Lin Yu proposed three candidates, but Donny Walsh did not raise any objections.
On the one hand, he is optimistic about Mario Chalmers. In addition, Mbah a Moute is also considered a favorite in the second round. After all, he plays for UCLA. Mbah a Moute has long been considered to be an excellent Jigsaw player.
No one will select him in the first round, but if it comes to the second round, Mbah a Moute will be the first choice.
On the other hand, DeAndre Jordan proposed by Lin Yu is a member of the Little Green Room in major draft predictions. It seems impossible for the Knicks to select him. And if the Knicks really have a chance to use the second round
Of course, Walsh would not object to choosing DeAndre Jordan.
That's how the draft was decided.
Donnie Walsh and Steve Mills will activate their respective relationships and use the cash on hand, the 43rd overall pick in the second round, and future second-round picks to trade for former second-round players.
The fifth overall pick.
Then we talk about the free market and transfer market that are about to open. In this regard, at this point in time, the discussion on this seems a bit too hasty.
But Donnie Walsh believes: "We must prepare early for the positions that the team must strengthen."
So, before Lin Yu could speak, Hollins was the first to propose: "We need a starting center who is better than Kwame and Nazr."
Then Lin Yu added: "And a group of role players who meet the following two conditions-can shoot three-pointers, or have outstanding defense."
Discussing transfers and signings is a bit like players and coaches making demands on management.
And now that Lin Yu has the full support of James Dolan, the management naturally can't say "no", they can only nod.
"So, we need a starting center and a group of role players who can shoot three-pointers and defend."
Donnie Walsh immediately said: "I will use my connections to find players who meet the requirements."
"By the way, how much cap space do we have this summer?"
Lin Yu quickly thought about the salary space. The amount of salary space will determine how much action the Knicks can make in the summer.
"Not much, our cap space is pitiful."
Steve Mills made some calculations on the spot. Lin Yu and Zach Randolph alone occupied nearly 30 million US dollars in salary space, and Stephon Marbury, who was laid off, also still occupied 30 million US dollars in salary space.
$20 million in space.
Also being cut and occupying space is Jerome James's 6 million.
Counting just these few people, the Knicks have already exceeded the salary cap. Not counting Eddie Curry's nearly 10 million U.S. dollars and Malik Rose's more than 7 million U.S. dollars.
Lin Yu suddenly felt a little confused. After calculation, the space they could strengthen in Xia Tian was too small.
"So, we can only rely on the mid-level exception and the minimum salary to sign people..."
The mid-level exception should be able to sign a strong man. With the basic salary, we can only rely on the veterans to use their spare energy. The rest seems to have to be traded.
Fortunately, this past season, Lin Yu's super performance and the team's unexpected record gave the management and fans enough confidence that they can overdraw the future to win the present.
The so-called overdrafting the future to win the present refers to using the Knicks' future first-round picks to make some transactions that originally seemed difficult to complete.
For example, use Eddie Curry, whom no one wants, in exchange for one or two useful players...
Lin Yu was still thinking hard. He also noticed that Donnie Walsh was also frowning deeply. The Knicks' mess was indeed too bad.
The existence of Lin Yu seemed to make his death look less serious.
But in fact, the Knicks are rotten to the core, and it will be difficult to recover for a while.
Just like in his previous life, Donny Walsh also relied on a bunch of transfer operations and exchanged bad contracts for expiring contracts, delaying his recovery to 10 years.
In this current time and space, Lin Yu's existence has put Donnie Walsh in a difficult situation.
Delaying the recovery time? That was already impossible, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet.
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Time continued to pass, and Lin Yu still stayed in New York.
He met with Nike executives who came to New York in advance, and then announced the formal signing.
Since then, Lin Yu's Under Armor ads have been completely offline, and the Nike ads that were filmed in advance have begun to gradually appear.
After that, Lin Yu successively accepted exclusive interviews from some media, which can be regarded as part of Nike's publicity strategy.
In the exclusive interview, he naturally mentioned the Celtics' killing tactics.
And this is the first time he has faced the media after the Eastern Conference Finals, and naturally it is also the first time he has talked about the Celtics' second-generation killing tactics.
"Obviously, what they did (the Celtics' killing tactics) was obviously against the spirit of sportsmanship. I can only be glad that they did not win the championship in the end, or even if they did, the championship should not belong to them."
"Evidence? Of course I have evidence. I can tell everyone clearly that I know very clearly that at the last moment of that game, the Celtics used killing tactics."
"Of course, I also admit that my evidence is insufficient, so I will not punish them by resorting to law. I can only say that time will tell us who is right and who is wrong."
Discussions about the Celtics' killing tactics had already cooled down a bit, but now that Lin Yu's multiple interviews have been released, it has immediately heated up again.
The Celtics were once again in a position of being criticized. Under the siege of public opinion, the Celtics defied public opinion and issued two official announcements.
"Due to disagreement with the team's philosophy, Doc Rivers will leave the head coaching position with immediate effect, and the new coach is still being selected."
"Due to physical reasons, Danny Ainge announced his resignation as Celtics CEO. I wish him a speedy recovery."
Two official announcements, Anji is gone, and Doc Rivers is also gone. It seems that the feud between Lin Yu and the Celtics has been resolved?
But then, he thought of Garnett's killing tactics.
"Without this killing tactic, the grudge between me and the Celtics would really have been resolved. What a pity, what a pity..."
Old grudges are gone, but new grudges have arisen. This is the state of Lin Yu and the current Celtics.
However, Lin Yu quickly forgot about the Celtics because he quickly got two bad news and one good news from Steve Mills.
"The Trail Blazers rejected our proposal because they have already reached an agreement with the Rockets, the details of which are unknown."
"The Clippers also declined, they have their own choice."
"The Timberwolves are willing to send their 34th pick in the second round, but we need to pay this year's 43rd pick and one in next year's second round."
The two pieces of bad news were ignored by Lin Yu. He told Steve Mills: "I agree with the Timberwolves' plan."
Then, he remembered: "Where's Thunder? What's their response?"
"The Thunder are in contact with Donnie Walsh. As far as I know, there has been some progress."