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So in comparison, Nash's 15 million is really outrageous.

Wang Chen has become a laughing stock, and Jordan has also become a laughing stock.

Some professional managers look at Wang Chen's involvement in the team management circle as a joke.

From the boss, to the president, to the general manager, the three core people of a team are all outsiders.

However, Wang Chen just ignores the comments from the outside world.

Jordan has also made psychological preparations early on. He has long known that Wang Chen's decision will become a laughing stock in the league.

Now Jordan just hopes that the people selected by Wang Chen can really perform well.

Then his money will be worth spending. At least if the foundation is good, the loss will at least put the team on the right track.

The biggest advantage of letting the head coach Wang Chen serve as the president is that it eliminates the disagreement between the management and the coach.

The people selected by Wang Chen must be people who fit his own tactics. As for the commercial value, it is estimated that he has not considered it much.

Some management spends a lot of money to get some players, but the head coach doesn't like them at all, and the players are directly useless.

For example, Milicic, manager Dumars spent the second pick to sign him, but Larry Brown was too lazy to even use him. If the president and the coach are the same person, there will be no such trouble. If Wang Chen spends a lot of money to get someone, he will not deliberately ignore him because he doesn't like him.

At this time, Wang Chen was looking at the list.

The draft has not started yet, and Wang Chen has already made a lineup based on the current players.

Lineup: Kendrick Perkins (C), David West (PF), Gerald Wallace (SF), James Jones (SG), Steve Nash (PG)

Substitutes: Dengtai Jones, Boykins, Steve Smith, Jerome Williams.

With this lineup, the inside line is okay, but it is just okay.

Perkins and Garnett can form a championship inside combination, but David West is obviously still far behind Garnett.

The front line is okay, but the backcourt defense of Nash and Jones is too thin.

Dahntay Jones is a little better at defense, but he is a surprise player, not a regular starter.

At least not a starter that a strong team would consider.

Nash's defense still needs someone with strong defense to help him, just like the peak Suns had Raja Bell as a bodyguard.

And although Gerald Wallace is a good small forward candidate, his shooting is not very good, which is a bit of a waste of Nash's organizational ability.

Wang Chen didn't want to replicate the lineup of the peak Suns, after all, the peak Suns didn't win the championship. Wang Chen just wanted to play more possibilities.

Considering these, Wang Chen took out the draft list and drew small circles on several lists.

Then he picked it up and looked at it, and nodded with satisfaction.

The days of the offseason passed quickly, and there would be news of player transactions almost every day.

But there was still one thing that attracted everyone's attention.

That was the start of the draft.

The 2004 draft.

As the venue was warmed up, league president Stern walked onto the stage with an envelope in his hand.

Inside the envelope was the answer the Magic had written down after their decision.

What was inside was, of course, the first overall pick in 2004.

"The magic choice is......"(To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

Stern opened the envelope and paused for a moment.

At this time, the camera switched between Howard and Okafor, both of whom were the top candidates for the No. 1 pick.

"Dwight Howard!"

Howard's family and friends cheered immediately.

The other rookies around Howard also sent their blessings to Howard. After a simple handshake and hug, Howard walked to the stage.

The staff gave him a Magic hat, and Howard put on the hat and walked to the stage.

Howard was also the last high school No. 1 pick in the league, because the league later announced that college students were required to participate in the draft.

The following draft was similar to what was expected, and Okafor became the No. 2 pick.

This pick, which originally belonged to the Bobcats, now belonged to the Raptors.

At the same time, the Raptors also formed a powerful combination of Kat + Shi + Kafu, becoming a force that cannot be ignored in the East.

Generally, when trading between teams, they will avoid some major opponents. The Lakers traded O'Neal and rejected all offers from the top 800 teams in the West and sent him to the East.

But no one expected that the Bobcats, a team that could not make the playoffs, would send the same The Raptors, who couldn't make the playoffs, gave away the second pick for nothing.

The Raptors didn't expect the Bobcats to be able to finance their rivals, so they made a lot of efforts to make the Bobcats' multi-party transaction a success.

Now that Okafor has been selected, although Howard was not selected, there is not much difference.

In terms of immediate combat effectiveness, Okafor's immediate combat effectiveness is much stronger than Howard's when he leads the team to the NCAA.

There was a celebration in the Raptors' small room.

At the same time, the camera cut to the Bobcats' small room to see the reaction of the Bobcats.

In the Bobcats' small room.

There were only three people, Jordan, Mullin, and Wang Chen, and the rest were some staff waiting outside.

At this time, the three of them stared at each other, and Jordan was speechless.

It was soon the Bobcats' turn to select players, and the staff came in advance to ask for the envelope.