The Godfather of Basketball

The Suns gave the first round to the Nets. There is only one second round in this year's draft. They are not opposed to getting another second round. You must know that they were only close to making the playoffs last season, and this year the lineup will increase. Talented, has a good chance of making the playoffs.

In other words, their second round next year isn't worth much.

After the deal was concluded, Tang Tian was not idle, and asked Jones to go directly to the Warriors to buy the 60th overall pick.

This year, there was a loss in the draft that gave him some ideas, but now that the team has a complete lineup, he may not be able to sign, and he just has the idea of ​​​​taking it one step at a time.

The second round of the draft went quickly, but the more interesting scene was that many undrafted picks were looking towards the second floor.

In the past few years, Tang Tian would come to the scene to "fortunately" some undrafted picks, and they looked forward to being the lucky ones in the new year.

It's just that they waited until the draft was almost over, and they didn't wait for Tang Tian to come out.

"The 30th pick in the second round of the NBA in 2016, the New York Brooklyn Nets chose TJ McConaughey, and the 1.88-meter point guard came from the University of Arizona."

McConaughey was on the scene. When he heard that he was selected at the last moment, the guy jumped up excitedly and trotted onto the stage.

It's interesting to say that when he came down, Jefferson, who was in the press area, turned back to congratulate him. Both of them were starters at the University of Arizona.

Tang Tian brought back 3 rookies at once, and this draft is still full of rewards.

The only regret is that Joe Johnson did not get a good offer from the beginning to the end, which also made Tang Tian a little anxious.

There are only 4 days left before the opening of the free agency market, which is not good news.

This year's free agent market, LeBron James, Kevin Love, Kawhi Leonard, Wade, Marc Gasol, Jordan Jr., Aldridge, Jimmy Butler, Millsap, Brook Lopez and others are among the big fish, and there are many high-quality role players such as Dragic, Draymond Green, and Danny Green.

If Tang Tian can't clear up the space as soon as possible, he will have less choice in the free market, and his A/B/C plan will be ruined one after another.

"Let's increase the stakes. This must be done before the door of the free market opens." Tang Tian couldn't sit still, and gave Jones a new order directly.

Jones began contacting teams with previous interest.

Soon, there was a new reply, but this reply made people feel dizzy.

After the negotiations, the Kings were the only team willing to accept Joe Johnson's contract and not give away a junk contract, but the bargaining chips they asked for were a bit unacceptable.

They want Bogdan Bogdanovic.

Bogdan averaged 11.7 points, 2.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists in the regular season last season with a shooting rate of 44%. In the playoffs, this data increased to 12.6 points, 2.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists, and his shooting rate exceeded 47%. He is a young player of the Nets. The player who is second only to Jokic in performance.

In other words, judging from Bogdan's performance in the regular season and playoffs last season, his future is bright.

The asking price of the Kings is really not low at all.

But this was the only team that met Tang Tian's requirements.

If other teams are interested, they either have no space or have to send junk contracts to match the space. Only the Kings are interested and have space. After all, Johnson’s contract in the last year is more than 24 million, which is higher than the maximum salary of most players. are even higher.

"Agreed." Although he was a bit reluctant, he had to take this step if he had the chance. If he didn't take it, he would have to wait for another year, and the Nets couldn't afford it.

I can't bear the fact that the child can't catch the wolf!

And also a shooting guard, Devin Booker is obviously more valuable to cultivate than Bogdan.

It is also difficult to train two people at the same time. If you choose to trade and take one of them, this kind of trouble is gone.

Tang Tian agreed, and the negotiation over there was quickly concluded.

Before the free market, the league also officially announced the deal.

The Nets sent Joe Johnson and Bogdan Bogdanovic to the Kings for Andre Miller, whose final year contract is fully non-guaranteed.

The Nets waived Miller after the deal, and they also got a trade exception worth about $20 million in the deal.

After completing this deal, the Nets also got more than $30 million in salary space, which makes them absolutely competitive in the free market.

In other words, if free agents are willing to come, they can sign any free agent, including LeBron James.

At this time, Tang Tian began to list his A/B/C plan.

The current lineup of the Nets.

Point guards: Deron, Livingston, Tyler Johnson, TJ McConaughey

Shooting Guard: Devin Booker, McGrady

Small forwards: Bojan Bogdanovic, Jonathan Simmons, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson

big front :/

Center: Jokic, Pralim

With the addition of Yi Jianlian and Will Barton, who are determined to renew their contracts, the lineup will reach 12 people. The guards and strikers are basically enough, and what is lacking is the inside.

But after clearing Joe Johnson's contract, Tang Tian obviously won't be satisfied with the lineup in front of him.

An All-Star player is a must.

Kawhi Leonard is Tang Tian's Plan A. Although it seems difficult, everything needs to be tried.

Jimmy Butler is Plan B. This former disciple has improved a lot on the offensive end in the past two years and has grown into an All-Star player.

Millsap and Wade are plan C. If the previous ones fail, then he can only settle for the next best thing.

However, whether it is plan A or plan B/C, Tang Tian's goal is to do a lot in the free market, and reinforcement is a must.

The core lineup of last season is maintained, as long as any one of them is signed, the Nets have the opportunity to go further.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, July 1st is the official opening of the free agent market.

Immediately after opening, Tang Tian got on the plane to San Antonio.

The Spurs players all have the attribute of staying in the team. If he wants to try Plan A, he must communicate with Leonard before that.

Before getting on the plane, he had put Jones in touch with Leonard's team, and he would get a one-on-one.

Whether he can finally win the former FMVP depends on how much strength Tang Tian's eloquence can display.

Leonard lives in an ordinary apartment. Although he has gradually grown into the core of the Spurs, he, like his predecessor Duncan, has a relatively low-key private life.

Although he knew in advance that Tang Tian would visit, he still seemed a little strange.

In fact, if it wasn't for Tang Tian's visit, he would have directly signed a five-year maximum salary contract with the Spurs.

In other words, he didn't have any expectations for this conversation, it was right to give Tang Tian a face.

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