Legendary star

Chapter 595 The Power of Lucky Dice

As the dust of the finals settled, the annual free market drama kicked off. First of all, it was the competition between the powerful teams of the league against McGrady. After McGrady publicly broke with the Magic management, it was inevitable for McGrady to leave the Magic. However, McGrady is not an ordinary star. McGrady's ownership is enough to affect the league structure next season, so many teams are now launching a fierce battle around McGrady.

Although the Pacers also wanted to participate in disrupting the situation or profiting from it after getting the news, the Pacers were quickly out because the Magic management had made it clear that they would not send McGrady to any team in the East , and McGrady himself is more inclined to go to the West. After all, even if McGrady leaves the Magic and joins an Eastern team, it is difficult for McGrady to have a bright future in front of the Pacers, unless McGrady can go to the Pacers. But this is something that everyone is even more unwilling to see, including the Magic, of course. The Pacers, who own the league's No.1 Meng Xu and the league's top five power forward Jermaine O'Neal, are already strong enough. If you get McGrady again, the rest of the teams don't have to play.

Although McGrady’s influence is already huge enough, and NBA teams are also enthusiastic enough to compete for McGrady, but the biggest news in the NBA now is not McGrady’s transfer, but the league’s new recruits, the Charlotte Bobcats. In 2002, the NBA was planning the 30th team. After a series of competition and planning, the 30th team of the NBA finally landed in Charlotte, which was proposed by Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television. The team he led took ownership of the NBA's 30th team, and after the Charlotte Hornets relocated to New Orleans, Charlotte now has another NBA franchise.

With the addition of new teams, the first is a wave of crazy military expansion drafts. In the military expansion drafts, each of the remaining 29 teams in the league will have 8 protected places, and in addition to these 8 extra All other players will be selected by the Charlotte Bobcats, but this round of military expansion draft has nothing to do with the Pacers, because the team's five veterans are considering retiring this summer, plus a few whose contracts have expired For the fringe people, the Pacers can't even get 5 protection spots, so they don't have to bother to think about the military expansion draft.

In addition to the new team and joining and expanding the draft, there is another very important event in the league now, and that is the annual draft. Although this year's draft cannot be compared with last season's draft, but this year There are still a few talented fish who slipped through the net. Due to the fierce competition in last year's draft, many players with good strength chose to delay their entry into the league in order to obtain better opportunities. The draft pick, and better contracts and treatment, but these big fish have nothing to do with the Pacers. With the No. 29 pick that the Pacers currently have, what do they want to pick in this young draft year? Yu is still very difficult.

On the morning of June 2004, 6, the NBA draft kicked off at Madison Square Garden, and Meng Xu was forced by Rick Carlisle to participate in this year's draft. To breathe, Meng Xu also knows the players that Rick Carlisle is currently more interested in, but the predicted picks of these players are all around the 25th in the first round, so Rick Carlisle still wants to get his favorite players. more difficult.

"Lucky dice, why don't you try using this thing?" Meng Xu sneaked into the system space under the pretext of going to the bathroom, and found one of the special rewards for the three consecutive championships in the inventory. Use him, according to the introduction of this lucky dice, as long as Meng Xu uses this lucky dice, Meng Xu and Meng Xu's team will be full of luck, and there will be some things that are not good for Meng Xu and Meng Xu's team , It will also change the original trajectory, so this thing is simply a cheating device in Meng Xu's view.

"Use it!" After thinking twice, Meng Xu still pressed the use button.

Then, a spinning dice appeared on the big screen in front of Meng Xu. After spinning for a few seconds, the dice stopped, and the number displayed on the dice was 4.
"Ding, the host successfully uses the lucky dice, and the luck of the host and the host's team will be changed to excellent for four days."

"Now we'll see if this thing works."

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"Congratulations to the Orlando Magic. They used the No. 1 pick in the first round to select Dwight Howard from Atlanta Christian Academy. Congratulations to the Orlando Magic. Congratulations to Dwight Howard."

After David Stern finished reading the first note, the audience was immediately ebullient, especially in the small green room where the draft players were. Dwight Howard was very excited to be the No. [-] pick in this draft, and the young While the other players in the green room congratulated Howard, they also looked enviously at Dwight Howard, who was about to go out. The No. [-] pick was the dream of countless players participating in the draft. Emeka Okafor, the favorite No. [-] pick, is not so embarrassed now.

After the Orlando Magic, the Charlotte Bobcats, who got the No. 2 pick from the Los Angeles Clippers, used their No. 2 pick to pick Emeka Okafor from the University of Connecticut.

Emeka Okafor, who had finished her sophomore year last year, was thinking about participating in the draft early, but after the persuasion of the head coach and in front of a group of talented players, Emeka Okafor finally I still gave up the plan to participate in the draft. After all, with Emeka Okafor's strength and talent, if he participated in the draft last season, at best he would be around 15th overall. But now, when Emeka Okafor postpones a year After the draft in 15, Emeka Okafor immediately became the No. [-] pick. Although the Magic finally selected the younger Dwight Howard, the second pick and the [-]th overall rookie, whether it is a player contract or a team The status is very different, especially the one who chooses Emeka Okafor is a new army like the Charlotte Bobcats. In the Charlotte Bobcats, Emeka Okafor is definitely the main force that cannot be shaken. What's more, they will be cultivated as the core of the team.

As the draft progressed, Rick Carlisle was obviously a little nervous. If Rick Carlisle was still calm when David Stern announced the top ten picks, then When David Stern read the No.15 pick in the first round, Rick Carlisle was obviously a little nervous. He was afraid that his pick would be cut off by others. However, it is something that often happens, and it is something that everyone loves to see. It is impossible for Rick Carlisle to worry, not only Rick Carlisle, but also Lester Conor who is next to Rick Carlisle. The hand holding the notebook is getting tighter and tighter.

The Pacers have the No. 29 pick in the first round and the No. 29 pick in the second round this year, so these talented players are naturally not considered by Rick Carlisle. Talented, what the Pacers need more is role players, and the Pacers are not short of insiders, so Rick Carlisle's goal today is a few players in the 1st and 2nd positions, Jameer Nelson , Kevin Martin, Tony Allen, Chris Duhon, these players are Rick Carlisle's goals 1, 2, 3, 4, Chris Duhon is better, Jameer- Both Nelson and Kevin Martin are expected to be around 20th, so the closer to 20th, the more worried Rick Carlisle will be. ,

"Damn." As the results of the Nuggets' draft with the No. 20 pick were announced, Lester Conor couldn't help cursing. The Nuggets chose the Pacers' No. 20 target Jia with the No. 1 pick. Mill Nelson.

After seeing Jameer Nelson being selected by the Nuggets, Rick Carlisle crossed out Jameer Nelson's name on the notebook in his hand with a marker, although Rick Carlisle did not behave like Lester Conner Paul was so excited, but when Rick Carlisle crossed out Jameer Nelson, the hand holding the marker was visibly shaken.

"Meng, I'm going to Houston." Sensing that the phone, which had been adjusted to vibrate mode, kept shaking in his pocket, Meng Xu took out the phone and found that McGrady had sent him a text message, although it was only a short sentence However, Meng Xu probably knew that the battle for Tracy McGrady was over, but the result was undoubtedly somewhat beyond Meng Xu's expectations. Even though the Nets and Heat in the East had already been eliminated, in the West, the Timberwolves, Mavericks, The competitiveness of these Lakers teams is also very strong, and their sincerity is also very high, but the result is that the river and the clam compete for the fisherman's benefit, and the Houston Rockets won McGrady quietly.

"Then congratulations." After thinking about it for a while, Meng Xu was able to guess the general idea. With Mai Di's pride, he definitely would not run to hold a group or be someone else's younger brother when he was at his peak. Otherwise, with McGrady's strength, no matter if he is partnered with Kevin Garnett, Dirk Nowitzki, or Kobe, they will definitely have a great chance to hit the championship, but McGrady chose in the end. Houston, because Tracy McGrady will still be the most special one in Houston.

"Meng, I will go to the finals with your Huaguo fellow to kick your ass, you just wash it up and wait!" McGrady's text message came back quickly, but the content of the text message made Meng Xu a little dumbfounded. But to be honest, the Rockets will definitely be hurt when they get McGrady, but as long as the team is built around McGrady and Yao Ming, with a few outstanding role players, the Rockets' record will definitely not be bad, although Yao Ming has only played two games. season, but Yao Ming has already shown the potential to become a superstar.

"Meng, what's the matter?" Seeing Meng Xu who was shaking his head and laughing to himself, Rick Carlisle, who was sitting next to Meng Xu, asked Meng Xu, and relieved his nervousness by the way.

"Tracey went to the Rockets." After putting the phone in his pocket, Meng Xu tilted his head and told Rick Carlisle the news that McGrady was going to the Rockets in a very low voice.

"No wonder." After listening to Meng Xu's words, Rick Carlisle looked not far away, where Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich and Magic coach Chris Gent were chatting. At the beginning of the draft, Rick Carlisle wondered why these two guys who had no connection with each other would sit together. It is estimated that the two teams have reached an agreement long ago, and they are only waiting for the draft to be given after the draft. Everyone was pleasantly surprised.

"This is a good thing for us." Lester Conor was obviously a little excited after hearing the news that McGrady was going to the Rockets, because the things they had worried about for a long time were now finally settled, as long as it was not a small The Bulls, not the Timberwolves, not the Spurs, are perfectly acceptable results for the Pacers.

"Maybe this is the power of the lucky dice?" Meng Xu now has some doubts whether the lucky dice is playing tricks. After all, before this, according to the information disclosed by various media, the Timberwolves and the Mavericks are the most likely to get McGrady. , but now the result is reversed.

"Hey, this fucking king." Just as Meng Xu was still muttering, he heard Lester Conner curse again, and the Pacers' No. 2 target, Kevin Martin, was intercepted again , this time it was the Sacramento Kings who picked Kevin Martin with the No. 26 pick. Now Rick Carlisle and Lester Conor can only pray that the No. 3 target will not be cut off. .

"The San Antonio Spurs selected Slovenian guard Benno Udri with the 27th pick in the first round."

"The Los Angeles Lakers selected Slovenian guard Sasha Vujacic with the 28th pick in the first round."

When the draft results of the Spurs and Lakers came out, Rick Carlisle's high-hanging heart finally fell to the ground. Although his No. 1 and No. 2 targets were intercepted, No. 3 was still saved. After No. 3 target Tony Allen was intercepted, Rick Carlisle really didn't know who to choose with the 29th pick, because their No. 4 target Chris Duhon was enough with a second-round pick signed.

"Finally got one, now waiting for the last one." After successfully selecting Tony Allen, Rick Carlisle and Lester Conor high-fived each other to celebrate.

"You guys are really lucky. With the No. 29 pick, you can get a player with the top ten defensive ability in the history of the guard position."

　Thanks to the ruffian Deng for the reward, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)