For the 76ers, their current roster is not without problems.

Although Yao Ming is in charge of the interior line, the 76ers' interior line is indeed not particularly strong.

The simple reason is that they don't have enough depth on the inside.

In addition to Yao Ming, the 76ers only have two people who can use Hawes and Faried.

Yes, there are only two people, and the rest of the people have nothing to do as an inside line.

Why, is it possible that Hayward or Iguodala will have to go inside to grab rebounds?

Obviously, the top priority now is to stock up on a little bit of inside players.

Of course, it's not easy.

There is no way to do this, the league is currently in a state of shutdown, and there is basically no way to find the right candidate.

Even if you find it, you can't sign it.

Well...... No one is to blame for this, who made the alliance still shut down?

Stevens has also been sad lately, and as the team's head coach, he has a lot to think about.

But because of the shutdown, there are many things that cannot be done, for example, at this time, he cannot complete the contract with the player privately, cannot meet with the player in a formal sense, and cannot even run normal training in the team's training hall.

If it weren't for hearing that Han Miao had privately rented a gymnasium for training, Stevens would probably have planned to rent a place for them to train.

"No, no, no, there aren't enough insiders!"

Stevens is most worried about this problem right now, there are not enough people on the inside, and if Yao Ming is injured or can't play for other reasons, it will be really troublesome.

But there aren't any good insiders on the free market right now, and Stevens doesn't know where to look.

Do you have to go to the NBDL to find someone?

As soon as Stevens had this thought, he denied himself.

Forget it, how can there be good goods for those people in NBDL?

During this time, because of the shutdown, the whole league is in a very boring state, and at this time in previous years, it was almost about to start a war, but this year's shutdown has not yet achieved any results, and it is conservatively estimated that it will take more than a month to have results.

The main reason why this shutdown is so long is because of the problem of supply.

On 1 July, the old collective bargaining agreement officially expired, and after nearly three hours of final negotiations, the players' union and management representatives still had not agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement. The bosses want to keep the players' salaries down, and the players are certainly not happy!

Take Stoudemire as an example, Stoudemire's salary at this time is $16 million, but in the new collective bargaining agreement proposed by the bosses, if Stoudemire signs a new contract, then he will not have a new annual salary of more than $7 million, how can this huge loss be accepted by NBA players?

Don't say that Stoudemire can't accept it alone, all those who have already made a price can't accept it.

It's mid-October, but the labor and management have not reached a new agreement, and those players with lower incomes are almost unable to hold on.

The salary was originally low, and the shutdown could not get the salary, and the child's milk powder money could not be paid.

For a while, many players gritted their teeth and began to play in other countries, such as Europe, such as China, of course, if the level is a little worse, Japan and South Korea can also go.

Han Miao and Yao Ming's influence is relatively small, because although they can't get salaries, their team's endorsement contract is not low, backed by the Chinese market, can these two be poor?

As their teammates, of course, there are also discounts, such as Hayward, who signed a very good sneaker contract with Anta during the holidays, of course, relying on the matchmaking of Han Miao and Yao Ming.

But other stars are different, such as Kobe Bryant, who currently has a salary of 30 million, if this year's shutdown continues, Kobe Bryant is likely to lose close to $10 million in income, which is not a small amount for Kobe.

"Brad, what do you think I should do if I find a way to recruit this guy?"

Smith, the general manager of the 76ers, successfully won Han Miao and Hayward, two strong rookies, last year, and signed Stevens, a good coach, to be honest, has made the 76ers' boss very satisfied. Although the best manager last year was given to the Heat, in the hearts of the 76ers owners, their own people are the strongest.

I thought that last year was already the peak operation, but I didn't expect him to make persistent efforts this year and actually succeeded in snatching Yao Ming from the rocket!

This made the 76ers boss very satisfied, so he told Smith that as long as the price is not right, he can buy whoever he wants!

Of course, as the general manager, Smith actually doesn't have a very accurate vision for the players.

Last year, it was God's will to choose the right person.

Therefore, this year, he took out last year's lot-drawing artifact again, threw the names of more than 80 current league substitutes inside, and then picked it up and shook it.

Shaking and shaking, he naturally shook out a name, opened it and saw that it read:

Javier McGee!

Choose one out of eighty, this probability is very low, Manager Smith himself couldn't have imagined that he would choose McGee!

McGee was a name that Smith had heard about for a long time.

Tall and long-armed, able to run and jump, and the speed is top among the big guys! And most importantly, his stature and strength are not bad!

With a height of 213 cm and a weight of 118 kg, no matter how you look at it, it is the embryo of a super center!

It's a pity that McGee is born with a bit of a problem.

He...... He was sick.

It's not scolding him, it's that he's really sick, McGee's mental power can't be fully concentrated, it is said that he can only have a maximum of twenty minutes to concentrate in a game, and then he can't.

In Han Miao's words, McGee has ADHD, and it has not been cured.

So it's hard for McGee to play as a starting center on a team, it's too easy to get distracted.

No, before this suspension, the Washington Wizards had already announced that they would not continue to renew McGee's contract and buy it out, and McGee is now a free agent.

Again, this means that McGee now has no income.

"McGee? He ......"

Stevens was still hesitant about McGee, after all, he was well aware of McGee's problems.

"Brad, there's no better choice."

The reason why Smith said this is because the name McGee was exactly what he caught by lot.

'We can try to give him a chance, and if it hits, it's another Hassan.'

Because it was the name of the person he caught, Smith was very confident.

"Okay......"

Stevens can only add McGee's name to his shortlist, although there is no way to get people now, but after the shutdown resumes, he can try it.

And just like that, time continued to pass, and a bunch of players who had nothing to do at the moment went out to work as casual workers, while the 76ers continued to train in the private training gym until November 26, when the good news finally came!

After 15 hours of negotiations, the two sides finally announced that a new agreement had been reached, thus ending the long shutdown that lasted 149 days!

The new NBA season can finally begin!