a small green house player. When the draft fell to the 27th round of the first round...
Arthur's luck is actually pretty good, at least in the first round. If Jordan does not choose him tonight, he will fall tragicly to the second round.
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"I announced that the Charlotte Buccaneers chose DeAndre Jordan from Texas A&M University!" Stern announced the name of the last rookie in the first round.
Little Jordan in the small green house heard Stern shouting his name, and the embarrassment on his face eased a lot, and he was finally selected in the first round...
But little Jordan was not happy in his heart, he deserved a higher order!
Moreover, joining the Pirates is not a nightmare for a rookie center...
The Pirates have O'Neill and Oden, how can it be so easy for a rookie center!
If there are any choices, Jordan would rather fall to the second round. In that case, his own future may be better.
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After the first round of the draft, Xiao Hua debuted and announced the second round of candidates.
Richard now has a 14th overall pick from the Warriors, and this pick Richard chose Dragic.
Since the end of this draft, Richard started Curry, Buffalo, Jordan and Dragic.
The joining of the four players has not actually improved the overall strength of the Pirates. However, Richard wanted a sustainable development. When these players grow up, they will be another pillar of the Pirates. Player.
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After returning to Charlotte, Richard's current roster of players from Myers.
The Pirates sent off Millsap last season, and Paul and Tony Allen were sent off after the offseason. Four more players were introduced at the draft.
Inside position, which is the power forward or center position, Richard now has O'Neal, Oden, Milicic, Mark Gasol and Jordan Jr.
The inside lineup formed by these five people was so luxurious that Richard couldn't help but nod.
If O’Neal was just five years younger, then the Pirates’ internal lineup wouldn’t matter in which era, and it would be possible to rely on this internal lineup to hang opponents.
The forward lineup, that is, small forward and point guard position, the Pirates currently have Granger, Roy, Batum, Ingram four.
In the first position, some people are overwhelmed, Rondo, Curry, Dragic and Sun Yue.
However, Sun Yue looked at Richard's selection of two point guards in this draft, and immediately found Richard, saying that he was willing to try to play the position of guard...
He is quite a chicken thief, and now he doesn’t expect much good data. Anyway, he’s getting familiar in the league...
Sun Yue was mentioned by Richard Richards in the lineup of the forward and defender lineup. Now the lineup configuration of the Pirates is quite reasonable.
There are five insiders, five on the front line and three on the first position, which happens to be thirteen.
However, the forward guard line still looks weak, like five insiders and three point guards. In Richard's view, they are all-star...
Of the five players on the front line, Granger and Roy are all-stars, but Batum can only be regarded as a quasi-all-star, Sun Yue and Ingram...
The forward and defender line must definitely continue to strengthen, but it is not a good time now, because the draft year that really emerges with a good small forward is 10 years later...
If it is known that Richard is not satisfied with the lineup of the Pirates' front and back line, they are estimated to be shaking with anger.
Already a scoring king like Roy, plus a quality All-Star small forward with such offensive and defensive performance as Granger, is Richard not satisfied yet? Why not go to heaven...
"Ding Ding Ding!" Richard's phone rang, Paul Allen called.
"Boy, we were OK at the time. If we were not satisfied with Durant, you would have to return Oden to us." Paul Allen said directly.
Richard was stunned, how the good-looking Paul Allen mentioned this matter, at first he himself and Paul Allen said casually, did not expect this old man to take it seriously.
"Cough, Paul, what happened?" Richard asked.
"Nothing happened. McMillan recommended us to rebuild, sell Jermaine, get a more mature outside player, and then use Durant for Oden..."
Richard almost vomited blood, McMillan? ! Is he trying to rebuild the Blazers?
But what I have to admit is that McMillan's plan does not seem to be a problem for Richard.
Xiao Ao's state has started to become unstable now. While he still has immediate combat power, he quickly sells it. I believe there are still many teams in the league who are willing to come up with a mature and stable backcourt offensive player to trade small. Austrian.
Durant is really good, but his offensive efficiency in the rookie season is not high. If McMillan wants to rebuild, he definitely needs a more stable output point.
The offensive efficiency of the rookie season is not high, this is not a problem with Durant alone, most players are like this~EbookFREE.me~ Some players adapt to the NBA rhythm faster, and may adjust slowly after the rookie season Come, some players may need two or three seasons, and even more scumball players, may not be able to adapt to the NBA game rhythm until they are fired by the team.
Now Macmillan knows how long it will take Durant to adjust.
Anyway, he knew that Paul Allen and Richard had an "agreement", and it would be better to return Durant to the pirates. After the Trail Blazers sold Xiao Ou, they just used Oden to play the Indian center.
The "agreement" was something Paul Allen inadvertently said to McMillan.
Richard's head suddenly grew bigger, he certainly didn't want to let Oden go, he had cultivated it, he just let it go, it was a pity.
Of course, if you replace Oden for Durant, you can't say that you are losing...
But at least Richard does not want to change at the moment, he also wants to continue to use Oden for two years, let Oden enter the peak period in his own hands, and see how terrible his basket power is.