Chapter 009: A major adjustment to the lineup
The Rockets won the championship, which is something that the whole world celebrates. But at the draft a few days later, Liu Shuo made adjustments to the Rockets' lineup, and it was a big adjustment.
Because of Yao Ming's retirement, the Rocket's salary space has increased a lot. The Rockets also have three first-round picks, one with the No. 14 pick, one with the No. 26 pick, and one with the No. 27 pick.
Although there is no previous one, it is enough for Liu Shuo to operate well. Because of the bloat on the point guard line, Liu Shuo intends to trade Kyle Lowry. Kyle Lowry has grown a lot in the past two years, and many teams have begun to contact the Rockets and want to get Kyle Lowry.
Liu Shuo reached an agreement with the Raptors before the game, using the Raptors' first-round pick this year plus the first-round pick the following year in exchange for Kyle Lowry and Cory Brewer.
Brewer's stats have dropped seriously because of Paul George, but after arriving at the weak team, there is no problem playing as a starter.
With two mature players to enhance the facelift, the Raptors are certainly happy. Their pick this year is the No. 5 spot and they want to bet on a center. After Bosh left, the Raptors' interior line was too weak.
But they are not confident, after all, it is very difficult to strengthen the inside, it is better to win two good players!
After getting the Raptors' No. 5 pick, Liu Shuo directly chose Klay Thompson to enhance the No. 2 position.
The No. 14 pick directly took Kawhi Leonard and made up for the gap in Brewer's departure.
The No. 26 pick took Jimmy Butler, and the No. 27 pick selected Jon Loyle.
The second-round pick selected Isaiah Thomas.
In this way, the Rockets have another 17 players. Center: Gasol Jr., Jordan Jr., Power Forward: Scola, Yi Jianlian, Jon Loyle, Zie Butler, Small Forward: Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler, Hayes, Shooting Guard: Klay Thompson, Battier, Lutherhead, Jeremy Lin, Point Guard: Curry, Bradley, Isaiah Thomas.
The extra two, Liu Shuo is ready to cut Ziger Butler and trade Rutherhead and Hayes, these two players still have a lot of teams wanting.
Rutherhead has the pace, Hayes has the power, and both have done well in the playoffs.
In the end, the two traded for the Pacers' first-round pick next year, so that the Rockets' fourteen-man roster was decided.
However, because the Rocket's salary space is very large, Liu Shuo gave these rookies a slightly higher annual salary, even so, it only increased the Rocket's annual salary to $50 million, and he will receive a lot of money from the league this year.
Many people don't understand Liu Shuo's operation very well, and generally the team that wins the championship will find a way to stabilize the lineup. But Liu Shuo almost came to a big reshuffle, which made the fans frightened for a while.
Fortunately, the main players are here, and they may be able to defend the title in a few years.
But if you look at these players in a few years, most of them are stars, and they can even put together an All-Star lineup, and there is still a lot of money.
Liu Shuo looked at this lineup and thought that if he could really keep this lineup, maybe he would be able to build a rocket dynasty.
But it's definitely impossible to think about it, not to mention anything else, it's already bloated in the third position. Whether it is Paul George or Kawhi Leonard, they are both instant combat forces, and the playing time of the two is bound to conflict, one or two years is fine, and when Paul George reaches the contract year, this contradiction will definitely be highlighted.
But no matter what, Liu Shuo is very satisfied with the current lineup. As long as it remains stable, the results of the rockets in the future will definitely not be bad.
After finishing the rocket matter, Liu Shuo took He Dan and his son back to China.
At this time, the second part is already being released in China.
To be honest, this animated movie is really not as good as the first one, because this film is all independently created by Zhongchuan, and it is much worse in terms of script, lack of commercial elements, and a bit of preaching in it.
The first part did not recover the cost, although Zhongchuan and Li Jin made money, but Jin Yue's money did not return to the capital.
Zhongchuan and Li Jin didn't see this, so they blindly launched the second part, and after it was released, it immediately received bad reviews from fans.
The first part has a score of 7.2, and the second part has a score of only 3.3, so it's no wonder if such a movie can be successful! Other theaters have been screened early, and only one of the industrial park theaters is screening.
The industrial park theater was screened for the sake of Liu Shuo's face. The box office of this theater is fixed at about 150,000 every day, and the film is not bad.
However, the industrial park theater won't be able to run for long, because Liu Shuo's own production has basically been completed, so he will wait for Liu Shuo to go back and sign it, and then submit it for review and screening.
It is estimated that it will be released on October 1, and the time left for the second part is only 3 months, which can increase the box office by more than 10 million!
What is the box office of 10 million enough? The investment in the second part is more than 10 million, and it will need to be close to 30 million at the box office to pay off. More than 10 million can only ensure that Zhongchuan and Li Jin will not lose so badly.
Liu Shuo watched the second part once, and couldn't help but shake his head, one such film is enough, and the second part is to add snakes, and the reputation is gone.
Because of the production of this film, Liu Shuo and Li Jin were still very unhappy, and after this film, the relationship between the two was basically over.
Liu Shuo can be regarded as benevolent and righteous to Li Jin, Li Jin himself has swelled, and Liu Shuo has nothing to say.
Liu Shuo was in the theater of Manying Company, and after watching it, he felt that he was doing a good job. However, there are still a few flaws, and after he finished writing the revisions, he asked Manying to revise them again before signing and agreeing.
As for the next review, this is not in Liu Shuo's hands, he just needs to wait for the release of the film.
Liu Shuo looked at Li Wanqiu by the way, and in the past few months, her stomach has also bulged.
Li Wanqiu took her parents to the capital, although her parents were extremely dissatisfied with their daughter's unmarried pregnancy, and they were not satisfied with their daughter following Liu Shuo so inexplicably, but there was no way at all.
After seeing Liu Shuo, they didn't give him a good face at all, if it weren't for their daughter's face, they would all want to expose this matter.
Although the current society laughs at poverty and prostitution, they will not be happy if anyone's daughter is like this.
However, the two old men are very fond of their granddaughter, and they like it very much. They also met with Liu Shuo's parents, but the four of them were very embarrassed, if it weren't for their granddaughter, they wouldn't want to have any contact with Liu Shuo and their family!