Charlotte, North Carolina.

When Chang Wei walked out of the airport, the warm sun shone on his body, making people feel very comfortable. North Carolina is arguably the northernmost state in the southern United States, and it has a pleasant climate. Although it is not warm in winter and cool in summer, there is no particularly extreme weather, which is very good compared to Detroit, and the first impression of Chang Wei is also very good.

Sitting in the back seat of the taxi, Chang Wei looked curiously at both sides of the road, there are many basketball elements in the city, you can see basketball peripheral products everywhere in the store, many pedestrians are wearing all kinds of jerseys, taxi drivers are a good example, what makes Chang Wei surprised is that he is actually wearing Jordan's jersey in North Carolina, which is very interesting.

In fact, Chang Wei feels that it is not a good choice to put the team in Charlotte, which can indeed be said to be the place with the strongest basketball atmosphere in the United States, but the fans prefer the NCAA, who let this state bring together the three strong teams of the NCAA? Needless to say, North Carolina and Duke are the top existence of the NCAA, and Duncan's alma mater, Wake Forest University, is not a vegetarian, so neither the NBA nor the NBA will have much room to survive here, and fans are not interested in these.

The jersey worn by the driver is a good example, and Jordan's fans would normally wear his Bulls jersey, but Charlotte's fans wore the jersey he wore when he was a student in North Carolina, and it is clear that they are more recognizable to Jordan's performance on the college team, even if he won six championships in the NBA and is known as the all-time first.

But since the boss wants to set the team here, Chang Wei has nothing to say, after all, people are capitalists, and it is people's freedom to put it in Charlotte or somewhere else, what Chang Wei has to do is to help the Bobcat grow up quickly.

About 20 minutes later, the taxi stopped at the entrance of the Time Warner Center arena. This is a new arena built by the consortium for the Bobcats, and it was only put into use in the first half of this year, so it looks very new. After paying the fare, Chang Wei got out of the car with his suitcase, Jackson was already waiting at the door of the arena, and he came to lead Chang Wei today.

The two exchanged a few words, and Jackson took Chang Wei to the general manager's office. Chang Wei then understood that the general manager of the Bobcat was the senior Jackson said, Richard Chriss, he had also worked with Izzo, and took good care of Jackson's little brother, and Chang Wei had become famous in the American basketball circle, when Jackson suggested that Chang Wei join the team's coaching staff, Chrissis raised his hands in favor, even if he could only be the chief assistant coach, it was no problem.

Neither side is a muddy person, and soon got to the point. Chrissis looked at the documents on the table and said solemnly: "Chang, the draft is scheduled for June 15, and we have been given the No. 2 pick this year, this is the specific process, you can take a look at it first." I admire your vision very much, and I will not hinder you in any way in this regard. ”

Chang Wei nodded, took the folder and looked at it seriously, although in his previous life, he had a general understanding of what the situation was in the army expansion draft, but now it is better to understand it in detail, his rebirth has made the establishment of the Bobcat two years late, and it will be very nonsense to change this benefit. Fortunately, the content on the document was similar to what Chang Wei remembered, which made Chang Wei full of confidence again.

Each team that joins the league first can protect up to eight of its own players (including restricted free agents) from the Expanded Draft, but each team must contribute one player to the Bobcats for selection, and that player cannot be eligible to become a free agent through the option or early termination option. The free players are neither on the protected list nor on the draft roster, so they can be ignored. Restricted free agents can escape by becoming full free agents after being drafted, but they cannot re-sign with their former parent team. No team loses more than one player in the Expansion Draft.

To put it simply, each of the other 29 teams in the league has one player to hand over to the Bobcats, and these players must be in addition to the eight players protected by the parent team. According to the restrictions of the player list, the Bobcats have to select at least 14 players, but a maximum of 29 players can be selected, of course, in Chang Wei's eyes, 14 players are enough.

Putting the documents back on the table, Chang Wei asked with a smile, "Has the list of 8 people from other teams been given?" If they've all figured out what players they need, I think I can get to work right now. ”

Chrysses was surprised and asked, "You only came here today, don't you need to rest a little longer?" ”

Chang Wei shook his head and said: "Let's start as soon as possible, time waits for no one, if we hurry up, the team should be able to form faster, and it is not easy to let these players from different teams play together." ”

After saying goodbye to Chrissis, Chang Wei followed Jackson to his office, where the team's staff had neatly placed the list of unprotected players from each team on the table. Chang Wei unceremoniously sat down and began to carefully skim through the 29 lists, from which he had to pick out the best enough players.

For Bobcats, there is no need to think about the stars who have already become famous, as long as the general manager and head coach of the team are not stupid, they will definitely put the team's star in the protection list, and no one will give their star to Bobcat so generously. What Chang Wei wants to select is players who have achieved something in the future but are still unknown, which is what Bobcat needs.

Jackson on the side didn't dare to disturb, he seemed to forget that this was his office, and just sat next to him and looked at Chang Wei a little nervously. But Chang Wei ignored him directly, one after another printer paper swiped through his hand, one after another familiar or unfamiliar names skimmed his field of vision, and at the same time his brain was running wildly.

Chang Wei's idea is to determine the team's starting lineup first, and then see if he can select some powerful substitutes. Of course, it is very simple to choose a substitute, but choosing a starter is very different, in addition to considering the strength of the players, the lineup matching is also a problem that needs to be paid attention to. After reading all 29 lists, he looked up and asked, "Damon, what style of basketball are you going to play?" Now I need to choose people based on your ideas, and I hope you can decide on an idea first. ”

Jackson scratched his head and said uncertainly, "Why don't we go on a quick attack?" "Please pay attention to the latest chapters in the future