Chapter 267 266:96 The biggest variable in the draft is...

Author: Grove Street Brothers

Chapter 267 266:96 The biggest variable in the draft is actually.

Clifford Robinson was not secretive. He went to Shay's house in person and told Shay that the Knicks were willing to offer him 13 million a year and sign for three years!

How much did Robinson earn with the Lakers last season? 3.02 million.

You can easily imagine how much impact this offer had on him.

Just like a good young woman who works hard on an assembly line to earn 3,000 yuan a month, and hears that her best friend can earn 5,000 to 6,000 yuan a week as a waiter at a KTV, her world view will be completely washed away!

As long as Robinson signs the offer offered by the Knicks, he will earn 39 million in the next three years.

For comparison, in the past six years of his career, Robinson's total salary was only 10.48 million.

He can now make in one year what it took him six years to make!

Of course, Robinson also knows that the Lakers are the closest to victory. And if you ask him to answer, he will answer Shay without hesitation: "I loved it!"

If the Lakers can offer the same price as the Knicks, Robinson will not exclude the option of staying with the team.

But Logo Man did not relent. He said that the Lakers were only willing to pay Robinson 8 million a year at most.

To be honest, with Bass's urinary attitude, he is not stingy about offering big contracts to players.

And if this player is an important part of the championship, then they are more willing to spend money.

Anyway, there was no such thing as a luxury tax these days. Moreover, Bass was used to this tightrope walk.

When he first bought the Lakers, Buss's financial situation was actually very average. Even so, he still managed to run the team on the verge of bankruptcy.

Therefore, although Bass is not the richest among NBA team owners, he is indeed one of the most willing to spend money.

What's more, the old Bass promised to Shay on the night of his championship celebration: "No matter what, I will try my best to assist you in your three consecutive championship plans. Even if you are trying to sell iron, even if you are so miserable that you can only eat fruit plate for 27 days a month, I will not hesitate."

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Therefore, Bass also wanted to offer 13 million to keep Robinson at first.

In order to keep the championship lineup, you can spend some money on this kind of thing!

But the Logo Man stopped Old Bus, who was so moved that he burst into tears. These days, it is really rare to have a general manager who can help you save money.

As a result, the logo said: "If you are really willing to spend the money, add more, and we can get a better one!"

Old Bass:???

Sure enough, there are no conscientious general managers in this world!

When it comes to shopping, the general manager always has three words: "Add more!"

This summer, the free agent market is very exciting.

Mutombo, Reggie Miller, O'Neal, Payton, Juwan Howard, Olajuwon, Mourning, Alan Houston, Stockton.

The value of the free agent market is quite explosive if you look at history.

Moreover, the Lakers' salary space is actually quite healthy.

Although the Lakers had the highest salary space among all teams last season, that was because Shea alone accounted for 30 million.

But other than Shea, the Lakers no longer have a big contract.

In addition, Shea signed a 1+1 player option with the Lakers last season, which means that after Shea opts out of his contract this summer, the Lakers still have room for reinforcement!

After the reinforcements are completed, and then use the bird rights to renew Shay's contract, the problem can be solved once and for all!

The only disadvantage of this method is that it costs a lot of money!

That is to say, the rules in this era were imperfect, which gave the Lakers an opportunity.

Shea knows that the next collective bargaining agreement will stipulate that if the team wants to retain the player's bird rights after the player breaks out of the contract, it will have to take up salary space.

You either really let him go, or you have to take up cap space before re-signing.

Bird power is for you to retain people, not for you to take advantage of loopholes to strengthen!

But at least now, the operation envisioned by Logo Man is completely possible!

With such a rich free agent market and such favorable rules, can Logo not take advantage of it?

Then we have to ask Old Bass to increase the money!

Therefore, Logo rejected Robinson's asking price.

I have 13 million, why don’t I take a look at Mourning, a look at Reggie Miller, or even a look at that deep-sea shark?

Logo also gave Shea a break in advance, telling Shea that the team gave up Robinson not because they didn't want to spend money, but for better reinforcements, and told Shea not to think too much.

So Robinson came to see Shay today, and Shay's mood has been very calm.

Seeing that the value of his old friend who has been with him for many years has skyrocketed, Shay is actually quite happy.

He also understands the choice of players like Robinson.

To put it bluntly, the Lakers have really won three consecutive championships, and people will not think Robinson is so cool ten or twenty years later. Role players, no matter how many championships they win, are still just supporting roles.

The Australian giant Langley won three championships with the Bulls in history, but what was the result? When his junior compatriot Goute mentioned him, he only said contemptuously: "Don't compare me and him on the same level, that is a shame.

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In the original history, Harper won three championships with the Bulls and two more with the Lakers.

But who would think he is the strongest point guard?

Compared with honor, actual Dogecoin is more important to role players.

Shay understands this kind of thing very well, and he doesn't want to force his good teammates to take a salary cut because of his championship plan.

Moreover, Shay always trusts Logo Man.

He believed that West would not let Robinson leave in vain.

In this way, Shea expressed his understanding of Robinson's choice, and Robinson stayed with Shea until the evening to reminisce.

Then Shea invited Robinson to have dinner at home and watched the 1996 draft together, which would later be known as the golden generation!

Shay is very interested in this year's draft.

He is very curious about what changes will happen if the 1996 generation is re-elected.

I don’t know what kind of changes happened, but AI once again became the top pick in the 1996 NBA draft.

In terms of pure talent, the one most likely to become the No. 1 pick is Massachusetts' Marcus Camby, who is 2.11 meters tall and has a wingspan of 2.29 meters.

The most important attribute of a man, he has reached the maximum level.

His athletic ability is explosive and he is extremely dominant on both offense and defense. He is known as the best big man in the NCAA besides Duncan. Moreover, he was the winner of the John Wooden Award in 1996.

In this era when teams love centers, no one will give up on such a unique talent.

But the 76ers just gave up. First, they already had the equally talented Kevin. They took a detour to Garnett and didn't need more senior players.

Second, Camby is so talented, but in the game against Georgetown University, he was still miserably guarded by the Chinese bus. His physical fitness is good, but his skills are not top-notch even in the NCAA.

Third, that guy who is 1.83 meters tall once easily dunked Camby, the giant inside player, in a game!

Apart from his height, Iverson has all the advantages!

The scouting report also fully illustrates this. Iverson has speed, vision, breakthrough, inexhaustible physical fitness, and defense.

Yes, AI's defense in college was quite terrifying. With Georgetown University's rough style of play, John Thompson asked AI to mark the opponent's top perimeter player in every game, and he was able to limit the opponent every time.

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For example, in the game against Junzi Lei, another top university guard, AI limited Lei Zi, who averaged 23.3 points per game, to only 17 points, and his shooting rate was less than 40%.

In the scouting report, there is only one shortcoming of AI: "shooting is not stable yet."

However, the scouting report also said: "Even Shay can practice shooting, why can't AI?"

Shay:.

The AI ​​template given in the final scouting report is the Smiling Assassin.

Who is the Smiling Assassin? He was the man who once smashed his guns and helped the Pistons win two consecutive championships.

As strong as Ma Ji, Jordan and Shay, they only have two consecutive championships.

Therefore, this template can be regarded as a very high praise for AI.

The 76ers hesitated for a while between AI and Marbury. Finally, when Stern came on stage to announce the result, Shea still heard Iverson's name.

Not to mention his impressive talent, the 76ers believe that AI's style of play will greatly stimulate the Philadelphia market.

AI and KG, I don’t know what kind of spark they will ignite in Philadelphia.

Iverson was very excited. When he came off the stage for an interview, he said that he was most grateful to two men. One was like a father and the other was like a brother:

"Coach Thompson and Shea, without them I wouldn't be where I am now."

Reporters guessed that his father may be Thompson and his brother may be Shay.
To be continued...