After Zhao Chen hung up the phone with Westbrook, he made informing calls to several teammates according to the distance of their relationship.
Robertson, Adams, Collison, Ibaka, Coach Brooks and others.
Finally, it’s Presti and Durant.
After Durant received the call from Zhao Chen, Durant's words revealed excitement and regret: "Zhao, I really can't let you go. I like being teammates with you, and I also think about us creating a dynasty together."
You are polite, you are definitely polite, Durant is eager for Zhao Chen to leave.
Durant has won the championship, and all the halo belongs to Zhao Chen. It would be strange if he is not jealous.
Zhao Chen naturally knew this, and Zhao Chen could also feel that Durant was holding back his excitement.
Zhao Chen also said in a slightly sad tone: "KD, I also like to partner with you. You know, our pick-and-roll is unsolvable. If I go to the Lakers, no one will pick-and-roll with me."
Durant said: "Yeah, I will miss the time when we fought together, brother."
Zhao Chen said: "By the way, has Scarlett replied to you?"
Durant said: "No, she pretended not to know."
Zhao Chen said: "Then I will go to Twitter to urge him and call Russell, haha."
Durant said: "Thank you, thank you, man."
Zhao Chen and Durant both have excellent acting skills, and they look like brothers.
Oklahoma City.
After hanging up the phone from Zhao Chen, Durant's excitement gradually subsided.
After Zhao Chen, a close friend, left, Durant became the absolute core of the team again, and no one competed with him for attention.
However, Durant didn't know why he felt uneasy.
Without Zhao Chen, he was no longer sure about the team's future, and everything seemed to be back to where it started a year ago.
The only helper left beside him is Westbrook.
After the excitement period, Durant felt a little disappointed.
"I won't be worse than you!" Durant secretly thought.
Zhao Chen made Durant feel less confident and less confident.
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After calling all his teammates, Zhao Chen had dinner with his company's investment team employees at noon.
Zhao Chen's investment career is in full swing, and the market value of investment companies is gradually rising.
Zhao Chen’s investment team has nearly 100 formal employees.
Zhao Chen's company adheres to the principle of commuting to and from get off work on time and boycotts 996...
Coupled with welfare benefits and company prospects, it is quite popular among outstanding elites.
Zhao Chen's secretary in China finalized the hotel accommodation, business itinerary, and bodyguard arrangements for Zhao Chen when he returned to China.
June 26th.
Zhao Chen watched the draft in Enna's house.
Not too many surprises.
The Lakers, who hold multiple draft picks, successfully acquired all the rookies on Zhao Chen's list.
With the No. 7 pick, Julius Randle, who is 2.06 meters tall and weighs 113 kilograms, was selected.
With the No. 31 pick, center Nikola Jokic, who is 2.08 meters tall and weighs 113 kilograms, was selected.
With the No. 32 pick, shooter Joe Harris, who is 1.98 meters tall and weighs 99 kilograms, was selected.
With the No. 33 pick, point guard Spencer Dinwiddie, who is 1.98 meters tall and weighs 91 kilograms, was selected.
With the No. 34 pick, small forward Jeremy Grant, who is 2.03 meters tall and weighs 95 kilograms, was selected.
With the No. 46 pick, offensive guard Jordan Clarkson, who is 1.96 meters tall and weighs 88 kilograms, was selected.
It's not that difficult to draft these rookies.
Randall himself is not a favorite, and the Lakers don't have much competition to select him with such a high draft pick.
This is especially true for the subsequent second-round picks. With Kupchak's many years of connections in the NBA, it will not be difficult to select them.
Zhao Chen was very satisfied with Kupchak's work and sent a congratulatory message.
Zhao Chen is satisfied, but Lakers fans are not.
Lakers fans started criticizing on the Internet.
Each of the rookies here is a hot rookie.
Lakers fans believe that Randall is too short and not talented enough to play inside.
Then looking at Jokic, he just can't run fast and is a fat guy with average talent. Seeing his photos, many Lakers fans are desperate.
Can this fat guy enter the NBA?
Especially since it is said that Jokic himself did not believe that he would be selected, and he was asleep when he was selected.
NBA scouts assessed him as being overweight, may not have enough physical fitness, and may not be able to play in the first year.
Lakers fans are filled with outrage...
Look at Joe Harris, Dinwiddie, Clarkson again?
The Lakers selected three second-round pick guards to serve as Kobe's backup, right?
There won’t be reinforcements for other positions, right?
As for Jeremy Grant? He's just a running and jumping man who can do nothing but dunk.
Lakers fans vented their dissatisfaction with the team's record in recent years on the Lakers management.
"Mitch selected a bunch of rookies to play, and then sadly, next year's first-round picks were traded away, which means that the poor record is used as a wedding dress for others."
"It would be funny if I got the No. 1 pick."
"Is this going to force Kobe to quit?"
“Mitch Kupchak is fired, Jim Buss is out!!!”
"The Lakers are finished!!"
"Do you expect a few second-round picks to become superstars?"
"Does Mickey want to learn from Presti and find the second Zhao Chen?"
"Just run it honestly, the draft is really not your specialty."
Zhao Chen was a second-round pick, but Presti selected him. Mitch Kupchak has always been known as a general manager who is not good at drafting, so his draft was criticized.
On the contrary, Mitch McGary and Josh Hustis selected by Thunder Presti have received high attention and praise.
Some people in the media even helped these two rookies shoot documentaries in advance.
Although these two people are not very famous, after all, the Thunder draft must be high-quality!
Zhao Chen doesn't care whether Kupchak and Buss are scolded or not.
Zhao Chen continued to write a list for Kupchak and asked him to continue to recruit some free agents.
A bunch of guards were selected in the draft, and Zhao Chen's free agent signings were placed at the forward and power forward positions.
The first one on the list is PJ Tucker.
Tucker played well for the Suns for one year and his contract just expired.
It is said that the Suns offered him a three-year, 16 million contract.
Zhao Chen hopes that Kupchak will buy him at a high price. Tucker is very suitable for playing in a small lineup.
The second person on the list is Robert Covington.
Compared with Tucker, Covington's signing is much easier.
In the 13-14 season, Covington was demoted to the NBDL by the Rockets 6 times. In 7 regular season games on behalf of the Rockets, he averaged 2.3 points per game. He was a marginal player for the Rockets. He was also waived by the Rockets in the summer. Yes, it's free agency now.
The Lakers can make it happen by sending him a basic salary.
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After writing about these two people, Zhao Chen traveled to Europe with Enna.
Zhao Chen's time is very tight.
When he returns from travel, he will start running business activities.
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Los Angeles.
Lakers general manager's office.
After seeing the list, Kupchak breathed a sigh of relief.
The Lakers' operations seem to be a lot, but in fact they are not very difficult.
Zhao Chen's request is not for any All-Star players. Tucker is the biggest draw.
The biggest problem for the Lakers is that they introduced too many players at once, and Kupchak needs to lay off a lot of players.
The rights Jim Buss gave Zhao Chen made Kupchak envious.
What is the difference between the statuses of Zhao Chen and James?
