anovelconsole Chapter 393 Plan ahead
Chapter 393 Plan ahead
Chapter 393 Plan ahead
After the game, the performance of the Warriors caused all the media to report it, especially Duncan and Nowitzki. The media regarded them as the top combination of the NBA in the future!
"Bruce, we may win this series very easily. If we play against the Lakers in the next round, we will encounter great trouble!" Wilkens said with some concern.
"Trouble? Aren't we making progress through trouble?" Bruce smiled slightly, picked up the newspaper on the table and spread it out: "Look, isn't everyone optimistic about Tim and Dirk?"
"You." Wilkens looked helplessly at Bruce's good mood, and said with some annoyance: "If we are in other positions, we are not inferior to the Lakers, but after all, after we lacked Vince, we can take Dell ( Curry) and young Gerald (Wallace), will obviously fall into a huge passive, even if John (Starks) can still maintain the impact of 15 minutes, but his age is really a bit biased Big!"
"Hehe, Lenny, you have to play the next series as the last game of the playoffs. Only in this way can we have a glimmer of hope!" Bruce still maintained his composure, and asked whether the team would pass the Lakers. Team, he basically didn't think too much about it!
"Every time we encounter a powerful enemy, we have to worry about it first. I'm afraid this is not a professional team, but our subordinate team NBDL!" Bruce said with a smile, and then saw Wilkens had a worried expression on his face, and said a little bit unbearably: "Lanny, I know what you think now, don't forget how you led the Supersonics to win the championship back then!"
"Yeah... what's wrong with me?" Wilkens' eyes suddenly cleared, and he smiled self-deprecatingly: "Do people become as sentimental as I am when they get old?"
"Hahaha, of course not, you don't look like an old man at all!" Bruce laughed and stood up, patted Wilkens on the shoulder, and walked out of the office with a smile on his face!
After defeating the Trail Blazers, the Warriors got an astonishing 5-day rest period. Although this is a good thing for the Warriors, after all, the rest time is too long, and it also has a certain impact on their competitive state!
On the 21st, as the series between the Mavericks and the Spurs began at the home of the Mavericks, all eyes were on today's Pacers VS Nets and Mavericks VS Spurs games!
These two games caused a large number of fans to flood into the home court of the Mavericks and the Nets. Everyone wanted to see the duel between the four teams!
For Bruce, these two games are not the object of his attention, and it can be regarded as a rainy day. He immediately studied this year's draft!
In this year's NCAA, as the University of Maryland and Indiana University have both advanced to the finals, some rookies who intend to participate in this year's draft have gradually started a series of systematic training, so that they can better prepare for the next draft!
In this year's draft, after the "Black March" began, three players have attracted everyone's attention!
In addition to the Duke University game that Bruce and Wilkens went to watch in person, Jay Williams has gradually been predicted by major draft websites and media as the top pick this year with the beginning of Black March!
Apart from Williams, another tall forward from Duke has also attracted everyone's attention. He is the son of Mike Dunleavy Sr., the 2-meter-tall Mike Dunleavy Jr.
What Bruce is concerned about is not the two, but Carlos Boozer, who is also their teammate.
Since entering Duke University, Carlos Boozer has performed extremely well. However, it is this excellent forward who has always been difficult to enter the first round in the predictions of major websites.
If it was 2007, Carlos Boozer would be one of the most underrated players of all time!
In the case of the draft, everything is based on his height and lack of explosiveness!
In the three years of college, Boozer has gradually grown into a versatile power forward with a little bit of flamboyance. However, because of his mediocre physical fitness, the major websites generally put him in the second round. s position.
With teammate Dunleavy's top pick, one can imagine Boozer's mood!
Today, since the completion of the deal with the Spurs, the Warriors have only one second-round pick from the Wizards and one second-round pick from the Bucks that came from the trade of Cassel that year!
Judging from the current picks that the Warriors have, their first-round pick this summer will be the 22-30 pick, and the second-round pick will be due to trading their own picks and picks from Memphis to Without the Spurs, only the Bucks and Wizards are left with the picks!
These two teams failed to enter the playoffs this year. Even though their picks are a bit low, after all, there are still some treasures in the second round this summer, such as Carlos Boozer and Luis Scola, etc. people!
And now what Bruce has to consider is which player to win with these two second rounds and a first round pick!
Among the rookies in the first round, if Bruce's memory is correct, only the lottery picks are not bad, and the rest can only be said to be very average!
Although the second round is still the same, after all, there are indeed a group of exciting guys among some big men!
Especially judging from the current lineup of the Warriors, they will have a group of players whose contracts expire this summer.
Dell Curry, John Starks, Sam Cassell, Mitchell Butler and others will all face renewals due to contract issues!
Even if Bruce uses the veteran's basic salary to re-sign Curry and Starks, Cassell's contract really gives him some headaches!
Long before the start of this season, Cassel said bluntly that he would jump out of the contract this season, and his decision was also approved by Bruce!
Because of the contract with the Nets with an average salary of 300 million U.S. dollars, Cassel has been complaining about his low salary in the past few years. With his current data of 15 points and 8 assists per game, it is really a bit too good It's cheap!
However, based on the current salary structure of the Warriors, the contracts of Duncan and Nowitzki will take up most of the space. Next season, the contracts of the two will reach 1007 million US dollars and 1207 million US dollars respectively. Grade annual salary!
Coupled with Ben Wallace's $520 million and Olajuwon like him, the annual salary of the two has reached tens of millions.
Billups' $540 million and Barkley's $200 million, plus the rookie contracts of Bruce Bowen and Kirilenko, and Steve Smith's salary of up to $900 million, the Warriors will be far from The collection line of the luxury tax is extremely close, and there is even an absolute possibility of exceeding it!
With the current value of Bruce, although he is not as fussy as the small ball market, after all, a team with a reasonable salary will get huge convenience in a series of transactions and operations!
Just like the experience of trading Carter this time, even after accepting Steve Smith's salary of 900 million US dollars, the Warriors still have nearly 200 million salary left in the salary space!
However, this relaxed atmosphere will no longer appear in the next season, and some are just paying the luxury tax!
Of course, if he can use Smith's expiring contract and some top-up deals to get an exciting player, even if this deal will further deepen the team's salary, Bruce will happily agree!
On June 6th, as the second game between the Warriors and the Trail Blazers began, a large number of fans and media across the United States gathered their attention here!
"Welcome back to Rockefeller Center, where the second playoff game between the Warriors and Trail Blazers will be held in one hour!" Rick Barry, wearing a decent suit, explained to all the fans with a smile Go!
Bruce sat beside Barry with a smile, and this time he will be a special guest to explain the game with Barry!
"Wow, don't you all come to support the Warriors?" Bruce's joke made all the fans who heard it smile in good faith!
"Haha, I have to say that the boss of TNT is so cute. It's amazing that he let you appear in the commentary booth!" Barry expressed his surprise at Bruce's appearance in a very good mood. He obviously I didn't expect that the company would invite Bruce to explain with him!
"Is there anything wrong with liking your own team?" Bruce said pretending to be wronged, and then said excitedly after the two sides entered the court: "This game, the Warriors will definitely continue to win! "
Duncan and Nowitzki walked towards the court talking and laughing. As the two gradually played comfortably and smoothly, the relationship between the two has reached a very good level!
"Dirk, should we win this series quickly so that we can adjust our bodies as soon as possible to deal with the next opponent?" Duncan smiled and said his thoughts, the Lakers will definitely be their formidable enemy!
"Hehe, haven't we already rested for five days?" Nowitzki smiled, and then walked towards the center line of the court!
Rasheed Wallace stood on the other side of the center line with a dignified expression. Since the scene of infighting in the last game, he once again had the urge to leave here!
Since the Trail Blazers had a big battle with the Lakers that year, they have gradually fallen into a half-dead state due to the relationship between players and the team. Although they can still enter the playoffs, the impact on the championship has really appeared. Somewhat powerless!
There was such an embarrassing scene in the last game, and Rasheed Wallace couldn't help feeling annoyed!
At the beginning of the game, Duncan and Nowitzki showed their formidable strength. Even though Wallace was desperately trying to win the score for his team, but with the abnormal performance of Stoudemire and others, it really seemed a little thin and a little The misery!
The entire Blazers team seemed to be a team with only Wallace alone, and everyone else was like acrobats on the court. They seemed positive but failed to help the team at all.
When the Warriors finally won another big victory with a score of 105:80, everyone didn't think that the Trail Blazers would win back at their home court, and they didn't think they could win this series!
(End of this chapter)