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Chapter 19 Becoming the Prince of the Bucks?
"Ernie, how's Dunne's workout going?"

"Herb, to be honest, Duan's physical talent is not as great as the outside media has boasted.

But don't worry, I will follow your instructions and communicate with the Seattle Supersonics management to trade back the draft that originally belonged to us.

Dunn's immediate combat ability is not bad, although he may not be able to grow into the second Ray Allen.

But they can form a backcourt double-gun with Michael Reid to make up for the lack of firepower after Gary Payton left.

Next season, we are still expected to enter the playoffs. If we can find a suitable winning puzzle in the middle of the season, we may be able to realize our desire to win the championship. "

Ernie Grunfeld was on the phone with Bucks owner Herb Kerr to report on the work while watching Dunn, who was facing off against Michael Redd on the court.

"You should know that I only have two requests for your current job. One is to reduce taxes, and the other is to take down Dunn."

Due to the poor management of the family business in recent years, Herb Kerr urgently needs a large amount of capital turnover, so he has no time to pay attention to the affairs of the Bucks. He only made two requests to the general manager of the team, Glenn Field.

Originally, Herb Kerr's plan was to sell the Bucks. It happened that Jordan had nothing to do in the Wizards. After retiring, he had nothing to do and wanted to buy an NBA team.

The two had a good conversation at the beginning. The key is that Milwaukee has the lowest ball market size, and it is currently only a little stronger than Memphis.

Although the Bucks have done well in recent years, the market value is still not high, about $1.5 million.

Herb Cole wanted to sell at a premium of 2 million, but Jordan was only willing to pay 1 million, and he only paid 5000 million, and he had to find a partner for the rest.

You know, Herb Kerr spends more than 8000 million on the Bucks every year. In order to hit the championship, he paid the luxury tax for several years in a row.

Looking at the Spurs, they are all small ball markets. In fact, the ball market is much larger than the Bucks. However, the Spurs basically did not pay any luxury tax when they won the championship.

It was also because the family had no money, which made Herb Kerr realize that just loving basketball and spending money is useless.

So, Herb Cole changed tack.

In the middle of the season, Payton's contract is about to expire in order to reduce taxes during the offseason, even if he sends away All-Star player Ray Allen and this year's first-round pick.

After learning that Chinese player Du En had good potential and a first-round draft prospect, Herb Cole, who realized that cutting costs alone was not enough, wanted to use the Chinese market to increase revenue.

Originally, their family owned a chain of department stores.China's cheap goods and huge market are exactly what their family business needs.

It is precisely because of this that Herb Kerr and Grunfeld's top priority is to win Dunn through the draft.

Herb Kerr was too busy with business affairs to manage team affairs.

At this time, Grunfeld said that Duane is not that strong. He only needs to trade Payton before and give the first round pick to win Duane, so he didn't ask any more questions.

The Bucks have an excellent relationship with the SuperSonics. The relationship between the owners is good, as is the relationship between the general managers and coaches.

The head coach of the Bucks-George Karl served in the Sonics before.

And Payton has long reported that he will leave the Sonics. Under this situation, the Bucks are willing to send the Sonics an All-Star, plus this year's first-round pick, which can be seen.

Because of the friendly relationship, Grunfeld, as the general manager of the Bucks, has no problem getting back the first-round pick from the Supersonics.

It is worth mentioning that the first round pick that the Bucks traded to the Sonics was the 14th pick in the first round, which happened to be in the middle of the first round.

Grunfeld is also an old man, and he can see Duane's potential and immediate combat power.

Dunn is really good in actual combat, but after all, his dynamic talent is holding him back. Because of his limited talent, it is very likely that he will not be able to take on important tasks in the playoffs.

This kind of player may have a chance to enter the small green room, but not enough to be selected by the lottery.

Therefore, the 14th pick in the first round can basically guarantee Duane.

After the trial training, Grunfeld also inspected Duane's character and asked about Duane's wishes to see if Duane would like to play in Milwaukee.

"Milwaukee? If your team is willing to choose me, I am willing to play for your team." Dunn thought about it, and Milwaukee is not impossible.

If the Bucks can really select him with the 14th pick in the first round as they promised, it is impossible for Duane to be like Yi Jianlian, who is addicted to food, making trouble for no reason, and openly expressing his unwillingness to play for the Bucks.

Although playing in the Bucks, it is almost impossible to win the championship.But isn't there an example like Antetokounmpo?

There is a saying that Antetokounmpo's championship was not glorious, but we must also admit that he can win the championship if he can stick to a city like Milwaukee, which is much smaller than Cleveland, and without the care of cliques, black whistles, and the league's three No. [-] picks in four years. Winning a championship is indeed not easy.

Having said that, the current Bucks are also a good place for Duane.

The main reason is that the configuration of the Bucks is not bad. Although they can't win the championship, it is still very easy to make the playoffs in the Eastern Conference.

Point guard Alien Cassell, a player of the same type as Billups, is good at playing back, can connect teams, sort out offense, and is also a player with a big heart.

During his rookie period, he followed Olajuwon to win two championships and became the core of the team. He was able to lead the Bucks and Timberwolves to the division finals respectively, and helped the Clippers, the Wannian bad team, to tie the top Suns in the Western Conference semifinals.

At the end of his career, he could also help the Celtics Big Three win the championship.

Meeting such an excellent point guard teammate early in his career naturally helped Duane a lot.

Let's talk about the shooting guard's golden left hand Michael Reid, who has Ray Allen's off-ball running and three-pointers, as well as the breakthrough and mid-range of the big dog Robinson.

It may not be good for him to be the master and lead the team to achieve results, but if he is the deputy, it is very suitable.

No one would dislike an off-ball expert like Reid who doesn't take possession of the ball, can open up space, and also has the ability to hold the ball.

It can be said that Reed is a version of Klay Thompson with a weakened defensive ability.

Once Duane joins the Bucks, he can form three Musketeers with Cassell and Reed.

Unfortunately, it is difficult for the jump shooting team to win the championship.

James has just entered the league and does not have the strength to hit the finals, plus he is also in the Eastern Conference.

Therefore, Dunn will not be as lucky as the Mavericks and Warriors players to lead the jump shot team to win the championship.

But take a step back and think about it, relying on the status of a Chinese player, he was trained as a prince in the Bucks.

Become a ball bully and occupy more penalty kicks, absorb more blood from Cassel and Reed, and then eat more bonuses from the East. Maybe in his rookie season, Dunn can score as the starting guard or forward of the All-Stars in the East. All-Star Game.

Starting in the All-Star Game is still an achievement, right?

Once the new template is loaded, maybe Dunn can evolve into Kobe or Durant.

Of course, even if it evolves into Pierce, as long as there is progress, that is a good thing.

Anyway, Dunn has already gotten to know the two good brothers Anthony and Wade. In order to achieve the NBA championship, it will not be impossible in a few years.

As the saying goes, it is better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.

Being a junior in the Pistons is worse than being the boss in the Bucks!

(End of this chapter)