basketball scientist

The free agent market in the summer of 07 was the busiest one in recent years. The players of the golden generation in 03 had just fulfilled their rookie contracts. Vince Carter, Rashad Lewis, Billups, Mike Bibby and other big-name stars, many of them have the intention of changing teams.

Lack of salary space, the Eagles lack competitiveness in the free agent market, and Ke Yan's eyes are mostly on young people like DiShawn Stevens who lack opportunities or veterans who still have some competitiveness.

After studying the list of players in the free agent market, Ke Yan set "Devil Mountain" Grant Hill as the number one target.

For Chinese fans who started to pay attention to the NBA because of Yao Ming in 02, Grant Hill can be equated with "sick man", and more information about him is "injured", "injured", "injured" ;

If you bring in the position of McGrady, another star of the Rockets, it is even easier to misunderstand Hill.After all, because of Hill's successive injuries, McGrady was forced to take on more leadership tasks when the team's lineup was not complete.

However, Hill's bleakness in the Magic is more due to the three seasons from 01 to 04. In the 0405 and 0607 seasons, Hill's attendance rate was above 80%, and he returned to the All-Star stage in the 0405 season .It is certain that he will no longer have the courage of the past, but after losing his explosive power, Hill has gradually adapted to today's league. He has a hand shot and post-up singles that can occasionally show his talents. , can also serve as a striker organization point.

The most important point is that Ke Yan can be sure that as long as he takes good care of him, there is no need to worry too much about Hill's health.

Historically, Hill joined the Suns this year, and his attendance rate in the first four seasons was above 80%, and his scoring average was in double figures!Such immediate combat power is very impressive.

Brandon Bass, the 05 second-round pick that the Hornets gave up, is also a player named by Ke Yan to win. He is a short and strong insider with a tough style of play, accurate mid-range jumpers, and can break through the frame.Complete finish; disadvantages are poor passing ability, poor rebounding, mediocre defense, lack of size, and relatively poor help defense ability.

In addition to Hill and Bass, Bulls veteran PJ Brown is also a suitable supplement. He is characterized by excellent inside top defense ability and rich game experience.Has entered the end of his career, PJ Brown will not care too much about playing time, team status, hope to retire with a ring is his only thought, which also helps the Eagles grab people.

If the three of them can be successfully signed, plus Barea and Gibson in the team, the bench lineup will be relatively complete.Of course, the team has to pay some "tragic" price to send Hassell away to meet the boss Ressler's need to "reduce" the luxury tax.

Keyan gave the watch list, and Larry Sander felt very satisfied when he saw the list.Except for Hill on the list, Bass and PJ Brown are both players who can be signed with a basic salary, which is of great help to the team's "money-saving plan".

"Except for Hill, there is not much pressure on the other two to sign, so try not to mess it up," Ke Yan warned.

"Don't worry, we are the defending champions!"

In addition to the status of "defending champion", the Eagles also have the golden signboard of "Ke Yan". He is good at training young players, and many young people have played their worth in his hands. "Playing under Ke Yan" has a strong appeal to young players.

On the third day after winning the championship, the Eagles held a grand championship parade in Atlanta.

Atlanta is a large place with a medium population, so it is very convenient to hold events.The people sat on the bus and walked slowly all the way, and the citizens gathered along the street to watch, like a festival.

In the end, the players and coaches all went to the temporary stage in the square to talk about their feelings about winning the championship, and the team held another party that night.

At the party, Ke Yan chatted with Milicic for a while and learned that he planned to sign with the Bobcats to play for Snyder and supported his decision.

"When he was in the team, Quinn spent the most effort on you. Maybe if he was the head coach, you would be our main center forward." Ke Yan said.

It is not unfounded for Ke Yan to say this. To be honest, if you let the head coaches of 29 other teams in the league coach the Eagles, at least 25 will choose Milicic as the starting center.That is to say, Ke Yan can maximize Dior's organizational talents and cover up his defensive weaknesses.

Milicic was very moved by Ke Yan's encouragement.Although he only had one and a half years in the Eagles, it was really the Eagles who saved his career that had been reduced to a joke.Ke Yan credited Snyder more, but in the summer of 06, he also proposed a special summer training to him.It's just that Milicic missed the opportunity to improve himself when he had the task of the World Championships.

Not just Milicic, Stevens, Webber, and Bobby Jackson are all sure to leave the team.Some of them are looking for a better future, and some are abandoned by the team's blood exchange mechanism.And this is the ecology of the NBA.

No regrets, at least we have succeeded together!

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On June 6, the 28 NBA Draft was held as scheduled at Madison Square Garden in New York.

At the front of the draft, Stern slowly opened the note in his hand and shouted: "The No. 2007 pick in the 1 draft, the Portland Trail Blazers, selected Greg Oden from Ohio State University!"

There is no suspense. Among the rookies since the new century, except for the "chosen son" James, no one can compare with Oden in terms of prestige. He is known as "the next key to open the door of the center era." , Before the draft, some teams tried to negotiate a trade with the Trail Blazers. Albasi's tone was "unless LeBron is traded, otherwise it will not be discussed!"

"The 2007nd overall pick in the 2 draft, the Seattle SuperSonics, selected Kevin Durant from the University of Texas!"

Considering that the Eagles have already completed the team building, there is a high probability that Ke Yan will not take a snipe. Presti has also completed the first step of his three consecutive MVP elections and picked Durant.In fact, Durant's talent visible to the naked eye is not inferior to Oden's. His shooting ability can be called a BUG, ​​there are no dead ends on the court, and he has athletic ability that does not match his height.The loss to Oden in the championship battle is mainly due to the position problem and Durant's "non-standard" body type players have lost too much water in the past few years!

After the pre-determined Oden and Durant were selected, Huaxia fans began to get nervous.Before the draft, Yi Jianlian was almost in the second tier, just like Oden.Durant is incomparable, but compared with others, it seems that he is not much worse, and it is possible to be selected by anyone.

"The No. 2007 pick in the 3 draft, the Minnesota Timberwolves chose Al Horford from the Dominican Republic!" If it's the case, choose another insider. If it's Oden, it's fine. After all, the market before the draft is here, and the talent is amazing.Horford's selling point is more about his immediate combat power, and his talent is not favored.

"Maybe I think Conley is too short, and his physical talent is not particularly good." Larry Sand speculated.

Just talking about his performance in college, Conley is more of a foil to Oden. Some people are optimistic about his ability to feed the ball inside, but some people think that he has benefited too much from Oden and has obvious shortcomings.But don't the Timberwolves lack a point guard who can comfortably send the ball to Bynum and David Lee?

The Timberwolves are habitually stupid, and the Grizzlies did not hesitate to sign Conley with the No. [-] pick.

Damon Stoudemire chose to retire, Chucky Atkins' organizational ability is not up to standard, and the Grizzlies need to strengthen the guard line to echo Gasol who has returned from injury. Conley is undoubtedly a suitable candidate .

The Celtics with the fifth pick chose Jeff Green, and immediately packaged Jeff Green, Szczerbiak, and Delonti West, traded to the SuperSonics, got Ray Allen and a second round sign.

This transaction immediately ignited the forum. Everyone did not expect the "big deal" to come so soon. The wing combination of Pierce + Ray Allen seems to be much more complementary than "Ray Allen + Lewis". The lineup is more balanced, and there is a potential new star Al Jefferson inside. If there is no accident, he can secure a place in the playoffs, and if he is lucky, he can hit the top four in the Eastern Conference!

Ke Yan was not surprised by this deal.This in itself is the wheel of history, and with Angie's temperament, since he has started to gamble, he will not hold back. There is a high probability that another star will join the Celtics!

As in history, Yi Jianlian was selected by the Bucks and joined the Bucks as the sixth pick.

After the result came out, the CCTV studio was immediately at a loss. No one expected that Yi Jianlian would join the Bucks. They lacked the most basic understanding of the Bucks, and they couldn’t even tell who the insiders of the Bucks were, and Yi Jianlian’s prospects. How, what is the prospect of the team. . . . . .

"e=(?0?7o｀*))) Alas~" Ke Yan felt a little regretful, for Yi Jianlian himself, this was not a good place to go.

That is, after Yi Jianlian was selected, the Eagles received a call from the Heat, and Pat Riley said: "We want the Eagles' backup point guard, Daniel Gibson."

Pat Riley emphasized that Gibson is a backup point guard, just to remind Ke Yan, and then get the point guard he valued with the lowest offer.

"Let's talk about the Heat's offer." With others, Ke Yan might even say "not for sale" and "an important member" symbolically, but it is unnecessary for Pat Riley.

They are all thousand-year-old foxes, what are they playing in Liaozhai?

The team also has Barea on the bench and could sign a veteran point guard in free agency.If the chips are right, Gibson's importance is not that high!

"Kimi, I'm not going around in circles with you either. We can hand over the Heat's first-round pick for next season to you." Pat Riley said bluntly.

Although Gibson is a second-round pick, his current performance is obviously worthy of a pick at the end of the first round or even slightly higher.And his three-point shooting ability is outstanding, which fits very well with the Heat, and can help Wade and the Sharks open up space, making Pat Riley believe that the addition of Gibson can help the Heat improve their record.

Heat's 08 first-round pick!To be honest, Ke Yan was a little moved.

Historically, this was a No. [-] pick, and it eventually evolved into Beasley!

The Heat suffered a serious decline in the 0708-[-] season. There are many reasons. First, the head star Wade was plagued by injuries and could not play his full strength; In the end, it was the incompatibility of Marion from the trade with the team lineup. Heat fans believed that Wade could play the role of Jordan, and the versatile Marion was Batman Pippen.result. . . . . .Far from it!

Later, the Heat simply played badly and won a high draft pick.

The current Heat team is slightly different from the one in history.

The Eastern Conference finals were beaten by the Eagles' shrinking defense, which exposed the team's lack of outside firepower. With Pat Riley's shrewdness, he will definitely make up for this problem in the offseason. For example, Gibson at the point guard position is the solution one.

O'Neal performed well in the playoffs. Pat Riley may be more patient with him and will not use him to trade Marion, and may also avoid a thunder.

If the pick is not in his hands, the Heat will not be so frantic in the later stage, and the results may not be so bad.

Despite these and other reasons, Wu Keyan is still not optimistic about the improvement of the Heat's performance.Don't forget, Wade's consumption is even more serious, which is the core factor of the Heat's decline in performance, and his injury is also a fatal blow to the Heat.

Thinking of this, Ke Yan wanted to agree.But Larry Sander, who was opposite him, waved at him, as if he had something to say.

"I need to discuss it with my team." After Ke Yan finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

"Don't forget we have another mission," Larry Sand said. "How about putting Hassell's contract in the deal?"

"The Heat don't have room to take Hassell's contract!" Ke Yan reminded, "And it's impossible for the Heat to give us draft picks while taking a garbage contract!"

"But we have to clear Hassell's contract, this is the best chance!" Larry Sander emphasized.

This may be the Hawks' only chance to take the initiative in negotiations this summer.If you don't seize this opportunity well, you don't know how much you will spend and how much you will have to pay to clean up Hassel!

"Larry, you believe me! The Heat's performance next season will not be very good. There is a high probability that their draft pick will be the lottery pick, and it may even be the top five pick!" Ke Yan said seriously, "Deal with Hassel There are plenty of options in the contract, but if we miss this pick, we will regret it!"

"Even if it is a lottery pick, coming to the Eagles may not necessarily give you many opportunities!" Larry Sand said, "We are a championship team, and we don't have so much fault tolerance and room to cultivate rookies."

Under normal circumstances, Larry Sander is obedient to Keyan's decision.However, this time, he fought hard with reason and refused to give up an inch.

From his firmness, he can also feel the pressure on him. The boss gave a very clear target, no matter what, he must send Hassell's contract away.

Taking a deep breath, Ke Yan said to Larry Sander, "Really, you will regret it."

"...I'm sorry, Kimi," Larry Sand said. "In free agency, I'll try to work with you, but we all have our difficulties."

"You come to communicate with Riley." Waving his hand, Ke Yan defaulted that Larry Sander would be in charge of negotiating the deal.

He can't afford to lose this man himself!