Bishop of the Devil

"I declare that the draft has officially begun!" Stern muttered on the stage, and finally announced the start of the draft.

Everyone sat up straight.

After a while, Stern slowly walked out from the backstage with a strange smile on his face.

"I announce that the Cleveland Cavaliers have selected LeBron James from St. Mary's High School with the first overall pick!"

Stern's voice is quite loud, and this choice is not unexpected.

It is common knowledge that the Cavaliers want to acquire James...

The Cavaliers were fined because of James before. They allowed James to train with Cavaliers players without declaring his draft eligibility. As a result, they were fined a lot of money.

Now that the Cavaliers choose James with the No. 1 pick, no one is surprised...

No one was surprised by the No. 1 pick, but many people were curious about the No. 2 pick.

Everyone knows that the Pistons will choose next, and they are quite curious about who Richard will choose with the second pick?

Is it Carmelo Anthony, who just led Syracuse University to the championship this year and won the MOP?

This probability is quite high. Anyway, everyone at the scene felt that Richard would choose Anthony.

But when Stern announced the second pick, everyone was dumbfounded.

"I announce that the Detroit Pistons have selected Darko Milicic from Serbia with the second overall pick in the first round!"

Wow, the scene was in an uproar. Almost everyone in the stadium did not expect that Richard would choose a center!

Could it be that Richard has such a big appetite? Can't even Yao Ke's combination satisfy him? !

The first center and the second center in the East are currently playing under Richard, and this guy actually used the precious second pick to select a center.

No wonder no one expected it, because in their eyes, this was completely unbelievable.

In their opinion, Richard is most likely to choose Anthony, followed by Wade...

Unexpectedly, Richard directly selected center Milicic.

There is a big election, this is the unspoken rule of the draft, but in the eyes of each team, the Pistons clearly have no shortage of insiders. Wouldn't it be more perfect to choose MOP Anthony? !

For a time, two teams began to get restless, they were the Nuggets and Raptors.

Originally, they expected Richard to choose Anthony and were planning to use their No. 3 or No. 4 position to select Milicic. However, Richard suddenly made such a move, catching them off guard.

But they definitely have alternatives...

"I announce that the Denver Nuggets have selected Carmelo Anthony from Syracuse University with the third overall pick in the first round!"

"I declare...Chris Bosh!"

Following Richard, the Nuggets and Raptors selected Anthony and Bosh respectively.

This is completely consistent with the historical trend. Next is the Heat's draft pick. If nothing else, they will choose Wade.

Sure enough, Stern is on stage again...

"I announce that the Miami Heat selected Dwyane Wade from Marquette University with the fifth overall pick in the first round."

Richard nodded. Anyway, the top five picks have not changed at all. They are still the same people selected by those teams.

Seeing Wade being selected by the Heat, Richard sighed secretly, thinking that he had just missed out on Wade.

Looking at Wade's entire career, it can be summed up in one word, not cheek, but coquettish...

Really sexy, from head to toe, from the beginning of my career to the end of my career, I have always been sexy.

Even when he retired in 2019, he was extremely cool. He happened to retire in the same year as the famous Japanese female artist ****. The key is that they both started their careers in 2003.

…

The first five picks have been selected, and the next few picks are similar to history.

The Clippers selected All-Star center Chris Kaman.

The Bulls chose Kirk Hinrich, one of their future perimeter guns.

The eighth pick was the Bucks, who selected TJ Ford.

Anyway, in Richard's opinion, these three picks are good for all three teams, and the players selected are quite useful.

Next is the ninth pick that the Pistons acquired from the Knicks.

This pick was the three-way trade that the Kings made to the Knicks...

Richard thought about it and decided to be safer and chose David West.

The reason is simple. Under normal circumstances, David West is the 18th pick, and Josh Howard is the 29th pick...

Although Josh is more useful, there is no telling whether someone will intercept David West.

So Richard played it safe and directly selected David West with the ninth pick.

"I announce that the Detroit Pistons have selected David West from Xavier University with the ninth overall pick in the first round."

The scene was in an uproar again. Good guy, is Richard crazy?

Why the hell did he choose an inside player again...

And they also selected David West quite unexpectedly. You must know that this guy's draft prospects are not particularly good, and he is not qualified to enter the Little Green Room.

Now Richard actually likes him? !

…

Then, with the fifteenth pick in the first round, Richard made another amazing move and selected Josh Howard with the pick in the middle of the first round.

Josh Howard's previous draft prospect predictions were as low as the middle of the second round...

The media's evaluation of Josh Howard is that he has rough skills and no star appearance.

This evaluation is quite worthy of consideration, but it is almost as if Josh Howard is ugly.

There is actually nothing wrong with this, after all, Josh Howard also won the reputation of being the double ugly in Dallas later in the Mavericks.

Another player who is double ugly is Daniels.

They are nicknamed Dallas Double Ugly, so they must not be good-looking...

All parties are still a little unclear about Richard's intentions, and they are just waiting to see what Richard will do next.

Waiting for the 27th pick in the first round, which was the last pick for the Pistons, Richard frowned and chose Luke Walton.

In terms of strength, Luke Walton is naturally not the best choice. Even if Richard closed his eyes, he might be able to choose someone better than Luke Walton.

But after all, this is to repay the favor of his father Bill Walton...

From this, we can also see the innate advantages of these second-generation ancestors. Without his father, Richard felt that little Walton might have a chance of losing, let alone the second round.

Now being selected by Richard in the first round, although he is at the bottom, it is still a first round after all, and he can get a guaranteed contract.

…

By the time the second-round lottery started, it was already Xiao Hua's turn to read out the draft list.

"I announce that the Detroit Pistons selected David Lee from Purdue University with the fifteenth pick of the second round!"

Richard's choice did not go beyond everyone's expectations...

They all know something about the player David Lee. After all, he is also the star of Purdue University.

But Purdue University's record this year is really bad. It didn't even make it past the first round of the national championship and was directly eliminated.

In addition, during the trial training session, David Lee's physical fitness is also quite mediocre. He can even be said to be at the bottom among the inside group.

For such a player, it would be unlikely that he would lose the draft. There are still teams willing to take the risk with the bottom pick of this round.

Now being selected by Richard in the middle of the second round is expected.

David Lee came out with the West Lafayette gold medal, and looking at his expression, he was quite unhappy.

Originally, he thought Richard would use the Pistons' own No. 27 pick in the first round to select him, but he didn't. Instead, he selected second-generation junior Walton.

This is almost a record, the lowest draft pick for a West Lafayette player.

Even in the second round of the previous draft, his draft pick was higher than David Lee.

Of the West Lafayette players who normally come out of Purdue University and enter the draft, no one is picked lower than David Lee...

David Li was naturally quite uncomfortable at this moment.

Seeing David Li's expression look bad, Richard sighed, this kid was indeed wronged by this matter.

But who made this kid not listen to me, Pistons...

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Next, Richard still has two rather embarrassing picks left in his hand.

One is the 27th pick in the second round, and the other is the 28th pick in the second round of the Kings...

Anyway, they are the bottom among the bottom.

Originally, Richard was planning to package these two picks and trade them for a pick in the middle of the second round.

As a result, no team was willing to trade, maybe because it was too troublesome...

The purpose of trading up was to capture American Jay Korver.

Korver's strength is good, especially his three-point shooting, and he will be a very good championship puzzle piece.

The key player is also down-to-earth, not a troublemaker, and always smiles at everyone. Richard admires this kind of player.

But unfortunately, no team was willing to trade the draft picks, so Richard had no choice but to give up.

With the addition of Josh Howard, the Pistons' forward and defensive line players are already somewhat overcrowded.

There are already too many players piled up at the small forward and shooting guard positions...

Even if Korver is taken down, Richard estimates that he may have to let him play in the Development League by then. After all, the roster is full.

In this case, don’t harm this Jay Chou...

…

"I announce that the Dallas Mavericks selected Xue Yuyang from China with the 26th overall pick in the second round."

Hearing Xiao Hua announced the news, Richard shook his head and laughed. Xue Yuyang was selected by the Mavericks again.

…

"I announce that the Detroit Pistons selected Udonis Haslem from the University of Florida with the 27th overall pick in the second round."

After Xiao Hua announced the news, everyone in the stadium frowned and thought for a while, as if there was no impression of this player in their minds...

But it's normal when you think about it. It's almost the end of the draft, and almost all of the players selected are players that every team looks down upon. It's quite normal to not be impressed.