Updated: 2013-04-07

Before waiting for the next round of warm-up matches, Stephen received a draft pick trading plan from Presti. The New York Knicks were eager to get out of the luxury tax space, so they were very urgent about the expiration contract. In addition, they had no expectations for this year's draft, so they did not open their mouths and demanded too high returns.

The newly appointed Walsh also wants to make a certain relationship with the Seattle Supersonics so that they can trade in the future. The two teams are divided into east and west, which is just suitable for a long-term relationship. Moreover, he and Presti are both new to a team, and they can communicate with each other in many things.

The New York Knicks gave the fifth pick in the first round of this year, plus two players whose contracts Jerome James and Jared Jeffries did not expire in 10 years, in exchange for the expiration contract worth 12 million from the Seattle Supersonics and a second-round pick this year.

Draft picks are worthless, and the salaries of both players are roughly equal. It’s just that the Supersonics exchanged a second-round pick for a first-round fifth pick. The transactions are very equal and are in line with the league’s trading rules.

If Jerome James and Jared Jeffries continue to stay with the Knicks, the New York Knicks will have to pay at least nearly $50 million in two-year contracts, because their salary far exceeds the luxury tax incentive line, and each salary of one yuan is required to pay a one-yuan fine to the league.

If the two of them arrived at the Seattle Supersonics, the Seattle Supersonics only needed to pay two salaries. After accepting Szebiak's expiration contract, the Knicks only needed to pay 24 million this year, saving at least 24 million US dollars in expenditure, and Szebiak can also play a certain role on the court.

Of course, this is because the Knicks have too many garbage contracts, and there can only be one buyout player every season. It will take at least several years for them to get rid of the current garbage contract, and it will be the case when they have not paid a large contract in recent years.

The best way is to seek an expiration contract to exchange the long contract in your hands for a short contract, but only those who are willing to accept these contracts are teams with particularly sufficient salary space, and there are only a few such teams in the league, and not everyone is willing to trade with them.

In this trading plan, Jerome James is already a player who has basically lost his ability to play, but Jared Jeffries can still play a certain ability, just like a hawker who wants to sell goods that cannot be sold, he must take a pretty good item, buy one get one free, and the Knicks are such hawkers.

As for this first round No. 5 draw, it feels a bit useless for the Knicks. The ranking is not very high, and the two or three players who perform very well cannot choose, and the remaining players have nothing to like. Moreover, as lottery draws, the selected players must be signed, which will add millions of dollars to their own salary space.

So this deal is a good deal for the Knicks, and the same is true for the Supersonics. Since the league also has a minimum salary limit in addition to the salary cap, if the Supersonics do not sign some players this summer, their salary expenditure is even lower than the league's minimum salary standard, so it is very appropriate to use space to make some transactions.

Moreover, this No. 5 pick is worth at least several million dollars for the teams in need. The Knicks don’t have the players they like, but the Supersonics have it. Presti believes in his own draft gaze. When the Spurs were in the back, there were so many gains in the back pick, let alone the front.

Even if Jerome James is fine, he doesn't expect him to play any role. As for Jared Jeffries, Presti feels that he can still play a certain role in the Supersonics system, and Calesimo also recognizes Jeffries' ability, so he wants Jeffries as the leader.

Stephen highly recognized this trading plan. He didn't feel any regret for Szebiak's departure. In the last season's game, Szebiak's performance was very average, and there was nothing surprising. He left.

But if you choose Russell Westbrook with the No. 5 pick, what should Watson and Reedno do? They are already nervous enough to share the playing time. Although Deronti West left, there is another Russell Westbrook, and the playing time is still impossible to arrange.

Stephen always felt that he should send one of Watson or Ridno away first, and then find a substitute point guard. Later, after Bob Deng Huade explained, he realized that as a team, you cannot consider salary or playing time when operating. Why each team has a roster of fifteen people is to ensure that there are wealthy people in each position.

Especially in the position of point guard, it is better to make people richer than to let no one be available, especially in the long season, everything is possible, and both players in the same position are injured.

And who can guarantee that you can choose Russell Westbrook if you send Watson or Reedno away, or what if you choose, his performance is not satisfactory? If you look for players in this position, you may not be able to find the right one.

This year, the Supersonics have three second-round picks, and there is no problem with taking one out to trade it for the Knicks. There is no mandatory contract for the second-round pick. After you choose, you can never give the player a contract. You can wait until you want it, or trade with the team when they want it. Unlike lottery signs, players must be provided with a fixed amount of contract.

In addition to this fifth draw, the Supersonics also have a sixteenth draw traded from the Suns. In addition to this Russell Westbrook, Presti, after communicating with Caresimo and Stephen, the list of choices determined was Eric Gordon, Jason Thompson, Brandon Rush, Sergei Baka, Dante Green, and George Hill.

It is these people in the target. Starting from the first Eric Gordon, whoever can fall to this position will choose. The draft picks behind must do this, because no one knows who the team ahead of you will choose. If the player you like is selected, it will be too late to change the target temporarily.

This year is indeed not a good year for the draft. There are really no rookies that can make people shine, especially those rookies behind. Presti is not afraid of those players without shortcomings, but he is afraid of having no characteristics. But this year's rookies really don't have that that that can make people excited.

Stephen roughly looked at these players, and even the players who were not listed on the list also looked at them. Although each person has different opinions, the list that Presti brought out is still very desirable. No one of Stephen can be seen by other players.

There are no good talents in the draft, so I can only hope for trading. At this time, the general manager of any team is very busy. Presti also received a lot of trading intentions. It is impossible for Stephen to know all the intentions. Only the transaction he thinks are feasible will be told.

This is his power as the general manager of the team. He needs to be responsible to the team's boss, not to Stephen. However, just before the draft began, he called Stephen to ask if he needed to make adjustments to the plan.

Stephen looked at the trading plan and draft list again, and found no problems, so he told Presti that there was no problem. Then, with Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and a lot of people, they sat in front of the TV early, waiting for the draft to start, and still like the usual game, in the evening in the United States, it was the morning here.

"What big moves are your team doing today? Let me reveal them?" Before the draft began, everyone's chat time, especially Stephen and Yao Ming, both paid great attention to the movements of their teams. Although Yi Jianlian also paid attention to it, he did not have much say in the team. In fact, Yao Ming had never enjoyed the treatment of the general manager notified him, so Yao Ming asked Stephen with great concern.

"I can't say, what if you intercept it." Stephen shook his head. This kind of thing actually belongs to a commercial secret. No one can tell it before it happens, let alone competitors like Yao Ming.

"We are behind you, how can we intercept you? Just kidding, are you going to choose which one? Outside players are still inside players, so you can always talk about this." Yao Ming continued to ask unyieldingly. The Supersonics achieved such good results last season and must strengthen this season, but how to make up for it, from that position, it is hard to say. When I think of my team, Yao Ming feels sad. It must be a small-scale transaction. I don't know when Alexander will be generous.

"You don't know that our pick is so low, so we naturally have to prepare many goals, both inside and outside." Stephen didn't know that Yao Ming was so curious. This kind of thing should not be attractive to him. Other players of the national team, except for Wang Zhizhi, Li Nan and other veterans, young players are still very concerned about the draft. Even if they can't enter the league, they have such dreams.

"Hey, I seem to see an Asian player." At this time, the camera swept through the crowd of rookies who were running for the election. Suddenly, a yellow-skinned and dark-haired player flashed by, arousing the interest of many people. Sun Yue immediately screamed in surprise.

"That's Du Fei, who is also from the University of Southern California. He is my junior. He participated in the draft this year and may be selected in the second round." Stephen could see clearly at a glance. It was Du Fei sitting there, with him being coach Benjamin and his agent, and his parents did not come to the scene.

In fact, except for those players who are sure to enter the lottery or be selected, they rarely bring their parents to the scene. Du Fei also spoke to Stephen before coming. The team did not have any suitable goals in the second round pick. Even if the transaction was given to the Knicks, the Supersonics still had two, so Stephen told him with certainty that the team would choose him in the second round. Even if there was any accident, he would provide him with a contract to reassure him.
Chapter completed!