Almighty Athlete Chapter 39: Craft

On June 26th, 2o14 local time, the 2o14 nBa draft was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. WwΩW. LieWen. CC

"We have negotiated with the 76ers. If Jokic has not been selected before the 39th pick, then we will buy the 39th pick from the 76ers." Kupchak Say to Zhang Guan.

This year's 76ers have 7 drafts, 2 rounds, and 5 second rounds. With so many drafts in hand, the 76ers cannot give each rookie a contract, so they sell some in exchange for cash. Very cost-effective. The 39th pick bought by the Heat, originally belonging to the Cavaliers, was later traded to the 76ers. In addition, the Sixers also hold the Nets, Grizzlies and Rockets second-round picks.

The draft began. The Cavaliers picked Andrew Wiggins, the Bucks picked Jabari Parker with the top spot, and the Philadelphia 76ers picked Joel Embiid. The top three are as expected, and there is no suspense.

Fourth Magic chose striker Aron Gordon, which is somewhat different from the prediction. In the media’s prediction, Dante Essam will become the fourth candidate, while Aron Gordon will be in The fifth place was selected.

Gordon was chosen by the Magic, and the Jazz chose Dante Essam with the fifth, and then Smart, Leder, Stauskas, Vonle, Payton Jr. and others were selected. TJ Warren was the last lottery player to be selected.

The first 14 people are all candidates in the small green house. At this time, there are 7 people left in the small green house that was originally full.

At the 18th pick, the Nuggets chose Gary Harris, the first player in a non-small green house, followed by Toronto Dream Dragons who chose Bruno Capocollo, which was another non-small player. Players in the green house.

At this time, the remaining three players in the small green house began to get nervous, they worried that they would fall out of the round.

"It's our turn after the Grizzlies are selected. Mickey-McGary is still in the green house and has not yet been selected." Kupchak said, but the Grizzlies chose McGary.

Macquarie was once the No. 2 high school student in the United States anyway. If it is not an injury, he will definitely be in the top ten, but his recovery from the old injury is unknown, so most teams are reluctant to gamble one. Put. The Grizzlies are obviously preparing to touch a lottery ticket with a 2o pick.

"Oops, McGary was chosen by the Grizzlies!" Kupchak frowned, looking in the direction of the "green house", with two people left at the time, guard Shabaz Napier And striker Rodney Hood.

"Do you choose the Swiss Capella, or choose one of the green houses?" Kupchak hesitated. After all, there are two players in the small green house. If he chooses Capella now, Kupchak still feels a little unwilling.

But Zhang Guan thinks this is a good thing. He has no impression of the player McGary, indicating that the injury still affects the growth of McGary, otherwise the second highest score in the United States in high school will not be so unknown. .

I saw Zhang Guan said: "Let’s choose Hood. He is a shooter. Although he is not strong enough and his defensive level is average, his three-point ability is very good. For us, outside players can run and make three points , That's all."

"Able to run and shoot three points, this requirement is really low." Kupchak sighed a long time, but he also knew that Hood may be the best choice for the Lakers now, Hood is a sophomore And Napier, another player in the small green house, has graduated from college. Compared with the two, Hood's potential will be better. If the position is not very demanding, Hood should be preferred.

Rodney Hood was only ranked 31st in the United States in high school. This ranking is not high, but his university is Duke University, the first basketball school in the United States. The head coach of Duke University's basketball team is exactly the American coach "Old K" Shashefsky, and Hood has become a member of the "small green house" after two years of training with the old K coach.

And among rookies, Hood has a nickname called "shooting machine", which shows that he has an extraordinary shooting ability, which is obviously suitable for D'Antoni's tactical system. Throw a three-pointer.

The Lakers selected Rodney Hood with the No. 21 pick, and Napier, the last member of the small green house, was also selected with the No. 22 pick. There was nothing surprising about the subsequent draft. The Rockets chose Capella with the 25th pick. The biggest bead of the current draft, Yodzic, is still uninterested.

At the moment of the second round of the team's "Taobao", almost every year, the team will pick up leaks in the second round, like Stephenson and the Rockets picked up by the Pacers in 2o1o in 2o11. "Highly handsome" Patterson, Draymond Green picked up by the Warriors in 2o12 and so on.

Of the 3o teams, 11 teams have no second-round draft picks. Of the other teams, the Philadelphia 76ers have five second-round draft picks. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Milwaukee Bucks each have three. In the second-round draft picks, the Raptors, Nuggets, Mavericks and Spurs each have two second-round draft picks, so in the second-round draft, how many players can only be spectators.

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The two second-round draft picks in the Denver Nuggets are 41st and 56th. The Nuggets scouts are very good at digging up some European players, such as Evan Funnier they picked in 2o12, which is a Frenchman; the 2o14 draft, the Nuggets rookie Nurkic traded from the Bulls Is a Bosnian black; the future Spanish star Hernan Gomez was also selected by the Nuggets.

And this year, the Nuggets scouts have shown a young man with great potential in Europe, and that is young Serbian athlete Nikola Jokic.

This year's Nuggets have a lottery pick, which is also the focus of their work in this year's draft. As for Jokic, Dijin decided to use a second-round pick on him. An overseas player who is not famous is not worth a round, and the Nuggets are not planning to sign with Jokic right away. After all, he is only 19 years old, and he has to observe how his potential is. If Jokic really plays nBa's potential, Dijin will definitely give him a contract.

The general manager of the Nuggets, Connelly, was calm. He had already picked the 38th overall pick in the second round. Yodzic was still not selected. It seems that no one noticed him. After all, this year is a big draft year. Many outstanding players from the United States participated in the draft, which also made the value of overseas players devalued.

"The next 39th pick is the Philadelphia 76ers, the 4th pick is the Minnesota Timberwolves, and the 41st pick is us. The scouts of the 76ers and the Timberwolves are still more concerned about the players in the United States. They are sure I will not notice Jokic." The general manager of Connelly thought of this, and could not help but wrote Jokic's name on the note in his hand.

"Just got a deal, the Shaker Lakers purchased the 39th overall pick in the second round of the Philadelphia 76ers with cash." The commentator's voice sounded.

This news did not cause any sensation. The trade in the draft is uncommon. Even the No. 1 pick may be traded to another team immediately after being selected. A second-round pick trading, It's like a stone falling into the sea, making no waves.

"The Lakers, their lineup should be relatively complete. Rodney Hood, who was selected in the first round, is a supplement to the wing forward. I don't know who they are looking at this time?" People Can't help but start talking.

As a championship team, the Lakers' every move is highly concerned, but for the rookie, joining the strong team is a double-edged sword. The rookie has a small chance of entering the rotation lineup in a strong team, but the game of the strong team is also prone to garbage time. During the garbage time, the rookie can get a chance to show himself without having to cooperate with the main force. Play ball.

Finally, the league announced the Lakers' choice.

"The Lakers pick the 39th pick from the Serbia player Nikola Jokic!"

"What!" The Nuggets general manager Connelly was shocked. He thought that the 41st overall pick in his hand would be able to pick Jokic, but he didn't expect to be given the 39th overall pick by the Lakers. Cut off.

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"We have signed a contract with Hood, according to the normal price, a total of four years, the starting salary is 140 million US dollars, the next two years is the team option." Kupchak continued; "But about the season Odd signing, but a bit troublesome."

"Trouble? He does not want to come to the United States, but wants to stay in Europe?" Zhang Guan asked.

"No, playing at nBa is the dream of almost every basketball athlete. Yoditch is not exclusive to joining our team, but his agent is not satisfied with the contract we have signed, they are not willing to accept 1 +1 contract, I am afraid we have to pay a three-year guarantee contract before we can let him join." Kupchak said.

The first round of rookies selected for the first round is a 2+2 contract, which is guaranteed for the first two years and the next two years is a team option. For a second-round rookie, the first contract is often a 1+1 contract, which is guaranteed in the first year and the team option in the second year.

In terms of amount, the salary of the rookie in the first round of the nBa team has clear regulations. It must be strictly linked to the rookie's pick. The higher the pick, the higher the salary. With this 2o14 draft For example, the number one starting salary for Wiggins is US$5.15 million in the first year, and the total salary in four years is 24.85 million; the starting salary of the top ranking Parker is US$4.93 million and the total in four years is 22.24 million US dollars; The starting salary is 4.43 million US dollars, and the total for four years is 19.8 million US dollars. However, this guy has been recovering for the first two years, which is equivalent to lying down and earning more than 90 million US dollars.

Capella, the Rockets' 25th pick, has a starting salary of US$1.19 million and a cumulative total of US$60,000 in four years, a gap that is several times the number one pick. In the 30th round of the round, the starting salary is only US$10,900,000, and the total for four years is only US$5.58 million, which is almost the same as the number one pick Wiggins in the first year.

As for the second round of rookies, the league does not have so many restrictions on their salary. Signing the second round of rookies can be done as a free agent. But in fact, many people in the second round of rookies did not get an nBa contract. Even if they got it, it was a 1+1 rookie base salary contract.

Taking the 2o14 draft as an example, the rookie base salary is 510,000 US dollars, and the next year can rise to 850,000 US dollars. All second-round rookies can only accept this contract if they want to play in nBa. . Even if you accept this contract, you may not have the opportunity to play. More often, you can only watch the water dispenser or swing the towel.

For many overseas players, they are the team’s absolute main force in the league of their own country, even at the level of the league’s first brother, they can get a rich salary, although they are not as good as the nBa big-name star. Fabi, but also much higher than the base salary of these 510,000 US dollars rookies, especially in some Western European countries, the economic level and income of residents are not much worse than Americans, their star salary is also two or three million euros, Naturally, I can't look down on nBa's basic salary.

Take Jokic as an example. Although he is a newcomer, his talent is first-class in Europe. If he stays in Europe, he will play and his salary will be much higher than a contract of 510,000 US dollars. What's more, staying in Europe, he is the team's absolute main force, is the team's key training object, and came to the United States, he may not even have the opportunity to play games. Lack of money and lack of playing opportunities, the next year may be laid off by the team, the fool will give up the original main position to play in the United States.

So many overseas players selected in the second round will not immediately join the nBa team. They may play in their league for a few years, brush a few mVp, and then choose his nBa team. Talk about the conditions and get a multi-year guarantee contract before joining nBa. Of course, some people will not enter nBa for life.

Yo Jiqi also planned this way. In history, he was not selected by nuggets in 2o14, but he continued to play in Europe for one year. He won’t be signed until 2o15. The Nuggets gave him a four-year contract of 5.55 million. In contrast, in the second-round rookie who was elected in the same year as Joditch, many people didn't even keep the second year's $850,000.

Zhang Guan knows that Jokic is a top-paying material, and giving him a long-term security contract is more profitable for the Lakers. So he asked, "What kind of contract can we award him?"

“We have two options, either increase the amount of some contracts appropriately, but it is still a two-year contract. Or it is to increase the duration of the contract and turn it into a three-year contract, guaranteed for the first two years.” Kupchak Said.

"This is not enough." Zhang Guan shook his head with a smile, and then said: "It is still a 3+1 contract, it should be acceptable within four years of 50 million, the first three years of protection, the fourth year of the team option, The salary distribution in the first two years is lower, and the salary distribution in the next two years is higher, so that our operation will be more flexible."

Kupchak nodded silently. Zhang Guan is indeed a great solution. For a 3+1 contract, the Lakers can choose to implement the fourth-year team option or not. Even if the team option is not implemented for the fourth year, Yodzic is still restricted to free agents, the Lakers still have the initiative.

Any player becomes a restricted free agent after executing a rookie contract. The restricted free agent gives his home team the opportunity to match the contracts signed by other teams. After becoming a restricted free agent, other teams can issue an invitation contract for at least 2 years. The original team has 7 days to consider. If the original team wants to leave this player, they must propose the same contract To sign the player. Conversely, if the original team does not match the contract, then the player will go to the team that awarded him the contract.

In the nBa rules, the first round of rookies will become restricted free agents after four years of contracts, and the second round of rookies will become restricted free agents after three years of contracts. For example, Love and Jordan are both rookies in 2oo8. Love is a rookie, so he only became a restricted free agent in 2o12; and Jordan is a rookie in the second round~IndoMTL.com~He is on 2o11 Years will become a restricted free agent. It is precisely because of the difference in this rule that Carrefour’s salary in 2o12 is 4.61 million, which still belongs to the rookie contract, and Jordan has received 10 million annual salary in 2o12.

Jokic is a rookie in the second round, so his rookie contract period is three years. After he executes the three-year contract, he will become a restricted free agent. If the Lakers open a 3+1 contract, they can not implement the team option in the third year, and actively turn Yodzic into a restricted free agent status. The Lakers can attack and retreat in the renewal of the contract, occupying Active position.

The second-round rookies have lived in the precarious days, maybe they will be cut by the team when they wake up, so for a second-round rookie, a three-year guaranteed contract is undoubtedly a Dreaming about big pies. When overseas players join nBa, the most desirable thing is a stable contract, not to mention the contract of a big city such as the Lakers, so Jokic has no reason to refuse, and he decisively agreed to sign with the Lakers. Genius, will join the Lakers next season.

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The Lakers got two rookies, and at this time, a heavy news about the upcoming change of the league situation also came out. The Heat Big Three, James, Wade and Bosh, all chose to jump out of the contract and became free Players!