The finals ended on June 14th. At that time, Zhang Hao was flying everywhere in the United States and participating in trial training, and he had no intention of paying attention to this matter.

This is different from the future. Nowadays, you have to take the initiative to understand something. Unlike the future, whether you want to understand something or not, even if you just type this word in the input method, all major APPs will push it towards you.

Zhang Hao really didn't have the heart to pay attention to Olajuwon's victory in the championship. He was confused about the trial training at that time, but after the finals, the new NBA season began and he really entered the preparation stage of the new season. Therefore, during the trial training, Zhang Hao felt that the pace of the subsequent trial teams accelerated.

By June 23, the trial stages of each team had already ended. Most teams had already decided on who to choose, the alternatives after being intercepted, etc.

Since you are making a decision, there will naturally be differences.

The Philadelphia Spectrum Arena, a very famous old stadium in NBA history, is about to end its NBA team's home stadium status. The new stadium of the 76ers is under construction. It is expected that the 76ers will move to the Vachovia Center in the summer of 1996.

In the boss's office, the 76ers are meeting to discuss their third pick.

"John, what did you say? If you don't choose Starkhouse and McDyce, choose that high school student? You didn't take the wrong medicine!" 76ers owner Joel Snyder thought he heard it wrong.

The boss was swearing, and the rest of the 76ers coaching staff looked at head coach John Lucas, and they were helpless! When their coaches were discussing, they had already advised John Lucas not to make such suggestions to the boss.

"Joel, he's really talented, he's like Reggie Miller, no, he's taller than Reggie Miller, and has strong athleticism, and the most important thing is his shooting. I've never seen a player who can shoot as well as his age, and he might be better than Reggie Miller..."

John Lucas tried very hard to promote Zhang Hao, giving people the feeling that he had charged Zhang Hao's agency fee.

If Zhang Hao saw this scene, he would be confused - when he tried out, this Ludan brother frowned.

Joel Snyder interrupted John Lucas's sales impatiently: "OKOK, John, I understand, you think he is very talented, and I believe your judgment.

However, we choose a Chinese player with the No. 3 draw... Chinese players are nothing, I have no other meaning, Asians, Africans, Europeans, as long as I have talent, I can choose.

But he is a high school student. If we choose a high school student with the No. 3 pick, we will be ridiculed. We can think of ways to trade a second round pick and choose him."

A team is not a solid game. Regarding John Lucas's experience, the people in the meeting are more of a joke mentality. In their opinion, John Lucas wants to choose a high school student, which is really like a joke.

Not to mention Chinese high school students, Kevin Garnett, the number one high school student in the United States, will not choose their boss.

John Lucas was also helpless. He was just a head coach, and he was just a head coach in the 76ers' bad stage. He had no right whether it was trading or selecting people.

Zhang Hao was confused when he tried out because he didn't receive much attention at all.

There are 8 trial teams, and 6 of them will let him participate in multi-player trials as soon as they come up. Of course, for a player who is predicted to be selected in the second round, this treatment is normal.

Then Zhang Hao couldn't show anything during team training because he was a catch pitcher and others didn't pass the ball!

However, John Lucas, the coach of the 76ers who gave Zhang Hao a chance to try out alone, could tell at a glance that Zhang Hao's extraordinary strength in shooting.

Reggie Miller, Mark Price, Hornersek, Mullin, Alan Houston...

John Lucas immediately saw Zhang Hao's central shot training.

This made John Lucas decide to observe Zhang Hao's shot the next day.

For players like Zhang Hao, unless others cooperate with him in team training, they will not be able to see his abilities. Only by doing so can they understand his shooting strength in a separate trial.

Then, John Lucas confirmed that the 18-year-old Zhang Hao's shooting, his mind's top contemporary mid-range shooter, was not as strong as Zhang Hao, who was only 18 years old now! And Zhang Hao was 3-5 years younger than them when they entered the NBA!

Although there is no actual comparison, it does not prevent John Lucas from making such a judgment.

As for talent... 18-year-old shooting is so strong, will he not have talent? And Zhang Hao is also a sports forward.

If Reggie Miller is the three-pointer king, John Lucas believes that Zhang Hao has the talent to become the King of CET!

He frowned because he had expected that the boss would most likely not pay attention to his suggestion.

As for the chance to exchange for a second round pick, John Lucas knew that this was just a matter of saying...

...

Compared with the tragic encounter of John Lucas, a special coach who played badly, the Time Warner Sports Training Hall near the Los Angeles Western Forum Arena, the Lakers Real-Based Base Camp, and the logo men's logo is basically a one-man show in the draft.

But what he wanted to do this time could not even understand Kupchek, who regarded him as his idol.

The player participating in the trial may have a very different view from the team that tried his trial.

Zhang Hao had two chances to try out alone, but the content of the trial was very simple. Even the 76ers team, which got the second chance to try out alone, had always been very simple, making Zhang Hao feel that he was not valued.

But this seems normal in terms of trying out his team. Even if you pay attention to it, you can't conduct more tests, because Zhang Hao's strengths are just two different, physical fitness and mid-range shooting are gone!

Since we have seen that Zhang Hao is really good at it, that's enough.

The Lakers' management already knows that the logo man wants to choose Zhang Hao, but the problem is that they may not be able to choose Zhang Hao with the 37th pick.

According to the news they received, the Pistons have a high probability of using the first pick in the second round or the 20th pick in the first round. Their new head coach Doug Collins said he was very interested in Zhang Hao in an interview with Chinese media.

Although it may be just polite, many teams are polite, and only the Pistons have made a clear statement that they may choose Zhang Hao.

There is no way to do this situation. The Lakers do not have a higher pick. Every year, teams watch the players they like are selected by other teams, so the Lakers management has not taken this matter to heart in the past period of time.

But today, during the Lakers' management meeting, the logo man made a decision that made others feel incredible.

"I'm going to trade a first-round pick with Cedric. I'm talking to some teams to help us pick Zhang and we'll complete the deal with them."

Hearing the logo man's plan, Kupchek couldn't calm down and quickly said, "Jerry, are you kidding? Cedric is our number one scorer!"

Cedric Cebaros, the Suns' rookie at the end of the second round in 1990, did not play well in the early stages of their career, and the highlight was that they won the dunk king in the second-grade dunk contest.

But in the third grade, Cebaros seized an opportunity. That year, the Suns used star Jeff Hornersek as the core chip to exchange for Charles Barkley. When the Suns lacked outside scorers, Cebaros averaged 12.8 points per game and secured the starting position after the All-Star Weekend. By the 93-94 season, Cebaros averaged 19.1 points per game and became a first-class scorer. Last summer, the Lakers signed Cebaros with a high salary of 9.01 million US dollars in four years.

What does this contract mean?... Compare that Pippen, who was just eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals, has a salary of US$2.29 million this season, and Jordan will have US$3.85 million next season.

However, Cebaros did not disappoint the contract, and was selected as the All-Star, led the team to the playoffs together with Van Exel, Eddie Jones and Divac. He also almost swept the Supersonics in the first round against the Supersonics.

Although they failed to go further and were beaten by David Robinson in the second round, their performance this year has been very good.

Cebaros has definitely played an important role in their ability to play this season. Should such a player be used to change the draft pick and choose a high school student?

Kupchek feels that the teacher is crazy!

"Mickey, our vision cannot be limited to this season. Cedric played well, but this is his limit. Our current lineup has no chance to compete for the championship. We are the Lakers. Such a season is a failure for us.

More importantly, Cedric's style of play is that his scoring area is too close to the inside, but he is not an absolute strong point. When he met a center like David Robinson, he played very badly. He could not score in a further area, and he also implicated his teammates in offensive end to only 4-to-5.

At the same time, Cedric also affected the growth of Nick and Eddie."

The logo man mercilessly pointed out Cebaros's flaws.

Actually, Kupchek understands all these, but these are two different things. Cebaros has just entered the All-Star, and he is at his peak at the age of 27. He is used to trade draft picks to choose a high school student?

This is why Kupchek opposes it. It is obviously more cost-effective to replace draft picks from teams with poor record by the end of next season's trading date than to replace draft picks with a more expensive pick now.

"Can't we use other chips? Like future draft picks?" Kupchek made another suggestion.

"Mickey, we have to make a choice in the lineup. Nick and Eddie both need more ball holding. Cedric has affected their growth. Last summer, we signed Cedric. Our goal was to create a good bargaining chip, right? He performed better than I expected, so that we could get a lottery.

We plan to need a forward pitcher in the future. I originally planned to wait for Zhang Cong University to come out for a few years before considering choosing him, but he skipped the university. We should seize the opportunity and get this link..."

Hearing this, Kupchek knew that the teacher had decided, but he still had a question: "Jerry, when did you regard Zhang as a member of the future plan?"

“I’ve gone to see the Adidas Training Camp Classic.”

"..." People are more talented than you and work harder than you, and Kupchek doesn't know what to say.

"In addition to Zhang, I also found another interesting high school genius... By the way, Mickey, how is the news spreading in Orlando?"

"It's very smooth, nothing unexpected happens, and there will definitely be any effect next season..."

Logo man and Kupchek discussed and made a decision that might affect a player's career. The executives of the Bass family did not interfere with the idea of ​​building a logo man. Judging from past examples, they were very relieved to have a logo man's vision.

Even if there is an occasional mistake, even if the decision is made this time, the Bass family will still trust him next time.

But everyone present was very curious. Who is the other interesting genius the logo man mentioned?

Garnett or Odom?
Chapter completed!