The rest is just noise

At this time, the draft had just reached the 14th pick in the first round.

The Knicks and Bulls have reached a deal again after four years.

The Knicks sent the 27th pick in the second round and 50,000 in cash to the Bulls in exchange for the 8th pick in the second round.

If it were done like this with another team, they would be suspected of having some shady secrets.

But there is a blood feud between the Knicks and Bulls.

There is no way Louis and Klaus can cooperate on this kind of thing.

Therefore, everyone can only regard this as one of the weird things that happens in a weakly competitive draft year.

In the Bulls' general manager's office, Jerry Krause felt like he was being led by Louis.

Too humiliating and too passive!

Moreover, he couldn't trust Louis, even if it was a small matter, he couldn't trust Louis.

Therefore, he decided to break his original plan and use the 27th pick in the first round exchanged from the Knicks to select Toni Kukoc.

Even so, Klaus was still worried. He was worried that Louis would tear up the verbal agreement between the two parties.

That was just a verbal agreement!

Even if it is an agreement written in black and white, if you encounter a real gangster, they will not recognize it if they refuse to recognize it, let alone a verbal agreement?

Krause became increasingly worried and asked around to see if the Knicks had any plans to initiate a trade.

The result made him relieved.

Louis seems to be just coveting their second-round pick and not really trying to get Toni Kukoc.

Kukoc was a diamond found by Kraus and left in Europe.

Klaus saw the shadow of the tragedian in him.

In the 1987 World Youth Championship, Kukoc played on behalf of Yugoslavia and defeated the Soviet Union twice. In one of the games, he scored 11 three-pointers. It was that game that made Klaus admire him so much.

, immediately decided to bring him back to Chicago to pair with Barkley.

However, Kukoc has never actively signed up for the draft. It was not until this year that he became automatically eligible to participate.

Who would have thought that he only mentioned this matter to a few people, but it still leaked out and Little Lu got the news.

In order to ensure that Kukoc could come to Chicago, Klaus accepted Louis' expropriation.

But he was still worried.

Too many things have happened recently. Barkley openly broke with the management and clamored to change teams. The boss also had a lot of dissatisfaction with him. If he cannot make achievements this summer, he is likely to lose his job.

Just when Klaus was feeling uneasy.

It's the Miami Heat's turn to choose.

With the 18th pick in the first round, it stands to reason that the Heat will select an immediate player to join the team to supplement interior depth.

result...

"In the 1990 NBA Draft, Miami selected... Toni Kukoc! From Split, Yugoslavia!"

Klaus's self-respect was destroyed by the ruthless facts.

Why did the Heat choose Kukoc?

Or use the 18th pick in the first round? Are they crazy? Using the 18th pick in the first round for a player who will not land in the NBA in the next two to three years?

Klaus couldn't understand what the Heat were doing, and he believed that Louis must be planning it behind the scenes.

He didn't know what role the Heat played, but he knew what role Louis played.

That's the black hand!

It was all his plan! It started from that phone call.

Klaus had a ferocious expression, his eyes were filled with terrible bloodshot eyes, and his face was so fat that even his neck could barely be seen, and there were actually veins visible on his face.

At this time, he was like a crazy beast.

But what can he do?

The two draft picks in the Bulls' hands all come from the Knicks, the 27th pick in the first round and the 27th pick in the second round respectively.

What could he do with these two damn draft picks?

At this time, the phone in his office rang again.

Klaus picked up the phone weakly, "Hello?"

"Hey, Jerry, I didn't expect this kind of accident to happen." It was that voice, or the slippery tone that made Klaus feel physically sick when he heard it. "I feel really sorry for you. I didn't know what you had on your hands."

Are the draft picks still useful? If you don’t know who to pick, why not sell them to us? We’ll pay $50,000 for them.”

Klaus, who was emotionally broken, grabbed the phone and roared hysterically: "Fuck you! Even if I use these two picks to select the homeless, I won't sell them to you! You damn devil, go to hell.

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"I don't know if it was his problem or mine. I was scolded by that damn fat man. Not only did I not feel any anger, I also felt a little relieved."

Not only Klaus, but also Zhao Yuanzheng felt that Louis was like a devil.

Who dares to provoke him from now on?

Klaus is also a mean-mouthed person who shirks the responsibility of picking the dead man with the second pick on Louis. Then he is marked by Louis and will explode when he gets the chance.

Last year, Krause was recklessly playing tricks on the expansion draft. After being discovered by Louis, the retaliation continued from that summer to today.

Now, Krause's draft plan has been destroyed. Barkley is either verbally having a relationship with Krause's mother or clamoring for a trade all day long. The Eurostars he longed for has also been intercepted, and the draft pick in his hand cannot be selected.

Even the boss loses patience with him if he doesn't get good results.

It can be said that Klaus has been completely defeated.

The Bulls' path to reinforcements was blocked by Louis, and Klaus's future was also destroyed by him.

If this team wants to rebuild, it must first do two things.

Fire Klaus, otherwise Louis will not stop his revenge; send Barkley away, because he has lost confidence in the team.

"Lao Lu, why is Miami so cooperative with us?" Zhao Yuanzheng asked puzzledly.

"Do you cooperate?"

Louis asked with a smile.

"Very cooperative." Zhao Yuanzheng said dangerously, "Almost like our ally."

Zhao Yuanzheng's words may not have been intentional, but Louis sounded thoughtful.

Yes, it does look like that.

In order to get Krause, the Heat did not want him in the first round, so the Bowie signing will naturally have to be put on hold. It depends on whether the Heat can make room to sign Bowie. If they can, they can still sign Bowie.

Louis originally wanted to make an ultimate move later, trading the second-round pick acquired from the Bulls trade with the Heat for Kukoc's signing rights.

Looking at it now, forget it.

At least on the surface, make this trade appear to be a unilateral act by the Heat.

If Kukoc's signing rights eventually return to the Knicks, even if Louis can turn black into white, it still won't rule out that the Knicks and Heat are secretly colluding with each other to cooperate and suppress other teams in the trade market.

team's suspicion.

Whether it is for their personal reputation or for the reputation of Lewis Shafir, they cannot bear this stigma.

Forget it, just stop annoying Klaus in the end, he is about to collapse anyway.

Louis decided to talk about martial arts and let Klaus and the bull go.

After the draft, Louis initiated another trade.

He took the eighth pick in the second round that he had forced from the Bulls and sent it to Utah along with $100,000 in exchange for the other party's 25th pick in the first round.

The Knicks used this pick to select Clemson center Elden Campbell C.

Louis had a vague sense of familiarity with Campbell.

He really couldn't recall any incidents about this person, but the familiarity of this name made him convinced that this person's name had entered his ears in his previous life.

Zhao Yuanzheng also believes that Campbell is the best player that can be selected with this pick.

On the Heat's side, under Louis' guidance, Lewis Shafir acquired one of the biggest gems in the second round of the 1990 draft - Antonio Davis.

Davis is also one of the few players in this draft that Louis knows.

In Louis' previous life, Davis was an important inside pillar for the Pacers in the 1990s. Together with Schmitz, he was known as the black-and-white two-headed monster. But in 1990, when he signed up for the draft, he gave the impression that he was not effective immediately.

Being strong requires long-term training.

So Louis did not choose him, but chose Campbell, and then recommended him to Shafir.

Shafir's trust in Louis had reached the point where he had no doubts, and he chose directly without even thinking about it.

As a result, Davis was not sure whether he could successfully establish a foothold in the NBA, so he went to Europe instead of seeking to sign with the Heat.

Of course, this is something for later.

The 1990 draft contained many hidden tidbits that fans were unable to learn.

Louis' relentless pursuit of Klaus caused him to lose confidence in his work. It just so happened that his boss also lost patience with him.

After the draft, the Bulls announced that general manager Jerry Krause was leaving the team due to personal reasons.

This super architect who created the Bulls dynasty in Louis' previous life left his post more than ten years early.

Louis, the initiator of the collapse of Klaus's career, felt a little bored.

Are you leaving now? He hasn't had enough fun yet.