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The nightfall did not stop the various uniform teams from making moves, and the end of the finals meant that the offseason was about to begin, and the first highlight was undoubtedly the draft.

The vast majority of stars come from the draft, and those future superstar players praised by scouts have become the targets of countless teams. They hope to lead the team to rebuild by getting a future superstar , This also has a bad performance.

2007 was hailed as a draft year comparable to 1996 and 2003. After Greg Oden's physical test data came out, he became the best choice for the first pick.

The evaluation of Oden on the NBA's official website is even more exaggerated. "If the NBA did not have a 19-year-old draft age limit, Oden would have no suspense to occupy the first place in the 2006 draft. In fact, if the rules allow, the 2005 draft The No. [-] pick is also likely to be in Oden's pocket."

In addition to Oden, Kevin Durant, Al Horford, Jeff Green, Mike Conley, Yi Jianlian, last year's quasi-champion Noah, etc. have made countless teams looking forward to rebuilding drool, so they are bad. There are naturally many teams.

However, in the end, Memphis was two games behind and won the bad game. However, the draft lottery a month ago made Memphis, Boston and Milwaukee all a laughing stock.

The bottom one, second and third in the record, they only got the fourth, fifth and sixth in the end. Instead, the three teams with the bottom sixth, fifth and fourth record became the top three picks.

The Portland Trail Blazers, who ranked sixth from last, had a surprise and got the No. [-] pick. The date of the draft is getting closer and closer, and the whole Portland can't wait for the start of the draft.They look forward to selecting the best center in the United States after Shaquille O'Neal to lead Portland to a revival.

The Seattle SuperSonics, with the second overall pick, are also eagerly waiting.Although they especially want Oden, a super center who is known as the combination of countless super centers.But after the physical test data came out, they knew that the possibility of getting Oden was very small, so they set their sights on Kevin Durant, a 6-foot-9 guard and a super scorer of the 21st century magician. .

And this year, the Magic didn't have much play in the first round. They didn't have a first-round pick. Their first round was given to the Detroit Pistons when they traded for Milicic.

At that time, the Detroit media agreed that a waste was used to earn a high-ranking pick, but now they can only watch Milicic show the potential of a high-quality insider, and at the same time depressedly accept a high-ranking pick that was originally expected. Picked No. 26.

The lights in the general manager’s office in the Waterhouse Center didn’t go out until the early hours of the morning, and Otis Smith fell asleep lying on the office desk without going home. Otis Smith in front of the computer had a smile on his lips.

When Orlando woke up in the sunshine, Lin Sen woke up.

Seeing Carolina Linsen, who was lying in his arms, squeeze the cardamom on Carolina's chest in a funny way, Carolina, who had not yet woken up, subconsciously groaned.

Gently move Carolina's arm away.Lin Sen simply put on his clothes and washed up, then started to make breakfast.

"You are all up, hurry up and have breakfast, I may not come back at noon, I will talk about it then, I will go first." Lin Sen untied his apron and sat down.

"This is a loving breakfast. I should come back in the afternoon, Nata, and I will accompany you to the inspection."

"I don't need you, I can just accompany her, you are busy with your work." Carolina said with a smile.

"Well, kk can just accompany me. You can do your own thing."

"That's good." Lin Sen didn't know how long the meeting would last today, and he was looking forward to this meeting in his heart.But he knows that no matter how good the meeting is, it is just wishful thinking. Whether other players can agree to join other teams and whether they are willing to trade is the most important thing.

When Lin Sen finished his breakfast and drove to the center of the water house and walked to the office, he saw Otis Smith with two dark circles under his eyes.

"Mr. Otis, did you not sleep well last night?"

"Wood, he didn't sleep well. When I got here at seven in the morning, I found him lying in front of the computer. I thought he was..." Stan Van Gundy said with a smile.

"You two are too heartless. I'm dedicated. We can start after a few of them come over. I made a mess yesterday and you have a look first, and we can discuss it in detail later in the meeting."

Otis Smith stood up and took out two bound documents from the printer and handed them to Stan Van Gundy and Lin Sen.

Lin Sen took the document and sat down. The name of the document was "Orlando Project".

When Lin Sen opened the first page was the table of contents, the first item was the introduction of the current situation of the Magic, the second item was the introduction of the Magic coaching staff, the third item was the Magic management team, the fourth item was team medical care, and the fifth item was reinforcement plan.

Lin Sen didn't expect Otis Smith to divide it in such a detailed way. Turning to the second page is the introduction of the current situation of the Magic, first of all, the salary situation of the team.

Lin Sen has always heard that the Magic have more than 2000 million salary space this offseason, but Lin Sen doesn't know how much, but Lin Sen knows that the greater the salary space, the greater the possibility of catching up with good free agents.

Then Lin Sen turned over one by one. He was so meticulous in his work with Otis Smith. He also believed that a general manager with ideas and abilities would definitely make the Magic better and better.

The meeting officially began when the other three assistant coaches and scouting director Heinin and team medical director Craig Minzer arrived.

"First of all, thank you all for coming. I don't think I will say anything else. Let's officially start. Please open this document to the first page. This summer, Grant and Darko will become free agents, and Grant will become a full Dakota. Coe is restricted, and Pat and Kenyon have player options." Otis Smith glanced at everyone.

"To keep Grant and Darko, I think this is already a decision we have made long ago. Neither Darko nor Grant renewed their contracts during the season, but I will negotiate with their agents in these two days. If If there are no accidents, there will be no accidents in the renewal of the contract."

"I think the performance of Grant and Darko is obvious to all in the league. Especially Darko. Everyone knows the league's desire for good big players. If the price is too high..." the scouting director Haining said In his own mind, his main job in the past six months is not to scout out rookies, but to scout out other players to see if they meet the needs of the Magic. If the contract offered by other teams to pursue Milicic is too large, it may affect the team’s match. Chasing other people.

而米利西奇虽然在总决赛表现并不好，场均只有9.8分和7.5个篮板除此之外还拥有3.8次助攻和2.3次封盖以及1.4次抢断，但除了总决赛之外米利西奇在东部决赛和半决赛表现足以让一些疯狂的球队给出平均年薪七800万甚至更高的合同，而具体的例子便是尼克斯给超音速的詹姆斯的大合同。

"I've thought about this question, but don't worry about it. I won't mess around and I believe Darko won't mess around either. You must know that his agent is Wood's agent." Otis Smith said with a smile, "In addition, Grant himself approached me before, and he told me that he was willing to take a substantial salary cut. Now he just has to communicate with the agent."

Hearing Otis Smith's words, everyone nodded, and Otis Smith turned to the second page: "Although we have entered the finals and played seven games against the Spurs, everyone should be able to see the strength of our two sides. The gap, and the gap is not only the players but also the coaches, Stan took the initiative to talk to me about some situations. We will increase the coaching staff after discussion.”

Hearing the coaching staff's question, the three assistant coaches all became nervous.They thought they might be cut, but they were relieved to hear what Otis Smith said later.

"We need to change our offense and defense to the usual training. The most important thing is defense. Everyone says defense is the championship, but our defense is really bad. You can see that our defense data this season is almost all. In the middle or even the end of the league."

Otis Smith's words made the faces of the three assistant coaches a little hot. Although there are also player factors, the responsibility of the coach is beyond doubt.

"Now I am actively contacting Jeff Van Gundy's assistant coach Tom Thibodeau. Since Jeff was cut by Houston, he has also resigned. Now Jeff is tantamount to coaching the next team, but Tom's defense His ability has been witnessed by the entire league. It is said that several teams may invite him to coach, but the most likely is to become an assistant coach. If he fails to become the head coach in the end, then he will agree to join us and become our chief assistant coach."

Lin Sen also knew about Tom Thibodeau before, but it was for the Hong Kong team. He did not expect Otis Smith to invite Thibodeau. Lin Sen is very clear about Thibodeau's ability. Without Thibodeau, the team's defense will definitely be greatly improved.

"In addition, I will also invite Patrick to be our center coach. Of course, he is mainly responsible for the training of Dwight and Darko. In addition, I intend to invite Tim Grover as a physical trainer."

"Is Otis real? It would be nice if you really invited him over here." Stan Van Gundy didn't expect Otis Smith to invite Tim Grover.

Lin Sen was also very surprised. Tim Grover was Michael Jordan's personal trainer back then. He was also the personal trainer of Kobe, Wade, Arenas and others. His training objects were never unknown people. , In other sports events, he is also the object of invitation of famous stars.

David Falk also told him that he would help him invite Tim Grover to be one of his personal trainers. If there is no accident, Lin Sen will train with Kobe this summer and follow Tim Grover. Rover training.

"But this is difficult. Of course, I will work hard. The team's training can keep up with the team's strength. In addition, the team's configuration will be improved. This is decided by the boss himself. We will introduce newer and better ones. It's the same from medical care to training, and I have to say that our medical level is terrible when it comes to this."

Otis Smith's words made Craig Minzer very embarrassed, and he himself knew that the team doctor he led was a joke in the eyes of many people.

"Craig, I am very grateful for your efforts, but I think your team still needs to improve. Although I am very inclined to poach Phoenix, the possibility is too small. It is impossible for us to help the team stationed in Phoenix. The space agency moved to Orlando." Otis Smith glanced at Craig Minzer and continued.

"Craig, I believe you also want to drop the embarrassing hat. I will give you purple funds. I hope to see a high-level team doctor team. I think you should know how important the team doctor team is. , Many teams have been destroyed by injuries, I am very glad that our injuries are under control this year, but I hope to go one step closer."

"I will!" Craig Minzer nodded and said, he believed that his operations would increase after he got the funds, and he must take off the hat of the quack team.

After finishing the first three items, it came to the focus of the meeting. Everyone was looking forward to it, because no matter how good the off-field facilities are, it is the players who play. Without good players, no matter how good the facilities are, the team may enter the playoffs However, it is absolutely impossible for the team to become a powerful team to compete for the championship.

This year's opponent, the Spurs, told the Magic with facts how important a good team is. If Howard and Milicic can play above the regular season level this year, if Turkoglu is not injured, if the team can make Those shots that should have been made...

But there are no ifs in the world, and the way to kill these ifs is to make the team stronger. Even if one, two or even three players are not in good condition, there are still players who can stand up to replace them, and the result will be different. This is the thickness of the lineup.

A team with the strength to compete for the championship has a complete team, and the Magic undoubtedly has a lot of shortcomings in this regard.

"At the end of this season, the players on our team with contracts are Dwight, Tony, Chris, Dennis, Scotty, Kelanna, Devin, Carlos, Wood, Eddie, if Kenyon and Parry choose to stay Then I will buy out Parry, and I will choose to trade Kenyon."

Listening to Otis Smith's words, Lin Sen felt uncomfortable even though he knew that this was the NBA, just like when he left Minnesota.

"Next season, Scottie and Dennis will slowly fade out or even completely fade out of the team to enter the team's management and coaching staff, while Carlos and Devin performed well but not up to our requirements, especially Kalos. Rose is not tall enough, so I will try to trade him away if there is no accident." Otis Smith said. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!

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