After changing careers, I became No.1 in basketball

Chapter 267 266: What is the biggest variable in the 96 draft?
Clifford Robinson didn't hide it. He personally went to Shay's house and told Shay that the Knicks were willing to offer him 1300 million a year and sign for three years!
How much did Robinson earn with the Lakers last season? 302 million.

You can easily imagine how much impact this offer has had on him.

It's like a good young woman who works hard on the assembly line to earn 3000 yuan a month, and hears that her best friend can earn [-] to [-] yuan a week as a waiter in a KTV. This will completely wash away her worldview!

As long as Robinson signs his name on the Knicks' offer, he'll earn $3900 million over the next three years.

In contrast, in the past six years of his career, Robinson's total salary is only 1048 million.

He can now earn in one year what he has earned in the past six years!

Of course, Robinson also knows that the Lakers are the closest to victory.And if you asked him to answer, he would answer Shay without hesitation: "Love!"

If the Lakers can offer the same price as the Knicks, Robinson does not reject the option of staying with the team.

But the Logo man didn't let go. He said that the Lakers were only willing to give Robinson 800 million a year at most.

To be honest, with Old Bath's piss, he is not stingy about offering big contracts to players.

And if the player is an important part of the championship, it's more willing to spend money.

Anyway, there is no such thing as a luxury tax these days.Moreover, the old Bath is also used to this feeling of walking a tightrope.

When he first bought the Lakers, Buss's financial situation was actually very average.Just like that, he was still running the team on the verge of bankruptcy.

Therefore, although Old Buss is not the richest NBA team owner, he is indeed the one who is most willing to spend money.

What's more, the old Bass made a promise to Shay on the night of winning the championship: "No matter what, I will try my best to assist you in your three-peat plan. Even if you sell everything, even if a month is so miserable that you can only eat fruit for 27 days, I will not hesitate. !"

Therefore, at the beginning, Bass also wanted to bid 1300 million to keep Robinson.

In order to keep the championship lineup, this kind of thing can spend some time!
But the Logo man stopped Old Buss, and Old Buss was so moved that he burst into tears.These days, it is really rare to have a general manager who will help you save money.

As a result, the Logo came up with a sentence: "If you are really willing to pay the money, add more, and we can buy better ones!"

Old Bath:? ? ?

Sure enough, there is no conscientious general manager in this world!
When it comes to shopping, the general manager will always use three words: "Add more!"

This summer, the free agent market was quite lively.

Dikembe Mutombo, Reggie Miller, O'Neal, Payton, Juwan Howard, Olajuwon, Mourning, Alan Houston, Stockton.
The gold content of this free agent market is quite explosive in history.

Moreover, the salary space of the Lakers is actually quite healthy.

Don't look at the Lakers as the team with the highest salary space among all teams last season, but that's because Shay alone accounted for 3000 million.

But apart from Shay, the Lakers no longer have a big contract.

In addition, Shay signed a 1+1 player option with the Lakers last season, which means that after Shay jumped out of the contract this summer, the Lakers still have room to strengthen!

After the reinforcement is completed, and then use the bird rights to renew the contract with Xie Yi, the problem can be solved once and for all!

The only disadvantage of this method is that it burns money!
That is to say, the rules of this era are not perfect, so the Lakers are given an opportunity.

Shea knows that the next labor agreement will stipulate that if the team wants to keep the player's bird rights after the player jumps out of the contract, it will have to take up salary space.

Either you actually let someone go, or you have to take up cap space before you re-sign.

Bird rights are for you to keep people, not for you to take advantage of loopholes to strengthen!
But at least now, the operation envisioned by the Logo man is entirely possible!
With such a rich free agent market and such favorable rules, can Logo not make good use of it?

Then you have to ask old Bass to add money!

As a result, Logo turned down Robinson's asking price.

I have 1300 million, why don't I look at Mourning, look at Reggie Miller, and even... look at that deep sea mad shark?

Logo also vented to Shay in advance, telling Shay that the team gave up Robinson not because they didn't want to spend money, but for better reinforcement, so that Shay should not think too much.

So today Robinson came to look for Shay, and Shay's mood has been very calm.

Seeing that the value of his old buddy who has been fighting with him for many years has skyrocketed, Xie Yi is actually quite happy.

He also understands the choice of players like Robinson.

To put it bluntly, the Lakers have really won three consecutive championships, and people will not feel that Robinson is so likable in ten or twenty years.A role player, no matter how many championships he wins, is still only a supporting role.

The Australian giant Longley won three championships with the Bulls in the original history. What happened?The junior fellow Goute mentioned him, but he only said contemptuously: "Don't compare me with him at the same level, that's a shame."

In the original history, Harper won three championships with the Bulls and two more with the Lakers.

But who would think he is the strongest point guard?

Compared with honors, real Dogecoins are more important to role players.

Shay understands this kind of thing very well, and he doesn't want to force good teammates to cut their salaries because of his championship plans.

Moreover, Shay has always trusted the Logo man.

He believed that West would not let Robinson leave in vain.

In this way, Shay expressed his understanding of Robinson's choice, and Robinson also accompanied Shay to reminisce about the past until the evening.

Then Shay invited Robinson to have dinner at home, and watched 1996 together, which was later hailed as the draft of the golden generation!

Shea is very interested in this year's draft.

He is very curious about the changes that will occur when the 96th generation is re-elected.

I don't know what kind of changes, but AI once again became the No. 96 pick in the [-] NBA draft.

In terms of pure talent, in fact, the most likely to become the No. 2 pick is Marcus Camby of Massachusetts. He is 11 meters tall and has a wingspan of 2 meters.

The most important attribute of a man, he has reached the full level.

The athletic ability exploded, and he was extremely dominant on both offense and defense. He was hailed as the best big man in the NCAA except Duncan.Moreover, he was also the winner of the John Wooden Award in 96.

In this era when teams love center forwards, no one would give up such a rare talent.

But the 76ers just gave up. First, they already have the same talented Kevin. Detour. Garnett, no need for more elders.

Second, Camby is so talented, but in the game against Georgetown University, he was still defended badly by the Chinese bus.His physical fitness is good, but his skills are not top-notch even in the NCAA.

Third, the 1-meter guy once easily dunked Camby, the inside behemoth, in the game!
Apart from his height, Iverson is full of advantages!

The scouting report also fully explained this. Iverson has speed, vision, breakthrough, inexhaustible physical fitness, and defense.

That's right, AI's defense in college was pretty scary.With Georgetown University's rough style of play, John Thompson let AI mark the top player on the opposite perimeter every game, and he can limit the opponent every time.

For example, in the game against Junzi Lei, another top college guard, the AI ​​limited Leizi, who averaged 23.3 points per game, to only 17 points, and his shooting percentage was less than 40%.

In the scouting report, there is only one shortcoming about AI: "Shooting is not stable yet".

But the scouting report also wrote: "Even Shay can practice shooting, why can't AI?"

Shay: .
The AI ​​template given in the final scouting report is Smiling Assassin.

Who is the smiling assassin?That's the person who once pushed Danzi to the ground and exploded the hammer, helping the Pistons win two consecutive championships.

As strong as Maggie, Jordan and Shay, they only have two consecutive championships.

Therefore, this template can be regarded as a very high evaluation for AI.

The 76ers hesitated for a while between AI and Marbury, and finally, when Stern took the stage to announce the result, Shai heard Iverson's name.

Not to mention the awe-inspiring talent, as far as AI is concerned, the 76ers feel that it will definitely stimulate the Philadelphia market.

AI and KG, I don't know what kind of spark they will ignite in Philadelphia.

Iverson was very excited. When he stepped down for an interview, he said that he was most grateful to two men.One is like a father, the other like a brother:
"Coach Thompson and Shay, I wouldn't be where I am without them."

Reporters guessed that Thompson might be his father and Shay his brother.

As a result, AI came up with the next sentence:
"Shea is like a father who guides me, lets me know where I am going, and gives me a new life. Everything about me is given by Shea! And Coach Thompson is a strict brother who supervises my whole life. Words and deeds, don't let me go down the wrong path again."

Thompson: ? ? ?

It’s not that Shay has become my big daddy too! ?
Before Xie Yi got married, she already had sons of all ages under her knees.
The second, third, fourth and fifth picks after that are the same as the original history.

The Raptors won Camby, and Memphis won another "Shay II" Raheem, both 2 meters 06, can control, pass and defend, and both are the third overall pick.

The Grizzlies feel their days of being bad are over.

According to Shay's script, the Grizzlies playoffs in the first year, and the Grizzlies can directly win the championship in the second year!
The fourth and fifth Bucks and Timberwolves chose Marbury and Junzi Lei, and then immediately exchanged clubs as in the original history.

In this way, came the sixth pick, selected by the New York Knicks.

Although the Knicks are the sixth pick in this history, it is the biggest variable in this draft compared with the original history.

But Shai didn't pay much attention to the Knicks' draft, and they didn't expect to pick anything.

But the Boston Celtics, the ninth pick, were extremely nervous at this time.

They were worried that the Knicks would take away the strongest volute in the 96 draft—Anthony Walker, who won the NCAA championship!

In this draft, almost all teams reached a consensus that there are six future stars who cannot be missed in this draft, known as the "96th Super Six".

They are Iverson, Camby, Raheem, Marbury, Ray Allen and Anthony Walker.

Now, the first five of the six have been picked, leaving only Walker.

But the problem is that the sixth pick is in the hands of the Knicks.The Celtics can only get the seventh overall pick at most.

The Celtics like Walker very much, so they have reached an agreement with the seventh Clippers.

If Walker has not been picked by the seventh pick, then Green Kai will send his ninth pick and second-year center Eric Montrose in exchange for taking Walker with the seventh pick.

Originally, Lukai wanted to trade New York's sixth pick, and the Knicks verbally agreed at the beginning.

But I don't know why, a few days before the draft, the Knicks suddenly backed out and said nothing about trading with Green Kai.

This made Green Kai feel that their plan for Walker had been leaked.And the Knicks must also want Walker, so they refused to trade!

This made the Celtics very nervous.

The 96 draft was different from Shay's.

At the time of Shay's draft, the lottery team did not have a separate war room. A team only had one workbench, and then they all crowded on the stage to make crazy phone calls and make decisions.

But these days, every team has its own war room.

Therefore, Michael Leon Carr, the general manager of the Green Kai at the time, could not see the situation on the Knicks side, which made him even more anxious.

He's scared. Walker is getting ahead of the Knicks.

If New York takes Anthony Walker, then
The Celtics had no choice but to take the risk of taking down the high school guard!

That's right, Kobe Bryant!

In fact, the Lakers totem in the original history almost became a Celtic.It's as if Pierce, the original Lakers loyalist, ran to the Lakers' mortal enemy by accident.

The Celtics tried out Kobe, and Lyon also said in an interview:
"If you close your eyes and think about it, you'll think you're watching Michael Jordan play, he's so good!"

In order to prevent himself from being misjudged, Leon also specially called the leader to ask for his advice.

Auerbach also admired the high school kid:
"I think this kid will become a great talent in the future, but choosing him has advantages and disadvantages. Although he looks reliable, he is still a high school student after all.

You have to make a choice based on your current needs, but I think he will definitely have a career in the future. "

After saying this, Auerbach took a deep puff of his cigar: "Okay, now it's your turn to make a decision."

Auerbach gave a wave of suggestions but didn't seem to give them, which made Lyon even more entangled.

But from the bottom of his heart, Lyon felt that it was too risky to choose a high school student, let alone a defender.

For a player who has not even proven himself in the NCAA, the uncertainty is too high.

These days, teams are indeed prejudiced against high school players.

In the torment of waiting, David. Stern played.

He took out the Knicks envelope and made a joke: "It's at room temperature."

This made fun of the conspiracy theory that Stern put the Knicks' envelope in the refrigerator in advance, so that the Knicks could get the No. [-] lottery.

After opening the envelope, Stern froze for a moment, then cleared his throat:
"The sixth overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft, the New York Knicks selected... Kobe Bryant!

From Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania! "

"Slap!" Excited, Xie Yi slapped Bundchen's thigh beside him, and a slap print immediately appeared on Bai Huahua's thigh.

Bundchen immediately looked at Shay with tears in his eyes, boss, even if you really don't want us to live in your house, you don't have to do this, do you?
"Ah, here." Xie quickly retracted his hand.

Robinson, who was sitting on the other side of Shay, didn't think there was anything wrong, but was a little surprised: "A high school guard was selected with the sixth pick? By the way, he seems to be your brand ambassador, right? How about that guy? "

At this time, no one has realized the seriousness of the matter.

Lord Baylor who was at the scene even laughed disdainfully: "There are really fools who choose high school students with such a high pick. If you want to be half as smart as me, you still need to get the sixth pick with a poor record? Hahahahaha."

The assistant general manager of the Clippers is speechless, isn't it how the seventh pick has the nerve to laugh at the sixth pick?

On the Celtics side, Lyon was also very surprised. The Knicks didn't choose Walker?
But soon he realized that the Knicks had misunderstood!
The Knicks must have learned that the Celtics are also interested in Kobe, so they suddenly killed him and did not let go, and did not trade the draft pick.

Although the Celtics clearly stated that the sixth pick is for Anthony Walker.

But the NBA's trade is intriguing. The Knicks are afraid that the Celtics will use Walker as a cover, but in fact they will choose Kobe after getting the draft pick.

Therefore, they simply gave up their plan to make a fortune and directly picked Kobe with the sixth overall pick!
Look at Sprewell, look at Fenley Knicks general manager Glenn Field firmly believes that people who are favored by both Shay and Logo can never be wrong!
What's more, during the trial training, Kobe left a very good impression on the Knicks!
Shay swallowed, and the 96 draft after doing it all over again, really changed!

And it may affect the change of the alliance structure!
What Xie didn't know was that this series of changes were all caused by him.

At this moment, Shay can only answer Robinson in this way: "How is he? This may be the most correct decision made by the New York Knicks after Ewing!"

Robinson was taken aback again, does the boss think so highly of high school students?

At this time, the Logo man was also very sorry.

Originally, he prepared a 17th pick and waited for Kobe to fall.

As a high school guard, the possibility of dropping to 17 is still very high.

But who would have thought that the Knicks actually picked this high school student with the sixth overall pick.

In the end, West made a deal.Using his first round + second round pick + PJ. Brown, he changed from the Rockets to the 17th pick.

And took another high school student - Jermaine O'Neill.

Seeing this, Xie Yi was relieved a lot.

Sure enough, Logo will not be mediocre in this kind of draft year, and the Lakers did not get nothing.

It's just that Xiao Ao's growth time is a little bit longer.

But anyway, it is a benign asset.

The last pick in the first round, the Chicago Bulls chose the wrestling master they were thinking of, Georgetown University's Bus.

This is another Chinese player selected in the first round after Shay.

Jordan was crying at home, it was over, the days of being bullied by foreign powers were finally over!

The bus has finally officially landed in the NBA, and the league has added another wrestler with solid basic skills from now on.

Chinese power is about to make this alliance more and more painful.

Another thing is that after the second round, Shay really didn't hear my brother's name in the society.

Well done, as expected of Big Ben, and lived up to Xie Yi's trust.

If you say you can't choose, you can't choose.

This year's draft is over, and then Logo will invite Big Ben to play in the summer league.

But generally speaking, the Lakers did not gain any immediate combat power in the 96 draft.

Therefore, Logo's next key goal is still the free agent market.

But Shay is looking forward to the next change in the NBA's structure. Kobe's birth point is changed to New York. How will this affect the league?

But Xie Yi never expected that things that changed the league structure would happen again in the next free agent market!

The summer of 96 was indeed very restless.

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