The Godfather of Basketball

"There are several transactions in front of us now. First, the Jazz intends to use their No. 21 pick Gorgui Dieng to trade Rudy Gobert and the 28th pick we just selected; Second, the Timberwolves agreed to our trade plan for the 28th pick in the first round of Sofolozaga for their Jose Barea and next year's second-round pick; the Suns agreed to our 60th pick for Ismail Smith, but Plus $200,000 in cash."

"No more?" Tang Tian was listening, and looked at Jones suspiciously.

Jones nodded.

Tang Tian frowned. It seemed that Hinrich and the deal for the future first-round draft pick had not been negotiated.

The draft is still going on.

The Spurs selected Livio Jeanchar with the 27th overall pick.

They also didn't have a lot of options in a super-small year in the draft.

"Let's trade, agree with the Timberwolves and the Suns." Tang Tian continued.

It's like this in a young draft year. The picks at the end of the first round are worthless at all.

Take the small transaction just now as an example. The Warriors directly bought the Nuggets' 26th pick in cash. It is not a loss to trade Barea, and the value of the Timberwolves next year is no more than this year's first pick. How far is the 28th overall pick?

As for Smith's deal, there is not much difference between the 200,000 or not. Although it will take a while to grow, after growing, Smith is the kind of player who has the strength to start in weak teams.

"A trade happened. The No. 28 pick in the first round of 2013 belonged to the Timberwolves. They had five minutes to think about it."

When Stern reappeared in front of the stage, following his voice, the background floated a trading plan.

The Timberwolves used this pick to take Archie Goodwin, a 6-foot-1 guard.

"The 30th pick in the first round of the NBA in 2013. The Golden State Warriors chose Nemanja Nedovic. The 1.91-meter guard is from Serbia. This is the end of the first round of the draft. Thank you everyone."

When Stern announced the last selection of the first round, there were loud cheers and whistles.

Stern smiled slightly, and after waving to the audience, he turned and walked back to the stage.

At this moment, his draft stage officially came to an end.

At the end of the first round, the Thunder's draft this year has basically come to an end. Being able to win Gobert in such a young draft year, they have already made money.

"Unbelievable, unbelievable..." At this moment, Jones suddenly showed a shock in his eyes, and his words trembled.

Everyone else looked at the deputy general manager of the team curiously. It was the first time they saw Jones so shocked. You must know that this old man has been in the league for more than 20 years.

Tang Tian also looked at Jones in doubt, what happened?

"Boston and Brooklyn just completed the transaction, they sent Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce." Jones said after the excitement, trying to keep calm.

Jones said and read out a more detailed trading plan.

Nets send first-round picks in 2014, 2016 and 2018, rights to swap picks in 2017, and Chris Humphries, Gerald Wallace, Reggie Evans, Keith Bogans (sign-and-trade) and Chris Joseph, get Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry from the Celtics.

After the deal is concluded, the Nets will face as much as 80 million in luxury taxes.

"What?"

"Are they crazy?"

"Is Boston rebuilding? Five All-Star players from the Nets, are they going to become our new challenge?"

...

"Ding! Ding!"

At this moment, Tang Tian's cell phone rang continuously.

He picked it up to read, there were two messages, the first one was sent by Kidd, the second one was sent by Woj, the contents were similar.

Kidd will be the head coach of the Nets in the new season.

While Tang Tian was still looking at the message, his phone vibrated again, and Woj sent another message: In the trade that just passed, Kidd persuaded Garnett to give up his right to veto the trade.

The people in the hut had a heated discussion.

But Tang Tian smiled helplessly.

Billy King's trade that changed the fortunes of both teams still happened.

The reaction in the hut is not surprising. When the deal first happened, most people felt that the Nets were not at a loss. After all, the Big 5, even if most of them were veterans, was the first time in the league.

But what Billy King didn't consider is that the age of these All-Stars, they are aging much faster than imagined, so that the Nets will soon decline, and the Celtics are holding the Nets. The three draft picks and a series of subsequent transactions quickly completed the reconstruction.

Picking up lottery players while playing the Eastern Conference Finals is talking about the Celtics team in the previous life.

But the only difference is that Stevens is working under Tang Tian now. Whether the Celtics can make the playoffs is another matter.

Moreover, this transaction reminded him of some things before.

When he was still the general manager of the Cavaliers, he traded Ilgauskas to leave the team. At that time, Angie taunted him severely for a while. Now at this point, he can't be vague.

Anyway, the Thunder didn't have much to do in the second round, so he simply took out his phone, opened Twitter, and posted a status.

"Isn't Paul Pierce the soul of the Green Army, a player who can never be traded? What, the Celtics management has changed?"

Sour, very sour.

But it's ridiculous enough.

Tang Tian's Twitter already has a lot of followers, and he usually doesn't post many statuses. When he suddenly posted such a tweet, the comments below immediately exploded.

People know that Tang Tian is the godfather of the dynasty with 7 crowns in hand, but he is also a young coach who is only 29 years old after all!

At the beginning, it was well known in the United States that Anji mocked Tang Tiannong, but now Tang Tian finally took the opportunity.

And there was nothing wrong with the sour words. Anji had ridiculed Tang Tian at the beginning, and said that he would never trade Pierce. Now that he was slapping himself in the face, Tang Tian was just making a point.

Because of the increase in the number of comments, this tweet was quickly forwarded by the media.

Buck used three smiley faces to comment, while O'Neill used three thumbs up.

Obviously, the flag that Angie set for himself four years ago had been gradually forgotten over time, but after Tang Tian, ​​the party involved, brought him out, he was completely reduced to the laughingstock of the league.

And the point is that this is the truth, and Angie doesn't even have room to refute.

Xiao Hua is proud of himself, and the second round of the draft is also proceeding very quickly.

In the process, Jones bought a 49th pick with cash, and Tang Tian used this pick to select small forward James Ennis from Long Beach State University.

Ennis was a standard role player in his previous life. He averaged 7 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist per game in his career, but his athletic ability and defense are not bad. He is one of the few low-post high-quality players in the draft year.