"The Emperor is home!"

"Cleveland is on the rise again!"

"Cavaliers, next season's championship contenders!"

……

I have to say that the James team has a hand, which grabbed the headlines of the defending champion, not to mention, and even directly made people think of the Cavaliers as a championship contender next season!

It seems that after the tempering of "Decision 1", it is not only James himself who has grown, but also his team!

Many media outlets have begun to predict that next season's championship, which is the battle between the Spurs and the Cavaliers, is James' path to revenge!

"Tut, when I read this kind of news, I always feel that we will lose next season." Qin Yan is still staying in San Antonio for the time being, and he will go home once in a few days, and then prepare to go to the filming site of "The Expendables 3".

However, in the past few days, he has been eating and drinking at Duncan's house, and the rest of the team has begun to prepare for their vacations one after another, and only Qin Yan is working hard.

"It's not going to be easy to play next season."

Duncan came with two glasses of freshly squeezed juice, and as professional athletes, they have to ensure their physical health, so under normal circumstances, they don't drink excessively, and the drinks are also sports drinks.

"Tim, Tracy is gone, Matt seems to be planning to retire too, and then it seems like Digo is not planning to renew his contract either?"

Qin Yan was a little unhappy, he was going to leave three teammates at once, and Maddie and Split were still important rotation players, so I didn't see Nuo Tianwang being "bullied" by Split in the playoffs this season!

"Well, I advised Digo, but he wants more minutes and salary, you know, it can't be."

Duncan is also a little helpless, Split is actually the most important substitute for the Spurs interior this season, coupled with the good performance on the defensive end, there are now many teams willing to offer him a contract close to the maximum salary.

If the Spurs don't want him to go, then they can only match the contract, but Popovich will not match, in Popovich's eyes, Split, has not yet reached the level where he can get the maximum salary.

"Tsk, we're going to suffer on the inside next season." Qin Yan's mind is running fast, James will definitely form a Praetorian Guard army that belongs to him when he returns to the Cavaliers, plus Qin Yan knows that the Warriors' three-point team will awaken next season, so if he can't maintain a high level of dominance on the inside, the Spurs' dynasty road next season will not be too smooth.

However, for a while, where can I find a suitable replacement?

Qin Yan thought about it, and suddenly, he seemed to think of something.

"Tim, what pick are we in today's draft?"

"The last one, I still need to ask." Duncan glanced at Qin Yan, the No. 1 record in the league last season, what other high-ranking draft picks do you want?

"What, you're going to get people in the rookie? Like when Hassan was fished out of the NBDL? ”

Of course, Duncan can trust Qin Yan's vision, and Whiteside is a good example.

"Well, I think there should be a few good seedlings to catch in this year's rookies." Qin Yan said with great interest that in his memory, this year's rookies, especially the second-round show, have a very strong inside line!

"Wait a minute, I think it's better to talk to the coach about this, I'll make a call and see where the coach is."

As soon as Duncan saw Qin Yan's expression, he knew that this guy must have some particularly good candidate to recommend, so for the sake of prudence, he first reported to Popovich, and then took Qin Yan to Popovich's house with him.

"Coach, this guy named Jokic deserves to be taken!"

As soon as they met, Qin Yan couldn't wait to tell Popovich about the candidate in his heart, that's right, it was Nikola Jokic, the new core of the Nuggets, when he was in the Nuggets, this Serbian guy relied on his height of more than 208 cm and a weight of 113 kilograms, and he was mixed up in the two positions of big forward and center!

Moreover, his projection and playmaking ability are very good, not only opening up space, but also delivering subtle assists in time.

Later, people described him, and they all said that this guy played very "coquettish" and could easily detonate the G-spot on the scene, so the Jianghu people gave him the nickname - "Teacher Yue".

Of course, he is not without shortcomings, as an insider, Jokic's rebounding ability is not strong, and now he is not as perfect as he was later, and now he is a white fat man who weighs 120+.

And the most important thing is that this guy has historically been delayed for a year to enter the NBA, and I don't know if he will still be like this in this life.

However, in Qin Yan's heart, this 95-year-old little guy is fully capable of taking over the Spurs power forward after Duncan retires! Moreover, his style of play does not conflict with Whiteside, and can form a strong complement!

If you can get him over, then when Whiteside eats inside in the future, the opponent will not dare to wrap it at will, as long as the bag is passed to Jokic, and then he can shoot or pass the ball casually, and the tactics that the Spurs can play inside will be enriched all of a sudden!

Think about it, Duncan retired two years later, the Spurs are Whiteside and Jokic on the inside, and Qin Yan and Leonard on the outside.

"Do you fancy this young man? Hmm, will you get a little fat? ”

Popovich naturally didn't know what happened after Jokic, and he looked at the information he got from the Spurs scouts on the computer, frowning slightly.

The height of 208, well, is not short, no problem before the big one, but this 120+ weight is really fat, can this little guy still run?

"Oh, coach, it's okay for people to be fat now, come to us, are you still afraid that he won't be able to lose weight? Just kidding, let him practice with me, and I will slim down a high-quality inner line with a standard body for you in a month. ”

"Hmm...... What's this guy's prediction rank? Second round, then we're fine. Popovich decided to believe Qin Yan, at least he felt that as a European insider, even if this little white fat man was not good, his kung fu should not be bad, and the European inside line had a hand to shoot, if he came to the team, he could indeed provide firepower cover for Hassan's little guy.

"Coach, isn't this afraid that others will cut off your beard, you have a high vision, but there are still a few old monsters in this alliance who will not lose to you, in case you are cut off, then we will not suffer." Qin Yan felt that he could still fight for it, after all, no matter how good things were, if they didn't put them in their pockets, they would make people feel empty.

"Okay, then I'll figure it out, I hope this little fat man won't let me down." Popovich smiled, then threw out a bit of a shocking piece of news for the Spurs:

"Yesterday, Boris called me and said he was homesick too."

"What?"

There was a thunder on the ground, and Qin Yan and Duncan jumped up directly, with shocked and unbelievable expressions......