Bishop of the Devil

First they contacted the Hornets, who owned the 13th overall pick...

But the Hornets have no interest in Parker at all. Their backcourt is now overcrowded, including Glenn Rice, Larry Johnson, Kenny Anderson, Dell Curry...

They are worried about selling some insiders to get better positions, and they definitely have no interest in Parker...

If Parker is a swingman, the Hornets may still consider it.

What the Hornets mean is that the Bullets bring out Chris Webber or Juwan Howard in exchange for their lottery picks, and they are willing to add Dell Curry...

This offer almost made Ernie angry to death. If these two people left, then there would be no point in them trading speed cars...

So the Hornets must be dead...

Next, they contacted the Cavaliers, who held the 12th pick. This pick was the one they sold to the Cavaliers...

But it is easy to sell it, but it is difficult to buy it back!

The Cavaliers' situation is similar to that of the Hornets. They also lack a center, so they rejected the Bullets' offer.

The 11th pick is the Golden State Warriors!

Lynam just stated his intention, and the Warriors hung up the phone. What a joke, Warriors head coach Adelman is preparing to use this lottery pick to sign Brad Miller!

The Warriors are also short of a center now. Richard clearly remembers that the Warriors selected a center Fleur in this draft, but Fleur's strength is just like his name. Played in the league for three or four seasons, averaging about 3 points and 3 rebounds per game...

This choice of the Warriors should be the most deceptive choice in the entire 1996 draft. No wonder Richard remembers it so deeply!

Among the 13 lottery picks, even if other teams did not select stars, they at least got newcomers at the main substitute level. Only the Warriors got a big parallel import...

If Brad Miller hadn't come out of nowhere, Adelman would probably still have chosen Fleur...

But now with Miller, it’s different!

Miller's two years of playing in the NCAA truly demonstrated what the best centerpiece of the Princeton system is. The Warriors are short of centers, and Adelman is a coach who is obsessed with the Princeton system...

It can be said that Miller is simply the Prince Charming of the Warriors, let alone Parker. Even if the Bullets trade for Juwan Howard, they will never agree...

The three teams after the top ten picks all rejected the Bullets' offers!

What to do? We can only look forward...

The tenth pick is the Pacers, the Pacers coached by Larry Brown...

Upon hearing that he was going to make a three-way deal with Richard, Larry Brown wanted to cut the phone cord!

The Mavericks, with the ninth overall pick, are actually interested in Parker, but they are unwilling to give out a lottery pick even to death. They are just willing to use other chips in exchange for Parker!

Can the Bullets agree? Pike is the main bargaining chip they use to exchange for speed cars. How can they get speed cars without Pike!

In the end, the eighth-picked New Jersey Nets finally gave them hope!

Parker and the others are very interested in him, and the lottery ticket is not impossible to give, but they want more than just a Parker, they want more...

Since this was a three-party transaction, the Bullets called Richard directly and made an appointment for the three parties to sit down and talk!

Logically speaking, in fact, it is not impossible for the Bullets to trade with the Nets alone, get the lottery pick, and then trade with Richard. However, the Nets have their sights on the Trail Blazers' backup center Dudley, so they A three-party transaction had to be made.

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After receiving Lynam's call, Richard thought about it and agreed. The negotiation location was set to be in Washington, three days later.

The fact that the Nets had thoughts about Dudley was actually unexpected by Richard!

He simply couldn't figure out where the Nets were looking at Dudley...

You must know that Dudley's salary last season was as high as 3.8 million US dollars per year, making him the highest-paid player in the entire Trail Blazers!

What kind of concept is this? Karl Malone's salary last season was only 3.68 million, and he was actually higher than Karl Malone!

Richard didn't know what the Blazers management had in mind at the time to offer Dudley such a contract!

You must know that Dudley's last season was his eleventh season in the league. In these eleven years, his best season was only 7.1 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.5 blocks...

This is just the best season, the worst season, averaging two three points and two three rebounds per game...

Will this give him a higher salary than Postman Malone? ! Richard now understands why people say the Blazers are stupid and have too much money...

And, that’s not the weirdest thing!

Dudley is a weird player, averaging 3.9 points, 6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, and he has been able to stay in the NBA for sixteen years!

To say that he is good at rebounding and defense is actually true, but in the league he is only at the second or third tier level...

Generally speaking, no player with this kind of data will have a long career, because no one will be willing to play for a few years...

But Dudley is different. In addition to getting a big contract with the Trail Blazers, in 1999, he got a contract with an annual salary of more than 7 million in another Knicks team with a lot of stupid people and lots of money!

Although the 1999 CBA agreement increased the salary cap a lot, reaching about 34 million, but an annual salary of more than 7 million? !

An annual salary of more than 21 million, which is equivalent to Richard's salary cap of hundreds of millions in future generations!

A center with peak statistics of only 7 points, 8 rebounds and 2.5 blocks got a contract with an annual salary of more than 21 million. This is a weird thing...

When Richard knew that Dudley was in the Trail Blazers, he felt shuddering!

He felt that Dudley probably knew some kind of brainwashing witchcraft...

Now the Nets are probably also poisoned...

The amazing Nets don't know what they are interested in in Dudley. Anyway, Richard has no idea at all. Since the Nets want it, Richard is eager to send it out to clear up salary space!

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Three days later, Richard brought Stevens to Washington.

As soon as he got off the plane, he was taken to Ernie's office. The Nets' newly appointed head coach Cali Perry was already waiting in the office...

Ernie was naturally eager to reach an agreement as soon as possible and get the speed car as soon as possible.

When Cali Perry saw Richard when he first entered the office, he immediately stood up and said hello to Richard...

"Coach Li, it's such an honor to meet you!"

"I'm Cali Perry, the new head coach of the Nets. I previously coached at the University of Massachusetts for eight years!"

Richard was startled. Did he meet a fellow NCAA coach?

Richard is not very impressed with the University of Massachusetts. He slightly remembers that this is also a first-level league team. As for which league it belongs to, Richard doesn't know. After all, there are more than 300 teams in the first-level league. In addition, I never played against the University of Massachusetts, so I can remember it wherever I went.