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Chapter 1483 I Said The President Is Wise
Entering the second round, there are not many players worthy of attention.

The Celtics used the eighth pick in the second round to select Turkish big man Mehmet Okur, and then selected Carlos Arroyo with the No.15 pick in the second round. In this position, there is actually Earl Watson, but Louie is more impressed with Arroyo.

Arroyo is a short shooting guard, while Watson is a full-time point guard.

Since the team has decided to train Parker with all its strength, it is meaningless to choose Watson. If it is a substitute, the Celtics have veteran Steve Kerr on the roster, so they chose Arroyo to enhance the offensive firepower of the substitute lineup.

This allowed Louis to inadvertently form an international column.

In the 2001 draft, the Celtics selected Americans, Chinese, French, Spaniards, Turks, and Puerto Ricans. They will be called the 01 international class in the future.

After the draft, the Celtics quickly signed rookie contracts with the selected six rookies.

One of the big effects of the 1999 lockout was changing the standard rookie contract from three years to five years, with no distinction between first and second rounds.

This is a very cool thing for Louis. The rookie bonuses of Yao Yueban, Gasol, Parker, and Wallace can be enjoyed for five years. Maybe he can complete the plan before these people finish their rookie contracts.

On the day of finishing his rookie signing, Louie got a message from vice president Chris Wallace (one of the luncheon members).

Russian forward Andrei Kirilenko, who was picked by Isiah Thomas in 1999, has notified his home team CSKA Moscow that he will leave the team to join the NBA in the United States.

"Kirilenko was chosen by the Celtics?"

If Wallace hadn't mentioned it, Louis would have forgotten about it.

"Yeah, it's been a few years, and we almost forgot about it," Wallace said.

Good thing, this is a good thing.

Regardless of ability, Kirilenko's skin color is very suitable. Louis is like this player with 0 black blood.

"That dwarf lacked virtue all his life, but he did a few good things in the end!"

Happy to be happy, Louis did not forget to praise the "visionary" Isiah Thomas.

Wallace didn't agree, because he didn't know whether Louie was cursing or boasting.

Louis looked at the roster and found that the Celtics were already very good in terms of lineup.

Parker, Gasol, Yao Yueban, Wallace, these are the four All-Stars.

In addition to Okur, Kirilenko, Cole and other good role players, although they still need time to develop, the overall framework of the entire lineup is already clear.

Bringing this lineup to Thomas, it shouldn't be difficult to make it to the playoffs, right?
Louis is not a coach now, he has nothing to do with coaching.

He can only continue with his work.

Louie called Los Angeles.

As soon as the other party answered the phone, Louis said with a smile, "Manager Zhao, how are you?"

On the other side of Los Angeles, Zhao Yuanzheng immediately became vigilant, "Old Road? Is there something wrong?"

"It's okay, just say hello to you."

Then, without saying a few words, Louis hung up the phone.

Zhao Yuanzheng and Louis have known each other for so many years and know him well.

If it's all right, Louis won't call for no reason.

But if something happened, he didn't say what it was.

"Zhao, you don't look well."

It was Jim Bass, enjoying the power of his own hands.

"Coach Lu just called me." Zhao Yuanzheng said.

Little Bass was immediately interested, "Oh? How is he doing? How is he in Boston?"

"He didn't say anything, he just greeted me."

"Isn't that nice?"

Zhao Yuanzheng said with a light smile: "As far as I know, no one who has been 'cared for' by him in this way will get any better."

If Louis knew that Lao Zhao missed him so much, he would be very sad.

Everyone knows that he is a loyal person, why doesn't Old Zhao know?Old brothers who have worked together for many years, don't you have any confidence?
He didn't hold back any bad water, he just wanted to prostitute Ginobili for nothing.

This matter, really can not be too hasty.

Louis believed that Zhao Yuanzheng understood himself.

He is not the kind of person who will call old friends to maintain the relationship every now and then.

Feelings may fade away due to a long period of no contact, so we need to keep in touch frequently, but he and Zhao Yuanzheng are really hardcore buddies, and there is no need for this at all.

Louis made this call to let him be prepared, so that he would not understand it then and cause misunderstandings.

After one pass in the draft, the Celtics' roster has reached 13 players, leaving only 2 spots.

Since there are no stars in the team and the new big names are rookies, the Celtics still have about $1000 million in room to spare.

Isiah Thomas hopes that the team will free up a little more salary to pursue the biggest fish in the free market this year-Chris Webber.

This is purely a problem of thinking.

How much do you have to drink before you think of pursuing Weber?

Besides Karl Malone, a bastard who got his head wet after hanging out with Mormons in Utah, what other star player would want to come to Boston?
If you want money but you don't have money, if you want commercial potential but you don't have commercial potential, if you want results you are still a rebuilding team, the devil is here.

However, Louis also paid attention to Thomas' feelings, so he gave Dumars the following instructions: "Take the initiative to contact Webber's agent and say that we are interested in Weber. Well, we are willing to offer a contract of 7 million US dollars for seven years. Yes, and say that we want him to win the championship within five years, that's all."

According to Dumars' feedback, Webber's agent didn't even hear him finish saying that his employer couldn't play in Boston.

Upon receiving this news, Louis said with a sad face: "Go and tell Isiah, we have tried everything we can, but Chris Weber, a bastard, is too ignorant!"

Dumas was expressionless: "What else?"

"Say I'm angry, the consequences will be serious!" Louis clenched his fists and said, "We're going to win the championship before that bastard!"

Dumars had a question: "Chris Webber certainly doesn't have the ability to lead the team to win the championship, but what if he emulates Danny Manning?"

"Can a champion who is obtained by hugging his thighs be called a champion? This kind of water crown that is not pure enough has at most 30% of the gold content of a pure champion!"

Dumars' face darkened. His four championships were all obtained by hugging his thighs.

Louis guessed what Dumas was thinking, and immediately comforted him: "JD, you're different. Take a hundred million steps back and say, even if your four championships were all obtained by hugging your thighs, according to my conclusion, a pure champion with a thigh-hugging water crown is worth 30%. Your four crowns in one, why is there the weight of a pure champion? This is not something that bastard Weber can have. He is an idiot who can't even hug his thighs. What do you think?"

Dumas replied with a sinking face: "I say the president is wise!"

"Go tell Isiah," Louis said. "Tell him to be strong."

After sloppily presiding over the failure of Webber's recruiting efforts, Louie handed over the offseason signing task to Dumars and told him to ask Thomas for advice before signing players.

Louis didn't have many requirements. No matter who he wanted to sign, he would not give long-term contracts, but only short-term contracts.

On Tuesday, Louie joined Reid Auerbach's luncheon with his vice president, Chris Wallace.

At the meeting, Wallace shared a piece of good news.

Louie's purchase of shares in the Celtics has been approved by the NBA Board of Directors.

Selling an NBA team is easy, but buying one is much harder.

It's not something you can do with money.

Rich people have their own circles, and NBA owners are theoretically in the same circle.If a new boss wants to join, this person must be well-connected in most people's circles to be allowed.

The bosses of each team basically know Louie.

Over the years, Louis and Stern have jointly promoted the commercialization of professional basketball, and it can be said that all teams have gained a lot of money.

This invisible network of relationships will always play a huge role when Louis needs it.

Passing the assessment at the board of directors means that Louis can acquire shares in NBA teams as long as he has money.

Auerbach cared more about another thing than this copper-stinking thing: "Why did you pick so many international players in this year's draft?"

Why else?Because they are excellent.

For this kind of old man who is out of touch with the times, Louis has only one nonsense to offer: "Because I want to choose."

These words silenced Auerbach for half a minute.

(End of this chapter)