The Godfather of Basketball

Like a fart!

Tang Tian suddenly regretted what he said before.

Although there was no one to choose, it was better than Sun Yue to choose Kailelo Feschenko, Aaron Gray, or even Dominic McGuire who was the pick in his previous life.

Sun Yue's conditions in all aspects are considered top in China, but all abilities are still far behind the NBA, and his previous life has also proved that he is still not up to the level of the NBA.

This sign is a bit of a waste.

After the choking passed, Tang Tian sighed helplessly.

However, there is no choice but to choose him. It depends on his training ability. If Sun Yue can be trained into a qualified role player, it can be regarded as benefiting Chinese fans.

The second round of the draft continued, and at this lottery, many fans had already left the field early, and even the huts of some teams gradually quieted down.

By the time of the 50th pick, there were not many people left on the scene, and some teams that had been selected had already withdrawn early.

But at this moment, Tang Tian's eyes lit up again.

This year's second-round pick, in addition to Marc Gasol, he also likes Ramon Sessions.

Those who have paid attention to Yi Jianlian should know this player. He is a floor point guard who is not afraid of confrontation and is extremely good at passing. He scored 24 assists in a single game in his rookie season.

After the end of last season, Blake's rookie contract expired. Many teams are interested in him. Whether the Rockets can re-sign him is a question. If they can't, this will be a very good supplement.

And coincidentally, the Rockets got the second-round pick of the Bucks in the trade of Spanoulis. This pick is 56th, which happens to be the pick that the Bucks selected Sessions in the previous life.

"Ramon Sessions?" Morey said as he flipped through the rookie's profile.

21 years old, a junior, with low potential.

With a height of 1.91 meters, the height confrontation is not bad.

The lateral speed is slow, and it is troublesome to defend the opposing point guard.

From the University of Nevada, the university averaged 12.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game, which is not bad for a traditional strong team.

With the 56th pick, there is a high probability that the team will not sign the contract in the end. Since Tang Tian has spoken, there is no other choice for this position, and Morey naturally has no reason to refuse.

When the Rockets took Sessions with the 56th overall pick, the team followed suit.

In this draft, although Sun Yue was an accident, Tang Tian still maximized all the draft picks in his hand.

Both Gasol and Sessions are powerful additions to the Rockets for the new season.

After finishing the draft, Tang Tian immediately called Marc Gasol who was far away in Spain.

Gasol was a little emotional, he was already prepared to lose the draft, but he didn't expect the Rockets to select him in the first round, which made him feel excited like never before.

"You'd better report to the team these two days, because it's summer league soon, and I look forward to seeing you."

Hearing Tang Tian's importance to him, Marc Gasol immediately patted his chest and promised that he would arrive in Houston in two days.

Gasol patted his chest to assure, but he failed to arrive in Houston two days later, not for anything else, just because the buyout fee of the Barcelona club was horribly high, which was a full 2 ​​million U.S. dollars! Taller than his brother Pau Gasol!

This is simply an astronomical figure for a rookie.

It was only when Tang Tian realized that there was still trouble. He finally found Morey and flew to Barcelona by plane.

After a week of tossing, the buyout matter finally made progress.

The 2 million buyout fee came to 1.5 million, and the Rockets paid the maximum allowed by NBA regulations of 500,000 US dollars, and the remaining 1 million US dollars were paid by Marc Gasol.

But it was the 1 million US dollars that Marc Gasol first borrowed from his brother Paul Gasol at Tang Tian's suggestion.

Two weeks later, Tang Tian finally arrived at the Toyota Center in Houston with Marc Gasol.

Marc Gasol's basketball career experience is relatively rich. Because of Paul Gasol's relationship, he spent his high school in the United States, but because he did not receive a scholarship from the university, he failed to play in the NCAA. He started in 2003 Played for the Barcelona club until now.

Because of unreasonable diet control in high school, he became fat into a ball and was nicknamed "Mexican Tortilla". Although he has improved a bit now, when he came to Houston for a test, his body fat content was as high as 30%!

The average level of the NBA is 10%. This level of obesity simply cannot play NBA games.

Tang Tian remembered Marc Gasol's nickname "man. boobs" when he first entered the league in his previous life, which meant a man's breasts. It seemed that this was not groundless.

The summer league is definitely not going to be played. For Marc Gasol this summer, losing weight is his top priority.

But weight loss is weight loss. After Gasol arrived, the Rockets signed him as soon as possible.

Although it is the 30th pick, it is also within the scope of the first-round pick. The two parties signed a four-year contract of 4.56 million US dollars, 860,000 in the first year, increasing year by year. team options.

An absolute Chinese cabbage contract.

Also signed with the 28-year-old older rookie Luis Scola.

The Rockets gave him a three-year contract of 9.3 million yuan, but Scola's situation is even more exaggerated than Gasol's, because he was a rookie in 2002, and he is the absolute core of the Spanish Tau ceramic club, the club asked for a buyout The fee is as high as 3.5 million!

In the end, Scola paid 3 million out of his own pocket, which also set a small record.

But looking at the two people who signed the contract, Tang Tian still felt very happy in his heart.

With Marc Gasol and Luis Scola, the Rockets' frontcourt depth became thick at once.

At this time, the annual NBA Summer League kicked off.

Tang Tian led the team last year, and Tang Tian is the head coach this year, so naturally he won't be going again.

Thibodeau led the team this time, and his assistant is Cole.

Neither Gasol nor Scola will play in the summer league. This time the Rockets have sent out a lineup. Among the second-year players, Barea will play, as well as rookies Sessions and Sun Yue, as well as some other fringe players in the free market. .

Compared with last year, the strength of this lineup is much worse.

Tang Tian is also aware of this, so he doesn't have high requirements for this team, as long as they play with their own characteristics.

But in private, Tang Tian also gave Cole a task, which was to give Sessions enough opportunities.

He didn't want it to be a pity that Morey didn't sign Sessions because of this.

The NBA Summer League kicked off, and at the same time, the 2007 NBA July freeze period also arrived, and news of various free agent signings also continued to break out.

However, the signing of the Rockets was not smooth, with the championship halo bonus. The team's free agent Steve Blake received contracts from more than five teams, including the Portland Trail Blazers. A big contract of 24 million yuan for three years, which is clearly to poach people.