If he can trade to Maddy, Qiao Hai will not consider the Timberwolves and Hawks, nor Elton Brand, and will directly complete the trade with the Raptors.

With Maddy, the Raptors' No. 5 and No. 12 picks are not so important, everything can be discussed, as long as Maddy can be obtained.

Qiao Hai stared at Stu Jackson and sent the email, and all that remained was to wait for a response from the Raptors.

The chips that Qiao Hai re-edited are not bad, and it goes without saying that the list is signed.

Brian Reeves needs to be introduced.

In the 1998-1999 season, Reaves played only 25 games due to injury, averaging only 10.8 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.

But the previous season, Brian Reeves was still a quasi-All-Star center averaging 16.3 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game.

In addition, about Brad Miller, Stu Jackson also asked, and the response from the Hornets was that Brad Miller could be traded, but the Grizzlies didn't have any players that the Hornets wanted, which was a bit embarrassing, and without chips, the Grizzlies couldn't trade with the Hornets at all.

Qiao Hai didn't give up, he asked Stu Jackson to ask again, what players the Hornets wanted, and the Grizzlies could contact them to see if they could make a three-way trade, or use draft picks to trade.

Brad Miller is important, and in Joe's plan, Brad Miller will be the centerpiece of the Grizzlies' game next season.

Next season, Qiao Hai will play Princeton tactics with the Grizzlies, which perfectly suits Stud Jackson's requirements, with a gorgeous offense and a high spectacle.

The key to Princeton's strategy was that the team had to have an interior line that could pass the ball and organize the offense, and Rick Adelman carried that strategy forward with the Kings, first with Chris Webber and later with Brad Miller.

And if the Grizzlies want to play this set of tactics, they naturally need an interior line that can organize and respond to the offense.

Sharif Abdulahim's passing is good enough for the role, but in Johi's tactics, Rahim has a more important task.

Someone has to score when someone passes the ball and organizes it, and Raheem's job is to score.

The pass is organized and planned, and Qiao Hai wants to find a center forward to complete.

And Brad Miller is the best choice, it really can't work, Qiao Hai can only trade to Rasione Netrovic, barely use.

The other players on the Grizzlies who are worth trading now are forward Tony Masenberg, Michael Smith and backup center Cherokee Parkes.

Tony Massenberg can play center, power forward and small forward, and he was the Grizzlies' starting small forward last season, good at breaking through and scoring, and he also does a good job of protecting rebounds.

Michael Smith is a short forward who can play both power forward and small forward positions, and is good at grabbing rebounds, averaging 7 rebounds per game last season, but has zero personal offensive ability.

Cherokie Parks got a lot of opportunities last season, playing averagely, averaging 5 points and 5 rebounds per game, but in this era of scarcity of centers, there are still people interested in Cherokie Parks.

Qiao Hai felt that there was no need to keep these three people, so he asked Stu Jackson to list these three people to see if any teams were interested.

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That's it for the trade, the Grizzlies' training gym, rookie tryouts are underway.

Stud Jackson invited Steve Francis to attend, but Francis and his agent simply refused, saying that they would not consider going to the cold place of Vancouver to continue their careers.

Stu Jackson was helpless, he was said by Qiao Hai, and Steve Francis didn't want to come at all, so why did he force it?

Rookies who are tryouting at the Grizzlies gym include Ron Artest, Wallis Zebiak, Sean Marion, Jason Terry and James Posey.

The content of the trial is a non-confrontation trial with the ball, that is, each rookie practices his own and does not have confrontation with each other, this kind of trial, Qiao Hai really felt a little bored, just went to the training hall to take a look, and left.

Regarding the draft, what Qiao Hai has to consider is not whether the rookie has the strength or not, and whether the rookie is in line with his own tactics.

Qiao Hai knows all the rookies with strength, such as Ron Artest, Qiao Hai knows that this is a short temper, but the defense is very strong, very strong, good at straight line breaks, and has a stable mid-range shot and three-point shooting.

Another example is Wallis Zebiak, this is a shooter, the perimeter shoots accurately, but the defense is average, can guard against slow players, but can't guard against flexible and fast players.

There is also Sean Marion, who is characterized by excellent defense, can defend from the inside to the outside, excellent rebounding ability, stable fixed-point shooting, and relies more on the passing of teammates on offense.

Therefore, for Qiao Hai, in the draft, his headache is how to use his only draft picks to select players who suit him.

For example, if the Grizzlies and Raptors complete the trade Qiao Hai envisioned earlier, will the No. 5 pick pick pick Volis Zebiak or Shaun Marion? This is obviously a problem.

Wallis Zebiak fits into Princeton's tactics, has excellent outside projection and good passing, but his problem is that the defense is too poor, and the championship team decided that defense is indispensable, and Johi is well aware of this.

Then, another option for Sean Marion is biased towards defense, Sean Marion has the ability to defend multiple positions, he can play power forward, he can also play small forward, if Shaun Marion is selected, plus the No. 12 pick Ron Artest, then the Grizzlies' wing defense will explode strongly, and the team led by the wing star will not be the opponent of the Grizzlies.

Therefore, for Qiao Hai, there is really nothing to see in the draft trial, and with this time, he might as well go to other work.

In addition to the draft work, Qiao Hai also had to call in his assistants.

Byron Scott and Stan Lovers have confirmed that they will follow Joe to join the Grizzlies.

Jim Eden hesitated for a week, and finally was embarrassed to tell Qiao Hai that he would stay with the Lakers, he joined the Lakers because of Cortlambis, and next season, Cortlambis will be the Lakers' chief assistant coach, Jim Eden finally chose to stay under the persuasion of Cortlambis.

The Grizzlies also have an assistant coach left, Lionel Hollins, the Grizzlies' defensive coach last season.

In this way, Qiao Hai's coaching staff has three assistant coaches.

This is obviously not enough, Qiao Hai has to find more assistant coaches, this task is very heavy, Qiao Hai can only go to David Falke for help.

In addition to looking for a new assistant coach, Qiao Hai also contacted Kevinding, and his promise of an interview with Kevinding should also be honored.

After playing the finals, Qiao Hai is now the youngest champion coach in NBA history, and in addition, many people found out after the finals that Qiao Hai also left a record.

In the entire 1999 playoffs, the Lakers lost just one game.

That means the Lakers won the championship with a 15-1 record, which is a record, a new playoff record.