After a moment of hesitation, Lin Yu thought of Bamot's style characteristics:
He has an outstanding wingspan, is good at defense, has both speed and enthusiasm, but is too thin to play the fourth position and has little offensive ability. It was not until the end of his career that he developed an unstable three-pointer.
His style and characteristics are somewhat similar to a non-dirty version of Bruce Bowen, if compared to the Knicks at the same position.
His defense is similar to Wilson Chandler, but his offense is far inferior to Wilson Chandler.
Compared to the Knicks' forward substitute Renaldo Backman, Mbah a Moute's defense and offense are slightly better.
But Buckman can play the fourth position. For this reason alone, Buckman is more suitable for the Knicks than Mbah a Moute.
With Backman, who has a similar style, and an upgraded offensive version of Wilson Chandler, the Knicks naturally don't need Mbah a Moute that much.
What's more, Lin Yu saw the possibility of poaching the Celtics in the summer from the Celtics draft.
James Posey's contract has expired, and the Knicks can use the only available mid-level exception on Posey.
If it were Posey, compared to Mbah a Moute, it would be an all-around upgraded version.
Therefore, the Knicks don't need Mbah a Moute very much, but in comparison, they quite need a backup point guard.
And Mario Chalmers, who can provide qualified immediate combat ability in his rookie season, is naturally the best choice.
After the draft, Lin Yu met with the two rookies he had chosen.
DeAndre Jordan still looked glum. Lin Yu patted the big black guy: "DeAndre, don't be unhappy. What happened to being selected in the second round? I was also selected in the second round.
, Gilbert Arenas and Manu Ginobili were also selected in the second round."
"Who said that only first-round picks are the chosen one? The same goes for second-round picks. As long as you are confident and work hard, you will be the chosen one."
"If I were you, I would make a list of the rookies who were picked before me, and then kill them one by one, and use my most practical personal performance to prove to the management who did not choose me that their
What a wrong choice!”
After saying a lot, DeAndre Jordan just nodded.
Lin Yu secretly sighed, Xiao Qiaodan's situation was different from his. After all, this guy was left behind by Little Green House.
Even Gilbert Arenas had a strong reaction when he fell from the first round to the second round.
The difference is that Arenas's response was to rant about the management that didn't choose him.
Of course, one of the reasons for Arenas' anger is that this guy took out crazy loans and spent money before the draft. He originally thought he would be selected in the first round, but he was only selected in the second round, so he lost a lot of income.
In his first season after entering the league, this guy had to scrimp and save money to pay off his loan. This is the main reason why Arenas is angry.
After Lin Yu finished chatting with Jordan, he found Mario Chalmers.
Unlike Jordan, Chalmers knows his position very well. He clearly knows that he joined the Knicks to join the puzzle.
At the end of the meeting, Lin Yu made a joke: "The only advantage of being selected by the Knicks is that you don't have to travel long distances. You can just live in New York and wait for the official announcement."
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After the draft ended, Lin Yu and Donnie Walsh immediately switched to another mode, analyzing the free market and transfer market to determine summer signing targets.
"Before determining the target, we have to think about which positions we need new players."
It's Donnie Walsh. Lin Yu can see that this guy prefers to make plans.
But this is a good habit. At least, Lin Yu can directly insert his ideas into Donnie Walsh's plan, which is very convenient.
"With DeAndre and Mario in the draft, we don't really need substitutes at the point guard and center positions. As long as we keep the combination of Wilson and Renaldo at the third position, we don't really need substitutes, so
, what we urgently need are substitutes at the second and fourth positions, as well as a starter at the center position."
The speaker was Lionel Hollins.
Lin Yu then waved his hand: "There is no need for a substitute at the second position, Shannon can take over."
Although Fred Jones's contract expired and left, Shannon Brown's strength, as a second-position substitute with little playing time, is enough.
The Knicks currently don't have many resources, so they obviously need to use them sparingly.
He continued: "If possible, we should invest more resources and accumulate some players at the third position, because the main theme of the Eastern Conference in the future will be against LeBron James."
Against James? Steve Mills wanted to say it was just a defeat.
But Donny Walsh and Hollins both nodded in agreement and almost asked Lin Yu directly if he had a suitable target.
Lin Yu didn't wait for them to ask, and directly mentioned James Posey's name.
"James Posey, a 2.03-meter-tall forward swingman, is of good size. His contract with the Celtics has expired. My suggestion is to contact him and see what terms he is willing to accept.
It should be impossible to sign a contract with a minimum salary, so try to sign him with some mid-level exceptions."
If the mid-level exception can be split into two parts, the Knicks will have more room to operate.
But now, the most troublesome thing is obviously the goal and candidate of the starting center.
"Kwame's contract has expired, do you want to renew it?"
"If the salary is the basic salary, continue. If the salary is higher than the basic salary, don't consider it."
With DeAndre Jordan around, Kwame Brown is no longer important. Lin Yu even feels that Nazr Mohammed's annual contract of 6.5 million for the next three years can be used if necessary.
Together with Chris Wilcox, who also has a salary of more than 6 million US dollars, and Eddie Curry, who has an annual salary of 10 million, the Knicks can directly come up with a salary balance of more than 20 million US dollars.
space.
He thought of Rasheed Wallace and Shaquille O'Neal.
"Contact the Pistons and Suns and ask them if Rasheed Wallace and Shaquille O'Neal are available for sale and the specific offer price."
Although Roaring Tianzun is a power forward, he played center for the Pistons last season and achieved good defensive efficiency.
Although the Sharks are old, they still have something to eat. If they can trade in a bunch of big contracts, even if they get one or two first-round picks, it's not impossible.
Donnie Walsh and Steve Mills both nodded. This is the situation now. There are only a few starting centers who are better than Kwame Brown. All they can do is cast a wide net.