In the last month and a half, SuperSonics' general manager Presti has been working hard to solve the team's center problem.

Free agents, rookie drafts, trade markets, whenever possible, Presti is trying his best.

The NBA's free agency market this year is typically small.

The biggest free agent in the entire free agency market is Carter of the Nets.

The biggest names left are Billups of the Pistons and Gerald Wallace of the Bobcats.

Carter is a superstar, Billups is an All-Star, and Gerald Wallace is a quasi-All-Star.

A year's free market is rare for such a few big names in the calendar year.

However, because there are few high-quality big-name free agents, everyone's focus is also concentrated.

So much so that in recent times, the entire league has revolved around Carter, Billups and Gerard Wallace.

One will be Carter's arrival in Los Angeles, and the other will be Billups joining Boston.

Even Jordan has been pulled out from time to time because of Gerard Wallace's affairs recently.

Gerard Wallace's contract is not demanding, and he is willing to stay with the Bobcats, and the reason why the contract was not completed early is because Jordan drafted Adam Morrison.

Jordan originally drafted Adam Morrison to make him Larry Bird, since the Bobcats already have Larry Bird, why do you want Gerald Wallace, who has a figurative position with Larry Bird, to do?

Now that Adam Morris has determined the water, Jordan and the Bobcats want to keep Gerard Wallace again, but it's too late.

Gerard Wallace has made his way into the free market.

Wallace, who is on the free market, is still unlikely to get the Bobcats' top salary.

In this case, whether it is for money or honor, the Bobcat is no longer the first choice.

Do you want Gerard Wallace to play the lottery hungry for his idol?

So, there have been rumors lately that the Rockets are contacting Gerald Wallace.

Gerard Wallace was drafted into the NBA by Adelman when he was with the Kings.

Although Gerard Wallace didn't play much time in the Kings, his current skills were inspired by Adelman when the Kings first entered the NBA, he didn't know how to shoot three-pointers, and it can be said that Adelman was his mentor.

Adelman has been recruiting veterans since moving into the Rockets.

The Rockets are now players who can be dropped except for Yao Ming, Maddie and Roy.

Yao Ming, Maddie and Roy's contracts add up to only $35 million.

With a salary cap of $55 million this year, the Rockets have plenty of salary space to operate.

The Rockets are one of the most active teams in the free agency market after being eliminated from the tournament and getting a new head coach.

The Lakers, Grizzlies, Rockets, these are the three most active teams in the free market.

Of course, no matter which team is active, the superSonics are destined to be inactive, as long as they carry Lafrentz's contract, the superSonics will not want to be active for the past two years.

Carter, Billups and Gerard Wallace are certainly not hypersonic.

Even a free agent of the caliber of Mo Williams has nothing to do with the supersonics.

As far as the salaries of these people are concerned, even if they want to come, the supersonic will not be able to open a contract.

Moreover, for supersound, these positions are not urgently needed.

The eyes of the supersonic in the free market have always been in the center position.

It's just that what makes the SuperSonics quite embarrassing is that the biggest name in the center of this year's free market is actually Mutombo.

And the biggest center that the SuperSonics can sign is also Mutombo.

It's not that he dislikes Mutombo, Mutombo's age is indeed older, and no one knows whether Mutombo is twenty-eight or thirty-eight or forty-eight.

But he does still have energy now.

Last season in the Rockets, Mutombo could also contribute 3 points, 6 rebounds and 1 block in an average of 15 minutes per game, which was not bad and could continue to be used.

Presti had contact with Mutombo some time ago.

Presti approached Mutombo with great sincerity.

It's just that in the end, he was rejected by Mutombo, the same base salary, and Mutombo chose to be a rocket.

It's just that Mutombo didn't reach a preliminary contract with him, just because he was still waiting.

Wait for the rocket to complete the operation, and then sign him with the base salary.

The trust between Mutombo and the Rockets is abundant.

Generally speaking, whether it is a team or a player, they are not willing to wait for the other party or give up their own operations, what if they are cheated?

Although most people in this world are simple, there are always one or two who have a bad stomach.

With the loss of Mutombo, the SuperSonics have completely broken off their plans to find a center in the free market.

After that, the SuperSonics entered the stage of using the draft to make up for the lack of center position.

In the case that the No. 2 pick is already basically in charge, the SuperSonics can only use the No. 22 pick to strengthen the center position.

Among the rookies in the No. 22 pick, the standout ones are Marc Gasol and Split.

The SuperSonics are working hard to convince Marc Gasol and Split that the two European players could join the team next season.

For this reason, even the team's head coach, Nelson Sr., went to meet with Marc Gasol in person.

The team's assistant coach, Scott Brooks, was the one who went to see Split.

Seeing the old Nelson, Marc Gasol was very excited.

The old Nelson has a high prestige in the United States, and the cardinal's descendants are first-class bigwigs in both the NBA and the NCAA.

In Europe, the prestige of the old Nelson is also very good, after all, he has single-handedly cultivated Novitzki, the No. 1 star in Europe.

Gasol Jr. was a little flattered by the arrival of Nelson Sr., whose current draft pick prediction is only around the end of the first round.

However, in the face of Nelson Sr.'s invitation, Gasol Jr. still turned down Nelson Sr.

It's not just that he can't get a starting spot in the supersonics.

There is also the reason for salary.

Because it was the old Nelson who came to invite him personally, Gasol Jr. did not hide from the old Nelson his thoughts.

"Mr. Nelson, I need a minimum of 3 million per year rookie contract, which is the minimum I need to come to the NBA."

"I came to the NBA and I needed to buy out my contract in the NBA, I could borrow money from my brother, that's fine, but I needed to sign my team to make up for me."

"Mr. Nelson, the SuperSonics need me to join the team immediately next season, but you can't offer me a contract with a salary of 3 million a year, and you can't use the No. 2 first-round pick on me."

Gasol Jr. said frankly, location is the main reason, money is also the main reason, he can't buy out the contract at his own expense and accept a first-round contract or a second-round contract in the NBA that is lower than the salary in Europe.

It's not just Gasol who thinks this way, most European players think this way.

Most of the European players who can be drafted by the NBA are the elite of European players, and their salaries in Europe are not as high as those of the NBA's middle class, but they are definitely not much lower than those who are at the end of the first round.

It's impossible to spend your own money to work for someone else.

That's why European players who have become famous have always postponed their arrival in the NBA.

Ginobili is a good example, having been drafted with the 57th pick in the second round in '99 and only coming to the NBA in 2002.

When Ginobili came to the NBA in 2002, he was not paid as a second-round rookie, but as a rookie with a top 10 pick in the lotto.

Ginobili could have come to the NBA in 2000.

Why didn't you come?

Quite simply, the Spurs didn't think Ginobili at the time was worth a contract with a top-10 pick in the lottery.

If Spurs weren't willing to give him that salary in 2002, he would continue to postpone it until Spurs will.

In the NBA, NBA rookies, salaries are tied to picks.

However, there are several situations in which the salary of a rookie can be decoupled from the ranking.

The first scenario is a draft loss, which is a complete free agent, and the salary has nothing to do with the rookie contract.

The second case is the second-round rookie, if the second-round rookie does not sign a contract with the team immediately, after the second year, he can sign a higher contract with the team, and Ginobili is the representative.

The third scenario is a first-round rookie, a first-round rookie, and the first-round rookie doesn't sign with the team for three years after being drafted, and the team can offer the player a bigger contract three years after the draft, Sabonis is one of them, Sabonis was the 24th pick in 1986, and he got the top salary when he entered the NBA in 1995.

"Mr. Nelson, I'm not going to join the NBA immediately unless a team drafts me with a top-five pick this year."

Gasol Jr. also doesn't want to stay in Europe, and is willing to come to the NBA sooner, even if he is willing to sacrifice, he can not make money in the first few years of his rookie career, but to maintain a contract of at least three million a year without losing money.

Now the $3 million a year contract requires a rookie with the top five picks in the lottery.

Gasol Jr.'s draft prospects are the best but at the end of the first round, where will any team go crazy to select him with the top five picks in order to get him to the NBA early.

"I knew it wasn't going to be, so I didn't think about going into the NBA right away when I went into this year's draft."

"If a team drafts me in the first round, I'll join the NBA in three years at the earliest, and if this team is willing to sign me to a rookie contract with a three-year, $10 million contract three years later, I'm willing to enter the NBA."

"If a team selects me in the second round, I will join the NBA in a year at the earliest, and if the team is willing to sign me on a rookie contract with a three-year, 10 million contract a year later, I will also be willing to join the NBA."

"Mr. Nelson, I know your sincerity, and I feel your sincerity, so I don't want to deceive you either, unless I lose the election, I can't join the SuperSonics this year, I'm sorry."

Gasol had already said so, and Nelson had no choice but to give up.

The supersonic second round 52nd pick will definitely not be able to choose Gasol, and it will take a year for Gasol to be selected.

The supersonic 22nd pick in the first round can select Gasol, but the selection is even worse, and it will take three years for Gasol.

"Mr. Nelson, the situation on the Split side should be similar to mine."

When the old Nelson was about to leave, Gasol Jr. didn't know if he felt a little guilty for letting the old Nelson run away for nothing, and he also attached a message.

Split's situation is indeed the same as that of Gasol Jr.

And SuperSonics assistant coach Scott Brooks also met Spurs head coach Popovich at Split.

Spurs are also interested in Split.

Split's market is better than Gasol's, Gasol may have a second round, and Split is sure of the first round.

In the case that Split, like Gasol, cannot bring his own dry food to the NBA, it depends on whether Popovich has the courage to wait for Split for three years.

It is no longer possible to invite Split and Marc Gasol to join the supersound this year.

It's also impossible to find a superSonic's backup center for next season through the draft.

And just when the SuperSonics were desperate, the Lakers actually sent the SuperSonics to participate in their trade with the Nets.

It's no secret that the Lakers are now in talks with the Nets about trading Kidd.

Kidd was ready to part ways with the Nets after being fired numerous times last season.

Before Kidd, with Kidd's prestige, even if he is thirty-four years old now, there are a bunch of teams rushing to get it.

As for now, the situation is completely different, there are not many interested in the 34-year-old Kidd, and even the interested Lakers and Mavericks are very suspicious.

After all, the Mavericks and Lakers still want a championship, and Kidd now has a 2-year 40 million contract, in case of water, it will directly lock the space for two years!

Now in the entire league, except for the supersonics, which team does not talk about 'Rondo-style point guards' change color!

The Nets don't want to let Kidd go for nothing, and the team that wants Kidd doesn't want to spend too much, which makes Kidd's deal deadlocked.

"The Nets want at least two first-round picks, and the Lakers only have one first-round pick they can come up with, and the Lakers want to send our first-round picks away."

In SuperSonic's general manager's office, Presti was explaining the deal.

Yes, on the other hand, is looking down at the Lakers' trade plan with the Nets.

It's a two-point plan.

Lakers sent: Lakers 2007 23rd pick in the first round, Kwame Brown, Brian Grant

SuperSonics Delivery: SuperSonics 2007 22nd Pick First Round Pick, Dennis Fortson, Robert Swift

Nets send: Jason Kidd, Jason Collins

Lakers get: Jason Kidd, Jason Collins

Supersonic gets: Kwame Brown

The Nets get: Lakers 2007 23rd pick, SuperSonics 2007 22nd pick, Brian Grant, Danny Fortson, Robert Swift.

Option II

Lakers sent: Lakers 2007 23rd pick in the first round, Kwame Brown, Brian Grant, Brian Cook

SuperSonics sent: SuperSonics 2007 22nd pick in the first round pick, Robert Swift

Nets send: Jason Kidd, Jason Collins, Persian Jane Nakhba

Lakers get: Jason Kidd, Jason Collins

Supersonic gets: Persian Jane-Nakhba

Nets get: Lakers 2007 23rd pick, SuperSonics 2007 22nd pick, Brian Grant, Kwame Brown, Brian Cook, Robert Swift.

The two plans are neither a loss nor an advantage for the supersonic.

Kwame Brown averaged 8+6 per game last season, and his current value is almost the same as the 22nd pick in the first round.

Persian Jane Naheba averaged 9 points per game last season, a 2.06-meter forward, and an average three-point shooting rate of 43% per game.

The Lakers invited the SuperSonics to participate in the transaction this time, and it seems that they don't want to use the SuperSonics as fools to rob, but simply find the SuperSonics to equalize.

The team with a first-round pick on the back end this year lacks nothing but the SuperSonics, and a team like the Nuggets that lacks nothing, whether it's Kwame Brown or Persian Jane Nakhba, may not be that valuable.

Kwame Brown?

Ye Si glanced at the two trade proposals, and then set his eyes on Kwame Brown's profile.

Name: Kwame Brown

Age: 25 years old

Height: 2.11 meters

Weight: 122 kg

Reach: 2.16 meters

Standing touch height: 2.78 meters

Bounce in place: 75cm

Scouting Report:

Superior power, bounce, explosiveness.

Has the best movement speed in the inner line.

Nice flexibility.

Excellent defensive awareness.

Lack of offensive awareness.

There is a certain mid-range shooting ability, but it is unstable.

The technique is rough and still needs to be polished.

The anticipation of rebounding protection and blocks is somewhat lacking

The ball quotient is low and progress is slow.

"Of the two proposals, I prefer the first one, Kwame Brown can be qualified for the team's backup center position."

Presti made it clear before Yes and Nelson Sr. spoke out.

Hearing Presti say this, the elder Nelson's eyebrows furrowed.

Kwame Brown can really make up for the team's problems at center forward, and can make up for the team's backup center problems.

But for him, Persian Jane Nakhba is clearly more seductive.

Now the SuperSonics' three power forwards, David Lee and Millsap and P.J. Tucker, don't have the ability to shoot three-pointers.

Persian Jane Nakhba has excellent three-point shooting ability and can provide very much variability for the supersonic tactically.

"Mr. Nelson?"

Old Nelson ignored Presti's puzzled gaze and looked at Yes.

"Yes, Kwame Brown can provide squad depth, Persian Jahn Nakhba can provide tactical options for the team, both are scarce players in the team, it's up to you."

Presti, who was about to say something, heard old Nelson say this, so he didn't say anything more.

The manager and the general manager sometimes need to be considerate of each other.

For Presti, if you choose Kwame Brown, you will definitely choose Durant.

For Nelson Sr., now that a forward has been added, the draft may naturally favor a center.

Nelson Sr. is also optimistic about Durant, but he is also optimistic about Noah, and Nelson Sr. likes Noah's character very much.

"Kwame Brown."

"Then Kwame Brown."

After Yes made his decision, Old Nelson also smiled and nodded.

Presti, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief.

"But ......"

"But?"

Presti looked at Nelson Sr. quizzically.

"Persian Jane Nakhbabi Kwame Brown is valuable, and I hope the Nets can trade their second-round pick to us."

Nets' second-round picks?

Yes seemed to have something in mind.

"I like Marc Gasol's personality and I think he has a great future."