bonanza

Chapter 567 Draft
The Mavericks already have a defensive loophole in Nash, and they have another Rashad Lewis, and they haven't been beaten into a sieve?

The main bargaining chip given by the Bulls is Artest. This product does not need to be introduced by Yang Dongsheng. He is a small forward on the field and has extremely strong physical fitness. Forward three positions.

And this product was offered to be traded on its own initiative.

In 1998, after Jordan bid farewell to the basketball world for the second time, Pippen, Rodman, Luke Longley, Kukoc and others also left one after another. The Bulls have since become an epic bad team.

Although the NBA management is reluctant to part with the benefits of the third largest metropolitan area in the United States, they arranged for them to draw the No. 17 pick in the second year and select Elton Brand. They still only had 65 wins and [-] losses last season.

Artest didn't want to stay on such a bad team and asked the Bulls to trade him away.

The Bulls management also thinks he is a thorn, but they haven't been able to find a suitable trading partner before, so they didn't trade.

Last season, Elton Brand averaged 20.1 points and 10 rebounds per game last season. He is a star power forward, and Finley is a swingman. The two partners are just right.

In order to match, the Bulls will also be paired with a role player.

Yang Dongsheng immediately made a decision and traded with the Bulls.

Although Artest has a problem with his personality, to be honest, how many black American players have a good personality?

Anyway, it is Old Nelson who will have a headache next. If he can't handle it well, it means that he is not capable.

The time has entered the end of June, and the draft is here.

The Mavericks have two draft picks, one is the 12th overall pick in the first round and the other is the 31st overall pick in the second round.

The draft in the United States is scheduled at night, which happens to be the daytime on China's side.

Yang Dongsheng rushed to the hotel early in the morning, had breakfast with James Whistler, and listened to the situation in the United States through international calls.

The quality of this year's rookies is very poor. Yang Dongsheng has only heard of the names, and when it was finally his turn to be the 12th pick, there were only four left who hadn't been selected——Tekoglu , Magloire, Reed and Najera.

James Whistler has their information here. Turkoglu is 2 meters tall. He can play small forwards and power forwards. He is a good player in his impression.

But the Mavericks have already determined the position, small forward has Artest, power forward has Nowitzki, not to mention the possibility of grabbing Duncan, these people are much better than Koglu.

Magloire is 2 meters tall and is a center forward on the field, but he weighs only 11 kilograms. He is neither the strong blue-collar man Yang Dongsheng wants, nor is his reputation far inferior to Brad Miller.

But after Finley left, the Mavericks suddenly became weaker at the shooting guard position, and Reid seemed to be more famous than the others.

Yang Dongsheng hesitated a little and wrote Reed's name on the paper.

By the time the Mavericks drafted in the second round, there was only Najera left on the list who Yang Dongsheng remembered.

Yang Dongsheng can remember this name because he once gave Yao Ming a hot pot during the game.

After the draft, Yang Dongsheng heard that the Mavericks still had the right to sign Wang Zhizhi.

In 1999, the Mavericks selected Wang Zhizhi with the 7th pick in the second round, but Wang Zhizhi has not joined the NBA so far and has been playing in China.

Because Yang Dongsheng selected Najera mainly to play power forward, the Mavericks have too many players who can play power forward, and Wang Zhizhi cannot join the NBA, so the old Nelson wanted to trade Wang Zhizhi's signing rights.

Yang Dongsheng has no interest in Wang Zhizhi, he is different from Yao Ming, he has not practiced from beginning to end.

Even if Wang Zhizhi joins the Mavericks now, he can't adapt to the rhythm and intensity of the NBA, but Yang Dongsheng also knows that the Spurs still have the right to sign Ginobili, and the Jazz have the right to sign Kirilenko.

Yang Dongsheng asked Nelson to contact the Spurs and Jazz to see if he could buy these signing rights from them.

After the draft, the free market opens.

The Mavericks completed the first trade with the Bulls, trading Finley back for Artest and Fred Hoiberg.

To Yang Dongsheng's surprise, he seemed to have heard of the name of this addition. It must not be easy for Yang Dongsheng to remember the name. This deal seemed to be a big profit.

The Mavericks signed Brad Miller and Billups.

Brad Miller's contract is two years and $550 million.

In the year of the previous life, the Bulls signed a three-year, $3 million contract with Brad Miller. The Bulls are a bad team, attracting people to join, and there is a lot of premium.

In this life, due to the trade to Finley, the Bulls need a maximum salary next year to keep Finley, and they are much more cautious in spending money than in previous lives.

As for Billups, his contract is two years 480 million, an average of 240 million US dollars per year.

Billups was the No. 1997 pick in 238. His rookie contract was $310 million in the first year and $[-] million in the last year.

The starting point is very high, but he changed three teams in three years as a rookie and was regarded as a problem player. As a result, the second contract of his career was not as good as his rookie period.

This signing made Yang Dongsheng a little dissatisfied, and the old Nelson actually only signed a two-year contract with them.

The old guy was still playing tricks, superficially obeying the boss's will, but in fact, only used a two-year contract to perfunctory.

The hateful thing is that old Nelson thinks he is smart. Yang Dongsheng will spend more money in the future. When Brad Miller and Billups are worthy, and then want to renew their contracts, the current price will not be the same.

This incident strengthened Yang Dongsheng's idea of ​​driving old Nelson away.

Even though Finley was traded, the Mavericks' signings did not cause much disturbance in the NBA, because a major event happened in the free market on this day-McGrady and Hill joined the Orlando Magic through a sign-and-trade contract. An astonishing $7 million over seven years.

This deal was a huge loss for the Magic. Although Hill's style of play was good-looking, it caused too much damage to his knees, and he was doomed to be unable to escape the fate of the glass man.

What is surprising is that after the opening of the free market, Duncan neither accepted the Mavericks' invitation, nor joined the Magic, nor did he renew his contract with the Spurs. He seemed to be still waiting and watching.

After sending James Whistler away, Yang Dongsheng's own private jet also arrived. The first batch was two Dassault Falcon 2000s. For safety reasons, Yang Dongsheng tried to avoid buying planes from Americans and Canadians.

The crew was dug directly from civil aviation.

Yang Dongsheng had just watched the plane when his cell phone rang. It was Director Li from the office who called, "Mr. Yang, I just got the news that the leader is going to Madu to inspect our agricultural base!"

(End of this chapter)