ace marshal

Chapter 704 Another draft year
"Sorry, this season, or even a longer period of time, I can't help the team~!"

When Lan Shengli went to Brand's house to visit Brand, the latter said.

"No one wants to be injured. You didn't do anything wrong. All you have to do is calm down, work hard to recover, and return to the court as soon as possible~!!"

Lan Shengli said.

"I've heard that the anterior cruciate ligament is torn, and it takes a year to recover. It's hard to say what state I can recover to after a year~"

Brand shook his head, lamenting helplessly.

"I feel like I've played my last game representing the Clippers~!!"

Brand continued to lament.

"How can you think like this~?! Although the Clippers always have some irrational operations, but as a senior consultant of the basketball affairs department, I bet that the team will never trade you~!"

Lan Shengli responded with a firm tone.

"After all, no one is willing to take over a player who needs to be raised for more than a year~!! Haha~!!"

Lan Shengli continued to speak half-jokingly.

"Haha~, fortunately, the trade deadline has just passed, and I am safe for the time being this season~!!"

Brand also shook his head, smiled helplessly, and sighed.

"Seriously, take care of your wounds~, I believe you will come back stronger~!! I believe you will be stronger~!!"

Lan Shengli said with a firm expression.

"Thanks buddy~"

Brand nodded and responded.

It's hard to say when Brand will return to the team, but the Clippers need to make strategic changes for Brand's absence.

After all, without Brand's Clippers, the book lineup is simply vulnerable.

In order to allow the team to have a better pick in this summer's draft, Lan Shengli proposed a complete mess.

In order to realize this plan, Lan Shengli found the team owner-Sterling.

Can Lan Shengli use this short 15 minutes to convince Sterling to let the team completely fail~? ! , we will wait and see.

"Tell me, what do you want from me~?!"

Sterling took the initiative to ask.

"I want you to agree to the team's complete reconstruction~!!!"

Lan Shengli said straight to the point.

"Totally messed up~?! To put it simply~"

Sterling said.

"The meaning is to give young players more playing time, train newcomers, make the team's record worse, and compete for the No. [-] pick~!!"

Lan Shengli still spoke bluntly.

"Bru, after all, you are still a layman. I am sitting in a big ball market like Los Angeles. Why can't I improve my strength by signing big-name players in the free market in the summer, so I have to fight for the No. [-] pick~?! What if I can't get it? No. [-] pick, my team has lost so many games, can you make up for the losses such as the drop in home attendance~?!"

Sterling questioned in a creepy state.

"According to the performance of the Clippers in the free agent market in the past few years, it is almost impossible to sign a big-name free agent. That is even lower than the probability of winning the No. [-] lottery ~!!"

Lan Shengli said.

"The team has only signed Baron Davis in the past few years, and no one else ~!!"

Lan Shengli continued to speak.

"You have the last 9 minutes~"

Sterling looked at his watch and said.

"Okay, how about it, Mr. Sterling, let me tell you about my plan~"

Seeing this, Lan Shengli stopped worrying about those things.

"We have 42 games left in the season, and now we are ranked No. 13 in the West. If we can accumulate enough losses in the next games, we really have a chance to get the worst record in the league, and we have 25% The opportunity to win this year's No. [-] pick, coupled with the first round from the Suns, we have two first-round picks this year, and some second-round picks. These add up to give us more capital to compete Future~!!"

Lan Shengli explained.

"More importantly, next year will be a draft year. According to my previous investigation, there are at least three players who can be cultivated as cornerstone players. It’s also very cost-effective to find the top spot, we can also select these cornerstone rookies~!! Instead of spending a lot of money to sign those stars, it’s better to cultivate our own rookies~!!”

Lan Shengli continued to explain.

"It is true that I like basketball very much, but in the final analysis, I am a businessman. I must do what a businessman should do, that is, to know how to make the team profitable and win games at the same time. To tell you the truth, I am not very interested in the championship. If you say that we have players like Kobe and Garnett in our team, maybe I will try my best to make the team compete for the championship, but Judging from the current configuration of the Clippers and the current situation, I don’t think it can become a championship-capable team in a short period of time~!!”

Sterling said.

"You have a reason to think so, but as a senior consultant of the basketball affairs department, I must think about problems with a basketball professional. Whether it is Garnett or Kobe, they are also slowly cultivated in the team. We have come to this point in the process, so it is very, very important to cultivate a player. So far, the Clippers have not even had a qualified team soul-level character, which is very embarrassing~!!"

Lan Shengli didn't care about that, and continued to speak bluntly.

"Moreover, winning a championship brings the greatest benefits~!! Because a championship cannot be bought with money~!!"

Lan Shengli looked at Sterling with a serious and firm expression, not afraid that he might say something wrong, but just wanted to express his true feelings and thoughts.

Listening to Lan Shengli's remarks, Sterling fell into deep thought.

"Are you sure this year is stronger than 2003~?!"

Sterling asked.

"As a senior consultant of the basketball affairs department and director of player performance, I guarantee that this year's draft will be another round of shining generation after the golden generation in 1996 and the platinum generation in 2003~!!"

Lan Shengli responded.

"You should know that I don't quite agree with your previous reconstruction plan. This time you mentioned this to me, you are really courageous. I still don't agree with deliberately losing for the sake of a high draft. It's just that , I think judging from the current state of the team, it seems that they can't win at all, and this seems to have become a natural thing~"

Sterling said.

The tone and tone of the old capitalist made Lan Shengli feel that things had turned for the better.

"Mr. Sterling, you~, you agree~?!"

Lan Shengli asked with a look of anticipation.

"15 minutes has come~~"

(End of this chapter)