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Chapter 916 In the draft, who will get the brownies
936 In the draft, who will get Brownie?

When Thomas was making intensive arrangements to cheat.

On the other side, the NBA draft is also underway.

Since the Kings have won the league's first record this year, their draft picks are at the bottom of the list.

The people who have attracted attention this year, that is, those young people with super talents, the Kings will naturally not be able to get them.

However, apart from those young people with super talents, there is another young man who is not very talented, but has a lot of attention.

He is James' eldest son, Bronny James.

In fact, Brownie's talent is not too high.

In the latest forecast, his draft pick can only be ranked 27th to 30th.
It was only because of his recent performance that he barely climbed from the second round to the first round.

But because in the middle of last season, James once said a word: In the last year of my career, I just want to be with Bronny.I will go wherever he goes.

In other words, whichever team chooses Bronny is likely to attract James to join.

After James' contract with the Lakers ended, it only lasted for one year last year.

So now James has become a free man.

He can go to any team he wants to go to, and nothing can restrict and restrain him.

Although the Lakers tried many times to renew his contract, James has not responded.

Although he is already in the twilight of his career, there are still many teams in the league vying for him.

After all, the strength of James is not only on the court, but also in his commercial value.

Even if he doesn't play, just by standing on the sidelines, green dollars will flow into the team owner's pocket.

It's just that no one knows if next season will be James' last.

If the top teams in the draft drafted Bronny, and James said that this is not his last season, so he didn't go to their team, then these teams would be at a loss.

You must know that these teams perform badly every year, isn't it just to get the No. [-] pick?

And Brownie's talent is really not worthy of the No. [-] pick.

So those teams with high draft positions are a little hesitant.

In the past two years, the Kings have also obtained a No. 7 pick in the first round through transactions.

When the boss communicated with the general manager, they all thought that it was very hopeful to sign Bronny.

Although Wang Yi can lead the team to win the championship with a single core, if James can be brought over again, not only will the chances of three consecutive championships be increased, but also the commercial value of James and Wang Yi's business value will add up, then the Kings will make a fortune.

So Kings general manager Divac is already negotiating with the general managers of the previous teams, hoping that they will not choose Brownie.

The first few teams are the Rockets, Timberwolves, Cavaliers, Magic, Pistons and Pacers.

During the communication, the general managers of these teams said that they would not choose Bronny.

After all, there were several very talented young people before Bronny.

Of course, the words of NBA general managers cannot be trusted.

The previous sentence also said not to trade a certain player, maybe the player will be traded to another team in the next second.

So Divac had to do both.

If the previous team does pick Bronny, Divac has to be prepared to trade him for something.

Of course, for those teams behind the Kings, it is difficult for them to select talented young people, so they also want Brownie.

They also spoke to Divac.

Divac's response was: "Of course, we don't choose Bronny, his talent is too ordinary."

At the same time, the general managers of these teams are also trying their best to find out about James, asking people around him if this is James' last season.

But the answers they got were ambiguous.

This makes it difficult for the general managers of these teams.

In the end, the top six teams in the draft decided to give up the gamble.

By signing Bronny, they'd lose a youngster with more potential, and it wouldn't necessarily attract James.

Taking a step back, even if James is attracted, at James' current age, he will retire after playing for one or two seasons at most.

And it is certain that James' contract amount will be very large, which will compress the team's operating space.

Then the probability of them wanting to rise through the draft will be greatly reduced.

On the contrary, if you choose a young man with potential, maybe after this young man realizes his talent, then it is very likely that the team will be able to maintain competitiveness in the next few years or even 10 years.

Even if the competitiveness cannot be guaranteed, it is only a rookie, and the rookie contract is only 200 million US dollars at most.

It doesn't take up much room for the team to operate.

So it's really not worthwhile to bet on the future of the team for one or two seasons.

So on the day of the draft on June 6.

None of the top six teams drafted Bronny.

For the Kings, Divac also communicated with the boss.

What Divac meant was to be on the safe side and skip the brownies.

The boss sought the opinions of several professionals, and they all felt that Brownie could not be selected.

Because of the selection of Bronny, if James comes, the team's room for manipulation will be very limited.

And even if Brownie is chosen, it may not necessarily attract James.

The most important thing is that the Kings are in a very good state now. If James comes again, who will be the boss of the team.

James has been the boss of the team since the beginning of his career. Is he willing to be a junior for others?

Wang Yi has led the team to two consecutive championships and is the well-deserved boss of the team. Is he willing to give up the boss position?
If two people fight each other for the position of the team leader, it will do a lot of harm to the team but not any benefit.

The boss and Divac asked Wang Yi for his opinion again.

Wang Yi's position as the boss - he is determined to win.

If it was before, he might take the initiative to give up the boss position.

But now, he has the qualifications and the ability to be the leader.

At the same time, Wang Yi also represents China.

He wants to prove that Huaxia can not only play in the NBA, but also be the well-deserved leader of the NBA team.

and so.

No matter who comes, this is Lao Tzu's territory.

Wang Yi is also very direct.

Call James directly.

In fact, the free market has not yet started.

Players cannot casually discuss each other's contracts and signing intentions.

But basically all NBA players actually had their intentions before the free market opened, and even discussed with other team players.

As long as NBA officials do not directly seize their evidence, they cannot be restricted by this rule.

For example, after the players finished a certain game, they had a meal in private, and one player hooked up with another player to form the first two rounds.

No matter how strict your league's rules are, you can't stop two players from eating together.

(End of this chapter)