The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 226
On June 2013, 6, the much-anticipated NBA Draft was officially held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

An Jiali wore a ponytail, a classic Burberry plaid suit, a pair of black-framed glasses, and 8cm high-heeled shoes. She walked through the aisle of the arena heroically, attracting the attention of countless people.

"Who is she? A reporter?"

Among the crowd, this year's top pick in the draft, Victor Oladipo, saw An Jiali at a glance, and curiously asked his college teammate beside him, who was also the top pick in the draft, Cody Zeller.

"You don't even know her? Anjiali Ranadive, Prince Lee's girlfriend!" Zeller looked at Oladipo in shock.

"Oh, yes, I said, why is she so familiar? But what is she doing at the draft? Is Prince also here?"

"Are you really not paying attention at all? Her father just bought the Kings in April this year, and she is now the assistant general manager of the Kings!" Zeller rolled his eyes at his nervous teammate.

"Oh! That's her! I really envy Prince, who won another championship just now, and now has a father-in-law who owns an NBA team!"

Oladipo's face was full of envy.

Li Pu at this time, in the eyes of everyone, is the winner in life.

I still remember that when Harden was traded last year, it didn't make much waves.

Although people are impressed by Harden's talent, the sincerity given by the Rockets is quite good, not only has a powerful star like Kevin Martin, but also many assets such as Lamb and this year's first-round pick.

As a result, despite Harden's outstanding performance in the Rockets, the Thunder still achieved an excellent record of 67 wins and 15 losses in the regular season.

At the same time, they passed all the way in the playoffs, and fought the Heat in seven games in the finals, and finally defeated the Heat again, winning the championship consecutively!
Although this time the FMVP was given to Durant, Li Pu still made people notice his progress.

And what people are even more afraid of is that as long as the Thunder team maintains their core players, building a dynasty is only a trivial matter, and the NBA finale may be imminent!
"You can have some snacks, the Kings have the No. 7 pick this year, maybe you are going to work for her dad!"

"That's impossible, I will definitely be selected by the knight!"

Speaking of his pick, Oladipo is full of confidence.

Zeller on the side, seeing Oladipo's appearance, couldn't help but rolled his eyes. I don't know who gave you the confidence?

This year's No. [-] pick is the most difficult to choose. The top five No. [-] candidates before the game are: Otto Porter Jr., Ben McLemore, Alex Lane, Nerlens Knoll and Zeller himself, Oladipo ranked sixth.

Well, as we all know, there are six out of the top five. This is common sense!

But even so, Zeller is still worried that he may fall into the hands of the Kings with the seventh overall pick.

Because the draft is never just about ability and potential, but also about the suitability of the team.

In particular, this year's No. [-] lottery was drawn by the Cavaliers again. This is the second time in three years that the Cavaliers have won the No. [-] lottery. The luck is really good.

After they have star guard Kyrie Irving, will they use a precious No. [-] pick to choose another guard?Or choose an insider?
All of this is still unknown, and the real option is still in the hands of Cavaliers general manager, Chris Grant.

Grant, who has become Tang Seng meat in the eyes of all players, is the kind who keeps turning his head [-]% on the road.

However, he was actually a little depressed at the moment, because his limelight was overshadowed by a little girl. People seemed to pay more attention to this beauty than they did themselves.

O man!

"Good evening! An Jiali!"

"Hi! Mr. Presti!"

An Jiali bumped into Thunder's general manager, Presti, head-on.

"Isn't Prince here?" Presti looked behind An Jiali.

"He is your Thunder player, what are you doing with me?"

"Hahaha, what you said makes sense, but I, the general manager, can't get in touch with our players, but you, it's easier to get in touch with him!"

When Presti said these words, there were somewhat complicated emotions in his eyes.

"Perhaps Mr. Presti, you can consider our suggestion?"

"Of course, the suggestions I consider are not limited to yours!"

In this way, the conversation between the two eventually broke up, and each returned to the box of their respective teams.

After entering the box, Presti's expression darkened in an instant, and he said to his assistant, "Is there a better offer?"

"The Warriors intend to trade Klay Thompson, David Lee and two first-round picks for Lee!"

"David Lee? How can I match his big contract? Anything else?" Presti frowned.

"Others, although there are various mentions, there is nothing better than the Warriors. After all, David Lee is an All-Star..."

"He's an All-Star of P, it's long past tense!" The irritable Presti couldn't help swearing.

Originally winning the championship was a joyful thing, but when talking about the early renewal of the contract with Li Pu, Li Pu said that not only would he not give up the Rose clause, but he would not lose any money.

No matter what emotional cards Presti played, it was useless!

At first Presti thought that Li Pu was only doing it for money, but later he found out that he wanted to leave the Thunder and go to the King.

"Manager, I think the king's chip is very good, why don't you agree?" the assistant couldn't help asking curiously.

"You said that the reason An Jiali gave was to unite with your lover, do you believe it?"

"Isn't it normal for rich people to think?"

"Forget it, let's wait and see. If there is really no suitable deal, let him be fulfilled. Let's draft today!"

Recalling the well-behaved young man who used to be, and now he has learned how to force the palace, Presti is also very emotional.

Just as Presti was feeling emotional, An Jiali walked into another box not far away.

"Come here, An Jiali?"

Sitting in the box are the current Kings owner Vivek Ranadive and the new general manager Kings legend Divac.

Speaking of Vivek's purchase of the king, there are quite a few twists and turns.

At first, at the beginning of this year, the Kings' boss at the time, the Marouf family, said that they would reach an agreement with the Seattle consortium headed by Chris Hansen to sell the Kings to the Seattle consortium.

In fact, the two sides have basically reached an agreement at this time.

As soon as this news came out, there was an uproar immediately, because the Seattle consortium was preparing to move the Kings to Seattle.

So, then Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said: "Seattle, don't be too happy! It's not over yet!"

In this way, with his efforts, a mighty campaign to defend the king began.

During this period, Vivek took the opportunity to make a move, saying that he would keep the Kings in Saskatchewan and build a stadium for the Kings.

In the end, with the support of the people of the city, he purchased 3.4775% of the Kings at a record price of 65 million U.S. dollars and became the real big boss of the Kings.

To this end, he will sell all his shares in the Warriors.

After buying the Kings, the first thing Vivek did was to fire the general manager Geoff Petrie who had played for the team for nearly 20 years, and hired Divac as the general manager.

Divac is a famous king and a foreigner. He has a mediocre foundation in the Kings, but he has enough prestige, which is conducive to Vivek's control of the Kings!

"Just ran into Mr. Presti downstairs!"

"He agreed?" Vivek said excitedly.

"No! He should still be hesitating!" An Jiali shook her head in frustration.

"It's okay, he will agree!"

Seeing the boss comforting his daughter, Divac was very helpless, and even complained in his heart: Such a boss is really weird to spend such a big price just to change a daughter's boyfriend!
(End of this chapter)