One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen. What Does the Logo Man Want to Do?

"Ballmer is trying to cause trouble in New York!"

At this stage, the myth of the logo man is not that exaggerated. Although he formed the OK group, built the current Warriors, helped the Grizzlies enter the playoffs, and helped the Lakers create two consecutive championships after Kobe...

But it hasn’t reached the point of being so touted in the original time and space, because the Warriors have not yet won the championship, and the logo man has not yet helped the Clippers build a championship lineup. In the original time and space, the logo man has not helped the Clippers build a championship lineup. Only later did he become a god.

But in the NBA team uniforms, the ability of the logo man has always been recognized. Sun Ce does not know the details of the Nets poaching the logo man from the Warriors, but it is definitely nothing more than money.

To transform the Nets, it is no less difficult than when Ellis took over the Warriors. Apart from magical means such as money, Sun Ce could not think of any other way for Ballmer to poach the logo man back.

Sun Ce is not afraid that the logo man will create a strong team in the Eastern Conference. On the contrary, he hopes that a stronger team will emerge, with money, a big city, and a good uniform staff... Sun Ce took a look and saw that the Nets were still fighting Doc Rivers has renewed his contract! There is no doubt that this is a very good coach, similar to a Zen master. If he is given a superstar, he can use it very well. For example, he used McGrady back then and the Celtics Big Three before. Although chicken soup is his strongest method, Being able to make good use of stars is ability.

In addition to not having a first-round pick and not being able to enjoy the rookie bonus, there are only two second-round picks from 2015 to 2017. After Ballmer took over, everything became very promising for the Nets.

Going to such a team, Sun Ce doesn't worry about Larry Sanders anymore. He estimates that Doc Rivers can probably let Lopez go out to shoot and Larry Sanders can attack. Eating cakes focuses on this kind of thing.

This actually fits Sun Ce's impression of Lopez's career trajectory, who is losing weight and changing his style of play... It's quite a coincidence.

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"Third brother, how about I take a salary cut and play for another year?"

"No need, that's 60 million! God knows if I can get it next year. I'll get it first. Wouldn't it be better to get more than 30 million US dollars? You already took a salary cut for a year last year, and you have helped me a lot. Now There is also a championship, make the decision that is best for you, think about Sprewell back then, now you don’t know where to make money playing wildball..."

At noon on the 27th, Larry Sanders, who had reached a verbal agreement with the Nets, found Sun Ce and seemed very hesitant.

Regarding this, Sun Ce and Bill Duffy have discussed this, and they must support Larry Sanders to go to the Nets. The reason is what Sun Ce just said.

It's very simple. Players like Larry Sanders may not play anymore after the age of 30. This summer, 27-year-old Larry Sanders signed a 1-point, four-year long-term contract. Many teams may be willing to do so. , but when he turns 28 next year, it is estimated that not many teams will be willing to give him a long-term contract.

Because Larry Sanders is not the kind of player with a consistent body shape and playing style. Athletic ability is the most important part of Larry Sanders' strength. All his strengths are based on excellent athletic ability. He doesn't even have the stature of Jordan and Howard, otherwise the 27-year-old would not be as simple as 15 million.

Perhaps, even if Larry Sanders in the original time and space did not give up basketball for art, his career lifespan would only be seven or eight years, which is actually quite long among the top players in the NBA.

Soothing Larry Sanders, who was wavering in his heart, this is something Sun Ce has been preparing for since last summer. Regardless of the results of the just-ended season, Larry Sanders cannot continue to cut his salary in the new season. Otherwise, you will have trouble with your conscience and people will follow you, but you can’t catch them and keep plucking away their wool.

And the Nets after Ballmer became the boss are not a bad choice.

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The Nets' drastic changes have attracted enough attention, but the Nets' operations have nothing to do with this draft. This year, the Nets only have a second-round pick.

Their '15 and '17 draft picks belong to the Celtics.

On the afternoon of the 27th, Sun Ce flew to New York with the team. On the plane, he discussed the draft with Chris Wallace, Coach Hollins, and Robert Pera.

This time he went to New York to participate in the draft with the team because he was going to attend the sneaker launch conference in New York on June 30. In the past few days, even John had sent a team of lawyers to follow Bill Duffy's negotiation team. Negotiations with Nike and AJ are about new cooperation matters.

In terms of the team's draft, due to many reasons, it was not able to complete the goal of exchanging three draft picks for the top ten picks, so the plan is now changed.

And also based on many complex factors, their Grizzlies free market expectations this year are very good!

This is very different from the situation after they won the championship for the first time in the summer of 2012. At that time, not many powerful players thought they could defend the title. The probability of a small city team defending the title was too low, even if they defended the title in the late 1980s. The Pistons, and Detroit, where the Pistons were located at that time, was not even a small city. On the contrary, Detroit at that time was one of the richest cities in the United States. Although there was already a trend of decline at that time, a skinny camel was bigger than a horse. , not something Memphis can compare to.

But things are different now. The Grizzlies have proven that they can defend their title, and they just played such a terrifying season, which is reminiscent of the OK Dynasty and the Jordan Dynasty.

There is also the long-term contract signed by Sun Ce, which gives many veterans a psychological guarantee. Even if they fail to defend their title, they can still wait like Richard Jefferson and Stoudemire.

On the morning of the 28th, after Sun Ce discussed with the coaching staff and management, the management made a decision.

At 10 a.m., the NBA officially announced that the Grizzlies used the 19th overall pick in the 2015 first round, the 28th overall pick in the 2015 first round, and the Raptors’ second-round pick in 2016. Three draft picks were used as bargaining chips. , received the Magic's top-three protected first-round pick in 2016.

Since the Grizzlies' 2016 first-round pick is not expected to be too high, the Magic will probably not be at the bottom next season. Oladipo is also pretty good, and there are also players who have made huge improvements in the past two years. Vucevic and Embiid are also highly anticipated, and they are not expected to get the top three picks. The Grizzlies want to get a high-ranking draft pick. This deal is regarded as a win-win, because the Magic has accumulated a lot of talent. Enough that using a mid-first-round pick and a late-first-round pick to pick immediate strength is a good fit.

Also, 2016 is recognized as a weak year for the draft, and the Magic don't seem to suffer from this deal.

The Grizzlies retained the No. 22 pick in the first round, which became the focus of discussion among the media and fans.

Since Chris Wallace became the general manager, the Grizzlies have done very well in other draft picks except for the problem of having to pick an interior pick with the second pick. According to sources, the reason why the Grizzlies did not receive an unprotected pick is: It was because they were unwilling to replace the 28th pick with the 22nd pick. The Grizzlies made such a clear trade, and the media felt that they must have a target.

With the 22nd overall pick, in this range, the ones predicted to be likely to be selected are University of Kentucky power forward Trey Lyles, whose template is Carlos Boozer; Louisville's Terry Rozier, whose template is Raymond. - Felton; Sam Decker of the University of Wisconsin, modeled after Gordon Hayward...

Seeing that after his team retained the 22nd pick, several rookie candidates soared in the draft, from the middle to late first round to the middle to early first round, Sun Ce was unable to complain.

As soon as the news of their trade came out, the media immediately followed up and reported that some teams were re-collecting information on the players they might select with the 22nd pick left by the Grizzlies. Sun Ce finally understood the difficulties of his team.

I also understand why many championship-level teams, especially championship-level teams that rely on the draft to rise, are not so interested in draft picks that are neither high nor low, and would rather have late first-round or second-round picks. Take a chance on players who are very single-purpose players.

Everyone is staring at them!

Fortunately, after discussing with the team, Sun Ce did not gamble on luck with the picks within the predicted range, but directly kept the higher picks.

Let those people guess!

The draft is only a few hours away, let's see what those guys can do.

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On the day of the draft, the Grizzlies stirred up a stir in the draft market in the middle and early first rounds, but after all, the Grizzlies only had the 22nd overall pick in the first round, so the real commotion was not that big.

At 8 p.m., the draft kicked off at the Barclays Center in New York.

This year's draft was held at the Nets' home court because the Madison Square Garden Arena needs renovation. This arena is too old and needs to be renovated every few years to eliminate safety hazards.

Sun Ce came to the draft for the first time since he participated in the draft. Although he changed the arena... a feeling of nostalgia arose spontaneously. He suddenly realized that it was all six years ago.

After David Stern finished his opening remarks amidst boos as usual, he went backstage to wait. Three minutes later, David Stern returned to the stage.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Minnesota Timberwolves selected Karl-Anthony Towns from the University of Kentucky with the first overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft."

There is no doubt that whoever gets the No. 1 pick will choose Towns, because the talent is there.

Three minutes into the draft, Sun Ce was guessing who the Celtics would pick. It seemed like everyone was suitable. Stevens, the young head coach of the Celtics, was good at team play.

At this moment, the big screen switched to the sub-stage next to it, and Sun Ce immediately looked at the big screen. This situation meant that a deal was coming!

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Nets completed a three-way trade with Mason Plumlee and Carmelo Anthony with the Rockets and Celtics to obtain the second overall pick in the first round."

"I'm sorry! What do the Nets want to do?"