NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 398: A Growing Rookie!

The current Pelicans roster is as follows, point guards: Stephen Curry, Barea,

Shooting guard: Thompson, Bradley,
Small forwards: Paul George, Antetokounmpo, Middleton

Power forwards: Green, David West, Saric
Center: Davis, Gobert,

Presti looked at his lineup and immediately called Miles. When he got connected, Presti said: "Vince Carter is still trying to find a way to sign in the free market. He probably won't agree, but try his best. Brazilian defender Leandro Bassabo will also sign. I believe he is very happy!"

Then sign another center, Carlos Boozer who was just amnesty by the Bulls! "

Miles smiled and said, "No problem! There are countless veterans who want to join our team now."

I remember that after Boozer joined the Lakers in his previous life, he averaged 23.8 points, 11.8, 6 rebounds and 8 assists per game in an average of 1.3 per game. His shooting percentage reached 49.8%.

而莱昂德罗巴萨博当年可是勇士14-15赛季的夺冠功臣之一，常规赛期间上场14.9分钟里能交出7.1分1.4篮板1.4助攻，投篮命中率47.4％，三分命中率37.8％的优秀数据，而到了季后赛也能交出场均5.0分1.3篮板0.9助攻投篮命中率44.3％，三分命中率34.8％！
Soon, Presti received the good news from Miles that Carter joined!In his previous life, Carter joined various teams, but he didn't join a championship contending team. The Warriors also refused when recruiting.
Presti appreciates Carter's arrogance very much, but he always feels sorry for him. It is a pity that the "alien" in the top four retired without a champion. Fortunately, he can change Carter's predicament of not having a champion in his previous life.

The roster was established, the Pelicans withdrew from the free market, Presti gave all the players a vacation, and no longer asked them to come back for training early as before. The players have been exhausted for several consecutive seasons, and they must all be relaxed!

I remember that when the Warriors won the three championships in four years in the previous life, the players who won the last championship publicly expressed that the pressure was very high. Even after the finals, Green was unwilling to think about this season again. Therefore, the Warriors were in a very unstable state at that time.At the end of the regular season, he only ranked second!

The players are on vacation, and so is Presti. Anjali was diagnosed with pregnancy in May this year, and this stage is also the busiest time. Presti feels very guilty for not having the opportunity to accompany her. Now that the offseason is over, Presti will make up for it all!
After the Pelicans withdrew from the free market, some veterans were very uncomfortable, and they failed to hug their legs to get the championship ring. Then the free market started a wave of claiming veterans.

The Spurs have agreed to a one-year extension with center Aaron Baynes. ESPN reporter Mark Stein followed up and reported that Baynes' annual salary is $210 million, which is fully guaranteed.

The Lakers officially announced the signing of veteran Ronnie Price. Price signed a one-year basic salary contract.

Ramon Sessions has agreed to a two-year, $2 million deal with the Kings in unrestricted free agency.

Brown has signed with the Heat, and Brown signed a one-year veteran's basic salary contract worth $130 million with the Heat.

Unrestricted free agent Marcus Williams has reached a franchise agreement with the Nuggets.The parties reportedly agreed to sign a one-year contract
Then Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted, welcoming Francisco Garcia back.And said that the two parties reached a one-year basic salary contract of 132 million US dollars.

The Heat officially announced the signing of free agent Reggie Williams.The Heat did not disclose the specific details of the contract. It is reported that the two parties signed a one-year minimum salary contract.The Heat's reinforcement is not over yet. The Heat officially announced that the team signed a completely free agent Sean Williams.

The Charlotte Hornets have reached a signing agreement with free agent John Salmons, with a new one-year, $1 million contract.

The Spurs also officially announced the signing of All-Star guard Tony Parker to a three-year, $3 million contract.

The free market is still crazy, but Presti is with Anjali every day. By August, Anjali was more than three months pregnant and basically stable. Presti boldly took Anjali to travel in Europe.
During the period, I actually ran into Curry. Curry got married in the offseason last year. Although the time was different from the previous life, his wife was still Ashaye.

And the other Pelicans players couldn't stay still, some went to Asia, some went to South America, etc., scattered all over the place.

Time came to September in a blink of an eye, and all the Pelicans players who went to travel returned to the team one after another, and Presti also returned home with Anjali!Then, the Pelicans held a media day, and the new season was about to start.

Presti said in an interview: "In the new season, we will no longer deliberately pursue the results of the regular season, and we will not pursue rankings. That is not something we need to prove. We only need to enter the playoffs. Anyway, the championship will be ours."

The reporters couldn’t help laughing. It’s been six years since Presti’s tone was heard. Time flies. No matter what Presti says, no one will question him anymore, because Presti has proved to everyone that he is just that strong!

Then the reporter asked: "Then what is your task for the new season?"

Presti said with a smile: "You see, our personnel changes this season are still quite large. We have added new family members Vince Carter, Carlos Boozer, Basabo, and Barea. Therefore, in the new season, we need to help them adapt to our team's rhythm, our team's tactical play, and make each other happy.
Secondly, our rookies Antetokounmpo and Middleton have obviously matured after the baptism of the playoffs and finals. They will bear the burden of the team in the new season!

In addition, we also have potential rookie Saric this year, and we will help him adapt to the game as soon as possible and find his own way of playing! "

On the second day, Presti's media day interview was on the top of the list, and people commented in the comments: "The Pelicans operate in terror, and there will never be a shortage of fresh blood" "Presti is the greatest manager and coach of this era"...

TNT Barkley sighed when talking about Presti's interview: "The Pelicans in this era are unshakable. To be precise, the Pelicans with Presti will never be shaken. Look at their sophisticated operations!
The team's core Curry only has 4400 million W, and Thompson will definitely be renewed, but the maximum salary is 5 million for 1800 years at most, but this year it is only 308 W, George 1593 million, Green is only 92 this year, and the Pelicans can only renew the contract with 1400 million at most. The key is that players like Green can only play the biggest role in the hands of Presti!
Davis is 561 million, and next year will only be 707 million. I dare not say the price of the contract extension, but I am sure that if Davis is not satisfied, he can trade at any time. Presti chose Jokic this year. I heard that Presti is very optimistic!
Bradley 719 million, David West 150W, Barea 440W, Gobert 113 million, Saric 232 million, Antetokounmpo 187 million, Middleton 92, Basaro 145W, Carter 220W, Boozer 200W! , The total salary this year is only more than 6300 million!Still no luxury tax!

Next season, the Pelicans will only be able to renew their contracts a little over the salary cap. The key is Presti's draft ability. There will never be a shortage of talented players.Who can compete with him? "

TNT O'Neal also lamented: "Presti has already ruled the NBA. This is a lucky era. Fortunately, whoever is in the Pelicans can win the championship. With a mountain like Presti, many teams can avoid paying the luxury tax, because there is no hope if they do.

This is another desperate era. Whoever was born in this era, as long as he is not in the Pelicans, then your road to winning the championship will be blocked!I feel that if there were no Presti, Kobe, James, Duncan, and Novus, they would not only have these rings in their hands, but the same is true for Harden, Westbrook, Durant, etc. who have grown up.

Of course, if anyone can defeat the Pelicans in this era, then no matter who you are, whether you are a player, a coach, or even a management team, you will be famous in NBA history!A crown of gods! "

Van Gundy said on the other hand: "I think the development of the league promoted by Presti, it is obviously impossible for the Pelicans to keep all the players, and it is impossible to pay the luxury tax every year in the future, and players will inevitably be traded. Imagine when Presti trained players all over the league.

Some people may say that Presti will continue to train rookies, and other teams are still impossible, but is Presti necessarily so stable?Seeing how many times the Western Conference finals were tie-breaks, the team that lost the tie-break only lost a few points. What if the team that lost the tie-break had two or more players?The result may be different. "

The next day, the Pelicans came to an open training game. The purpose of course was to let the players who returned from the tour take care of themselves!
Presti did not coach the team, but gave the task to Cole and Williams, and told them not to let the game go, but not to fight fiercely, which is slightly lower than the intensity of the preseason game!
The players who have rested for an offseason are obviously a little uncomfortable, especially in the case of defense, it is all kinds of ironing, and the fans watching are a little bit stuck, especially Curry can't get in. Even if he can't make a lot of shots, all kinds of misses, the same is true for Thompson, the pick-and-roll three-pointer just can't make it!

Presti shook his head helplessly. In his previous life, Thompson didn't have all kinds of irons at the beginning of the new season, but he couldn't throw them in. As the season progressed, he became more and more accurate. The reason is that he didn't train during the offseason and played too hard.

These two are strong, and the others are similar, but Presti doesn't intend to blame them, after all, he let them relax so much, but there is still a bright spot in this training match, and that is Brother Antetokounmpo's progress!

Antetokounmpo has made great progress after a summer of training. The most obvious is the change in his body. He is like a different person. Last season, Antetokounmpo was not so fast when he broke through the inside line, but now it is simply exaggerated, and his confrontation is much stronger than before!
The most exciting shot just now was Antetokounmpo's inside stop cap David West, and then he advanced one-stop, three-step dunks outside the three-point line!How violent! How violent!The fans who were watching the live broadcast at this time were shocked and speechless, this is simply a big "Westbrook"!
At this time, the team that did not choose Antetokounmpo regretted it a lot, especially the team that Antetokounmpo had visited in Europe before, even more regretted it!The talent that Antetokounmpo has shown now is a cornerstone!

Barkley was also surprised, bluntly said: "The Pelicans have the next core of the Antetokounmpo dynasty!"

O'Neal smiled wryly and said, "Is it because of Presti's vicious vision or his ability to cultivate people? Why do all the talented rookies of this historical level appear in the Pelicans? I just carefully counted the drafts after Presti took office, which completely included the best players in recent years, 2007 Durant, 2008 Westbrook, Ibaka, Jordan, etc., 2009 Harden, Curry, 2010 Paul George, 2011 Thompson, Jimmy Butt Le, 2012 Anthony Davis, 2013 Antetokounmpo, 2014? The Jokic he picked must also be a talented rookie!"

After the open training match, Presti was once again besieged by reporters. This time, he asked questions about Antetokounmpo. When talking about Antetokounmpo, Presti said with a smile: "I am not surprised at his progress now. When I saw him for the first time, I knew that this player would be a big trouble in the NBA in the future!"

The reporter continued to ask: "So how far will he grow?"

Presti said confidently: "If he plays with the Pelicans for a few years and goes to other teams, he can become an MVP contender, but if he stays with the Pelicans all the time, he will be a historical rookie!"

Then he went on to ask questions about the preseason, and Presti made it clear: "The main players in this preseason will only play 8-12 minutes. The rest of the time is to train the substitutes and let the newly joined veterans and rookies play longer. The purpose is of course to speed up the team's running-in!"

The preseason started within a few days. In the first game against the Heat, Presti started to let the starters play for 5 minutes and then immediately replaced him with a rotation lineup. Of course, the rotation lineup is based on Antetokounmpo!

Antetokounmpo did not disappoint Presti. There was a top ten shot in the game. Antetokounmpo hit Bosh in a low post. He pushed Bosh all the way to the basket, and then got up and dunked with one arm!What a beast!

Even Presti, who had seen countless Antetokounmpo collections in his previous life, couldn't help but collapse!This growth is too fast, the former Antetokounmpo didn't grow so fast until the 2018-2019 season!
Presti didn't know that Antetokounmpo's pressure in the Pelicans was much greater than in his previous life, because being selected by Presti meant that you must succeed, so his exercise intensity was also much harder than in his previous life!
(End of this chapter)