Chapter 178 Draft Schedule

"Sam Mitchell communicated with me. He is preparing to retire at the end of this season, and Roy Walt is also preparing to retire, so that there are only 13 players left in our team! There are two places left to the 15 players required by the league."

"We have never had a trusted player in the small forward position. We need to strengthen our competitiveness in this position through trades or drafts."

"Richard Hamilton is relatively thin and has always had problems with his defense. He can't defend against those strong shooting guards! Fortunately, his offense is good, and some teams are very interested in him. I plan to use him to trade a better defender! For example, Jerry Starkhouse of the Pistons!"

"Loren Woods is very tall, but his turn is too slow and his offensive ability is lacking. His salary is only 900,000. I think we can cut him or trade him!"

Michael Jordan stood in the conference room and talked to the uniforms. I had made requests to Michael Jordan for transfers and trades. I had the honor of interrupting training and taking a day off to participate in today's trading and draft meetings.

In the last life, Michael Jordan traded Richard Hamilton, Hubert Davis, **Ye Jones and others to the Pistons during the playoffs this season in exchange for Jerry Starkhouse. It is obvious that Jerry Starkhouse is not a good team player. Although there are great masters like Michael Jordan, they still ask the team to do this and that for him.

I have to stop this deal, and Jerry Starkhouse will obviously ruin the team's current harmonious locker room atmosphere.

I raised my hand and signaled that I needed to speak!

Michael Jordan nodded and asked me to speak. I paused for a second or two and organized the language.

"Richard Hamilton's defense is not very good, but he works very hard, and he is a good team player. He will complete whatever the head coach asks him to do with quality and quantity. He can do pick-and-roll for anyone, he can also cover any player at critical moments, and even he can be a substitute for the team. I think he is an indispensable person in any team."

"In contrast, Jerry Starkhouse, he competed with Allen Iverson for the right to take action when he was on the 76ers, and even fought with Allen Iverson in the locker room. I kept complaining about not having enough opportunities to make phone calls. He asked the team to provide more cover for his move."

"I am against using Richard Hamilton to trade Jerry Starkhouse. If the trade comes to Jerry Starkhouse, I'm sure our locker room will be worse than the New York Knicks! We have great goals this season, and I don't want the team to have such selfish people!"

Michael Jordan was stunned, Doug Collins also looked up at me. Others felt strange when they heard my speech. I had never expressed my own point of view so strongly. In their opinion, I have always been a kind of weak and good kid who needs others to arrange everything. Today, I criticized Michael Jordan's plan a bit, and everyone felt that I was very strange.

I licked my lips with my tongue and continued, "I know that Michael Jordan is the bet between me and David Brian, which has put a lot of pressure on everyone. Everyone hopes to strengthen the team's strength through trades or drafts! But we have to find those team players, we can't want a lone wolf like Jerry Starkhouse!"

"I have been training hard lately, but I have also carefully studied this year's draft and this year's free agent. I think we can try to get in touch with Larry Hughes, his contract with the Golden State Warriors has expired, and now the negotiations are deadlocked. I think we can try it out. He is 196 tall and has a good defense. We can let him try it out, so that we don't have to trade such a good team player as Richard Hamilton!"

"As for the small forward position, I looked at this year's draft, I think there are a few people we can pay attention to, one is Caron Butler, who is 201 cm tall at the University of Connecticut, and the other is Tayshoen Prince, who is 206 cm tall at the University of Kentucky. I feel that both of them can meet our needs in both offense and defense, especially Caron Butler! His strong physical fitness and strong offense, I believe that there is a possibility of becoming the core of any team! But our pick may be a bit too far behind!"

"Our inside line is generally good this season, but we should see that Christian Letterner is 33 years old this year. At his age, he sometimes loses his form and he will decline quickly. We need to find a substitute for the power forward position who can stand up at a critical moment! Although Itan Thomas has a good defense, his offensive ability is really too weak! I hope that in the draft, we can choose a power forward with slightly stronger offensive ability, such as Duke's card

Los Boozer and Louis Scola from Argentina are very similar to Carl Malone, and his performance in college is also average. I feel that his draft pick is not very high, while Louis Scola is not strong, but if you have watched his international game video, you will find that he is the kind of person who is not good at showing off but can bring the greatest contribution to the team! With him, our inside line will be stronger."

Michael Jordan showed a playful smile on his face, and he kept shaking it in front of him with a pen. He seemed to have a big difference in his opinion about my proposals.

"That's all I want to say! Think about it!" I sat on the chair, waiting for the final decision of the uniform team.

"Are you finished?" Michael Jordan stood up and asked me with a smile.

"Yeah!" I nodded.

"We will consider what you said, but Kwame, when have you seen what you said about Caron Butler and others playing? I watched one game, two games, especially the softie named Louis Scola? Do you also watch international competitions?" Michael Jordan asked with a cold face.

"I..." My brain thought quickly, trying to think of a proper reason.

"What am I?" Michael Jordan snapped.

"I think I will join the team's uniform group after I retire and don't play, so I have been trying to do this. I hope to help the team find the players the team needs!"

"How many players have you observed? How many statistics have you done? How many data analysis have you done?" Michael Jordan continued.

"I..." I was shocked, but I could never retreat at this time. I immediately said firmly: "I have never done much data statistics, nor have I done much data analysis. However, some players cannot just look at their data. Their own strength is completely hidden from the data! I hope Michael, you can seriously analyze these players!"

"Shit! You are a 20-year-old child who doesn't understand anything. What do you understand? What do you understand? Do you think you are God! Do you think you can see through everything in this world! You don't train me well and think about these useless things all day long! Do you need to be responsible for these things? You bastard!" Michael Jordan picked up the information in his hand and threw it at me.

I lowered my head and avoided the attack from Michael Jordan. I knew Michael Jordan was angry about my incompetence. I, a 20-year-old player who is still in my growth stage, want to enter the team's uniform group now and study the various problems of the team. It is indeed a bit too early. Michael Jordan, who has high hopes for my career, will naturally get angry.

Doug Collins and others hurriedly hugged Michael Jordan, who was furious, and prevented him from making more intense moves, causing greater trouble.

I picked up all the information that Michael Jordan threw on the ground, sorted it out carefully, and sent it to Michael Jordan to calm his anger, and said earnestly:

"Michael, I know you are good to me, I know you have paid a lot for me, and for me, you even made a bet with David Brian, but Michael, you have to know that we really need to strengthen these positions, and these people are really good. If they come to our team, we can really reach the Eastern Conference Finals, or even the Finals. Even if we win the O'Brien Cup this season, I'm not surprised! They are really strong!"

"Go to the finals? Get the O'Brien Cup! Are you dreaming or playing house? Do you think the O'Brien Cup is so easy to get? You ***..." Michael Jordan cursed again!

"I can swear! I can swear I can at least reach the Eastern Conference Finals! I swear that as long as we have a few of them, we will definitely reach the Eastern Conference Finals!" I shouted.

Michael Jordan stood up from the chair, picked up the information I handed to him just now and was about to hit me.

But Doug Collins and others hugged him firmly, making him unable to move!

"What are you doing? Let go! Let go!" Michael Jordan escaped from everyone's arms.

Michael Jordan glanced at everyone at the scene, then stared at me and said viciously: "Kaome! Remember what you said today. If you can't enter the Eastern Conference Finals! I can't spare you!"

"Michael! I swear: We will definitely enter the Eastern Conference Finals. Please organize all the columns of David Brian. I swear I will let him swallow them one by one!"

"Okay! I remember your words!" Michael Jordan said seriously.

"Doug, contact their agent and let them try out!" Michael Jordan turned to Doug Collins and said.


Chapter completed!