Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 243 Draft lottery
After the Warriors and the Lakers finished the second game, the Warriors returned to Oakland that night. Frank, Attles and Marisa did not return with the team.

Marisa needs to delay for a day because the filming of the sitcom has not yet finished, while Frank and Attles set off for New York, preparing to participate in the next day's draft lottery.

The general draft time is at the end of June, and the end of April is the deadline for local players in the United States to announce their early participation (overseas players have an extension). Therefore, the end of May, which is around the 6th, is the day of the NBA draft lottery. .

In fact, regardless of whether Frank can make it through, the Warriors' first-round pick has already been determined. No. 20 pick.

Fortunately, the NBA has not expanded its army this year, otherwise, this pick would have to be a few places later.

Therefore, this time Frank ran over not to draw lots, but to make trouble.

The lottery process was uneventful, and it did not suffer from Frank's butterfly effect. After all, the ceremony of lottery was too human-intensive, so how could Frank, a little wing, be able to flap it.

The No. [-] pick was won by the Spurs, the No. [-] pick was won by the Suns, and the No. [-] pick fell into the hands of the Nets. As for the Clippers with the worst record, they only got the No. [-] pick, which is a big loss.

The banquet was held at night, and Frank was the first to find the general manager and owner of the Clippers. Due to the business difficulties encountered by the Clippers owner Sterling this year, he resigned from the part-time general manager of the Clippers (seriously doubting that he did it for part-time to reduce a salary expenditure), hired former Lakers superstar Elgin Baylor as the team's executive vice chairman and general manager.

The famous Baylor, whose legendary and tragic career is still talked about even decades later, how could Frank not know him?

After shaking hands with Baylor, Frank took the initiative to say: "Hi! Baylor!"

"Hello, Frank!"

"I really didn't expect you to join the management of the Clippers. I'm sorry, Mr. Sterling. I don't mean any disrespect. I just feel curious that a Lakers star will join another team in the same city."

"Hahaha, it's okay, I understand. Speaking of this, it's naturally my sincerity that touched Mr. Baylor." Sterling said with a smile on the side.

"Speaking of the lottery, you two should not be satisfied with the result of this lottery, right?" Frank said directly after finishing the polite words.

"Hehehe, it's really not ideal." Sterling admitted frankly.

"However, fortunately, this year is the year of the draft, and the fourth overall pick can also draw exceptional players. If you hadn't rejected my deal last year, I would be so happy right now." Frank put out With a mournful face, he said deliberately.

"Hahaha, you are too greedy, Frank." Speaking of this, Sterling is quite proud. When trading Floyd, Frank did always want this year's draft, but he was still rejected by Sterling. It was rejected. I didn't expect that this year's grades would be so poor, but Frank couldn't take advantage of it.

"Boss Frank, who are you optimistic about this year's rookie?" At this time, Baylor also interjected and asked.

"Scotty Pippen, he is definitely the best player this year except David Robinson!" Frank said without thinking.

"Oh? Who is that? Does the NCAA have such a person?" Baylor was taken aback after hearing this, and he didn't remember who this person was at all.

"He is not an NCAA player, but an NAIA player. When I inspected my player Rodman last year, I accidentally learned that if I had the No. [-] pick, I would definitely choose him. Hey, what a pity." Frank pretended to be a pity road.

"Is this guy strong? Why are you so optimistic about him?" Sterling couldn't help asking.

"Of course, if I miss him this time, I think I missed [-] million." Frank shook his head and sighed.

Frank was right when he said this. He failed to get the Clippers' draft pick this year, which made the Warriors unable to get Pippen, but it doesn't mean he can't make trouble for the Bulls.

Coming to the lottery this time, he was prepared to praise Pippen and Grant, especially the top-ranked teams, and hoped that someone could intercept the Bulls.

As for the teams holding the top picks, the Spurs will definitely choose David Robinson. Even if Frank calls Pippen Jordan, it will not change the Spurs' determination.

The Suns urgently need a center, and the Nets urgently need a guard. These two teams will not choose Pippen, so the only ones who have a chance to choose are the Clippers and the Supersonics. Take it seriously.

Frank left after chatting with the two, and walked towards the general manager of the Supersonics. Looking at Frank's figure, Sterling and Baylor talked in a low voice.

"How much truth do you think he said? How much falsehood?" Sterling asked with narrowed eyes.

"It's hard to say, it doesn't feel very credible." Baylor thought about it.

"Of course it's unbelievable. This guy is a very shrewd person. If this Pippen is really as good as he said, how could he tell us? You must know that the Clippers' first-round pick next year belongs to their Warriors. He will look forward to it. Does our team have a good record?" Sterling thought he had seen through Frank's tricks, and said with a sneer, "This guy is too dishonest, so don't believe what he says in the future."

"So that's it, I understand." Baylor suddenly realized and nodded again and again.

However, when the two were talking quietly, the general manager of the Bulls, Klaus, quietly passed by behind the two. When he heard the conversation between the two, his expression changed instantly. However, when he heard that Sterling did not believe Frank , and then his complexion recovered.

Then he saw Frank looking for the general manager of the Supersonics again, and he hurried over there too, thinking to himself, this Frank is really going to make trouble for people, what is he doing all this thankless work for?
After walking around, Frank also felt the other party's distrust of him, and he was suddenly depressed. It's rare for him to do good deeds, so why doesn't anyone trust him?

So, resentful, he left the banquet hall early, and dialed Heidi's phone after going out: "Hey, do you have any sisters here in New York? I'm very angry and I need to calm it down."

Heidi's business is getting more and more prosperous now. As the largest city in the whole of Mimi, New York, how could it be possible that it has no resources?

Immediately, he quickly said on the phone that it would be arranged for Frank and asked Frank to tell him the address.

Frank told her the hotel room number directly, and then drove back to the hotel.

That night, Frank drank with a room full of girls, wishing to get himself drunk, but when he was in a trance, the mobile phone rang, Frank took it to connect, and it turned out that Marisa called.

"Frank, it's not good, West is crazy!"

(End of this chapter)