Chapter 222: Take off
Recruiting Wade is far easier than Howard, because for Wade, as long as you show enough respect.
Of course, respect aside, it's even better if the team itself is good, and the Lakers are clearly good enough now.
Li Hao plus Howard, who is willing to make changes, if Wade is added, this is very interesting.
Wade himself actually thinks so, and after hearing that Howard is willing to make changes, Wade was immediately moved.
Li Hao's strength is very clear about Wade in person, and besides, the average triple-double data per game in the season is not a decoration, otherwise no one has done it for so many years.
Although Howard is no longer the No. 1 center in the past, if he really focuses on defense and is willing to be a green leaf, he is definitely the best center in the league today.
There is another point, that is, the contract is in place, although Wade is thirty-four years old, he has no problems with his state, especially in the playoffs just now, without Wade's outstanding performance, the Heat would not have been able to fight with Menglong for seven games.
"Lee, I'd like to join the Lakers," Wade said.
After Wade agreed, Li Hao immediately called the president and the general manager, and after learning that Wade was also willing to join the Lakers, the president and general manager were obviously very happy.
There are really quite a few teams pursuing Wade, even more than Howard.
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With Wade's promise, Li Hao's first recruitment was perfect, although there is still more than a month before the two officially join, and the NBA free agency market will not officially open until July.
Wade's contract negotiation was much faster than Howard's, just two days after Li Hao and Wade met, the two sides reached an agreement, and just one day after Wade and the Lakers reached an agreement, Howard's side was settled.
Now the two parties only need to wait until the free market opens to officially sign a contract.
After the two sides reached a consensus, Kupchak called Li Hao as soon as possible, and then President Jim Basa also called Li Hao.
For the president's support, what Li Hao can do is to do his best to lead the Lakers to rise again and keep their position as president.
After successfully recruiting Wade and Howard, Li Hao was finally able to focus on training by himself, but Kupchak called Li Hao to the team's training gym.
The Lakers have reached a consensus with the Celtics, swapped signings, and helped each other choose their favorite targets on draft day, and because of this, the Lakers tried out Ingram again.
And this time, Kupchak called Li Hao and asked Li Hao to see Ingram's condition.
In last year's draft, Li Hao recommended that those rookies had very good performances last season, so Kupchak hoped that Li Hao would check this time.
However, Ingram didn't need Li Hao to say anything at all, the talent was there, and at the time when Li Hao's soul was worn, Ingram was already close to the level of supergiants.
So Li Hao's main purpose this time is to let Ingram feel the love from his predecessors.
Well, physical care.
"Brandon, are you interested in coming to my training camp to train together after the trial" After abusing Ingram two 11:0, Li Hao sent an invitation to Ingram.
"Good" Ingram agrees calmly, but it fits well with Ingram's personality, who is a very quiet person.
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"Lee, what do you think of Brandon?" The Lakers uniform team unanimously saw Ingram.
"He can definitely become an All-Star caliber player in the future," Li Hao said.
"Do you have any players you can recommend for the second round of picking?" Kupchak asked again.
"Does the team have a goal?" Li Hao asked rhetorically.
"Tried out a couple of centers" All three of the Lakers' centers last season were out of contract.
Hibbert's giant pit, the Lakers are obviously impossible to stay, Thackeray is full of passion, but unfortunately the strength is not enough, Blake is better than Thackeray, but after signing Howard, the Lakers are not ready to keep Blake.
Originally, the Lakers were ready to keep Blake, but after knowing that the Lakers did not have a center, Blake's agent sat on the ground and raised the price, and the Lakers were naturally not stupid.
So the Lakers are ready to use the second round to sign the former center, so the Lakers invited Zhou Qi, who participated in the draft this year, to try out, but Zhou Qi ignored the Lakers at all.
Don't look at the future Zhou Qi returned to the CBA after more than a year on the bench in the Rockets, in the year of participating in the draft, Zhou Qi's market is quite optimistic, and even some media think that Zhou Qi can enter the lottery area.
Well, it's a bit of an exaggeration to enter the lotto area, but most people think that Zhou Qi can enter the first round, or even the kind that is still stable.
After the draw results came out, some fans even began to choose a team for Zhou Qi, and the media hyped it crazy, Penguin even launched a documentary called "Qi Trace", and even invited Zhou Qi's father in the final draft.
However, the final result embarrassed countless people, and Zhou Qi, who made it to the first round, was selected by the Rockets with the No. 43 pick in the second round.
By the way, there was another Chinese player who was drafted this year, and the Grizzlies signed with No. 57 and still played for Fujian Wang Zhelin at that time.
However, Wang Zhelin never thought of coming to the NBA to be the guardian of the water cooler, because in the Fujian team at that time, Wang Zhelin was not only the core of the team, but also a shareholder of the team.
But if you get to the Grizzlies, not to mention that you can only get a rookie base salary, or the most marginal of the team, anyone can bully a rookie, and this huge gap is not something that anyone can bear.
In fact, this is still a cliché, the country is too comfortable, and the players are not enterprising at all.
"I believe in the vision of the uniform team" According to the original development, the Lakers will choose Zubac, which is undoubtedly a good choice.
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After returning from the Toyota Sports Center, Li Hao was finally able to concentrate on training, and for the next period of time, Li Hao's mind was all focused on training, and finally when June came, his three-point shooting and ball control improved a little.
And on the first day of June, Ingram returned to Los Angeles after the trial, came to the training gym, and then a new round of bullying began.
However, this time Li Hao did not participate, he had already been bullied before, there was no need to do it again, as for others, not everyone could be bullied.
Like Russell, he is destined to not be able to play, although Russell's personal ability is actually good, but he lacks explosive power and really has no advantage in one-on-one real man battles.
Although Russell can't be bullied, he has made a lot of progress this month, and of course, Russell is not the only one who has improved.
Not to mention Li Hao, LaVine and Wiggins have also been improving, and Randle has developed his own long-range shooting and ball-handling ability, although it is not very stable, but it is much better than before.