NOVEL WEB i am legend
Chapter 86
Chapter 86
Bruce sat on the chair in surprise, although he remembered that the Mavericks changed their boss at the beginning of the new century, but now hearing the affirmative tone of old Nelson, he couldn't help but feel a little entangled in his heart!
Mark Cuban founded an Internet consulting company in 1983. At that time, the Internet gradually revealed its great potential, which made Cuban obtain a huge profit when he sold it!
Although Cuban will get the Mavericks in 2000, but now according to Nelson, it seems that this acquisition has basically reached the final stage!
"Who is it?" After pondering for a while, Bruce asked calmly!
Originally, Nelson thought that Bruce would be very surprised. In his opinion, although Bruce's acquisition seemed to be an extremely sudden event, at that time, without any news, Bruce's acquisition was still a big deal in the NBA. There was a huge disturbance!
At that time, Nelson, who had always been concerned about the Warriors, knew about Cohan's financial problems. In addition, he had worked with this stingy boss for a period of time, so Bruce did not show much surprise after acquiring the Warriors!
"Mark Cuban, a slightly crazy guy!" Nelson said bluntly. Even if the news is announced at that time, the acquisition that is about to be concluded now does not have any violations!
"It's really him!" Bruce couldn't see any expression on his face. Although he had the memory of his previous life and knew that the Mavericks would become Cuban's ban, he still felt helpless in his heart!
When he acquired the Warriors, Bruce’s original goal was to become the owner of the Mavericks. Although he focused on the Warriors from the beginning, if Cohan didn’t make such an appearance, he probably wouldn’t get the Warriors. Ownership of the team!
After finishing the call with Nelson, Bruce was silent for a while, and suddenly showed a playful expression: "This is really fun!"
On June 6, all eyes of the United States turned to the capital Washington, including some people who still don't know much about the NBA. They were attracted by the news about the draft in the past few days!
"Bruce, don't you really think about the draft pick in your hand?"
Bruce looked at Dan Insel with a sincere face in front of him with a smile, and felt very interesting about this guy who asked him for a deal!
"Dan, you also know our plans for the future!" Bruce shrugged helplessly. Although he sympathized with the Nuggets' situation, he would never take out the picks in his opponent's hands to seek a deal!
Insel has almost regretted the guts, and the performance of the Nuggets in this shrinking season has been a failure.
With Antonio McDyess, Van Exel, Riff LaFrentz, and Danny Fortson, who is not inferior to Ben Wallace in rebounding, if it weren't for the Bruce to advance Chauncey With Billups under his control, only from the Nuggets' powerful configuration, they will definitely get a good ranking, and even reaching a higher ranking in the playoffs is not necessarily impossible!
But who knows, in this shrinking season, no one could have imagined that the Nuggets would only achieve a poor record of 14 wins and 36 losses and rank behind the Mavericks!
Insel regretted the way he traded the first-round pick for selling Nelson's face. Although the Nuggets' lineup looked very good at the beginning, he really felt his back then after finishing this shrinking season. What a failure the deal was!
And now, when Insel met Bruce in Washington, although he felt a little helpless, he still wanted to use a trade or other compensation to exchange for his original first-round pick!
"Dan, although the Warriors performed well last season, our age structure is a bit aging, so..." Bruce said with a helpless face. Although he was extremely sympathetic to Insel's experience, the league However, it is difficult for him to help others "free of charge" or unequally!
Although Bruce didn't finish his words, Yinsel already felt the meaning of Bruce's rejection very clearly!
"Bruce, we can take out Zeon Clarke in exchange for our first-round pick, what do you think?" Insel sighed secretly, gritted his teeth and said.
Bruce looked at Insel in surprise. Although he had no plans to trade the draft rights and the draft that is about to start now, but now he heard that Insel will be traded to the Nuggets. The main substitute center was taken out, still a little surprised.
"Dan, don't you think the inside line of the Warriors is a bit crowded?" After hesitating for a moment, Bruce shrugged helplessly.
Seeing that the door was gradually closed after getting what he wanted, Yin Seil nodded a little lonely, said "good luck", shook his head and walked to the other side!
The MIC arena is the host venue for this year's draft. The boss of the Wizards invited the bosses and managers of each team to a banquet hall in a hotel with great interest.
In this grand event, Bruce saw a lot of familiar faces, needless to say Nelson, Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Kevin McHale and the gradually emerging Mitch Kupcher Ke, wait for these managers who have been famous in their previous lives!
Bruce shook his head with some emotion, looking at the managers of the various teams talking around, and suddenly felt a little funny at their slightly hypocritical entertainment!
"Isn't that what I am?" Bruce murmured to himself, and then walked towards Baylor and the others with a glass of wine in his hand and a smile!
After the 1999 NBA draft, after the shortened season, coupled with the impact of many events this season, every media and public who pay attention to the NBA are looking forward to this grand event!
At 4:1999 p.m., the [-] NBA Draft kicked off amidst a lot of attention!
Bruce sat familiarly in the manager's room of each team behind the small green house, looked around at the more luxurious layout compared to Vancouver, and couldn't help feeling a little admiration for the owner of the Wizards team!
"Gentlemen and ladies! Welcome to the scene of the 1999 NBA Draft!!" Stern seemed to have carved out the same opening remarks every year. After his speech, the audience all cheered for this Mr. President, who is about to trigger a climax, gives a big boo! !
Stern was obviously used to this, and his expression didn't change a bit to the boos from the audience, and he continued talking as before!
Before the start of the 1999 draft, everyone in the media focused their attention on the lottery rookies.
Pay great attention to the two rookies, Elton Brand and Steve Francis, who are in full swing!
Elton Brand graduated from Duke University, a prestigious basketball school. He won the Naismith University Best Player Award, Oscar Robertson Award, John Wooden Award and the best player in the Atlantic Coast League during his college years. The Blue Devils are well-deserved No. [-] star, and these awards have fully pushed Brand's status to the top.
With the glory of his college days, even if he failed to lead Duke University to the 1999 NCAA championship, Brand's strong dominance still laid a super foundation for his candidacy!
Watching the TV hanging on the wall show the camera to Brand from time to time, although Bruce covets this perennial 20+10 player very much, but he has no possibility of getting this year's No. [-] pick!
"Ah!" Thinking of this, Bruce couldn't help but sighed deeply.
With the end of Stern's opening remarks, Bruce suddenly felt a little excitement. He knew the situation of this year's rookies very well. , already thought of the players who will be selected!
When Stern temporarily left the rostrum with the boos of the audience, some lottery picks who were favored by the media and the league sat nervously in the small green room and waited for the call of each team.
And from the moment Stern left, the managers of every team started various negotiations nervously!
"Mr. Bruce, I need the 18th pick in your hand. What are your needs?"
Bruce gestured to his assistant with a smile, and pointed to the icon of the Bulls. The assistant hurriedly handed over a player list about the Bulls at this time: "Jerry, you already have too many draft picks, but you But I don’t have what I need!” After speaking, Bruce put down the player list in his hand, and said with some playfulness: “If you can hand over this year’s No. [-] pick to us, all the draft picks in my hand can be exchanged. what do you think?"
Jerry Krause, who single-handedly led to Jordan's retirement, suddenly heard Bruce's lion open his mouth. Even though he knew that this guy might just be joking, as an old fox who has been around for many years, he still seriously thought about the pros and cons of it!
Bruce, who had already made up his mind to take down that player, was very surprised by Klaus' silence. Although he knew that this guy's trading methods were indeed very clever, he didn't mind making this somewhat inappropriate trading request to himself. Didn't expect to get it!
"Uh...Although we like the draft picks very much, we won't sell the No. [-] pick!" After a long silence, I wonder if Klaus thought that the current Bulls continued to rebuild and needed a team building pillar to complete it quickly. After thinking for a while, I still chose to refuse!
Bruce ended the call with Krause, who was a little bit battered, and couldn't help sorting out the draft picks in his hands.
Through the deals made with several teams before the season, while getting Carter, Bruce also got the 99th pick from the Nuggets and the 18th pick from the Bucks in the 46 draft. lottery.
In addition to his own draft pick at No. 21, although it is not as good as the draft picks of the Bulls and other teams, Bruce still holds two first-round picks and one second-round pick.
I wish everyone a family reunion, all the best, and a lover soon! ~
(End of this chapter)
Bruce sat on the chair in surprise, although he remembered that the Mavericks changed their boss at the beginning of the new century, but now hearing the affirmative tone of old Nelson, he couldn't help but feel a little entangled in his heart!
Mark Cuban founded an Internet consulting company in 1983. At that time, the Internet gradually revealed its great potential, which made Cuban obtain a huge profit when he sold it!
Although Cuban will get the Mavericks in 2000, but now according to Nelson, it seems that this acquisition has basically reached the final stage!
"Who is it?" After pondering for a while, Bruce asked calmly!
Originally, Nelson thought that Bruce would be very surprised. In his opinion, although Bruce's acquisition seemed to be an extremely sudden event, at that time, without any news, Bruce's acquisition was still a big deal in the NBA. There was a huge disturbance!
At that time, Nelson, who had always been concerned about the Warriors, knew about Cohan's financial problems. In addition, he had worked with this stingy boss for a period of time, so Bruce did not show much surprise after acquiring the Warriors!
"Mark Cuban, a slightly crazy guy!" Nelson said bluntly. Even if the news is announced at that time, the acquisition that is about to be concluded now does not have any violations!
"It's really him!" Bruce couldn't see any expression on his face. Although he had the memory of his previous life and knew that the Mavericks would become Cuban's ban, he still felt helpless in his heart!
When he acquired the Warriors, Bruce’s original goal was to become the owner of the Mavericks. Although he focused on the Warriors from the beginning, if Cohan didn’t make such an appearance, he probably wouldn’t get the Warriors. Ownership of the team!
After finishing the call with Nelson, Bruce was silent for a while, and suddenly showed a playful expression: "This is really fun!"
On June 6, all eyes of the United States turned to the capital Washington, including some people who still don't know much about the NBA. They were attracted by the news about the draft in the past few days!
"Bruce, don't you really think about the draft pick in your hand?"
Bruce looked at Dan Insel with a sincere face in front of him with a smile, and felt very interesting about this guy who asked him for a deal!
"Dan, you also know our plans for the future!" Bruce shrugged helplessly. Although he sympathized with the Nuggets' situation, he would never take out the picks in his opponent's hands to seek a deal!
Insel has almost regretted the guts, and the performance of the Nuggets in this shrinking season has been a failure.
With Antonio McDyess, Van Exel, Riff LaFrentz, and Danny Fortson, who is not inferior to Ben Wallace in rebounding, if it weren't for the Bruce to advance Chauncey With Billups under his control, only from the Nuggets' powerful configuration, they will definitely get a good ranking, and even reaching a higher ranking in the playoffs is not necessarily impossible!
But who knows, in this shrinking season, no one could have imagined that the Nuggets would only achieve a poor record of 14 wins and 36 losses and rank behind the Mavericks!
Insel regretted the way he traded the first-round pick for selling Nelson's face. Although the Nuggets' lineup looked very good at the beginning, he really felt his back then after finishing this shrinking season. What a failure the deal was!
And now, when Insel met Bruce in Washington, although he felt a little helpless, he still wanted to use a trade or other compensation to exchange for his original first-round pick!
"Dan, although the Warriors performed well last season, our age structure is a bit aging, so..." Bruce said with a helpless face. Although he was extremely sympathetic to Insel's experience, the league However, it is difficult for him to help others "free of charge" or unequally!
Although Bruce didn't finish his words, Yinsel already felt the meaning of Bruce's rejection very clearly!
"Bruce, we can take out Zeon Clarke in exchange for our first-round pick, what do you think?" Insel sighed secretly, gritted his teeth and said.
Bruce looked at Insel in surprise. Although he had no plans to trade the draft rights and the draft that is about to start now, but now he heard that Insel will be traded to the Nuggets. The main substitute center was taken out, still a little surprised.
"Dan, don't you think the inside line of the Warriors is a bit crowded?" After hesitating for a moment, Bruce shrugged helplessly.
Seeing that the door was gradually closed after getting what he wanted, Yin Seil nodded a little lonely, said "good luck", shook his head and walked to the other side!
The MIC arena is the host venue for this year's draft. The boss of the Wizards invited the bosses and managers of each team to a banquet hall in a hotel with great interest.
In this grand event, Bruce saw a lot of familiar faces, needless to say Nelson, Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Kevin McHale and the gradually emerging Mitch Kupcher Ke, wait for these managers who have been famous in their previous lives!
Bruce shook his head with some emotion, looking at the managers of the various teams talking around, and suddenly felt a little funny at their slightly hypocritical entertainment!
"Isn't that what I am?" Bruce murmured to himself, and then walked towards Baylor and the others with a glass of wine in his hand and a smile!
After the 1999 NBA draft, after the shortened season, coupled with the impact of many events this season, every media and public who pay attention to the NBA are looking forward to this grand event!
At 4:1999 p.m., the [-] NBA Draft kicked off amidst a lot of attention!
Bruce sat familiarly in the manager's room of each team behind the small green house, looked around at the more luxurious layout compared to Vancouver, and couldn't help feeling a little admiration for the owner of the Wizards team!
"Gentlemen and ladies! Welcome to the scene of the 1999 NBA Draft!!" Stern seemed to have carved out the same opening remarks every year. After his speech, the audience all cheered for this Mr. President, who is about to trigger a climax, gives a big boo! !
Stern was obviously used to this, and his expression didn't change a bit to the boos from the audience, and he continued talking as before!
Before the start of the 1999 draft, everyone in the media focused their attention on the lottery rookies.
Pay great attention to the two rookies, Elton Brand and Steve Francis, who are in full swing!
Elton Brand graduated from Duke University, a prestigious basketball school. He won the Naismith University Best Player Award, Oscar Robertson Award, John Wooden Award and the best player in the Atlantic Coast League during his college years. The Blue Devils are well-deserved No. [-] star, and these awards have fully pushed Brand's status to the top.
With the glory of his college days, even if he failed to lead Duke University to the 1999 NCAA championship, Brand's strong dominance still laid a super foundation for his candidacy!
Watching the TV hanging on the wall show the camera to Brand from time to time, although Bruce covets this perennial 20+10 player very much, but he has no possibility of getting this year's No. [-] pick!
"Ah!" Thinking of this, Bruce couldn't help but sighed deeply.
With the end of Stern's opening remarks, Bruce suddenly felt a little excitement. He knew the situation of this year's rookies very well. , already thought of the players who will be selected!
When Stern temporarily left the rostrum with the boos of the audience, some lottery picks who were favored by the media and the league sat nervously in the small green room and waited for the call of each team.
And from the moment Stern left, the managers of every team started various negotiations nervously!
"Mr. Bruce, I need the 18th pick in your hand. What are your needs?"
Bruce gestured to his assistant with a smile, and pointed to the icon of the Bulls. The assistant hurriedly handed over a player list about the Bulls at this time: "Jerry, you already have too many draft picks, but you But I don’t have what I need!” After speaking, Bruce put down the player list in his hand, and said with some playfulness: “If you can hand over this year’s No. [-] pick to us, all the draft picks in my hand can be exchanged. what do you think?"
Jerry Krause, who single-handedly led to Jordan's retirement, suddenly heard Bruce's lion open his mouth. Even though he knew that this guy might just be joking, as an old fox who has been around for many years, he still seriously thought about the pros and cons of it!
Bruce, who had already made up his mind to take down that player, was very surprised by Klaus' silence. Although he knew that this guy's trading methods were indeed very clever, he didn't mind making this somewhat inappropriate trading request to himself. Didn't expect to get it!
"Uh...Although we like the draft picks very much, we won't sell the No. [-] pick!" After a long silence, I wonder if Klaus thought that the current Bulls continued to rebuild and needed a team building pillar to complete it quickly. After thinking for a while, I still chose to refuse!
Bruce ended the call with Krause, who was a little bit battered, and couldn't help sorting out the draft picks in his hands.
Through the deals made with several teams before the season, while getting Carter, Bruce also got the 99th pick from the Nuggets and the 18th pick from the Bucks in the 46 draft. lottery.
In addition to his own draft pick at No. 21, although it is not as good as the draft picks of the Bulls and other teams, Bruce still holds two first-round picks and one second-round pick.
I wish everyone a family reunion, all the best, and a lover soon! ~
(End of this chapter)
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