936 In the draft, who will Brownie end up with?
When Thomas was making intensive arrangements to cheat.
On the other side, the NBA draft is also going on.
Since the Kings have the best record in the league this year, their draft pick is at the bottom.
Naturally, the Kings will not be able to get the people who have attracted much attention this year, those young people with extremely high talents.
However, in addition to those young people with extremely high talents, there is another young person who although his talent is not very good, his attention is not low at all.
He is James' eldest son, Bronny James.
In fact, Brownie's talent is not too high.
In the latest prediction, his draft pick can only be ranked between 27th and 30th.
It was only because of his recent performance that he barely climbed into the first round from the second round.
But in the middle of last season, James once said: In the last year of my career, I just want to be with Bronny. I will go wherever he goes.
In other words, whichever team selects Bronny is likely to attract James to join.
After James' contract with the Lakers ended, he only extended it for one year last year.
So now James has become a free man.
He can go to whichever team he wants, and nothing can limit or constrain him.
Although he is already in the twilight of his career, there are still many teams in the league vying for him.
After all, James' strength lies not only on the court, but also in his commercial value.
Even if he doesn't play, just by standing on the sidelines, green dollars will flow into the pockets of the team owners.
It's just that no one knows whether next season will be James' last season.
If the teams at the top of the draft select Bronny, but James says that this is not his last season and therefore does not go to their team, then these teams will suffer a big loss.
You know, these teams are failing every year, aren't they just trying to get the No. 1 pick?
And Brownie's talent is really not worthy of the No. 1 pick.
So the teams at the top of the draft are hesitant.
In the past two years, the Kings have also obtained a first-round draft pick with the seventh overall pick through transactions.
When the boss and general manager communicated, they both believed that they were very hopeful of signing Brownie.
Although Wang Yi can lead the team to win the championship with a single core, if James can be brought over, it will not only increase the chance of three consecutive championships, but also the commercial value of James and Wang Yi will be added up, and the Kings will make a lot of money.
Therefore, Divac, the general manager of the Kings, has been negotiating with the general managers of the previous teams, hoping that they will not choose Bronny.
The teams in front are the Rockets, Timberwolves, Cavaliers, Magic, Pistons and Pacers.
During the communication, the general managers of these teams stated that they would not draft Bronny.
After all, there were several very talented young people before Brownie.
Of course, the words of NBA general managers cannot be trusted.
The previous sentence said that if a certain player is not traded, the player may be traded to another team in the next second.
So Divac had to be prepared.
If the previous team really selects Bronny, Divac will have to prepare something to trade Bronny over.
Of course, for the teams behind the Kings, it is difficult for them to select talented young people, so they also want to get Bronny.
They also talked to Divac.
Divac's response was: "Of course, we won't draft Bronny, his talent is too ordinary."
At the same time, the general managers of these teams are also trying their best to find out about James and ask people around him if this is James' last season.
But the answers they got were ambiguous.
This makes it difficult for the general managers of these teams.
In the end, the teams with the top six picks in the draft decided to give up on this big gamble.
If they sign Bronny, they will lose a young man with more potential, and they may not be able to attract James.
To take a step back, even if James is attracted, at his current age, James will retire after playing only one or two seasons at most.
And it is certain that James' contract amount will be very large, which will reduce the team's operating space.
Then the probability that they want to rise through the draft will be greatly reduced.
On the contrary, if you select a young man with potential, perhaps after this young man realizes his talent, he may be able to keep the team competitive in the next few years or even 10 years.
Even if competitiveness cannot be guaranteed, he is still just a rookie, and the rookie contract is only one to two million US dollars at most.
It doesn't take up much operating space for the team at all.
Therefore, it is not worthwhile to bet on the team's future for one or two seasons.
So on June 19, the day of the draft.
None of the top six teams in the draft drafted Bronny.
For the Kings, Divac also communicated with the boss.
What Divac meant was to be on the safe side and not choose the brownie.
The boss also sought the opinions of several professionals, and they all felt that Britney could not be chosen.
Because Bronny was selected, if James comes, the team's operating space will be very limited.
And even if you choose Bronny, you may not be able to attract James.
The most important thing is that the Kings are in very good shape now. If James comes again, who will be the boss of the team?
James has been the boss of the team since the beginning of his career. Is he willing to be the underdog for others?
Wang Yi has led the team to two consecutive championships and is the well-deserved boss of the team. Is he willing to give up his position as boss?
If two people fight among themselves over the position of team leader, it will be harmful to the team but not beneficial.
The boss and Divac asked Wang Yi for his opinion again.
Wang Yi is determined to win the position of boss.
If it were in the past, he might take the initiative to give up his position as boss.
But now, he has the qualifications and the ability to be the boss.
At the same time, Wang Yi also represents China.
He wants to prove that Chinese people can not only play in the NBA, but can also be the well-deserved boss of the NBA team.
so.
No matter who comes, this is my territory.
Wang Yi is also very direct.
I called James directly.
In fact, the free market has not yet opened.
Players cannot casually discuss each other's contracts and signing intentions.
But basically all NBA players actually have their intentions before the free market opens, and have even discussed it with players from other teams.
As long as NBA officials do not directly seize their evidence, they cannot use this rule to restrict them.
For example, after a certain game, the players had a meal in private, and one player hooked up with another player to start two games.
Chapter completed!