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Chapter 184 Trading
Kobe’s small training camp lasted only one week, and during these seven days, Xu Hao would go to UCLA to train with him early in the morning every day, and it lasted until around 6 o’clock in the evening, and returned to the hotel after dinner rest.

Such a regular life gave Xu Hao the illusion that he was already a professional player. Judging from the photos and videos released by the media, most NBA players not only participated in commercial activities, public welfare activities and vacations during the offseason, but also That's basically how the rest of the time is spent.What made Xu Hao even more satisfied was that he felt that his strength had improved slightly. Although this was not shown in the system's ability evaluation, he believed that his feeling was correct.

For this rookie who has not officially entered the NBA, Kobe is also very satisfied. He almost imparted all his skills.But now Kobe doesn't have so much energy to give advice to Xu Hao, at most he just strictly requires the details, most of the skills still need to be figured out by Xu Hao alone.After all, Kobe's main task is to maintain a competitive state, not to open training sessions.

A week passed quickly, Xu Hao also bid farewell to Kobe, and directly got on the plane to New York, where Michael was already waiting for him.This year's draft is just around the corner, and Xu Hao has already been invited into the small green room, which is also his honor.Although the venue for the draft is the Madison Square Garden Theater, he still has to show a gesture.

In this way, the schedule is very tight, but Xu Hao still pays close attention to the trading market.This year is considered by many experts to be another draft year. Although Griffin is the number one pick and is basically sure to be selected by the Clippers, there are also many college players who are capable of ranking high. It is even more talented, Xu Hao, Harden, Rubio, etc. are all outstanding.

However, what Xu Hao did not expect was that the first trade of the offseason would come from the potential next team, the Timberwolves, and it would also involve draft picks.Although he remained calm when facing Kobe, he was still stunned after seeing the details of the transaction.The Timberwolves sent Randy Foye and Mike Miller, and received this year's No. 5 pick and two players, Edon Thomas and Darius Songela, from the Wizards. This means that they will have Two high picks, No. 5 and No. 6.

Many people did not understand the operation of the Timberwolves. It is of course good to have an extra high pick, but for this they sent two rotation players, Foye and Miller, which is not a good deal.Experts have joked that the Timberwolves are so short of point guards that they have phobias, and maybe they plan to choose another good point guard after getting the No. 5 pick.

The media also mentioned another team when reporting this deal, that is the Rockets where Yao Ming is.It was previously reported that the Rockets hoped to get the No. 5 pick from the Wizards, but in the end they were picked up by the Timberwolves. This is not too much difference for the Houstonians, even if it is not a bolt from the blue. They are also counting on the team to choose a potential rookie. What about the future of the team!

After reading the experts' analysis, Xu Hao smiled slightly. He probably guessed the team's plan.It is very likely that Kahn has already communicated with Barcelona. The latter does not plan to let Rubio land in the NBA immediately, but the Timberwolves are in urgent need of immediate combat power, so they simply take an extra draft pick, one to select Rubio, and the other to select Rubio. Used to select other good point guards.

Xu Hao didn't know if his guess was accurate, but in his opinion, there was basically no other possibility. Otherwise, why did the Timberwolves have to dismantle their rotation lineup for the No. 5 pick?If this is the case, it can only be said that Kahn has true love for Rubio, and he would rather let him stay in Europe for two years, but also give him the right to sign first.

To some extent, this transaction is not big, it is only closely related to Xu Hao's future, but another transaction on the same day caused an uproar in public opinion.The Spurs, who had always been just minor repairs, suddenly became generous. They sent out veterans Bowen and Oberto to play Kurt Thomas in exchange for the Bucks' star small forward Richard Jefferson.Then the Bucks traded Oberto for Amir Johnson, and not many people cared about it. Jefferson's joining the Spurs was a big event.

This is already all the deals reached before the draft on June 6. Most teams chose to stay put. First, let's see what they can gain in the draft, and then calculate the existing assets to see if they can continue to upgrade.

Flying from the west coast of the United States to the east coast, Xu Hao already felt a little tired, but when he just walked out of the aisle of the airport, his eyes widened. Michael was standing next to an all-black business car, smoking a cigarette leisurely, and Beside him, a figure who was thinking day and night was waving excitedly at him.Xu Hao laughed, ran over as soon as he lost his luggage, hugged Xue Yubing tightly in his arms, and was willing to let go after a while, asking, "How long have you been here? Why didn't you tell me?"

Xue Yubing put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "I just came here with my uncle and aunt yesterday. Didn't I have time to tell you? Now my uncle and aunt are still in the hotel to catch jet lag, so I will come here with Michael to pick you up."

Xu Hao nodded and said to Michael: “Thank you buddy, I think my parents and girlfriend are settled by you, right?”

Michael took a deep puff on his cigarette and muttered: "This is what I should do as an agent, but I'm particularly curious, how does this beautiful lady fall in love with you, a guy who only knows how to train all day long? ? This is really puzzling..."

Xu Hao automatically blocked Michael's resentment, took Xue Yubing's hand and got into the car.Michael shrugged, threw the cigarette butts into the trash can, sat in the driver's seat resignedly, started the car and drove towards the hotel smoothly.

Seeing Xu Hao resting his eyes in the backseat, Michael said while driving: "Chris, tomorrow night is the draft, have you prepared everything you should prepare? For example, formal clothes or something, if not You have to buy it quickly."

Xu Hao didn't open his eyes, but said lazily: "I do have formal clothes, but it seems that rookies wear formal clothes with some tricks? Do you think I embroidered a pattern on the inside of the formal coat?" How about the Chinese flag?"

Michael rolled his eyes: "This can't be done in one day and one night, you should give up on it! If you want to express your nationality, maybe you can consider going to Chinatown to buy a national flag, and when the time comes to wear it on the stage and go to the Stern handshake?”

(End of this chapter)