The invincible kryptonite of basketball

Tang Tian said with a smile.

"what?"

Olson looked puzzled.

"Don't you know? Let's talk while we play."

Meeting Durant, there are more topics to talk about, and this vacation seems to be more interesting.

Tang Tian was playing rafting, fishing, and eating seafood in the Caribbean Sea, enjoying the wonderful offseason after winning the championship.

At this time, the draft is also approaching, and all teams are starting to prepare for the new season.

At this time, a piece of news broke out by Woj shocked the management of each team that was originally preparing for the draft.

The star of the Pacers, Paul George, the top five small forward in the league, submitted a trade application to the team!

George still has a fully guaranteed one-year contract with the Pacers. Like Paul at the beginning, he submitted a trade application in the contract.

The Pacers have had poor records year after year, and they have long lost the courage they used to. George has ambitions and doesn't want to be so muddled.

This is also expected. After all, Paul applied for a deal when he still had two years of contract. He did more ruthless than this.

But unlike Paul, George set a precedent in another way, he designated the next player for the trade!

He clearly sent a message to the management through his agent that he hopes and only hopes to be traded to the Pelicans!

Chapter 26 Tang Tian's Attitude (First Update!) (Revised)

And this is what shocked the management of each team!

In the history of the league, there has never been a player designated as his next home!

Even though George has been the face of the Pacers for the past few years and has a close relationship with the team's recently resigned general manager Larry Bird.

But what he did to designate his next family was really astonishing.

Because it involves the rights and interests of labor and capital.

Designating the next home means that even if other teams trade him, it is basically impossible to keep him after the contract ends next year.

This also means that the trade value of this player will plummet, even for a player of George's level.

Therefore, from the perspective of the management, this is absolutely not advisable, and it will open Pandora's box and attract more players to follow suit.

But there is no turning back when the bow is opened. George has already done it and it is irreversible.

But even so, many teams began to contact the Pacers, trying to trade George.

After all, a star of George's level is hard to come by, and it would be good if he can be exchanged for George's one-year use right at a relatively small price.

Just in case, if George had a good time playing this year and renewed his contract with the team, he would make a lot of money.

This kind of deal is also completely possible. George will appoint the next home, and the Pacers management will not do what he wants.

When Tang Tian heard the news, he was watching the sunrise with Olsen holding his two sons in his arms.

The sunrise at the beach is very beautiful.

It wasn't until he watched the sunrise that he discovered Dempsey's text messages and missed calls.

When he saw the content, he was stunned for a while.

George's application for a deal also happened in his previous life.

Because he is in the Western Pelicans, the butterfly effect on the Eastern side is relatively small.

Especially for the Pacers, who are not directly related, the lineup has not changed much from what he remembers.

So it's not surprising to him that George will apply for a trade and designate the next home.

But the problem is, the next home that George should designate is the Lakers!

George's idol is Kobe, and Los Angeles is also his hometown, plus it's a big city.

Idol basketball + hometown basketball + metropolitan basketball, and the Lakers have no stars now, almost a perfect place to go.

But now tell him that George wants to come to New Orleans?

Follow Durant's good example and come to the Pelicans to be the third or even the fourth?

Or is it because he looked up to Kobe, but Kobe can have a son, so he turned him into an idol?

These reasons... don't seem to be reliable.

After the accident, Tang Tian thought about it carefully, and seemed to understand a little bit.

George led the team to rank second in the Eastern Conference in the 13-14 season, and reached the peak with the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals.

At that time, he was less than 24 years old, and he had the opportunity to chase Durant and James, and his future was promising.

But now he is seriously injured and the team is in a mess, and he is about to quit the first-tier star. He needs honor and exposure to strengthen himself.

The Pelicans just lack a star-level third position.

And benefiting from Holiday's contract (5 million in 7500 years) and the growing salary cap, the Pelicans are fully capable of eating George and renewing his contract.

The big deal is to trade Jokic away for the draft pick, Holiday + Tang Tian + George + Davis + whatever, this can already beat everything.

Just as he was thinking, Dempsey called again.

Tang Tian picked it up.

Dempsey was a little agitated.

For the first time in so many years, a star offered to come to New Orleans.

You must know the current team of the Pelicans, Davis and Jokic were selected by them, Tang Tian was a restricted free agent they won with a thrilling lore, and Holiday was traded.

So if a player of George's level is coming, it's no wonder he isn't excited.

On the phone, Tang Tian did not express his attitude as before.

In his bones, he still doesn't like this kind of group basketball, even though George is an obvious upgraded version of Ariza.

And the tacit understanding of the current lineup is very good, breaking it is not necessarily better.

To put it bluntly, George is a fully upgraded version of Ariza, but he may not be willing to do the same dirty work as Ariza, after all, he is also an All-Star.

And in terms of efficiency alone, George is also low in the super giants.

However, he did not object. This kind of transaction is obviously suitable for reinforcement, and it is fine to leave it to the management to choose in the end.

Dempsey asked again and again, but Tang Tian still had the same attitude.

This was also the first time Tang Tian expressed his opinion like this, and in the end he couldn't help it, so he turned around and discussed with other people in the management.

After hanging up the phone, Tang Tian looked at the sun that had already crossed the horizon. It seems that the Pelicans may also undergo major changes during this offseason.

George's incident caused a shock in the league, but a star of this level, and has never had a designated next home, will definitely last for a long time.

Before then, the draft has become more attention-grabbing.

Draft night is a day when transactions are frequent, and no one knows whether George will be traded at that time.

The draft picks were drawn during last season's conference finals.

The 76ers, Kings, and Suns got the top three picks, and the Lakers, Magic, Timberwolves, Celtics, and Hornets got the 4th to 8th picks.

Among this year's rookies, Fultz and Tatum are the top picks.

In addition, Lonzo Ball, who has been vigorously promoted by the ball father, has also risen sharply, and has a tendency to hit the No. [-] pick.

According to previous Woj reports, if Ball falls to the fourth pick, the Lakers will definitely choose him.

Time flies, and it is June 6rd in a blink of an eye.

Tang Tian and Olsen are still vacationing in the Caribbean, and the annual NBA Draft has already started in Brooklyn, New York.

After all, this was the first time since Tang Tian joined the Pelicans that he did not go to the draft scene.

However, even though he didn't go to the scene, Tang Tian still gave some potential candidates for the second round, depending on what pick the Pelicans can make.

That night, fans gathered in Brooklyn, attracting much attention.

In the small green room, all the young faces are waiting for the call from the NBA.

It is worth mentioning that this is also the first draft meeting of the new president Tatum.

"Dell, what is the estimated pick we can trade now?"

With the draft just around the corner, Stevens asked Demps.

Because the Pelicans themselves only have a 60th overall pick, and they don't want to make major changes to the lineup, they can only use marginal players like Forbes, or cash.

This transaction fluctuates greatly, and it happens from time to time.

"44."

Dempsey replied.

Stevens nodded, the candidates given by Tang Tian were roughly between the 40th and 45th picks.

But with the 44th pick, they can only choose that person.

While they were communicating, Tatum came out of the backstage with a big smile on his face.

The 2017 NBA Draft is about to begin.

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Chapter 27 2017 NBA Draft

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the 2017 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center in New York, and welcome to the [-] NBA Draft at the Barclays Center in New York, and welcome to the American fans watching on TNTV and the Canadian fans watching on CBCTV. We, and some of the fans who are coming this way, thank you for being here."

Tatum's opening words felt eerily familiar.

During the six months that Tatum has been in charge of the league, the biggest change in the league is the return to basketball at the beginning of the century.

Even many things are the same as in Stern's time.

Because of this, many fans called him "Stern's shadow".

Just like his draft opening remarks just now, the familiarity is also because of this.

In fact, in terms of personal ability alone, he is not as good as Xiao Hua or Stern, and he is a balanced president.

After the opening remarks, the draft also began.

With the first pick is the 76ers, they have 5 minutes of consideration time.

The No. [-] pick in this year in history belongs to the Celtics, and their pick was previously traded with the Nets.

The Celtics' original goal was Tatum, and then they traded with the 76ers to become the second pick, which also made the NBA's most famous free whoring trade.

But after the butterfly effect, the Nets were selected in 2015, and Russell performed well afterwards. In the end, the Celtics only got an eighth pick.

Tatum or something is completely impossible for them.

Tang Tianyuan was in the Caribbean island of Barbados, but since the draft was held at night, he and Olsen watched the live broadcast together after the day.

Although they couldn't go to the scene, Demps and the others would definitely contact him when they were making a choice.

And his two sons really like basketball. They were so noisy during the day, and now they are facing the broadcast of the draft, and they are rarely quiet.

Five minutes passed quickly, and the 5ers made their choices quickly.

Markelle Fultz.

Fultz Tangtian knew it, because the No. [-] pick was ruined by injuries.

If he doesn't open his eyes, he is completely worthy of this champion.

大一赛季，他代表华盛顿大学出战NCAA，场均得到23.3分5.9个篮板6助攻1.6抢断1.2盖帽。

He was also named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-College Third Team, the Associated Press Third-Team All-College, the Sports News Network All-College Team Third-Team, and the PAC-12 First-Team All-College.