roccoschili Chapter 240 Appointment to the teacher, you are here.
Chapter 240 Appointment to the teacher, you are here.
Chapter 240 Appointment to the teacher, you are here.
If the team wants to win the championship, it cannot rely on just one or two people. Basketball has always been a team game.
The Pacers want to make a difference next season. The current lineup alone is useless. In the main lineup, the inside line is too aging. Hibbert is fine, but West is really not old enough to continue to start.
George Hill's organization is okay, but the shooting is unstable, and if you want to consider it from the future, Hibbert's starting lineup won't last long.
The league is now slowly entering the small ball era, but Hibbert's style of play is still the same as before. You see, the great emperors and Cousins of later generations not only have footwork and skills inside, but also have three-pointers outside. This is the development trend of future centers.
The first candidate in Xu Xiang's mind is Teacher Jokicyo of the Nuggets.
This guy was a rookie in the same class as Xu Xiang last year. He was selected by the Nuggets in the second round, but the team did not immediately sign him. Until now, he has not officially entered the NBA.
His contract is definitely not big. If no one discovers his potential, if he is the first to be traded from the Nuggets, it will definitely make a lot of money.
Followed by Beverly of the Rockets.
Xu Xiang's defense has always been a weakness of the Pacers' outside line. George Hill has no ability to help defend, and can only watch Xu Xiang get blown up again and again, but Beverly is different.
In that way, my mother will no longer have to worry about my defense leaking...
And the most important point is that he does not occupy the ball. His scoring method is mainly based on cutting to the basket, basically without outside shots.
Xu Xiang believes that this kind of player is the most suitable teammate for him.
However, Xu Xiang knew that the Rockets would not let Beverly go easily, and his contract expired this year. The Rockets would definitely offer him an offer, and the amount would definitely not be small.
Beverly is very difficult, and the Rockets have now discovered his value. At the end of the season, if Beverly hadn't been reimbursed for the season due to injury, the Warriors would not be able to say that they would definitely win the Rockets. Beverly's defense is definitely enough to lock Curry.
For the position of power forward, Xu Xiang is more inclined to Adelaide or Horford.
These two are both inside combo forwards. They can also be power forwards and centers. The only thing is that they are too expensive and a bit unreasonable.
Kevin Pritchard nodded in agreement, Horford is okay, more than 1000 million is enough, but now Adelaide needs at least 2000 million upwards, which is too expensive.
But the good thing is that if Jokic can really be traded, he can be allowed to play the 4th position. The teacher's high-level support ability is a top-level Chinese presence in the interior, and his feet are flexible, so there is no problem playing the 4th position.
It was a bit difficult to choose for a while.
"What did West say?"
Xu Xiang asked suddenly.
West's attitude is very important. This year he has player options and his salary is as high as 1000 million.
Nate shook his head.
"I haven't got an answer yet."
Xu Xiang nodded slowly, without speaking.
"Is there any better rookie this year?"
After half a day, Xu Xiang suddenly picked up a pen and scribbled a few names on the paper,
"My suggestions are about that much, you can watch the operation."
He can only make suggestions, but cannot make decisions. The next step is to see what the Pacers' management or Nate McMillan does.
After he and Paul George left, everyone in the management team started talking.
"Andre Drummond?"
"Hassan Whiteside?"
"Rudy Gobert?"
"Nikolai Vucevic?"
Why are they all center forwards?
"Is Tony Allen too old?"
"Danny Green is not worth it."
"Who is Robertson? The one from the Thunder?"
"Plumlee?"
"Jack Crowder?"
"Lu Wei?"
Anyway, he will not interfere in the future, and he doesn't know how to deal. He has given out all the candidates in his mind, and the rest will not be in his hands.
On June 2015, 6, another round of the draft is about to begin.
West has announced that he is out of the contract, and Hibbert has also chosen to be out of the contract.
Although they got along very well, Xu Xiang still doesn't know what they think. He just drank with them all night with Paojiao.
The contract between the two of them is too big, and the team wants to expand, so the contract between the two of them must be got rid of.
They are both sensible people, so the two of them took the lead in announcing their withdrawal from the contract.
The draft will start at 7 o'clock tonight. Xu Xiang is sitting at home watching TV and checking Twitter.
This period is the climax of the transaction, and many transactions will be carried out at this time.
An hour before the start of the draft, the official gave a transaction message:
The Pacers traded this first-round pick to the Nuggets' unsigned 2014 rookie Nikola Jokic.
As soon as the news came out, it immediately aroused many people's comments.
The Pacers were rated D and the Nuggets were rated B+ in this deal.
No matter how you say it, Jokic was last year's second-round pick, and he hasn't proved himself yet. The Pacers traded this year's first-round pick, which was obviously a loss, and Kevin Pritchard was instantly scolded as a sieve.
He was very wronged, this decision was not made by him, he was just following orders, the person who made the decision was drinking coffee next to him, and the person who made the suggestion was watching TV at home.
The hot topic of discussion now is is Jokic really worth a first-round pick?And the top fifteen picks?
After all, he has never played in the NBA. Who can prove that he must be suitable for the NBA environment?
If he is abolished, the Pacers' management will definitely be scolded as shit.
So far, the Pacers have no first-round picks, only one second-round pick. The league stipulates that a team cannot not choose one in the annual draft, so this pick must be used.
Xu Xiang got the news right away, jumped up from the sofa in an instant, really let Nate do it, did Mr. Yue become a person from Yincheng?
This is really joyful good news, Xu Xiang immediately took out his mobile phone and called Paojiao, who was also watching TV at home at this time, unexpectedly Xu Xiang's call came here.
"Did you see the deal?"
Pickle replied casually: "I see."
"This lad will surprise you."
"what?"
Xu Xiang said something nervously, then hung up.
Paul George chuckled, no matter how surprised he is, can he be as surprised as you are to me?
I'm used to it
Soon, it was time for the draft. Adam Silver first read some clichés aloud, and amidst the boos all over the sky, his expression remained unchanged.
(End of this chapter)