Chapter 357 Richmond
Chapter 357 Richmond
In the end, the process of the finals was as analyzed by Li Weisi. The Lakers played a counterattack against the Pistons in the third quarter, not only overtaking the Pistons, but also pulling the score to 10 points.
In the fourth quarter, the Pistons launched a counterattack, but in the end they failed and lost the Lakers 105:108. In this way, the Lakers successfully defended the championship.
James Worthy scored a triple-double of 36 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists in this game, successfully squeezed out Magic Johnson, and won the FMVP trophy.
The NBA87-88 season came to an end in this way.
The training of Jordan and Li Weisi only lasted for a week. After all, even though it is the offseason, Jordan is not as leisurely as Li Weisi. It is quite a long time to be able to stay for a week.
Although the two got along for a short time, but in the process of getting along, the two still had a new understanding of each other, and let the two cherish each other.
After Jordan left, Li Weisi had no reason to stay here anymore. The rookie training camp only started in July, so Li Weisi could only return to Oakland first.
While Li Weisi was training and living with Marisa and Peter, the 88 NBA Draft officially kicked off.
On June 6, the annual NBA Draft was officially held at Madison Garden in New York.
This year, Li Weisi did not come with Frank. Li Weisi believes in Frank's draft vision, and he doesn't like to get involved in these things. He would rather spend more time on his family.
Naturally, Frank did not insist on this, so he brought Attles to Madison.
Generally speaking, this year's draft can be regarded as a poor one. Almost no one is the leader of the team or can provoke the team. However, in terms of the third master, fourth master and role players, there are many Less good players.
Secondly, this year's draft has been reduced from 7 rounds to 3 rounds, and the rest are all losers.
In addition, there is another very important point. In this year's draft, the two new teams, the Charlotte Hornets and the Miami Heat, will also participate. They got the eighth and ninth picks in the first round respectively.
In addition to these, before the start of the draft, the military expansion draft also officially opened, and the Warriors were selected without any surprise.
Facing the draft he was most worried about, the expansion of the military, Frank had eight protection spots. In addition to giving five starters, Frank chose Price, Hornacek and Duckworth after struggling for a long time with the remaining three.
As a result, Smith, Schramf and Lewis all entered the list of military expansion drafts.
Under Frank's panic, the Heat took the first step and selected Larry Smith. Although the veteran suffered a serious injury last season and entered the bench after returning, his rebounding ability and playoff experience are very important for a team. For a new team, it is very important.
This also made Frank really relieved.
Because what he is most worried about is that the new team chooses Schramf or Lewis. These two young rookies have great potential. If they lose suddenly, Frank will not feel distressed to death.
Fortunately, from the perspective of the Heat, there is no shortage of young rookies in their team. Instead, they have a soft spot for experienced veterans, which allowed Frank to escape.
Due to the expansion of the draft, each team loses at most 1 player, so the Hornets did not select the Warriors' players.
In this case, despite the loss of the general Smith, with the continuous growth of Rodman and Schramf, the Warriors are not short of power forwards. However, to be on the safe side, they still need to sign a A power forward to ensure the Warriors' inside reserves.
"The Los Angeles Clippers select Danny Manning from the University of Kansas with the No. 1988 pick in the 1 draft."
Hearing this news, most of the team managers present turned their attention to the Kings manager, because at this time everyone already knew that the Warriors had traded the No. [-] pick to the Kings.
Facing the eyes of everyone, Kings coach Jerry Reynolds was smiling and full of confidence, because he promoted this transaction.
In March of this year, Bill Russell dismissed get out of class, and assistant coach Reynolds returned to the head coach's seat. He is full of confidence in the future of the Kings.
Although the Kings lost a first-round pick and two swap rights in the process, Reynolds still believes that Danny Manning is worth the price.
Compared to Reynolds' self-confidence, Frank almost laughed out loud. The first-round pick that Frank wanted was 92. As for the two swap rights, they were 95 and 96.
After all, the team's lineup is already too full at this time, so we can only put the number of years as far back as possible, and choose a few big years to try our luck. Anyway, Frank believes that with the strength of the Kings management, the lottery picks in the past few years should be not a problem.
In this way, under the consideration of all parties, the draft continued to proceed smoothly.
In the subsequent draft, the Pacers got the second pick, selected the white center Rick Smith from the Netherlands, and selected a right-hand man for Reggie Miller.
The No. 76 pick was Charles Smith. Although he was selected by the [-]ers, he was traded to the Clippers. The fourth overall pick was Chris Morris, who was selected by the Nets.
Soon to be the fifth pick.
"The Sacramento Kings selected Mitch Richmond from Kansas State University with the fifth overall pick in the 1988 draft."
Richmond was very excited to be selected. This young man with a height of 196cm was very excited, because he had already known who the real owner of the fifth pick was through TV. He joined a young championship team, Richmond De is grateful to God.
Unlike Richmond who took a photo with Stern with a smile on his face, Attles looked sad. He looked at Richmond and then at his boss Frank, and couldn't help sighing.
Dude, another shooting guard was drafted!
Counting the two shooting guards who are still in Europe, the shooting guard alone can form a team now, what a mess!
But who let this extravagant situation be created by Frank alone?With the mentality of being a poor seller, Attles could only endure this kind of prodigal behavior.
Frank naturally knew something about being complained about by Attles, but he didn't need others to understand him, after all, although time passed, he could prove himself right.
Throughout the 88 draft, only Richmond scored 20+ points in his career. If I don't pick the best one, that would be a waste of this high-ranked draft pick.
What's more, the Warriors already have certain problems at the second position. In the playoffs this season, this problem has been significantly magnified by the Lakers. Whether it is Hornacek or Curry, the outside line formed with Li Weisi and Mullin The combination doesn't quite match.
Now upgrade to Richmond, that will be an upgraded version of the "Run TMC" combination.
Not only that, the team's perimeter strength will be comprehensively upgraded from both offensive and defensive ends. If he fights the Lakers again at this time, he believes that Richmond, nicknamed "The Rock", will definitely be able to give Magic Johnson even if he is a rookie. cause more trouble.
Today's Warriors will become a true complete body, from both offensive and defensive ends, they will dominate the league in the coming time.
As for the rotation of other players, these are things that Nelson needs to consider. What does it have to do with Frank?
(End of this chapter)