The King of the NBA

Selecting talents for the team, this kind of thing should not be done by Ning Yi, and the team did not give him this right, but Ning Yi has the ability of "foresight" compared to others. If you don't use it, it seems a little Unreasonable.

What's more, he promised Love that he would help him win the championship within three years. With the Timberwolves' current lineup, there is no way to win the championship.

If Ning Yi wants to win the championship, the team's lineup must be improved. To improve the team's lineup, one way is to trade, and the other is to draft.

At this stage, the playoffs are not completely over yet, and the league's free agent trading curtain has not yet opened, but the draft has entered the schedule, and all teams are already preparing.

The Timberwolves are the same, but the Timberwolves don't have any good picks, only the 27th pick in the first round and the 34th pick in the second round. Even Philip Sanders thinks it's nothing to do.

Of course, Ning Yi is different.

In Ning Yi's view, he is still very clever, such as Nikola Jokic. In Ning Yi's memory, he was selected by the Tunneling Team with the 41st overall pick in the second round. If there is no accident, the Timberwolves can completely Picking up a mistake and choosing Jokic with the 27th pick in the first round is definitely a big profit.

But there is another problem, that is, it is not Ning Yi who decides who to choose.

"Even if I say that Jokic will grow into a player averaging 20+10 per game in the next few years, who would believe it? With Philip Saunders' character, he would definitely not believe me." Ning Yi's headache is this , He knows that those people have potential, those people can become excellent players, but he is not the team manager, and people may not listen to him.

"Whether it works or not, you have to work hard." Ning Yi thought to himself, and looked at the draft list again, feeling infinitely regretful, not to mention the top three picks, but LaVine and Saric, the two late lottery players They all have great potential, and with a little training, they can become an excellent player, but it's a pity that they can't earn money from the Timberwolves.

There are Harris, Capela, Jokic behind

Moreover, Ning Yi still has a candidate in his heart.

"At this time, Baibian is very frustrated, and not many people have seen his potential. If Baibian is signed at this time, it will be a basic salary contract at most, and he will definitely make a lot of money." Ning Yi thinks this is not a big deal It's difficult, he can still talk about an unguaranteed basic salary contract.

Anyway, get Baibian to the Timberwolves first.

Thinking about it this way, Ning Yi feels that he should be the general manager of the team. With his "foresight", if he becomes the general manager, he must be very promising.

A few days later.

In Philips Sanders' office, Ning Yi and Sanders sat opposite each other.

At this time, there is still more than half a month before the draft. Once the draft is over, the turbulent summer trade will kick off. For many players, this is the summer break, a day of vacation and relaxation, but for the team general manager Said that summer is the busiest time, the draft, trade reinforcement, these all require them to rack their brains.

The nba is a business alliance, and it is also a turbulent river and lake.

"Ning." Sanders didn't dare to neglect Ning Yi, and asked someone to pour a cup of coffee for Ning Yi, and said with a smile: "What do you want to come to me today? Is it your contract renewal?" Mentioned contract renewal , Sanders' eyes started to shine, the 13-14 season is over, although Ning Yi's contract has not yet expired, but the Timberwolves boss has told Sanders that the most important thing this summer is to renew the contract with Ning Yi, other Everything can be put aside.

Sanders also looked for Ning Yi in front of him. Ning Yi said he was not in a hurry, Ning Yi was not in a hurry, and Downey was naturally not in a hurry.

In fact, Downey is eager for Ning Yi to leave the Timberwolves. There are many teams competing for Ning Yi, some of which are rich and powerful teams, such as the New York Knicks. The contract offers scared Downey.

"I'm not in a hurry to renew my contract. It's only May, and my contract won't expire until September." Ning Yi smiled and said, "I'm here today to talk to you about the draft."

Sanders was a little surprised, and instinctively said vigilantly: "Ning, you don't have to worry about the draft, right?"

"That's it." Ning Yi frowned, and changed his tone, "Then let's not talk about the draft, let's talk about my business. Harden called me this morning, and it sounds very sincere."

Sanders was taken aback, Harden, the Rockets? This is incredible.

Immediately, Sanders put on a smiling face and said, "Ning, let's talk about the draft. I'm going to ask your opinion." Yi is still a first-year player, and he wants to bow his head to him and let him intervene in the draft.

But after thinking about it, Sanders is relieved. This year, the Timberwolves have only two draft picks, one with the 27th pick in the first round and one with the 34th pick in the second round. It's nothing to do, and I don't believe that any outstanding players can be selected with these two picks.

So it doesn't seem to matter much if Ning Yi interferes or not.

"Ning, tell me." Sanders said.

Ning Yi took out the note he wrote and handed it to Sanders: "I think the above people have great potential, if possible, I hope we can use the lottery in hand to select two of them. If not, at least pick Nikola Jokic, and I'm a big fan of him."

A total of five people's names were written on the note, namely Gary Harris, Clint Capela, Nikola Jokic, Jerami Grant, and Jordan Clarkson.

Sanders glanced at the note, a little strange, he can be sure that these five people have no friendship with Ning Yi, so why would Ning Yi do this?

From Sanders' eyes, Ning Yi saw his thoughts and said with a smile: "Mr. Sanders, please believe me, I do this for the team."

Sanders nodded, and glanced at the note in his hand again. He is very familiar with the draft players and has known them for a long time. He even has a copy of every player's file on his desk.

At a glance, Sanders knew that these people should not be too high in the draft. What is certain is that they are almost unlikely to enter the lottery zone, so with the draft picks in the hands of the Timberwolves, it can be done. some work.

"Okay, I promise you." Sanders agreed after thinking for a while.

Ning Yi breathed a sigh of relief. As for how to operate, Ning Yi is not very good at it, and he doesn't want to take care of it. Anyway, leave it to Sanders. It doesn't matter if others can't win it. As long as you win Jokic, it's considered a profit.