The Cavaliers' championship parade was so successful that fans across the city took to the streets to cheer on the team.

Tang Tian also gave a wonderful speech outside the Quick Loan Arena.

"We've won back-to-back titles, but two titles, it's far from the limit for the city."

Tang Tian's last words made all the fans at the scene boil.

When others say this, they may also attract more or less doubts, and even think they are bragging, but Tang Tian's words, entering the NBA for five years and five championships, and the Cavaliers are sitting on the Big Three, no one thinks there is anything wrong with this.

Dynasty, just around the corner!

After the championship parade, Tang Tian called James to the office alone.

When he came back from the airport, he found that James's mood was not right, and he was even a little absent-minded during the championship parade.

"LeBron, I see you're a little sullen, you didn't play at the bar last night?" Tang Tian said with a smile.

"No, it's just that I didn't sleep last night and I'm a little tired." James squeezed out a smile.

"That's good, I thought you weren't happy you didn't get the FMVP." Tang Tian continued.

James was stunned for a moment.

Seeing the change in James's expression, Tang Tian knew that he was still right.

"You know my character, if you have any requirements, just mention it to me, if you don't say anything, it's easy to misunderstand." Tang Tian got straight to the point.

James looked at Tang Tian's expression, hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke: "I need a bigger role. ”

Tang Tian smiled.

This is somewhat expected, James wants nothing more than honor, which will help increase his business value.

"You know what I've said to everyone in the team, this team's playing time is based on the performance on the pitch, and those words mean that everyone is treated equally, so I can't give you that promise."

James's expression froze, he had experienced so many coaches, Tang Tian was the most faceless he had ever seen.

"Do you feel your growth in this finals?" Tang Tian diverted the topic.

James nodded, having gone through a series of events last season, he could indeed feel himself maturing.

Even, he feels that now he has reached a peak that he has never reached before.

"Now that you think you've gotten stronger, what's there to worry about next season's role? Don't have confidence? Do I have to give you a promise? Tang Tian said with a smile.

As a coach, prestige is a key point.

He told the players that this team's playing time needs to be earned by performance, and he did this to Jeremy Lin, to Iverson, and even to Paul and Yao Ming, so even James could not make an exception.

But as he said, James went through last season's playoffs and became stronger and more mature.

There's no reason why he shouldn't give James a bigger role like that.

To put it more bluntly, Yao Ming is getting older and older, and in order to avoid injuries, it is an inevitable trend to reduce playing time.

Don't say that James takes the initiative to ask for it, he will take the initiative to increase his role when the time comes.

"I see." James spoke, but his expression made it impossible to guess if he really understood.

"You have to believe in me, and you have to believe in yourself even more." Tang Tian finally spoke.

James didn't say anything more.

This intermittent conversation ended, and Tang Tian put James' matter aside for the time being.

It's the NBA draft in a few days, and he's going to have to focus on that.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, on the eve of the draft, after completing all the rookie information reports and preparations, Tang Tian took Jones, Casey, Dante and chief scout Victor on the plane to New York.

Unlike previous years, because Madison Square Square needs to be renovated, this year's draft will not take place there, but at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, just across the river.

The Cavaliers have a total of three draft picks this year, the 30th pick in the first round and the 56th pick in the second round from last year's trade with the Lakers, and the 60th pick in the second round.

Before leaving, Tang had asked Dent to try to trade some second-round picks, but unlike last year, the other teams basically rejected the Cavaliers' proposal.

In other words, the current Cavaliers team has made them feel enough pressure that they don't want this team to get stronger at all.

Given the vision Tang Tian has shown in past drafts, they are not even willing to trade to the Cavaliers in the second round.

So that's all their picks.

"How's that going on with us trading up for draft picks?" Tang Tian turned his head to look at Jones.

"There's not much progress yet." Jones said with a wry smile.

"If it really doesn't work, let's use our first-round picks next year as a bargaining chip, or just let the other party propose a trade plan."

"Is Butler worth the price?" Butler did impress Jones during the tryout that day, but he still felt that it was too expensive to use two first-rounders.

"It's worth it." Tang Tian gave an affirmative answer.

"Then I'll get in touch as soon as I get off the plane." Jones nodded.

Since Tang Tian spoke, he just did it.

"By the way, the labor-management agreement expired this year, and the negotiation of a new agreement does not seem to be going well, and there is a high probability that there will be a shutdown, and the last shutdown was 13 years ago." Jones opened his mouth to say that he, as an old man, had also experienced the initial shutdown.

Tang Tian didn't speak.

He knew about the 2011 NBA shutdown, and now it seems that history has not skipped this paragraph.

If the shutdown is suspended, it will have a big impact on the team's signing operation.

In fact, in the previous life, due to the impact of the shutdown, there was actually no major movement in the free market that year.

The good news is that the Cavaliers roster is relatively stable at the moment.

Staying the same is the best thing.

As soon as Jones got off the plane, he continued to contact the general managers of the teams, but the results were still not satisfactory.

Even, those general managers are reluctant to make an offer to the Cavaliers, because they are determined not to give the Cavaliers a chance to strengthen.

This is a situation that Tang Tian has never encountered in the draft.

But that's what the public enemies of the Alliance will enjoy.

On June 24, US time, the NBA Draft kicked off at the Prudential Center Arena in New Jersey.

Although the venue has changed, the layout and design of the arena are still not much different from the scene in previous years.

Tang Tian and his team also entered their draft hut.

At this time in his previous life, James had been away from the Cavaliers for a year, and Gilbert's son God had drawn the top pick.

But now that the situation has changed, the No. 1 pick naturally can't belong to the Cavaliers, but to the Clippers.