The invincible kryptonite of basketball

However, there are not many suitable candidates in the second round this year, and the Pelicans have a complete lineup. It doesn't make much sense to spend money to buy draft picks and end up with the same result as Taylor Johnson last season.

In other words, the task of the Pelicans in this year's draft has been completed, and if there are no other deals, they are also prepared to withdraw early.

Demps over there is still communicating with the Nets general manager Max.

And from the content of his conversation, it seems that this is not just a transaction between the two teams, but also involves a third-party team, the Cavaliers.

After a few minutes, Dempsey put down the phone and told Tang Tian about the latest situation.

The Nets are willing to send Bojan to the Pelicans, but they need to get more in return.

The Cavaliers are interested in Thaddeus Young, but because they want to renew the contracts of Love and Tristan Thompson, they don't want to sign Yang now, but want to use trade exceptions and extras to sign first and then get Yang.

Now the three parties have negotiated a three-party deal.

The Pelicans traded out Gordon, got special trade cases from Bojan and the Cavaliers, and added players;

Nets trade Thaddeus Young and Bojan, get Gordon and more in return;

Now that the transaction is going to be successful, the first thing to determine is who the Cavaliers are adding to, and the second thing is to find ways to give the Nets more returns.

Tang Tian asked Dempsey to show him the Cavaliers' current roster.

After scanning, his eyes quickly locked on a person.

Joe Harris, the Cavaliers' second-round pick last year basically didn't have much playing time in the Cavaliers.

If the Pelicans want him, the Cavaliers will certainly not refuse.

"I want him."

Tang Tian gave Dempsey a very clear message.

He knows Joe Harris, the future top-notch three-point shooter.

As Morrow ages, his decline is inevitable. Like Harrell, Harris is preparing for the future.

Dempsey had the answer, then turned around and continued with the three-way deal.

With Harrell selected, the Pelicans' draft this year is basically up to the mark. If they can still get top role players like Bojan and Harris, it will be absolutely overfulfilled.

When Dempsey put down the phone and talked about the tripartite transaction, it showed that the three parties had basically reached an agreement, and the only difference was the details.

Sure enough, after a while, Dempsey put down the phone, indicating that the deal was concluded.

Chapter 7 Fifteen Did the cooked duck fly? (Fourth update!)

After three-party negotiations, all three teams added some draft picks to it, and finally made the deal take shape.

Pelicans send Gordon and a future second-round pick for Bojan Bogdanovic, Joe Harris and a $1000 million trade exception from the Cavaliers;

The Cavaliers traded Joe Harris, a 2016 first-round pick and a $1000 million trade exception for Thaddeus Young and the Nets' 2016 second-round pick;

The Nets traded Thaddeus Young and Bogdanovic for Gordon, a 2016 first-round pick from the Cavaliers and a future second-round pick from the Pelicans.

Because Young's contract extension with the Nets cannot be signed until after July 7, this is more verbal than a three-way deal.

But this kind of transaction is just short of an official announcement, and basically there will be no changes.

Originally, the Pelicans' lineup could change very little, but this deal has greatly improved their lineup.

After finishing the deal, Lausha went downstairs to greet Harrell. When he came back, they could withdraw from the Barclays Center.

Dempsey was not idle in the hut, he asked Tang Tian about the Summer League again.

This approach made Tang Tian a little helpless. Is Dempsey the general manager or him?

However, it is impossible for Dempsey to chill the other party with this kind of trust.

This year is a standard draft year. Even Towns is not very stable, and the final decision was not made until the eve of the draft.

The rest is Okafor who is famous. Russell, Porzingis, etc., the strength evaluation before the draft is not high.

Not to mention other rookies, those undrafted picks basically have no chance to play in the NBA.

However, short people can be selected as generals, and the annual summer league is basically for this purpose.

Among these players, Tang Tian was attracted by a name at first glance.

Guo Ailun.

The NBA draft includes those who signed up for the draft, and some are automatically selected when they reach the age.

This is the case with Guo Ailun.

22 years old is the maximum age for a player to participate in the selection. Guo Ailun has not taken the initiative to sign up before, and he has been selected since this season.

Choose Guo Ailun to play in the summer league?

It seems like a good idea.

The Pelicans are currently the most popular in China. It would be a good business idea for Guo Ailun to play in the summer league.

Moreover, Guo Ailun can go to the United States to play in the summer league, which will improve his personal strength, and it will also be good for the future national team.

But soon, he took his eyes away from Guo Ailun.

If he did this out of selfishness, he would really be no different from James.

He finally locked his eyes on another person's name.

Bryn Forbes.

Forbes did not participate in the Chicago combine, so many teams do not have detailed data on him.

But the Pelicans paid attention to him.

The reason is simple. Forbes is the NCAA Big Ten record holder for three-pointers made in a single game (16 of 11).

The Pelicans have been trying to find a three-point shooter since Tang Tian came, and this has almost become the traditional culture of the team.

In addition to excellent shooting, Forbes also has certain ball control and organizational skills. As a potential stock, he may be able to use it in the future.

Tang Tian recommended Forbes to Dempsey, and at this moment, Lausha came back.

They packed up and pulled out of the Barclays Center.

This trip to the draft conference made Tang Tian more confident about next season.

The draft is over, and the free market is about to start.

But Tang Tian basically stopped participating. The Pelicans now have a stable lineup and a deal has been reached. The rest are minor repairs, and Dempsey can handle them all by himself.

He was going to take Olsen to the hospital to find out the gender of the child.

Because the draft has been delayed for a few days, he is also a little impatient and nervous.

Made an agreement with Olson to go to the hospital the next day.

But that night, he was woken up by Dempsey's phone call.

He was not in a good mood, and now Dempsey was really harassing him regardless of time and place.

But after Dempsey said the matter, he didn't have time to be angry.

Because D'Antoni, who got it, flew away.

Both D'Antoni and the Pelicans had reached a signing intention before, but the subsequent signing was not so smooth. The two sides had a relatively large disagreement on the salary issue.

D'Antoni wanted a 5-year 2500 million contract, but the Pelicans can only give a 4-year 1600 million contract.

Not only the annual salary is different, but also the number of years.

Just when the negotiations between the two sides were deepening and they were about to reach 5 million in five years, D'Antoni suddenly withdrew.

The reason is simple, the Rockets offered him a five-year contract of 5 million.

Originally, D'Antoni failed to coach the Lakers last season, so his market prospects should be very average.

But unable to stand up to the success of Cole next door, the bosses of each team wanted to engage in the offensive head coach + defensive assistant coach model, and he became a favorite again.

This time, the cooked duck flew away.

Tang Tian didn't expect this kind of situation to happen. He had already imagined how to play the magic ball, and even the trade in the draft conference was for this purpose.

In fact, not to mention him, Dempsey also prepared in the same way.

No wonder he was in a hurry, after all, the incident happened suddenly.

"What about Stevens and the Celtics?"

Tang Tian asked directly.

Among the remaining coaches, Carl's personality is too strong, Avery Johnson's level is limited, and Stevens is the most suitable one.

Although Stevens is not as systematic as D'Antoni, he knows how to teach according to his aptitude just like Popovich and Carlisle. He is another suitable candidate.

"They haven't reached an agreement yet, and the two sides also have differences on the salary of the contract extension."

Demps talked about the situation on Stevens' side.

"Okay, I'll go to Boston tomorrow, and you can talk to Mr. Benson."

Demps over there quickly nodded and agreed, D'Antoni has already flown, and Benson will definitely be unhappy tomorrow, he can only move out of Tang Tian to save himself now.

Benson's love for Tang Tian is now to the extreme.

After waking up the next day, Tang Tian talked to Olsen about the situation, and postponed the time to go to the hospital for a few days.

After making an appointment with Stevens, he boarded a direct flight to Boston.

"I want to invite you to come to New Orleans as the head coach."

When Tang Tian saw Stevens, he went straight to the point.

Stevens froze for a moment, then smiled.

He didn't expect Tang Tian to suddenly come to say this, after all, he already knew that the Pelicans and D'Antoni had basically reached a contract.

This is tantamount to making him a spare tire.

But after chatting with Tang Tian for two hours, he finally agreed.

Originally, the two of them had a sense of bosom friend, but now that the opportunity was presented, he had no reason to refuse.

Moreover, the Celtics' hesitation on the issue of contract renewal made his heart gradually turn cold.

One side is cold-hearted, and the other side is opportunity. For him, this choice is not difficult.

Chapter 7 The twins are...

Not long after the meeting between Tang Tian and Stevens ended, another acquaintance came to Stevens' home.

Celtics general manager Danny Ainge.

The renewal of management and coaches is essentially the same as that of players.

The two parties negotiate with each other, make concessions, and finally reach a mutually satisfactory contract.

D'Antoni and the Pelicans are also in the same process, but when it comes to the last step, they fly.

This also gave Angie some warnings. When his eyeliner told him that Tang Tian had also visited Stevens, he couldn't sit still.

Although Stevens has coached the Celtics for the past two years, although the overall record is mediocre, the spirit of the team is still very good.

In other words, even if the team is performing badly, the fans still have great confidence in the team, and a coach who can do this is not ordinary.

And more importantly, there is no better option on the market than Stevens.

He is not a general manager who likes to talk too much about personal feelings, but he talks about interests, and the interests of the team determine that he needs to keep Stevens with all his strength now.

"We can offer a bigger and longer contract than the Pelicans, stay here."

Angie's attitude is completely different from the previous negotiations.

"It's too late, I've already committed to the Pelicans."