May 18th.

Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

As soon as a flight landed, tourists began to walk out one after another.

Several of them are from the Los Angeles Lakers.

The composition of this team is composed of Chu Xuan, Kuvczek, Phil Webb, Ronald and Ryan West.

Needless to say, the identities of Chu Xuan, Phil Webb and Kupchak are naturally not too much, and the other two, Ronald, are Chu Xuan's original scouting partners, who were promoted to the team's full-time scouts not long ago and enjoy the treatment of ordinary assistant coaches. As for Ryan West, he is the most active figure in the management of the Lakers, he has multiple hats, and today, he is the leader of this team, responsible for all food, clothing, housing and external activities.

The Western Conference Finals are about to begin, and several people suddenly appeared in Los Angeles, which is naturally quite confusing.

However, before they set off, they did not make a big announcement, so the outside media did not know that they were in Chicago.

As the saying goes, if you have nothing to do, you can go to the Three Treasures Palace, and now that they suddenly drive to Chicago, there must be something that can attract them.

As an important city in Illinois, Chicago has a lot of things happening every day, and there is only one thing related to the NBA recently, and that is the Chicago joint tryout, an important activity of vetting rookies before the draft.

And on this trip, Chu Xuan's purpose is naturally obvious.

"Chu, how are you communicating with Zach Lavin? Did you talk to him about that? ”

As he walked, Kupchak asked.

Today's Chu Xuan, wearing a casual suit and a pair of sunglasses, is extremely capable and handsome.

"Well, Zach knows how to do it, but we have to be careful not to pay too much attention to him. Otherwise, it will definitely give those guys a chance to play tricks. ”

The guys in Chu Xuan's mouth naturally refer to the management of other NBA teams.

If they knew that the Lakers wanted to get LaVine, then they would undoubtedly get in the way and wouldn't let the Lakers get their wish easily. And the most likely thing to do is to raise LaVine's value and make the Lakers pay more.

Therefore, for the Lakers, in this year's situation, it is absolutely necessary to be cautious if they want to eat LaVine in the draft.

Kupchak smiled and said with great confidence: "No matter how tricks they play, they can't stop the reality of the Lakers' rise." It's just, Chu, is it really feasible for us to bet on Zacravin? I'll admit that he has great fitness and a lot of potential. However, in the United States, there are too many such people. Seriously, I'm not very optimistic about him, I think I can shift the target? There are so many newcomers this year, and we can find a successor to Kobe. ”

Regarding Kupchak's reaction, Chu Xuan obviously expected it. From the time he gave Kupchak a few months ago to Raven, he knew Kupchak's opinion.

However, Chu Xuan was very optimistic about Lavin, so he kept trying his best to convince Kupchak. And now, with hard work, Kupchak has promised to go in exchange for a first-round pick, sign LaVine, and fulfill Chu Xuan's wishes.

However, Kupchak was not willing to spend too much in exchange for the right to choose LaVine's draft pick, so Chu Xuan would communicate with LaVine in advance and let him release water in this joint trial.

"Mitch, I don't think this year is the so-called draft year, '96 and '03 are not so easy to reproduce. Zach is definitely one of the best five players in this year's rookie season, and we definitely won't lose money by signing him. Chu Xuan smiled confidently.

Kupchak turned his head to look at Chu Xuan and shook his head slightly: "Okay, Chu, this is the Nth time you have said this, I have to trust you." I'll take care of the draft picks, all you need to do is look at a few more rookies and try to find a few more potential stocks for the team. ”

Chu Xuan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Mitch, if I fancy Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid, will the Lakers have the ability to eat it?" ”

Kupchak didn't care and smiled peacefully: "If you're willing to give up Norris and Hassan, I promise to be able to bring these two guys to the Lakers." ”

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This year's Chicago joint tryout took place over four days from May 18 to 22.

The list of joint tryouts has been officially announced by the NBA a few days ago, and a total of 57 players have been invited, including the top picks Andre Wiggins and Jabari Parker. As for Wang Zhelin, who is confirmed to run, he was also invited.

Chu Xuan learned that at present, many people in China feel that Wang Zhelin is not very mature to participate in the draft this year, and experts even suggest that he can participate in the draft in next year's draft year and strive to get a good draft pick.

For such views and suggestions, Chu Xuan could only shake his head helplessly. You must know that this is the limitation of the Chinese system, and if Wang Zhelin can step out of the country to exercise as soon as possible, it is definitely the best choice. After all, in today's China, after Yao Ming is gone, there is really a need for some excellent players to support him.

Maybe Wang Zhelin can't reach that high level, but if he can play in the NBA, he can undoubtedly improve a lot. This is a good thing for himself and Chinese basketball.

Therefore, Chu Xuan's attitude is to support Wang Zhelin to participate in the draft, and also hopes that more young people can come to the United States to play.

When the Lakers team arrived at the arena where the Chicago joint tryout was held, it immediately caused a storm.

Everyone was very surprised that the Lakers were not at ease preparing for the Western Conference Finals, so they came to join in the excitement of the joint trial.

"Mitch, what wind brought you out? You've already won the first place in the division, do you still want these good young people? Ryan McDonald, the general manager of the Suns, yelled.

This guy is only 34 years old, and he only took office at the end of May last year to become the general manager of the Suns.

"Ryan, who ruled that the number one couldn't come to the joint tryout? Maybe I'm here today to get the best young people here. Why don't you trade the draft picks to me? Kupchak chuckled.

Ryan McDonald immediately shook his head, the Suns' record this season is very poor, and this draft pick is undoubtedly an opportunity for them to rise, how can it be easily traded: "That's impossible, I'm going to keep it and choose Andrew Wiggins." ”

Hearing this, the other general managers around couldn't help but laugh.

"Of course, if you're willing to send a couple of Lakers guys to me, I'll consider giving you a draft pick." MacDonald blinked, then smiled.

Kupchak smiled slightly, and suddenly said: "Although I really want this draft pick, at most, I can only send Robert Thackeray, or Zazapachuria." ”

Thackeray? Pachuria? These are two of the Lakers' worst players.

Everyone at the scene couldn't help but laugh. (To be continued.) )