Chapter 13 The opening of the free trading market
With Sean? Larkin jumped out of his contract, and only Jose was left at the Knicks' point guard position? Calderon is a veteran, so at the beginning of the draft, everyone thought that the Knicks would choose a good point guard. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In fact, the Knicks do want to choose a qualified point guard as the team's starter, mainly because Calderon, a point guard with a good overall view, is moving more and more slowly as he gets older, which makes his already unavailable defense more dazzling.
After picking up Porzingis with the No. 4 pick in the first round, the Knicks almost didn't even have a trade chip to get their hands on, except for Anthony, who was not for sale.
When the Zen master gave Wang Zhuo the list of point guards participating in the draft, Wang Zhuo took it, didn't look at it, and directly said Jerryan? Grant's name, apparently Wang Zhuo's preparation is quite in place, and he knows the characteristics and styles of each player involved in the draft.
Jerryanne? Grant's athleticism and physical fitness are extremely good, and he can occupy an absolute advantage in the confrontation with point guards, and at the same time, he has strong explosiveness, and his shooting speed and lateral movement speed have reached the first-class level, which Wang Zhuo knew clearly as early as two days before the draft, so when the Zen master proposed the idea of trading, Wang Zhuo's plan was instantly formed in his mind.
The Zen master had also consulted Fisher and Rambis beforehand, and the answer they gave was Cameron? Payne, obviously, Payne's slender body is not very satisfactory to the Zen master, so he wants to listen to Wang Zhuo's opinion, but he didn't expect Wang Zhuo's thoughts to coincide with him, he feels more and more that Wang Zhuo has too much in common with him, especially the seemingly quiet, but the victory is thousands of miles away.
Both Zen Master and Wang Zhuo expressed their appreciation for Jerion? By the time Grant was interested, the teenage point guard had been picked by the Washington Wizards with the 19th pick and immediately traded to the Atlanta Hawks.
After a brief exchange with Wilcox and Budenholzer, the Eagles offered to send Jerryne? Grant, because they have Jeff at the point guard position? Teague is such a good player, but they need to play for Kyle? Korver looking for a suitable replacement, and they're hoping to get Tim? Hardaway II.
Little Tim? Hardaway had a lot of highlights during Anthony's injury, he was very good, but he was never in the Knicks' long-term plan, although he was a little distressed, but he really didn't have the chips that the Hawks could look at.
Little Tim? Hardaway has amassed a lot of popularity during his two years in New York, and after the deal was finalized, Tim Jr. Hardaway's fans began a new round of abuse against the Zen master, and the media questioned the Zen master's ability to operate more loudly than before.
While still on vacation in Hawaii, Dolan has shrugged off the media's one-sided skepticism and seems confident in the Zen master, allowing him to operate boldly in the draft and the upcoming free trade market.
With the draft meeting that ended on June 26 and the free trade market opening on July 1, the league's 30 teams, including the New York Knicks, rushed back to their home courts non-stop after the closing ceremony of the draft, intensively preparing for the free market that opened five days later.
In the past few days, the staff at the league headquarters office in the Olympic Tower Tower have also entered the busiest period of the season, and the office has never stopped calling, all from the general managers and operations presidents of each team, and receiving trade proposals submitted to the league office for review.
The only thing that is not a trade plan from the New York Knicks is that the New York Knicks have no chips to attract other teams except for rookies or veterans, although the salary space is large enough, but last season's poor record and the existence of head coach Fisher discourage big-name players in the free market, even if there is the trump card of Zen master.
Aldridge, Rondo, Lillard, Dragic, and Millsap all politely refused after receiving a call from Knicks general manager Mills, and didn't even give them a chance to meet.
After suffering a series of setbacks, there are fewer and fewer players on the free market, and the Zen master finally couldn't sit still, licked his old face and took the initiative to call the player, and finally got Aaron before the free market opened? Afflalo's verbal promise of a willingness to meet with the Knicks' management.
Apparently, Mills was still a little tender, and after getting Afraro's promise, the Zen master captured Robin again? Lopez and Derek? Williams, not to let Knicks management do nothing this summer.
Wang Zhuo was not involved in this series of transactions, and after returning to the Madison Square Garden Arena, the Zen master dialed Mike? Šašewski's phone call recommended Wang Zhuo to study a 10-day tactical course at Duke University, where he coached.
In the two days that Wang Zhuo left, Lin Yao planted a few pots of flowers on the balcony, placed a fish tank in the living room, set up a bookshelf in the bedroom, and placed all kinds of books about basketball, clearly treating this place as her own home.
What's more, she handled Wang Zhuo's passport and social security card properly in just a few days, and also helped Wang Zhuo apply for a driving school and make an appointment for the written test.
Wang Zhuo read the book for a long time, did a few sets of mock test questions, traveled lightly, and passed the written test very casually, followed by the road test, Lin Yao volunteered and was willing to be Wang Zhuo's driving instructor, in fact, when Wang Zhuo was in China, he had already taken the driver's license, although he had changed his appearance, his driving skills were indeed still there.
When it was time to actually take the road test, when he saw other Chinese sighing and complaining about the difficulty of the test, Wang Zhuo was relaxed and passed with a full score, which not only impressed the coach of the test, but even Lin Yao was amazed that his driving skills had surpassed her as an old driver in just a few days.
After Wang Zhuo obtained his driver's license, Wang Zhuo took Lin Yao to the Broadway Opera House to enjoy the song and dance, and then went shopping and ate as a thank you to her driving instructor.
Lin Yao's initiative, Wang Zhuo was clear in his heart, but he felt that the time was not yet ripe, no matter in terms of economy, status, and reputation.
Over the next 10 days, Wang Zhuo flew to Duke University in North Carolina on the Atlantic coast of the southeastern United States to visit Mike. Shashefsky.