Little Colangelo wiped his forehead, which was already covered with a layer of fine beads of sweat.
There was no way to trade up the picks, so he thought of trading these picks. Anyway, it was to strengthen the outside line. These three first-round picks were very attractive to some teams that were rebuilding.
For example, if Michael Finley doesn't fit the Suns' requirements, why not add it with these picks and trade it?
This is a crazy idea. This is a big year for the draft. The team has a pick that was acquired through hard work, and now it has to be traded away? It is difficult for him to make this decision.
"Anyway, the trading window is not open, so let's wait until the lottery is drawn before deciding." Finally, he made the decision.
If luck comes and he gets the top three picks, it goes without saying that Ray Allen will be his first choice.
Of course, if it is the No. 1 pick, he can choose Iverson first, and then trade with subsequent teams to obtain certain benefits.
However, the chance of winning the top three picks is almost impossible, so in fact, he is mentally prepared for the transaction.
Then the preparations must be done first, first determine which players are to be traded.
In terms of point guard, the Lightning are in good shape this year, but after all, they are older, and because of the contract year, they work harder and consume more physically. In fact, their status next season is not guaranteed. He needs to find a young point guard with potential for the Lightning.
Play as a substitute in case of emergencies.
In this regard, he has a target for a long time, and that is the Mavericks' main point guard, Jason Kidd, the second overall pick in 1994.
In fact, when he first took over as general manager last offseason, he wanted to trade Kidd. At that time, the Lightning was in poor condition. He wanted to remove Kevin Johnson from the starting lineup and let Kidd play the main point guard.
It's just that the Mavericks rejected his trade, and even his offer of this year's first-round pick as a bargaining chip was rejected.
Kidd's averages per game this season are very good, 16.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 9.7 assists, 2.2 steals, 0.3 blocks, 4 turnovers and 1.9 fouls.
He makes a lot of mistakes. He likes to make wild shots and throw three-pointers, but his shooting rate is only 33.6%. His offensive efficiency is not high enough. His overall shooting rate is only 38%. This is his weakness.
But he is good at defense, has strong organizational skills, and has strong ball control and passing ability. After the trade, with Old K in the low post, he does not need his wild shots. He can avoid his weaknesses and concentrate on organizing offense and perimeter defense, as well as providing Old K.
Just pass the ball. It belongs to someone who can use it immediately. If the lightning condition drops, he can immediately step up.
But are the Mavericks willing to trade their leading point guard?
There is no doubt about this, because the Mavericks are in internal strife, the season has just ended, and the team has announced its disbandment and reconstruction. It is the right time to apply for a trade, and the Mavericks have no reason to refuse.
The Mavericks are in internal strife with their three main players, Jim Jackson and Kidd, as well as Jamal Mashburn. This Dallas triple-J combination is strong and full of potential. Dallas fans hope that the triple-J combination can lead the Mavericks into the playoffs.
Unfortunately, both Jim Jackson and Jamal Mashburn had a selfish on-court style, so conflicts arose on the court. They began to fight for the ball, shots, status, and boss, and internal strife arose.
Then Kidd sent out 25 assists in a game in February this year, which made Kidd extremely confident, so he came up with the idea that he would be the captain.
The emperor took turns, and this year when he came to my house, he openly expressed his wish to buy a ship for himself and let the two of them board his ship instead of him boarding theirs.
The final result is that there is no room for three tigers in one mountain. The three J groups all turned against each other and wanted to be the boss. They did not talk to each other and each played his own game on the field.
This is a relationship on the court, and the relationship off the court is even more outrageous. The trio fell in love with a sexy female singer named Toni Braxton at the same time, and then nothing happened, which directly led to the team entering.
In the rhythm of dissolution.
The specific situation seems to be that Kidd first made a date with Braxton, and then was stabbed for love. Jim Jackson got in the car first, and finally Mashburn also stepped in and wanted to be the driver.
Therefore, there is still great hope to trade Kidd in this era. Even though the Mavericks are also a Western Conference team and are unwilling to let the Suns strengthen, internal strife in the team cannot retain people. As long as they are given good bargaining chips, they should
would be willing.
"Take, take, take."
At this time, there was a knock on Colangelo Jr.'s office door, and then the assistant opened the door and said to him: "Sir, Donny Nelson is here."
"Okay, invite him in." Colangelo nodded.
"Hello, Mr. Colangelo."
"Hello, Mr. Nelson."
Then a white man in his thirties walked in, and the two started chatting.
This is Nelson's son. He once served as Nelson's chief assistant in the Warriors. This time he came to the Suns to apply for an assistant coach. Colangelo Jr. decided to hire him.
Because Nelson had a good vision in selecting rookies, he wanted to try Nelson's vision to see if he had inherited Nelson's vision. So after sitting down, he tentatively asked: "Donny, what do you think of this year's draft?"
What do you think?"
Nelson Jr. smiled and asked: "I wonder which position the team wants to choose?"
Colangelo Jr. said he was a point guard, and Nelson Jr. nodded. After thinking for a moment, he said: "The Hornets' first-round pick in the hands of the Suns should be No. 13 as expected. Then I recommend a draft prospect prediction.
Rookies in similar positions..."
"oh?"
Colangelo Jr. nodded with interest.
"I got to know him when he was in high school, and then became good friends when he entered college, but I recommended him not because of my personal relationship with him, but because I knew his abilities," Nelson Jr. said.
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Colangelo Jr. glanced at the rookie prediction list in his hand and said: "Steve Nash? Or Tony Delk?"
Nelson Jr. is not surprised why Colangelo Jr. knows, because this is normal. It is these two rookie point guards who are predicted to be around No. 13 in the first round.
"Nash." he said.
"Tell me more specifically?" Colangelo said calmly.
Nelson hurriedly explained: "He is very fast, has very strong ability to control the ball, and is equally strong in organization and passing ability. In addition, his vision is very good and he can see any open space. He has a very strong sense of passing and has the ability to pass the ball."
He has good creativity, and he has very good shooting ability, with a three-point shooting percentage of over 40%. He is very suitable for the Suns."
Having said this, he added with some regret: "His only weaknesses are defense and confrontation ability. If he can make up for these two weaknesses, he will really be the perfect number one position."
Colangelo Jr. nodded and didn't ask any other questions. He stood up and stretched out his hand to Nelson Jr. and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Nelson, you got the assistant coaching contract with the Suns."
"Thank you, Colangelo." Nelson said happily.
After Nelson Jr. left, Colangelo Jr. continued to consider his trade.
In terms of point guard, Nash is indeed good, but he is more satisfied with Kidd.
Kidd has defense that Nash does not have. Without defense, there will be no championship. The Suns are a championship team. Without defense at the first position, they cannot destroy the opponent's organizational function and cannot suppress the opponent's offensive engine. That is their fatal weakness.
, if you want to win the championship, it’s just a mirror image, it’s simply impossible.
Although Kidd does not have Nash's three-pointers, this shortcoming is not fatal, because this is the No. 1 position and does not require him to have strong stretching ability.
As for whether Kidd will compete with Old K for the boss position when he arrives in the Suns, this possibility, well, Kidd will have to compete for the main point guard position from the Lightning first. The substitute is not qualified to be the boss.
After thinking it over, he picked up the phone and started contacting the Mavericks general manager.
His bargaining chip was Michael Finley, who was the main player, and paired with two fringe players, he did not immediately give out the 1996 first-round draft pick.
After receiving the Suns' trade request, the Mavericks were immediately interested.
There is really no other way. The internal strife in the team is too serious. Three people want to be the boss and all three want to drive the same car. What should the team do?
With no way out, the team was disbanded and rebuilt.
Michael Finley was the main small forward of the Suns in his rookie season. He hit the rookie wall and was removed from the main position, but his performance was still good and he has full potential. The Suns have been cultivating him for a year, and they will train him again after he gets it.
In two years, it will be of great use, and it is possible to average 20 per game, which is suitable for the Mavericks who need to rebuild.
But one Finley is definitely not enough to trade Kidd. The salary is not enough, and the value of the players is not enough. The Mavericks also asked the Suns' current main shooting guard Wes Riperson. These are the two main players, and the Suns will use two more.
Marginal person matching transaction.
Colangelo Jr. didn't think much about it. Although he had to trade Person, at least he saved a first-round pick, which was a good deal.
The deal was quickly negotiated and basically confirmed. The deal can be completed only after the season, when the trade window opens.
After settling the deal for the No. 1 position, Colangelo continues to consider other positions.
Without Person at the second position, we will definitely need to find another main shooting guard, or choose one.
Kobe's uncertainty is still too high. He doesn't want to draft a high school student, so he still implements his idea and chooses to trade first.
He hopes to find a player who is ready to fight, not too old, and preferably still in his prime. The average points per game is not required to be too high, 15, but the defense must be good, because the shooting guard has to face Jordan.
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On April 22, Li Lianjie arrived in Los Angeles, accompanied by Long Wu, Cheng Long and Jiahe boss Zhou Wenhuai.
On the 23rd, a party was held at the Los Angeles branch of K-Martial Arts. The clients, Li Lianjie and Long Wu, came here mainly for the release of Adventure King in North America. Although there was little hope, they had to give it a try.
Cheng Long is preparing to shoot a new movie, the Flying Eagle Project, in which Yu Feihong also invested 20 million Hong Kong dollars. This time he and Zhou Wenhuai came over. First, they signed a contract with New Line Cinema to sell the North American rights to his previous movies.
If you lose it, you will make a lot of money. The second reason is to attend this party and accumulate connections in Hollywood.
Wang Tiejun had to prepare for the playoffs and didn't have time to go to Los Angeles. He just called them and invited them to watch his playoffs.
In addition, he asked some of the celebrities he was most familiar with, such as Big Mouth Roberts, Depp Scissorhands, and Tom Cruise, to help introduce contacts to Li Lianjie and others and say hello at the party.
Neither he nor Yu Feihong was here. If there were no capable people to introduce them, I'm afraid Li Lianjie and the others wouldn't know many people.
At ten o'clock in the morning on the 23rd, the party was successfully held. A large number of Hollywood stars and film company executives were invited, and even many executives from the eight major Hollywood film studios attended.
When Zhou Wenhuai and Long Wu saw this scene, they couldn't help but be stunned. How could a basketball player open a martial arts gym, and then how could this traditional Chinese medicine clinic be so influential in Hollywood? Basketball, martial arts gym, and traditional Chinese medicine clinic.
, Hollywood, completely irrelevant!
The party specially arranged two micro-screening rooms, the kind that can accommodate twenty or thirty people. Li Lianjie's movies were shown in them, which attracted some people to go in and watch them.
Li Lianjie was still looking forward to this attempt, but also a little nervous.
After being introduced by Tom Cruise and others, I got to know some people, and now some film distributors are watching his movies.
At noon, the party arranged a buffet and served medicinal food. Dozens of earthen jars were lined up, and the aroma was fragrant, which whetted people's appetite.
Several chefs from the martial arts school began to serve the chicken in large bowls, half of which was meat and half of which was soup. The aroma became more and more intense, making people salivate.
Juliette Roberts served a bowl. The bowl was bigger than her face, but she didn't mind the size of the bowl at all.
She has been eating it for a long time. As Lao Wang said, she has become obsessed with this delicacy and will miss it even if she doesn't eat it for a day.
Although it is impossible to test the effect of baby chicken, after eating it for so long, she feels that her physical condition is very good. Her period, which was not normal due to filming, has become normal. Her appetite is particularly good, which means that Lao K did not lie to her. This thing is really good.
Good for her.
"Aunt, where's mine?"
A five-year-old kid next to her was scratching the edge of the table, looking at the earthen pots and swallowing saliva. When she saw that her aunt only took her own, she hurriedly shouted.
Roberts awkwardly said to the chef: "Sorry, I need another small bowl."
"Sir, can I have a big bowl?" the little boy asked quickly.
"Emma?" a surprised Roberts shouted in embarrassment.
"Of course." The chef nodded with a smile.
"Thanks!"
Emma Roberts followed her aunt contentedly.
"Little thing, can you finish eating?"
Roberts was embarrassed. Everyone only had one bowl. The tray in her hand contained two large bowls. She felt like a waiter at a party.
"I can't finish my meal and pack it away, so I brought a lunch box." Emma Roberts shouted with a smile and patted the small backpack on her back.
Roberts rolled her eyes. She vowed never to bring her niece to a K-Martial Arts gym party again. She really couldn't afford to lose face.
The effect of the party was obvious. At the party, several publishers were interested in Adventure King. After repeated discussions with Long Wu, one of them made the highest bid, offering US$2 million to buy out the North American rights.
The investment in this movie was huge. Long Wu invested five million US dollars. However, when the filming was about to be completed, a fire broke out for some reason. Part of the filming was burned. If it was re-shooted, several million US dollars would have to be invested.
, he did not dare to take risks and could only use the film he had shot for editing, and many exciting contents were lost.
Judging from the current release situation in Asia, it is still good. The box office can reach 10 million US dollars, but it has reached the top. However, this box office in Xiangcheng can only be achieved by Li Lianjie, Cheng Long, and Zhou Xingxing.
It was actually quite successful.
But at this box office, Long Wu couldn't make any money, and even suffered a small loss.
Two million U.S. dollars, to be honest, is not high for the entire North American copyright. Five million U.S. dollars at the box office can make back the money, but Adventure King is a purely Xiangcheng movie, and Li Lianjie has no reputation at all in Hollywood.
, the price is pretty good, and the publisher has taken some risks.
To be honest, Li Lianjie's martial arts movements are very entertaining. The Hollywood film industry has never seen such a Kung Fu movie. This is why these distributors are interested.
Moreover, this price also allowed Long Wu to make a small profit from the movie, so he finally agreed.
As for Li Lianjie's previous movies, I didn't bring them this time because he doesn't have any fame yet. Even if he can sell the video rights, the price will definitely be very low and not cost-effective. It's better to make a name in Hollywood and then sell them.
Just like Cheng Long this time, it's more cost-effective that way.
Overall, the party was very successful.
"Ajie, it takes me two attacks to be successful. You have a better chance than me. Now with the help of Old K, you have an advantage over me! If Adventure King can make the distributor make money, you will have a chance to enter the next movie.
It's Hollywood." Cheng Long said with envy.
"Brother, you have succeeded. I haven't started yet. Let's work hard together in the future. If we have the opportunity to cooperate," Li Lianjie said with a smile.
"Okay!"
Cheng Long nodded and said, "Call K. and we'll go watch his playoffs. I have a few days off this time."
"good."
Then Li Lianjie called Lao Wang and said excitedly: "Lao K, I want to treat you this time. Adventure King has been sold for two million US dollars."
"Congratulations, Brother Li, find another investor to make a blockbuster movie, and become an instant hit like Brother Cheng." Lao Wang encouraged on the other end of the phone.
"Haha, let's see what the chance is." Li Lianjie said with a smile.
Next to them, Long Wu and Zhou Jiahe looked at each other and both thought of investing in Li Lianjie's next movie.
This time Li Lianjie's gains were really great. They knew that Li Lianjie had no plans to enter Hollywood before, but they never thought that because of an old K, he would be exposed to Hollywood so easily. Just like what Cheng Long said just now,
As long as Adventure King makes money this time, Li Lianjie's next movie will definitely be on the radar of Hollywood.
