Oh yes, that's how Wang Zhelin was chosen in history!

What the two have in common may be that they don't think they will be chosen.

So instead of waiting for disappointment, it's better to sleep with your head covered.

But it seems that the more they don't care, the more Lady Luck favors them.

"Wait a minute, I'll watch the news."

"Don't look at it, 60th pick."

Sun Hao directly broadcast the results to Zhu Fangyu.

There was a noticeable silence on the other end of the line.

"It's a dream come true."

After a while, there was a bitter laugh.

"It's not just a dream come true, you know that the Lakers don't have a draft pick this year, except for you, there is only one second-round pick that comes from a trade, and it's not much higher than you, 43 picks."

"And you know Ginobili, right? He's the 58th pick in the second round, but he's now the outside core of the Spurs. ”

Sun Hao's purpose in making this call was to increase Zhu Fangyu's confidence.

However, Zhu Fangyu's reaction on the other end of the phone was not very strong.

This is also normal, just like if you are in a key high school with the lowest grade, and the teacher tells you that you can be admitted to a key university in the future, or even Tsinghua University and Peking University......

It sounds a bit like pie painting.

"Play the Asian Championship first, and then come to the Lakers for a tryout."

Sun Hao also knew that one or two sentences would not have much effect.

And although the Lakers management now trusts him, it is impossible to say that he will sign whoever he wants, and everyone on the championship team is useful.

After hanging up the phone, Sun Hao's mood was still quite good.

When he was with the Mavericks, Bale was his younger brother and bodyguard.

When he got to the Lakers, the role was gone.

If Zhu Fangyu can really stay, he will just make up for it.

Don't underestimate this kind of role, Jordan has Oakley, Curry has Green, and these "court bodyguards" are there, which can help superstars avoid a lot of trouble.

The draft is over, and Sun Hao went to say hello to Williams.

Paul was there when he came over and seemed to have a good conversation with Williams.

The NBA looks big, but the circle is actually small.

In terms of numbers, there are 450 people in 30 teams, and less than 300 people can play in the NBA for a long time.

Or what is happening in front of you can be explained in another sentence: the future president of the players' union has already begun to show his ability to communicate.

If you think about it, which of these first-tier league players doesn't have an NBA senior, but Paul has mixed in with James's circle.

That's ability.

Of course, this is definitely a good thing for Yi Jianlian.

If he can't be teammates with Sun Hao, Paul should be the most suitable for him.

The draft was over, and Yi Jianlian had to return to China the next day to continue preparing for the Asian Championships.

When he got up in the morning, Sun Hao sent Yi Jianlian to the airport.

The plane was a little late, and they had been chatting in front of them, and they were chatting about the same, Sun Hao took out his mobile phone and watched the news.

But it was this moment that made him feel like he had been fed.

ESPN's headline was Bogut: I'm supposed to be the champion.

This guy not only wrote his dissatisfaction on his face, but also said it.

If this were someone else, Sun Hao would feel that this person was ambitious.

But it's this Bogut.

"This guy thinks he's a big Yao."

Sun Hao opened his mouth to complain.

Yi Jianlian leaned over and looked at it with some doubts.

At this time, the Asian Championships had not yet become the World Cup, Australia had not joined the Asia-Pacific region, and the two teams had not played many times in the international arena, and Bogut had not yet become famous, so there were not many grievances.

So Sun Hao's attitude towards Bogut is a little difficult for him to understand.

"This guy hates China very much, and I will blow him up once next season."

Sun Hao also seemed to realize this and explained casually.

"Got it."

Yi Jianlian didn't ask Sun Hao if he knew Bogut or anything before, Sun Hao said that it was like that, that was it.

And Sun Hao said so, and he will do the same.

He'll be a third-year student next year, and it's still easy to bully a rookie.

Sun Hao smiled and patted Yi Jianlian's shoulder.

Bogut, who aims to prove that he should be the top pick, will definitely have a very "unforgettable" rookie season.

……

The draft is officially over, and the topic of the draft continues on the forum, but more eyes are beginning to turn to the upcoming free agent market.

Although this year's free agent market does not have top superstars such as Sun Hao and Kobe, the excitement is not much better than last year.

In the first pot, O'Neal, Michael Reed, and Ray Allen, these are the core of their respective teams.

In the second pot, Joe Johnson, Kwame Brown, Raga Bell, Chandler, Antoine Walker, Eddie Curry, Gerald Wallace, Mobley, etc., these are all players with strength and marketability, and even many are indispensable players for the parent team.

In addition, among the players in Pot 3, Mutombo, Horry, and Gary Payton are all value base salaries, but teams will compete for the players they want.

It's also a pivotal time for the Lakers, and it could even determine whether they can defend their title in the end.

The Lakers managed to win the championship last season, and O'Neal will definitely stay.

However, his final contract will have a certain impact on the Lakers' reinforcements.

As mentioned earlier, the Lakers will renew O'Neal Hat.

The so-called cap renewal refers to the fact that when a team has the bird rights of a certain player, it can be renewed without considering the salary cap.

In other words, the expiration of O'Neal's contract is equivalent to freeing up more than 10 million space for the Lakers all at once.

Why not more than 20 million?

Because the Lakers already exceeded the luxury tax last season.

So even if there is that space, the Lakers won't necessarily run out.

Quite simply, for every penny of that space, the Lakers have to pay twice as much.

If you really sign a player with a maximum salary of 14 million, then the Lakers need to pay 28 million.

The Los Angeles giants, the Bath family, are also willing to pay the luxury tax for the championship.

But there is a limit to everything.

Therefore, to strengthen and save money for the Bass family as much as possible, Kupchak should be the most headache during this time.

Sun Hao, while paying attention to the dynamics of the free market, opened his own personal training camp.

Just got the [Kobe Bryant's turnaround and back-to-back shooting bag], he has to find someone to practice.

This is also a disadvantage of the 2.0 version of the system, in which he can only train one-on-one, and he can't play half or full game.

However, there are a lot fewer acquaintances in this year's training camp, first, James also got one on his side, and Anthony also ran over as the 03 generation; The second is that the men's basketball team is preparing for the Asian Championships, and Yi Jianlian and Zhu Fangyu can't come.

Yao Ming, Curry, Sun Yue, and Laga Bell, there were only four people left in the last training camp.

Of course, the camp also had a lot of newcomers joining, with Ariza, Louis Williams, Chris Anderson, David Lee, as well as some UCLA college students and local high school students.

When asked why David Lee came back, Yi Jianlian recommended him to come.

After the personality change, Yi Jianlian also began to understand the sophistication of human feelings.

There is another person who can't be said to have joined the training camp, but he appeared in the training camp and brought an extremely relaxed atmosphere to the training camp.

Doncic.

Doncic Jr. is 6 years old.

Europeans grow fast, and Doncic comes from a basketball family, according to his father Shasa, he started touching the ball at the age of 7 months, and by the age of 1 he was already using mini basketballs and hoops as his main toys.

So 6-year-old Doncic already has this thing of technology, although jerky but quite comprehensive.

Then there's his innate basketball IQ.

You may not believe it, but when they played halftime, Doncic played directly with them.

Of course, Sun Hao didn't forget to open a small stove for him.

is a superstar embryo, and then Sun Hao makes it like this, this is the rhythm of dominating the NBA when he wants to debut.

Others don't know about the achievements of the historical Doncic, they just think the kid is talented and a little funny.

And, of course, that name.

"Luka Luka!"

It's a joy to shout.

Just when Sun Hao started his training camp, the NBA free market officially opened.

On the first day, there were various verbal agreements, and the first few big fish were gone.

At the beginning of the century, unlike in the future, when the star recovers his free body, he has to have a meeting, and after making a lot of suspense, he announces where he is going, and at this time, the star's sense of belonging to the parent team is still very strong.

Of course, there is also an important reason, under the existing collective bargaining agreement, players can get a longer contract with the parent club and a higher total salary.

Ray Allen was the first to renew his supersonic contract for 5 years and 85 million.

Immediately afterward, Reed and the Bucks agreed to a six-year, 90 million maximum salary contract.

This contract also attracted a wave of heated discussions among fans in the forum.

Who would have thought that this second-round pick that participated in the trial with Sun Hao in Chicago would be the first player to sign a contract with a maximum salary after Sun Hao.

You must know that even Martin signed with the Nuggets before and only signed a maximum salary.

And then there's O'Neill.

O'Neal also agreed a five-year, $100 million contract with a final year option for the Lakers.

This contract is the same as O'Neal's historical contract extension with the Heat.

But you have to consider O'Neal's performance last season, which was a notch better than the Heat's O'Neal performance in the same period in history.

When O'Neill was negotiating, he had clearly made concessions for the sake of the team.

According to this calculation, O'Neal's salary is more than 5 million less than last season, and the increase in salary cap is about the same as the salary increase of the players in the team.

In this way, even if they just pay the same luxury tax as last season, the Lakers have an extra 5 million salary space.

Considering the benefits from last season's championship, Kupchak, a player of less than 10 million, can sign without blinking.

In addition, the Bulls also agreed to a six-year, 70 million contract extension with Chandler.

This contract is not small, but it is 5 million less than in history.

The reason is simple, the Bulls at this point in history were already a playoff team, but now they are not.

As for why they signed, it is better to understand that the partnership between Chandler and Yi Jianlian produced very good chemistry in the second half of last season.

Even if they don't end up making a good win on the free market, the combination of Paul and the interior twin towers can fully occupy a place in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Even if Klaus and Sun Hao can open their eyes, when Granger plays, this is a standard championship team.

In addition to this, several veterans were also signed soon.

The Lakers signed Christie to a two-year, $6 million contract and Horry to a three-year, $10 million contract, and both of last season's champions paid off.

Mutombo also agreed a two-year, $5.5 million contract extension with the Wizards.

Although the Wizards didn't win a championship last season, the team showed good chemistry and Mutombo did a good job of returning to Yao Ming's bench, and this contract extension was expected.

The Lakers didn't sign any rookies on day one, but there were plenty of rumors.

Like El Davis, Tony Kukoc, and so on.

The rumours are not unfounded, these veterans are linked with championship favourites every year.

Especially Kukoc, because he went out of Europe like Sun Hao, and he was a teammate with Sun Hao in the Mavericks before, signing the Lakers is a high probability event in the eyes of many people.

However, Sun Hao, who has been following the dynamics of the free market, knows that these are really just rumors.

One is that these veterans really can't play right away, and it doesn't make much sense for the Lakers to sign them, and the second is that the Lakers will sign a starting power forward and a backup center in the summer.

People do things in a priority, and before that, they will not use veterans to fill in the 15-man list.

Sun Hao's training camp continues, with Louis Williams and David Lee leaving the camp to play in the summer league.

The news of the free market continues.

The most notable is the sign-and-trade between Joe Johnson and the Hawks.

The Hawks sent Boris Dio and before the 2006 and 2008 first-round drafts, they traded with the Suns for Joe Johnson, who signed a new four-year, $70 million contract with the Suns.

Some may ask why the Eagles didn't just sign it.

The answer is that Joe Johnson's rookie contract has just expired, and the Suns, as the parent team, have the bird rights to match anyone's contract.

Because there are already many talented players on the team, the Suns' attitude is to keep Joe Johnson without good chips, and reduce salary pressure if there is.

It's also a win-win deal in history, with Joe Johnson becoming the Hawks after he left for the Hawks, and Dior wirelessly fitting the bombardment tactics and shining after the Suns.

Gerard Wallace and the Bobcats have agreed to a three-year, $16 million contract.

Some people may say why Sun Hao didn't recommend the Lakers to sign Wallace.

This reason is also very simple, Sun Hao will not take the initiative to make this suggestion, he has always given advice when the management asks for him.

This is actually a sensitive topic involving players interfering with management.

Active and reactive, everywhere is a big difference.

And at this time, Gerard Wallace has not fully shown his talent, and the Lakers have no time and space to develop him.

Also, his style of play is not so compatible with O'Neal.

Speaking of riding, on the fourth day after the free market opened, Sun Hao saw a rumor that he felt was the most likely to be with the Lakers:

Antoine Walker is interested in signing a long-term contract with the Lakers.