Chapter 634 [Refuse to Work, Not Many Choices]
As a reborn player, Yang Rui is of course optimistic about Curry and is willing to coach Curry. After he determines the next team to coach, the first thing he does is to replace Curry with the team.
With this elementary school student who has his own "plug-in" here, the coach can be lazy during the regular season and arrange any tactics. He can just watch Curry throw around from the sidelines.
For a guy like Curry who relies on his super touch, no matter which team he goes to, as long as the coach doesn't let him be a defensive blue collar, he will definitely play, it's just a matter of time. Since Ray Allen left, the Bucks have become a team that rarely shoots three-pointers. This is bad news for Curry. Yang Rui feels the need to save him from suffering.
A good rookie shouldn't go anywhere but Milwaukee. In the previous life, when the Bucks selected Yi Jianlian, the two brothers were unwilling to report it, let alone a newcomer with MVP potential like Curry?
With the 8th pick, the Rockets selected Jordan Hill, the rookie with the strongest name this year and a spring-loaded big man. The Rockets have been drafting and digging insiders in recent years. Eddie Curry is out of action, "landlord" Sheldon Williams is also rubbish, and Joe Alexander is a complete loser.
Without Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, the Rockets' fate has changed the most. They cannot make the playoffs and have no stars to attract fans. It is difficult to make money. Alexander is already preparing to sell the team.
With the 9th pick, the Pistons selected DeMar DeRozan. After Houston retired, they needed some outside players to train. In recent years, they have relied entirely on the inside.
Milicic was different from Yang Rui in his previous life. He got a high-paying long-term contract by averaging 16.8 points and 8 rebounds per game, but that was it at his peak. Since then, he has been in the early 10s and averaged 6 rebounds, which is not as good as Okur.
Many people say that Milicic is a parallel import, but he is actually better than before.
The Raptors selected point guard Brandon Jennings with the 10th pick, which is an obvious signal that they will not renew Allen Iverson's contract in the summer.
There are not many strong players in the back. Yang Rui can't tell whether the role players' destinations have changed. Twelve years after his rebirth, his past life memories have become blurry. He only remembers who has the potential to become a star or an excellent role player.
The Warriors selected James Johnson in the first round, a good small forward whose strength continues to improve.
The 76ers selected Jrue Holiday, a point guard with the potential to be selected as an All-Star, which was a good choice.
The Timberwolves traded a draft pick with the 18th pick and selected point guard Ty Lawson. McHale finally went crazy.
The Jazz also selected a good point guard in Jeff Teague to strengthen their outside strength.
The Lakers selected small forward DeMarre Carroll, who is 203cm tall and weighs 98kg.
Carroll was a late bloomer in Yang Rui's previous life. It wasn't until the 13-14 season that he made a name for himself with the Hawks and became an excellent role player. The premise was that he shot poorly and could only be a blue-collar defensive player.
The Mavericks selected shooting guard Wayne Ellington.
The Timberwolves also had a pick at No. 28, selecting Congolese small forward Aienga.
With the 30th overall pick, the Cavaliers selected point guard Tony Douglas, a defender with good three-point ability.
This draft class is clearly undervalued and has several good role players in the second round. In Yang Rui's previous life, the Spurs needed an inside line and selected short power forward DeJuan Blair, a player with potential injuries and strong strength.
Now that the Spurs have Luis Scola inside, they don't need reinforcements, so they chose swingman Chase Budinger.
This is a white player with excellent physical fitness. He is 201cm tall and weighs 95 kilograms. He can perform explosive dunks. He has a certain three-point shooting ability. His overall view and positioning ability are also above the standard. The disadvantage is that his defense is poor. , I don’t know what level he can play under Popovich.
The Cavaliers selected swingman Danny Green in the second round. He is 198cm tall. He is currently good at long-range shooting, has average ball control, poor confrontation, and strong mobility. He is a player with a relatively single role, so he fell to the second round.
He is also a target that Yang Rui focuses on, and he plans to introduce him to the team in the future.
It costs nothing.
In his previous life, Green joined the Spurs and performed amazingly. In the 2013 NBA Finals series, Green made more three-pointers than Ray Allen and set a new finals record; in the 2013-14 season, he won the NBA championship with the Spurs. In the 16-17 season, he was selected to the second team of the All-Defensive Team.
In the Cavaliers, Green can't escape the fate of being waived as a fringe player. Rudy Gay can't even play in the Cavaliers, let alone him?
The Suns selected point guard Patrick Beverley in the second round. He was nicknamed "Mad Dog" in the future and was very dedicated on the defensive end. It will be difficult for him to sign with the Suns, who already have Nash and Dragic on the team.
At No. 55, there is excellent Australian point guard Patrick Mills, who was selected by the Trail Blazers.
Yang Rui looked at it and was very excited. There were so many players that he could pick out, and he could easily put together a team of potential newcomers.
Any team that signs Yang Rui as coach will rise quickly. On the contrary, no matter how many draft picks they have, they may be wasted.
The Timberwolves held six draft picks this time, and they actually selected a bunch of parallel imports. In the second round, they selected Calathes and Noel, names that Yang Rui had never heard of.
The most valuable option for the Timberwolves is 180CM point guard Ty Lawson. He is extremely fast, has great breakthrough skills, and has shooting ability. He can be regarded as an enhanced version of Brooks, but it is not a big surprise that the Timberwolves will trade him, but I don’t know who will get the advantage.
After watching the draft show, Yang Rui changed the TV channel and rubbed his face with his hands.
Thomas Bentley asked: "Have you decided which team to go to?"
"I don't want to work for other people's teams anymore, but there are really not many choices to buy a team." Yang Rui smiled bitterly.
The team he most wants to buy is the Lakers, but the Buss family accounts for 66% of the shares of the Lakers. It is a typical family business. The successor has been selected, and it is Jim Buss, an idiot.
No matter how famous a coach is, he will have some conflicts with the boss once it involves the team's profits and interests.
Kobe Bryant last season is a typical example. The Buss family needs to rely on stars to make money and attract fans, so Kobe Bryant, who has a backer, dare not give Yang Rui face during the regular season. The reason why Yang Rui was able to deal with Kobe in the playoffs was because he broke up with him and threatened the Buss family with greater interests.
When he was with the Wizards, Yang Rui also had conflicts with his boss. He didn't want to experience this kind of thing again. He wanted to be the owner of the team and tell the truth. In this way, if any player acted like a big star, he would be told to get out immediately without looking at anyone's face.
The NBA allows coaches to own shares in the team, and of course they can also be the owner. Yang Rui has this condition and is ready.
The trouble is, it's hard to buy a team in a good position, and even if the owner wants to sell, he has to compete with a lot of people.
No matter how cheap a bad team is, Yang Rui has no interest in buying it, such as the Bobcats, Hornets, Pistons, etc., the position is too bad. Even if Yang Rui can turn the market value of several hundred million into 2 billion after buying it, he is not interested in making this money because there is no shortage of money.
The current position is still making do, and the boss only wants to sell to two teams, the Rockets and the Warriors.
The Rockets are in Houston, the fourth largest city in the United States with a developed economy. Rockets owner Leslie Alexander's personal net worth was only $80 million in 2005, tied for last in the league with Spurs owner Peter Holt. As of this year, Alexander’s assets are only over 100 million.
Without Yao Ming, without the favor of the Chinese market, the Rockets have always been a bad team, and Alexander can no longer survive. It is not difficult for Yang Rui to buy the Rockets. The team currently has nothing and is valued at 300 million. The final transaction price will hardly exceed 500 million.
But Houston is in Texas. If he goes there, will he still have three girlfriends?