Chapter 121: Charlotte's Troubles

In the scorching summer, everyone is closed, and the heat waves on the streets come from far and near, as if weaving a huge net.

Hu Qingniu's troubles were like being caught in this big net, and he was in a state of contemplation all day.

Hu Qingniu first went upstairs and picked up Wade, who was still sleeping, and asked him to do some aerobic activities to stretch his body first to prepare for the afternoon training.

After sending Wade to indoor training, Hu Qingniu, Jordan and Magic sat down and needed to talk about the Bobcats' selection.

Under the agreement, eight of the league's other 29 teams currently on contract can be added to the protected list. The Bobcats can pick the rest of the players at will, and the Bobcats will inherit his contract with his parent team.

Hu Qingniu had already prepared for the list of intended personnel, so he was confident that he would be able to show his hand in front of these two old fritters at this meeting.

The Bobcats' home stadium for next season has been tentatively set at Charlotte Coliseum, one of the oldest arenas in the league. The former Charlotte Hornets left because of this, and in order not to lose the Bobcats again, the current city government promised to build a new arena for the Bobcats in the next one to two years.

Of course, Hu Qingniu thinks that the city government agreed to build a new stadium for Jordan's sake, after all, Jordan is also a local business card.

Next to the Coliseum in Charlotte, Jordan rented the upper floors of a building to serve as the team's offices. This meeting of the three of them took place here.

Jordan, Magic, and Hu Qingniu sat down.

"In the future, Hu will be the team's deputy general manager and head coach, and Erwin will be the general manager of our team, and you will be responsible for the recruitment problem, and you need to communicate well about this."

As a junior, Hu Qingniu stretched out his hand.

"It's a pleasure to work with."

"It's a pleasure to work with."

The polite words were pleasant to everyone, but the process of cooperation was not very pleasant.

The first candidate thrown by the magician was strongly opposed by Hu Qingniu. This person is the veteran of the Magic team, Shaun Kemp, who is rumored to be retiring.

In fact, Kemp is currently only 33 years old, which is logically the year of play, and in recent seasons after the age of 29, Kemp can be said to have declined at the speed of light. Not only did he not live up to his brutal talent, but he also lost his good body shape and condition.

Just like James and Iverson, Sean Kemp is a player who has shown incredible talent since he was a child.

His physical qualities are amazing, and he is a ferocious dunker. After graduating from high school, he could have been a great player at the University of Kentucky, but was fired for theft. In desperation, he had to transfer to a vocational school and was unable to participate in basketball games for a while.

So when Kemp ran for the NBA directly as a high school student in 1989, many teams were afraid to ask him for his immaturity, and the Seattle SuperSonics drafted Kemp with the 17th pick in the first round.

Later in the season, Sean Kemp showed unparalleled dunk talent, and if you can't imagine him destroying the game, you can look to Griffin in the first few years of his career. That feeling of flying once made the other teams in the league exclaim, the wolf is coming!

Moreover, Kemp's strong vertical lifting ability allows him to press down on the big hat in the air, and strong centers such as Olajuwon and Ewing are his souls.

Having said so much, Hu Qingniu also admitted that Kemp was very strong in the past, and he also made achievements, and he reached the finals with Payton in 96. But camp who left the SuperSonics in '97 can be described as a boom and bust.

After unsuccessfully demanding a big contract from the team, Kemp was absent from the team's training sessions and was eventually swept away. In the offseason, he signed a seven-year, $107 million contract with the Cavaliers.

In the first two years of the Cavaliers, Kemp was still a professional and did not break through in his grades, but with his gorgeous style of play, he became the first All-Star starter in the history of the Cavaliers. But after that, the disastrous show came.

In the 99-00 season, Kemp's weight soared like out-of-control prices in China. It is rumored that he has repeatedly missed training, and even involved in drugs, and it is not easy for people to keep working hard, but they degenerate very quickly. From averaging 17.8 points per game to averaging 6.1 points per game, Camp only had one offseason.

Kemp is very capable, and there are no major injuries, just a problem of form and obesity, and now the Magic team doesn't want him, and it stands to reason that it is a big help to train well.

But the problem lies in this training, who can guarantee that a character like Kemp can be trained well. Hu Qingniu knew that in 2006, a few years after Kemp's fall, Kemp expressed a strong desire to rejoin the NBA. The Unbelieving Mavericks and Bulls offered him tryouts one after another. But as a result, Camp missed the appointment and disappeared.

In Hu Qingniu's eyes, this is a stubborn figure, and he is addicted to drugs, and bringing him into the team is a scourge for other young players. Especially for a new team like the Bobcats, the new season will definitely have Wade as the core, and there are not many veterans in the town. Such a thorn cannot be suppressed.

Hu Qingniu argued with reason, Magic and Jordan can only wait for Kemp, in fact, Kemp and them are old acquaintances, and Magic themselves have more or less some problems in life.

Magicians love beautiful women, otherwise they would not have contracted AIDS, that is, PIAO; Jordan is addicted to gambling and has long been famous all over the world; So it seems that it is nothing for Camp to be involved in some drugs, and it is all pornography, gambling and drugs.

The Magic's first proposal was denied, and he asked Hu Qingniu to see what good players he could come up with. Not to mention, Hu Qingniu opened his mouth, and this player shocked them all.

Avidas Sabonis, a name that is not well known to people who don't know enough about the NBA, because when he came to the NBA, he was already dragging two waste legs and was long past his prime. But he still played at a convincing high level.

Hu Qingniu described him as the great white bear of the legendary European Great White Bear, the king of the Great White Bear, the giant who can resist O'Neill. He and O'Neill are like the two poles of the world like the Soviet Union and the United States, and they are the only two largest and most robust giants in the world.

The man who led the former Soviet Union to win the gold medal in the World Championships at the age of 18, after that, Sabonis frequently smashed rebounds in the European League, he was feared by the Soviet people, and the king of Europe, the Moscow CSKA, could only look at this giant beast, silently in a daze, watching him lead the Kaunas team in his hometown to win one championship after another.

You know, the Central Army Army can draw elite athletes from all over the Soviet Union. Before Sabonis' appearance, CSKA had won nine consecutive championships. is such an invincible overlord team, which is casually kneaded by the 20-year-old Sabonis.

This hill is as tall as another species from the deep mountains and old forests, which shocked Europe, and even spread its name to the NBA on the other side of the ocean, and NBA fans have fantasized about how he compares to those NBA stars who fly away.