This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 323 On draft day, James Harden fell out of the top three

The 2008-2009 season ended at the Time Warner Times Arena on June 6, and the glory of Zijin came to the league again.

All teams have entered the offseason, which also means entering a new era of reincarnation.

The Los Angeles Lakers, who have reached the top, are ready to win the championship again. The powerful Western Conference, the Spurs, the Mavericks, the Rockets, the Jazz, the Nuggets and the Hornets are all coveting around them. The Eastern teams are not only the Eastern champion Charlotte Bobcats, but also the Green Cay The Legion is waiting for Garnett's comeback, and then a showdown with Zijin, as well as the Cavaliers of the Little Emperor and the Orlando Magic of Warcraft.

And the offseason will also become the best time for each team to reinforce or clarify goals.

For the Charlotte Bobcats, after a successful season, there is a lot to do this summer.

The contracts of the team's two point guards, Raymond Felton and Ramon Sessions, have expired, and the two players have also performed well during the season.

As the team's point guard, Ramon Sessions started 36 games in the regular season, averaged 25.3 minutes per game, averaged 7.2 points, 2.9 assists and made 30.00% of three-pointers. As a second-round pick, his annual salary last season was only There are 43 per year, which can be said to be excellent value for money.

After executing the second-round rookie contract, Ramon Sessions has become a completely free agent.

Although Sessions' role in the playoffs was compressed, according to Sessions' game state, it should be fine for a middle-class player with RMB 200-300 million to play the first position in a weak team or the first position in a strong team. question.

As for Raymond Felton, although he missed many games in the regular season and had trouble with the team's management, his performance in the Eastern Conference Finals and Finals saved his career.

Similarly, he also proved that he can serve as the starting point guard of a strong team. Last summer, Felton sought an early contract extension with an annual salary of tens of millions, but was rejected by the management of the Bobcats. The team once offered 750 The contract with an average salary of [-] was also rejected by Felton, and after experiencing the ups and downs of this season, Felton's value has been declining instead.

If Felton hadn't averaged 10.5 points, 3.5 assists and 36% three-point shooting in the finals, he might have only signed a basic salary contract this summer, but even so, Felton The value of the team has shrunk slightly, and the offer that the team can give is only about 500 million four-year average salary.

Of course, Felton will definitely test the waters of the free market. The Bobcats obviously don't have much sincerity, and it can be seen that the Bobcats' key training targets have excluded themselves.

Although the Bobcats have Felton's bird rights, once a team offers Felton a contract of more than 500 million, the possibility of the Bobcats matching is not high.

Even Sessions is much more likely to stay on the team than Felton because of salary issues.

However, it is clear that neither Felton nor Sessions is the starting point guard that the Bobcats want.

The Bobcats have gone through the finals once, and they will aim for the championship in the next few years. Obviously, neither Felton nor Sessions is a qualified point guard for a championship-level team.

There is a high probability that only one of the two point guards will be left.

In this year's free market, supplementing a qualified and experienced starting point guard is also a top priority for the Bobcats.

In addition, the team's veteran James Posey's contract has also reached the team's option. Whether to implement it is also a question.

There is also the team that needs to leave Vaughan Weaver, the sixth man who played well in the Bobcats, and it is estimated that a multi-year contract with an average salary of 200-300 should be the first choice.

Of course, the team will lose O'Bryant, who was picked up from the free market. Facts have proved that this 07 lottery pick has ten full-fledged parallel imports. The Bobcats also need to do something after abandoning O'Bryant. Reinforcement from insiders, but there are not many high-quality insiders that can be found in the free market, so there may be transactions.

Of course, compared to the above problems, the most important thing for the Bobcats now is to sign a new contract with Zhou Lin and Brandon Roy early. The two best rookies in 06 have already finished their careers. In three years, Zhou Lin entered the All-Star, while Roy played countless highlights.

For Zhou Lin, it is a bit regretful that he entered the league before Rose, so he cannot enjoy the benefits of Rose's terms. However, as the absolute core of the team, a multi-year contract with a maximum salary will definitely be available. It seems that Zhou Lin is willing to sign for 4 years and pay back 5 years.

Roy's situation is similar, but Roy's career has also planted some hidden dangers due to injuries, so these are also things that the Bobcats management will talk about during the negotiation period.

The Lynx team is the team with the lowest market value in the entire league. The team can't spend a lot of money at all. Basically, the salary is arranged above the poor line. Once Roy and Zhou Lin are given two absolute maximum salaries Afterwards, with the addition of Okafor who stayed on the team, the Bobcats will have three players with an annual salary of more than 10 million yuan. Coupled with Mike Dunleavy's contract, the [-]-year Bobcats are likely to touch the luxury tax. Wire.

This is also something that team owner Jordan needs to consider.

Of course, the team management can let the two players play for another year, but once the two play for four years and enter the free market like Felton, there is a high probability that many giants will be snapped up by now next year. , At that time, whether the Bobcats' team attractiveness and salary can match is also a huge question.

Therefore, if Zhou Lin and Roy do not renew their contracts in advance this offseason, it is uncertain that the Bobcats will probably lose one of the twin stars next summer.

It's a sweet annoyance, too.

If the Bobcats were a city like the Big Apple or LA, perhaps the boss would have come to find the future stars of the two teams with the highest-value maximum salary contract, instead of trying to negotiate with a bargaining attitude.

罗伊和周林的新秀合同都会在2010年到期，到时候他们能拿到全队工资帽的25%的薪水而且按照固定得涨幅逐渐递增工资，也就是说俩人最大能在山猫队拿到五年8200万或者4年6400万的合同。

Of course, if Roy and Zhou Lin failed to get the Bobcats contract this summer, and they don't want to stay in this team any longer, then after leaving the home team, they can only sign a four-year contract at most .

If there is a Rose clause now, then Zhou Lin, who has already entered the All-Star, will probably be able to get a super maximum salary of more than 5 million in [-] years.

In fact, on the third day after Zhou Lin played in the finals for the Bobcats, Higgins, the general manager of the Bobcats, had already started negotiating non-stop player transactions. The first thing he wanted to talk about was Zhou Lin's contract. Yes, the only sure thing for the Bobcats is to give Zhou Lin a five-year 8200 million contract, so they will get Zhou Lin for 9 years.

However, Zhou Lin did not reach a deal with the Bobcats immediately. Zhou Lin knew that he could get a big contract this summer, but he would not agree to the Charlotte Bobcats until Roy signed.

When contacting Roy, the Bobcats did not offer the largest contract, only 5 million for five years, that is to say, a maximum salary contract with an annual salary of 7500 million, but it was 1500 million less than Zhou Lin. Side did not verbally agree to a contract extension.

Although the 2009 NBA Draft is not as good as the 96 Golden Generation and the 03 Platinum Generation, in terms of quality, it may also be the best year for Zhou Lin since entering the NBA.

The two super giants in the future, and even the stars who affect the league structure will also enter the league.

Stephen Curry, James Harden!

In addition to these two stars, in the 09 class, there is also White Warcraft, the almost undisputed No. [-] pick in this draft.

There is also known as the golden boy, Spanish genius point guard Rubio.

There is also the CIC prince, DeMar DeRozan, defensive ability and his outstanding guard Zhu Holiday.

Also, Jordan Hill, Brandon Jennings, Jeff Teague, Ty Gibson, Darren Collison and other starting-level players who can stand firm in the NBA.

In the second round, Patrick Beverly, Chase Budinger, Danny Green, and Patrick Mills will also make a difference in the future NBA.

It can be said that the success rate of this draft is very high.

Of course, if we want to talk about the shortcomings of this year, among the players produced in this year, many outside players played well, represented by the 09 double stars, but there are almost no good inside players except Griffin. I am afraid that the second place is Jordan Hill or Tai Gibson.

The Bobcats ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference last season, and the picks they got were not high, only the 19th pick in the first round and the 39th pick in the second round.

Of course, having the pick does not mean that the Bobcats can only get these players from the draft.

The management of the Bobcats has five draft targets before the draft.

Brandon Jennings, Tyler Hansbrough, this is the best choice. If they fall to the 19th pick, or if the Bobcats can trade them on the draft day, they will get the once talented combo Wei and North Carolina high-quality insiders.

Perhaps it is because Jordan's division is from North Carolina, so he has always favored North Carolina players.

Both are lottery picks, though, and could even be drafted in the top [-].

Therefore, the Bobcats also made an alternative plan. For the outside line, Tai Lawson, who also came from the University of North Carolina in the first round, will become the second choice of the Bobcats.

In addition, it may be the only pure point guard Eric Maynor in this class. This fourth-year guard from Virginia Commonwealth University in the school league will become another candidate for the Bobcats. He helped Virginia Commonwealth University get the CAA league. He won the championship and made it to the Crazy Three. Although he lost to UCLA, his performance was acceptable. However, his physical talent is average, so the probability of being won by the Bobcats in the middle of the first round is still good.

As for the second round, Zhou Lin's former opponent, Joe Brockman, will be one of the Bobcats' investigation targets.

Like the Millennium last year, it basically revolves around the [-]st and [-]th positions. There is a high probability that one will choose one inside and one outside. It is not necessarily necessary to trade good rookies to get insiders from other teams.

On June 6, all eyes once again focused on Madison Square Garden in New York.

From today, there will be countless young heroes entering the NBA.

The Los Angeles Clippers, with the league's second-to-last record, won the No. [-] pick. They didn't hesitate too much in choosing the first pick!

BIG12 Player of the Year, Associated Press Player of the Year, power forward Blake Griffin, a sophomore from the University of Oklahoma, was selected by the Clippers without any suspense, and lost Captain Elton last summer After Brand, the team needs to have players who can support the world inside, and Griffin is like a gift from heaven.

While Griffin was picked at the first pick without any suspense, there is some suspense at the second pick.

Talented center Thabeet from Africa, super scorer James Harden from Arizona State University, and shooting guard Tyreke Evans from the University of Memphis (notably, the No. [-] pick went to the Memphis Grizzlies) , and Ricky Rubio, a talented point guard from Spain, are all possible options.

However, the roulette wheel of fate still turned to the chapter that the Grizzlies were least willing to do, because the team has obtained outside players in the high draft for several years in a row, Conley sat firmly at the No. Rudy Gay, who has made some achievements, and Gasol's departure caused the Grizzlies to fail to fill the emptiness inside, so when the Grizzlies saw Thabeet's talent, they did not hesitate to choose Put down the chips!

Yes, they still chose the center Hasim Thabeet from Tanzania in Africa with the second overall pick, and then missed countless high-quality players.

"Mutombo II" Thabeet unsurprisingly showed his good physical fitness.Although his height is not as exaggerated as he originally reported (2.23 meters), but the naked height of 2.16 meters is indeed nothing to choose-especially in the case of increasingly scarce long men in the league.His wingspan is 2.29 meters, ranking ninth in history. Only O'Neill and a few other people with strong physical fitness rank ahead of him. He only started playing basketball at the age of 15. After coming to the other side of the ocean, he made rapid progress. In the past three years, Thabeet's statistics have shown a trend of improvement every year. In his junior season, Thabeet averaged 13.5 points, 10.9 rebounds and 4.27 blocks per game.

It can only be said that the Grizzlies are really short of talented players inside. Of course, if they could have thought of the fact that the little Gasol in the team is actually known as the All-Star potential, and in the future they will get the Black Bear who is a black and white duo , Maybe they won't choose Thabeet in this position.

After the second pick ends.

The third pick belongs to the Sacramento Kings.

Historically, this position should have belonged to the Thunder, but it has changed because of the butterfly effect. Last season, the Thunder finished ninth in the Western Conference. It is absolutely impossible for them to get James Harden.

However, having a lineup of Kevin Durant + Westbrook + Ibaka + Al Horford is enough for them to disrupt the Western Conference.

The Thunder have always had a sophisticated vision. If they only want a qualified sixth man, according to their current 14th overall pick, it is enough to get a good player.

At the moment, the Sacramento Kings with the third overall pick are torn between James Harden and Tyreke Evans.

At this stage, there is not much difference between these two players, even the height and shape are very similar, but in the end Tyreke Evans became the No. [-] pick!

"What, Harden didn't take the third pick!"

In many prediction website rankings, Harden is the top three picks!

And Zhou Lin, who was in front of the TV, was also stunned!
(End of this chapter)