start with scouting

Chapter 382 Player Trial Training
After hanging up the phone, Su Yang immediately dialed Jiang Ruolan's number, bluntly saying that he wanted to know how much the company could sell for now.

"Are you thinking about buying an NBA team again? I fully support you, but selling MT now will definitely not sell too much..." Jiang Ruolan replied, "I'll contact Sequoia Capital to chat first. , I will give you an approximate range as soon as possible."

"No rush, I'm just on a whim..."

Su Yang knows that although MT is currently valued at more than 50 billion US dollars, it is far from reaching the peak level. The main mobile Internet era has not yet reached the peak. If it is sold in advance, or actively seeks to sell, it will definitely be heavily suppressed by consortiums or large companies.

Moreover, buying an NBA team requires a large amount of cash reserves, and it is difficult to get support from the NBA Council for such methods as stock replacement, because such profitability is difficult to control, and the key point is that it is easy to cause riot operations and affect the entire league. .

For example, when the Clippers were sold in 14 years in the previous life, Sterling demanded all cash transactions, directly forcing back a large number of bidding teams.

Even a super rich man like Ballmer, with a heavy blow of 20 billion US dollars, left Sterling speechless and obediently submitted.

Referring to that standard, Su Yang has already made a plan. No matter if he sells MT to Facebook, Google, or Microsoft, he must get more than 30 billion US dollars in cash at one time, so that he can buy an NBA game in full without any hindrance. team.

During the conversation, the mobile phone notified that a new work email had arrived, Su Yang immediately hung up Jiang Ruolan's phone and clicked to check.

The sender was from Kupchak, and he rambled a lot. The core implication was: Old Buss almost no longer interfered with the operation of the Lakers. The team officially entered a new era, and Jim Buss urgently needed to completely control the ball. Team, some things are too hasty, and Kupchak himself has no choice as the general manager, but he will find ways to balance more and try not to hinder the team's defense.

After watching the silence, Su Yang actually didn’t need Kupchak’s reminder to understand that last season, when Bass was still healthy, he supported him to spend cash to sign Jeremy Lin, exchange Bynum for Curry, and buy out the market to sign Dior. That is absolute trust.

It was Buss Jr., who was famous for ruining his father’s foundation. After Kobe retired in 16 years in his previous life, he said harshly that he would return to the Western Conference Finals within a year. He was ridiculed by other members of the Buss family and temporarily changed his words. It will take three years, basically no brains.

Apart from being brainless, it also shows that Bass is not firm about many things, he just wants to show his presence.

Coupled with the fact that Bass signed Luol Deng with a sky-high contract and Mozgov, it shows that he doesn't know how to form a team at all.Just like the second-round pick this time, Jim Buss was also introduced by Jesse Buss to speak, and he definitely didn't know about Ezeli's abilities.

Therefore, Su Yang was quite annoyed when the little Bass in front of him made a coquettish operation to deny the draft target, but he didn't feel too surprised.

After all, the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.

Su Yang feels that Kupchak is too difficult to do. On the one hand, he must satisfy a boss like Buss Jr., and on the other hand, he must ensure that his strength will not decline too much when the Lakers' salary space is seriously insufficient. Most likely not guaranteed.

After thinking for a long time, Su Yang wrote his draft suggestion into the email, and formally replied to Kupchak, showing respect.

As for the final choice, no longer entangled.

It's best not to be a high-spirited player, as Bass Jr. doesn't have the heart and self-confidence of Bass, so as to avoid being too ugly at that time.

Especially considering the future purchase of the team, Bass Jr. needs to give some support as a member of the council.

Putting down the phone, Su Yang casually reads the news.

ESPN reported that the Rockets are preparing to offer Jeremy Lin with an annual salary of $600 million after the free market opens.

Jeremy Lin, as the undrafted pick, the Lakers have the priority offer and matching rights, but the Lakers are currently overflowing at the point guard position, not counting Curry and Blake who have contracts, and Sessions with player options, plus the Lakers salary space Super nervous, it is impossible to match a contract with a starting salary of more than 500 million US dollars, let alone the offer offered by the Rockets is 600 million.

Su Yang is very happy for Jeremy Lin. Without the experience of Lin Madness, the team's standards and fans' evaluation of Jeremy Lin will be much more relaxed. Of course, going to a team like the Rockets and meeting a head coach like McHale is still very sad. .

ESPN also reported that McGrady is about to announce his retirement. He first accepted the recruitment of Su Yang, won the championship in the Thunder, followed Su Yang to the Lakers, and cooperated with Kobe for a season. He had outstanding performances in the playoffs and finals. McGrady felt very satisfied. .

Matt Barnes is seeking a contract with an annual salary of more than 300 million US dollars. ESPN claims that he is very likely to join the Clippers, because the Clippers desperately need a wing defender. Anyway, he will not stay with the Lakers, because the Lakers will not provide that much. contract.

"Let's go, life has dreams, each is wonderful!"

In addition to the Lakers news, Su Yang also noticed that Deron Williams is about to become a free agent on July 7. In order to keep Deron, the Nets, in addition to offering a maximum salary contract, also tried their best to use Lopez as the main body. Trade Howard with the Magic.

The Mavericks and the Rockets are also pursuing Howard. The Mavericks are trading Terry, hoping to eat Turkoglu’s junk contract and increase the possibility of getting Howard from the Magic. The biggest bargaining chip for the Rockets is the N draft pick, but Very low value.

"The Lakers don't have Bynum this time. I don't know how the Magic will deal with Howard in the end. They won't trade with the Warriors, right?" Su Yang made a simple deduction and found that the Warriors still have the possibility to pursue Howard. It depends on whether the Warriors management dares to bet. Bundle.

In the early morning of the next day, the Lakers held a player trial training at the training base of the Toyota Center, and Su Yang came to participate in the inspection.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Draymond Green, JaMychal Green, and Kent Bazemore.

That was obviously Kupchak's operation. Su Yang remembered it in his heart, and there was no reaction on the surface. He thought that Bass might be upset, but he didn't see the people from Bass at the scene. Jesse Bass was there, but No emotion was shown either.

Ezeli is also there, as well as the backup Quincy Miller - the player who is said to be the closest to Durant, but unfortunately has an ACL injury.

There is no need to test basic data such as height, weight, and wingspan. The Lakers mainly test the players' running and jumping ability.

Hundreds of Lakers season-ticket holder fans watched, and Buss Jr. joined in with a smile and boasted.

The test of running, jumping and shooting ended soon, and the trial training entered the last part: 55 players were grouped into actual combat confrontations, mainly to see the understanding of the players' tactics, as well as their advanced performance when encountering defenses. They only played for 12 minutes without rest.

Jesse Bass personally grouped the players, intentionally or unintentionally grouped Ezeli and Quincy Miller into a group, and specially matched guard Johnson Odom and others, while Draymond Green, JaMychal Green, and Bazemore et al. fall into the same group.

The game was about to start, Kobe came to the scene wearing a suit and sunglasses, saying that he was passing by and heard that there was a trial training, so he stopped by to see.

Su Yang didn't communicate with Kobe, and he didn't know why Kobe changed his mind, but even if he couldn't see Kobe's eyes blocked by sunglasses, he still felt that Kobe came to watch the trial training on purpose. Influence.

After a short hustle and bustle, the game officially started.

Neither Su Yang nor the four assistant coaches arranged tactics for the two sides in the trial training, but Draymond Green's team quickly overwhelmed Ezeli's team and directly played a wave of 18 to 4. Ezeli was also defeated. Draymond Green managed to limit twice.

There is no way, Ezeli's autonomous offensive method is only a forward turn and hook, and the pick-and-roll routine is difficult to succeed.

In addition to tough defense, Draymond Green also showed super leadership skills, frequently shouting to mobilize the defense.

The [-]-minute game ended in a blink of an eye, and the gap between the two sides was so large that Buss Jr. and Jesse Buss fell silent on the spot.

Kobe was interviewed by the Lakers and team reporter Lindsay on the sidelines, and said with a smile: "I like the guy who looks like Shrek. He is always full of passion. It reminds me of when I was young when I was playing. I was not afraid of anything. I always thought about it. Win the competition…"

Kobe spoke loudly, and both Buss Jr. and Jesse Buss obviously heard it, making them even more silent.

On the contrary, Su Yang simply commented on the performance of several players in the trial training, and then drove back to the apartment calmly, quite Buddhist.

I thought, TMZ suddenly released a recording on Twitter, and within a few minutes it ignited discussions in NBA circles.

"Hey, dude, you don't know, that day I was carrying a camera, and I went to participate in the documentary filming work before the Lakers draft... No, I can't tell you who they are going to pick, but I can tell you that Jim doesn't like that Chinese coach ..."

Su Yang was a little confused when he heard the recording.

Did you say that your own people will not leak secrets?

　Thanks to 'Brother Yun's FANS, Xieyue Samsung Yu Hongmeng' for the reward.

　　
　
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