"How? Is Eric still reluctant to renew his contract? "Phoenix Suns general manager office, Ryan McDonagh asked, looking at the assistant who walked through the door.

"Yes, Eric's economist said he wouldn't allow the player to sign this contract." Connor, assistant to the general manager, was a little embarrassed to face Ryan and replied with a wry smile.

"It's been 60 million in 5 years, and he still doesn't want to renew the contract, what does he want?" Ryan McDonagh yelled a little angrily.

"This ......" Connor stumbled on his lips, he had already scolded in his heart, Mom sells batches, Lao Tzu is not Bledsoe, Lao Tzu is just here to work, how do you know what he wants to do?

"Forget it, forget it, you go down!" Ryan also knew that there was no reason to complain about an assistant at this time, so he held his head with one hand and waved the other hand to signal Connor to leave.

"Actually, the 5-year 70 million contract that Bleder asked for is not impossible to give, but Bledsoe himself has potential injuries, and the injury is still the key point of the meniscus, and there is also the problem of lineup matching." Ryan turned to Hornacek, who was silent.

At this time, Hornacek posted the newspaper he was holding, which was a news on July 10, 2014: NBA officials officially announced the salary cap and luxury tax collection line for the 2014-15 season today. The salary cap for next season is $63.065 million, while the luxury tax collection line is set at $76.829 million. In addition to this, the league also announced the exact amount of the mid-range contract — $5.305 million for the full amount, $3.278 million for the mini-mid-range and $2.732 million for the mid-range (for teams with salary space).

The 13-14 season salary cap is $58.679 million, and the luxury tax collection line is $71.748 million. Compared to last season, next season's salary cap is up 7.5 percent and the luxury tax collection line is up 7.1 percent. According to calculations, the luxury tax collection line has been increased by $5.081 million. Many media pointed out that the increase in the 14-15 season was expected by the teams. In the 13-14 season, the luxury tax collection line was raised by "only" $1.441 million. In addition, the minimum salary for the 14-15 season is $56.759 million.

So far, there are five teams that need to pay the luxury tax: the Nets ($90.5 million), Knicks ($36.3 million), Heat ($14.4 million), Lakers ($8.9 million), and Clippers ($1.3 million), for a total of $151.6 million. In other words, other teams that don't pay the luxury tax will receive an average of $3.03 million per team.

Then, Lao Huo said in a deep voice: "In fact, the current salary space of our team is very abundant, and it is not impossible to renew Bledsoe with a high salary, but the long-term contract of 5 years and 70 million is indeed very risky, and once our lineup for next season is determined to be Bledsoe, Middleton, Li Mojie, Markieff, Gobert, then the projection ability of the outside line will be reduced by a large piece, because Eric's projection ability is not very good!" ”

"It's true that I've been thinking about point guards in the league who have excellent projection ability lately, such as Curry, and the Warriors won't say anything about me either." Ryan took out a tablet and said with a wry smile.

Hornacek took a look, which included data on the starting point guards and second backup point guards of each NBA team, their shooting percentages, three-point shooting percentages, and where and how many shots were made.

It's very detailed, and basically analyzes the projection ability of the current young and strong point guard players.

There is also the data that the Suns' scouts have compiled over time, and there are the best conclusions that the Suns scouts have summarized from the analysis of all the problems on the previous pages of paper.

Each team in the NBA is actually a big data network, and a probabilistic law is obtained through big data, so as to build the most reasonable lineup matching.

This lineup may not be the most ideal lineup, but it is definitely the most statistically backed lineup.

Moreover, through data analysis, teams can also find a blank piece in the lineup, and then find a puzzle piece that fits this blank to fill the gap!

When there are no more obvious gaps in the whole puzzle, a team with a championship team is born!

"It's not that simple to win the championship!" Hornacek sighed and said that the Death Gun had not won the Bill Russell Cup in 16 years of his career, and he was one of those people who had a very good understanding of this sentence.

"What do you think?" Ryan asked.

"Well, if we renew Bledsoe, then this team will have one less three-point shooting point, and if we don't renew the contract, what good players can we sign?" Hornacek said worriedly.

"Actually, there are." Ryan said suddenly.

"Oh? Who is it? "Hornacek really didn't expect the team to move so quickly and have found someone who can replace Bledsoe.

"It's the two of them!" Ryan picked up the tablet and scratched it, then pointed to the picture of the two of them to show Hornacek.

"Ju Holiday, Eric Gordon!" Hornacek was surprised.

"Yes, both of them are Pelicans guards, Gordon made 4 three-pointers last year, hitting 1.6, a shooting rate of 39.1%, and Holiday also shot 39%, the Pelicans didn't make the playoffs last season because both of them are offensive guards, not suitable as the team's brains to organize offense, so the Pelicans have released the wind to trade one of the two of them." Ryan explained.

"And that's not a problem at all with the Suns, no matter who comes to the Suns to be the starting point guard, I'm going to tune their three-point shots, let them shoot more, and organize the offense and leave it to Marc Jabger!" Hornacek continued Ryan's words, and the more he talked, the more excited he became.

"But who exactly do these two pick? Gordon has a high salary, but his projection ability is significantly higher than Holiday Holiday is low, but his stats have dropped significantly this season, will he be able to adapt to it after coming to the Suns? Ryan said bitterly, in fact, about the team winning the championship, everyone only remembers to pay attention to the players who play on the field, but they don't know that these managers working behind the team have made great efforts.

"Well, we might as well ask Mo Jie this question, because after all, it is to choose teammates for him, and Mo Jie's vision is really accurate!" Hornacek suggested that the rookies proposed by Li Mojie this season all have a brush with unlimited potential, which can make the Suns management happy, so Li Mojie has a vision of this news also circulated in the NBA.

"yes, how did I forget Mo Jie, just call him!" Ryan slapped his head and shouted.

Fifteen minutes later, Mo Jay, who had received a call from the team's training gym and walked to the manager's office, heard Ryan explain most of the day and asked him to give his own advice.

"Is there a point guard with great projection? Gordon, Holiday and well, although Gordon's salary is higher, but Gordon is indeed a better player, he is 193cm tall and acts as the player's No. 1 position, and I play the No. 3 position, he can give me a good space, and the salary space of our team is enough to eat his contract. Li Mojie looked at the data of the two and replied after a moment of silence.

Li Mojie's impression of Gordon began when Gordon joined the Rockets in the 16-17 season, when the 28-year-old Gordon signed a four-year, $53 million contract, and in the two years of the Rockets, Gordon's performance can be said to be exceptional, although most of the time he played as a substitute, But he averaged 17.1 points per game in the past two years, especially in the 2017-2018 season, Gordon played 69 games for the Rockets, including 39 off the bench, averaging 31.2 minutes per game, and got 18 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists! In the playoffs, Gordon averaged 15.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game, and his scoring was second only to Harden and Paul in the Rockets, ranking third.

"In that case, let's sign first and then trade, Dale Damps (Pelicans general manager) has also coveted Bledsoe for a long time, their current point guard Terek Evans can only play a sixth man, and Zhu Holiday is only 191cm tall, but he is more suitable for playing shooting guard." Ryan continued.

"One more thing, if you're looking for a projection guard, there's another guy who has a lot of potential, and he's a rookie in the same class as me." Li Mojie thought for a while and added.

"Who?" Hornacek was pleasantly surprised, and Ryan also looked at Li Mojie with wide eyes.

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