Chapter 1184: The Lakers' Goals
It's pitiful for an NBA team to be treated like a fat sheep.
For example, the New York Knicks in these years.
They have always been the most profitable in the NBA, but they can't buy the best players every time.
Those who come to the New York Knicks are basically garbage contract players, or who already want to retire.
Any player who has some ability and wants to pursue glory will not stay with the New York Knicks.
Of course, the Lakers are not the New York Knicks, they are a traditional giant team, but they can't stand up to other people's money, so everyone is red.
If we give you good players because of money, how will we mix in the future?
It's better to make your money and give you players who aren't capable or motivated – just like you did with New York Nisker.
All right.
People don't want to give you good players.
So how about I take the initiative?
In the NBA, there is no transfer fee limit in football, if a superstar really wants to leave, others can't stop him.
That's how Bosh left the Raptors, and James also left the Cavaliers.
The boss can't keep it if he wants to, and people say they don't want to play for your team, so you can't force it to stay.
At most, it can only ask the Heat for some benefits, but the real loss is not small.
It stands to reason that the Lakers won the championship last year, and this year they see that their second consecutive championship is about to arrive, so it should be very attractive, and the players should want to come to you.
It's a pity that Shen Huan, the most important superstar of the Lakers team winning the championship, is leaving, so the rest of the Lakers now, the old and the young, and the only superstar of the right age, Howard, has also undergone 2 major repairs.
In such a team, good players don't dare to come over at all, for fear that they will step on the pit and not be able to get up in the end.
The best teams in the NBA today are the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors.
As long as their superstars don't leave, then the next few years must be the era when they continue to compete for dominance between East and West.
If you want to go, you have to go to such a team!
As for the high salary that the Lakers can offer, it's not too late to go when you don't have the idea of fighting hard and want to retire!
So this draft is actually nothing to do with the Lakers, at least some top talents, and top superstars, all of whom have nothing to do with the Lakers this season.
All the Lakers can have is a 13-round pick in the first round that they traded from another team.
More than 50 rookies came to the Lakers for a tryout, purely for the lure of being able to meet and compete with Shen Huan.
As long as they are strong, they basically don't have any ideas about the Lakers.
What's more, even if they have ideas, the Lakers generally can't sign them in trade.
So after discussing the top 10, the focus was on the players who were expected to be in the 10th.
Including Jason Tatum of Duke University, Josh Jackson of the University of Kansas, Dharon Fox of the University of Kentucky, etc., none of the Lakers dared to think.
The Lakers' managers have three players on top of their eyes: University of Kentucky point guard Malik Monk, University of Louisville point guard Donovan Mitchell and University of Colorodora point guard Derrick White.
Malik Monk is characterized by super physical fitness, scoring 47 points on the spot, but the disadvantage is only 1.91 meters, which seems to be a bit of a loss in today's NBA full of long people.
Of course, if he is a genius like Iverson and Shen Huan, there is no problem with his height of 180 cm.
Donovan Mitchell is also physically fit, only 1.91 meters tall, his offensive ability may not be so strong, but the defense is very good, belonging to the offensive and defensive kind.
These two should be 10-20 ranked players, not so talented, but very practical.
The last Derrick White was one of the few point guards in the draft other than Lonzo Ball.
He can not only play point guard, but also point guard, which is a lot of advantages.
However, his shortcomings are also obvious, that is, his ability is not outstanding enough.
Compared to Lonzo Ball, it is simply several notches worse.
Such a player, if it is cultivated, is definitely a big profit, but it is very likely that he will be reduced to a role player.
Not everyone is Stockton in 1984 who can go from such a low ranking to go all the way up to the all-time superstar.
Kobe Bryant asked Shen Huan to focus on the information, videos and statistics of the three rookies.
Not only the previous ones, but also the three of them were specially filmed today.
The four of them watched it for more than half an hour with a few staff members before they finished it.
"I'm more bullish on Malik Monk. "He's a bit like me, and if you can train and combine his speed with his dribbling ability, he's going to have a good future." ”
"I think Donovan Mitchell is better. Howard has a different opinion, "He's good at defense. What our Lakers team lacks is definitely not offense, but better defense. If I can get him to help me on the defensive end and clear the threat from the bull head position, then the opponent will definitely score less. ”
"Well, the Lakers have an extra sapper-type shooting guard, which is not a bad thing in this situation. Shen Huan also agreed to Howard's proposal.
"Anyway, let's talk about it later!" Iverson suggested, "put all three of them on our opponent's team later, and let's try their out." ”
The manager smiled unconsciously, "Aren't you afraid that you will blow their confidence and collapse from now on?"
He thinks very simply, all the superstars in front of him are NBA, and it is a bit of a big bully to deal with those rookies with all his might.
"If you're scared of this, what kind of professional basketball are you playing? Shen Huan expressed his disapproval.
"If so, I am so grateful for the opportunity we have today to identify their vulnerability in advance. Kobe Bryant also agreed with Shen Huan's words, "If you can't play under pressure, or if you don't have the heart to play, you will definitely not achieve good results." ”
"Not everyone is as stubborn and extreme as you. Iverson complained.
He's a lone hero, but the Iron King of Los Angeles is a wasted name.
Kobe Bryant's character is naturally not admitting defeat, and he dared to shoot whistle shots and key shots in his rookie season, which is difficult for few people to match.
Talking about this, Kobe Bryant's dark face showed a hint of pride.
Didn't he achieve today's glory because of his own paranoia?
Only paranoia can succeed!