The Warriors and the Clippers are secretly experiencing Chen Cang, but the first deal in the draft did not come from them. The Hornets chose Cole Aldridge and will then trade him to the Thunder.

The first deal was born, with the Thunder giving away 2IM and 2 picks, and the Hornets exchanged Aldridge and Morris Peterson, who saved $640,000 with the deal.

Immediately afterwards, the Trail Blazers and the Timberwolves will trade with the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves will choose the University of Nevada forward Luke Babbitt at the 15th place, and then trade it to the Trail Blazers. The Trail Blazers will give forward Martel Webster.

In this way, it was the 16th pick of the Warriors' turn to take action, choosing a foreign player, French Guiana forward Kevin Seraphin.

Seraphin is 2.05 meters tall and weighs 120 kilograms. He has played in the European basketball cBat League throughout his career.

In the 267 season, he represented the French club in the Academy League, and participated in the Ir(20 League in the next two seasons, and also played in LNH with the adult team.

In the spring of 209, he participated in the Nike Basketball Summit, represented the World United, and helped France win the silver medal in the 209 H2 European Championship in the summer of the same year.

As a black player who came out of European basketball, Seraphine has both the explosive physical fitness of a black man and the superb shooting skills and solid basic skills unique to white players, so he can become the highest-ranking player in this international rookie.

The Warriors actually don't need such a guy, and old Nelson doesn't like him, but on Sterling's phone call, the latter told him that the Clippers want to get the Frenchman.

Now the international boom is sweeping the NHA to make money, you have to sign international players. Look at the Rockets, Warriors and Nets, relying on Chinese players to make a lot of money. Look at Ginobili Parker Nashnowitzki and others, they all bring a lot of money to their home team.

Sterling is a real businessman. He bought the Clippers just to sell tickets to make money. Unfortunately, people who do not respect basketball, and basketball does not respect him. Sterling has never received such a star with great box office appeal just to make money.

So, now he has begun to change his mind and wants to gain some light from international players.

The draft is still continuing and the transaction is in full swing.

Damai James, who had just been selected with a number draw, will go to the Nets through a trade, and the Nets will give the No. 2 draw and No. 1 draw to the Hawks. Then, the Timberwolves will exchange the No. 3 picks of the Wizards' first round and No. 3 picks for the No. 3 picks just selected in the second round this year.

In addition, the Mavericks will use cash to buy the Grizzlies' second-place defender Dominic Jones, and confirmed the progress of the deal on the spot.

When the draft was in the second pick in the first round, the Magic selected a striker named Daniel Alder.

At this point, a big and small record was created, John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Patrick Piano Texson, Eric Bledsoe and Daniel Alton. These five players are known as the Five Kentucky Tigers, all of them are players of the University of Kentucky Wildcats. In this way, they are all selected in the first round, which is the largest number of players in the first round in history for the same school.

But even so, the University of Kentucky has never won this year's NCA championship. At most, other teams have one player with NH level, but they have five of them. However, this does not guarantee that they will sweep the entire NCAA. From this we can see that basketball is not a simple stack of stars.

With Marquette University's forward guard swingman Lasha Hayward being selected by the Wizards, the first round draft was over.

In this way, the draft will come to an end for the time being, just like the game has entered the halftime break, each team can carefully sort out the draft ideas, the transactions that should be traded, the signing contracts that should be signed, and the preparation for the second round of the second round.

Each team really needs to plan their own draft, because the draft is available every year, and dark horses are almost every year. This year's draft show has caused many upsets, disrupting the choices of many teams.

Originally, before every year's draft, famous American sports media such as "Ep" would launch draft predictions and make some estimates of the draft market.

Those candidate elites who are expected to win may have a slight fluctuation in the final draft rankings, but most of them will not fall too hard or rise too hard.

However, drafts have always been a suspense. Every year, there are some players who are not favored, but they are stunning on the day of the draft, and the draft pick is soaring.

For example, Gordon Hayward, who was taken to the Utah Jazz by Sloan in the ninth pick and attacking guard Xavier Henry, who was selected by the Grizzlies at the twelfth pick.

Henry is a strong left-handed player, a shooter with not outstanding athletic ability. This type of player is usually at the end of the first round, but he ends up in the lottery zone.

To be honest, Henry is really not worth the draft pick. His poor ability to hold the ball is a headache for him, but the Grizzlies don't have to worry, because the Grizzlies have many players who can hold the ball and take advantage of their opponents. What they need is an assassin who catches the ball and hits the bull's-eye, and Henry meets the requirements.

The Grizzlies' three-point shooting percentage last season was only 33.7%, ranking fifth from the bottom in the league, while Henry's three-point shooting percentage last season was as high as 4 [B%. This strong left-handed sharpshooter, the Grizzlies will naturally not miss it.

In addition, once Rudy Guy leaves the team, Henry can reduce the loss of firepower on the Grizzlies' wing...

Hayward became a popular fan in this year's NCA game. He led the unknown Butler University to the NCAA Finals, and almost knocked down the giant Duke University in the finals.

Hayward's athletic ability is not outstanding. Although he made surprises in the championship, he barely squeezed into the top 2 before the draft started.

The Utah Jazz's willingness to choose Hayward with the first round of the ninth draw has a lot to do with Hayward's versatility and courage to fight.

Hayward is not the kind of spring boy who can kiss the basket, but his skills are mature, fierce and tough, and after the baptism of the competition, Jazz head coach Jerry Long has always admired this type of player.

Paul George is even darker than Hayward. George is from Fresno State University. He has not received much attention and his overly plain style of play also makes him underexposed.

In the prediction before the draft, George's position was behind the first round. At the beginning, the Pacers, who had the 10th pick, were full of confidence in him and used the 10th pick to win a rookie who should not enter the lottery zone. This should be a ten-win and 10-strong deal.

But unfortunately, the Warriors also took a fancy to George. He is a shooter with good athletic ability. There are many strong men and shooters in NHA sports today, but not many athletic ability and shooting skills can be combined well. George took advantage of this.

George is a wing player with both athleticism and shooting skills. He is only 2 years old and has a shooting skillset. If he gets a certain amount of playing time and careful training, his development prospects are still quite good.

You should know that shooting is a basketball skill that takes years of polishing to excel. Athletic athletes who can shoot are undoubtedly good candidates.

What Old Nelson and Bird value George the most is actually his defensive ability. He has a strong temper, excellent toughness, and a big heart. He is the Warriors on the court. Both Old Nelson and Bird believe that as long as they are well trained, George will definitely be a Pippen second-generation character in time.

The 10th pick in the first round was selected for the young version of Pippen, and this deal was not a loss.

Old Nelson saw through this, so he was not sure whether the 16th pick in his hand was useful. The old Fox's foresight was fully demonstrated at this moment. He directly told the league's uniform team that they wanted to choose George.

There are also a group of talented young people in the Warriors, and the outside world has been eyeing these young people for a long time. Now Old Nelson has given them a chance to trade. As long as you win George, you will have the chance to get the players you like.

The Clippers' phone call came quickly, and Sterling called Curry by name. He said to Old Nelson: "Stephen Curry, man, as long as you are willing to give this guy, you can get Paul George."

When Old Nelson heard this, he burst into laughter. Sterling on the other side of the phone looked as if he was ashen and said angrily: "Why are you laughing at?"

At this time, Old Nelson said coldly: "Do you think I'm a sucker? Stephen Curry? I can give it to you, but are you sure you can afford it? You have seen Curry's ability. His next contract must start at 15 million, and he is a shooter. Except for Reggie Miller, there seems to be no shooter who can sell tickets in the league history, so, are you sure you want Curry?"

Old Nelson didn't say Curry was a non-selling product. If he said that, Sterling would definitely feel that he had no sincerity in trading, so there would be no need to talk about it later.

Old Nelson definitely can't send Curry away. This is the shooter that the Warriors finally polished. It's Chamberlain's right-hand man. How can he send it away? He also wants to get George, so he explained to Sterling by rhetoric: Curry is not suitable for your team.

Sterling is a businessman, and he only wants box office and profit, so he actually never thought about asking Curry. It is just to make it easier for him to speak out.

Old Nelson knew that it was the Clippers who chose George, and he knew that George belonged to the Warriors.

Which kind of player does Sterling want? It is good and cheap, has a gorgeous style and low salary. The three players, West, Ibaka and Curry, who are valued most by Old Nelson, are not suitable for the Clippers because they either have a not gorgeous style or are too expensive.

The Warriors also have the kind of players Sterling wants, such as Morrow, a nerve-knife-type outside line. He just signed a four-year, one million contract last year, but he can hit his opponent hard every time he appears, and it is truly affordable and cheap.

For example, Ty Gibson, this power forward has a tough style of playing and is best at dunking players. Now the Clippers core Griffin is this type of player. If the two can combine, it will be a natural thing to build Los Angeles into an all-connected city.

In addition, Old Nelson is willing to accept any bad contract from the Clippers and is willing to help the Clippers take over any old players to be cleaned.

Speaking of this, it would be meaningless to say more. Sterling quickly lets go and he can send Paul George out, but the Warriors will hand over the No. 6 pick and the No. 2 draft pick in the second round to him.

In addition, this deal involves players, that is, the Clippers give 35-year-old center Brian Skinner, who exchanged his four million salary for Morrow and Gibson.

Hearing Sterling's words, Old Nelson frowned and said in a deep voice: "Man, you should know the current market. I am indeed optimistic about the little guy in Palm Town, but what he can do is still unknown now, so it is already an equal transaction for the No. 8 lottery to the No. 6 lottery and this round of No. 2 lottery."

After a pause, Old Nelson said again: "You gave me a water dispenser guard, but you had to replace two young players who had grown into major substitutes from me. Are there some lions who spoke big?"

Sterling laughed and said, "Maybe, but this is the business. I have already released the price. If you want to buy it, you can buy it. If you don't want it, I'll find another one. I believe there should be other people interested in Paul George."

Old Nelson took a deep breath and nodded heavily and said, "Okay, you won, the deal will end like this. Let the little guy from Palm Town come to report here. The French guy and we won the second draw in the second round belong to you."
Chapter completed!