Bishop of the Devil

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While Green Kai was chatting with the Clippers management, the Lakers management suddenly became in a hurry!

"Quick! Inform the Hornets that we want Corey Kidders with the 13th pick."

Jerry West, who usually looks gentle and elegant, is a little out of sorts at this moment because their goal was intercepted!

Cut off by Richard!

Originally, West wanted to wait until the 12th pick was selected, then give Kobe's list to the Hornets, let the Hornets use their 13th pick to take Kobe, and then exchange the team's starting center Divac for Kobe!

They have basically confirmed that O'Neal will join the team, so center Divac is of course of no use. It would be perfect to trade for a lottery pick...

But now with Richard's intervention, West's plan has been completely disrupted!

He also knew that the Trail Blazers got the Nets' eighth pick!

But like Adelman and others, he thought Richard's target was Brad Miller!

The elegant West was panicked at this moment. He didn't expect that besides him, anyone else would be interested in this high school guard!

What's even more frightening is that, as far as he knows, Kobe has never tried out with the Trail Blazers at all!

Why? !

Why did Richard choose Kobe? !

The shock in West's heart could not be greater, but no matter how panicked he was, he still forced himself to calm down and not lose his position!

They have also tried out Kidders and know that Kidders is also a very good shooting guard.

However, they did not regard Kidders as their first choice, mainly because Kidders' predicted pick was too high, and the Lakers did not trade such a high pick.

When Cowens, the newly appointed head coach of the Hornets, learned that the Lakers were going to select Kidders, he was not surprised.

At that time, the Lakers begged the Hornets for almost two months, from the beginning of May to the end of June. The Hornets finally saw that the Lakers were sincere, and in addition to selling to the legendary West, they finally agreed the day before the draft. Lakers trade request!

Now that the Lakers are going to use this lottery pick to select Kidders, Cowens feels that the Lakers have definitely made a profit...

The Lakers' bargaining chip, Divac, is not that big of a bargaining chip. He can get a high-quality newcomer like Kidders. Anyway, Cowens feels that the Lakers have made a profit from this operation.

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When Richard saw that the Hornets selected Kidders with the 13th pick, he knew that this was probably the Lakers' temporary choice.

Richard is quite optimistic about the Lakers' choice...

Kidders's strength is not bad. He averaged 16.4 points per game in his rookie season. This is also a top presence among the star-studded rookies in the 1996 class, and he is completely worthy of his selection...

Even if he can rise normally, not only can he catch up with Kobe, he will at least be a first-line shooting guard in the league.

The only thing is injuries...

After playing the first two outstanding seasons, Kidders was plagued by injuries. As a result, his performance was worse year by year, and he finally retired after playing seven or eight seasons.

But now his fate has been changed. No one can say what his future will be like!

If nothing else, after he arrived at the Lakers, he would definitely start from the bench, because the Lakers' current backcourt strength is not weak, and he will probably not get as many playing opportunities as Kobe in the first two seasons...

Maybe because the first two seasons were not very demanding on the body, there will be no injuries later on.

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Peja and Nash were selected with the 14th and 15th picks respectively, and the 16th pick belonged to the Hornets. They chose the little-known point guard Tony Delk...

Richard secretly felt distressed about the Hornets' plan to dispose of these two draft picks.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that joining the Hornets would have been a good choice. After all, they had two first-round picks in their hands, and the picks were not low...

"I announce that the Portland Trail Blazers selected Jermaine O'Neal from Eau Claire High School with the 17th pick in the first round!"

"Wow..." The scene was in an uproar again. The Blazers chose a high school player!

And this player is so young that it’s shocking, he’s only seventeen and a half years old!

Kobe, who was just selected with the eighth pick in the first round, actually set a record when he was selected, that is, he was the youngest player in the history of the draft. Today, Kobe is actually under 18 years old. His birthday is at the end of August, so right now She is 17 years old and 10 months old!

But Kobe's record only lasted for half an hour before it was broken by O'Neal!

O'Neal's birthday is in October!

"God! Richard doesn't think this is the NCAA, right? Selecting such a young high school student?"

"He may not have adapted to the rhythm of the NBA yet, ignoring that the NBA is an adult game..."

"I still say the same thing, Richard is a madman!"

No one is optimistic about the Blazers' choice, because O'Neal is too young!

The uproar at the scene did not produce any expression on Richard's face.

Richard was thinking about what these people's expressions would look like when they knew that he also won Kobe Bryant? I’ll probably be even more surprised than I am now!

Used two precious first-round picks to select two minors in a row...

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O'Neal Jr. came to the Trail Blazers for a trial in mid-June. The results of the trial were not particularly satisfactory, but Richard still decided to take him off.

If the Warriors are taken off next season, and Artest is taken off in two seasons, then all the protagonists of the Auburn Hills Palace incident will be alive...

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After taking off O'Neal, Richard quietly waited for Big Ben...

If there is really any team that is willing to sign Ben with a first-round pick when Ben is injured and has not participated in trial training, it can only mean that this team is willing to reuse Ben!

This is true love...

And Richard can completely accept this situation!

What he couldn't accept was that his disciple joined someone else's team and became the patron saint of the water fountain on the bench!

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Soon, all twenty-nine picks in the first round were selected!

Richard's heart was tightening. Whether he could get the big deal would depend on the next few picks!

The Timberwolves' draft pick is the fourth overall pick in the second round!

A few minutes later, Richard breathed a sigh of relief, because none of the top three picks in the second round chose big money.

"I announce that the Minnesota Timberwolves have selected Ben Wallace from Purdue University with the fourth overall pick in the second round!"

The voice of Adam Silver, the vice president of the league, sounded like the sound of nature to Richard!

By the time the top pick is picked, this draft is already over for Richard and the Trail Blazers!

The only thing they have to do next is to help Cali Perry pick his favorite second-round player...

Everything went smoothly, no unexpected incidents occurred!

There was no chance of being intercepted!

This is a good beginning!

"I hope my future NBA journey will be as smooth as today's draft!" Richard thought with a smile.