If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 312 Long Summer

When Yi Jian talked about the draft, his teammates liked to listen.

Everyone also discussed together. After all, the draft is a big event every year, and men will compare their eyes when they get together.

Everyone pays more attention to Yi Jian because his opinions are likely to be adopted by the team.

And his vision is really good, and the players he likes are very good.

Such a team leader must give face.

This year, the Thunder only have the 30th and 60th picks. In fact, even if Yi Jian likes many people, they may not be able to pick them.

"The No. 60 pick actually has a chance to select a good player. For example, Isaiah Thomas of the University of Washington may fall far behind because of his height."

"However, our goal this season is the wing. It is rare for a good wing to fall to the bottom or even lose the draft. Wesley is a special case."

"If the team signs for two more years, then there is no need to worry about it now."

In fact, if the Thunder are really determined, players at Leonard's level can also be selected.

If they want to sign, many teams are willing to trade, just need to pay players.

The Thunder's management also knows that if some players are not traded, they will not be able to keep them in the end, and their salaries may not be so sufficient.

It's just that they also want to fight for the dynasty.

The Thunder's current lineup is really strong, and they dare not change it rashly.

Even if Matthews leaves in vain in the end, at least this year's championship will be stable.

Only when players leave passively will the Thunder consider introducing new players.

Now that Matthews can't keep it, they have to supplement the flanks.

Both rookies and veterans who are willing to vote are fine, anyway, the expensive ones can't afford it.

They didn't dare to gamble because the team's investigation and Yi Jian's opinions didn't completely agree.

Even if Yi Jian's vision is very poisonous, who can guarantee that he will spot it every time.

Moreover, young players also need training time, and the Thunder need to continue to defend the title and establish a dynasty.

If they can win three consecutive championships, the Thunder can make more money and the team will appreciate a lot.

So now the Thunder's management's main opinion remains unchanged.

If necessary, you can buy the lottery with cash, but you don't need to trade players.

The point is, Thunderclap is too strong now and has become the alliance's public enemy.

They want to buy draft picks, and it's not that they won't sell them, but don't even think about the first round, and don't even think about the top of the second round.

As for other teams, it may not be a big problem to buy at the end of the first round.

After all, the picks at the end of the first round are not worth much to teams with a lot of picks, and they can't train so many rookies.

However, anyone who dares to easily give Lei Ting convenience is breaking the rules.

So before the draft night, there were often swearing in the office of the team's general manager Presti.

In this regard, Yi Jian also had detailed communication with the team.

But he didn't have to get someone like Lowry did in the first summer.

With the Thunder's current lineup, there is no need to forcefully win a certain player to join, and Yi Jian can't guarantee that some players will get fast growth opportunities when they come to the Thunder.

Some things are better left to the management to decide, Yi Jian just plays with peace of mind.

He asked for less, and he would have more bargaining chips when he encountered something that must be done in the future.

He can't waste his chips on some small things. After all, it is not difficult for the Thunder to build a dynasty with the current lineup.

Of course, the main reason is that he is just an athlete, not a management team.

If he is the management team, the team will make a lot of money relying on the draft.

The time for the Asian Championships was relatively late, so Yi Jian was not in a hurry to return home.

While doing some business activities in the United States, he is waiting for the draft.

Let's relax a little first, and it won't be too late to return to China in July.

As a person with open eyes, he knows that this offseason will be relatively long, and he will have enough time to stay in China.

On draft night, Yi Jian, Durant and others watched the fun together.

Irving was still elected the No. [-] pick, and the Cavaliers' choice is still good.

After all, among the popular candidates, Irving is actually more reliable, and people like Derek Williams are more vulnerable.

The draft has not changed much. Even if the pick is slightly different, the needs of the team are different, so it is still similar to Yi Jian's impression.

Of course, there are bound to be changes.

Like the Bobcats, Jordan likes Westbrook very much. This summer, he also made up his mind to clean up the ignorant guys in the team and build a lineup with Westbrook as the absolute core.

Gerald - Wallace and Stephen - Jackson and others, of course, can't have any of them.

With Westbrook as a powerful guard, what the team has to choose is to assist him inside.

The Bobcats have two high-level picks through trades. They first selected the long-awaited insider Biyombo, and then chose the defensive striker Chris Singleton.

Then they felt that the rookie was almost done, and the remaining picks were given away.

The Bobcats are actually the epitome of the draft, only the picks cannot rise quickly.

Originally, they were quite successful in selecting Walker in history, but this time it is hard to say.

And the Thunder did not go well in the draft, because they were targeted by other teams and they were unwilling to send players, so they had to choose hard in the end.

Butler was selected by the Bulls ahead of them. After weighing Bojan Bogdanovic and Chandler Parsons, the team chose Parsons, a local player who has no contract troubles.

Parsons is an athletic striker, he is good at both ends of the offense and defense, but his static talent is average.

Insufficient features, so fell to the second round.

The Thunder didn't pick up Thomas Jr.'s omission, so they simply gave away their second-round pick.

As a result, their draft night harvest was only Parsons.

It's not very good, but it's still profitable. Parsons still has a certain amount of immediate combat power.

This summer, the Thunder probably won't make any more moves.

After all, the league will be suspended soon, and there will not be so much time for them.

Yi Jian knows that the team is actually negotiating with Lopez to renew the contract early, but it is estimated that they cannot reach an agreement.

Because the Thunder is unwilling to give out the maximum salary, but Lopez has now been brought into an All-Star, even if it is a weak All-Star, the salary must not be less, so it is temporarily impossible to reach an agreement.

A few days later, the old collective bargaining agreement officially expired.After nearly three hours of final negotiations, the players union and management representatives still have not reached an agreement on the new labor agreement negotiations.

Thus, the NBA lockout began.

The contradiction between the two sides is very big. Some players in the league have prepared other ways out in order to maintain their form or feel that they need to go to other leagues to make money.

But Yi Jian didn't care much about this. He returned to the country and planned to take a vacation with peace of mind.

Then whether it is business activities, or the national team training and playing games, just follow the steps.

He is not worried about not playing next season at all, and it seems good for him to play less games.

"Don't worry, where our dynasty will be waiting." He said to the rest of the team.

(End of this chapter)