Chapter 219 The number one scholar is in hand, and the staff is full(1/2)
"Kaome, long time no see, don't be fine."
"He Li, I will cause trouble for you in the future. I hope you won't think I'm clumsy."
"Kaome, we are brothers, and from now on we will fight side by side, so there is no trouble.
Jeff, get in the car first, put your luggage in the trunk, and leave.
By the way, have Kwamei found her house? His family has moved here too?"
He Li personally drove to General Mitchell International Airport to pick up and drop off Kwame Brown and Jeff Austin.
After Jeff Austin's unremitting efforts and He Li's assist, Kwame Brown switched to Jeff Austin's subsidiary. In other words, Kwame Brown is also working for He Li.
As for why Kwame Brown took a plane to Milwaukee today?
This is because, not long ago, the Bucks and the Wizards completed a deal.
That's right, from now on, Kwame Brown is the Bucks player, and the buyer who took Anthony Mason away is the Wizards.
In fact, a middle-class forward veteran like Anthony Mason who just won the championship last season has a good deal value.
Even if the Bucks are the defending champions, other teams that want to compete for the championship and strive for the Eastern Conference playoffs do not want to be cheaper.
But players with trading value still need to trade the transaction.
There are quite a few teams pursuing Anthony Mason, with teams from both sides of the east and west, among which the Eastern teams pursue Anthony Mason more, which seems to weaken some of the Bucks' strength.
For example, the Eastern Conference playoff teams such as the Celtics, Magic, and Nets have pursued Anthony Mason.
In addition, the Heat have also asked about the price of the Cavaliers, which have already started to play badly, but they don’t have enough chips.
In the end, the Wizards' price was more conscientious, and the Wizards did have what the Bucks wanted, so the two sides made this best-of-two-world deal.
The Wizards changed a lot during the offseason.
Before the new season began, Jordan had a vague news that he would retire again after playing next season.
The Wizards management is not to be outdone and trades potential stocks like Hamilton and trades Jordan's successor Jerry Starkhouse.
Jerry Starkhouse is already the boss of the team at the Pistons!
Although this time, Jerry Starkhouse was traded to the Wizards, as the player with the largest contract and the highest personal status and ability, after receiving the support of the Wizards' management, he naturally became the new boss of the Wizards.
In order to help Jerry Starkhouse get Jordan into a substitute.
In addition, various parties have traded, signed players, and put together a lot of combat power. I hope to make the playoffs and see how Jordan will perform in the playoffs.
With Jordan signing a basic salary, the total salary has reached the level of paying luxury tax.
In other teams' words, it's to play the Wizards and get a Michael Jordan.
The Wizards boss was also very ashamed and angry when he heard this news.
To be honest, if the team is paying luxury tax and having one more Jordan, and they are unable to enter the playoffs, then what is the difference between management and pigs?
No, if you raise a pig, you can still slaughter the meat. If the management kills it, there is no drop of oil or water.
After the Wizards boss was incompetent and furious, the Wizards management also understood that the boss was not just a joke.
If you can’t make a difference in the offseason, then you will be successful if you don’t succeed next season! Either you enter the playoffs or go out together!
So, no matter what, the Wizards will rush into the Eastern Conference playoffs next season.
It was in this situation of back-to-back battle that the Wizards replaced Kwame Brown's No. 1 pick last season with chips.
Logically speaking, if the No. 1 pick is still the No. 1 pick! In any case, it is better to be an ordinary first-round pick.
As for inside players, it takes a lot of time to train them. Usually, insiders can be trained for two or three seasons to play. That is normal.
It’s a pity that the Wizards don’t have that much patience. The boss is out of patience, so the management naturally doesn’t have patience.
As the saying goes, it’s not a puppy to sell his land.
In order to exchange the Wizards for the immediate combat power, when the Wizards made this deal, they gave not only Kwame Brown, but also two rookies, Juan Dickson and Bobby Simmons.
Juan Dixon is a member of the NCAA championship this year, the University of Maryland's school history scorer, and helped the University of Maryland win the first NCAA trophy in school history.
However, due to his average physical fitness, the Wizards won the 17th pick in the first round at this year's draft.
It is said that Jordan is optimistic about this promising genius point guard.
Then the Wizards management traded Juan Dixon to the Bucks.
As for Bobby Simmons, it was the Bucks' request that they took the initiative.
In fact, the Bucks wanted Tyron Lu at the beginning, yes, He Li wanted it.
When he was a player, Coach Lu was well aware of the basketball philosophy of handing over the ball to the team's best player.
As a man who has followed O'Neal, Kobe, and Jordan one after another, Director Lu is very clear about how to deal with the super giant.
Besides, Tyron Lu is a shooter, with no weakness in the mid-range three-pointer, and one hand can slightly limit Iverson's defense. He has played in the Finals more than once, and the price is cheap, which is what the Bucks need now.
There is no doubt that Tyron Lu is a player who is quite in line with the Bucks system and tactical requirements.
Unfortunately, the Wizards also value Tyron Lue.
Therefore, He Li settled for the second best and signaled the management to take Bobby Simmons, an inconspicuous addition.
Bobby Simmons is the second round pick in the same class as He Li, and He Li didn't notice this little transparent at the beginning.
But when the Bucks management invited He Li to participate in the discussion meeting on the player trade, He Li vaguely felt that Bobby Simmons looked familiar.
At a certain moment, He Li recalled that wasn’t this the “culprit” for Yi Jianlian to leave the Bucks?
Yi Jianlian went from the Bucks to the Nets, which was actually a bit embarrassing. At that time, the main trading body between the Bucks and the Nets was Bobby Simmons, and Yi Jianlian was the one who bought one and got one free.
In He Li's view, although Yi Jianlian was "trained" at the Nets, he was just a waste time to brush data, and because of too much playing time, he was in a bad way.
On the contrary, in the Bucks, it looks more planned.
Speaking of Bobby Simmons, it is also because he was Yi Jianlian's teammate during the Bucks that He Li had some impression.
It was originally an unknown second round pick, but it was originally a water dispenser administrator who could not play.
I don’t know what happened, but after trading to the Bucks, it suddenly soared into the sky in the 2004-05 season, becoming the fastest-progress player of the season.
Then the Bucks management was merciful, just like they were interested in Tim Thomas, and he had a hasty signing a maximum salary with Bobby Simmons, and then Bobby Simmons was injured.
Bobby Simmons' physical fitness declined severely after the injury. Logically speaking, Bobby Simmons's skills are good, and he can still play with his skills for a few years.
But black players habitually scrambled to die. Bobby Simmons quickly fell into depravity because he signed a big contract, and the maximum salary he just signed became a garbage contract.
Yi Jianlian was traded because the Bucks were trying to deal with Bobby Simmons' garbage contract at that time. The Nets made a bad move and gave Richard Jefferson, who averaged 20 per game. He hoped that the Bucks would add to Yi Jianlian, so the Bucks would naturally not agree.
Having said that, Bobby Simmons has not yet mastered his skills and baskets. He wants to have no body and no skills. He wants to have no skills.
This year is the contract year again, so the Wizards naturally don't feel sorry for throwing Bobby Simmons out.
But He Li knew that Bobby Simmons would be able to become the help he needs in the next three to five years.
Bobby Simmons was the sixth person who was very efficient at the Bucks at his peak.
Currently, the Bucks have a super sixth player who averages 20 per game like Michael Reed, so naturally there is no shortage of sixth players, but it may not be possible in a few years.
He Li knew deeply that the three musketeers were about to disperse.
Reed, who has a higher cost performance, will become his right-hand man, and the position of the sixth person will be vacant.
Perhaps in a few years, He Li will call more brothers, just like this time he gets Kwame Brown through the trade, and Bobby Simmons may not be able to be the sixth man in the Bucks.
However, to cultivate Bobby Simmons, it will be a good choice whether it is important rotation or trading for better chips.
This time, the Bucks traded with the Wizards to use the combat power required by the Wizards to trade the team's future.
The Bucks management used Anthony Mason to trade Kwame Brown, which really meant to please He Li.
But whether it comes to Kwame Brown, Bobby Simmons and Juan Dixon, the management is considering it in the next few years.
Speaking of which, while the Bucks were making a deal with the Wizards, they also completed a deal with the Cavaliers.
The Bucks used less-usable substitute power forward Elvin Johnson to trade Michael Stewart and the 2004 second-round pick.
Michael Stewart is a center who was a undrafted center, averaging 2 points and 1.2 rebounds last season.
But this season, his salary is as high as $4.16 million.
In fact, Michael Stewart was not a Cavaliers player, but in the offseason, in order to play badly, the Cavaliers deliberately traded the team's scoring champion to the Raptors in exchange for the junk contract of Michael Stewart.
For the Cavaliers, on the one hand, this contract is to support the salary space, ensure that they can trade stars in the future, and fill the poor line.
On the other hand, in order to make bad things happen, and to end the contract expires, you can strengthen according to the needs.
Of course, it is also valuable as the main body of the transaction this time in the season.
The Bucks took the initiative to get into the Cavs' junk contract, mainly because they completed the transaction from the Wizards, and the team's 15-man roster was not enough.
Since the NBA Development Alliance mechanism has not been built yet, NBDL has existed, but it is not in line with NBA, so it is considered to be a part of its own.
The Bucks have not transferred the NBDL team to the rookie, so the rookies who come from trading must find a place to place them and give time to train them in the regular season.
When the Bucks traded, Bobby Simmons and Juan Dixon would naturally give time to train, but the 15-man roster in the regular season is full again.
Then you can only deal with contracts with some premium prices from Elvin Johnson.
To be continued...