Liu Mang's expression in the first round is very direct, that is, he wants to Rondo, the main point is that this year's draft resources are too scarce, if you don't directly say that you really want Rondo, really choose Ronnie Brewer, Sean Williams, Liu Mang will be very tired at that time.

If there are enough to choose from, Liu Mang can give a few shortlists as he did in previous years, and this year's draft resources are too poor.

The first-round decision was that the Hawks still had two second-round picks, and they had a second-round pick with the No. 1 pick from the Knicks, and an eighth-round pick from the Raptors.

When it came time to look at the list for the second round, Liu Mang felt a deep sense of despair......

The average career length of NBA players, as of the end of the season, is 3.5 years per person, and these rookies in 2006 are probably the ones who were averaged.

Liu Mang looked at these second-round show lists, Liu Mang didn't even know if most of them had the possibility of signing a contract after being selected, or if they played for a year, two years, or even after a few games, they were cut the most likely!

The names that can be called are probably PJ Tucker and Steve Novak......

Wait, Liu Mang flipped through and found a familiar name!

Very, very low in the draft projections...... Predict a rookie interior who is selected between the 50-60 picks......

What should I do, Liu Mang is a little panicked, is this the rhythm of cheating draft picks from the Jazz team again?

Paul Millsap!

A short power forward with good immediate combat power and the talent to become an All-Star caliber player in the future!

Liu Mang forgot that there was such a low-ranking baby in 2006.

Liu Mang handed over the information of Millsap, Novak, and Ryan Hollins to Coach Kruger: "Coach, boss, I think Millsap is very suitable for us and can play as a substitute inside." ”

"What about these two?"

"There are no candidates this year, and these two are the best I think."

Liu Mang is also helpless, and he is also desperate!

Hollins...... Liu Mang remembers that his career average was 3 points and 2 rebounds per game, but he was already the fifth player in the 2006 rookie in terms of career length, and he only retired in 2016, and the rest ...... With the exception of those All-Stars, most of them have careers of less than a year......

This is also a headache for the Hawks coaching staff, rookies in the middle of the first round, there are only four suitable for the Hawks, and two point guards are still added because there are not many options available.

Second Round ...... As a coach, how can you not know the brutality of the NBA? If the rookies of the Hawks are not selected at Liu Mang's suggestion, they will be prepared to cut off the selected rookies every year if they can't finish playing for one or two years or even a year, which is the norm in the NBA, although cruel, but it is a reality.

Discussions about this year's draft plan came to an end quickly, faster than in previous years, and there were only a few options anyway.

After the work, the coaching staff went to discuss other things, and Price chatted with Liu Mang, who was about to leave: "Ace, what are your summer plans?" ”

"There are not many ......other arrangements for business activities and the World Championships and training," Liu Mang told Price about his summer plans, and as the team owner, he has the right to know the approximate schedule of his players for the summer.

"Will you be back in the U.S. for Miami on July 16th? Great, I happened to be on vacation at the beach in Miami at that time, and I invite you and your family to come on my cruise. Price was pleasantly surprised.

Actually...... It was decided on an ad hoc basis, because Liu Mang's schedule was made on an ad hoc basis.

"Boss, you and I want to go together, I originally planned to rent a cruise ship to take my parents out to sea to see, it just so happened that we were together." Liu Mang immediately agreed, there is a advantage to take advantage of......

After chatting about going to sea together on a cruise ship in mid-July, Liu Mang left first.

Price waited until Liu Mang left, returned to the office, and the coaching staff also returned.

"Boss, Lang, are you really going to do that?" Stockton's expression was a little uncomfortable as he asked the question.

"John, do you remember our team building plan, although these young guys are great, we can't give them more opportunities, now that their task is done, it's time for us to make a change, and they need more opportunities to perform so that they can play to their abilities." Coach Kruger was quite decisive.

"That's right, we've won three consecutive championships, we can't keep so many people at the same time while keeping the core lineup, and when they reach the fourth year of their rookie contract next summer, we won't have that much initiative, and other teams will definitely lower the price, Ace's side, we can only satisfy him as much as possible......" Price has passed a few years, and he has also changed from a rich second generation who has nothing to do, and has become a bit of a trade mind.

"......" Stockton didn't speak, and now that he is exposed to the work of management, Stockton still has some difficulty adapting.

What Price said was as satisfying as possible to Liu Mang, and Stockton also understood that Maddy, Jason Terry, and Kwame Brown, who arrived at the stadium before Liu Mang at noon today, and Rasheed Wallace, who had come to the stadium to communicate with the management in the morning, and other young players had all been put on the shelves.

Just won three consecutive championships, you have to think about such a cruel thing, mainly because the Lakers' experience is there, when the Lakers did not make a decisive choice after the three consecutive championships, when the team's player trade value was still very high, and could only give up Horry, leaving a mess.

Although the Eagles are different, it is the happiness of young players who are too good, but the possible ball scramble and internal contradictions will not be less negative than the negative effect of a few more garbage contracts!

"John, what we can do is to help them find a good team as much as possible, a team that is suitable for them to play their strengths, and they play on the bench, which is a waste of their talent." Coach Kruger reassured Stockton, he was a college coach back then, and when he first entered the NBA, he had the same mentality as Stockton, and he was reluctant to watch these young people grow up from rookies with his own eyes.

But there's no way around it, and Coach Kruger can only say what he's going to do next in these high-sounding words.

Stockton could only nod helplessly.

Seeing Stockton's appearance, Coach Kruger couldn't help it, this kind of thing needs time to accept, Coach Kruger asked Price: "Boss, how are you talking to them?" Did they say yes? ”

"They're still thinking about it, but no one can refuse our chips......"