I just want to play healthy basketball

Chapter 220 The No. [-] Scholar in Hand, Full Manpower

"Kwame, long time no see, stay safe."

"He Li, I'm going to cause you trouble in the future, I hope you won't think I'm clumsy."

"Kwame, we are brothers and we will fight side by side from now on, so there is no trouble.

Jeff, get in the car first, put your luggage in the trunk, and go.

By the way, have you found Kwame's house yet?Has his family moved here too? "

He Li personally drove to General Mitchell International Airport to pick up Kwame Brown and Jeff Austin.

After Jeff Austin's unremitting efforts and He Li's assists, Kwame Brown switched to Jeff Austin's banner. In other words, Kwame Brown is also working for He Li.

As for why Kwame Brown flew to Milwaukee today?
This is because the Bucks completed a deal with the Wizards not long ago.

That's right, from now on, Kwame Brown is a player of the Bucks, and the buyer who takes away Anthony Mason is the Wizards.

In fact, a former All-Star like Anthony Mason, a middle-class forward veteran who just won the championship last season, has a high transaction value.

Even if the Bucks are the defending champions, other teams that want to compete for the championship and hit the Eastern Conference playoffs don't want to cheapen the Bucks.

But for players with trading value, the deal still needs to be traded.

There are quite a few teams chasing Anthony Mason, both in the East and the West. Among them, the number of Eastern teams chasing Anthony Mason is greater. It seems that this will weaken some of the strength of the Bucks.

For example, the Eastern Conference playoff teams such as the Celtics, Magic, and Nets have all pursued Anthony Mason.

In addition, the Cavaliers and Heat, who have already started to lose, also asked about the price, but they didn't have enough bargaining chips.

In the end, the price of the Wizards is more conscientious, and the Wizards do have what the Bucks want, so the two sides made this best-of-both-worlds deal.

During the previous offseason, the Wizards changed a lot.

Before the start of the new season, Jordan faintly revealed the news that he would retire again after the next season.

Not to be outdone, the Wizards management traded potential stocks like Hamilton and traded for Jordan's successor Jerry Stackhouse.

Jerry Stackhouse is already the team leader in the Pistons!

Although he was traded to the Wizards this time, as the player with the largest Wizards contract and the peak personal status and ability, Jerry Stackhouse has naturally become the new boss of the Wizards after receiving the support of the Wizards management.

In order to support Jerry Stackhouse, the Wizards management directly put Jordan on the bench.

In addition, all parties have traded and signed in, and wantonly put together immediate combat power, hoping to hit the playoffs and see how Jordan will perform in the playoffs.

With Jordan signing the basic salary, the Wizards' total salary has reached the level of paying luxury tax.

In the words of other teams, playing the Wizards makes a Michael Jordan.

The boss of the Wizards was also very ashamed and angry when he heard the news.

To be reasonable, if the team is paying the luxury tax and has an extra Jordan, and there is no way to make the playoffs, then what is the difference between the management and the pig?
No, pigs can be slaughtered for meat after being raised, but the management has killed them, but there is not a drop of oil or water.

After the Wizards boss was incompetent and furious, the Wizards management also understood that the boss was not joking.

If you can't make a difference during the offseason, then next season will be nothing if you don't succeed!Either enter the playoffs, or pack up and leave together!

So, no matter what, next season's Wizards will make the Eastern Conference playoffs.

It was in this desperate situation that the Wizards traded last season's No. [-] pick, Kwame Brown, for chips.

Logically speaking, the number one scholar is still the number one scholar!After all, it is better to be an ordinary first-round pick.

However, inside players are slow to develop and need to spend a lot of time to develop. Usually inside rookies, it is normal to train for two or three seasons.

It's a pity that the Wizards don't have that much patience.The boss is impatient, and the management is naturally impatient.

As the saying goes, it doesn't hurt to sell your grandfather.

In order to exchange for the immediate combat power needed by the Wizards, when the Wizards made this deal with the Bucks, they gave not only Kwame Brown, but also two rookies Juan Dixon and Bobby Simmons.

Juan Dixon is a member of this year's NCAA championship, the scoring leader in the history of the University of Maryland, and helped the University of Maryland win the first NCAA trophy in school history.

However, due to his average physical fitness, he was selected by the Wizards with the 17th pick in the first round of this year's draft.

It is said that Jordan is very optimistic about this talented point guard with a promising future.

Then the Wizards management traded Juan Dixon to the Bucks.

As for Bobby Simmons, it was the Bucks' initiative.

In fact, the Bucks wanted Tyronn Lue at first, yes, He Li wanted it.

When he was a player, Director Lu was well versed in the basketball philosophy of handing the ball to the best player on the team.

As a man who has worked with O'Neal, Kobe, and Jordan, Director Lu is very clear about how to deal with super giants.

Besides, Tyronn Lue is a shooter, has no weakness in mid-range three-pointers, and has a skill that can slightly limit Iverson's defense, and has played in the finals more than once, and the price is cheap. This is what the Bucks need this season.

There is no doubt that Tyronn Lue is a player who quite fits the Bucks' system and tactical requirements.

It's a pity that the Wizards also value Tyronn Lue.

Therefore, He Li settled for the next best thing and signaled the management to take down the humble addition of Bobby Simmons.

Bobby Simmons was a second-round pick in the same class as He Li, and He Li didn't notice this little transparency at first.

But when the Bucks management invited He Li to participate in the player transaction discussion meeting, He Li vaguely felt that Bobby Simmons looked familiar.

At a certain moment, He Li recalled, wasn't this the "culprit" for Yi Jianlian's departure from the Bucks?

Yi Jianlian's transfer from the Bucks to the Nets was actually a bit embarrassing. At that time, the main body of the transaction between the Bucks and the Nets was Bobby Simmons, and Yi Jianlian was the one who bought one and got one free.

In He Li's view, although Yi Jianlian has been "cultivated" in the Nets, it is just garbage time to collect data, and because of too much playing time, it is glass.

On the contrary, in the Bucks, it looks more planned.

Speaking of Bobby Simmons, He Li was impressed because he was Yi Jianlian's teammate in the Bucks.

He was originally a little-known second-round pick, and he was originally a drinking fountain administrator who couldn't make it to the stage.

I don't know what happened, after being traded to the Bucks, he suddenly soared in the 04-05 season and became the most improved player of the season.

Then the Bucks management showed mercy, just like Tim Thomas, hastily signed a maximum salary with Bobby Simmons, and then Bobby Simmons was injured.

After the injury, Bobby Simmons' physical fitness declined seriously. It stands to reason that Bobby Simmons has good skills, and he can still play for a few years with his skills.

But black players are used to eating together and waiting to die. Bobby Simmons quickly degenerated because he signed a big contract with no worries about food and clothing. The second maximum salary he just signed became a junk contract.

Yi Jianlian was traded because the Bucks were trying to deal with Bobby Simmons' garbage contract at the time. The Nets gave away warmth and sent out small forward Richard Jefferson, who averaged 20+ per game. They hoped that the Bucks would use Yi Jianlian as a supplementary package. Naturally, the Bucks would not refuse.

Having said that, Bobby Simmons has not yet practiced his skills and basket. He wants to be a swingman with no body and no skills.

This year is another contract year, and the Wizards naturally don't feel bad about throwing Bobby Simmons.

But He Li knows that Bobby Simmons is capable of becoming the helper he needs in the next three to five years.

In his prime, Bobby Simmons was an efficient sixth man in the Bucks.

Right now, the Bucks have a super sixth man like Michael Reed who averages 20+ per game. Naturally, there is no shortage of sixth men, but it may not be so in a few years.

He Li knew very well that the three musketeers would eventually break up.

Reed, who is more cost-effective, will become his right-hand man, and the sixth man position will be vacant.

Perhaps in a few years, He Li will call more brothers, just like Kwame Brown was acquired through a trade this time, and Bobby Simmons may not be able to be the sixth man of the Bucks by then.

However, if Bobby Simmons is trained well, it will be a good choice whether it is an important rotation or trading for better bargaining chips.

This time the Bucks made a deal with the Wizards to trade the future of the team with the immediate combat power the Wizards need.

The Bucks management used Anthony Mason to trade Kwame Brown, which really meant to please He Li.

But whether it is trading Kwame Brown, or Bobby Simmons and Juan Dixon, it is the management's consideration for the next few years.

It is said that while the Bucks made a deal with the Wizards, they also completed a deal with the Cavaliers.

The Bucks traded for Michael Stewart and a 2004 second-round pick from the Cavaliers with an unlikely backup power forward, Alvin Johnson.

Michael Stewart is an undrafted center who averaged 2 points and 1.2 rebounds per game last season.

But this season, his salary is as high as 416 million US dollars.

In fact, Michael Stewart was not originally a player of the Cavaliers, but in the previous offseason, the Cavaliers deliberately traded the team's scoring leader to the Raptors in exchange for Michael Stewart's rubbish contract.

For the Cavaliers, on the one hand, this contract is to expand the salary space, ensure that stars can be traded in the future, and fill the poor line.

On the other hand, in order to show bad performance, and the contract expires after the bad performance, reinforcement can be carried out according to demand.

Of course, it is also valuable to be the main body of the transaction during the season like this time.

The Bucks took the initiative to eat the junk contract of the Cavaliers, mainly to complete the deal from the Wizards, and the team's 15-man roster is not enough.

Since the mechanism of the NBA Development League has not been established these years, the NBDL has existed, but it is not in line with the NBA, and it can be regarded as playing its own way.

The Bucks did not delegate rookies to the NBDL team, and the rookies who were traded had to find a place to settle and give time to train in the regular season.

The Bucks traded Bobby Simmons and Juan Dixon to naturally give time to develop, but the roster of 15 players in the regular season is full again.

Then you can only deal with Elvin Johnson's somewhat premium contract.

Because of the principle of salary reciprocity, the Bucks traded for Michael Stewart through Irvine Johnson to ensure that the salary remains unchanged.

Then cut Michael Stewart to make room.

Of course, Michael Stewart's salary is still paid by the Bucks.

The Bucks traded with the Cavaliers instead of directly laying off Irvin Johnson. The reason for doing so much is mainly to earn a second-round pick.

The Cavaliers are still a poor team, and there is not much talent available in the team. It will take several seasons for the Cavaliers to make it to the playoffs just by selecting the cornerstone of the team in next year's draft.

Therefore, the second-round pick in 03 is no different from that in 04.It is basically certain that they are all second-round high-ranking picks.

The high-ranked picks at the end of the first round and the second round are used for scratching prizes, and even the high-ranked picks in the second round are cheap and easy to find the immediate combat power of a suitable team.

The Bucks management trusts and pampers He Li, and of course He Li has not failed the trust of the management.

Although Reed and Alston were selected by the Bucks management, they can be regarded as being cultivated by He Li. If He Li hadn't brought Reed and Alston to play, they would not have played so quickly.

Especially Reid, who has played quasi-All-Star data.

The same goes for Boozer, who was picked in the previous draft. Although Boozer still has various problems, he still does a good job in scoring.

After training in the He Li training camp during the summer offseason, Boozer is obviously much more mature than the rookies of the same class.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Bucks management is willing to follow He Li's suggestion, refer to He Li's ideas, use Anthony Mason and Shamond Williams, and trade Kwame Brown, Bobby Simmons and Juan Dixon from the Wizards.

There is no doubt that He Li is the cornerstone of the Bucks. Others in the Bucks can trade away, but He Li cannot be traded.

The Bucks use He Li as the cornerstone to establish a team system, and then stuff suitable candidates into this system.

From the current point of view, He Li needs players who can shoot, break through, fast, maneuverable, and open up space.

Obviously, Kwame Brown, Bobby Simmons and Juan Dixon all fall into this category.

Kwame Brown may not be very good at offense. At present, there is no basket, but after all, he is the number one pick with excellent physical talent. He can't shoot or break through. Can't he still eat cakes?

In the five small lineups, Kwame Brown's speed and defense can play the fifth position.

Of course, He Li believes that the current Kwame Brown has not been completely destroyed by Jordan and Kobe, and Kwame Brown can still be saved.

Judging from the state of Kwame Brown in the training camp, the chances of Kwame Brown playing are still very high.

But the premise is to help Kwame Brown regain confidence early, and then spend two or three years to help Kwame Brown get rid of various shortcomings, and then develop some offensive abilities.

At that time, the contract will rise with the salary cap. It is not an exaggeration for Kwame Brown to sign a contract of tens of millions. He Li can also earn some pocket money by the way.

"Recently there are new members joining the team, everyone is welcome and familiar with it.

In the next game, the Heat will play on the 19th.

Although our opponents may have other ideas, we ourselves, how to fight or how to fight.

If there is a lot of game time, I will give the main players a break.

The extra opportunities are up to you to fight for!
Effort can be seen, as He Li often said, hard work can be regarded as talent.

As for today, the training match will start soon, everyone warms up first! "

Seeing the scene full of talents in front of him, George Karl felt quite relieved.

When did the team ever fill up?Usually not 10 NBA players, 5 undrafted picks who can be replaced at any time?

NBA teams these days are full of undrafted picks, as well as homeless second-round picks year after year.

But this season's Bucks are basically regular players who entered the NBA through the NBA draft. Eric Strickland, the only undrafted player, has also played in the NBA for seven years.

Point guards: Sam Cassell, Ralph Alston, Juan Dixon.

Shooting Guard: Ray Allen, Michael Reed, Eric Strickland.

Small forwards: He Li, Glenn Robinson, Bobby Simmons.

Power forwards: Mark Pope, Carlos Boozer, Charles Barkley.

Centers: Joel Przybilla, Kwame Brown, Patrick Ewing.

"I have never fought such a rich battle!" Seeing the Bucks players actively participating in the training game, George Karl's old face was smiling like a flower.

(End of this chapter)