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The Celtics selected Turkish big man Mehmet Okur with the No. 1 pick in the second round, and then selected Carlos Arroyo with the No. 15 pick in the second round. Watson is optional, but Louie is more impressed with Arroyo.

Arroyo is a short shooting guard, while Watson is a full-time point guard.

Since the team has already decided to train Parker with all its strength, it is meaningless to choose Watson. If it is necessary to substitute, the Celtics have veteran Steve Kerr on the roster, so Arroyo was selected. To enhance the offensive firepower of the bench lineup.

This allowed Louis to inadvertently form an international column.

In the 2001 draft, the Celtics selected Americans, Chinese, French, Spaniards, Turks, and Puerto Ricans. They will be called the 01 international class in the future.

After the draft, the Celtics quickly signed rookie contracts with the selected six rookies. One of the big effects of the 1999 lockout was changing the standard rookie contract from three years to five years, with no distinction between first and second rounds.

This is a very cool thing for Louis. The rookie bonuses of Yao Yueban, Gasol, Parker, and Wallace can be enjoyed for five years. Maybe he can complete the rookie contract before these people finish their rookie contracts. plan.

On the day of finishing his rookie signing, Louie got a message from vice president Chris Wallace (one of the luncheon members).

Russian forward Andrei Kirilenko, who was picked by Isiah Thomas in 1999, has notified his parent team CSKA Moscow that he will leave the team to join the NBA in the United States.

"Kirilenko was chosen by the Celtics?"

If Wallace hadn't mentioned it, Louis would have forgotten about it.

"Yeah, it's been a few years and we almost forgot about it," Wallace said. This is a good thing.

Regardless of ability, Kirilenko's skin color is very suitable. Louis is like this player with 0 black blood.

"That dwarf lacked virtue for a lifetime, but he did a few good things in the end!" Happy to happy Louis did not forget to praise Isiah Thomas, who was "far-sighted". Wallace didn't agree, because he didn't know whether Louie was cursing or boasting. Louis looked at the roster and found that the Celtics were already very good in terms of lineup.

Parker, Gasol, Yao Yueban, Wallace, these are the four All-Stars.

In addition to Okur, Kirilenko, Cole and other good role players, although they still need time to develop, the overall framework of the entire lineup is already clear.

Bringing this lineup to Thomas, it shouldn't be difficult to make it to the playoffs, right? Louis is not a coach now, he has nothing to do with coaching.

He can only continue with his work. Louie called Los Angeles.

As soon as the other party answered the phone, Louis said with a smile, "Manager Zhao, how are you?" On the other side in Los Angeles, Zhao Yuanzheng immediately became vigilant, "Old Lu? Is there something wrong?" "It's okay, just say hello to you."

Then, without saying a few words, Louis hung up the phone. Zhao Yuanzheng and Louis have known each other for so many years and know him well. If it's all right, Louis won't call for no reason. But if something happened, he didn't say what it was.

"Zhao, you don't look well.

It was Jim Buss, who was enjoying the power of his hands. "Coach Lu just called me." Zhao Yuanzheng said.

Buzz was immediately interested, "Oh? How is he doing? How is he in Boston?" "He didn't say anything, just said hello to me."

"Isn't that nice?"

Zhao Yuanzheng said with a light smile: "As far as I know, no one who has been taken care of by him like this will get any better. If Louis knew that Lao Zhao missed him so much, he would be very sad.

Everyone knows that he is a loyal person, why doesn't Old Zhao know? Old brothers who have worked together for many years, don't you have any confidence?

He didn't hold back any bad water, he just wanted to prostitute Ginobili for nothing. This matter, really can not be too hasty.

Louis believed that Zhao Yuanzheng was

know your own.

He is not the kind of person who will call old friends to maintain the relationship every now and then.

Feelings may fade away due to a long period of no contact, so we need to keep in touch frequently, but he and Zhao Yuanzheng are really **** buddies, and there is no need for this at all.

Louis made this call to let him be prepared, so that he would not understand it then and cause misunderstandings. After one pass in the draft, the Celtics' roster has reached 13 players, leaving only 2 spots.

Since there are no stars in the team and the new big names are rookies, the Celtics still have about $10 million in room to spare.

Isiah Thomas hopes that the team will free up a little more salary to pursue the biggest fish in this year's free market-Chris Webber.

This is purely a problem of thinking.

How much do you have to drink before you think of pursuing Weber?

Which star player would want to come to Boston besides Karl Malone, a **** who has been hanging out with Mormons in Utah for a long time and caused his brain to get watery?

If you want money but you don't have money, if you want commercial potential but you don't have commercial potential, if you want results you are still a rebuilding team, the devil is here.

However, Louis also paid attention to Thomas' feelings, so he gave Dumars the following instructions: "Contact Weber's agent and say that we are interested in Weber, well, we are willing to offer a seven-year $100 million contract, yes, Said we're going to have him win a championship in five years, and that's it."

According to Dumars' feedback, Webber's agent didn't even hear him finish saying that his employer couldn't play in Boston.

Upon receiving the news, Louis said with a sad face: "Go and tell Isiah that we have tried everything we can, but Chris Weber is so ignorant of the bastard!"

Dumas was expressionless: "What else?"

"Say I'm angry, the consequences will be serious!" Louie clenched his fists and said, "We're going to win the championship before that dog***!"

Dumars had a question: "Chris Webber certainly doesn't have the ability to lead the team to win the championship, but what if he emulates Danny Manning?"

"Can a champion who is obtained by hugging his thighs be called a champion? This kind of water crown that is not pure enough has at most 30% of the gold content of a pure champion!"

Dumars' face darkened. His four championships were all obtained by hugging his thighs.

Louis guessed what Dumars was thinking, and immediately comforted him: "JD, you are different, take a hundred million steps back and say that even if your four championships were all traded for your thighs, according to my conclusion, a thigh-hugging A pure champion with a water crown value of 30%, you have four crowns in one, no matter what, you have the weight of a pure champion. This is not something that dog like Weber can have. What do you say?

Dumas replied with a sinking face, "I say the president is wise!"

"Go tell Isiah," Louie said. "Tell him to be strong."

After sloppily presiding over the failure of Webber's recruiting efforts, Louie handed over the offseason signing task to Dumars and told him to ask Thomas for advice before signing players.

Louis didn't have many requirements. No matter who he wanted to sign, he would not give long-term contracts, but only short-term contracts.

Luncheon party.

Louie attended Reid Auerbach's event with his own vice president, Chris Wallace, on Tuesday.

At the meeting, Wallace shared a piece of good news.

Louie's purchase of shares in the Celtics has been approved by the NBA Board of Directors.

Selling an NBA team is easy, but buying one is much harder.

It's not something you can do with money.

Rich people have their own circles, UU Reading www. uukanshu.comNBA bosses are theoretically in the same circle. If a new boss wants to join, this person must be well-connected in most people's circles to be allowed.

The bosses of each team basically know Louie.

Over the years, Louis and Stern have jointly promoted the commercialization of professional basketball, and it can be said that all teams have gained a lot of money.

This invisible network of relationships will always come out when Louie needs it.

play a huge role.

Passing the assessment at the board of directors means that Louis can acquire shares in NBA teams as long as he has money. Auerbach cared more about another thing than this kind of copper-stinking thing: "Why did you choose so many international players in this year's draft?"

Why else? Because they are excellent.

To this kind of old man who is out of touch with the times, Louis has only one nonsense to offer: "Because I want to choose." This sentence directly silenced Auerbach for half a minute.

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