Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 17 Frequent Trading
At 19:30 in the evening, Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York ushered in the annual NBA draft. 23 NBA teams from all over the United States gathered here to choose their own talents and improve their teams. Strength.

Inside the arena, the decoration is now completely new. Since Stern took the stage, it seems that these activities outside the arena have become more and more fancy.

"Hey, Nellie, I'm so happy for you as the biggest winner of this year's draft! Hahaha..." Del Harris, the new head coach of the Bucks, immediately stopped Don Nelson when he saw him. Nelson's hand, teasing him.

Del Harris, a coach born in 1937, is 49 years old this year. He is in the golden age of a coach. He has a rather loud nickname, "Silver Fox".

It is worth mentioning that he later became the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team in 2004.

"Haha, I would like to borrow your good words, Del, I hope that you who celebrate your birthday tomorrow can make my dream come true." Don Nelson hurriedly shook hands with Del Harris, and congratulated Del Harris on his birthday tomorrow.

That's right, tomorrow happens to be Harris' birthday.

This week is a very busy week for the Warriors. Attles has contacted almost half of the league, and various transactions have emerged in an endless stream.

Since the trading market has not yet opened, the Warriors' transactions are only conducted in private and have not been announced to the public.

But there are no secrets in the NBA. Although the Warriors' frequent actions can hide the fans, they cannot hide it from insiders.

Frank even has the courage to sell all the team members.

First of all, it is naturally about the trade of Moses Malone.

The Warriors averaged 21.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game last season. Carroll was quickly traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Moses Malone and the 76ers' first-round pick in 86. The 76ers agreed very simply , for fear that the Warriors would go back on their word.

That's right, you read that right, just using a player similar to an All-Star level, it was traded to Moses Malone and one of the 76ers' draft picks this year.

Don't think that the 76ers' management has water in their heads. The prerequisite for water in their heads is to have a brain.

In the original history, after the end of this season, Moses Malone was traded to the Washington Bullets, the predecessor of the Wizards, by the 76ers with Terry Cartledge and two first-round picks.

In exchange for Jeff Luland, who averaged 19 points and 10.7 rebounds per game, and Cliff Robinson, who averaged 18.7 points and 8.7 rebounds per game.

It looks good, but Jeff Louland only played 30 games this season due to his feet. After being traded to the 76ers, he only played 5 games a season before retiring. Yes, Is retired.

At the age of 28, he had to retire because of a foot injury. It is really familiar and embarrassing!
And this Cliff Robinson is not the "Uncle Cliff" who entered the league in 89 and was elected the best sixth man in 93, it's just the same name.

When he joined the 76ers, his data dropped directly to 14.8 points and 5.6 rebounds, and he only played 55 games throughout the season due to injuries.

It can be said that the 76ers lost money to grandma's house, so compared with the original history, the 76ers have already made money at this time. At least Carroll is still very strong and has no serious injuries.

This fully embodies Frank's business philosophy, which is no lie.

Immediately afterwards, Frank asked Attles to trade the team's scoring leader Purvis Short with the Kings in exchange for the Kings' first-round picks in 86 and 88.

The team's starting point guard "Sleeper" Floyd traded with the Clippers for 88, 90 two-year first-round picks

The team's important rotation Greg Ballard traded with the Mavericks in exchange for the Mavericks' 86st pick in the second round of 1 and the 11th pick in two second-round picks.

Originally, Frank really wanted to have all the draft picks for nearly two years, but due to the Stepien rule, Frank could only choose such draft picks.

The so-called Stepien Rule prohibits any team from having no first-round pick for two consecutive years due to a trade.

The birth of this rule is mainly due to the well-known idiot owner Ted Stepien of the Cavaliers.

The most classic thing this guy did was to let the team change 81 players and 82 coaches in one season from 23 to 4, and sent the following draft picks during the 80 to 83 seasons: 1982 first round (No. 1st round, selected James Worthy) 1983 first round (11th, Derek Harper) 1984 first round (4th, selected Sam Perkins) 1985 first round (8th, Detlef Schrempf) 1986 first round (No. 7, Roy Tapley), these nonsense directly led to the Cavaliers being a poor team for many years, and let the team in three years He lost 1500W in a short period of time, and he only spent 200W to buy the team.

Later, the league finally forced Stepien to sell the team. After repeated requests from NBA officials, Gordon Gund, a local rich man in Cleveland, was willing to take over the mess.

Therefore, such a rule was born in the alliance, just to prevent such brain damage from appearing again.

Del Harris, who seems to be mocking, actually admires the management of the Warriors. The management of the Warriors makes such a drastic deal, betting on the future with the present, and overturning the decision to rebuild.

Of course, whether the brain is good or not is another matter.

After catching up with Del Harris, Don Nelson walked into his box, ready to start the draft phase, the last and most important work.

"Hey, Nellie, are you finally here?" As soon as Don Nelson entered the door, he saw Attles sitting on the sofa to check the information, and Attles stood up and greeted himself after seeing himself coming in .

"There was a traffic jam on the road, especially around Madison Square Garden. I wanted to come in and was stuck for 20 minutes." Don Nelson closed the door casually, walked in, sat on the sofa, stretched his waist, looked around and asked: " Is Frank not here yet?"

"Crack..."

Before Attles could answer, the door of the box opened, and Frank's fat body attracted the eyes of the two of them.

"Hey, I'm blocked on the road. I drove for 10 minutes for a distance of several hundred meters. I was so angry. I knew I should fly a helicopter. Hey, Nellie, Al, you two came early!"

Listen, is this what people say?Treacherous and inhumane!
In fact, the hotel where Frank and Li Weisi stayed was still the Wyndham New Yorker Hotel that participated in the NCAA finals. It was only 200 meters away from the stadium and just across the road.

But Frank insisted on driving a luxury car to look good, and then got stuck on the road, and he needed to make a detour, which was quite a hassle.

"It's not too early, I just arrived." Don Nelson waved his hand, pointed to the empty sofa beside him, and said, "Sit down, West is here too?"

"It's here, it's right below!" Frank sat on the sofa panting heavily as if he had crossed a ten-kilometer journey with a heavy load.

(End of this chapter)