God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 490 Preliminary Preparations
Charlotte, North Carolina.

When Chang Wei walked out of the airport, the warm sun shone on his body, which made people feel very comfortable.North Carolina is arguably the northernmost state in the southern United States, and it has a pleasant climate.Although it is not considered warm in winter and cool in summer, there is no particularly extreme weather. Compared with Detroit, it is quite good, and Chang Wei's first impression is also very good.

Sitting on the back seat of the taxi, Chang Wei looked curiously at both sides of the road. There are many elements of basketball in this city. There are specialty stores for basketball peripheral products everywhere. Many passers-by are wearing various jerseys. The taxi driver is a good example. To Chang Wei's surprise, he was actually wearing the jersey that Jordan used to wear in North Carolina, which is very interesting.

In fact, Chang Wei felt that it was not a good choice to put the team in Charlotte. It can indeed be said that it is the place with the strongest basketball atmosphere in the United States, but the fans prefer the NCAA. Who made this state bring together the NCAA three? What about the big teams?Needless to say, North Carolina and Duke are the top of the NCAA. Duncan's alma mater, Wake Forest University, is not a vegetarian. In this way, neither the NBA nor the WNBA will have much room for survival here. Fans Not interested in these.

The jersey worn by the driver is a good example. Generally speaking, Jordan fans should wear his jerseys when he was in the Bulls, but the fans in Charlotte wore the jerseys when he was in North Carolina. Obviously they I even recognize Jordan's performance in the college team, even if he won six championships in the NBA and is known as the No.1 in history.

But since the owner wants to set up the team here, Chang Wei has nothing to say. After all, he is the owner, and it is his freedom to put it in Charlotte or somewhere else. What Chang Wei has to do is to help the Bobcats grow up quickly.

About 20 minutes later, the taxi stopped at the entrance of the Time Warner Center arena.This is a new arena built by the consortium for the Bobcats. It was only put into use in the first half of this year, so it looks very new.After paying the fare, Chang Wei got out of the car with his suitcase. Jackson was already waiting at the entrance of the arena. Today he came here specially to lead Chang Wei.

After the two exchanged a few words, Jackson took Chang Wei to the general manager's office.Only then did Chang Wei realize that the general manager of the Bobcats was the senior Jackson mentioned, Richard Clexis, who had also worked with Izzo and took good care of Jackson, a junior. Li has already gained a reputation. When Jackson suggested that Chang Wei join the team's coaching staff, Chrissy agreed with both hands. Even if he can only come as the chief assistant coach, it is completely fine.

Neither of the two parties is procrastinating, and they quickly got to the point.Chrysis looked at the documents on the table and said seriously: "Chang, the military expansion draft is scheduled for June 6th, and we were given the second pick of this year. This is the specific process. You can read it first. Take a moment. I admire your vision, and I won't hold you back in any way."

Chang Wei nodded, took the folder and looked at it carefully. Although he had a general understanding of what the military expansion draft was like in his previous life, it is better to learn more about it now. His own rebirth has delayed the establishment of Shanmao by two years. It would be ridiculous to change the benefits again.Fortunately, the contents of the document were similar to what Chang Wei remembered, which made Chang Wei full of confidence again.

Each team that joins the league first can protect up to 8 of its own players (including restricted free agents) from participating in the expansion draft, but each team must provide one player for the Bobcats to select, and this player cannot have a pass option or early draft. Eligibility for free agency upon termination of contract option.Free players are neither on the protection list nor in the expansion draft list, so they can basically be ignored.Restricted free agents can escape by becoming unrestricted after being drafted, but they cannot re-sign with their former home team.No team loses more than one player in an expansion draft.

Simply put, that is, the other 29 teams in the league each give a player to the Bobcats, and these players must be outside the 8 players protected by the parent team.According to the limit of the player list, the Bobcats must select at least 14 players, but they can choose up to 29 players. Of course, in Chang Wei's view, 14 players are enough.

Putting the document back on the table, Chang Wei asked with a smile: "Have the 8-man rosters of other teams been given out? If they have already determined what players they need, I think I can start working now gone."

Chrissy asked in surprise: "You just came here today, don't you need to rest for a while?"

Chang Wei shook his head and said, "Let's get started as soon as possible. Time waits for no one. If we hurry up, the team should be formed faster. It's not easy for these players from different teams to play together."

After bidding farewell to Chrissy, Chang Wei followed Jackson to his office. At this time, the team staff had already neatly placed the unprotected player lists of each team on the table.Chang Wei sat down unceremoniously, and began to browse through the 29 lists seriously, from which he had to pick out enough capable players.

For the Bobcats, there is no need to consider the famous stars. As long as the team general manager and head coach are not fools, they will definitely put the team's leading star on the protection list. No one will be so generous. The star of the Bobcats.What Chang Wei wants to choose is a player who will achieve something in the future but is still unknown now. This is what the Bobcats need.

Jackson on the side didn't dare to disturb him, he seemed to forget that this was his office, and just sat by and looked at Chang Wei nervously.However, Chang Wei ignored him directly, one after another printed paper slipped across his hands, one after another familiar or unfamiliar names crossed his field of vision, and at the same time his brain was running crazily.

Chang Wei's idea is to first determine the team's starting lineup, and then see if he can choose some capable substitutes.Of course, choosing a substitute is very simple, but choosing a starter is quite different. In addition to considering the strength of players, lineup matching is also a problem that needs attention.After reading all the 29 rosters, he raised his head and asked, "Damon, what style of basketball are you going to play? Now I need to choose players based on your ideas. I hope you can determine an idea first."

Jackson scratched his head and said uncertainly, "How about we play fast offense?"

(End of this chapter)