Li Dai continued to check the Clippers' player profile.

The current Clippers' highest-paid player named Wood, a point guard, is now in the process of recuperating.

Wood is the draft pick to enter the NBA, his career in the NBA began at the beginning of the Chicago Bulls, and his performance is indeed worthy of the "yuan" identity, in the new contract period, he showed the leader's temperament, the second year of his career into the All-Star replacement lineup, 22 years old won the regular season MVP, is also the youngest MVP in NBA history, and was selected for the season's best team for a while.

This outstanding performance led Wood to a five-year, $153 million super-maximum contract after the rookie contract, and the NBA even changed the signing rules for this.

However, the injury destroyed the superstar, an accidental injury caused Wood to tear the cruciate ligament, and then to the left knee anterior cruciate ligament after the injury came back, and then a right knee meniscus to tear, the youngest MVP of the year, became a glass man.

More crucially, the continuous injury made Wood's state greatly decline, he lost speed, lost explosive power, lost physical confrontation, relying on the sharp breakthrough also disappeared, the original Wood with excellent physical quality, can even burst to hang people forced to break through the basket, and now he, even the basic one-on-one defense, will be forced to break through by the opponent.

Undoubtedly, Wood, the superstar, has fallen completely, and the five-year $153 million contract he signed that year has become one of the best junk contracts in the NBA.

The Bulls naturally want to get rid of this huge junk contract, after a series of efforts, the Clippers, who have more salary space, took the junk contract, and got a young player with good potential from the Bulls, a first-round pick, a second-round pick, and a part of the cash.

Wood came to the Clippers, the new season a game did not play in training injury, the current Wood is still in the recovery, according to the previous Clippers gave the news, Wood's injury at least until the summer to recover, that is to say, this season he is still in the state of reimbursement.

Wood’s salary, which counts two years left, is more than $30 million each year.That is to say, if the Clippers don't cut Wood, they will have to wait at least another season to get rid of Wood's junk contract.

“One Wood takes up more than 30 million of the team’s salary space, which is almost like blocking the Clippers’ road of recruitment.”Li Dai shook his head somewhat.

In this case, the Clippers, there is not much salary space to give other players a high salary, and the team's record is so bad, the stars do not want to join, the prospects can be described as very bleak.

Li Dai also inquired about the performance of the bull.The current Chicago Bulls are fifth in the East, and they are leading the eighth place in the East with ten games, and there is certainly no problem getting into the playoffs.This also means that the Clippers trade the first-round pick from the Bulls, probably ranked in the 20th place, this pick, generally can only choose a qualified role player, can choose a player who plays a starter, you can burn high incense.

The potential player who was traded with Wood was named Ronnie, 2.03 meters tall, and a striker.He was selected on the 23rd pick in the first round, and it is now the last year of his rookie contract.

Ronnie is a very qualified 3D player, in the Bulls, Ronnie is the most important member of the team, as the Bulls' number one substitute, he can contribute 12.7 points and 3.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, shooting 42%, three-point shooting rate also reached 36%.For a new player on a rookie contract, that’s a lot of potential.

The Clippers also saw Ronnie's potential, so they took over Wood's junk contract.After entering the Clippers, Ronnie also became the team's starting small forward, his playing time and number of shots have increased, the average score has risen to 18.8 points, and has become the core player of the Clippers.

However, Wood is not the Clippers' number one scorer, the Clippers' number one scorer is 32-year-old Nai Smith, as a defender of Nai Smith, can contribute 22.6 points and 5.3 assists per game, this data is very good, but can not bring the team to victory.

Naismith has won the NBA's best sixth man, his singles ability is very strong, but the defense is relatively weak, is the most typical offensive and weak player.And the most important thing is that the stability of Naismith is relatively poor, if the feel comes, he can compete with the superstars in the NBA, and the feel is poor, if the continuous dozen iron is also normal.Naismith is a “neuro knife.”

This "nerve knife" type of player can only become a complementary point to the team's firepower and is destined to become the core of a team.

The inside line is the weakest link in the fleet.The team's original starting center and starting power forward are all in the state of injury, so the Clippers can only play the role of players and "drinking water machine stewards" partner inside, one of them is the second round rookie, the other is a non-draft player.This type of player, in the NBA is an unstoppable type, every season to be able to find the team will accept them, is already a thank God thing, and due to the lack of major generals in the Clippers, they can even start big.

Li Dai looked at the injury situation of the Clippers again, and his face became more embarrassed.

"Fifteen players, there are five people who are currently in the injury situation, and two others are on the daily watch list, so that there are only eight players who are completely healthy, including three 'water dispenser managers' who are usually in the rotation.With so many injuries, if I take over the Clippers, the first thing I do is to fire the current team doctor!”

Then Li Dai began to check the next course of the Clippers.

At present, the Clippers have played a total of 46 games, with a record of 16 wins and 30 losses, and there are 36 games left to play.Li Dai took out the pen and paper and classified the Clippers' opponents in the next 36 games.

The first category is the top two in the east and the west, they are all stable into the playoffs of the team, and the team's winning field is also more, the playoff home advantage will certainly be preserved.But to be the top two teams in the east and west are the teams that are likely to win the championship, they are strong and the Clippers can't win them at all.

The second category is the east and west of three to six, they can also enter the playoffs, but may not have the home advantage, so in the next 36 games, they will certainly fight to get the home advantage of the playoffs, will not easily concede, the Clippers encounter them, will be a difficult battle.

The third category is the seventh to the twelfth team in the east and west, they are in the playoffs on the edge of the team, winning a few more games can enter the playoffs, and losing a few games may not be able to enter the playoffs, for these teams, the more they will be at the end of the season, the more they will be desperate, the weaker the Clippers, it is that they must win the opponent, so the Clippers will not have good fruit to eat.

The fourth category is to rotten the team, the NBA game to this time, in order to get a higher draft pick, many teams have begun to rot, these teams do not want to win the game, the Clippers meet them, but can be adult beauty, to win the game.

"For the middle and lower reaches of the team, the second half of the NBA is much more difficult than the first half of the game, one is after half a season of the game, all the teams have completed the running, some of the team has begun to make real strength; the second is to impact the playoffs, or in order to get the home advantage in the playoffs, the team's attitude to the game will be more serious, they will not easily roll over in the weak brigade."So I accept the Clippers after more than 30 games, I am afraid it will be very difficult to play.What a headache!”

Li Dai rubbed the temple and showed a sad expression.

...

The news of the Clippers' easy master was quickly learned by reporters and then appeared in the media.

Then, the NBA official also announced the acquisition of the Clippers by Chinese-funded Dingtian Sports.

For the entire NBA, this can be said to be a strong agent, originally because of the negative impact of racial discrimination, instantly reversed.

The NBA has been coveted about the Chinese market for a long time, and now the acquisition of the Clippers by Dingtian Sports has obviously helped the NBA to open up the Chinese market.

The owners of the other 29 teams, all welcomed the acquisition of Dingtian Sports, who are the beneficiaries of the NBA expansion.

Some NBA players have been sponsored by Chinese sports brands, and other players naturally hope to get a share of the Chinese market.

The most happy is the Clippers players, they are not stars, usually do not get high advertising endorsement contracts, so they need to pay attention.The "water dispenser managers" in the Clippers even began to calculate that if there is no ball to play in the NBA next season, go to the CBA mixed meal.

...

The Los Angeles Clippers.

Assistant coach Kassel parked his car in the underground parking garage and walked into the elevator with his head held high.

Due to the resignation of the previous black coach, Kassel is currently temporarily the head coach of the team, and with the completion of the matter of the Dingtian Group, Kassel also feels that he has ushered in a new opportunity.

“Wait a minute!”When the elevator door was about to close, a person quickly ran over, Kassel pressed the elevator to open the case, and reopened the elevator door, which saw that the team doctor came running.

The team doctor walked into the elevator, then showed a flattering expression and said, "Coach Kassel, congratulations."

“Congratulations?Why?”Kassel asked, but in the tone there was a feeling of knowingly asking.

"The team is about to have a new boss, and I guess Coach Kassel will be officially promoted to head coach."The team's medical voice was stopped, and then said: "This season's game has been carried out for most of the time, the team's record is not satisfactory, there are still more than 30 games left, I think at least this season, our new boss is impossible to re-employ a new coach, so you will inevitably be promoted to the team's head coach, of course, I want to congratulate you!" 」

“I hope so!”Kassel spoke, but there was a color of self-confidence in the words.

In Kassel's view, the team doctor's analysis is simply too correct, the Clippers' record is so bad, this season's situation has been stereotyped, anyway, it is so bad, the new boss does not have to spend another extra money to hire a new coach, and it is imperative to correct his "surrogate coach".

If you can become the coach of the Clippers, then only the second half of the season, will also have a high score for Kassel's resume, if he led the team's performance better, perhaps you can sit in the position of the coach in the future.

The elevator stopped, and Kassel and the team doctor stepped out of the elevator, but the people nearby gave a special look.

This kind of eyes made Kassel feel a little uncomfortable, and he even felt that something might happen.

Kassel walked into the coach’s dressing room, and the three trainers were whispering about what, and when they saw Kassel, their faces suddenly changed, and someone even hid something behind them.

“What are you looking at?”Kassel asked.

“Nothing...” The man who answered smiled awkwardly, then said, “Mr. Kassel, the weather is very good today!”

Kassel sensed that the other party was deliberately opening the topic, and he was sensitive to the fact that what they had just talked about, what they had hidden behind them, perhaps related to himself.

Casselton felt a little angry, he was about to become the team's head coach, is the most authoritative person in the team, how can tolerate this kind of thing.

I saw Kassel snoring coldly, then walked over with a straight face, pushing the man who was hiding something to one side.

In the chair behind the man lay a newspaper.

“It’s just a newspaper, what’s so good to hide?”Kassel picked up the newspaper in some puzzles, and then he saw the headline above:

Clippers' new boss: We'll hire Lawrence's best coach Lee Dai as Clippers head coach

"Lawrence's best coach?"Is that Chinese Lee?Isn't he a coach?“Does he know basketball?”Kassel couldn’t help but shout.