Winning the championship doesn't mean it's all right.

Now that Erniu has made a declaration to build a dynasty, he needs to quickly change his role, from a player who celebrates joy to a manager who is actively planning for next season.

After a crazy celebration with his teammates, Erniu went to the training gym as usual the next day to complete the strength training, and then held a coaching staff meeting.

As always, in addition to the coaching staff, Paul and general manager Nell O'Hill were also in attendance.

"The purpose of my meeting should be very clear to everyone, speak freely, as long as it is conducive to the development of the team, you can mention it, even if you say that the Clippers should trade me!" Ruan Erniu teased.

He was greeted by laughter, and everyone here could face unemployment in the next moment, but Kraft Nguyen would definitely be the last.

The humorous opening remarks kicked off the team meeting, with Tom Thibodeau starting by saying, "I know everybody is thinking about the draft and trades right now, but to talk about me, we should get the contract extension issue right first."

Yes, cannon, I'm talking about you.

Kraft is definitely not leaving, but if you're going to win a championship and go to the free market for a big contract, we're going to have a real headache. ”

This year is also a three-gun contract year, and Paul, who already holds two championships, will become a full free agent.

Objectively speaking, it is possible for him to go to other teams to earn a big contract, but this probability is not high.

Paul immediately smiled and said, "Nell, give me the contract, I can sign it immediately!"

O'Hill smiled: "I have already sent the approximate intention to your agent in the form of an email, and we will complete the negotiation of the specific terms later." ”

Ruan Erniu nodded and smiled: "Okay, it seems that we don't need to invite unrelated personnel out."

Speaking of which, our recruitment for next season will not be easy at all, because next season we have several players who will choose to leave......

Chauncey Billups decided to retire, and even though the Pistons had extended him an invitation, FMVP ultimately opted for a rapids.

Grant Hill got the ring in the last year of his career and also had no regrets.

And he seems to have found a new job, and soon he will be co-hosting a basketball show called "INSIDE-STUFF" with a blonde beauty named Kristen Ledlow.

Well, just listening to the name of this show makes people think about it, and the ratings must be no worse.

Veterans are leaving, and Malcolm Lee, who has been slow to show himself, won't get a contract extension for the new season.

Even the alumni of Erniu UCLA will not survive if they fail to prove their worth in the team.

There are 3 fewer players in the 15-man roster, and among the remaining 12 people, in addition to Paul, who has almost no suspense about renewing his contract, there are actually two people who also have the possibility of not choosing to stay in the team.

The first is Ray Allen, Junzi Lei signed a 1+1 contract last season, he has a player option this season, and with his excellent performance in the playoffs last season, he can choose to jump out of the contract.

But it is also difficult for the aging Ray Allen to seek a big contract, and the super performance and key ball in individual games cannot bring enough confidence to his salary increase.

Erniu and Sangun took the initiative to call Ray Allen, and after some consideration, Ray Allen finally announced that he would exercise the player option and continue to play for the Clippers next season.

After getting rid of Ray Allen, the other thing that needs to be done is Ba Ye.

Matt Barnes also signed a cheap short contract last season for the same award, but the Clippers won the championship, and it would be too much to sign him with base salary money.

3 years and 12 million meters, Ba Ye did not shout the mountain price, and the Clippers were not too stingy, after stabilizing Ray Allen, the Clippers got Barnes in the future.

Of course, that's what happened after the meeting, where the Clippers intra-team meeting was prioritized over the draft and free agency reinforcements.

"This year was supposed to be a draft year, and I was relatively low in the first and second rounds, so it was difficult to find a good team building puzzle. Tyronn Lue said, looking at the information.

Steve Cole said: "It's impossible to count on rookies in the first place, we're a championship team and adding veterans with instant power is a priority. ”

Erniu suddenly became interested, because Cole said so, there must be a suitable person to recommend.

"Who?"

"Sean Livingston. The former general manager of the Sun did not hesitate too much, and it can be seen that he did have a plan for a long time.

"It's him!?"

Erniu was a little surprised, because this guy was once the Clippers' hopeful, but ended up ruined by the Clippers' magical curse and suffered a horrific injury in NBA history.

Anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments of the knee were ruptured, lateral meniscus tear was made, and recurrent patellar dislocation was present, and anterior tibial decapitation and dislocation were performed.

The only good news at the time was that although almost the entire knee was useless, the results of blood tests showed that there was no need for amputation.

Fans who know a little about the NBA should have heard of Lee, and YouTube even blocked the video of his injury at one point, because the picture was too shocking and easy to traumatize Milican in the future of the Suns.

"How much will he recover?" O'Hill said realistically.

"We can try him out first, and if we feel it's risky, we can sign him to a short-term contract for one year," Kerr said. ”

The offer was quickly passed, and the Clippers do need to add personnel at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions, and Livingston's talent is there, and if he can get rid of the injury, it will be a good option indeed.

O'Hill then said: "Speaking of reinforcements, I actually have a lot of candidates here, but whether it is suitable for the team needs to be discussed. ”

The crowd quickly settled on two sets of reinforcements, and if they could keep Ray Allen and Barnes, the overall championship framework of the team would not change, and only one or two veterans would be needed to solve the problem.

Otherwise, you can only use middle-class contracts to recruit people in the free market, after all, the Clippers have tens of millions of contracts in their hands, and the Clippers do not have enough salary space.

At the end of the meeting, it was time to talk about the upcoming draft.

Everyone thought about it, but they couldn't find the player they wanted, so they simply traded the second-round picks for next year or later, or for cash.

As for the 29th pick in the first round, although the Clippers discussed several options, they struggled to convince each other.

Erniu weighed it and felt that it was really unnecessary to quarrel over such a rookie who didn't know whether to use it or not, so he proposed a surprising option......

On June 27, 2013, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, the home of the Nets, officially held the 2013 NBA Draft.

It was probably the last NBA draft under David Stern.

The president has confirmed that he will choose to retire next year, and the person in charge will be the current vice president of the alliance, Adam Silva.

As the saying goes, people are dying, and their words are also good......

The soul is faint, he is still alive!

Well, as retirement approached anyway, Mr. Stern decided to humor as well.

Previously, he would boo from the audience every time he took the stage to announce the results of the draft, and this year was no exception.

So Mr. President took the stage and said, "Here I have to explain to the international audience that boos are Americans' way of showing respect. ”

In addition to the general manager and uniform team, the Clippers also had one player who came to the scene of the draft, and he was Sean Battier.

Battier didn't even participate in the parade and rushed to New York, because he had found a part-time job as a special guest reporter for ESPN.

After a while, after Stern has reported the rookie picks one by one, Battier will come forward to do a live interview.

It was the Cleveland Cavaliers who got the top pick, and after James left, they kept chasing the next all-time champion.

Kyrie Irving is outstanding, but he's not enough to reach James' heights.

As the fans held their breath, David Stern walked out of the backstage and read out the name on the note.

"The Cleveland Cavaliers have chosen Anthony Bennett!"

……

"What?"

"He's it?"

"How could the Cavaliers choose Bennett?"

"Big news!"

……

The media off the court was in a mess, and Anthony Bennett, the new champion who got the Cavaliers' hat, was also confused, although his prediction order was in the top ten, but he never thought that he would directly take a step to the sky.

Unbelief?

See what Bennett, who was interviewed live, had to say.

"I'm speechless now," Bennett said to Battier, "I don't even know what to say?"

I don't know what to say, but I have to say something.

"I was as shocked as everybody else," Bennett said, "and I didn't really know who was going to be the top pick or who was going to be the top spot — I heard that everything was unknown and that anything could happen." ”

Sure enough, the basketball is round, and anything can happen.

In this way, Anthony Bennett became the first NBA draft pick in the history of the Maple Leafs.

Some netizens said that the knights didn't know who to choose anyway, so they chose a Maple Leaf Country to facilitate the development of the Maple Leaf Country's market.

Well, it's really possible, after all, this is not the first time Cleveland has chosen a Maple Leaf.

It won't be long before Bennett becomes the most watery star in history, even though the pot shouldn't be his full responsibility.

In the past, when fans talked about parallel goods, they would always think of Michael Olowokandi, Kwame Brown, Greg Oden and others, but since 13 years later, the first name that comes to people's minds is often Bennett.

It has to be said that the Cavaliers management and Bennett himself have made indelible contributions to the elevation of the status of Olowocandi and others.

Subsequently, the Magic selected Victor Oladipo with the Eye Pick, the Washington Wizards selected Otto Porter, and the Bobcats selected Cody Zeller.

Anyway, after the Cavaliers chose Bennett as the top pick, the subsequent draft looked flat.

The conference went on, and the Hornets selected Norlens Noll with the sixth pick on the ground, but he was quickly traded to the 76ers.

The Trail Blazers selected CJ McCollum with the 10th pick, and Lillard will welcome his backcourt partner in the new season, although McCollum won't be on the roster so quickly.

The 76ers selected Michael Carter Williams with the 11th pick, and Celestial Empire fans generally call him McCarvey, just by hearing the name, they think it's awesome.

The 12th pick Thunder chose Steven Adams, who will grow beard and hair in the future, and the duck eggs with tattoos on his arms are still handsome.

The NBA is really a tireless place that can turn small pieces of fresh meat into old bacon.

It should also be pointed out that Adams' draft pick came from the Rockets, which means that without trading Harden, the Thunder will not be able to get duck eggs.

The Mavericks drafted Kelly Olynyk with the 13th pick, but then he was traded to Boston.

This is the tradition of Green Kai, who uses all means to actively look for the next Larry Bird.

With the 15th pick, the Bucks picked a Greek with a long name, he was called Giannis Antetokounmpo, and of course, the Celestial Empire fans directly called him Antetokounmpo.

With the 17th pick, the Hawks selected Dennis Schroder to find a backup for Teague.

WITH THE 24TH PICK, THE KNICKS CHOSE TIM HARDAWAY II, THE SON OF THE-BUG.

The Timberwolves selected Andre Robertson with the 26th pick, but then he was traded to the Thunder.

With the 27th pick, the Jazz selected Rudy Gobert.

Finally, it was the Clippers' turn to be the 29th pick, and before that, O'Hill called Erniu again: "We still have other options, I don't think he even deserves a second rounder, his brother and he are not the same thing." ”

Ruan Erniu said: "It's him, he came to our team for a tryout, he is indeed not his brother, but from the actual performance, I think his draft market is underestimated." ”

……

David Stern came from behind the scenes five minutes later, with a note from the Clippers in his hand.

"The Los Angeles Clippers have chosen Seth Curry!"

Yes, he's Stephen Curry's younger brother, the younger brother who looks older than his brother.

In fact, there are many brother players in the league, such as the Gasol brothers, the López brothers, the Morris brothers, etc., but there are also many hurried by, almost unknown guys, such as Griffin's brother Taylor, Dragic's younger brother Zoran, etc.

Judging from all the information, Seth was ranked at the end of the second round, and he is the kind of guy who has a high chance of losing the selection, if there is really no team to select him, then he will have to go to his brother to find an opportunity, seek a short contract, or play abroad.

Seth himself didn't expect that the Los Angeles Clippers would actually select him in the first round.

Saith, who got the hat, said excitedly in an interview with Battier: "I'm very happy that the defending champions have selected me, it's an honor to be teammates with you, and I will do my best to contribute to the team." ”

The second round that followed didn't have much to mention, and just like that, the 13-year NBA Draft came to an end.

But it was also on the evening of this day that a big deal that would be officially launched on July 10 was exposed in advance, and the two sides of the transaction were the Boston Celtics and the Brooklyn Nets.