Chapter 353: You're Not a Draft Loser Anymore (2/4!) )
"Landry Fields or Lance Stephenson, which one to choose?" Jones asked.
This is the alternative given by Tang Tian before.
"Tell me what you think." Tang Tian opened his mouth and said.
These two people are actually good rookies.
"I think Stephenson is a better fit, the team went with Matthews and Louis Williams, especially Matthews, which was unexpected before, and Stephenson's scoring impact is what we need."
"I think Fields is more suitable, his official height is 2.01 meters, he can swing the 2/3 position, and he has more training potential."
Both Casey and Cassel gave their opinions.
Tang Tian then looked at Jones, his assistant.
"If I had to choose one, I think Stephenson is more suitable, the team's previous trial was organized by me, that guy has a fighting spirit in his bones, although it seems a little extreme, but it is the same as Ron, and Beverley." Jones spoke.
Tang Tian nodded.
Lance, although he can basically only play one position, his desire to win is really strong.
The comic behaviors in the memories of the previous life are actually the embodiment of the over-desire to win.
"And if the team renews Novak's contract, there's actually no shortage of small forwards." Jones added.
Tang Tian nodded and said to Victor, "Then choose Lance." ”
Victor nodded, put the results in an envelope, and handed them to the staff waiting at the door.
Because the No. 57 pick has been sold before, only the last 50th pick remains.
"Garney Laver, Willie Warren, Ryan Reed, these are a few of the more suitable options, they all did well in college, and there should be no problem playing third point guard." Victor opened his mouth to introduce.
This is the end of the second round, and the range of options is already very small.
Everyone in the hut also looked at Tang Tian.
At this time, it is time to show the strength of the real low-level Taobao.
"No, those players are not as good as the NBA." Tang Tian shook his head.
This order, in fact, even in the previous life, the 50~60 pick, is not a person who can play.
"We choose him, Jeremy Lim." Tang Tian took out a scouting report, which he bought from Warriors insiders.
Information can sell for money, and that's the same in the NBA.
In addition to the report, he also learned that the Warriors and Celtics are in talks to buy the latter's 52nd pick to select Jeremy Lin.
That's why he traded the No. 57 pick, and if the Warriors negotiated, he wouldn't be able to pick Jeremy Lin.
Not to mention that according to the impression of his previous life, he went to find him in the draft.
"This Jeremy, he's from Harvard? Has Harvard ever had an NBA player before? Jones frowned slightly.
Everyone else shook their heads.
"This Lin confrontation is a big problem, and it's hard to get a foothold in the NBA." Casey spoke.
"And he's been in college for four years, he's 22 years old, and his potential is also a problem." Cassel followed suit.
"This Lin, his prediction is to lose, judging from my report, except for the Warriors, who have the most Chinese and have the idea of choosing him from the market, no other team has it, and his strength can't play in the NBA." Victor finally said.
With Tang Tian, the team members didn't say that there was racial discrimination or anything, they all analyzed Jeremy Lin from their own perspectives.
"It's my decision." Tang Tian said undoubtedly.
He's the general manager, and of course he's in charge.
After Tang Tian showed his tough side, everyone else chose to shut up.
Victor wrote down the choices and gave them to the staff.
When Tatum read out the Rockets' selection, there was a shouting in the Warriors' draft hut next door.
"Alright, let's withdraw."
At the end of the draft, Tang Tian directly called the team to withdraw.
Out of the hut, Jones and the others also eased up, talking and laughing.
Regardless of the other drafters, getting Paul is enough for all of them to laugh an offseason.
The draft came to an end, but because of Paul's trade, the Cavaliers became the focus of everyone's discussion compared to the rookies.
Paul plus James is enough to turn the river and the sea in the west.
The Cavaliers are another faint dynasty team.
And after some fans analyzed the Cavaliers' salary space in more depth, they found that things are not so simple.
Because more than half of the team's contracts have expired, the Cavaliers' salary space is relatively considerable now.
James hasn't officially signed a contract extension, Artest hasn't exercised his player option yet, and the rookie is excluded, and the entire team actually only has six contracts.
Point guards: Chris Paul (14.94 million), Beverley (800,000)
Shooting Guard: Danny Green (800,000)
Small Forward: None
Power forward: Ryan Anderson (1.41 million)
Center: Kwame Brown (1.31 million), Frye (3 million)
Combined, these are only 22.26 million.
The salary cap for the 10~11 season is $58 million, considering that Artest can negotiate a contract extension after the free market has passed, which means that the Cavaliers still have 3574 salary space.
James played in the league for seven seasons and was paid 30% of the salary cap, or $17.4 million, at the top salary.
In this way, even if James does not take a salary cut, the Cavaliers still have room for $18.34 million, which is definitely enough to sign another top-paid player who has played in the league for less than 9 years!
In this summer's free agent market, there are only a few more free agents who agree with this condition: Joe Johnson, Wade, Bosh, Stoudemire, Boozer......
Even if the Cavaliers dispose of Frye's contract, the list could even be expanded to include all of the league's highest-paid players, and after that, Maddie and Nowitzki are two more exciting names.
Don't think it's impossible, when the Cavaliers have both Paul and James, everything is possible!
Now they don't think the Cavaliers have much leverage to get Paul.
Even from the vast number of expiring contracts and player options, it can be seen that the Cavaliers have everything laid out last offseason!
It's scary to think about!
Cavaliers, this is really going to do something!
Even many fans realized in hindsight that Tang Tian's speech after winning the championship was really not pretending.
The Cavaliers really messed up last season, rushing for this season!
Some of the team's general managers are starting to panic, and although they won't be able to reach a verbal agreement until July 1, they have been communicating with the team's free agents quite frequently in private.
These superstars, being snatched by the Cavaliers at random, is a pretty scary thing.