I am so Accurate

A basic salary, a starter.

This is not grocery shopping, nor is it gathering numbers.

Although Kupchak told Kobe before that the Lakers plan to rebuild next season.

But in fact, Kobe would not believe that.

Without rebuilding, it will definitely not work to just find someone to play the starting power forward.

"Has Carl not officially announced his retirement yet?"

Kupchak's first thought was Karl Malone.

Malone suffered from injuries and internal friction last season, and his performance...was actually very good.

You may not believe it when you say it, but Malone was still the third leader of the Lakers last season, and he was the lubricant between the series of OK combinations.

And his personal state is also very good, shooting 48.3%, which is the best in the past three seasons.

If he is not injured in the finals, the Pistons really can't sweep the Lakers.

However, after experiencing what happened on and off the court last season, Malone has been disheartened.

Including him before, he has already told Kupchak that he will not implement the contract for next season.

But the good news is that Malone has not officially announced his retirement, and Kupchak still has room to fight.

But the premise is that he has to make Malone feel that the Lakers have enough strength to win the championship.

This matter is completely different from what Kobe did before. It can't be done with a single sentence.

Just as he was thinking, his assistant came in and reported on the team's summer league.

The NBA free market and summer league are carried out simultaneously.

Especially in this era, the freeze period is long, and basically the freeze period has not yet ended, and the summer league has already been played.

The Lakers performed well in the summer league, reaching the finals in Long Beach.

Among them, Ariza's performance is even better, averaging 12.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.1 steals and 1.6 blocks per game.

Kupchak was delighted to hear the news.

In the previous trade, the Lakers sent out Devin George in order to keep Ariza, and now it seems that it is not a loss.

The assistant chatted with Kupchak a few more words, and the two naturally talked about free agents.

"I think we can try to ask Sun for his opinion."

At this moment, the assistant suddenly spoke.

Kupchak was taken aback when he heard this, it was obviously Sun Hao who could be called "Sun".

It's just that Sun Hao is a player, he doesn't know why the assistant suddenly said that.

"I heard people say that after Michael had a drink with someone outside, he said that it was Sun's opinion that he chose Yao at the beginning. Mill Nelson."

After hearing this, Kupchak had an expression of enlightenment.

He just said it! How come Jordan will change so much before and after his comeback when he is also the president of operations.

It turned out to be the reason.

Moreover, Jordan has always liked to brag, and the credibility of saying these words after drinking is very high.

Although I don't know why Sun Hao has such a look, it seems that there is nothing wrong with asking.

And speaking of it, because Sun Hao returned to China after the transaction was completed, and he was busy with other things in the free market, he hadn't had time to contact Sun Hao.

It just so happened that this was an opportunity.

...

Sun Hao is training with his teammates in the national team.

Although he was the latest one to join the team, this national team has not changed much compared with the lineup of the World Championships two years ago, and he has integrated quickly.

And the morale of this team has never been higher.

All of this has to do with what happened in Athens before.

After September 11th, international terrorist activities were rampant, especially on a big stage like the Olympic Games, where the danger was even greater.

In 2000, Sydney's security investment was 200 million yuan, and this year Athens invested 1.5 billion yuan.

But even so, there have been several bombings in Athens before.

The direct impact of this is panic, and many athletes have given up the Olympics because of safety issues.

This includes many stars of the US men's basketball team.

McGrady, who represented the US team in the Copa America and was the team's top scorer, did not go.

O'Neal, Kobe, and Ray Allen also all withdrew.

The Chinese team will not be affected by this kind of thing, and the strength of the team members that Sun Hao analyzed before has become stronger.

One ebbs and another, which also makes the Chinese men's basketball team's desire to win the championship even stronger!

After the training, Sun Hao chatted with Wang Zhizhi while wiping his sweat in the locker room.

Just earlier today, the Suns just announced that they had reached a 5-year 70 million contract with Steve Nash.

Going to Phoenix with Nash is also the Warriors' former chief assistant Mike D'Antoni, who will become the new head coach of the Suns.

This is a typical example of "there is no place to stay here, but there is a place to stay."

Although Sun Hao's appearance caused Nash to be traded to the Warriors, the Suns in history still appeared.

And D'Antoni and Nash have proven themselves in the Warriors, which appears to be more reasonable than in history.

It's just that if this happens, Wang Zhizhi, who is used to playing next to Nash, will be a little embarrassed.

He still has a one-year contract with the Warriors, and what to do after the game is a question.

When Sun Hao chatted with him, it was naturally about joining.

Although he is in China, he is actually paying attention to the signings of the Lakers.

After all, the current Lakers feel a bit like the "Five Heroes of Los Angeles" and are really short of people.

Wang Zhizhi's space-type insider is very suitable to play with O'Neal as a partner.

It may be a bit difficult to play as a starter, but it is definitely enough to play as a substitute.

While chatting, Sun Hao's cell phone rang.

It was a message from Nelson Jr., saying that Kupchak had asked for his phone number and would contact him later.

Sure enough, after a while, there was a long-distance call from a stranger.

Sun Hao picked up his phone and went outside the locker room.

"Sun, I'm Mickey. I'm really sorry. I've been busy with the free market recently and forgot to contact you first. Now, on behalf of the Lakers, I warmly welcome you to join. How is your training with the Chinese national team going?"

Kupchak is quite good at chatting, a wave of apologies and concern, shortening the distance with Sun Hao in one fell swoop.

After chatting for a while, Kupchak also expressed his intention for coming.

"I want to hear your opinion on the reinforcement of the team."

After Sun Hao heard it, he was silent for a while, this came...a bit suddenly.

Fortunately, Kupchak was quick to explain why.

Jordan...

After listening to it, Sun Hao couldn't help feeling that drinking was really a mistake.

But since Kupchak asked here, it is also an opportunity.

In fact, he was worried that he would not have the opportunity to use his "eyes of heaven" as a traveler, so this call was a surprise.

"I think we should give priority to replenishing strong strikers."

Sun Hao expressed his thoughts.

His thinking is somewhat different from Kupchak's.

Kupchak picks the shooter first, so the outside line will be given priority.

After all, there are very few inside shooters, and some of them are basically the kind of big white soft, which does not meet the requirements of the Lakers.

But what Sun Hao thought was from O'Neill's point of view.

Including that he will recruit Wang Zhizhi to go to the Lakers later, this is also the idea.

O'Neal is 32 years old. He joined the Heat this year in history, and then began to enter a stage of frequent injuries and declining strength.

This has a lot to do with Pat Riley's over-training, but in fact, an unavoidable problem is that O'Neal has indeed begun to go downhill.

In other words, if the Lakers want O'Neal to maintain his previous dominance, he must appropriately reduce his playing time in the regular season.

In addition, it is to reduce O'Neal's loss in the regular season.

In other words, he must be equipped with a strong enough inside line.

It can be played with O'Neal as a starter, or as a substitute for O'Neal on the bench.

Otherwise, it is still the old Horry, or the long-term insider partner like the old Malone, then O'Neal will not be less affected.

So based on this, Sun Hao's idea is to use the special case of the middle class for the inside line.

And he also has a suitable candidate.

Mehmet Okur.

Because Wallace has renewed his contract with the Pistons, Okur has little hope of staying with the Pistons.

In this year in history, he went directly to the Jazz with a 6-year 50 million contract.

It is not easy for the Lakers to sign him, but it is not impossible.

For example, first sign a 1+1 middle class special case with player options, and then offer a long-term contract next year.

Of course, this means that Okur has to take some risks.

Whether it can be signed depends on Kupchak's personal negotiating ability.

Of course, besides Okur, Sun Hao also gave an alternative, Hill Turkoglu.

This forward swingman who entered the NBA in the same year as Sun Hao, his career in the first four years can be described as adrift.

Especially his performance in the Spurs career was very bleak.

In this year in history, he joined the Magic with a 6-year 38 million contract.

The Lakers' hopes of winning him are even higher than Okur's.

Of course, like Okur, this also needs to be fought for by Kupchak.

As for Brent Barry, who was originally wanted, it is not necessary for the Lakers.

"We still have Trevor."

Sun Hao's answer surprised Kupchak.

Although the front assistant just told him that Ariza performed well in the summer league, does this mean that Ariza can directly play the starting small forward?

"Ariza and Varejao are both my suggestion to Tang."

Sun Hao didn't hide it either.

Kupchak suddenly realized after listening.

Indeed, as Sun Hao guessed before, the Lakers will intercept Hu Ariza in this year's draft, and they know the Mavericks' choice through their own internal information.

After all, Josh Howard and Daniels, who the Mavericks drafted last year, performed very well.

Combined with those words of Jordan after drinking, it just happened to be right.

"But he is a rookie after all, and this guy is bad at three-pointers."

Kupchak still has his doubts.

"Don't worry, he can do it."

Finley's scoring ability is strong enough, and he has the ability to open up space, so what the Lakers need on the outside is actually a defender.

And this is exactly what Ariza, who has excellent wingspan and physical fitness, is good at.

As for the three-pointer or something, this thing can be practiced.

Although Ariza was called "Tie Zha" by fans in history, his three-point level at his peak was also very high in the league.

When listing the league's top 3D players in the future, he has always been among them.

"Also, we can sign another Barry."

Sun Hao then added.

The other Barry he was talking about was Brent Barry's brother Joan Barry.

Joan Barry is worse than his younger brother in terms of strength and reputation, but there is only one thing, the three-pointer is also extremely accurate.

In his two most accurate seasons, the 1995-96 season, his shooting percentage was 47.3%. At that time, he didn't shoot too much, averaging only 1.4 shots per game.

Then came the 01-02 season, with a shooting percentage of 46.9%. At that time, he was already averaging 3.1 shots per game!

Sun Hao was very impressed with him because he went to the Houston team this year in history, and then became the most reliable outside shooter next to Yao Ming.

Because of age and physical fitness, it is definitely not enough to start, but being a backup shooting guard is not a problem at all.

"What do you think of Karl Malone?"

Sun Hao helped Kupchak open another way of thinking, but he still did not forget to ask Ma Long.

"If he wants to keep playing, that's absolutely fine."

As an opponent on the field, Sun Hao still recognized Ma Long's strength.

If Malone is willing to continue playing with the Lakers for another year, that would definitely be a good thing.

He even felt that it was not a small possibility that Kupchak would persuade Malone to come back.

After all, the biggest reason why Malone retired in history was because of the conflict with Kobe.

Now that Kobe is gone, Malone's choice is likely to change.

"I think you could even try to get Horry back."

Sun Hao then suggested.

In the season before leaving the Lakers, Horry's performance can be described as horrible.

But as he said before, the state of the player does not represent the strength of the player.

After Horry arrived at the Spurs, he regained his form.

In this year in history, Horry even scored 21 points in the half of the playoffs, helping the Spurs win the championship.

Okur, Turkoglu, Malone, and Horry, two of these four can be recruited, and the Lakers will actually have enough inside for next season.

After Kupchak hung up the phone, he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

Sun Hao is very good at being the general manager.

This can be regarded as a "surprise surprise" that the Lakers traded this summer.

It seems that if there is a chance in the future, he will have to communicate with Sun Hao more in this regard.

...

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully unlocking the badge 'Emperor's Wrath'."

Emperor's Wrath: Increase the voice of the host and the management when negotiating.

Sun Hao was a little confused after hanging up the phone.

This badge, um, is the one he has always wanted, a badge to increase his voice in the management.

It's just a name... There seems to be nothing wrong with it.

He is the little emperor, and this emperor's wrath is quite appropriate.

It's just a bit of a surprise how the badge was obtained.

The previous badges, even the non-upgradeable badges, were obtained through his efforts to win the honor of MVP of the All-Star Game.

But this time, it was because of a phone call with Kupchak.

Really answered that sentence.

People sit at home, badges fall from the sky!

ps: Let's add another chapter today, because of the family affairs, I am very sorry.