Chapter 230: Calculate

After returning to the MGM Grand Hotel, the two guards saw that Leon did not go to the casino, but returned to his room. This was a great relief and went back to find Shangfeng to report. , The latest chapter visit: ШШШ..СоМ. At this time, Leon was not thinking about gambling. The gambling in the off-season of the NBA was much more exciting and joyous than winning at the casino.
Back to the room, Leon first called the housekeeping department and asked them to send a few large sheets of white paper and a carbon pen. After getting these things, he cleaned everything on the coffee table and spread the white paper on the coffee table. , Began to scribble on it with a carbon pen.
This is a habit of Leon during the off-season. When thinking about the current situation, he will sort out all the news, rumors, ideas, and details in his mind, and write them on large paper in the form of diagrams, tables, and words. Everything looks clear at a glance.
After losing in the finals on June 15 and now only more than a week has passed. The entire NBA has receded from the heat of the previous season, and the storm is brewing for the next season. This is the case in the NBA. It is a cycle of season after season. One good scene has just ended, and the next scene begins to be planned behind the scenes. In fact, on ⊙79 Novel.com, the m. Finals is not over yet, those teams that entered the off-season early have already started their actions.
"Starting in the West... The Timberwolves cut Rakochevic, and the Houstonians traded a future pick for Jeff Van Gundy. This is not good news for Yao... The Nuggets signed three freelancers. Players, they are all short contracts...There is also Jeff Trippnell, and it seems that Miller is'very' loyal... The West is almost there, there is no big move for the time... But... "Leon is in In my mind, I first shed some of the small moves that the Western Conference currently appears. Generally speaking, there is nothing worthy of special attention, and the Western Conference does not have a particularly large impact on the Celtics.
However, the Timberwolves' move to lay off Rakocevic still caught Leon’s attention. This marksman from Serbia was selected by the Timberwolves in 2000. He came to the United States in the 2003 season and had a relatively failure in the Timberwolves. In his season, he played 42 games and averaged only 1.9 points per game. It was expected that he was cut. Obviously, it is difficult for a European player like him to adapt to the NBA. The most popular European players in the NBA are the inside and forwards, and it is difficult for guards to gain a foothold. Even for a genius like Petrovic, it took a lot of hardship to truly make a fortune in the NBA.
"There are only a few point guards in the Timberwolves. Stokeland is so old and unworthy. Wicks is not worth mentioning. Only Henderson is left. But he played this year purely to catch the ducks... There must be action on the position of point guard in the draft." Leon knows every team's lineup status. Point guard is a very important position for a team. Any team wants to make up for it. Strong, the first consideration is to place a reliable candidate on the point guard. Since the Timberwolves have waived Rakocevic, they don't have a good reserve of point guards in their own formation.
Leon knows that if the Celtics want to get Garnett, the trade will definitely take place after the draft, and if the Timberwolves strengthen it through trades before the draft, giving Garnett hope, then The Celtics will be more difficult to get Garnett, so obstructing the Timberwolves'transaction' will also become one of Leon's tasks.
After thinking about this, Leon drew a circle on the position of the Timberwolves, and then he wanted to analyze the situation in the East. He moved the pen to the right side of the big paper, but he hasn't written anything for a long time, because since the playoffs so far, the entire Eastern Conference has basically not made any substantial moves.
The only substantive action that made him noteworthy was that after the Eastern Conference Finals, the Detroit Pistons fired their head coach Rick Carlisle and instead hired former 76ers coach Larry Brown. This is very important news for Leon, but in front of him, his mind is focused on how to'trade' to get Kevin Garnett. Regarding the question of Rick Carlisle, he has to put it aside. put.
Returning to the player’s
hands
, Leon’s memory is excellent. Basically from the start of the playoffs to the present, all the team’s rumors about all the actions are clearly understood by him. Now The Eastern Conference teams only have rumors and intentions, and no substantive'substantial' actions. Then he must find information that is beneficial to him from those clues and intentions.
To say that the most eye-catching trade in the East this season, it was not the Celtics who sent Joe Johnson to get PJ-Brown, but the great trade made by the Milwaukee Bucks in February. The team’s core player Ray Allen was sent away with a draft pick, and veteran point guard Gary Payton and Dess'Mon' de Mason were acquired from the Seattle SuperSonics.
This is undoubtedly a strange deal. The Bucks originally had three musketeers, namely point guard, shooting guard and forward, and they complemented each other well. Now they sent Ray Allen away, but got Gary Payton. Another point guard conflicts with Sam Cassell. In addition, both of them were notoriously lousy mouths. It was not appropriate to let anyone be a substitute. As a result, the Bucks ‘made’ a strange double point guard starter.
Such a strange backcourt lineup will naturally not have any good results. They were eliminated by the Nets early in the first round and went home to go fishing, and this summer, the Bucks will definitely have other moves. Seven years ago, they "handed" Ray Allen in the 1996 draft. After seven years of ups and downs, he was finally sent away. The Bucks held the possession in the 2003 draft. No. 8 pick, it looks like they will start a new round of reconstruction.
"Payton has just been'translated', and it seems unlikely that he will be sent away. If Payton doesn't leave, only Kassel will leave... The Timberwolves just lack a point guard..." Leon couldn't help but Kassel and the Timberwolves are linked together. If the Timberwolves get an old ball like Cassel, their strength will definitely improve.
Thinking of the Bucks, Leon remembered two rumors that he had heard recently. First, the Bucks wanted to complete a deal with Magic and sent away two unknown people under him in exchange for some cash. This kind of news that can only be carried in one sentence on the media page, Leon tasted some taste.
Leon has been soaked in the NBA draft and traded for many years. He knows that this kind of trade for players in exchange for cash will make room for salary in the future. Combined with another rumor, it has recently been rumored that Michael Jordan will take over the Bucks as the boss, and the new boss must have a big move. This shows that the Bucks will definitely complete Kassel's'transaction' before and after the draft.
If you don't want this kind of "trading" to happen~EbookFREE.me~ there are two ways. One is to rob from it, exchange better chips for the Bucks' favor, and "get" Kassel. But Kassel’s contract next season will reach more than five million, and in order to get Kassel, one of Arenas and Reid must be included in the
handover
list. These two rookie contracts add up. More than two million, such a high-quality rookie contract Leon will not be given to the Bucks.
The second method is to make trouble from it, delay the transaction, and even make the transaction abort. There are many ways to delay the'transaction', such as reporting the'transaction' violation to the alliance before the other party's'transaction' starts, because the Timberwolves have the example of Smith's'yin'-yang contract first and have been on the watch list. , And once the league intervenes in the investigation, the'transaction' will definitely be postponed; another example is to encourage Cassell to ask for a big contract. Cassell’s contract will expire next season. If Cassell asks for a contract, the Timberwolves must get the contract promise. Only those who are willing to be "traveled" will undoubtedly have an impact on the completion of the "transaction".
With these cares in his mind, Leon has a bottom line, listed his plans and ideas one by one on the paper, and opened a timetable in the middle. In the coming days, he will pay close attention to each ball. The movement of the team, until the official start of the draft.
After spending another two days in Las Vegas, Leon decided to leave and head to New York, where the 2003 NBA draft was about to begin. He had two things to do before the feast began. ;