The Godfather of Basketball

I like a fart!

Tang Tian suddenly regrets what he said before.

Although no one had a good choice, it was better to choose Kailero Fisenko, or Aaron Gray, or even Dominic McGuire, who was better than Sun Yue.

悦 Sun Yue is considered to be top-notch in China in all aspects, but all abilities are still far from the NBA. Past lives have also proven that he has not reached the NBA level.

It's a bit wasteful to get this lot.

After the cricket passed, Tang Tian sighed helplessly.

However, the election has no choice but to rely on his training ability. If he can train Sun Yue into a qualified role player, it can be regarded as a benefit for Chinese fans.

The second round of the draft continued. At this signing, many fans on the scene have already left the game in advance, even the hut of some teams, has gradually quieted down.

When there are more than fifty picks, there are not many people left at the scene, and some selected teams have already withdrawn in advance.

However, at this time, Tang Tian's eyes brightened again.

In addition to Mark Gasol, this year's second-round show is also one of his favorite is Ramon Sessions.

Someone who has followed Yi Jianlian should know this player. This is a floor-flow point guard who is not afraid of confrontation and is extremely good at passing. He has played a single 24 assists in his rookie season.

之后 After the end of last season, Blake's rookie contract expired. Many teams are interested in him. Whether the Rockets can sign back is a question. If they can't sign it, it will be a very good addition.

Coincidentally, the Rockets traded by the Spinalis for the second round of the Bucks, this signing is 56th, which happened to be the previous Bucks' selection of Sessions.

"Ramon Sessions?" Morey said, flipping through the rookie's profile.

21 years old, junior, with low potential.

1 meter 91 tall, height confrontation is okay.

The lateral speed is slow, and it is a trouble to defend the opposing point guard.

From the University of Nevada, the University averaged 12.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists. Playing such a stat in a traditional strong team is not bad.

56th pick, the team will most likely not sign a contract in the end. Since Tang Tian has spoken, there is no other choice for this position, and Morey naturally has no reason to refuse.

When the Rockets won the No. 56 Sessions, the team also withdrew.

This time, although Sun Yue was an accident, Tang Tian still used all the draft rights in his team to the maximum.

Both Gasol and Sessions are a powerful addition to the Rockets' new season.

After ended the draft, Tang Tian called Marc Gasol, who was far away in Spain, for the first time.

Gasol's mood was a little excited, he was ready to lose, and the Rockets didn't expect him to be drafted in the first round, which made him feel excited.

"You'd better come to the team to report in the past two days, because it will be the summer league soon, and I look forward to seeing you."

I heard that Tang Tian attached great importance to himself, and Marc Gasol patted his **** as soon as possible and promised to come to Houston two days later.

Gasol patted his breast to guarantee, but he failed to go to Houston two days later, for nothing else, because of the scary high buyout cost of the Barcelona club, it was enough to 2 million dollars! Taller than his brother Paul Gasol!

This is an astronomical number for a rookie.

Only after realizing that Tang Tian still had this problem, he finally found Morey and flew to Barcelona again.

After a week of tossing, the buyout thing finally made progress.

The $ 2 million buyout fee talked about $ 1.5 million. The Rockets paid the NBA rules to allow a maximum of $ 500,000, and the remaining $ 1 million was paid by Mark Gasol.

It was this $ 1 million that was also suggested by Tang Tian that Mark Gasol borrowed it from his brother Paul Gasol.

Two weeks later, Tang Tian finally took Mark Gasol to the Toyota Center in Houston.

Mark Gasol has a rich basketball career experience. Because of Paul Gasol's relationship, he spent his high school in the United States, but because he did not receive a college scholarship, he was unable to play in the NCAA, and began in 2003. He has played for Barcelona since.

Because of unreasonable dietary control in high school, he became fat into a ball and was nicknamed "Mexican Tortilla". Although it has improved now, when he measured it in Houston, his body fat content was as high as 30%!

The average level of the NBA is 10%. This degree of obesity cannot play the NBA at all.

Tang Tian remembered the nickname "man.boobs" of previous generation Mark Gasol when he entered the league, which meant men. It seems that this is not groundless.

Summer league, it must be impossible, this summer for Mark Gasol, losing weight is his top priority.

After all, Gasol arrived, the Rockets signed the contract with him for the first time.

Although it is the 30th pick, but also within the scope of the first round of the show, the two sides signed a 4 years of 4.56 million US dollars, the first year 860,000, increasing year by year, the first two years of full protection, the next two goals Team options.

Absolute Chinese cabbage contract.

Also signed with 28-year-old rookie Luis Scola.

The Rockets gave him a 9.3 million contract for three years ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ But Scola's situation is more exaggerated than Gasol, because he is a rookie in 2002, and it is the absolute core in the Spanish Tau Ceramic Club , The buyout fee requested by the club is as high as 3.5 million!

Finally, Scola paid 3 million, which also set a small record.

However, looking at the two people who signed the contract, Tang Tian felt very happy.

Mark Gasol and Scola, the Rockets' frontcourt depth becomes thicker.

At this moment, the annual NBA Summer League kicked off.

Tang Tian led the team last year. Tang Tian is the head coach this year, so naturally he won't go again.

This time, Thibodeau, his assistant is Cole.

Neither Gasol nor Scola played in the Summer League. This time, the Rockets sent a lineup that will be played by second-year players among Baria, rookie Sessions and Sun Yue, and some other fringe players in the free market. .

相比 Compared with last year, the strength of this lineup is much worse.

Tangtian knows this too, so he doesn't have high requirements for this team, as long as he has the characteristics.

However, in private, Tang Tian also gave Cole a task to give Sessions enough opportunities.

He didn't want to because of this, Morey did not sign Sessions in the end, it was a pity.

The NBA Summer League kicked off. At the same time, the July NBA freeze period in 2007 also came. News of various free agent signings also kept coming.

However, the signing of the Rockets was not smooth. There was a championship halo bonus. The team's free agent Steve Blake received more than five teams' contracts, including the Portland Trail Blazers. After a three-year, 24 million-dollar contract, it was clear what to dig.