In the blink of an eye, the annual draft came as scheduled.

As the last NBA draft in the 20th century, the official place of the draft was held in Washington, the American political center.

Jiang Dongbing and Stewart arrived in Washington a day ahead of schedule to prepare for this draft.

This is not the first draft that Jiang Dongbing participated in. He participated last season, but Jiang Dongbing at that time had no sense of presence in the draft because of his lack of qualifications.

But this season is completely different. Jiang Dongbing took advantage of the trend of leading the team to win the championship and made a huge name in the league, which directly became the most popular point in the entire draft.

They are following Jiang Dongbing, mainly because they want to see which players he will choose in this draft.

There is no doubt that the player selected by Jiang Dongbing is very likely to become the mainstay of the future league and is worthy of expectations from all parties.

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As soon as he entered the venue, Jiang Dongbing caused an uproar at the scene. Many coaches or executives of other teams had already stood up and greeted Jiang Dongbing.

Even if there is no opportunity for cooperation for coaches like Jiang Dongbing, it will be difficult to ensure that there will be a place to help Jiang Dongbing in the future, so it is necessary to establish a good relationship now.

Even a team like the Knicks, owner James Dolan, came to meet him after seeing Jiang Dongbing coming.

"Jiang, you're finally here." Dolan's face was full of anticipation.

Jiang Dongbing sighed and whispered, "Mr. Dolan, maybe I can't help you this time."

The main reason is that the Knicks have too low draft picks, and they don’t even have a lottery draw. Even if Jiang Dongbing wants to help the Knicks, it’s hard to cook without rice.

This made Dolan's face tighten, "Jiang, why did you say that?"

"Your ranking is really too low. There are indeed some fish that have missed the net this year, but the number is not large. Think about my identity." Jiang Dongbing said with a wry smile.

Dolan's face looked even more ugly. He understood what Jiang Dongbing said about the fish that slipped into the net meant. There are few fish that slipped into the net this year, and Jiang Dongbing is the head coach of the Grizzlies. He can't send all the fish that slipped into the New York City. That would be a waste of money.

"Ging, what if we can trade a lottery immediately? Can you make sure to help us pick a strong player? At least it must be at the All-Star level." Dolan asked again.

He doesn't want to waste this annual opportunity. If he really missed it, it's hard to say whether the Knicks can continue to reach the finals next year.

Jiang Dongbing did not immediately give Dolan any guarantee, but asked in a low voice: "Which player is needed?"

"Try to be an inside player. You know what our Ewing is like. You must find a young inside player to prevent Ewing from getting injured again." Dolan thought for a moment and gave an answer.

Jiang Dongbing nodded, "Okay, after you change to the lottery, tell me the ranking, I will give you your name."

For a wealthy team like the Knicks, Jiang Dongbing has no doubt whether they can get a lottery in this short time.

This kind of thing is not a difficult thing for the Knicks. Even if it is really difficult, they asked Stern to take action, and they expected it to play some role.

At first glance, the Knicks are considered to be the Grizzlies' opponent. Jiang Dongbing is suspected of improving his strength for his opponent.

But in Jiang Dongbing's opinion, the Knicks won the All-Star in this year's draft, even if they choose two, they are not qualified to be their opponents. This team is not a serious team.

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In addition to James Dolan, many executives warmly greeted Jiang Dongbing, and almost all the focus and attention of the entire venue were focused on Jiang Dongbing.

After seating, with fifteen minutes left before the draft officially began, Dolan sent a message to Jiang Dongbing that they had already won the No. 5 pick for the Toronto Raptors.

The Knicks and the Raptors often reach some deals, such as Marcus Camby was sold to the Knicks by the Raptors. Jiang Dongbing didn't know what deep-seated relationship there was between these two teams, and only knew that the Knicks and the Raptors had a very unusual relationship.

However, even if the relationship is unusual, the Knicks must have to pay a considerable price to get the No. 5 draw with the Raptors.

Jiang Dongbing knocked on the table and began to think seriously, who should the Knicks choose?

In this draft, there are actually many decent inside players, such as Brand, Odom, Marion and Kirirenko, and even Dazhi are extremely strong under the special training of Jiang Dongbing.

But Brand and Odom will definitely not be able to choose the Knicks' No. 5 draw. For Kirilenko, Jiang Dongbing wants to get it. In other words, if the Knicks wants to get the inside, there are only two choices for Marion and Dazhi.

In fact, Marion cannot be regarded as an inside player to be precise. Although he is permanently in the fourth position, his style of playing is more inclined toward small forwards.

This is somewhat similar to Suns legend Barkley. Marion is also not tall and has extremely strong rebounding ability. The most important thing is his three-point shooting and defensive ability, which is also extremely outstanding.

If Marion hadn't had the high ranking, Jiang Dongbing would have spared no effort to choose such a player.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Dongbing wrote the names of Marion and Dazhi on a note and handed them to the staff, asking them to hand them over to James Dolan.

These two people are given names to Dolan, and they will go with them who they want to choose.

After Dolan got his name, both of them were confused. Wang Zhizhi and the others knew that this was a player reported by many media recently. It was said that Jiang Dongbing was very optimistic about the center forward, so it was not surprising that Jiang Dongbing recommended them to choose Wang Zhizhi.

And what the hell is Marion? Marion, the Knicks team, is not unaware, but this player is really an inside player? He is only 201 cm tall, what kind of good inside player can he be used as a good inside player.

"Please choose Wang Zhizhi, although Jiang Dongbing asked us to choose Marion, there must be his reason."

"But I think it's safer to choose Wang Zhizhi. After all, the height of 216 cm and the 224 cm wingspan are more likely to become an All-Star center." Van Gundy suggested on the side.

He is also an old-school coach. He definitely doesn't think Marion, who is only 201 cm tall, would be a reliable inside player, so he hopes that Dolan can choose Dazhi, who looks more reliable in height and wingspan.

Dolan nodded, "Okay, then choose Wang Zhizhi. I hope this young Chinese center can bring us some good luck."
Chapter completed!