Learning in the NBA can make you a god

Chapter 827 The spark of the draft!
After the championship parade, Li Tian cut off all external contact and took Taylor to enjoy the life of the beach and waves.

Then he returned to the vineyard he just purchased last year in Los Angeles and lived an extremely comfortable life.

However, a knock on the door still broke the tranquility of his life.

"My God, you can't do this. The draft is about to start. You should quickly give the team a clue and see who they choose. The hair on my head is almost bald now!"

Li Ming has not contacted his cousin for ten days in a row. If the vineyard employees had not reported it, he would not have known that his cousin had returned to Los Angeles.

"Haha, cousin, why are you in such a hurry? Don't be in a hurry. Let's have a glass of wine first. This is the latest brew."

Without any explanation, I took my cousin and sat down to taste my new wine together and asked my cousin to give me some advice.

"Don't, don't, don't. How can I think about drinking now? What about the draft now? The team now has a first round and a second round. Who will they pick?" How can Li Ming not be in a hurry? The draft will start in two days. , the candidate has not been determined yet, it is impossible to say that there is no rush.

"Okay, what is our draft pick?" He really didn't pay attention to this. He really just wanted to rest this season. He was too tired, really too tired.

Six consecutive seasons, reaching the finals, two Olympic Games and one World Cup. If it weren't for the points, he would have been disabled by now.

"The No. 17 pick in the first round, the No. 13 pick in the second round, and the 2015 Lakers second-round pick acquired through mid-season trade cannot be used yet. In addition, the team's Garcia and Hayward this season With players such as De, Cook and Aldridge, the team lineup is almost exhausted.

After all, there are only nine players now. Look at the expiring players. Do you want to renew their contracts? At the same time, do you want to implement the last year of Fredette's contract? "

I have done enough homework, and many things just came out of my mouth!

"Well, forget it about Fredette. It won't be implemented. The team currently has 4 defenders. Just sign another one when the time comes. Whiteside still has to re-sign, otherwise Cousins ​​will not have a substitute player.

Next, the team will add a few more veterans and see if Hayes can be traded out. In this case, the lineup will be almost complete, and maybe there will be a chance to hit the Western Conference Finals, or even a higher position. "

Originally he wanted to make a wave of trades, but looking at this year's rookies, he directly rejected the idea of ​​​​trading.

"There is no need to trade. If we can send Nelson and Hayes away, we can also trade and see if we can get some veterans, preferably veterans who can fight immediately!"

As for draft picks, pick Gobert in the first round. If you can't pick him, pick Schroeder. But Gobert should be able to pick him. Then we'll see if he can sign a four-year contract;

In the second round, I'll take a look. Just pick him. I think Robert Covington should be okay. Anyway, it's the second round, which means scratching the lottery. If you can make money, we'll see when the time comes. "

After giving my draft advice, I finally saw that Seth Curry was there. If it didn’t work out, I pulled him over to play with him. Anyway, it really cost no money. When the time comes, he can be traded away. At least he can get rid of a bad contract. .

"Seth Curry, if he loses the draft, then sign this guy. His brother is very good. He shouldn't be too bad by then. Anyway, as long as he loses the draft, we can consider it."

In this way, all team-related matters were finally explained.

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Just when Li Tian was living a leisurely life, the general managers of the two teams that faced off in last season's finals were going crazy.

The Knicks are facing many contract renewal issues, especially the early renewal of Li Tian. They must bring it up, otherwise he will be scolded by fans. The most important thing is that the league is already targeting the Knicks.

There are already a lot of teams poaching. I heard that Lewis is now starting to have teams want to sign him. However, Walsh doesn't care much about Lewis. After all, he is just a role player to fill the team's role.

Many teams have begun to recruit Tony Allen, and Jordan is also starting to get emotional. He doesn't want to be the team's substitute all the time.

Stephenson, Beverley, Danny Green, and Perkins are all beginning to be contacted by teams. These are all hot role players, or starters for some teams.

Not much else to say, just their performance in the playoffs. All teams determined to compete for the championship are eager for them.

Both Beverley and Danny Green are 2+1. If the current performance is still less than one million in salary in the last year, it is really impossible to continue like this. This will have a great impact on the players' enthusiasm.

Walsh gets a headache thinking about this. Lowry has the last year of his contract left. Stephenson, Beverley, and Danny Green all need to sign new contracts. The minimum annual salary starts at 500 million. At the same time, Teacher Tony’s contract It may need to be bigger, after all, they are all contributors to three consecutive championships, and Mr. Tony is also on the best defensive team.

After calculating this, the team's salary space will definitely explode.Li Tian has more than 2700 million, Yao Ming has 800 million, Arab League has 1000 million, Lowry has more than 600 million, George has more than 400 million, Jordan has nearly 600 million, and there is no need to consider the contracts of several other rookies, Tony, Stephenson, Beverley, The salary of Green and others must not be less than 500 million, and it may be more.

Calculating this way, the salary will definitely reach more than 1 million, and it will definitely become the top three salary teams in the league.

"Li, we finally contacted you. The team hopes to renew the contract in advance. Don't worry, it's definitely a maximum salary extension. Dolan doesn't care about the luxury tax!" Walsh finally contacted Li Tian, ​​but at this moment he was even more nervous. "Let's wait until the end of the offseason to talk about all this. I don't want to think about it now!"

Li Tian has been thinking about the future of his career. If he renews his contract with the Knicks in advance, it will cause great harm to his teammates.The Knicks may not give up any player, but all of them now have the ability to play as a starter. If they continue to play on the bench, it is definitely a mistake for them, and Paul George has been under their own suppression. Over time, they will definitely Something will go wrong.

He finally understood why Jordan chose to retire that year, because it was too painful to have no opponent.

"It seems that I still need to consider a problem. In a season without challenges, I may gradually lose my love for basketball." I thought to myself that everything must be done slowly.

"How about going to the king to fight?" This thought suddenly came to mind.

He declined Wall's early contract extension. In the next two days, he will need to return to China to spend time with his family, and domestic activities will also begin.

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The 2013 NBA draft is still held in Brooklyn. Another wave of fresh blood has been injected into the NBA, injecting new vitality into the league.

"Now, I announce that the Cleveland Cavaliers, with the first pick in the first round, selected Anthony Bennett!"

It can be said that the Cavaliers are lucky because they won the No. [-] pick, but it can also be said that they are unlucky because they selected the most popular No. [-] pick in the new world.

Players were selected one after another, almost unchanged from their previous lives.

Suddenly, Li Tian was a little confused. How to do this? Mosaic's original deal was to send away the first-round pick and get Harden. Now it was intercepted by the Kings. Their first-round pick still remained with the team, but they did not Steven Adams was not selected.

This made his heart feel like a cat's paw. Should the Kings choose Gobert or 'Aquaman' Adams? However, after thinking for a long time, he finally decided to choose Gobert. After all, he has a better defensive ability than Adams.

"The Kings selected Rudy Gobert with the 17th pick in the first round. Let us congratulate them!"

The Denver Nuggets are going crazy. It's hard for them to take a fancy to a rookie, but they are intercepted by the Kings so long in advance. This is really a trap.In the end, they had no choice but to draft Sean Larkin and see if they could make a trade.

In the second round, the Kings still selected Robert Covington to add a substitute player to the team's center position.

As the draft progresses, the entire league has also begun new trade discussions, and many gossips have begun to spread.

At the same time, Ainge, Riley and other team general managers are plotting how to break up the current Knicks and make the Knicks next season a thing of the past. There is no way, the current Knicks are really too strong, so strong Other teams no longer dare to look directly at it.

Soon the first news broke that the Celtics were rebuilding and they could trade any player.

All teams that smelled the star began to pay attention to the Celtics, but many teams saw their asking price and were deterred because the asking price was too expensive.

The Celtics veterans are really not worth paying so much.

At the same time, the Knicks' back garden also began to be unstable. Lewis signed with the Heat for 300 million a year.Their first shot at weakening the Knicks was fired.

At the same time, Paul was also having trouble with the Lakers management. Howard, the happy beast, was also dissatisfied with Kobe's attitude and began to test the free market.

As exciting news broke out one after another, fans discovered that the offseason league seemed to be even more exciting than the regular season.

The Pelicans and the Numbers Team kicked off the transaction.

The Numbersmen sent away Jrue Holiday and this year's second-round pick No. 42 overall in exchange for Nerlens Noel and the Pelicans' protected first-round pick in 2014.

This deal caused a big shock in the free market.

Teacher Tony, Stephenson, Beverly and Danny Green were all flooded with calls from other teams.

They began to make offers to them one after another, all of which were big contracts. There was no contract with an annual salary of less than 600 million. If this continued, the pressure on Walsh would become even greater.

Before the team boss is settled, the team's role players have begun to become confusing. All teams are considering how to dismantle the current Knicks team!

These players did not give them any answers. They all flew to the same place in unison. They were looking forward to the new contract, but they would not nod blindly.

(End of this chapter)