I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 41 No.15 people
On September 2009, 9, there was still a week before the start of the preseason training camp for the new season. The Los Angeles Clippers' 25-man roster had not yet been assembled, and there was still one player short.

Generally speaking, before the start of the regular season, the team will start a preseason training camp with 17-20 people, and through the final polishing of the preseason, the final 15 people will be determined.

The Clippers are good, let alone 17-20 people, they don't even have 15 people. If there are not enough people, they will not be able to participate in the new season.

In the headquarters of the Los Angeles Clippers in Staples, in the general manager's office, Min Congda is sitting on the sofa facing the huge electronic LCD screen, playing games!
After returning from Las Vegas, Min Congda discovered a good thing to kill time and improve his basketball knowledge, 2K basketball game.

2K10, dynasty mode, Los Angeles Clippers, after two months of unremitting efforts, he has been at the bottom for countless consecutive seasons.

The dynasty mode has been completed by him in the uprising mode, and the uprising has never been successful. It is suppressed all the time, and it is difficult to enter the playoffs.

Min Congda is very satisfied with this result. After a long period of simulation, he has a preliminary understanding of the level and strength of the league stars. Ability is a good thing.

Kobe Bryant 97, James 96, the two highest-ranked players are naturally the face of the league, such players must never appear in their own teams.

Wade and Paul with more than 90 points, the elite guards, should also stay away when they are playing.

Players with 80 points must be traded if they can be traded. For example, Baron Davis with 82 points can be traded for a group of players with more than 70 or even more than 60 points.

Griffin has a score of 77 in the game, while Curry has a score of 69, which makes Min Congda very unhappy that Curry is so high.

In terms of lineup, reduce big players and increase small players. There are a lot of guards and forwards, and there are few power forwards and centers.

Because those who win the inside win the world, the Lakers' top three, Gasol, Bynum, and Odom are the key to their championship, and the entire league is suppressed.

Min Congda doesn't want to be tall if he can. At the same time, cancer players like Randolph have to stay in the team. They have strong offense and poor defense, and lose rebounds every game. The team's winning percentage is in a mess.

After being at the bottom of the league record again, Min Congda was very satisfied with his operation, and in the future he will follow this idea to build the team, trade out all the players with high ability values ​​when the system allows, and replace various small players. Under Curry, Randolph, and Jordan Jr., who are old, weak, sick, and disabled, why worry about failing in their careers!

Min Congda was having a great time, someone knocked on the door, and Ada came in, saying: "Mr. Smart, Olshey said, there is still one week before the start of the preseason training camp, if we don't sign the 15th player, The new season will be..."

Before Ada finished speaking, Olshey broke into the office directly. Seeing Min Congda sitting comfortably on the sofa playing games, he became angry and said angrily: "Smart! We have done nothing all summer Forget it, why the new season is about to start, we can’t even sign the last person? Is it really necessary to make the team unable to play games?”

Min Congda thought to himself, it would be great if it really made the team unable to play in the new season, but unfortunately the system will not allow this kind of operation.

During this period of time, he has been delaying the signing and trading of players. To put it bluntly, it is to delay time and let other teams pick up all the useful players in the market. Isn't the rest just leftovers?
Min Congda originally wanted to pick a player with the lowest level from the summer league roster to sign, but unfortunately the system forbids him to make such an obviously unreasonable signing, otherwise he would sign the team's mopping up Mexican uncle, and the team would not be doing well. Did it get worse?
Signing and trading must be reasonable, but at the same time, it must not strengthen the team's strength, so Min Congda thought of this trick, asking other teams to help pick out the good ones, and then choose one from the rest of the trash. very perfect.

Seeing Olshey's anxious look, Min Congda got up from the sofa and said, "There is a saying in China that you can't eat hot tofu if you are impatient. A premature decision is not necessarily a good decision. For the last person on the list, you must Choose carefully."

Olshey was so angry that he wanted to laugh. The last member of the roster should be selected carefully. The last member is basically there to make up the numbers. With a basic salary or a ten-day short contract, do you expect to perform well?
However, even if you make up the number of players, there are high and low levels. Now they have a little bit of strength. They have a lot of experience in the NBA. There are no players in their playing years. The rest are those who were not drafted, or were cut shortly after being selected. , Leftovers from playing in overseas leagues.

The scout team reported a candidate today. He was selected by the Raptors in the second round in 2006. He was cut after playing more than a dozen games. After that, he played in the Israeli league. He is not young, not tall, has no talent, and is mediocre in every aspect. player of.

"Mr. Smart, no matter how carefully you choose, this candidate will always be selected, right? The preseason is about to begin!"

"Okay, okay, let me see who you have in hand."

Olshey handed the player report from the scout team to Min Congda, and Min Congda opened the file and took a look:
"PJ-Tucker was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the 2006th overall pick in the second round of 35. He participated in 17 games and averaged 1.8 points and 1.4 rebounds per game.

"Position on the field, forward, 1 meters tall? 96 meters as a forward? A little shorter than Kobe...Technical characteristics, relatively mediocre in all aspects, strong strength, most of the points come from the inside, but the lack of height makes him It's hard to get a foothold at the top level..."

Olshey looked at Min Congda's expression and thought it was over. Short insiders are not popular in the league. This PJ Tucker is even the shortest among short ones. Do you think you are Barkley? This kind of Sangao has not been eaten alive.

There is a reason why such a player can't play in the league, and now the Clippers have to pull this to try. If this doesn't work, Olshey already wants to quit his job directly and go home to take care of his children , Whoever likes to do this job will do it!
"Well, yes, this player is not bad, he is the only one."

"What?" Olshey couldn't believe his ears, what did Smart say, and he was the only one?
"Uh, it's decided to be him? Then I'll arrange a trial training..."

"No trial training, what is the trial training, what time is there for trial training, when is the end of September, and the preseason training camp is about to start. Without the 9-man roster, I can't play the game, and I still think about trial training .Don't waste time, sign the contract directly, and pay as much as the contract amount can, don't be stingy, be generous."

"Okay, let's go out, don't hinder me from playing games, hurry up and do it, the new season is about to start!"

(End of this chapter)