Chapter 401 The Nets' Summer Reinforcement Plan(1/2)
This is what Warken Dean calls multiple insurance.
Sure enough, there are enough.
If you look at it from Lin Ying's perspective, this is a coaching team composed of three top NBA head coaches.
McMillan can understand. He was also an assistant coach at this period in history, and the salary offered by the Nets was enough to attract him.
But Cole is very interesting.
Instead of being the head coach, he came to be the assistant coach!
But this is understandable. NBA assistant coaches are different from those deputy positions. They don’t have to resist pressure and won’t be pulled out to take the blame.
If salary is not considered, this is indeed more rewarding than the head coach.
This result is also very interesting to Lin Ying.
General Manager: Former General Manager Walken Dean;
Head coach: former head coach Karl;
Assistant coaches: former teammate Allen Iverson, former team general manager Cole;
Lin Ying doesn't have to go through the media or any other means to pursue the team's right to speak, because they are all his people!
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Lin Ying continues his training camp at Barclays Center.
Despite Lin Ying's insistence, some people still quit one after another.
Later in the training camp, only Lin Ying, Durant and Butler were left.
There was nothing that could be done with the lack of people, so Lin Ying issued a recruitment order.
Those who come will have food and accommodation included, and can also experience top-notch "counseling" from him and Durant.
As a result, many people came here because of its fame.
After all, orcs are never slaves.
After recruiting a group of people, the training continues.
But within two days, people started to quit one after another.
This time, these people who went out were all complaining, saying that Lin Ying and the others were not training, but simply torturing themselves.
This "bad reputation" has gradually attracted some new players to join.
For a time, "Lin Ying Training Camp" became famous.
Then among the new arrivals, there was one who surprised Lin Ying a little.
Kawhi Leonard.
"Tim asked me to come."
Leonard is like an honest child.
The addition of Leonard completes the "foundation" of the training camp.
After all, no matter how few they have, they still have four people who can play high-quality 2V2.
Just when Lin Ying began to torture himself crazily, the footsteps of the 2013~2014 season quietly approached.
On June 27, the 2013 NBA Draft kicked off at the Barclays Center.
This year's draft has little to do with the Nets.
The Nets had the best record in the league last season, and they had the 30th overall pick.
But this pick had already been sent to the Jazz in the early Deron trade.
As for the second round, the 60th pick is about nothing.
There wasn't much to watch out for in this draft.
But then Lin Ying noticed that Ding Yanyuhang had signed up for the draft!
For domestic players, they usually automatically participate in the draft when they reach age.
Ding Yanyuhang is only 20 years old, which is surprising two years early.
Even though he had participated in Lin Ying's training camp before and had some opportunities to train in the United States, he was still far away from the NBA.
Because it was at the Barclays Center, Lin Ying and the others also went to see the scene.
The lottery for this draft came out as early as April.
Thanks to Stern's blessing, the Houston Rockets finally won the No. 1 pick they dreamed of once again.
The Rockets have a glorious past, and the league naturally doesn't want them to fail.
But the biggest problem is that this year is a standard off-year, and who the Rockets will choose to be the No. 1 pick is worthy of the outside world's attention.
The draft started soon, and the Rockets' selection also attracted everyone's attention, including Lin Ying's.
"The first pick in the first round of the NBA in 2013, the Houston Rockets selected... Nerlens Noel, a 2.11-meter power forward from the University of Kentucky."
The Rockets selected Noel.
This result is quite expected.
In this year's draft, Noel was originally a solid No. 1 pick. He is also a member of the University of Kentucky. He is often compared with last year's No. 1 pick, Anthony Davis, and even performed better than Davis on the defensive end.
Be outstanding.
In his freshman season, he averaged 10.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.4 blocks and 2.1 assists per game, and his performance was very good.
It's just that in February this year, he suffered a torn meniscus during a game, which caused him to be sidelined for a year, which also cast a shadow on his draft prospects.
Every year in the NBA draft, there are many people whose draft picks plummet due to injuries.
The Rockets took the gamble in the end, although there was nothing they could do about it.
Because the No. 1 pick in such a young draft is a bit embarrassing.
And their choice has something to do with Griffin's performance.
Griffin suffered a season-ending injury in the summer league after the draft. He only debuted a year later, but performed well.
Modern medicine is advancing, and it can be said that it is improving every year, and the impact of injuries on athletes is tending to weaken.
Lin Ying also affirmed.
Stern's favor this year is actually a "tasteless" thing for the Rockets.
Compared with the Cavaliers' selection of Bennett with the No. 1 pick in history, the Rockets' choice is considered acceptable.
After all, previous draft predictions had the No. 1 pick between Noel and Alex Len.
And the Rockets do always like to choose inside players.
If nothing else, the ninth place in the Western Conference is very exciting.
As for Bennett, he was eventually picked by Jordan with the 7th overall pick.
Originally, Lin Ying thought that Bennett would have better development if he joined a new team without the pressure of being the top pick.
Well now, the team is new, but they will meet Jordan.
Lin Ying suddenly felt that he had been hasty in considering Charlotte as one of his options.
The first round of signings ended and the second round began soon.
The Nets didn't spend money to buy draft picks.
As a champion, there are too few opportunities for newcomers.
Crowder and Scott, both of whom were drafted last year, rarely have a chance to play.
Everyone else went back to training one after another, but Lin Ying stayed at the scene for a while longer.
Ding Yanyuhang's early participation in the draft has a high probability of getting a draft commitment, and it is relatively certain.
Otherwise, let alone talking about the risks, the country will not let him out.
Finally, at the 53rd pick, the answer was revealed.
The Mavericks selected Ding Yanyuhang with the 53rd pick.
After the men's basketball team won the championship last year, Ding Yanyuhang followed Yao Ming to Dallas for training.
And the Mavericks have always had Chinese players.
This choice is also expected.
It's just that the probability of signing with the 53rd pick is very low, and the Mavericks are a team competing for the championship. There is a high probability that Ding Yanyuhang will be considered to play in the Development League first.
The current Development League is still developing. Unlike before Lin Ying's time travel, every team had affiliated teams. Now there are only 8 teams in total.
Among them, the Mavericks have their own team called the Texas Legends.
Lin Ying called Ding Yanyuhang to congratulate him.
Although the probability of signing a contract is low, it is not completely impossible.
To be continued...