On September 25, 2009, there was still a week before the start of the new season's preseason training camp, and the Los Angeles Clippers' 15-man roster had not yet been assembled, with one person missing.
Generally speaking, before the start of the regular season, the team will start a preseason training camp with 17-20 people, and determine the final 15 people through the final polishing of the preseason.
The Clippers are not good, let alone 17-20 people, not even 15 people. If there are not enough people, they will not be able to participate in the new season.
In the general manager's office of the Los Angeles Clippers' headquarters in Staples, Min Congda is sitting on the sofa facing the huge electronic LCD screen, playing games!
After returning from Las Vegas, Min Congda discovered a good thing to kill time and improve his basketball knowledge, the 2K basketball game.
2K10, dynasty mode, Los Angeles Clippers. After two months of his unremitting efforts, he has been at the bottom for countless consecutive seasons.
He has completed the uprising mode in the dynasty mode, and the uprising has never been successful. It has been suppressed all the time, and it is difficult to enter the playoffs.
Min Congda is very satisfied with this result. After a long period of simulation, he has a preliminary understanding of the level and strength of the league's stars. Ability value is a good thing.
Kobe is 97 and James is 96. The two highest-ranked players are naturally the face of the league. Such players must never appear in their own teams.
Wade and Paul, who scored more than 90 points, are elite defenders who should stay away from them in their prime.
Players with 80 points should be traded if they can be traded, such as Baron Davis with 82 points, for a group of players with more than 70 or even more than 60 points.
Griffin has a rating of 77 in the game, while Curry has a rating of 69. This makes Min Congda very unhappy that Curry is so high.
In terms of lineup matching, there are fewer big players and more small players. There are a lot of defenders and forwards, and a few power forwards and centers.
Because whoever gets the inside wins the world. The Lakers' three top players, Gasol, Bynum, and Odom, are the keys to their championship. The entire league is being suppressed.
Min Congda should not be as high as he can. At the same time, a toxic player like Randolph must stay in the team. He has strong offense and poor defense. He loses rebounds every game and the team's winning rate is a mess.
After finishing last in the league again, Min Congda was very satisfied with his operations. He will build the team according to this idea in the future. If the system allows, he will trade out all players with high ability values and replace them with various smaller players. With the likes of Curry, Randolph and DeAndre Jordan, there is no need to worry about ruining a great career!
Min Congda was having a great time. Someone knocked on the door and Ada came in and said: "Mr. Smart, Olshey said, there is still one week left before the start of the preseason training camp. If we don't sign the 15th player, The new season will be..."
Before Ada could finish speaking, Olshey burst into the office. Seeing Min Congda sitting comfortably on the sofa playing games, he was furious and said angrily: "Smart! We have done nothing all summer. Forget it, why is it that the new season is about to start and we can’t even sign the last person? Do we really want the team to be unable to play games? "
Min Congda thought to himself, it would be great if the team could not play in the new season, but unfortunately the system would not allow such an operation.
During this period of time, he has been delaying player signings and transactions. To put it bluntly, it is to delay time and let other teams take away all the useful players on the market. Then aren't the rest just leftovers?
Min Congda originally wanted to sign a player with the lowest level from the summer league roster, but unfortunately the system prohibited him from making such an obviously unreasonable signing. Otherwise, he would have signed the Mexican uncle who had disgraced the team, and the team would have been at a huge loss. Has it gotten worse?
Signing and trading must be reasonable, but at the same time, they must not enhance the team's strength, so Min Congda came up with this trick, asking other teams to help pick out the good ones, and then choose one from the remaining garbage. very perfect.
Seeing Olshey's anxious look, Min Congda stood up from the sofa and said: "There is a saying in China that you can't eat hot tofu if you are anxious. A premature decision is not necessarily a good decision. For the last person on the list, you have to make a decision." Just choose carefully.”
Olshey was so angry that he almost wanted to laugh. The last person on the roster should be carefully selected. The last person is basically just here to make up the numbers. With a basic salary or a ten-day short contract, can you expect to perform well?
However, even the players who make up the numbers have high and low levels. Now there are some players with a little bit of strength and rich experience in the NBA. There are no more players in their playing years. The rest are those who were undrafted, or were waived after not playing for long after being drafted. , leftovers from playing in overseas leagues.
The scout team reported a candidate today. He was drafted by the Raptors in the second round in 2006. He was waived after playing more than a dozen games. After that, he played in the Israeli league. He is not young, not tall, has no talent, and is mediocre in all aspects. player of.
"Mr. Smart, no matter how careful the selection is, this candidate will always be selected, right? The preseason is about to start!"
"Okay, okay, let me see what candidates you have."
Olshey handed the player report from the scouting team to Min Congda, who opened the information and took a look:
"PJ Tucker was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the 35th overall pick in the second round of 2006. He played in 17 games, averaging 1.8 points and 1.4 rebounds per game. He was then waived and went to play in the Israeli and Ukrainian leagues."
"Position on the field, forward, height 1.96 meters? 1.96 meters forward? A little shorter than Kobe... Technical characteristics, all aspects are relatively mediocre, strong, most of the points come from the inside, but his lack of height makes him It’s difficult to gain a foothold in a high-level league…”
Olshey looked at Min Congda's expression and thought, it's over. Short insiders are not popular in the league, and this PJ Tucker is the shortest among the short guys. Do you think you are Barkley? 196 playing inside, meet People like Sangao were not eaten alive.
There is a reason why players like this can't play in the league, and now the Clippers have to try this one. If this doesn't work, Olshey already wants to quit his job and go home to take care of his children. , whoever likes to do this job can do it!
"Well, yes, this player is good, it's him."
"What?" Olshey couldn't believe his ears. What did Smart say? It was just him?
"Uh, have you decided it's him? Then I'll arrange a trial training..."
"There is no need for a trial, what is a trial, what is there to try out, when is it? It's the end of September, the preseason training camp is about to start, and I can't play a game without a 15-man roster. I'm still thinking about a trial." . Don’t waste time, sign the contract directly, and pay as much as you can, don’t be stingy, be generous.”
"Okay, go out, don't hinder me from playing games, hurry up and get it done, the new season is about to begin!"
