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Chapter 253 The monk of Zhang Er is puzzled [Second update, please subscribe]

"I need to adjust my position?"

Lu Yu was stunned, "I don't understand what you mean, Bill, if you're talking about my girlfriend's posture, I think I might be more used to making my own decisions."

In fact, Lu Yu probably guessed what Cartwright meant.

There were several trades in the player market this summer. Malone and Payton joined the Lakers, Hamilton was traded to the Pistons, and Andre Miller North was traded to the Clippers. Except for these three, the others were small fish.

Let's talk about Andre Miller. Last season, Andre Miller started all 81 games and averaged 16.5 points, 10.9 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 1.56 steals per game.Both average assists and total assists ranked first in the league, becoming the league's assist king, ranking second in the league with 3 triple-doubles, and fifth in the league with 43 double-doubles.

But after last season, the Cavaliers' front office told him, "We were a rubbish team until James came in."

The Cavaliers have already set their sights on next year's draft, and they are looking at LeBron James!
2002 was his contract year.The team told him they were going to screw up and get James.

So his agent advised him, 'You better apply for a deal'.

Then he applied for a deal.

his contract year.

The Cavaliers really don't want to give him anything, so apply for a trade.

However, after being traded to the Clippers, he did not perform well due to injury. In fact, this is just an excuse. The number of assists that was achieved by a weak team is the number one player who cannot be played by a strong team. He just returned to normal. level only.

He's very playmaking, but the offense is mediocre, and the Bulls don't need such a player.

It's enough for the Bulls to have Richardson. Richardson is tall enough, has defense, and has three points. The Bulls don't need him to organize the team because the team has Lu Yu.

In the same way, Payton, who needs a certain amount of the ball, is not the Bull's dish, not to mention that Payton is so old, Krause hates such a famous and old player the most.

Then only Malone and Hamilton are left.

Malone is similar to Payton, old and famous, but Malone can play against O'Neal, which is likely to be considered by the Bulls.

But the positions of Lu Yu and Malone do not conflict, so it is obvious that Cartwright does not mean Karl Malone.

That leaves only Hamilton.

"Lu, you can really joke, well, let me tell you the truth, the team is planning to trade with the Wizards, and the traded player is Hamilton, of course, if you don't agree, you can tell me directly, and I will tell Ke Rolls."

Cartwright is to seek Lu Yu's opinion.

If Lu Yu is angry because of this deal, and he simply doesn't play next season, or he just plays badly, it will be more than worth the loss for the Bulls.

There is no such example in NBA history.

In Lu Yu's previous life, Kobe had forced the palace team to trade players he was satisfied with, otherwise he would have asked the team to trade him.

"There is no problem with the transaction, but whether he can let me make way for him depends on his strength!"

Lu Yu chuckled: "I don't get involved in team trades, but whether I play shooting guard or small forward is not determined by a trade. If he can satisfy me, I'll be fine with playing small forward. The strength is not as good as that of Ron and Jamal, so he should be a substitute for me."

Of course Lu Yu knew that Hamilton's strength was fine, but he had to say this because it involved his status in the team.

Let Lu Yu give up the position of shooting guard if any player comes in, so the team will dare to trade themselves next time.

"So it's too early to talk about positions. Let's talk about going to New York for the draft. How many picks do we have this year?"

Cartwright could also hear what Lu Yu meant, so he didn't explain much about the Hamilton deal, as long as Lu Yu agreed.

"This year our draft is not ideal. It seems that we only have the No.20 eighth pick in the first round and the 26th pick in the second round."

Okay.

At least there is a first-round pick. Lu Yu originally thought that there would be no first-round picks.

This year is a small year for the draft. It is estimated that it will be difficult to pick out a good variety in this group of players by means of the draft.

Caron Butler should enter the draft this year. Since Lu Yu played in the NBA, the contact with Butler has become less and less, but after losing the finals a few days ago, Butler sent a text message Come and comfort yourself.

Of course it is good to be able to select Butler, but there is a high probability that he is a player in the lottery, and the Bulls have no chance.

Dan Dickau also participated in the draft this year. According to the draft forecast, the Bulls will almost be able to select him in the first round of the draft. The problem is not big, but this time he is just a foil, and the real decision-making power is still in Krause's hands. , it is not necessarily impossible to say whether he will choose him or not.

The most important thing is, to the Bulls, can Dan Dicko get a chance?

Lu Yu asked Cartwright for a rookie list. Cartwright was still confused. Lu Yu was actually accompanying Krause to the draft, mainly because of the official requirements of the NBA. David Stern wanted to show his face every time. The opportunity for Lu Yu and Kobe to appear, he intends to train Lu Yu and Kobe to become the kind of star that rivals.

Cartwright was puzzled because he was not a traveler. As a traveler, Cartwright could not imagine the pleasure of panning for gold from the sand at this time.

When Lu Yu saw the rookie player list, the names of the two people in it made his eyes shine.

Carlos Boozer!

Luis Scola!

Of course, there are second-round picks like Navarro and Barnes that can be picked out, but they are not suitable for the Bulls.

But Boozer and Scola are very suitable for the Bulls, the Bulls are lacking in the power forward position.

Marcus Fetzel was incompetent, and Oakley was old and frail.

If it weren't for Boozer's back-and-forth, in fact, Boozer is the most suitable, especially Boozer, who played at Duke University for three years, and Lu Yu are old rivals, and Lu Yu knows enough.

When Boozer came to the NBA, he was ready to fight, and he didn't want to develop slowly like other rookies.

Scola is also very suitable, but Scola's buyout fee is a big problem, and the sample of Scola's playing in Lu Yu's previous life is the sample after he landed in the NBA at the age of 27. Cora has been playing in Europe for many years, and I don't know how strong the young Scola is now.

On June 6, Lu Yu came to New York.

After arriving in New York, he parted ways with Klaus and moved into another hotel, where Scarlett Johansson had already opened a room.

After some experimentation, it was found that the hotel's beds are of good quality.

Scarlett Johansson is satisfied.

"Lu, the last time I was in Los Angeles, I went to Lu Ji for dinner once. There was a riot there. Are you there?"

Scarlett still remembered what happened last time. The Bulls lost the game that day, so she didn't even have a chance to interact with Lu Yu at night.

"Yeah, did you go too?" Lu Yu pretended to be stupid.

"Nonsense, I suspect that you are avoiding me on purpose."

"How is it possible, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I won't hide from you anyway."

"Humph!"

Scarlett pouted, she didn't believe Lu Yu's nonsense.

Later, she saw the newspaper and knew that besides Lu Yu, there was another girl who appeared in Lu Ji that day, but she didn't know it.

It was rumored that the girl was Lu Yu's girlfriend.

Obviously Scarlett was jealous.

Lu Yu didn't say anything, just used his actions to shut up Scarlett... When the pleasure poured in, Scarlett had no time to think about whether to be jealous or not.

The next day, the draft.

Lu Yu and Yao Ming met at Madison Square Garden.

In Lu Yu's previous life, Yao Ming did not enter the Little Green House because he was training in the men's basketball team. This is actually a big regret for Yao Ming. This time, Lu Yu did not miss this opportunity. After all, he entered the Little Green House and made a speech. The speech was very helpful for Yao Ming's popularity in the United States.

Playing in the United States, relying solely on domestic fans, is easy to be discriminated against by American fans.

Only by conquering with American fans like Lu Yu can he truly gain a firm foothold in the NBA. Of course, the premise is to speak with strength.

So Lu Yu asked for leave for Yao Ming and Wang Fei directly.

Wang Fei also had nothing to say. After all, the Basketball Association did not have too many requirements for Yao Ming. Originally, the Basketball Association required Yao Ming to come back to participate in domestic competitions no matter how big or small. As a result, Lu Yu's agent directly told the Basketball Association, Lu Yu, Wang Zhizhi, and Yao Ming are all players under their agency. They want to play together. I hope the Basketball Association will not use regulations to coerce them.

To be honest, the Basketball Association was very angry, they even wanted to let go, but Lu Yu's influence in the country was too great.

The most important thing is that they do not have the slightest jurisdiction over Lu Yu.

Xin Lancheng simply opened one eye and closed the other, pretending not to know.

In fact, in Lu Yu's previous life, he often turned a blind eye, but sometimes for the interests of the basketball association, he had to make a request.

But if something goes wrong, he will definitely be the one who beats it.

Therefore, Lu Yu can do a lot of outrageous things now, provided that the results of the Chinese men's basketball team must be guaranteed, at least the looming World Championships and Asian Games will not cause problems.

Outside the small green house, Lu Yu also saw Butler, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

The two embraced.

"Lu, I said, I will come to the NBA, I will beat you in the NBA!"

"Come on, I'm optimistic about you!"

Butler always felt awkward listening to this. The kid who was "only a little bit" who was invited by him to single out with Dan Dicko and Casey Green has now become an NBA superstar.

And himself, just a rookie player waiting to enter the draft.

Lu Yu's words of encouragement sounded like encouragement to the younger generation, and it felt strange no matter what.

Not far away, Lu Yu also saw Sean Battier, who this time accompanied his two former teammates, Jay Williams and Carlos Boozer, to the draft.

Jay Williams looked at Lu Yu with a less friendly look.

One is because Lu Yu defeated Duke last year, and the other is because it is rumored that the Warriors will use the No. [-] lottery to select Yao Ming. If there is no Yao Ming, he is likely to be the No. [-] pick!

Lu Yu didn't have much interest in him, but walked over very friendly and hugged Boozer deeply.

This caused Boozer to touch his bald head in a dazed way...a monk who looks like a [-]-foot-tall monk and can't figure it out.

　Riwan shouldn't be a big problem today, I wrote two chapters during lunch, and I'll see if I can find time to write the next chapter at night!Ask for a monthly ticket~
　　
　
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