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Chapter 747 Operations During Offseason
With the end of the finals, the NBA has also entered the offseason.Unlike last year's crazy offseason, this year's offseason is somewhat deserted.The Raptors have won three consecutive championships. After they completed this feat, the casino quickly issued odds for the championship in the new season. They are still the biggest favorites for the championship in the 3-2015 season.

For the management of the Raptors, they have No.1 in the league and have established a dynasty. The core structure of the team is very young and they all have contracts. The work they have to do is to make minor repairs and optimize the lineup.

Immediately after the Finals, Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri got to work.For him, facing such a good opportunity to create an unprecedented super dynasty, it is natural that he cannot slack off for a moment.It is not only players and coaches who have ambitions, as a representative of the management, he also has them.

Ying Xiong has never participated in the operation of the team's management. He believes in the ability and vision of general manager Ujiri, and knows that this workaholic will not let the team's championship window close.

Ying Xiong and Li Jianwu flew back to China on June 6.He wanted to go home, and it had been a long time since he last went home.All the affairs in the United States were naturally handed over to agent Bill Duffy.Today, he has become a business card of the NBA, and the size of his personal team is gradually expanding.

Several main players and major rotations of the Raptors have contracts, so for the management, the offseason work is not that difficult.Compared with last year's situation where Ying Xiong had to go all out to renew his contract, the current job is naturally quite different in terms of challenges.

One of the problems facing the Ujiri team this offseason is the renewal of the main center Valanciunas.

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As the team's main center forward, Valanciunas is young and possesses good offensive ability, decent defense, and still has a certain potential to be tapped. If the price is right, the team naturally hopes to keep him.

The advantage of the Raptors renewing Valanciunas is that as the parent team, Valanciunas, as a restricted free agent, can match other teams' offers to him.Moreover, because of his bird rights, he can renew his contract.

Of course, once the cap is renewed, the team will bear the pressure of the luxury tax.However, for the Raptors, who are aiming to complete 4 consecutive championships, if it really comes to the point where they have to pay a huge luxury tax, the boss will most likely grit their teeth and follow up.After all, such an opportunity may only come once in a lifetime.

In the just-concluded playoffs, the Raptors exposed their weakness inside.The team lacks an inside line that moves fast and can protect the frame, and also lacks an inside line with range.Valanciunas is the only player on the team who has the ability to attack inside. Renewing his contract is naturally one of the team's most important tasks in the summer.

Amir Johnson's contract expired after the end of last season. There may be a relatively large gap in the amount of the contract that the team can offer and the contract he is pursuing.In addition, his role in the team has not really reached the point where he is indispensable, so the possibility of him leaving during the offseason is very high.

In addition to Amir Johnson, the team's substitute insider Tyler Hansbrough's contract also expired after the end of last season, so if the Raptors do not renew his contract, then the demand for insiders is always not small.

Since the Raptors had the league's first record last season, they have the No. 30 pick in this year's draft.However, Ujiri, the general manager of the team with a long-term vision, had already traded with other teams during the offseason of last season and got a 20th pick in the first round.

The 20th pick in the first round is not in the lottery zone, but compared to the end of the first round, after all, the chances of selection are better. You can also search Taobao, and maybe you can find a good puzzle to win the championship.For a team that aims to build a super dynasty, the health of the salary situation sometimes affects the future of the team.The contract bonus for first-round rookies is a very important part of optimizing the team's salary structure.A first-round rookie can be used cheaply by the home team for 4 years, and he also has his bird rights.

The 2015 NBA draft was held on June 2015, 6 at the Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets in New York, USA. The teams are full of enthusiasm and unknowns for the draft.

In the end, the Minnesota Timberwolves selected Karl-Anthony Towns with the No. 76 pick, the Los Angeles Lakers selected D'Angelo Russell with the No. [-] pick, and the Philadelphia [-]ers selected Jahlil Okafor with the No. [-] pick.

The Raptors selected University of Utah's tall point guard Deron Wright with the 20th pick in the first round.

Deron Wright is 196cm tall and is a tall point guard with excellent defense.The Raptors chose him not for the purpose of immediate combat power, but for the future.

You must know that the team now has Jeremy Lin and Kyle Lowry with two excellent No. 1 positions. In theory, as a rookie, Deron Wright wants to squeeze out either of them, which is theoretically impossible.But Deron Wright also has his own advantages, that is, the diversity of the defensive end, youth and the bonus of the rookie contract.

In the new season, Deron Wright can serve as the team's third point guard and learn from Jeremy Lin and Lowry, so that the team doesn't have to bother looking for a third point guard.You must know that whether it is a transaction or a direct contract in the free market, it is not an easy task to find a third point guard with excellent cost performance.

Another purpose of the Raptors' selection of Deron Wright is to buy an insurance policy.Once either Jeremy Lin or Lowry is injured during the season, he can fill the vacancy as a firefighter.His physical condition and defensive ability are enough to keep him from being slowed down on the court. The team's offense has never been a problem with Yingxiong.

Near the end of the 2015 draft lottery, the Milwaukee Bucks made the first draft night trade of the draft.They reached a deal with the Raptors, sending a 2017 first-round pick from the Clippers and a second-round pick with the No. 46 pick in this draft, and got the opponent's point guard Gravis Vazquez.

Grantland website author Zach Lowe wrote that the first-round pick from the Clippers in this transaction is lottery protected.

The Clippers' first-round pick was transferred to the Bucks in the Dudley trade at the time.At that time, coach Doc Rivers did not hesitate to take a first-round pick in order to get rid of Dudley's contract.

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