Even if he is not signed, if he plays in the Development League early, Ding Yanyuhang will have a better chance of entering the NBA.

Moreover, Ding Yanyuhang's ability to operate like this has something to do with the fact that Lin Ying and others are getting better and better as they play in the NBA. The domestic CBA has also relaxed its rules on player output.

After all, people like Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue and others went on to kill everyone in the CBA after they returned. Ding Yanyuhang does not have the talent of Lin Ying, Yao Ming and others, and he will return in the future.

The Nets selected a center with the 60th pick, named Bojan Dublevic, a Montenegrin player whom Lin Ying had never heard of before.

In other words, the Nets' focus of reinforcement is still in this year's free market.

Iverson retires this season, Brand won the championship and hopes to get a bigger role and contract to leave the team, and with Karl taking over, there will be a lot of changes in the Nets lineup.

After the draft, Lin Ying saw Karl coming down from the second floor and took the initiative to greet him.

Speaking of which, he hadn't seen his mentor for a long time.

At first glance, it feels like a world away.

Carl's forehead became increasingly shiny, and his hair looked like dried cornstalks, lifeless.

If you hadn't known that he was 62 years old, you might have thought that he was already the same age as Sloan.

This is the real old Carl.

"coach."

Karl didn't notice Lin Ying at first, and when he saw it, he froze in place for a long time.

Then, he smiled and opened his hands to Lin Ying.

"You've lost weight."

There was no very affectionate look in his eyes, Karl just hugged Lin Ying tightly.

long time.

"Come on, come with me to the office. We'll just talk about signing people."

Lin Ying nodded.

Karl kept walking side by side with Lin Ying, and now they had more things to talk about.

There is the past few years, there is also the experience of the Nets winning the championship this past year, and even...

"I have a dog. He is very smart and he came to Brooklyn with me. In two days..."

Looking at the two people chatting in front of him, Walken Dean also felt inexplicably warm in his heart.

The tone of this season is different from last season. It is not only a chance to make up for another regret, but also a familiar feeling.

It's like a group of people who failed in their struggle back then got together again a few years later and continue to work hard for the original goal.

Opportunities like this don't come around often. Opportunities like this are rare.

"I heard you were training with Leandro Barbosa?"

When they arrived at the office, Karl also chatted about business matters.

"I want to give him a trial, he will help us."

"I can call him now and he will be very happy."

Karl nodded and asked Lin Ying to bring the phone to him and turn on the speakerphone.

"Forest?"

The phone was connected, and Barbosa's voice came over there.

"I'm George Carl."

Karl said with a smile.

There was a pause over there, and there was a gust of wind.

At first guess, it was the Barbosa guy who brought the phone from his ear to his eyes to make sure that the call he received was from Lin Ying.

"Lin, are you imitating others' speech?"

After a while, Barbossa's voice came again.

This made both Karl and Lin Ying laugh.

"I'm the real George Karl. I want you to come to the Nets for a tryout. Are you interested?"

Karl said with a smile.

"God! It's really... I'm sorry, Coach Carl, I'm interested, very interested."

Barbossa's voice sounded excited.

He wanted to come to the Nets last season!

But at that time, because the Nets already had Billups and Iverson, he didn't have much chance.

After hanging up the phone, Karl looked at Lin Ying and then named his next choice.

This choice is very surprising.

JR Smith.

Smith signed a two-year extension with the Heat last season and has a player option this year.

If the Nets want to recruit him, there is a chance. After all, the Nets' mini-middle class exception with an annual salary of 3 million this season has not yet been used.

It's just that Smith is the kind of player who occasionally tries to short-circuit his brain. If the team's goal is to compete for the championship, it may not be a good thing.

This is the surprising point Karl said about JR.

But Smith also has his own characteristics and can score soaring points.

Last season, the Nets bench lacked anyone who could score points.

Not to mention that Iverson retired this season.

However, Lin Ying knew that Karl admired JR Smith.

In history, after Karl retired completely, he wrote a book and criticized the people who were on the Nuggets team. Anthony and Martin were not spared.

But there was one person he didn't criticize, he just felt pity.

"JR is a good player, very talented. We traded him in 2011. It's a pity that we couldn't help him go further."

From this sentence, you can see how Karl has a new regard for JR.

And this is really rare. During JR's career, most people's attitude towards him was ridiculing and ridiculing.

"I'm already contacting Shaun Livingston. Will we have too many defenders?"

Walken Dean interrupted at this time.

Livingston was the person Lin Ying originally suggested, and he always remembered it.

The Nets now have Deron, Butler, Joe Johnson and Billups as guards.

This will only make up for two more people at most. Otherwise, if we sign them all, there will be too many people to play mahjong.

"Oh, I almost forgot, next season we will play a lineup with one large and four small."

Karl spoke at this time.

"Deron, Jimmy, Joe, Lin, and Chandler will be our lineup. We have to increase our offensive speed."

This is very Karl.

However, this lineup is not too unfamiliar to the Nets. Avery Johnson used to play like this for a while when he was coaching, and the effect was very good.

Of course, the same lineup may be used completely differently by different coaches.

"I can try to contact JR, and I will arrange for the remaining Livingston and Barbosa to come to the team for trial training."

Walken Dean nodded.

Karl's doing this solved a potential internal problem of the Nets.

Butler performed well in the playoffs last year and needed a bigger role, and it's definitely not feasible to play on the bench again.

But Johnson's 20 million contract is the highest salary in the team, so it would be even more inappropriate for him to serve as a substitute.

It would be great to play together now.

If this is the case, Lin Ying will have to fight inside again?

This is not necessarily the case.

Karl will use more defensive rotations on the defensive end. If he encounters an outstanding power forward like Gasol or Duncan, just let Chandler go up to top him.

When Lin Ying was paired with the Suns and Stoudemire, his defensive effect was very good.

However, even so, Livingston, Barbosa and Smith can only choose 2 out of 3.

Although they can all be signed at the same time, their playing time is limited.

Just like Barbosa's choice last year, if there is no good opportunity, they would rather sign with another team.

Of course, they will all want this opportunity.
Chapter completed!