.. 5. With the fifth draft pick, the Indiana Pacers select center F. Santos from North Carolina St. !
6. Milwauke Bucks - M. Bozovic
7. Seattle SuperSonics - D. Homer
8. NO Hornets - T. Masuku
9. Atlanta Hawks - N. Peter
10. Washington Wizards - J. Schulze
11. Toronto Raptors - V. Andres
12. Orlando Magic - R. Akil
13. LA Clippers - M. Kavanagh
14. GS Warriors - D. Griffin
15. NY Knicks - P. Neumann
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" So, Jim.. What you say ? We got the 6'11" tractor Santos, and 6'0" second round kart Castillo.. " Paco asked.
" I'm happy with it. I think it's really good, but our roster needs some big trades now. Let's see what you got.. next 30 days.. or even more.. almost a month, it's to make yourself a team full of champions. Get it going now ! " O'Brien said.
Romero is sitting on his chair, again. He has an idea. He wants a big change.. Really big one. He wants his rookie center to be the starter, and he wants to get rid of old players to acquire some young players with big talent. He is going to search for it..
" Okay.. So let's say.. I need 1 shooting guard as I will look for a scoring guard that can handle PG position and SG also, to be bench for both positions.. I also need a PF as I wanna trade Jermaine O'Neal who wants to leave also. Or.. No, I don't need PF, I will trade Troy Murphy for a PF after Jermaine is gone, deal ! That's it ! " and Paco was happy with his decision once again.
He looks around affordable free agents and he finds what he needs. He calls to the agent of an undrafted rookie Erik Perez.
" Hello, who is this ? " the agent asks.
" This is Paco Romero, the GM of Indiana Pacers. I wanna offer Erik Perez a contract for 16.90 millions over 3 years. He would come off the bench, maybe after some years be a starter, if he does well. " Romero said.
" I will talk to him, I will give you a call after few days. " the agent said.
" I will be waiting. " Paco Romero replied.
After two days, the agent finally called back.
" Hello, this is the agent of Erik Perez. We accepted the contract as my client felt the Pacers are going in the right direction. "
" Thank you, we will do our best to keep him happy ! "
Another good decision made, thats how Paco felt, even closer to championship.
" Done with the free agent signing, as I trade Troy I don't need more backup centers.. Or.. wait, I do ! I need a one more center, with 2 centers I can't do much.. I need to sign a center, and I will do that. "
Paco Romero was looking over the list again, and his eyes stopped on Dwayne Jones..
" I could get him on the bench, or the deep bench for one year for safety, just for 771K.. Let's see if I can get him. "
" Agent Tyson Terry on the phone. "
" Hello, this is Paco Romero, the GM of Indiana Pacers. I would like to sign Dwayne Jones, for one year, 771K.. He wouldn't get much playing time with other centers healthy, but he could get 5-10 minutes, maybe even more. " he said.
" OK, we need to discuss it. I will call you back as soon as we have made our decision. "
After 4 days of waiting, the phone finally started ringing for good.
" Hello there mr. Romero. "
" Hello. "
" Me and my client discussed about the offer, and we finally decided to accept it. " the agent said.
" Thank you, I promise I will make him as happy as I can. "
As he hung up Paco shouted " YES ! ", he knew he is doing good, and will do even better. He has a free month to think about trades..
Old players in the league that have decided to retire, have done it.
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Paco picked up the phone and called Jim.
" Hey Jim.. It's time to trade players, you noticed that I have signed two contracts ? "
" Yes I did, they look kind a confusing to me, I hope you know what you are doing. "
" I do, I do.. Just wanted to ask, am I free to trade players ? "
" Yes, you are.. Our face doesn't want to stay anymore, Jermaine.. You know that, you can do as many moves as you want to. " O'Brien answered.
" I will, I will do my best to get champions. I promise. " Paco said.
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" Now.. Let's see, who would fit to my needs and all that. "
Romero is sliding his eyes over the lineups, and he stopped on Dwyane Wade. He knew that Wade's salary was only 13 MIL, while Jermaine's was 21 MIL, so he had to make some more changes to make the trade possible. Jermaine O'Neal for Dwyane Wade and Blount.
" I will try it.. "
Paco took the phone and called to Mike Brown.
" Hello Mike, this is Paco Romero, the GM of Indiana Pacers. "
" Hello there. " Mike said.
" Are you interested in Jermaine O'Neal ? "
" Hell I am ! What you want for him ? " Brown asked.
" Dwyane Wade and Mark Blount " Romero replied.
" Wade ? and Blount ? You should give something more also. "
" You also get Dwayne Jones. "
" I don't know.. I will think and call back. " Mike said and hung up.
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" I hope he will accept it, this would be perfect. Dwyane Wade ! "
Next morning Mike Brown called him.
" I'm sorry, I'll have to decline your offer. We don't want to make a trade for Dwyane Wade and Mark Blount. " Mike Brown said.
" Aww.. Okay, I'll have to agree it then. Maybe next time. " Paco said.
Brown hung up.
" Damn ! Who else would be like Dwyane Wade ? No one ! It was so near.. "
After some days of thinking, Paco finally got a new idea. Strategy will stay almost the same, half court game mostly, instead of fast break, that's what he thought as he had his eye on Chris Paul for the last 2 days.
" They would like Danny Granger.. and who else to make it fair.. "
He thought for a few minutes and came up with a big trade.. Chris Paul and David West for Danny Granger, Troy Murphy and Ike Diogu. Most likely the trade would be declined, but Paco gave it a try.
He called Byron Scott.
" Hello, this is Byron Scott. "
" Hi, Paco Romero here, the GM of the Indiana Pacers. Are you interested in a trade, you would get Danny Granger, Troy Murphy and Ike Diogu. "
" And you would get ? " Byron asked.
" Chris Paul and David West. " Paco answered.
" No thanks, sorry. " he declined.
" Alright, thanks for your time. "
" No problem's. "
Again, looking for some new deal to pull.
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You know, I will leave my computer and NBA Live open for the night as I can't save my game during the OS, so.. If something happens and computer turns off, it is kind a.. Okay, this dynasty is over if that happens. Hope not.