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The darkness did not stop the various teams from making moves. The end of the finals means that the offseason is about to begin, and the first highlight is undoubtedly the draft.

The vast majority of stars come from the draft, and those future superstar players who are praised by scouts have become the objects of competition for countless teams. They hope to lead the team to rebuild by acquiring a future superstar.

, this also means it is messed up.

2007 was hailed as a draft year comparable to 1996 and 2003. After the release of Greg Oden's physical test data, he became the obvious candidate for the first overall pick.

The NBA official website’s evaluation of Oden is even more exaggerated: “If the NBA had no 19-year-old draft age limit, Oden would undoubtedly occupy the first place in the 2006 draft. In fact, if the rules allowed, the 2005 draft

The No. 1 pick is probably Oden's bag."

In addition to Oden, Kevin Durant, Al Horford, Jeff Green, Mike Conley, Yi Jianlian, last year's quasi-number one pick Noah and others have made countless teams looking forward to rebuilding drool, so they are so messed up.

There are naturally many teams.

However, in the end, Memphis won the botched game by two games behind. However, the draft lottery a month ago made Memphis, Boston and Milwaukee all the laughing stock.

In the end, they were ranked fourth, fifth and sixth with the worst record. Instead, the three teams with the sixth, fifth and fourth worst record became the top three picks.

The Portland Trail Blazers, ranked sixth from the bottom, got an unexpected surprise and got the first overall pick. The date of the draft is getting closer and closer. The whole Portland can't wait for the start of the draft. They are looking forward to it.

After selecting Shaquille O'Neal, the best center in the United States, Portland led Portland to a renaissance.

The Seattle SuperSonics, who have the second pick, are also waiting impatiently. Although they especially want Oden, a super center known as the fusion of countless super centers. But after the physical test data came out, they knew that they wanted to get Oden.

Being so young, they set their sights on Kevin Durant, a 6-foot-9 guard and the Magic's super scorer in the 21st century.

This year, the Magic didn't have much of a role in the first round. They didn't have a first-round pick. Their first-round pick was given to the Detroit Pistons when they traded Milicic.

At that time, the Detroit media unanimously believed that a waste was used to earn a high draft pick. However, now they can only watch helplessly as Milicic showed the potential of a high-quality inside line while depressingly accepting a high draft pick that they originally expected to become.

Got the No. 26 pick.

The lights in the general manager's office at the Waterhouse Center were turned off until the early hours of the morning. Otis Smith did not go home and fell asleep directly on the desk in his office. His mind was filled with beautiful images of the Magic getting his favorite player.

Otis Smith in front of the computer has a smile on his face.

When Orlando woke up in the sunshine, Lin Sen woke up.

Looking at Carolina Linsen lying in his arms, he pinched the cardamom on Carolina's chest in a funny way. Carolina, who had not yet woken up, groaned subconsciously.

Gently moving Carolina's arm away, Lin Sen simply put on his clothes, washed up and started making breakfast.

"You all are up. Let's have breakfast quickly. I might not be back at noon. We'll talk about it then. I'll leave first." Lin Sen took off his apron and sat down.

"This is a love breakfast. Nata, I should be back in the afternoon, and I will accompany you to check it out."

"You don't need to be there, I just need to accompany her, and you can do your business." Carolina said with a smile.

"Well, KK just stays with me. You go about your business."

"Okay." Lin Sen didn't know how long today's meeting would last. He was also looking forward to this meeting. However, he knew that no matter how good the meeting was, it was just wishful thinking. Can other players agree to join other teams?

Being willing to trade is the most important thing.

When Lin Sen finished breakfast and drove to the Water House Center and walked to the office, he saw Otis Smith with two black circles under his eyes.

"Mr. Otis, didn't you sleep well last night?"

"Wood, not only did he not sleep well, when I got here at seven in the morning, I found him lying in front of the computer. I thought he..." Stan Van Gundy said with a smile.

"You two are so heartless. I am dedicated to my work. We can start when a few of them come over. I sorted it out yesterday and you guys can take a look first. We will discuss it in detail at the meeting later."

Otis Smith stood up and took out two stapled documents from the printer and handed them to Stan Van Gundy and Lin Sen.

Lin Sen took the file and sat down. The name of the file was "The Orlando Project."

When Lin Sen opened the first page of the catalog, the first item was an introduction to the current situation of the Magic, the second item was an introduction to the Magic coaching staff, the third item was the Magic management team, the fourth item was team medical care, and the fifth item was the reinforcement.

plan.

Lin Sen didn't expect Otis Smith to break it down in such detail. Turning to the second page was an introduction to the current situation of the Magic. The first was the team's salary situation.

Lin Sen has always heard that the Magic have more than 20 million in salary space this offseason. However, Lin Sen does not know the specific amount, but Lin Sen knows that the greater the salary space, the greater the possibility of chasing good free agents.

Then Lin Sen looked through it one by one. He was so meticulous about Otis Smith's work. He also believed that a general manager with ideas and abilities would be able to make the Magic better and better.

The meeting officially started when the other three assistant coaches, scouting director Henin and team medical director Craig Mingze arrived.

"First of all, thank you all for coming. I don't think I will say much else. Let's officially start. Let's open this document to the first page. Grant and Darko will become free agents this summer, and Grant will become a full-fledged agent.

Ko is restricted, but Pat and Kenyon have player options." Otis Smith glanced at everyone.

"I think this has been our decision to keep Grant and Darko. Neither Darko nor Grant have renewed their contracts during the season, but I will negotiate with their agents in the next two days. If

If there are no accidents, there will be no surprises in renewing the contract."

"I think the performance of Grant and Darko is obvious to all in the league. Especially Darko. Nowadays, everyone in the league knows that they are hungry for good big men. If the price is too high..." Scouting director Haining said.

His main job in the past six months is not to scout rookies but to scout other upcoming players to see if they meet the needs of the Magic. If the contract offered by other teams pursuing Milicic is too big, it may affect the team's matching.

The pursuit of other people.

Although Milicic did not perform well in the finals, averaging only 9.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. In addition, he also had 3.8 assists, 2.3 blocks and 1.4 steals.

Performance in the Eastern Conference finals and semifinals is enough for some crazy teams to offer contracts with an average annual salary of seven to eight million or more. A specific example is the huge contract the Knicks gave James of the SuperSonics.

"I've thought about this question, but don't worry about it. I won't mess around and I believe Darko won't mess around either. You must know that his agent is Wood's agent." Otis Smith said with a smile,

"In addition, Grant approached me before. He told me that he was willing to take a significant salary cut. Now he just needs to communicate with his agent."

Hearing Otis Smith's words, everyone nodded, and Otis Smith turned to the second page: "Although we entered the finals and fought the Spurs for seven games, everyone should be able to see the differences between us.

There is a gap, and the gap is not only between players but also coaches. Stan took the initiative to tell me about some situations. After discussion, the two of us will increase the coaching staff."

Hearing the questions from the coaching staff, the three assistant coaches became nervous. They thought they might be laid off, but they felt relieved after hearing what Otis Smith said next.

"Our offense and defense need to change from normal training. The most important thing is defense. Everyone says defense wins the championship, but our defense is really bad. You can look at our defensive data this season.

In the middle or even the end of the league."

Otis Smith's words made the three assistant coaches' faces get a little hot. Although the players were also involved, there is no doubt that the coach's responsibility is there.

"Now I am actively contacting Jeff Van Gundy's assistant coach Tom Thibodeau. Since Jeff was laid off by Houston, he also resigned. Now Jeff is no different from coaching the next team, but Tom's defensive skills

His ability has been witnessed by the whole league, and it is said that several teams may invite him to coach, but the most likely option is to become an assistant coach. If he ultimately fails to become the head coach, then he will agree to join us and become our chief assistant coach."

Lin Sen also knew about Tom Thibodeau before, but that was for the Hong Kong team. He didn't expect that Otis Smith would also invite Thibodeau. Lin Sen was very clear about Thibodeau's ability. He believed that there was

Thibodeau's team's defense will definitely be greatly improved.

"In addition, I will also invite Patrick to be our center coach. Of course, he will be mainly responsible for the training of Dwight and Darko. In addition, I intend to invite Tim Grover as the physical trainer."

"Is Otis real? It would be great if he really invited him here." Stan Van Gundy did not expect that Otis Smith was actually planning to invite Tim Grover.

Lin Sen was also very surprised. Tim Grover was Michael Jordan's official trainer at that time. He was also the personal trainer of Kobe, Wade, Arenas and others. His training targets were never unknown people.

, he is also the target of invitations from famous stars in other sports events.

David Falk also told him that he would help him invite Tim Grover to become one of his personal trainers. If nothing goes wrong, Lin Sen, who will train with Kobe Bryant this summer, will follow Tim Grover.

Rover training.

"But this is difficult. Of course I will work hard. Only by keeping up with the team's training can the team's strength keep up. In addition, the team's configuration will also be improved. This is decided by the boss himself. We will introduce newer and better ones."

The equipment is like this from medical care to training. When it comes to this, I have to say that our medical level is terrible."

Otis Smith's words made Craig Mingze very embarrassed. He himself also knew that the team doctor he headed was a joke in the eyes of many people.

"Craig, I am very grateful for your efforts, but I think your team still needs improvement. Although I am very inclined to poach Phoenix, the possibility is too small. We cannot help the people stationed in Phoenix."

The space agency moved to Orlando." Otis Smith looked at Craig Mingze and continued.

"Craig, I believe you also want to get rid of the embarrassing hat. I will give you purple funds. I hope to see a high-level team medical team. I think you should know the level of team doctors and the role of the team medical team.

, many teams have been destroyed by injuries. Fortunately, we have controlled injuries fairly well this year, but I hope to take one step closer."

"I will!" Craig Mingze nodded and said. After receiving the funds, he believed that his operations could increase. He must take off the label of a quack team.

After talking about the first three items, we came to the focus of the meeting. Everyone was looking forward to it, because no matter how good the off-field facilities are, it is the players who play the game. Without good players, no matter how good the facilities are, the team may be able to enter the playoffs.

But it will definitely not allow the team to become a powerful team that can compete for the championship.

This year's opponent, the Spurs, used facts to tell the Magic how important a good team is. If Howard and Milicic can perform above average in the regular season this year, if Turkoglu is not injured, if the team can make shots

Those shots that should have gone in...

But there are no ifs in the world, and the way to kill these ifs is to make the team lineup stronger. Even if two or even three players are in poor condition, there are still players who can step forward to replace them, and the result will be different.

This is the thickness of the lineup.

A team that is capable of competing for the championship has a complete team, and the Magic undoubtedly have a big shortcoming in this aspect.

"At the end of this season, the players on our team who have contracts are Dwight, Tony, Chris, Dennis, Scotty, Kelana, Devin, Carlos, Wood, Eddie. If Kenyon and Parry choose to stay,

Then I will buy out Parry, and I will also choose to trade Kenyon."

Listening to Otis Smith's words, Lin Sen felt a little uncomfortable even though he knew this was the NBA, just like when he left Minnesota.

"Next season, Scotty and Dennis will slowly fade out or even completely fade out of the team's lineup and join the team's management and coaching staff. Carlos and Devin performed well but still cannot meet our requirements, especially Carlos.

Los is not tall enough, so if nothing happens, I will try to trade him away from the team." Otis Smith said. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!

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