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Chapter 178 Malone and Dumas are in the bowl!

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"You idiot, just two tubes. Don't always call it a bra. Every time you call it, it reminds me of it."

"Then do you want it?"

"Of course, touch!"

At Su Wen's house, Wu Qihua, Su Junjie, Liu Qingyun, and Ouyang Zhenhua were happily playing mahjong, and even arguing with each other in the process.

In front of everyone's mahjong tiles, there is a wad of cash.

All the cash has been changed from the Hong Kong dollars that I just played with to US dollars.

In other words, the gambling capital has been upgraded, and it is much more exciting than playing small games before.

Lan Jieying and Zeng Huaqian, on the other hand, were sitting nearby watching TV, listening to some of their unflattering terms, and their faces turned red.

Su Wen is coming downstairs.

He was wearing a pair of loose beach pants, a pair of slippers, and a round-neck T-shirt.

Seeing him coming down, Zeng Huaqian's eyes moved over unconsciously.

When he noticed Su Wen's gaze sweeping over him, he immediately turned back to the TV with a blushing face.

Su Wen had just walked to the mahjong table and was about to take a look when he heard the doorbell.

He lowered his hands and told the mahjong players not to get up and to open the door himself.

When I walked outside, I found that outside the iron gate, Al Wood and Tom Chambers, Brad Davis, Tim McCormick, all the SuperSonics' starting five were present.

These people were pacing back and forth, looking quite anxious.

"This is what you are doing?"

Su Wen pressed the switch to open the door. When the iron door automatically slid to both sides, he looked at the four people in confusion.

As soon as the door opened, Wood and Chambers rushed home like wild horses, ignoring Su Wen.

Davis and McCormick chatted with Su Wen for a while, and then walked into the home under the leadership of Su Wen.

While walking, Davis asked Su Wen: "Su, did you watch the draft last night?"

"I saw it."

Su Wen casually replied: "We all watched it last night."

"What do you think?" Davis looked at him with a smile, "Are you satisfied with the goal chosen by the team?"

"It's okay." Su Wen shrugged, "I don't really care who the management chooses."

"But how did we hear that you gave Les some advice on who to choose?" Davis walked to the hall and glanced at the four people playing enthusiastically at the mahjong table, as well as Wood who was standing behind and watching. and Chambers.

I thought to myself, so these two guys came here in such a hurry to see this thing?

He shook his head speechlessly.

"Just mentioned it casually."

Su Wen didn't bother to explain. After he asked Davis and McCormick to sit down, he was about to pour them water, but saw that Zeng Huaqian had already gone ahead of him, and immediately gave up the idea.

"Thank you!"

Taking the water she handed him, Davis thanked him in a gentlemanly manner, looked at her back and forth, and then looked at Su Wen with a smile.

Su Wen didn't know what he was laughing about, and his mind had already returned to last night's draft.

He just looked like he didn't care about the draft, but in fact, he was impressed by the management's operation at the conference.

Les Harberger didn't know how he did it. He just won two of the three rookie lists he originally mentioned in the conference-Karl Malone and Joe Dumars.

Quite awesome!

Especially at the conference, David Stern solemnly read out the transaction information. Les Haberger just passed the No. 16 pick from the Dallas Mavericks and used it to match the team's original first-round pick. , in exchange for the Utah Jazz's No. 13 pick, and won Karl Malone.

Two first-round picks were traded upwards in exchange for a strong man who could steal the MVP from Danzi in the future. Su Wen had to admit that Les Haberger's ability was Very outstanding.

Of course, no one knew at this time that Malone would grow into an MVP-level superstar in the future.

He is currently just an ordinary junior at Louisiana Tech University, and his team has not reached the NCAA national championship.

This is also the reason why he is not very well-known at this stage and will be selected with the 13th overall pick.

On the contrary, Auburn University, the alma mater of Suvin and Barkley, after winning the championship last season, can still reach the Sweet Sixteen this season with Chuck Person leading the team alone.

Although Auburn University collapsed in the top 16 and lost to North Carolina, it also proved Person's ability to lead the team.

This North Carolina team has Kenny Smith, a well-known commentator for TNT in the future.

Karl Malone is 206cm tall and weighs 110+kg. He was a muscular man in college.

Although he is not as strong as the future, he still has a strong physique that ordinary players do not have.

His style of play may not be as tough as Chambers's, but he is also a guy who can run long distances and has excellent mobility.

The management quietly used two relatively late first-round picks in exchange for a future MVP-level player. Su Wen's operation of Les Haberg was impressive.

This man really listens to advice!

What makes Su Wen even more delighted is that Joe Dumas also got it.

In his previous life, this man would become the hero of the Detroit Pistons' two consecutive championships in the late 1980s, the right-hand man of the Smiling Assassins, and an All-Star shooting guard. He was selected by Haberg with the 17th overall pick. This was another big surprise.

Haberg's operation not only brought the team the most powerful offensive supplement in the back line, but also dismantled the future Pistons lineup in advance.

If the Smiling Assassins and the team's management knew his future trajectory, would they cry in the toilet?

In the original history, Joe Dumars was taken by the Pistons with the 18th overall pick.

Now, the Sonics just cut Hu one pick ahead of schedule.

Su Wen smiled crookedly as he thought about it.

Next season, the SuperSonics will be full of talent. They will no longer be like the past season. The lineup lacks firepower and depth.

At least Su Wen will no longer be so tired and rely on himself to solve the team's scoring problem.

Apart from acquiring two great players, Karl Malone and Joe Dumars, the management did not make any more trades in the draft.

It seems that they want to keep the entire championship-winning lineup without making any changes.

Su Wen had no objection to this.

After all, their current lineup is the championship lineup. If it is torn down, they will have to adapt again.

The only shortcoming is that the No. 5 position at this time is still blue-collar McCormick.

They have five points, but they haven't been upgraded at the center position.

It would be great if he could win Ewing. Su Wen felt a little regretful that he was greedy and was not enough.

In this conference, after a bad season, the New York Knicks finally got what they wanted and won the No. 1 pick, Patrick Ewing.

It can be said that Ewing, the talented center, is even more miserable in this time and space than in his previous life.

In his previous life, Ewing was able to lead Georgetown University last season and win the only championship trophy in his career. But in this time and space, because of Su Wen's relationship, he lost even this one and only trophy.

It couldn't be more miserable.

First, in his freshman year, he was beaten by North Carolina and Danzi, ruining the championship.

In his junior year, Su Wen led Auburn University to a head-on defeat and missed the championship again.

In original history, this was the year Ewing won the championship.

But because of Su Wen's appearance, it disappeared.

The past season was when he had the most hope, but he lost to Villanova University in the finals and lost the championship again.

After losing in three finals, Su Wen didn't know if You Yin would be very happy at this time.

Thinking of Ewing, Su Wen couldn't help but think of some of the legendary inside stories of the league's current draft - the 'folded envelope'.

Rumor has it that in order for the New York Knicks to successfully draw the No. 1 pick and win Ewing, David Stern and the lottery staff worked behind the scenes. They deliberately folded a corner of the envelope containing the No. 1 pick and informed the Knicks. management.

Then through this cheating method, the Knicks successfully acquired Ewing.

When Ewing was in college, he was more famous than Dan Zi and was the most watched college player in the United States.

Since his freshman year, he has been regarded as the "top pick". No matter how old he is in the draft, he will be the top pick.

Stern may want to bring the imprint of the NBA to the city of New York. After all, this is the largest, most prosperous, and richest city in the world, and it is also the largest basketball market in the world. This is why he went to great lengths to help the Knicks acquire Ewing. .

Why is this so-called inside story spread?

Heard, still heard

At that time, during the lottery ceremony, before the seven worst teams drawn at the end were about to take the stage, Knicks general manager DeBusschere was already bragging to others with an arrogant attitude of "I have the advantage."

It seemed that Ewing had already reached their bowl, so relaxed and proud.

You know, after Stern reformed the draft and lottery rules, the last seven worst teams, the so-called lottery picks, all had a '14%' chance of getting the No. pick.

In other words, every team has a probability of winning the No. 1 lottery.

The odds are equally high among the seven teams. Why are you, the Knicks, so confident?

Doesn’t this tell people that there is something fishy?

Therefore, through word of mouth from some managements and speculation by the media, this draft was considered to be the "manipulated No. 1 pick."

Dark, insider, the league president helped cheat, etc., the 85 draft later became a bit "disgraceful", and it was one of the "few" "black spots" that Stern could not explain.

Su Wen doesn't care how the Knicks got the No. 1 pick. The SuperSonics couldn't win Ewing anyway.

At this time, after acquiring Karl Malone and Joe Dumars, he can already happily imagine the future.

After El Wood and Chambers watched for a long time, they finally couldn't hold it in any longer when lunch time was approaching. They forcibly took Liu Qingyun and Wu Qihua out and sat on them themselves.

The two of them had already been waiting for the finals. After finally winning the championship, they entered the vacation period. How could they still bear to do it themselves?

Although Liu Qingyun and Wu Qihua were reluctant, when the other party each took out a stack of 20-dollar bills and placed them on the table, they instantly lost their temper.

They are rich!

I am so poor that I have to give way obediently!

Davis and McCormick didn't care much about mahjong, and they didn't want to watch and play. They went outside the yard with Su Wen and sat on the lounge chairs by the pool, chatting about the draft. matter, and the future of the team.

They are not qualified to comment on the new players selected by the team, and they will not think that Malone and Dumars will have an impact on their positions and replace them.

Most of what they talked about with Su Wen was about the two players' playing styles and how they could help the team in the future.

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