Chapter 822 Selling Sun Yue

After the deal with the Jazz was finalized, what made Richard dumbfounded was that the Jazz actually started to publicize it, making the contents of their deal with the Clippers known to the whole city.

The whole league knows that the Jazz acquired two draft picks from Richard...

This is a new thing. Only Richard has used high-ranking draft picks to split into multiple low-ranking picks. Unexpectedly, Richard now used two low-ranking picks to exchange for the Jazz's high-ranking picks. Draft picks.

Could it be that there are no outstanding players in the second round this year, which is why Richard is not interested in the second round pick?

Richard didn't know why Jazz announced the news with such fanfare. He only knew that Jazz was cutting off his own escape route.

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In this kind of pre-draft deal, there is no written contract between the two parties, just a verbal agreement. If one party breaks the contract, the other party has nothing to do.

For example, in the draft, when the Jazz picked Gobert with the 14th pick, Richard asked the Jazz to take Gobert. The Jazz were dumbfounded. If the transaction between the two parties was secretive and no one knew about it, then the Jazz would probably just treat it as this deal. The trade didn't happen, I chose Gobert...

Anyway, the relationship between Jazz and Richard is not that good, and there is no need to worry about breaking up with Richard.

But now, the deal is well known in the city, and the Jazz may not be able to deny the deal by then.

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Of course, Richard will definitely save some face for Jazz.

For example, instead of using the Jazz's No. 14 pick to select Gobert, use this No. 14 pick to select Antetokounmpo, and use the No. 16 pick to select Gobert.

In this way, Jazz will probably feel better...

Right now, Richard has three first-round picks, No. 7, No. 14 and No. 16.

Speaking of which, these three picks are actually very good. The picks are not particularly high, but they are more practical.

You can use them all, and you can also select the players Richard wants most.

In this draft, the players Richard wants include Oladipo, McCollum, Adams, Antetokounmpo and Gobert.

Among them, Richard plans to use the seventh pick to select McCollum, the 14th pick to select Antetokounmpo, and the 16th pick to select Gobert.

Of the remaining Oladipo and Adams, although Richard is also very coveted, there is nothing he can do.

Oladipo will not fall out of the top two picks, and Adams is normally the twelfth pick. If Richard wants to take Adams, he will definitely have to miss McCollum.

Adams and Gobert have overlapping positions. One of them is actually enough. There is a big ability on the bench for a while, so there is no need to have two blue-collar centers.

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If Adams' draft pick can be lower, as low as around the 20th pick, then Richard may really abandon Gobert and choose Adams instead.

Gobert's physical hardware is quite outstanding, both in height and wingspan, better than Adams.

But Adams also has an advantage that Gobert does not have, and that is speed.

In this rookie physical test, Adams' physical test data can be said to be among the best among all new insiders.

In addition to being inferior to Gobert in terms of height and wingspan, he is worse than Gobert in other aspects such as speed or jumping.

Perhaps this is why Adams was drafted higher than Gobert.

A few decades ago, although speed and jumping were also important for centers, they were not the first factors to consider.

Now with the advent of the small ball era, players at the center position gradually need to have good speed so that they can quickly follow their teammates on offense and defense.

Only those teams that stick to the traditional style of play may not care much about the speed attributes of their center players. Obviously, whether it is the Spurs or the Jazz, they are both very traditional teams.

If Richard had to choose, Richard would give priority to Adams instead of Gobert.

Adams's defense is not as good as Gobert's, but it's not that he can't stand out. There are only a handful of players in the league who are worse than Adams in interior defense.

In terms of rebounding, Adams' rebounding is stronger than Gobert's because he has better bounce and is stronger and easier to get stuck.

Adams is among the top three in offensive rebounds every year, and that's no joke.

Some fans may think that Adams is good at offensive rebounding but not good at backcourt rebounding.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, the offensive rebounding is strong, how could it not be possible in the backcourt...

A player with good offensive rebounds must be good at backcourt rebounds, unless the team has some special tactical system that prevents him from picking up backcourt rebounds.

For example, this is the case with the Thunder. Adams got stuck and allowed Westbrook to grab the backcourt rebound, and then Westbrook quickly pushed back to counterattack.

It is said that this style of play is unique to the Thunder. Who knows...

Adams can help Westbrook get rebounds. If he grabs them himself, won't he be able to get them? Obviously impossible.

So in Richard's opinion, Adams' rebounding is really strong. Who sacrificed the most for the team in the Thunder in later generations? It's not Westbrook, nor the injured pick in the playoffs, but one card and eight. Adams.

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Adams is fast. Whether he is returning to defense or pulling up to the high post for a pick-and-roll, the effect is definitely better than Gobert. This is why Richard wants Adams more.

But the draft does not mean that you can get whoever you want. There must be choices.

Now Richard has discarded Adams between McCollum and Adams.

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After roughly thinking about the newcomer he was about to choose, Richard had a new question.

This question is about Sun Yue.

When Richard took over the Clippers, Sun Yue joined the Clippers. The contract he signed at that time was for four years.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed. Sun Yue's contract will expire after next season.

Based on Sun Yue's current performance, when the contract expires next year, it will definitely be a contract close to the maximum salary level. Especially in this year's playoffs, Sun Yue has played up to his worth.

In this case, Richard must make a decision now, whether to sell Sun Yue now in exchange for some high-quality chips, or let Sun Yue leave as a free agent next year.

It would definitely be unrealistic to give Sun Yue a maximum salary. Now that Rondo occupies a lot of salary space, Leonard and Thompson will definitely have to renew their contracts.

Chasing Egg Green will have to renew his contract in the future. Where can Richard find so much salary space to give Sun Yue a super contract.

So now Richard must make a decision.

After much thought, Richard decided to sell Sun Yue first, which would be beneficial to both the Clippers and Sun Yue himself.

With the arrival of Rondo, Richard will definitely let Rondo start, and Sun Yue may return to the bench as before.

Sun Yue definitely doesn't want to encounter this situation. He's already on the bench. How can he get a big contract next?

If Richard wants to cheat Sun Yue, the worst he can do next season is to throw Sun Yue on the bench, and then wait until the end of the season to give him a winning contract...

But obviously Richard has no intention of cheating his own people. If Sun Yue has a chance to get a big contract, Richard will still be happy to see it happen.

Selling Sun Yue is definitely not a trivial matter.

An All-Star point guard who averaged 26 points per game in the Western Conference semifinals is of considerable value.