Chapter 1296 New Season Lineup

"Nash joined the Lakers with a three-year, $27 million contract. The Lakers traded Parker, and they no longer have enough strength at the No. 1 position."

Griffin reminded.

"This Lin Shuhao is an undrafted player, right? How is his strength?" When he saw Lin Shuhao's name, Li Ba asked casually.

Payton introduced: "With 15+3+6 and averaging 1.6 steals per game, he still has strength."

"Why didn't the team renew his contract?" Li Ba asked doubtfully.

David Griffin explained: "The Hammer, although the boss, uh, I mean Mr. Sarver, although he does not want to sign you, our management still hopes that you can come back, so in terms of contract renewal, We are a little passive and don't dare to open a big contract. We want to leave some space for you.

We actually offered him a contract, which is a full mid-level contract. He and his agent are still waiting for offers from other teams. It is said that they are negotiating with the Mosaic team. The general manager of the Mosaic team, Mo Lei, has offered a contract. A four-year, 28 million contract, we are now considering matching this contract. "

"28 million in four years?"

Li Ba nodded. Based on Lin Shuhao's performance, he was qualified to get this contract, so he didn't ask any more questions.

In addition to these two people, Haslem also left after the end of his contract, and the Polish Hammers were traded away last season.

In addition, Ray Allen's contract has also ended and he is now a free agent.

Center: Li Ba, Andre Drummond.

Forwards: Gasol, Jimmy Butler, Chandler Parsons, Kenneth Faried

Guards: Ginobili, Jordan Hamilton, Norris Cole.

Currently, the Suns only have 9 contract players and still need to sign some players.

Payton said: "Ginobili only averaged just over 20 minutes per game last season, averaging 13+3+4 per game. This season he will definitely be able to play as a substitute."

"Manu was still the starter last season?" Li Ba asked with a smile.

"Yes, we don't have the manpower, so he can only start." Payton shrugged and smiled, and then he continued to introduce the situation of other players:

"Jordan Hamilton's potential is average. If our goal for the new season is the championship, then his strength will make it difficult to even rotate."

"We always have only one goal." Li Ba said.

Payton nodded and said: "Then we'd better trade him. Then, Norris Cole's strength is also average. He, Hamilton and Butler were all rookies last year. It will have no effect if we keep him."

"Then let's trade. The substitute lineup is still very important and we need a few good role players." Li Bada said.

Payton added: "But the forward rookies we selected are still good. Chandler Parsons was also a rookie last year. He averaged 29 minutes per game and played 10+4+2. I think the potential is pretty good and he can be considered to stay." Come down."

Li Ba took a look at Parsons' physical data. He is 208 centimeters tall in shoes and 104 kilograms. He has three-pointers and two-pointers from distance, but he needs to improve his shooting percentage.

The mid-range shot is not good, and the last two points are not good either. This shows that the closer he is to the paint area, the stronger the defensive pressure he receives, the success rate drops sharply. In other words, his confrontation ability is insufficient, which is also a common problem of white players. No black players can handle it.

But it can still be used. Post players have three-pointers, which is a must-have skill in this era. It should still be possible to play in rotation.

"Kenneth Faried was also a rookie last year. He was also pretty good. He was able to score 10+8 in 22 minutes last season and averaged one block per game. His weakness is that his offense is all at the basket and he has no shooting ability or rebounding ability. Good ability, weak in attack and strong in defense," Payton continued.

"It's okay to be a substitute." Li Ba nodded.

Payton added: "The last rookie, Jimmy Butler, was also a rookie last year and was picked at the end of the first round. His style is to attack the weak and defend the strong, and he is very active in defense. Last season, he averaged 8.5 minutes per game and scored 2.6+ 1.1 data has limited potential.”

"What about the defensive end?" Li Ba asked casually.

"0.3+0.1, his blocking and stealing abilities are average, but he has a positive defensive attitude." Payton said.

Li Ba looked at his personal information and found that he was only 201 centimeters tall, weighed 104 kilograms, and had a wingspan of 202 centimeters.

This physical condition really limits the performance on the defensive end.

Griffin said with a regretful tone at this time: "During last year's draft, we wanted to select Kawhi Leonard, a top player. He has the same body as Jimmy Butler, but his wingspan reaches 221 centimeters and his physical condition That’s great, and he has super big hands, just like you.”

"Really?" Li Ba smiled. He didn't know these young people.

Although Kawhi Leonard is a player from Gao Yuanyuan, he doesn't know him. He hasn't held a flycatching training camp in the United States for several years and doesn't know any young players.

Griffin added: "Andre Drummond is the rookie we selected at No. 7 in the first round this year. This pick is the pick we acquired from the Warriors in exchange for Kwame Brown and Milicic. Both power forwards He can play, his mobility is good, I hope we have good luck.”

"You think highly of him?"

Li Ba smiled. He could see that Griffin was looking forward to this rookie.

He looked at the young man's profile. He was 211cm tall and weighed 127kg. He was tall and strong (129cm wingspan). His fat percentage was lower than that of this year's No. 1 pick Anthony Davis. He was a top rookie in the US in both high school and college. He could block shots. In the 2011-2012 college season, he averaged 2.7 blocks per game. He had excellent mobility. His baseline running speed was faster than that of top guards such as Westbrook and Irving. He also had excellent strength.

On the defensive end, he could use his pace to block shots. He was also a rebounding machine. He had good defensive effects using his weight and strength. His assisting defense was second.

His shortcomings were also very obvious. His technique was crude.

He had no shooting range. His offense was all in the paint, mainly under the basket. His close-to-the-basket shooting was also average. His free throws were terrible. His low-post technique was also terrible.

Overall, he was very similar to Li Ba in his rookie season.

"You are his model," Griffin said with a smile.

"Me again?"

Li Ba seemed to remember that he was also the model for this year's No. 1 pick Anthony Davis.

"Then we don't need much inside players, so we're mainly trading guards, right?" Li Ba asked.

Griffin and Payton looked at each other and nodded.

"Then act quickly. Who else is on the free market now?" Li Ba asked.

Griffin took out a list of dozens of people. This is the list of free market players this year.

Li Ba took a look. In the point guard position, there are Chris Paul, Derrick Rose, Deron Williams, Russell Westbrook, Lin Shuhao, Nash, Kidd, Billups, Hinrich, Bibby and others.

Among them, Paul, Nash, Westbrook and Billups have signed new contracts, and their names have been crossed out.