Chapter 470: The Last Player of the Bobcats
Norman Powell was drafted in the second round, and the Bobcats completed all the operations of the season.
All 15 players for next season are already in place.
The point guard positions are Parker, Kidd.
The quantile positions are Jordan, Ginobili, Norman Powell.
The small forward positions are Batum, Beasley, Marion, Grant Hill, McGeejee.
The power forward position is played by Duncan, Marvin Williams.
The center positions are O'Neal, Thabit, Myles Turner.
Basically, there are already suitable players of various styles for each position, among which Norman Powell, a swingman at the front, can play a cameo role in the point guard position to defend or attack because he is only 1.93 meters tall.
Norman Powell, a point-guard-height swingman, is useless to others, just like the non-trivial players on the front line.
But for Du Kang, it is of great use.
He won the championship with the Lakers last year, and he has four more opportunities to strengthen the training camp, as long as Norman Powell's speed and explosiveness are slightly improved, then he is a point guard beast with the physique of a small forward and the skill of a shooting guard.
In this draft, the team's two primary goals were achieved, and it was undoubtedly a very successful draft.
As for what the public opinion outside is like, Du Kang doesn't care at all.
He's now waiting for the free signing market to open on July 1st, then signing all of these players to the team, and then using props on them to see what they're capable of.
From June 25th to July 1st, it was only less than a week, but it felt like a long week.
In less than a week, Du Kang is not without other things to do.
The big leaders of the General Administration came to Charlotte and personally invited Du Kang.
I hope that Du Kang will become the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team and lead the team to play in the 2016 Olympic Games.
In the 2014 World Championships, the men's basketball team relied on the two NBA All-Stars who injured themselves, Da Yao and the United Arab Emirates, to perform well and create the best record in history, but after the World Championships, the leaders of the Basketball Association were scolded by domestic fans.
After sacrificing Yao Ming, are you proud of the achievements you won?
Have the strongest inside line in FIBA, but play like that ghost, are you very proud?
Before the World Championships, fans called on the leaders of the Basketball Association to invite Du Kang to coach, but the leaders of the Basketball Association have their own little Jiujiu, and they feel that the Chinese team is strong and does not need Du Kang at all, and they can also achieve results.
Du Kang became the head coach, can they stuff people into the national team?
Definitely not.
When Du Kang became the head coach, the team's staff, the team's coaching staff, and even the team's leader, could they still decide?
What a great benefit this is, not to mention the benefits of money, but the interests of human feelings, how much does it get.
I heard that on the football side, the places of several national teams can be exchanged for tens of millions.
Even if there is no such money transaction on the basketball side, if it is exchanged for a favor transaction, it can be exchanged for good things in other places.
There shouldn't be a person as cowhide as Coach Xiao Du in the domestic basketball world!
Just like the hook and Adam Shaw's thoughts, the NBA shouldn't have someone as cowhide as Coach D.
With Coach Xiao Du and Yao Ming, the UAE will no longer be able to control it.
With Coach D, the superstars of the NBA can no longer control it.
Everyone has a desire to control.
The more people who have everything, the more controlling they are.
Isn't it fragrant to be in control of everything yourself?
It's just that in the end, I didn't expect the men's basketball team's performance in the World Championships to be so tragic, which directly angered all the fans, and also made Xiao Jiujiu in the hearts of the leaders of the Basketball Association become the target of public criticism.
The leaders of the basketball association did not want Du Kang to come in and coach their pool, but the leaders of the sports bureau at the top wanted Du Kang to go down.
This little pool of your basketball is nothing compared to the sea of stars in the whole sport.
If the men's three balls are to win the Olympic championship, what a great credit.
The worms of your basketball association feel that this kind of credit can't be shared with them anyway, even if it is shared with themselves, there are coaches and players who take the lion's share, and they can't share anything, it doesn't matter.
But for the big leaders of the Sports Bureau, they can take this credit alone, because it is not at all a level, the Basketball Association, Coach Xiao Du, Yao Ming, and the United Arab Emirates are at the tactical level, competing with each other for credit, and they are at the strategic level, and their competitors are other big departments, not small departments under themselves.
Therefore, seeing that the Olympics were approaching and Du Kang did not move, they really couldn't sit still.
What price did they pay to get Du Kang?
The price is quite large, and it directly sorted out the domestic basketball world to ensure that Du Kang has the highest power.
"Even if I invite a player who has never played in a professional league to join the national team, no one will object?"
"Coach Xiao Du, even if you bring the wild dogs from your village into the national team as training dogs, we will find a way to arrange an official identity for it and eat a permanent dog food."
Du Kang was stunned for a moment.
"You're so humorous."
For a moment, the whole conference room burst into laughter.
In the end, Du Kang accepted the invitation, but not immediately, but after the end of the NBA next year, Du Kang will become the head coach of the national team.
Du Kang has no plans to lead the team to play in this year's Asian Championships.
"Coach Xiao Du, don't you need to familiarize yourself with the players of the national team first?"
Du Kang shook his head and said with a smile.
"There's no need."
After finalizing the matter of taking charge of the national team, Du Kang accompanied everyone and took everyone to play around Charlotte and North Carolina.
After the leaders left, the time officially entered July.
The first news that the signing market opened was that the Celtics and the team's star player, Thick Eyebrow, signed a five-year, $150 million contract.
The signing of thick eyebrows has laid a shot in the arm for Celtics fans' ambitions for the new season.
As a rival Lakers, their star Wade announced that he was leaving the Lakers and returning to the Miami Heat as a free agent.
As soon as the news came out, the entire NBA was in an uproar, and the whole of Miami went crazy.
After the Heat confirmed the signing of Wade for 3 years and 90 million, Pat Riley, the spokesperson of the Heat, said movingly in an interview.
"Thank you Dwayne for giving me and Miami the opportunity to make up for our biggest regrets, this time, we will never let Dwayne sacrifice again, and thank Dwayne for leaving the first salary of his career to Miami."
"I won't regret it, I won't worry, even if Wade doesn't play a game in the next three years, we won't regret giving him a contract of 90 million for three years, which he deserves, and this is what we owe him."
That's a very moving thing to say.
Wade was a two-time NBA MVP champion last season, and the appeal Wade brought to the Heat was immediate.
After Wade announced his return to the Heat and signed with the Heat, Aldridge, the star of the Trail Blazers, a completely free agent, also announced that he had signed a four-year, 90 million contract with the Heat.
The Heat, who were still a fish belly last season, quickly completed a rebuild and became a powerhouse in the East.
And the Heat's operation isn't over yet.
The Heat and the Chicago Bulls completed the trade, and Pat Riley sent the team's top pick this year, Yao Ming, Karl, Anthony Towns, and the team's only big-contract player, Roel Deng, to the Bulls in exchange for Jimmy Butler, who had an intensified conflict with the team's boss Rose due to his style of play.
Jimmy Butler is a sign-and-trade, and he just signed a five-year, 95 million contract with the Bulls and was sent to the Heat.
Jimmy Butler averaged 20 points, 6 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game last season, the data is very good, but he is 26 years old, his age is not too young, and his talent is not so high, his ceiling is visible to the naked eye.
It's too hard, and most of the players in the NBA are actually lazy.
You work hard, you work hard, a person like Kobe Bryant secretly work hard, it's nothing, the key is that this person is still jealous and hateful, and he likes to talk about teammates, which is very uncomfortable.
You roll yours, don't roll your teammates, you can't roll up, even a player like Kobe Bryant can't let his teammates work hard, even Jordan, he can't change his teammates, you are a mere Jimmy Butler, which green onion, is also worthy of dominating the character and habits of your teammates?
Who listens to you!
In the end, the whole team was broken down by Jimmy Butler.
It is said that a rat poop spoiled a pot of porridge, and Jimmy Butler was a pot of rat poop that was mixed up by the porridge.
Jimmy Butler is destined to be sent away, and the Bulls are destined to rebuild in the next two years.
Jimmy Butler, Rose, none of them can be kept, it depends on whether the chips are in place.
For the Bulls, Towns is a good chip.
As for whether the Heat team will worry that Jimmy Butler's bowl of golden porridge will also run to their own team to make trouble?
Well, Pat Riley is really not worried, Rose can't hold down Butler, Wade can't press Butler, isn't it a minute?
Butler is a student at Wade Marquette University, and the two have a very good personal relationship.
In the Butler-Towns deal, the Heat ended up getting an All-Star-caliber player who had already played but didn't have much potential, while the Bulls got a potential rookie who could become an All-Star or even a quasi-superstar in the future.
For both sides, it was not a loss, and they both got what they wanted.
After the free market opened, the Heat undoubtedly became the most beautiful boy.
got Wade back, signed Aldridge, traded Jimmy Butler, and got Nowitzki Porzingis Jr., the No. 3 pick this year.
And the team already has good players such as Whiteside, Dragic, Chanmos, etc., and the competitiveness of the Heat team has come up at once.
Therefore, soon, the free agent who completed the buyout with the Nets and left the Nets, former Hawk king Joe Johnson also announced that he would join the Heat as a free agent with a base salary.
Of course, Joe Johnson can't join right away, but the two sides have already signed a contract.
Joe Johnson bought out the max salary contract to come to the Heat, with only one purpose, that is, to come to the championship.
There are now several championship favorites in the NBA.
Lakers, Warriors, Thunder, Cavaliers, Celtics, Heat.
With the return of Yao Ming, Kobe, and Maddy, there are too many excellent players in the Lakers, and the team is bursting, and many people are lamenting the strong training ability of Coach D. When he was in charge of the Lakers, there were a bunch of veterans, and a bunch of veterans who were going to be swept into the garbage heap, and when they left, the team was already a treasure.
The Lakers and Celtics are the two biggest favorites who don't have many seats.
The Warriors, Cavaliers and Thunder don't feel so stable, the three teams haven't been out of the impression for too long, and for some urban reasons, the three teams are not top in their appeal right now.
On the contrary, the Heat, whether it is the city, the appeal of the team's stars, is good, plus the golden sign of Pat Riley, although it is not as attractive as the Lakers and Celtics, it is above other teams.
As for the bobcat......
The Bobcats are really not the biggest favourites right now.
Even......
Bobcats have announced the signing of free agent Jordan
Bobcats have announced the signing of free agent Duncan.
Bobcats have announced the signing of free agent O'Neal.
Bobcats have announced the signing of free agent Kidd.
Bobcats have announced the signing of free agent Grant Hill.
Bobcats have announced the signing of free agent Beasley.
Bobcats have announced the signing of free agent Marion.
Bobcats have announced the signing of free agent Ginobili.
Bobcats have announced the signing of free agent Tabit.
Bobcat announced the signing of rookie Myles Turner.
Bobcat announced a three-year contract with rookie Norman Powell.
……
This Nima's, it's you, do you think the Bobcats can compete for the championship?
So, in ESPN's latest team power rankings, the Bobcats, who have completed these signings, have locked up the Bobcats, and are ranked 24th in the NBA's power rankings.
"Originally, I wanted to rank the Bobcats in 30th, but considering the strength of Coach D, 24th is a suitable position, and Coach D is the only head coach in NBA history who can improve the rating of a team by 6 grades!
If the head coach of the Bobcats is Fantastic Monty, we will raise the Bobcats' power ranking to 29th at most, and one more is disrespectful to the Bobcats' strength!
You can slap us in the face after the season, but, even if God comes, we will say, this Bobcat, the hard power is lower than last year's Lakers, the Lakers' power ranking last season was 25, this year is 24, the reason why it is one place higher is completely because we all feel that Coach D is a notch stronger than we imagined last year, that's all!
Miracles can't happen every year, and this year, there will definitely be no miracles! ”
Fans outside are getting GC by ESPN's team power rankings.
And Du Kang is already gearing up for preparations.
"Finally all the signings and joining the team!"
And right now!
Du Kang waited for an uninvited guest.
Kemba Walker, who had previously looked for his next home, found Du Kang.
"Coach, I want to go to the Bulls, and I want to keep my bird rights."
Therefore, if you want to sign a five-year contract with a maximum salary, it seems that you have already negotiated with the Bulls, and the Bulls are willing to give Kemba Walker a five-year contract.
"And then?"
"The Bulls are willing to trade Derrick Rose for me and McGegie."
Derek Rose?
Du Kang was stunned.
Originally, Du Kang thought that Norman Powell would be the last signing of the team this year.
Obviously, he was wrong.
Derrick Rose!!
Can this be refused?
Of course, no!!!
(End of chapter)