start with scouting

Chapter 429 The real test
After the overall plan for preferentially trading the Jazz's No. 14 and No. 21 picks is determined, specific methods will be discussed.

Sam Hinkie changed his sitting position and asked: "First of all, we need to figure out what kind of players the Jazz urgently need right now?"

The three assistants acted immediately after hearing the words.

Dabai Pang quickly immersed himself in the mock draft materials at hand, another skinny black man tapped on the keyboard of his laptop, and a muscular man took out his mobile phone and quickly swipe the screen. The three of them obviously wanted to check the Jazz lineup and related news for a simple analysis.

Su Yang took a sip from the water glass with a smile, he already had the answer in his heart, but this kind of performance opportunity should be reserved for young people.

"A report from Yahoo reporter WOJ that the Jazz has no intention of renewing the contract of Mo Williams or Randy Foye..."

"The same report from Yahoo reporter WOJ, the Jazz has no intention of renewing the contract of the starting center Al Jefferson, and the Jazz will give the starting power forward Paul Millsap a 3-year $2500 million contract, the latter is expected to enter the free market..."

"Jazz head coach Tyrone Corbin was interviewed a few days ago, claiming that next season will increase the playing time of Enes Kanter and Derek Favors, build a new tactical system around the core of the team, Gordon Hayward, and reproduce the high IQ of the Jazz. offense and defense..."

The three assistants said something respectively, and Su Yang turned to look at Xinji: "If the news is reliable, then the Jazz urgently needs a point guard."

Hinkie didn't read the information, and said casually: "In the lottery range of the mock draft, the most powerful point guard is Trey Burke. At noon, I also saw the news that the Pelicans gave priority to training Trey Burke. With Vazquez and Austin Rivers, we're 50 percent competitive, and I've heard they want to get results, more experienced point guards."

Su Yang nodded in agreement. Hinkie's statement can be matched in many places. For example, the Pelicans chose Noel in the previous life, and then traded Zhu Huo Ledi with the 76ers. So back to the present, the key to everything depends on the Cavaliers Will Nate be selected with the No. [-] pick.

Noel himself is the favorite of the No. [-] pick. However, his knee injury made many teams daunting. In the end, the Cavaliers had no choice, and the second, third, fourth, and fifth teams had no choice. The Pelican picks and trades.

"Anyway, arrange for Trey Burke to try out, and that player named Anthony Bennett is also called over for a tryout..."

"Boss, the information shows that Anthony Bennett suffered a rotator cuff muscle injury in May, and he may not be able to participate in the trial training." The big white fat assistant said, "And his agent said that he may not participate in any team's basketball-related trial training ..."

Ouch, what happened?
Su Yang was slightly dazed, thinking that he really didn’t know that Bennett didn’t participate in the trial training before the draft. No wonder Cavaliers owner Gilbert used the reason of “politeness” to designate Bennett as the No. [-] pick. He co-authored TM and only read Bennett University video?

"Let's send out an invitation, interview some questions like 'Why is the sewer manhole cover round', just take a look..." Su Yang intends to promote the Cavaliers to choose Bennett, avoiding the potential butterfly effect, causing the Cavaliers to choose Noel with the No. [-] lottery you.

After a pause, Su Yang continued: "We still have to prepare a backup plan, using the No. 36 pick + some cash to exchange for the last pick in the first round. The goal is French center Rudy Gobert to prevent the possibility of exchanging the Jazz's draft pick. Plan failed..."

In the second round of the 13 draft, there were no players worthy of selection. There were Covington and Seth Curry who lost the draft, but the two shows need to be cultivated for a long time, so there is no need to choose in advance. Sign a two-year contract.

The way to maximize the benefits is the No. 36 pick + cash, go to the Nuggets to exchange the 27th pick or finish the deal.

But so far, the Nuggets have not shown the idea of ​​giving up the 13 draft, and need to wait patiently for the time to come.

Moreover, that is the backup plan after the Jazz failed to exchange the No. 7 pick for the No. 14 and No. 21 picks, so don't worry.

The three assistants quickly looked through the information again, and Hinkie smiled casually: "I thought, you never liked the kind of players who are only good at static defense, have poor mid-range and long-range shots, and are prone to misplacement. A little surprised."

Su Yang waved his hand: "It's more for trading. Gobert's performance in the French League is not bad. Anyway, he is much better than Giannis in the Greek League. He can show his potential very quickly. It will be used to sell and exchange the 12th overall Picks around a bit…”

If you want to use Gobert directly to exchange with the Jazz or other teams for 14 years, or even the first round of a certain year in the future, and the probability of success is low, but the second-year Gobert has shown great ability on the defensive end, Su Yang has Confidence advances time.

Anyway, you can use it by yourself if you take ten thousand steps back.

During the conversation, the five sets of draft operation plans were finalized, and Sam Hinkie took the initiative to mention some players who might lose the draft, including Ian Clark, Van der Brue and others, but there was no Robert Covington, because Coving Although Covington's injury caused a serious decline in the market, Hinkie, like many people, defaulted to a team betting on Covington for a certain pick in the second round.

The main thing is that Covington is a 23-year-old senior player. His potential looks really low, but his immediate combat power should be okay.

"Robert Covington can pay more attention..."

Su Yang wrote to mark the key points, and let Hinkie take care of everything else including Ian Clark, Van der Brue, and Seth Curry.

Hinkie also took notes, and the related plan for losing the draft was quickly determined, and instead signaled the three assistants to leave the office temporarily.

The three assistants immediately got up and went out, and Hinkie sat down again and asked seriously: "How does Stephen Curry operate?"

"Let's see in the free market next year..."

Su Yang didn't hesitate, "I got the news that yesterday the Lakers officially offered Stephen Curry a one-year maximum-salary qualification contract to make him a restricted free agent. According to regulations, we can only offer a four-year bidding contract , the Lakers can easily complete the match by using the bird rights, which will make it more difficult for us to get Curry in the future, you know."

"Understood, wait until Curry becomes an unrestricted free agent next year, but then there will be other teams competing."

"That was inevitable. I believe my relationship with him will make him think about Sacramento more."

Su Yang is not 100% confident about getting Curry next year, because Sacramento is indeed a small place, and Curry and his team have wanted to go to big cities since the draft in 09, so staying in Los Angeles next year is also an excellent choice .

It was Jim Buss who gave him a chance, because he was worried about Curry's ankle injury, and the five games after the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs, as well as the low data in the finals. He chose to conservatively only give Curry a one-year contract, but the Warriors also had Had that plan.

"Then our next season will be full of challenges!"

"It's really challenging!"

Su Yang took a deep breath, knowing that next season, there will be no ready-made superstars to sit in, and it will be very difficult to lead the Kings to the playoffs in the Western Conference. I vaguely remember that at least 49 wins are needed, and the record beats the Mavericks. just work.

And 49 wins in the East, can be ranked third.

(End of this chapter)