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Chapter 556 Confronting Bobo Head-on

Two top small forwards, one top power forward, and one all-star power forward announced on the same day to test the free market. In addition, Ade and others have already announced their jump out. Fans of each team quickly exploded their own sales department Telephone.

The key announcement date happened to coincide with the draft.

A number of deal and contract scenarios unfold accordingly.

The Timberwolves fans were very excited, and they turned into general managers one after another. They wanted to choose Towns, recruit LeBron, and complete the reconstruction.

But soon news broke that LeBron would never join the Timberwolves unless the sun rose from the south.

It's useless for Garnett to recruit himself. A bad team is ruining the climate. There are big-name free agents who are willing to take the initiative to go to the Timberwolves.

Most excited are the Cleveland fans.

They thought they had received a response to the petition outside LeBron's villa, and there had been news that LeBron and Cole's system were not fully compatible, and the Warriors boss hated LeBron's agent, Rich Paul, everything was developing as expected.

The owner of the Cavaliers exclusively accepted an interview with ESPN and talked about the possibility of LeBron's return. He said: "I am willing to roll out the red carpet to welcome LeBron. Those words were mainly out of anger. I hope LeBron can forgive and let us join hands to fight for the championship again."

Cavaliers general manager David Griffin talked about free market recruitment, saying: "We will definitely pursue LeBron first. If we succeed, we will build a championship lineup around him. We have enough salary space. I am full of competitiveness in the free market. "

Cavaliers coach Blatter said about the possibility of coaching LeBron, saying: "If there is that kind of opportunity, it would be an honor for me. I would like to rebuild the offensive and defensive system around LeBron. Of course, I know he can do anything. can accommodate us."

For the Cavaliers, from the fans to the officials, it is a matter of thought whether to go or not to give LeBron full face.

Regarding Durant, the various recruitments are equally crazy.

The Wizards, as Durant's hometown, have fans spontaneously organizing street parades and shouting, expressing their hope that Durant will join.

Wall and Beal, the two wizards with double guns, also expressed their welcome to Durant to join. At that time, double guns + Durant + Gortat, the winning lineup will be formed directly, defeating the Eagles and Pacers is no problem, and the Bulls are also Fifty-five combat effectiveness, flattered.

Su Yang glanced at the King's official Twitter, and found that [-] comments skyrocketed in a few minutes, and at a cursory glance, they were all KD.

"Tell your boss to bring Durant to Sacramento and I'll pay double for season tickets!"

"Based on the relationship Su Yang established with Durant in the Thunder, I guess the two have already reached an agreement, and we only have to wait for July."

"Curry was obviously limited in the last three games of the finals. I know it's not his fault because of the size limitation. If Durant joins the Kings, both of them can play better. Neither of them will Get double-teamed again, come on, KD!"

There are also suggestions to recruit Love. After all, he is a power forward who can shoot three-pointers. Those fans don't know what level Jokic is, but they know that Green will definitely leave to pursue a big contract. By the way, someone suggested to pursue Aldridge for similar reasons.

There are also fans who want to re-sign Millsap. After all, Millsap took the initiative to jump out of the contract, so that the Kings got enough space to sign Curry and keep Thomas. Now that the Kings have enough space, they should take Millsap to win the championship. .

See those suggestions.

Su Yang feels that re-signing Millsap is indeed feasible, but the media has long rumored that the Eagles are the most advanced in pursuit.

No need to twist.

After scanning through the comments, Su Yang instructed the person in charge of the official promotion to ignore it for the time being and focus on matters related to the draft for the time being.

In this draft, the Kings have no potential targets.

The 30th overall pick has already been traded down by Hinkie for the 76ers' second-round pick next year. They are going to keep it and choose Brogdon and Zhou Qi, and then prepare a basic salary that does not take up space. Cook and others played Xialian.

I was planning to get a high draft pick from the Celtics to see if I can make a wave of Myles Turner.

But Angie seems to just want to test the king's attitude towards Cousins. Facing Hinkie's 4 first rounds + 4 second rounds + Smart, he actually said that he would seriously consider it, and then there was no news, and the king was too lazy Continue to pay attention, take care of yourself.

Su Yang is not in a hurry either.

Cousins ​​doesn't have to trade now, let alone trade with the Celtics, but just set a tone in advance.

In the future, Jokic will also be considered.

Only Curry and Antetokounmpo will be the core of the long-term team building.

If there is Durant, that is also the long-term core.Under such conditions, I did not attend the draft.

Su Yang chatted with Durant in a private message for half an hour, and got a promise to meet after the free market opened, and talk about it in detail at that time.

From the words, it can be seen that Durant is very entangled. The core problem is that joining the team that swept his team 4-0 will inevitably cause great ridicule. hitch ride.

After talking about private messages on Twitter, I discussed with the fans who are optimistic about the non-lottery players in this year. He said that he is optimistic about Rozier. It is estimated that the Celtics who lack point guards may choose. Matt and his ilk are typical representatives.

However, that discussion did not generate much heat.

It's normal to predict who will choose who.

Many draft sites are doing it.

Never thought about it, waited until the evening draft.

The Nuggets chose Rozier instead of Mudiay.

Then news broke that Angie tried to make a deal with the Nuggets, but was rejected on the spot, so he had to choose Mudiay.

A reporter asked Connelly, the general manager of the Nuggets, whether the selection of Rozier was related to Su Yang’s tweets and comments that were optimistic about Rozier. Connelly said firmly: “It has nothing to do with it. Rochelle."

The draft ended, and Wood, Cook, and McConnell lost as scheduled. Su Yang personally called and invited the three to represent the Kings in the Las Vegas Summer League, promising that as long as the three were willing, they could also participate in the Kings training camp and preseason.

The three readily agreed, and Su Yang reckoned that with the addition of LaVine, Galloway, Grant and others, the King's three consecutive championships in summer would be very stable.

Early the next morning, the Kings scouting department and the coaching staff met to discuss potential replacement power forward candidates in the free market.

The main thing is that Grant hasn't fully grown up and needs to continue to polish. After Cousins ​​is off the court, someone must stand up.

Jason Thompson has no hope at all. There is one year left in his contract. If he can trade, he will trade.

The main positioning of the backup power forward needs to be able to attack, and the defense should not be too demanding, as long as it is not a super big loophole.

"How about Derrick Williams? Good on the turnaround jumper and hook, has the speed advantage at the power forward position."

"How about Ed Davis? Last season, he had 7 points and 8 rebounds. He has strong athletic ability and is suitable for fast-break lineups."

"Jai Michael Green is very suitable. He has played under you before and is familiar with your offensive and defensive system."

Several assistant coaches and scouts made suggestions one after another, involving players including Greg Monroe, and their ideas were very bold.

After listening to the speech, Su Yang said with a smile: "Your suggestions are very targeted, but I have a better candidate, that is, David West, who announced his withdrawal from the contract the day before yesterday and gave up the $1260 million in the last year. To get a championship.

And our opponents are the Knicks, Wizards, Clippers, Warriors, and the strongest competitor is the Spurs.

I decided to compete head-on with Popovich and RC Buford to sign West with a mid-level or even minimum salary. "

That said, the coaching staff and scouting team were shocked.

Can David West accept basic salary and middle class?
That's giving up $200 million.

Seeing everyone surprised, Su Yang was very satisfied.

Pursuing David West with all his strength has another function, and that is to use it to pursue Durant. Anyway, it is best to have a relatively big-name player, join the Kings first, and not be afraid of the ridicule of the fans and the media that they think it is a free ride. Drive Durant.

Of course, that's just an assumption.

But always give it a try.

　These plots are the transaction motivation and process.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)