What players are the NBA league lacking the most after the Warriors came out? Some would say it's a star.

Nonsense, any team is short of stars or even superstars at any time, otherwise where would BIG3, F4 come from?

What type of player is most lacking? Bad team, the fish belly team will say that it is a good defender, an engine that can perfectly mobilize the whole team, this is true, in the era of small ball, the guard is king, this is an indisputable fact. But if you ask a team aiming for a playoff or even a championship, the answer is likely to be a wing 3-and-D player.

Chen An also thinks so, so his second-round No. 4 pick is Jay. Claude.

This extremely rugged-looking black buddy grew up with some twists and turns, and at the beginning of his three years in the Mavericks were almost on the verge of being abandoned, but when the Warriors were born and small balls became popular, this guy found his own position at once, and after being traded to the Celtics, he quickly became a first-line 3D player, an outside defensive gate, known for his iron blood and toughness, anyway, LeBron was very unhappy with him, and he was uncomfortable every time he was defended, so in the end, he simply let the Cavaliers management take this brother to his side.

In the first game of the 17-18 season of the Cavaliers, Crowder was entrusted with the task, started, and played a full 35 minutes, second only to LeBron, although the data is not gorgeous, but this represents the trend of the league - if you want to win the Warriors, you can deepen the thickness of the front, at this point, the Cavaliers, like the Rockets, desperately 3D.

In Chen An's view, Green is a super defensive gate who can defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, and Crowder is a high-quality 3D player, who is definitely not worse than Green in terms of defensive ability on the wing. He firmly believes that as long as he helps Crowder find the right position at the beginning, this guy will not be like the previous life for two and a half years and then show his glory, after all, the requirements of 3D players are not complicated, it is a crazy defense at all costs, and even in the playoffs, they have to constantly bite the opponent, even more hand-to-hand combat, as long as the offensive end can understand the tactical intent, he will pull the empty position and have a three-pointer.

And Chen An carefully read Crowder's information, although this guy's starting speed is not fast, but as long as he runs out of the empty space of one step, he still has a certain impact on the basket, so Chen An's requirements for Crowder are very simple, defense, empty three-point, empty frame attack is enough, completely according to the future Rockets' Ariza as a template.

Lillard, Green, Crowder, these three players are in the bag, Chen An's trip can be described as quite successful, but apart from him, the others include Budenholzer and Rob. Hennigan didn't understand his choice, but Cole was thoughtful and had some thoughts in his mind.

Chen An saw everything in his eyes and felt that it was the right choice for him to find Cole.

On the one hand, he needs to work out the team's general tactical system with the coaching staff as soon as possible, because in a few days he will have to gather rookie players and some fringe players to start training, and then he will have to participate in the summer league.

There are two summer leagues this year, one is the Orlando Summer League formed by the Orlando Magic, and the confirmed registration has been confirmed by the Brooklyn Nets, Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder, Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons Seven teams, plus the Magic team as the host will definitely participate, and the small league of eight teams will start soon.

However, the Orlando Summer League has not lasted long, and this year it is scheduled to start on the 9th and end on the 13th, so the time is tight.

In addition to the Orlando Summer League, there is also the Las Vegas Summer League, which is lively, and there are already more than 20 teams that have signed up for the competition, from the 14th to the 23rd. Hennigan signed up, and in previous years the Magic team would not play in the summer league in Las Vegas.

However, before these things, Chen An still needs to solve two problems, one is Ryan. Whether Anderson wants to let go, first, how should the team's interior line be handled?

Anderson's problem is urgent, because the draft is over, and when Chen An returns to Orlando, it will be July, and as soon as the free trade market opens, if the team does not make a qualification offer, then Anderson will have to spend more money to stay in the free market.

And the current salary pressure on the team is really great, although the total annual salary of about 3 million was reduced in the Howard trade, but Lillard's joining has been eaten again, you must know that Lillard was selected by the fourth pick in the first round, according to the NBA rookie rules, his rookie contract is at least 4 years and more than 16.5 million.

In addition, there are Green and Crowder, fortunately, both of them are second-round picks and sign three-year contracts, with an average of about 800,000 per year, but in this way, the team's total salary will still increase by more than 2 million, even if Arenas's amnesty contract is not included in the salary cap, it is still close to the luxury tax trigger line, and it is impossible to make a qualification offer to Anderson in such a situation.

Of course, the contracts of the three have not yet been signed, and the books do not look so tight, but it will definitely be signed after the end of the summer league, which is a sure thing.

This situation really made Chen An's head big, so as soon as he returned to Orlando, the first thing he did was to lay off people, cut all the non-guaranteed contracts such as Aienga and Lazar Haywood, and free up salary space. Hennegan, let him find a way to send dunk king Richardson and Nelson away, in hopes of further clearing salary space.

At the same time, Chen An determined which expiring contracts would not be renewed, such as CBA legend Vaughn Weaver, and now he can really take root in the CBA.

It's just that even if Chen An deals with it repeatedly, when the player trade window opens on July 1, he still doesn't have enough salary space for Ryan. Anderson made a qualification offer and could only watch as he flowed into the trade market as a restricted free agent.

Restricted Free Agent: If a team offers a contract for the player, the player's original team can choose to match the same offer and keep the player. 】

Fortunately, good news came one after another in the next few days, and Richardson and Nelson, who were put on the shelf, were both favored, but before a specific deal was reached, Howard's deal was approved by the league, and the five-party deal that shocked the entire league was completely confirmed.

To Chen An's surprise, the day after the deal officially took effect, the lazy bearded man in his impression actually ran to the team to report, and then went straight to the general manager's office to tell Chen An: "Coach, I want to participate in the team's summer league." ”