Chapter 921: Who Was Robbed? The 2009 NBA Draft!

Curry is confused.

After being trapped, Curry walked to the front desk like a zombie and shook hands with David Stern in a daze.

Seeing the NCAA's number one star like this, David Stern felt dumbfounded.

To be fair, he only named four names in this year's draft.

But except for Griffin, the other three names surprised him.

In the evaluation of most media experts across the country, Evans should not be second, and Gerald Henderson should not be third.

However, this year's draft is a little special.

Except for Griffin, the other rookies have average hard talents. It can be said that picking anyone other than Griffin is a gamble.

Since it's a gamble, the draft position of anyone other than Griffin is not a surprise.

Even the young man named Thabeet, who had long hands and feet that looked very much like Rondo and Durant, was promoted to the sky by many people who wanted to use him to rob the SuperSonics. Even before the draft, Over time, he has gained momentum as the second best player.

In this year's draft, the water is really quite turbid.

However, seeing Curry's lost look, David Stern's eyes narrowed slightly.

The NBA is headquartered in New York, and of course he has heard something about the New York Knicks.

To be honest, he always thought that the NCAA's number one star was going to end up in New York, but he didn't expect...

Who let...

Ahem, the draft is still going on, we’ll talk about these things later.

Curry was very unhappy when he came off the stage. He was visibly unhappy. Klay and Spencer Hawes at the table next to him both sat down to comfort him.

Everyone knows that Curry wants to go to New York.

New York also longed for him very much. The two were a perfect match for each other, but they were separated by the Pacers.

It's not just this time that Curry is confused.

The emergence of the Pacers monster also dumbfounded Isiah Thomas and Curry's parents who were preparing to celebrate in the hotel.

This damn Curry New York Knicks jersey is ready, just waiting for Curry to finish the interview and put it on when he comes out of Madison Square Garden.

Curry looks 100 percent cooked.

Nima's flying now? !

Curry's family and the New York Knicks' top brass are quite embarrassed.

I just said a lot of things that we are already a family, what should we do now?

Are we still a family now?

Of course not!

A hotel with a very cheerful and harmonious atmosphere.

Now it has completely changed in an instant.

The New York Knicks' celebration to welcome Curry can no longer continue.

But Curry at the draft, after being sluggish, confused and uncomfortable, quickly adjusted his mentality.

"The Pacers are also good. Granger is a fan of the master and a good disciple. The big man Roy Hibbert is also very capable. He even blocked us in the NCAA semifinals last year. If I go to the Pacers, the Pacers He can definitely enter the playoffs next season and become a powerful player in the NBA!"

"Besides, it's better to go to the Pacers than the unlucky guy who goes to the Warriors!"

Curry wanted to continue talking, but Clay directly covered his mouth. Didn't he see that Evans next to him wanted to hit someone?

"Ahem, Stephen, the Golden State Warriors are a good place."

Klay Thompson is not a compliment. As a native of Los Angeles, California, Klay's first choice was of course the 12th overall pick by the Clippers.

In fact, the Clippers have been contacting Clay.

It’s just that Clay is not as ‘arrogant’ as Curry, so he has kept quiet.

And his current draft prediction is indeed that he will be selected by the Clippers with the 12th overall pick.

But if he misses the first choice, he is indeed more willing to go to the Warriors than other teams.

Jinzhou can also be regarded as his hometown.

Curry is an optimistic person by nature, and sorrow comes and goes quickly.

After being severely beaten by life, Curry started eating melons again.

"In the first round of the 2009 NBA draft, with the fifth overall pick, the Utah Jazz selected a guard from Spain, Ricky Rubio!"

This is not a surprising result.

"It's already known to the world that the Jazz want this Spaniard."

Curry looked at Rubio's excited and happy look and complained.

After the previous three accidents, this one is finally back on track.

Rubio and Jazz have been in love for a long time.

After the Jazz selected Rubio, who had long been in love with him, Curry looked at David Stern with resentment.

Curry is now very envious of the lucky guy who was drafted by the New York Knicks.

"In the first round of the 2009 NBA draft, with the sixth overall pick, the New York Knicks selected guard Chen Jianghua from China!"

It turns out that Chen is the lucky guy...

Curry secretly complained in his heart.

As for Chen Jianghua, he really doesn't want to be the lucky one...

His draft pick is projected to be high, No. 2 overall.

But he always knew that his ranking was not actually that high.

Not so many high-ranking teams contacted him. The highest-ranking team that contacted him was the Houston Rockets, and he was more inclined to go to the Rockets to partner with Yao Ming.

New York Knicks…

Curry and Americans may not know how bad the reputation of the New York Knicks is in China...

Fans in China who watch the New York Knicks are just watching a bunch of fools, okay?

People who have pursuits are definitely not willing to go to the New York Knicks to be a fool.

"Thank you New York and the Knicks for your trust, I will not let you down."

Chen Jianghua's speech was very simple, but it still received huge applause from the New York Knicks fans at the scene.

The originally predicted second favorite dropped to sixth place and was taken advantage of by the New York Knicks. This is of course something to be happy about.

Some New York fans are even shouting that no matter how many tricks David Stern has, in the end the second best player is from the New York Knicks.

"I didn't expect Hua Tsai to be the sixth overall pick."

"The sixth and first picks are lucky picks for Chinese players!"

"Great success, good start. I wish Andy a prosperous NBA career!"

Domestically, Chinese men's basketball players led by Sun Yue, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng, Wang Zhizhi and others in the 2009 Tianjin Men's Basketball Asian Championship training team were very excited.

This year's draft has received a lot of attention because there are three Chinese players qualified for the first round.

After delivering his speech on stage, Chen Jianghua came to the audience to thank Ye Si once again.

"Brother Ye, thank you!"

"Meeting Brother Ye is the greatest luck in my life!"

Very, very sincere, without Brother Ye, he would never be where he is now.

"Luck will never disappoint those who work hard. Keep working hard when you reach the NBA."

NBA is a big stage. Regardless of whether he can succeed on this big stage, being able to show his basketball skills on this big stage is the biggest dream of all basketball players.

He believes that he will continue to work hard for his dream.

Seeing Ye Si encouraging Chen Jianghua like this, the rookies who wanted to have a relationship with Ye Si looked at Ye Si with such enthusiastic eyes...

"In the 2009 NBA draft, in the first round, with the seventh overall pick, the Sacramento Kings selected center Spencer Hawes from the University of Washington!"

Spencer Hawes, who has always been predicted to be in the top five in the draft, was eventually selected by the Kings with the seventh overall pick, which made Spencer Hawes slightly disappointed.

"Spencer, congratulations, you didn't fall to tenth."

"..."

Being so comforted by Curry, Spencer Hawes was a little bit dumbfounded, and his mood improved a lot.

"Yeah, I didn't fall to tenth."

The Warriors are a team that many players are unwilling to wade into, a team that has been cursed.

Spencer Hawes is from Seattle, not from California, and he doesn’t want to go to the Golden State Warriors.

Although it is not in the top five, fortunately, the seventh pick is actually not too low, and it avoids the Warriors.

"In the first round of the 2009 NBA draft, with the eighth overall pick, the Milwaukee Bucks selected Brandon Jennings, a guard from Roma, Italy!"

As the strongest high school student after James and Yes, Jennings's subsequent development somewhat failed to live up to the expectations that national public opinion had for him.

As a young man with very high self-confidence and self-awareness, it is obvious that he is very dissatisfied with this pick and the Bucks team.

After the Bucks failed to use Thabeet to rob the Seattle SuperSonics, they decisively gave up on Thabeet and chose Jennings.

In fact, apart from other factors, Thabeet's static talent is indeed the best among all rookies this year, and the Bucks are still very interested.

But Jennings unexpectedly dropped to eighth, and it would really be a crime not to choose.

"Master, although Jennings didn't speak, I could see it from his eyes. His eyes were saying that he would make the entire NBA regret it."

After Curry finished speaking, Yes nodded.

He saw it too.

Let’s not talk about the hard talent of this rookie class. One after another they have bad tempers.

"In the first round of the 2009 NBA draft, with the ninth overall pick, the Toronto Raptors selected DeMar DeRozan from the University of Southern California!"

After the Raptors drafted DeRozan, Curry became excited again.

Because another unlucky guy in the draft is about to be born today.

"In the first round of the 2009 NBA draft, with the tenth overall pick, the Golden State Warriors selected guard Klay Thompson from the University of Washington."

Curry, who was originally prepared to laugh at this newly unlucky guy, was instantly frightened when he heard it was Clay.

After Clay was stunned for a moment, he walked towards the stage with a smile.

Not the best, but still good!

But at the same time, the look on the face of the Clippers uniform staff was not so good.

Robbed by the Warriors and Jerry West!

They had also expected that Clay would be robbed, so they had been trying to trade up the draft picks, but neither the Kings nor the Pacers refused.

"In the first round of the 2009 NBA draft, with the eleventh overall pick, the Atlanta Hawks selected guard Jeff Teague from Wake Forest University!"

"In the first round of the 2009 NBA draft, with the twelfth overall pick, the Los Angeles Clippers selected Jordan Hill, an insider from the University of Arizona!"

The Clippers, who missed Klay, finally chose Jordan Hill, the ferocious inside player.

"Master, do the Clippers have a habit of collecting Jordans?"

There are indeed two Jordans.

With Jordan Hill, the Clippers' Nick Young, Westbrook and DeAndre Jordan, the crazy flow will become even crazier.

"In the first round of the 2009 NBA draft, with the 13th overall pick, the Portland Trail Blazers selected Tyler Hansbrough, an insider from the University of North Carolina!"

"In the first round of the 2009 NBA draft, with the 14th overall pick, the Houston Rockets selected the center from UConn, Hasim Thabeet!"

Mutombo II took over Mutombo's position after Mutombo announced his retirement.

After the Rockets drafted and all the lottery picks were used up, Jonny Flynn, Ty Lawson and Jrue Holiday, who are still sitting in the little green room, feel uncomfortable.

Ty Lawson is okay, although he has a high reputation in the American basketball world. His high school is Oak Hill High School, the No. 1 high school, and his college is almost the No. 1 university, the University of North Carolina. He is a leader on the two top teams. , data and performance are very good, but he is only 1.80 meters.

Little Midoriya didn't invite him because the NBA looked down on high school and college basketball. But even if it hired him, he wouldn't be selected in the lottery. He knew it very well.

As for height, he is shorter than Barea...

However, fortunately, Holiday felt uncomfortable for a while.

"In the first round of the 2009 NBA draft, with the fifteenth overall pick, the Philadelphia 76ers selected UCLA guard Jrue Holiday!"

After Jrue Holiday was drafted, Yease frowned.

Sure enough, picking up leaks is really not that easy.

Not only Jrue Holiday was quickly selected, but Jonny Flynn was also quickly selected by the Pistons with the 16th overall pick.

The Bulls selected Taj Gibson with the 17th overall pick.

With the 18th pick, the Magic selected small forward Zhou Peng from China.

With the 19th pick, the Wizards selected forward Ding Jinhui from China.

With the 20th overall pick from the Celtics, the Raptors selected James Johnson.

"In the 2009 NBA draft, with the 21st overall pick, the Seattle SuperSonics selected guard Ty Lawson from the University of North Carolina!"

Ty Lawson, who was sitting comfortably in the small green room and didn't know where he was going to fall, was stunned for a moment.

Supersonic?

yes?

kd? !

Ignoring the gaze of Ty Lawson who suddenly looked over.

Choosing Ty Lawson is indeed Durant's recommendation.

Ty Lawson and Durant are also childhood sweethearts.

"Master, can't you make me more happy? Originally, I thought Ty Lawson was the same as DeAndre Jordan last year."

Ye Si rolled his eyes at Curry. Although the Sonics didn't miss the mark, they still picked the target they wanted to pick.

So next I can watch the show with the heartless Curry.

And after watching it for a while, the finale of the show has really started!

"In the first round of the 2009 NBA draft, with the 28th overall pick, the Golden State Warriors selected forward Dream Green from the University of Washington!"

Dream Green became the last member of the Washington Five to be selected.

Curry and Thompson-Spencer were relieved to see Green selected.

But soon, the three of them were confused.

"Big deal!"

"Golden State Warriors, Oklahoma City Thunder, Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings big trade!"

"The Pacers sent away Curry, the Golden State Warriors sent away Griffin, the Thunder sent away Evans and David West, and the Kings sent away Spencer Hawes!"

In the small green room, Curry was stunned.

The other lottery picks laughed maniacally.

You have laughed at us for most of the day, and you are the most unlucky one!

Ye Si withdrew his gaze from these young people.

With a look of confusion on his face, he even thought the transaction was fake news for the first time.

Is this Jerry West robbing the Thunder?

Why do I look like the Thunder are robbing the Warriors?

Leafs never thought Jerry West would be as vicious as Danny Ainge and Pat Riley.

but……

The Pacers gave away the garbage contracts of Curry and T.J. Ford and received All-Star power forward David West and the Thunder's 2010 first-round draft pick.

The Thunder traded away David West, Evans, a 2010 first-round pick, a 2012 first-round pick, a 2014 first-round pick, and a 2016 first-round pick to acquire Griffin. , Spencer Hawes and the Pacers’ garbage contract.

The Kings gave away Hawes and their 2010 second-round pick to get their favorite Evans.

The Warriors gave away Griffin and received Curry, as well as the Thunder's first-round draft picks in 2012, 2014, and 2016.

Looking at the contents of this transaction, why does Ye Si feel like the Thunder robbed the Warriors? !

Not to mention Yes, Griffin on the other side is all confused.

Is this the robbery that I have been afraid of for months?

Could this robbery be any more brutal?

With him, the Thunder will lose West, but the Thunder's center was maxed out last season after Chandler left, okay?

Now the two unnecessary chips, David West and Evans, have been exchanged for him and the urgently needed super potential center Spencer Hawes. This is not like being robbed. It is simply Jerry Weiss. With the help of Grandpa Te, the Thunder completed the reconstruction directly, okay!

As for those first-round picks, whoever wants them will take them. With him, Paul and Spencer, the Thunder will dominate the NBA in the next ten years!

Those first round picks are worthless to them!

Grandpa West, can you rob the Thunder again? !

Griffin felt that even though his brain was underdeveloped, he could still feel the aura of the Living Bodhisattva from Jerry West!

Griffin now wants to kneel down next to Jerry West's legs, hold Jerry West's thighs and beg to be robbed.

And Indiana's Larry Bird is also satisfied.

The Pacers have found the most important power forward in their rebuild. The fourth pick in the first round is exchanged for an All-Star power forward that the team desperately needs and a first-round pick, which is great.

Jerry West is a joy to do business with.

As for Sacramento, the Kings' front office was also very satisfied. They were greedy for Evans like crazy, but with the No. 7 pick, it was useless.

Now that Spencer and a second-round pick can be exchanged for Evans, they really want to beg Jerry West to take them to trade again.

It is also rare to ask the management of another team to trade with you.

And Jinzhou...

"Mr. West, are we being too kind?"

"Our pick originally could only get Curry, but now we not only got Curry but also got three future first-round picks. Isn't it great?"

"and……"

Just when Jerry West wanted to say something, the phone in the Warriors general manager's office soon started ringing frantically.

After receiving these calls, everyone in the Warriors front office was stunned.

There were a lot of people who were grateful and a lot of people who were begging for help. The Thunder King even said it directly. In the future, whenever there is a need, he would just say it. If he didn't say anything, he would be looking down on them.

"Mr. West..."

The Warriors front office has really never seen such a scene after the trade.

"Some benefits are not present. What you get in the future may be more than what you get now."

Fishing in dry lakes is a taboo.

Jerry West smiled and shook his head when he thought about the embarrassing situation of Pat Riley and Danny Ainge.

They are so smart and they actually understand the truth.

But there is very little that can be controlled about human greed.

Curry, Thompson, Green...

I got everything I wanted, and that was enough.

In order to satisfy one's own greed, no matter how much redundant chips are obtained, in the end these so-called profits and chips will only become a burden in the future.

The NBA is never a one-and-done deal.

If you are willing to give up, how can you get it if you can't give it up...

The 2009 draft is over.

Griffin, Evans and the rest of the lottery picks who left did so with smiles on their faces whether they got what they wanted or not.

Curry brought them so much joy tonight.

As for Curry, he was really devastated when he left.

"Stephen, if you want to be more open-minded, going to the Warriors alone is indeed the same as an unlucky person's choice, but when we go together, it's different."

"It will be different if we go together..."

Listening to Clay's comforting words, Curry smiled bitterly and nodded.

Indeed it is.

but……

The Warriors are different from the University of Washington. That's Beasley's territory!

His style of play, tsk tsk, will he get beaten, right?

He will definitely be beaten, right? !

His style of play needs to be tolerated by teammates, teams and coaches.

Clay and the others don't care, he is different.

Jerry West, Beasley, Mark Jackson, will they tolerate everything he does like Master Romar?

Fortunately, Beasley is a famous saint and the second master.

Come to think of it, even if I take action, I won't be too harsh...

The future is dark...

Seeing Curry feeling like he was about to be ruined in the future, Ye Si smiled and shook his head.

Curry is so eager to go to the Knicks. Apart from the city, Curry knows that his style of play requires a team that has no foundation and is entirely based on him.

The New York Knicks are such a team.

Except for the Knicks, most teams in the league, no matter how weak they are, have an original core, or even more than one.

Curry doesn't want to fight, and he certainly doesn't want to be beaten.

but……

Yeas's eyes narrowed slightly as he thought about Jerry West bringing Green, Thompson and Curry together.

Jerry West has big plans...

Of course, Jerry West's plot has nothing to do with him now.

Now, he and the Sonics have completed the draft task perfectly.

Ty Lawson was selected with the 21st overall pick in the first round.

With the 51st pick in the second round, Danny Green, who was also from the University of North Carolina, was selected.

After the University of North Carolina was beaten by the University of Washington this year, the player's draft stock plummeted.