Qiao Hai tasted defeat in the finals for the first time.

However, he did not feel frustrated, long before the start of the Finals, he had already thought about failure, this rocket is still too strong, Yao Ming and Wade are at the peak, plus the same peak Ron Artest and Boris Dio, and a mature system, this rocket is almost impossible to beat.

Qiao Hai's own dynasty team defeated him in the end.

Therefore, the biggest question in front of Qiao Hai now is how to strengthen the team in order to beat the Rockets next season.

The Rockets have become the biggest obstacle on the way to the Bobcats winning the championship.

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The 2006 draft draw ended in late May, and the Bobcats had two first-round picks, one of which was protected by the Celtics.

The Celtics lotto protection of the first round ended up drawing the seventh pick in the first round, and because it is lotto protection, this No. 7 pick still belongs to the Celtics.

However, the Celtics' 2007 first-round pick belonged to the Bobcats, and it was a completely unprotected first-round pick.

For the Celtics, if they don't help Paul Pierce find a hand this summer and they continue to play next year, the Bobcats will get a lottery.

As a result of the draft, the Bobcats had only one first-round pick and the 29th pick in this year's draft.

Fortunately, this year, Wake Forest University fell to the semifinals of March Madness and failed to win the championship, so Greg Oden chose to stay with the team.

The Bobcats don't have to think about getting a top-tier first-round pick this year.

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The season is over, and the draft is about a week away.

Qiao Hai took stock of the Bobcats' lineup last season and prepared to renew his contract.

For point guards, Paul and Jarred Jack both have three years left on their rookie contracts, while Mo Williams has one year left on his rookie contract.

In terms of shooting guards, Michael Reed's long-term contract has just ended its second year and has four years to go, Michael Petrus has one year left on his rookie contract, and Roger Mason's one-year salary has expired.

For small forwards, Iguodala has two years left on his rookie contract, Danny Granger has three years left, and Gerard Wallace has four years left on his five-year contract, which he just extended last summer.

For power forwards, Josh Smith has two years left on his rookie contract, Bryan Skinner has 5 million left on his final year, and Reggie Evans has expired on his rookie contract.

Finally, on the center side, Kendrick Perkins has the final year left on his rookie contract, Chuck Hayes has one year of his salary expiring, and Rivra Frentz has three years left on his super-big contract, totaling $36 million.

With two 10 million contracts, plus Gerard Wallace's quasi-10 million contract, and a bunch of rookie contracts, overall, Bobcats' salary situation is healthy, and there is still room for about five or six million from the expected 53 million salary cap next year.

Five or six million salary space is not small, and with a little cleanup, Qiao Hai can get about 10 million salary space, such as sending away Brian Skinner, who is about to expire in contract.

Generally speaking, a contract of about 10 million can be exchanged for a star-level player, and Qiao Hai's goal is to use this 10-million-level salary space to introduce a star-level insider.

As for Lafrentz's big contract, Johi is prepared to keep it until the middle of the season, which will become the most critical trade asset.

Contract extensions are already underway, with only three Bobcats out of contract, Roger Mason, Reggie Evans and Chuck Hayes.

After thinking about it for a while, Qiao Hai decided to let go of all three, Reggie Evans's role was not great, Chuck Hayes was the center that Qiao Hai was going to use to deal with Dwight Howard, but Hayes did not work well against Howard, and it had no effect on Yao Ming at all.

Roger Mason was given up because Mason sat on the cold bench in the two seasons of the Bobcats, and Qiao Hai really couldn't give Mason time to play.

In this way, all three of them are let go, and there will be no Bobcat contract renewal task this season.

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Before the draft, the Bobcats' inspection of this year's rookies had already begun.

In this draft, the best evaluation in the future should be Brandon Roy, who was killed by the dark horse, and he even got the title of Yellow Mamba and is considered the successor of the quarterback after the four quarterbacks.

But in Qiao Hai's view, Roy's peak season can be regarded as showing an All-Star level level, but later retired early due to injury, and may not have reached the real peak, but it is also possible that Roy's real peak is only the level of averaging 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game, Roy is known as the Yellow Mamba, and even compared with James Harden in later generations, it is really a bit blown.

If Joe Hay were given a choice, Joe Hay would choose Michael Reed between Michael Reed and Brandon Roy, due to the fact that Michael Reed is better suited to the Bobcats' system.

In addition to Brandon Roy, the best players in the 2006 draft should be LaMarcus, Aldridge and Lagalondo.

Rondo's prediction is not high, but Qiao Hai did not consider Rondo, the reason is still the system, Rondo is not suitable for the small-ball system, his shooting is too poor.

But Aldridge Qiaohai's eyes were hot.

The reason is that for defeating the rockets, Qiao Hai came up with two sets of plans, one of which is to find an inside line that can attack with a face frame, what Yao Ming is most afraid of is an inside player with strong offensive ability in the face frame, and the Bobcat can use an inside line with a strong frame offensive ability to explode with Yao Ming, and then lock Wade with a strong wing group, and the Bobcat will have a chance to win.

And the big train Aldridge is a big forward who is extremely good at attacking the face frame.

But here comes the key issue, Aldridge's projected pick is the top three pick, and some media even believe that he may be the top pick in this draft.

The Bobcats don't have a top pick, so naturally they can't get Aldridge.

The 2006 draft was a veritable little year, and although the Bobcats tried out more than 30 rookies, Joe had only two real targets: P.J. Tucker, who was expected to be the second round, and Paul Millsap, who was expected to be in the middle of the second round.

A further complement to the bobcat's flanks,

The Bobcats only have a 29th pick in the first round that can be used to select Tucker, but in Joe's view, Paul Millsap, who can play in the frame, is more important, and the Bobcats must make sure that Millsap is selected.

So, before the draft begins, they have to trade for a second-round pick.