Chapter 514: Preseason
Before the start of the preseason of the new season for the Runners, they were confronted with a very embarrassing reality.
Although many of the new recruits brought in last season signed contracts with the Runners for four years or more, for the sake of long-term consideration, the Runners originally planned to select some new players or develop some promising young players before the start of the new season.
But when the Runners asked some teams to make trade requests, the response was all rejection.
At the same time, rookies and rookies began to openly claim that they had been offered by the Runners.
Even some of the players who don't have a good mix in the league have declared that they are favored by the Runners.
This situation not only put the Runners in an embarrassing situation, but also brought their recruitment work into a complete halt for the new season.
Wang Lei's precise vision has made him a "treasure expert" in the minds of all players in the league, and most of the players who are not very good hope that they will be able to take a fancy to Wang Lei in the next moment, and then soar and rise.
The reason for this situation is entirely because the group of players selected by Wang Lei last season have grown really fast in this year.
The Runners selected Erwin and Stephen Chambers in last season's draft, and one of these two players became the Runners' main center, although in a sense it was also a helpless move, but Erwin's performance in the playoffs undoubtedly showed that he is enough to establish himself on any team.
Stephen Chambers was even better, having been named the Sixth Man of the Year last season and the Sixth Man of the Regular Season as a rookie for the first time in the league's history.
Aside from these two, people like Salehi and Francis Leonardo were looking at what they were like before they came to the Runners, and what they were like after they came to the Runners.
With a keen eye, precise training direction, and an oriental market with a population of billions behind him, it can be said that the owners of all teams in the league are envious of Francis for being able to find a head coach like Wang Lei.
If it weren't for the league's refusal to trade head coaches, there might have been a team owner who traded the entire team for Francis Leonard.
The team's recruitment work for the new season has come to a standstill, but many teams have targeted the Runners' existing players.
The most popular of these is Turgon.
The legendary experience has made Turgun the love of many female fans, although Turgun already has a girlfriend, but this does not prevent many crazy female fans from wanting to give Turgun a "monkey".
After last season's championship celebrations, two female fans tried to break through the security guards to snatch Turgon's clothes, which even caused a small riot.
Now that the new season is about to begin, Turgun is not only the favorite of female fans, and many teams have come up with quid pro quo conditions that make Wang Lei look at it astonishingly, if it weren't for the unequal salary, maybe there would really be teams to exchange their own stars for Turgon.
Some weak teams in the league last season want to trade Turgun with draft picks in the next season or even two seasons plus substitute players, but the Runners will not be brain-dead enough to agree to these deals at this time even if they don't have Wang Lei, even the general manager Joey who doesn't deal with Wang Lei knows that Turgun is the future banner of this team, after Blair gets old, Turgun will become a symbol of this team and even the city, if anyone dares to propose a trade for Turgon, First of all, the fans of the city will not agree.
In addition to Turgun, Salehi has received the most trade requests.
Although Salhi also has some flaws in defense, his all-round role in attack has many teams coveting him.
In the eyes of these teams, Salish may not be the boss of a team, and it is absolutely appropriate to use it as a second-in-command.
However, Salehi himself has made it clear that he will never consider leaving Sachsa before his four-year contract expires.
In the future, Salich may leave the Runners in pursuit of a max contract, but that is later, and now Salish is well aware of what the team's short-term goals are, he wants to build a dynasty with the Runners, and then use his status as a key player of the dynasty team to seek a max contract from the Runners or other teams.
However, Salish himself is well aware that his future may not really be here, because of the presence of Turgon, it will be difficult for Salish to get a maximum salary in the future with the Runners.
In addition to Sallihi, the other person who received the most trade requests was Stephen Chambers.
However, the purpose of the team that wants to trade Stephen Chambers is not so simple, and some of them are obviously not for Stephen Chambers' ability, but for Stephen Chambers' father.
Stephen doesn't care about the salary or anything, in fact, he is never short of money, and his dad would rather see him sell coolies with a bunch of muscular men than become an otaku who is not short of money, so now Stephen can use his dad's unlimited credit card to his heart's content.
The main reason that attracted Stephen to stay in Sacramento is actually Wang Lei, although the "World of Warcraft" series created by Wang Lei is written very slowly, but it is still being written, even in order to read the book for the first time, Stephen is willing to stay on the runners without a salary.
For these transactions against the Runners, Wang Lei's opinion is of course very clear, he does not want the team's current lineup to change, so he even rejected some league veterans who hope to go to the Runners to get a base salary and hug their thighs.
Wang Lei knows what the purpose of these veterans is, but he doesn't want to introduce these veterans and cause chaos in the team's existing atmosphere, so he can only say sorry for these veterans.
However, Wang Lei actually has another problem to face, that is, the team's internal problem, although the team won the championship last season, but the internal problem is still exposed, and now the Runners have almost no effect on the league's reinforcement work, so his eyes can only turn to Europe and the East.
When the preseason of the new season comes, the Runners' internal recruitment work has been making no progress, Wang Lei's fancy family has a contract, and he can't come in the short term, and Wang Lei's can't look down on it is useless, so after the preseason starts, the Runners can only use the old lineup from last season to participate.