NBA: This flower path is a bit strong

Of course, everything about the New York Knicks has nothing to do with Hanamichi.

In fact, after the Raptors finished their season, Hanamichi, with the tacit approval of Raptors president Isiah Thomas, participated in the team manager and executive president Masai Ujiri and head coach Landon Malone's reinforcement for next season.

The Raptors management is very satisfied with the team's performance this season, and it can even be said that it has completely exceeded expectations!

Compare it with the Grizzlies, who also entered the league at the same time, and you will know how strong the Raptors are this season!

So Hanamichi attaches great importance to the team's hotshot~Hanachi.

This is not just a player, it can be said to be a cash cow.

They have decided to continue to strengthen the team around Hanamichi next season.

And one thing that cannot be avoided in strengthening the team is the 1996 draft.

No way, no one will forget the 1996 golden generation, right?

Hanamichi is also very interested in the upcoming 1996 draft.

The original Raptors won the No. 1 pick in 1996 because of their third-to-last record in the league (21 wins and 61 losses). However, both the Raptors and the Grizzlies joined the NBA in 1995. The league stipulated that these two teams would not be allowed to get the No. 1 pick until 1999, so the No. 1 pick of the Raptors was downgraded to the No. 2 pick.

Then, the pie in the sky fell on the Philadelphia 76ers, and they took the No. 1 pick in this draft year and chose the [Answer] of "Loyal Ai for Life".

In fact, the Philadelphia 76ers did not want to choose [Answer] at first, but Marcus Camby, the defensive madman.

Because the 76ers wanted to recruit Marcus Camby's college coach as the head coach of the 76ers by the way of selecting him, but unfortunately he was rejected by the latter.

After Plan A fell through, the Philadelphia 76ers had to settle for Plan B~[Answer] with a height of 183cm, which was a mistake.

Now, according to the Raptors' regular season record this season, let alone the No. 2 pick, the first 14 lottery picks have nothing to do with them.

According to the regular season record of No. 4 in the East and No. 9 in the league, the Raptors' final first-round pick should be No. 21 (a total of 29 picks in the first round).

Fortunately, the Raptors' first-round pick in 1996 has been traded away in exchange for a first-round pick of the Magic, which is slightly ahead of the first pick ~ No. 20.

For this pick, Hua Dao said that there are too many things that can be manipulated!

If you trade the pick slightly upward, you can get O'Neal, who is No. 17, and Nash, who is No. 15. If you go up a little bit, you can't even think about it!

If you go down, there is the Lithuanian center ~ Big Z, who is No. 20, who followed James in Cleveland and then became the second "traitor" to the Heat.

Further down, there is Old Fish, no, Fisher who should be called Little Fish now.

If not, there is the biggest pearl of this year~Charles Oakley's disciple, who was not at the draft~Ben Wallace!

The master has come to the Raptors, it would be inappropriate for the disciple not to come, right?

Oakley, you don't want your disciple to have no ball to play after being undrafted!

Of course, the final decision is still in the hands of the team management. As a pure basketball player, it is a taboo to interfere with the team's draft.

Hanamichi just said appropriately whether he could strengthen the team's outside offensive ability or share more of the defensive pressure on the inside for him, and he could start from these two aspects to strengthen the team, and he didn't say anything else.

During this period, the Raptors also tried to obtain a higher-ranked pick through trades.

But it was helpless. 1996 was a big year for the draft. All the teams with the first-round picks held on to them like treasures and would not trade them easily. And the cost of a forced trade was not what the Raptors management wanted to see.

Moreover, the Raptors were also a strong team in the playoffs. There was no benefit in impressing other teams. It would be foolish to trade to the Raptors with the first-round picks at this time.

There was no way. The Raptors could not make promises to the players with the highest draft prices. They only invited the players with the highest draft prices at the end of the first round and the beginning of the second round to have a symbolic tryout. As for the players with better draft prices, they did not consider coming to the Raptors to participate in the tryout.

The players of this era were proud. They did not worry about falling to the 20th pick. Of course, other teams in the NBA would not allow such a thing to happen!

Hanamichi was not present during the tryout.I just suggested to Charles Oakley that Ben Wallace should come and participate again. Of course, Huadao can still afford this little money for the tryout.

With the God's perspective, this travel expense is an advance investment!

After that, Huadao started advertising, signing and selling sneakers according to the arrangement of agent Simmons.

Time soon came to June 26, 1996, location: East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Last year, he was still a person in the painting, but this year he has become a guest of honor.

Huadao saw many familiar figures in later generations.

The shortest scoring champion in history who has won the regular season MVP~ [Answer];

81 points in a single game to kill the dragon (kill myself?), various MVP Grand Slam~ [Mamba];

Phenomenal passing master, the synonym of the bombardment era~ [Old Na]

And the three-point king of all time, [Gentleman Ray], who almost dominated the All-Star Weekend three-point contest before [Curry is diao] became famous, etc.

For the fans of the Flower Growers, the "departure day" of this group of "second-generation" stars began today.

Amid the boos, David Stern began his usual brief opening remarks.

The new owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, Pat Cross, came to the scene with a divination crystal ball that he specially sent someone to buy from Ireland. And he also put the family's lucky charm in his pocket.

After a short five-minute thought, they chose Allen Iverson, a guard from Georgetown University with a height of 183cm, who deserves [lifelong love] as the No. 1 pick of this year without hesitation!

At this time, the [answer] was still very immature. He was dressed in a suit and had short hair. When he heard his name, he smiled sunny on his face.

He stood up and kissed his wife, then hugged his mother while holding his daughter who was combed into a furrow whip.

Finally, he even walked to the door of the small green house and hugged two gang members.

Then he took the baseball cap with the 76ers logo handed by the staff, licked his tongue and walked to the front of the stage, shook hands with David Stern and took a photo, and then went down to accept the interview of the reporter.

The Grizzlies, who had the second pick (the Raptors picked 20th, so the other teams picked one more) chose Sharif Abdul-Rahim, a strong inside player.

In fact, the Grizzlies were one of the few teams that were optimistic about [Mamba] at the time. They once sincerely invited Kobe to participate in the team's individual tryout and were willing to bear all expenses, but Kobe refused.

The reason was exactly the same as that of Hanamichi's former Kanagawa Shohoku teammate ~ Rukawa Kaede when he refused the invitation of a certain team coach------too far from home + too cold.

In desperation, the Grizzlies chose Sharif Abdul-Rahim. This devout Muslim power forward has the motto of modesty, prudence and respect.

The Grizzlies believe that he can make the best of his situation!