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The 2010-11 NBA Finals ended on Game 6, June 12, 2011. A week later, the 2011 NBA Draft was held in New Jersey. In recent years, the league's draft has been held at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The 2011 draft was considered a weak draft year, but from Wang Chong's perspective, this draft was also seen as filled with talent. There were many players with high value, including the number one pick Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson. The number 11 pick, Kawhi Leonard with the 15th pick, and Jimmy Butler with the 30th pick are all superstar-level players.

In addition to these four, there are also high-quality players like Isaiah Thomas, the 175th strongest player on the planet, Kemba Walker, Nikola Vucevic, Reggie Jackson, and Chandler Parsons.

Overall, the quality is quite good.

Among these players, Wang Chong's favorite is undoubtedly Klay Thompson, Curry's good teammate. The reason is simple. As a scorer, Klay is simply the perfect piece for a championship puzzle and doesn't need the ball at all. He is ridiculously accurate at shooting without the ball, and his perimeter defense is also among the highest level among shooting guards. He is undoubtedly the most suitable for the Bulls, who currently have Wang Chong's shooting guard selection.

But unfortunately, the Bulls have no chance of selecting the high-ranking players mentioned above. Since the Bulls have the best regular season record and the championship in the playoffs, there's no doubt that the first-round pick is the last one. It is the 30th pick in the first round.

It is basically impossible for the Bulls to get draft picks within the lottery area through a trade. After four consecutive championships, the Bulls have become public enemy number one, and no team in the league will easily trade with the Bulls because this kind of subsidizing the enemy behavior is very likely to allow the Bulls to keep winning championships, and other teams still have no chance to advance.

Of course, if the pieces offered by the Bulls are high enough, it could still make many teams interested. For example, if the Bulls use Curry and Gasol as trade assets, they would definitely get a high-ranking first-round pick, but Wang Chong couldn't do that.

Therefore, the only major star the Bulls can safely acquire is Jimmy Butler, the 30th pick in the first round, which should have been selected by the Bulls.

This season, Wang Chong once consciously asked Marcus Thornton to gather as much data as possible and average good numbers per game to increase his trade value as a player.

Thornton averaged 12 points per game in the regular season. Considering his age advantage, he can excite many teams.

But the possibility of trading him for any key players doesn't exist in Wang Chong's imagination. No one is foolish. Even if a substitute player performs well, his value is limited to that of a substitute.

Before the draft began, Wang Chong asked the general manager to tentatively inquire about the prices from various teams in the league, but the offers he received were all unsatisfactory. The team offering the highest trade currency was only willing to use a second-round pick, and in addition to the second-round pick, the same substitute player would be traded with the Bulls.

Of course, Wang Chong could not accept such an offer. It means nothing to them. Rather, it would be better for Thornton to continue with the Bulls as a substitute. He can still do it in the original 11-12 season. A scorer who averages 18.7 points and 3.7 rebounds per game is at least a good immediate player off the bench.

In fact, he understands why other teams are unwilling to give higher assets.

With the Bulls' current salary situation, it is definitely impossible to renew Marcus Thornton's contract once his rookie contract ends. At that time, all they need to do is offer a price that is too high for the Bulls to afford, and they can easily take him. The Bulls will lose Thornton here.

As a second-round pick, Thornton signed a 2+1 contract with the Bulls and will become a restricted free agent after the 2011-12 season.

So, even if they wait, they will only have to wait one more year at most. Why should they be in a hurry?

The plan to trade Marcus Thornton was ruined, but Wang Chong wasn't too disappointed because even if Thornton wasn't traded, there was a high chance he could still achieve his goal in the draft.

At least in the original 2011 draft, except for the Bulls, no team in the first 29 picks was interested in Jimmy Butler.

Jimmy Butler is not a player with particularly outstanding potential and talent. He has been underestimated in several ways since entering the professional field.

Being selected with the 30th pick in the first round of the draft really doesn't have a value different from a second-round pick.

After being selected by the Bulls, he worked hard for three years before finally becoming the team's main force. He averaged 20+5+3 All-Star numbers per game and earned a big contract, but he was still despised and used as a trade asset. He was successively sent to the Timberwolves and 76ers, but both teams were unwilling to extend Butler's contract with the maximum salary, believing he wasn't qualified for the max salary.

It wasn't until Butler joined the Heat and led the Heat to the Finals twice that his strength finally began to be truly recognized, even though Butler and the Heat failed in both Finals.

In terms of talent, Butler once had an impressive poster next to Leonard.

Although the two have similar height, Leonard's wingspan is a bit longer than Butler's. When hanging normally, Butler's hand only reaches Leonard's wrist.

For safety reasons, before the draft, the Bulls, under Wang Chong's guidance, showed no interest in Butler. They even spread all kinds of smoke bombs during the team's workout and invited many players to participate. Butler was not invited to the workout.

Wang Chong felt that the Bulls should have no problem using the 30th pick in the first round to acquire Jimmy Butler and also prepared for the worst.

If the Bulls didn't select Butler, they could try using Marcus Thornton as trade currency to trade with the team that selected Butler. If necessary, add one or two second-round picks or even a first-round pick.

Butler's draft prospects weren't very promising. The draft board only had Maurice Evans, a bench worker with 6 points and 2 rebounds in his career.

When the Bulls make a generous offer, even if they know that the Bulls' move must have a purpose, there's a high chance they still won't resist the temptation to trade assets.

If this still doesn't win Butler, then Wang Chong will have no choice but to settle for the next best option.

The 2011 second-round pick also has a good forward, Chandler Parsons.

In the future, Chandler Parsons will become famous. He is the typical bad player who accepts money but doesn't work. He is known as "money will make you afraid of things."

But after earning a total of $127 million in his short career, Chandler Parsons is definitely not a waste without any skills.

In fact, his career with the Rockets can definitely be considered that of a high-quality, cost-effective forward.

Complete technique, outstanding athletic ability, unafraid of confrontation, and very active on defense. At his peak, Parsons averaged 16.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 4 assists per game. He was an absolutely excellent starter. Considering his second-round pick status, the cost-performance ratio shouldn't be too high.

Of course, the playboy character who immediately failed after getting a big contract dictated the duration and height of his career.

If Jimmy Butler can be obtained, Wang Chong won't consider Chandler Parsons, but if the team can't get Butler, Parsons is acceptable as a bench player. At least within the four years of his rookie contract, he would definitely be qualified to serve as the team's starting eleven and can do so very well. ——The draft has started. NBA President David Stern stepped onto the stage, holding an envelope and began reading the draft results.

The number one pick in 2011 still went to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Although the Cavaliers were at the bottom of the Eastern Conference during the regular season this year, the Timberwolves in the Western Conference had the worst record and were the team with the highest chance of winning the first pick.

After experiencing previous drafts that were completely changed due to the butterfly effect, Wang Chong is skeptical about the result of the Cavaliers getting the first pick this time.

If the league's leaders want to cheat, it's too easy and they have all the reasons and motives to do so.

The Cavaliers, who lost James, have collapsed both in terms of strength and market, so they urgently need high-quality draft picks to rise again.

I wonder if the Cavaliers' feat of having three number-one picks in four years will repeat itself in this time and space...

The draft continues after Irving, for now, players like Derrick Williams, Enes Kanter, and Tristan Thompson won't be discussed.

The favorite of Wang Chong, Klay Thompson, was selected with the 10th pick in the first round, and it was still the Golden State Warriors who selected him.

Without Curry and Monta Ellis, the Warriors' record has worsened even more. However, even though they are last in the league, the Warriors' draft pick is just one pick higher than the original. Bad, but to some extent, it's good luck.

Because if the Warriors had a higher pick in the draft, they might not have continued selecting Thompson, but among the top ten players, except for the number one pick, Irving, there is no player better than Klay Thompson, including Kemba.

Of course, Kawhi Leonard, the 15th pick, is the only exception.

Just like in the original historical process, Leonard was selected with the 15th overall pick in the first round and then sent to the San Antonio Spurs as trade currency.

The Spurs, who successfully acquired Leonard, would become the dominant team in the Western Conference in the coming years, and their level of threat was only greater than that of the Heat's Big Three in the Eastern Conference.

Although Wang Chong knows this, there's nothing he can do. The Bulls' current assets are simply not enough to compete with the Spurs for Leonard, and they can only watch helplessly as the opponent acquires this championship puzzle.

Fortunately, Danny Green, the best 3D player during the Spurs' championship period, is now being trained by the Bulls as the future starting shooting guard. Wang Chong would never let go. If the Spurs don't find a replacement for Danny Green, they will definitely be weaker than before.

The draft continued, and soon we reached the end of the first round.

Jimmy Butler, wearing a suit that didn't fit him very well, was sitting among the rookie candidates, with a slightly disappointed expression on his face.

Although his agent had already prepared him before participating in the draft, and he knew that his pick would likely fall to the second round, he saw players who didn't perform as well as him in the NCAA being chosen in the first round. Naturally, his mood wouldn't be very good.

"It doesn't matter Jimmy, hasn't it always been like this? It doesn't matter if it's the second round. As long as I can get into the NBA, I'll definitely play, become an All-Star! And earn tens of millions in annual salary!"

Jimmy Butler is not a person who gives up easily, and hard work has always been synonymous with him, which is related to his growing-up experience.

Butler, who was kicked out of his house by his own mother due to his ugly appearance at the age of 13, has tasted both the warmth and coldness of humanity and developed an indomitable iron will. An issue like not being selected in the first round... Is there anything worse than being abandoned by your biological mother?

With so many thoughts in mind, Butler suddenly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere around him. He looked up and saw the envious expressions of the rookies applauding and congratulating him. Almost all the eyes were focused on him. The center of attention on the court.

"What's going on?"

Butler was a bit confused for a moment but then realized what happened. Looking back, it seemed that Stern had indeed pronounced his name, and his heart began pounding violently and uncontrollably.

"The Chicago Bulls select Jimmy Butler, a forward from Marquette University, standing 6 feet 8 inches and weighing 236 pounds!"

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