Chapter 309: Misstep
There are always some people with great powers in the alliance, and there are some people who don't know from which corner they know some inside information inexplicably.
Of course, such messages will also be called gossip boards.
From the day the Finals ended, the Kings were on the gossip board.
The King's supership is very unstable, and many of the team's players look more like mercenaries and don't have a sense of belonging in the King.
Kidd signed a three-year, $25 million contract last summer, which is a pension contract, and the 37-year-old can basically retire after playing this contract.
Artest signed a 1+1 contract with a total contract amount of $19 million, $9 million in the first year and $10 million in the second year.
There is no doubt that Artest, who has won the accolade, will choose to jump out of his contract and seek a stable long-term contract.
At the age of 31, if he can get a long-term contract, it will also be the last big contract of his career.
What's more, Artest has also become smarter.
Needless to say, Bosh is also a free agent.
In addition, there are two free agents on the team, one is Nocioni and the other is Tyson Chandler, who has the "right" to be a free agent.
As early as 2005, Chandler signed a six-year, $64 million contract with the Chicago Bulls, but this contract is "5+1", what is called "5+1", that is, in the final year, he has the right to jump out of the contract early and become a full free agent, that is, in the summer of 2010.
The rest of the players are mostly on rookie contracts, including DeRozan, Cosby, Jason Thompson, Hudan Blair, and Aaron Afflalo.
So the current highest contract salary among the Kings is Kidd, and Kidd's contract will reach $8.32 million next season.
Then there's Udri, who signed a $32 million contract with the Kings in '08 and will be on contract for $6.48 million next season.
This is followed by Gortat, whose contract for next season is worth $6.32 million.
So with the addition of a group of rookies, the current salary of the whole team next season is just $30.1 million.
The league's salary cap for next season is $58 million, and the luxury tax cutoff is $66.45 million. So according to the rules, the Kings can also sign $28 million in free agency this summer, which is enough to sign any superstar in the current league.
The question is, would anyone want to come to Sacramento?
The answer is yes, in the league, maybe many people will think about the ball market, think about the city, but there will always be a wave of people who will consider the temptation of the championship.
There are some players who have never won the championship and are eager to win the championship, so they are very eager to join Wang Mingming's command.
Today's Wang tomorrow, he personally represents the favorite to win the championship.
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June 24, New York.
This evening, Madison Square Garden Arena welcomes the NBA's annual draft convention.
The old season has just passed, and the convening of the draft conference means that the new season is about to kick off.
The young players, with a touch of shyness and youthfulness on their faces, and their eyes full of expectations for their future careers, stepped into this place where countless heroes were born.
Stars may be born outside of the draft, but the real top legends must go through this part - don't doubt the professionalism of NBA scouts.
Lengthened Lincoln stopped in front of the red carpet.
The reporters suddenly came to the spirit, which way will it be?
Black leather shoes stepped out, a standard black suit, eyes like stars, handsome face, with a warm smile, Wang Ming stepped out of the car.
"Coach Wang Tomorrow!"
Suddenly there was a burst of exclamation, which caused a commotion at the scene, and the flash lights kept turning on, taking countless photos of Wang Mingming.
Wang Mingming is indeed handsome, with a figure of 1.85 meters, which satisfies ordinary people's fantasy of the perfect height of men, and his perennial fitness causes him to have a well-proportioned physique, just like a model, and when he wears a suit, it is like a hanger.
The king did not leave tomorrow, but turned and stretched out his hand.
The slender jade hand was on Wang Mingming's hand, and with the help of Wang Mingming's strength, he stepped out of the car.
With flaxen hair pulled up high, wearing a black side-slit long skirt, walking and walking will reveal the jade legs that are unusually tight and slender because of perennial exercise, and under his feet are a pair of simple and bright black high heels, Gal Gado waved his hand and held Wang Mingming's arm.
"It's beautiful!"
"Wonder Woman!"
The scene was another flash of lights, more sensational than when Wang came out just now, it seems that no matter what the occasion, beauties are always more eye-catching than men.
The two of them seemed to be coming to a party.
However, such a major NBA rally as the draft conference is arranged to be held in the evening, which is far more grand than the evening party.
The two walked on the red carpet, waving their hands on both sides, with dignified manners and warm smiles.
As the head coach and president of player operations for the Kings, the draft is the most critical moment for Wang to assume the role of president of player operations tomorrow.
The two of them came to the VIP box of the exclusive king, and then there were waiters who brought coffee, fruit plates, etc.
In the Kings box, in addition to Wang Mingming, there are two assistant coaches, Michael Curry and Dwayne Casey, in addition, general manager Jove Patrick is also on the scene.
Jove Patri's job last year was extremely easy, he was only in charge of the team's operations, and the players were all lost to Wang tomorrow.
The workload is low, the work performance is good, and the boss has to give him a salary increase, which is really proud of life.
"We now have a total of three picks."
Dwyane Casey laughs, "Two are first-round picks and one is a second-round pick. ”
"Our Kings' own draft pick ended up with the 26th pick in the first round, while the Hornets' first-round pick that we acquired in the Tyson-Chandler trade last year was the 11th pick, and in addition, the second-round pick was the 3rd overall pick."
"Here's this year's draft list, and some of the better ones I've seen are circled in red." Casey handed the document to Wang Mingming.
Wang Mingming smiled and praised Casey for a job well done, and then he took out the papers from his bag as well.
"I've done some research, watched their game footage, and I appreciate some of the players, but next season our goal is to compete for the championship, so when we choose players, we will think more about the actual performance."
"Yes, that's right."
"The coach has a point."
Everyone praised for a while, and Wang Mingming's thinking was particularly clear.
"By the way, what did Ron say?"
Wang turned his head and asked Michael Curry.
Curry froze, shook his head and said: "There is no news from Ron's side yet, I have talked to his agent before, I estimate that Ron may still choose to leave Sacramento, after all, he is not cheap now, and he has the opportunity to chase a big contract, a big city." ”
"Well, if he wants to go, let's go, this year is also thanks to his help."
Wang Ming said lightly.
Everyone saw that the king didn't want to talk deeply tomorrow, and there was a sigh in their hearts, Artest is really not authentic, there is nothing to say if he wants to go or not, and it is not like Chris Bosh, who wants to leave something for the king, with a wave of his sleeves, come gently, and go gently.
Gail took Wang Mingming's arm and gently squeezed his palm.
Wang Ming smiled, turned his head and smiled at Gail.
Soon, Stern walked on stage, and the 2010 draft officially began.
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In the 2010 draft, among the rookies, the most shining was the "Kentucky Five Tigers".
John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Patrick Patterson, Eric Bledsoe, Daniel Alton.
All five of Kentucky's rookies have a chance to be selected in the first round, with John Wall being the top pick and Cousins being the talented and on the verge of being drafted with the top pick.
Wang Ming looked at the report and secretly had a preliminary idea of which player to choose in the first round.
Stern took the stage to give a speech, which was booed by the audience.
He didn't change his face and then announced the official start of the draft.
The Wizards, who held the top pick, did not hesitate to choose John Wall in the eyes of everyone.
Wall is known as the LeBron James at the point guard position, who can do anything. Counting the legendary magazines that have been willing to dedicate covers to Wall, from Sports Illustrated to the basketball bible SLAM, some have listed Wall's qualities as having all the physical elements required of modern basketball and adding the great heart of an '80s star.
Wall is best known for being in college, where he was thrown into a ball in a game where Wall's entire body twisted into a twist, and the thrill was to catch up with Shaun Livingston back then, but Wall got back up shortly after falling to the ground and continued to bounce around. God, this is really the bone of a genius from heaven.
At the scene, everyone sent blessings and applause, John Wall walked up to the stage, went to the national capital to compete, and was the champion again, he felt a trace of pressure, and a trace of hope for the future.
At this time, in the box, Wang Mingming's phone began to ring continuously.
The phone calls contained all sorts of trade requests, some of which were obviously obnoxious, and Wang would need to deal with a bunch of old foxes in the alliance tomorrow.
Then find the best deal for the king.
Last year, the Kings completed a shocking trade in the draft, and the team's All-Star Kevin Martin and No. 4 pick Tyrek Evans were sent away by the Kings in exchange for Chris Bosh and DeMar DeRozan.
Although the deal was once considered a loss, after all, Terrick Evans played the same statistics as James and Jordan, but if the Kings won the championship, then there is nothing to say, as long as they win the championship, everything is worth it........
"Want to trade the number 11 lot?" The king groaned tomorrow and said that it could be discussed.
The draft is still going on steadily.
The Bobcats, who were the second pick, selected Evan Turner.
A guard player from Ohio State University, Turner is 22 years old, 6'7", weighs 217 pounds, and is a shooting guard, and Roy is his template among NBA players. This season, Turner is averaging 20.4 points, nine rebounds, six assists and 1.7 steals per game while shooting 51.9 percent from the field. Turner has won almost every individual award this year — the Naismith Award, the Oscar-Robinson Award, the AP Player of the Year Award and the Coaches' Choice Player Award.
The Nets, who were the third pick, chose Derrick Favors.
The Timberwolves were the fourth overall pick and selected Wesley Johnson.
The Jazz were the fifth overall pick and selected DeMarcus Cousins.
The Jazz team is worth mentioning, after exposing the civil strife last season, the record plummeted, and directly from the strong team in the playoffs to the belly of the West, coupled with a certain amount of injury trouble, the record is very bad, coach Sloan not only broke out with Kirilenko, but also had a conflict with the little fat Delon.
The draft draw exploded, advancing several picks and drawing the No. 5 pick.
In addition, the Jazz also have the Knicks draft pick that was previously traded from the Suns, and the Knicks drew the No. 9 pick, so the Jazz have two lottery picks in this year's draft, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.
They immediately chose DeMarcus Cousins.
Cockings' talent is truly coveted, and the seven-foot man can dribble like a guard on the court, complete mid-range shots and offense under the basket, showing excellent basketball skills.
Wang Mingming silently assessed in his heart that DeMarcus Cousins' talent potential is at the same level as John Wall, and if it can be developed, it is also a proper first-line star in the league, and the choice of the Jazz is better than the choices of the previous teams, and it has been earned.
He can see the potential at a glance, so he knows how to choose.
At present, there are still a few objects in his heart in the list of remaining players, and they are all the kind of players who look like they are about to fall out of the lotto zone, and their eleventh pick should be stable.
The sixth-pick Warriors chose Apex Yodo, the seventh-pick Pistons chose Greg Monroe, the eighth-pick Clippers selected Al Farouk Aminu, the ninth-pick Jazz and the surprise Gordon Hayward from Butler University.
Hayward had the potential to be a top shooter and looked like a particularly accurate white shooter. While this impression is not wrong, it is difficult to convince the data. In his second season in college, Hayward's shooting percentage dropped from 47.9 percent to 46.4 percent and his three-point shooting from 44.8 percent to 29.4 percent looked increasingly inaccurate.
Scouting reports show that Hayward's skeleton generally needs to add muscle and may not survive in NBA-level matchups. The athleticism is average, and there is no possibility of a previous move on the offensive end. The defense was desperate, but there was not enough lateral movement and became the biggest obstacle. There are no outstanding stunts in themselves.
Everyone thought Hayward might fall out of the lottery, but the Jazz came in with the ninth pick, surprisingly picking Hayward.
Is this the legendary "sign" how capricious it is?
The scene was in an uproar.
At this time, Wang Mingming, who was in the box, suddenly stood up.
"What's wrong? King. Michael Curry and others asked.
Wang didn't say anything tomorrow, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, I thought that I should be sure of nine out of ten when I chose Hayward, but I didn't expect the Jazz team to be so powerful, this Hayward is also S-level potential, properly cultivated, an All-Star is not a problem, this year's Jazz scouts are a bit powerful.
Then the tenth pick, the choice of the Pacers, made Wang tomorrow feel even more tricky.
Paul George!
Fresno State small forward, Paul George, a player from the lower collegiate league with unremarkable stats.
Amid the boos in the stadium, Paul George walked to the front stage, and the young fans of the Indiana Pacers showed disappointed eyes. Sorry, they've never heard the name.