NBA's team management structure is actually very interesting, a team is not only players, the staff behind it is several times, security, cleaning, cheerleading, and even bodyguards for superstars, nutritionists, etc., this Xiaobai staff are directly under the leadership of the president, and have little to do with the general manager, but the general manager's settings are stuck in the most important player affairs, and even the president has become the general manager's deputy in this regard.

So, just get Rob. Hennigan, of course, the rest of the staff.

This has also been the case since Rob. After Hennigan agreed to Chen's half-threatening and half-compromise agreement, the rest of the staff were obedient to Chen, and Chen's energy could finally turn to more urgent aspects, and he had two things to start first, Howard's trade and forming his own coaching team.

The coaching staff can put things on hold for a while, but Howard's trade can't wait any longer, because this year's draft will be held in New York and New Jersey in half a month, that is, June 29.

Trading Howard is the established policy, and acquiring the top five picks is also Chen's established goal, but the specific operation is quite clear, because the NBA has strict rules. First of all, we are still in the player trade freeze, which is after the trade deadline every year, and we must wait until July 1 to restart player trading.

In other words, the Magic can't trade Howard directly at the moment, they can only reach an intention, and in this case, there are only two options to get a high pick in this year's draft: First, with Howard as the main body of the trade, reach a trade intention with the team that is interested in and hold the high pick, wait until the trade window opens on July 1, and trade after the one-month protection period for the rookie player to sign.

There are many precedents for such a trade plan, such as James returning to the Cavaliers, and the Cavaliers traded their own No. 1 pick in exchange for the Timberwolves' Lefu in order to form BIG3, but the actual trade happened a month after the Cavaliers selected Wiggins.

As for the second option, it is a draft pick swap, such as the Celtics got the No. 1 pick in '17, but traded it for the 76ers' scout pick and the 76ers' first-round protected pick in '18.

To put it simply, at this point in time, players cannot be traded directly, only draft picks can be exchanged, but it is still operational to exchange Howard for the high pick in this year's draft, and Chen An also considered it this way at first, but when he actually took over the position and came to carry out the transaction operation, he found that such a transaction was really a loss.

What are the principles of trading? Never expose your hole cards too early, Howard, as the league's active No. 1 center, has a very high trade value, but if you expose your hole cards as soon as you come up, let the opponent know that you are eager to get the high pick of this year's draft, it is equivalent to being stuck by the opponent's neck, and Howard's trade value will naturally be greatly squeezed by the opponent.

In addition, Chen also found himself negligent, and he did not deeply realize the value of his trade chips, such as the 13-year draft pick. Now that the entire league knows that the Magic are in trouble because of Arenas' contract, if it is confirmed that Howard is traded and the team is pushed down and rebuilt, then the Magic will definitely be the consensus of other teams to become a fish belly, based on this, what is the value of the Magic's 13-year draft pick? I'm afraid that someone will be evaluated to the top three or even the possibility of the champion.

"It seems that you can't be in a hurry, you have to carefully count the value of the chips in your hand first."

Sitting in his general manager's office, Chen An began to check the information and determine the chips in his hand, and after some combing, Chen An couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand, and once again determined that the current magic team was really a big mess. Among the players, apart from Howard, the best performer last season was Ryan. Anderson, who averaged 16.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, 0.9 assists per game, and a three-minute shooting rate of 39.3%, is in the upper middle of the league, but this guy's rookie contract has just expired, and it will cost a lot of money to stay, even if it is a qualification offer, at least a 4-year 32 million contract must be given.

Because according to the development trajectory of the previous life, the Pelicans, which are now the Charlotte Hornets, will give Anderson a 4-year contract of 34 million, and if the annual salary is less than 8 million, Anderson will not consider staying at all. This is still TOEFL at the moment, Cole has not yet been born, and the small ball has not yet become popular, otherwise Anderson, who is obviously strong in attack and weak in defense, has been coaxed to 20 million annual salary, even if there is a reason for the sharp rise in the salary cap after 16 years, it can be converted to 12 years, Anderson will not be able to win with an annual salary of 8 million, and he will have to go up to 1200.

However, even with an annual salary of 8 million, it is difficult for Chen An to offer such a price, because the Magic's total salary now reaches $87.76 million, which will only be higher next season, while the salary cap for the 12-13 season has been announced, which is only $58.044 million, and the luxury tax trigger is $70.307 million.

After Arenas was pardoned, the Magic were lucky enough to escape the luxury tax, but they were only 2,300 million away from the trigger line. Anderson is still on a rookie contract this season, with an annual salary of only 2.24 million, and once an annual salary of 8 million is given, the Magic will definitely have to pay the luxury tax in the new season.

It's an international joke that a rebuilding team has to pay luxury tax, and if Chen really messes around like this, Devos will fire him immediately, after all, the liquidated damages of his coaching contract are less than half of the luxury tax to be paid.

To sum up, Lane. Anderson definitely can't keep it, but let it go like this, Chen An only feels so painful, there is no way, who is called Anderson is already a high-quality resource, and the rest of the Magic team is simply miserable.

See who else is left on the Magic team?

The 33-year-old Hido Turkoglou, once known as the White Magic, reached his peak with the Magic team in the 08-09 season, and even became an MVP contender for a time, and it was also in this season that he helped the team reach the Finals, which was once brilliant. But then, the management realized that this might be the culmination of Turkoglou's career, and it was time to go downhill, and in the face of Turkoglou's big contract, the Magic team let him go after some deliberation.

Facts have also proved that Turkoglu has indeed declined significantly, but I don't know which tendon in the Magic team's management was wrong, and he actually traded it back after a season, and in that transaction, there were dunk kings Richardson and Earl. Clark, but with the likes of Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat, Michael Petrus, and even a 2011 first-round pick plus some cash.

Regarding this transaction, Chen An really has a sentence that MMP doesn't know whether to talk about it or not.