Option A is not high, and the limit can only compete for additional seats. Option B is to swoop down, and with good luck, you can get the first prize to sign and choose the article banyama. The market value may soar by 0.5 billion dollars.
If you were the boss and general manager of the team, how would you choose?
Now, this multiple choice question is placed in front of the boss Michael Jordan and General Manager Kupchak.
Judging from the performance of the Hornets in the past two years, they are not loyal fans who are rotten. Kupchak stressed that hornets are fighting for playoff tickets. However, for two consecutive years, Myers bridges was caught in the domestic violence scandal and could not play for the time being. In addition, the “three goals” Ramello-Bauer ankle injury may miss the game at the beginning of the season. Suddenly, the wasp has a little bit more incentive.
Idealists always have some wonderful expectations and fantasies about themselves, but at a certain moment, the light and shadow fade away, and idealists will become realists.
On October 11, Beijing time, Powell sprained his left ankle in the first battle between Wasp and Wizards. Today, the results of nuclear magnetic resonance examination were released, and the Wasp gave an official report with vague information. The wasp did not disclose how long it would take for Bauer to return. The Athletic news was a secondary sprain. Medical experts judged that Bauer would have a truce for about 20 days or even 4-6 weeks based on experience, ESPN reports are expected to be absent for 1-2 weeks.
Powell’s injury is not serious, but he is likely to miss the game at the beginning of the season. Originally, the difficulty of the competition at the beginning of the wasp season was not high. Their opponents included Spurs, magic and Kings, which was the key stage for them to accumulate the number of wins. But when Powell was injured, it was uncertain when he would return, and whether the Hornets could win these games became unknown.
In fact, even if Powell is not hurt, with the strength of the Hornets, their hopes of entering the playoffs in the new season are slim. Bridges was the chief scorer of the Hornets last season, with an average of 20.2 points per game. However, due to domestic violence lawsuits, it is still uncertain whether bridges can play in the new season.
Hayward is the team’s first high salary, but he has not played more than 52 games games played for three consecutive seasons. His injury risks are huge, and he was injured again during the training camp. The last game was just returned.
The wasp coach had experienced some twists and turns. Originally, the warrior assistant Atkinson had promised to take over the wasp, but he suddenly repented that WASP could only hire old acquaintance Clifford as the coach. In terms of recruitment, the Hornets only chose Mark Williams (15th in sequence) and signed Dennis Smith, both of whom were substitutes for the team to shorten the rotation. The Athletic gave a “D +” rating to Wasp’s off-season operation, commenting that WASP’s strength did not rise but fell.
With the strength of the Hornets, coupled with the rare and bitter competitive environment in the modern history of the East, the limit of the Hornets is to impact a ticket for the additional match, and it is also the same as the 10th in the east in the past two seasons.
In an ordinary draft year, the wasp may not have to be broken. However, the draft conference in 2023 was different. French genius star Wen banama would run for the election. After playing two games in the United States, he had conquered countless Scouts and senior executives and almost booked the first place. This is the same as in the 2003 draft, the weak teams faced an opportunity to change the history of the team.
At present, the weakest position of the wasp is the inside line. If you get wenbanyama, the 2-meter 01 guard Powell will join hands with the 2-meter 24-meter center wenbanyama, this configuration is equivalent to the “magician” Johnson + Jabbar in the new era.
The factor of money should also be considered. In the whole NBA, Jordan’s assets did not rank in the top 15, and the temptation of choosing Wen banyama was too great for him. An executive once said that the market value of the team selected for Wen banyama might rise by 0.5 billion dollars. At present, the market value of Wasps is 1.58 billion dollars, ranking only 27th. If Wen banyama is selected, their market value is expected to exceed the $2 billion mark, surpassing the previous teams such as the piston, Thunder, magic, and Knight.
This is by no means exaggerated. The Athletic gives an example.
In 2013, the Bucks chose adtokunbo with a market value of only 0.312 billion dollars, which was at the bottom of 30 teams. With the rise of adtokunbo, winning the MVP twice and leading the team to win the championship, the market value of the Bucks soared. At present, the market value of stag has reached 1.9 billion dollars, ranking 17th in the league. Of course, there are also reasons for the changes in the market environment. The market value of the entire NBA is increasing, but if you increase, it will also rise. As a small market team, the market value of the Bucks can rise to the 17th place, it is directly related to the selection of adtokunbo, an epoch-making star.
Xiao Hua, the president of the alliance, has said publicly that he knows that the teams are salivating to Wen banyama, but he does not want to see the appearance of the mess. In recent years, the league has thought a lot of ways to fight against bad behavior, for example, setting the probability of winning the first prize of the three teams with the worst record to 14%, even the team with the 6th lowest record has a 9% probability of getting the first prize. For example, the launch of the play-off competition system has given more motivation to participate in the competition to the top 8 teams who could not enter the division in previous years.
Everyone also knows that a bad team has always been a double-edged sword. A bad team must be prepared for the decline of the box office, the anger of the fans and even the breakdown of the team’s winning culture.
But this year is different. Compared with competing for a ticket for a play-off, the advantage of diving to the end of the division is real. Maybe even the fans are looking forward to their home team to fight for an epoch-making genius star. What they may get is not only an opportunity to change the fate of the team, but also a chance to change the league pattern if they choose Wen banyama. Even if wenbanama is not selected, Scott Henderson and Amen Thompson are all choices that can satisfy them.
Hornets are just a representative. Like them, there are also Pioneers, Wizards, Kings and other teams facing this multiple choice question. From the current situation, these teams in the additional division may be the biggest spoiler of the new season. Once the performance at the beginning of the season is not good, or they fall behind early in December and next January, they may turn around the car and adopt a bad mode, buying out or trading team veteran before the trading deadline. For example, Wasps have not considered sending away Hayward and Rochelle before.
Where will the veterans abandoned by the team in the additional division go? Championship team or playoff team. Because of the spoiling of these teams, the new season is not only a fierce competition for the champion, but also a lot of variables in the playoff tickets and championship competition.