The finals ended on June 14, when Zhang Hao was flying around the United States to participate in trials, and he didn't have the heart to pay attention to this matter.

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Olajuwon swept O'Neal to win the championship, Zhang Hao really didn't have the heart to pay attention, he was stunned at the trial, but after the finals, the new NBA season began, and it really entered the preparatory stage of the new season, so Zhang Hao felt that the rhythm of the next few trial teams was speeding up during the trial.

By June 23rd, the trial phase of each team has ended, and there are ...... who to choose and who to choose after being cut off And so on, most of the teams have already decided.

Since it is a decision, there will naturally be disagreements.

Spectrum Arena in Philadelphia, the old arena that is quite famous in NBA history, is nearing the end of its status as the home arena of NBA teams, and the 76ers are already under construction of a new arena, and the 76ers are expected to move to the Wachovia Center in the summer of 1996.

In the boss's office, the 76ers are meeting to discuss their third-overall pick.

"John, what do you say? Instead of Starhouse and McDyce, which high school student? You didn't take the wrong medicine! 76ers owner Joel Snyder thought he had misheard.

The boss spewed expletives directly, and the rest of the 76ers coaching staff looked at head coach John Lucas and was helpless! When they discussed it with these coaches before, they had already advised John Lucas not to give such advice to the owner.

"Joel, he's really talented, he's like Reggie Miller, no, he's taller than Reggie Miller and he's very athletic and most importantly his shooting, I've never seen a player shoot as well as he did at his age, he's probably better than Reggie Miller......"

John Lucas worked very hard to promote Zhang Hao, giving people the feeling that he had received Zhang Hao's agency fee.

If Zhang Hao saw this picture, he would be absolutely confused - when he tried out, this boiled egg brother frowned all the time.

Joel Snyder impatiently interrupted John Lucas's pitch: "OKOK, John, I understand, you think he's talented, and I trust your judgment.

However, we used the No. 3 pick to select a Chinese player...... Chinese players are nothing, I don't mean anything else, Asians, Africans, Europeans, as long as there is talent, I can choose.

But he's a high school kid, and if we pick a high school kid with the No. 3 pick, we'll be laughed at, and we can figure out a way to trade a second-round pick back and pick him out. ”

A team is not monolithic, and for what happened to John Lucas, the people in the meeting were more of a joke mentality, and, in their opinion, John Lucas wanted to pick a high school student, which was really like a joke.

Not to mention Chinese high school students, Kevin Garnett, the No. 1 high school student in the United States, their boss will not choose.

John Lucas is also helpless, he is just a head coach, and he is only the head coach of the 76ers' swing stage, whether it is a trade or a selection, he has no rights.

Zhang Hao's trial was dazed because he didn't get much attention at all.

Six of the eight trial teams let him go to a multi-person trial as soon as he came up, and of course this is normal for a player who is predicted to be selected in the second round.

Then Zhang Hao couldn't show anything in team training, because he was a catch-and-shoot pitcher, and others didn't pass the ball!

However, 76ers coach John Lucas, who gave Zhang Hao a chance to try out alone, saw at a glance that Zhang Hao's extraordinary strength in shooting was unusual.

Reggie Miller, Mark Price, Hornacek, Mullin, Alan Houston......

John Lucas immediately popped up the names of these people when he saw Zhang Hao's mid-range shooting training.

This made John Lucas decide to observe Zhang Hao's shooting again the next day.

Zhang Hao is a player of this type, unless others cooperate with him in team training, he can't see his ability, and only a separate trial can understand his shooting strength.

Then, John Lucas determined that the shooting of the 18-year-old Zhang Hao, the top mid-range shooter of the current generation in his mind, was not as strong as the 18-year-old Zhang Hao's mid-range shot! And Zhang Hao is 3-5 years younger than when they entered the NBA!

Although there is no actual combat comparison, it does not prevent John Lucas from making such a judgment.

As for talent...... The 18-year-old shoots so strongly, will he have no talent? And Zhang Hao is still a sporty striker.

If Reggie Miller is the three-point king, John Lucas believes that Zhang Hao has the talent to become the king of mid-pitching!

And he frowned because he had expected that the boss would most likely not pay attention to his suggestion.

As for the talk of a chance to trade back a second-round pick, John Lucas knows it's just talking......

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Compared with the tragic experience of John Lucas, a rotten coach, the Time Warner Sports Training Complex near the Great Western Forum Arena in Los Angeles, the Lakers' real home base, and the logo man in the draft, it is basically a word.

It's just that what he wants to do this time can't even be understood by Kupchak, who sees him as an idol.

The player who participates in the trial may have a very different opinion from the team that tried him out.

Zhang Hao had two opportunities to try out alone, but the content of the trial was very simple, even if it was the 76ers who got the second chance to try out alone, the content of the trial was always very simple, which made Zhang Hao feel as if he was not taken seriously.

But in terms of trying out his team, this is normal, no matter how much attention is paid to it, there is no way to conduct more tests, because Zhang Hao's strengths are just the same, physical fitness, mid-range shooting, gone!

Now that they have seen that Zhang Hao is really good at it, it is enough.

The Lakers' management already knew that the logo man wanted to pick Zhang Hao, but the problem was that their 37th pick might not be able to pick Zhang Hao.

According to the information they received, the Pistons have a high probability of selecting Zhang Hao with the first pick in the second round or the draft pick of about 20 in the first round, and their new head coach Doug Collins expressed interest in Zhang Hao in an interview with Chinese media.

Although it may be just a polite set, several teams are in a courtesy, and only the Pistons have made it clear that they may choose Zhang Hao.

This situation can't be helped, their Lakers don't have a higher draft pick, and the draft is such a thing, every year there are teams that watch their favorite players being selected by other teams, so the Lakers management has not taken this matter to heart in the past time.

But today, at the Lakers' management meeting, the logo man made a decision that made others feel incredible.

"I'm going to trade Cedric for a first-round pick, and I'm talking to some teams to let them pick him for us and we'll make a deal with them."

Hearing the logo man's plan, Kupchak couldn't calm down, and quickly said, "Jerry, you're not joking, are you?" Cedric is our top scorer! ”

Cedric Ceballos, a rookie from the Suns at the end of the second round in 1990, didn't play well in the early part of his career, and the highlight was winning the dunk title in the sophomore slam dunk contest.

But in the third year, Ceballos seized an opportunity, that year the Suns used the star Jeff Hornacek as the core chip, in exchange for Charles Barkley, that season the Suns lacked an outside scorer, Ceballos averaged 12.8 points per game, and sat in the starting position after the All-Star weekend, in the 93-94 season, Ceballos averaged 19.1 points per game, becoming a first-class scorer, last summer, the Lakers signed Ceballos with a high salary of 4 years and 9.01 million US dollars.

What is the concept of this contract...... In comparison, Pippen of the Bulls, who was just eliminated in the Eastern Conference finals, has a salary of 2.29 million US dollars this season, and Jordan will be 3.85 million US dollars next season.

However, Ceballos did not live up to this contract, was selected as an All-Star, led the team to the playoffs with Van Exel, Eddie Jones, and Divac, and almost swept the SuperSonics in the first round against the SuperSonics.

Although they couldn't go further and were beaten by David Robinson in the second round, they have performed well this year.

They've been able to play this season, and Ceballos has definitely played a big part in selecting a high school student in exchange for draft picks?

Kupchak feels like the teacher is crazy!

"Mitch, we can't limit our vision to this season, Cedric is playing well, but that's his limit, we don't have a chance to compete for a championship with this squad at the moment, we're the Lakers, and this kind of season is a failure for us.

What's more important is Cedric's style of play, his scoring area is too close to the inside, but he is not an absolute strong point, and when it comes to a center like David Robinson, he plays very badly, he can't score in a farther area, and he also has to play 4 and 5 on the offensive end of his teammates.

At the same time, Cedric also influenced the growth of Nick and Eddie. ”

The Logo Man mercilessly pointed out Ceballos' flaws.

These, in fact, Kupchak understands, but these are two different things, Ceballos just made the All-Star, and the age of 27 is in his prime, and he is used to trade draft picks to pick a high school student?

That's why Kupchak is against it, and it's obviously more cost-effective to wait until next season's trade deadline to trade for a draft pick from a team with a bad record than to trade for a more expensive pick right now.

"Can't we use other chips? Like future draft picks? Kupchak made another suggestion.

"Mitch, we're going to have to make trade-offs in the lineup, Nick and Eddie need to have more ball-handling, Cedric has affected their development, and when we signed Cedric last summer, we started out to create a good trade chip, didn't we, but he was a little bit better than I expected so we could get a lottery pick.

We need a forward pitcher in our future plans, and I was going to wait a few years for Zhang to come out of college before considering him, but he skipped college, so we should take the opportunity and get that done......"

Hearing this, Kupchak knew that the teacher had made up his mind, but he still had a question: "Jerry, when did you consider Zhang as a member of the future plan?" ”

"Adidas Training Camp Classic, I went to see it."

"......" people are more talented and harder than you as general managers, and Kupchak doesn't know what to say.

"In addition to Zhang, I also found another very interesting high school genius...... By the way, Mickey, how's the news going out of Orlando? ”

"It's going well, no surprises, and next season will definitely have an effect......"

Logo Man and Kupchak discussed and made a decision that could affect a player's career, and the executives of the Bass family did not interfere with Logo Man's idea of building a team, and judging from past examples, they were very relieved by Logo Man's vision.

Even if there is an occasional miss, even if it is the decision made this time, the Bass family will still trust him next time.

It's just that everyone present is very curious, who is the other very interesting genius that the logo man said?

Garnett? Or Odom?

Already bloated on the outside and needing to give up an All-Star small forward, they naturally thought of the inside.