God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 169 Continue to Strengthen
Although he failed to get the first round pick in 2003, it is not bad to get the 40th overall pick in this year's second round.For this year's draft, Chang Wei set a goal early on, that is Michael Reed, a top shooter who was selected 43rd overall in the second round in his previous life. Now that the team holds the 40th pick, it can be cut in advance.

As for why not choose Reed with the 76ers' own No. 20 pick in the first round?Come on, isn't it a waste to use the 20th pick to pick a player who fell to the second round?Since you can knock out a second-round pick from the Eagles, why use your own?Besides, Chang Wei also plans to persuade Brown to trade up with the 20th pick. After all, this year is a small year in the draft. In my impression, most of the good rookies are picked before the 20th pick. When it is the turn of the 76ers, there may not be any left. what.

Of course, such a small transaction can wait until before the start of the draft. The key task now is to further strengthen the team lineup.Now that Ratliff has been traded away, the team still needs a power forward to partner with Mutombo. Brown also thought of this, he thought for a while, and asked, "Chang, what do you think of Mashburn?" Sample?"

Mashburn?The player's information automatically popped up in Chang Wei's mind, and there was no need to use the system at all. After all, this unofficial history is too famous. As long as fans who have a little understanding of NBA history, they must be familiar with the "Dallas 3J" back then. I heard that Mashburn is one of the 3Js, the other two are Kidd and Jimmy Jackson.

In Chang Wei's view, if it weren't for the infighting caused by women, this pair should be able to occupy a place in NBA history.Although there is nothing wrong with it, Chang Wei still trusts the strength of the three of them. However, Brown did not consider one problem, that is, the team's salary cap.

Chang Wei said carefully: "Coach, Mashburn is indeed a very capable player, but should we consider the team's salary space? I think it is difficult for any team to afford three first-class stars at the same time. salary?"

Brown's old face flushed. He hadn't thought about the salary space at all just now. He just wanted to match Iverson and Mutombo with a high-quality forward.But Brown was not angry, but asked instead: "Indeed, we can't afford Mashburn's salary, and his height is still a bit disadvantageous in the fourth position. Who do you think we can trade?"

Chang Wei smiled and spit out a name: "Rashard Lewis."

Brown froze for a moment, then frowned.It's not that the 76ers haven't played against the Supersonics in recent seasons. He has a little impression of this tall and thin substitute in the opponent's lineup, but it doesn't look like he can replace Ratliff as the team's starting power forward. players!Brown made a serious face on purpose, and said seriously: "Chang, now is not the time to joke, don't you only consider the team's salary space, and want to simply find a guy with a low salary to make up for it?"

Chang Wei smiled and said: "Coach, as I said before, there are no players with insufficient strength, only garbage who refuse to work hard. I have known Lewis' style of play. Although he plays the fourth position, but But he likes to shoot from outside the three-point line. Just imagine, there is such a shooting power forward floating outside, wouldn’t that help AI pull the basket? And we can also get a stable three-point shooter, if the price is not If it is big, we must have taken advantage of it."

However, Brown still had doubts. He took a look at Lewis' profile and said helplessly, "Your idea is really good, but Lewis' three-point shooting percentage was not that good last season!"

Chang Wei saw that it was indeed the case. Lewis was a second-round pick in 1998. In the past two seasons, his three-point shooting percentages were only 16.7% and 33.3%, and he did not look like a reliable outside shooter.However, Chang Wei remained calm. Leaving aside the fact that in his previous life, Lewis relied on three-pointers from the outside to thrive in the league, even if his three-pointers in this life are not good enough, isn't there still a system?With me here, Lewis' three-pointer is definitely not a problem!
Chang Wei slapped his chest loudly and said loudly: "As long as he is willing to spend time on targeted training, I guarantee that I can help him become an excellent big pitcher. With me, there is no player who can't make it!"

Brown asked with a smile: "Then why do you ask the team to trade better players?"

Chang Wei choked for a moment, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a compensatory smile: "Then what... everyone has their own upper limit, no matter how hard I try, I can't make them break through their upper limit, right? And there is Good player, I can take it easy!"

After the two chatted casually for a few more words, Chang Wei said goodbye and left.Brown looked again at Lewis' profile, shrugged, and told Kim what he wanted.Jin didn't have any special reaction. After all, Lewis is still just a substitute player, and his level is too far behind that of Mutombo. One sheep is also catching up with two sheep. After the old coach has spoken, he will contact Super Well, the speed of sound, it's impossible for this guy to be regarded as the team's non-sale item like McGrady, right?
Leaving aside Jin, he continued to argue with the general manager of the Supersonics. After returning to the apartment, Chang Wei was going to turn on the system to see what new functions were available.Last season at Colorado State University, he only needed to conduct special training for the players according to the training plan provided by the system at the beginning, and in order to improve his ability, Chang Wei did not hesitate to turn off the notification of the system. I forgot about it when I shut him down, and now I think about it when I suggest that the team trade for Lewis.

Because the overall level of Colorado State University was originally low, the system has not been able to upgrade to level five until now, but Chang Wei called up the experience bar and found that it has reached 95.7%. It didn't take long for the system to unlock a new module. .To Chang Wei's surprise, his reputation value was as high as 1254 points. This was the first time he saw his reputation value break through [-]. Naturally, he could exchange for more items in the Miracle Mall. Good news.

Although the 76ers are likely to form the core lineup of Iverson + Lewis + Mutombo, it is still very difficult to beat the powerful Lakers to win the O'Brien Cup. At this time, the system's props can obviously help them.Especially Dikembe Mutombo, although he will become the second most blocked shots in NBA history in the future, he is still too weak compared to a prehistoric behemoth like O'Neal. Now with the help of the system, Chang Wei believes that he can at least make Mutombo and O'Neal completed the exchange, so that the probability of the 76ers winning the championship next season will increase a lot.

(End of this chapter)