The Godfather of Basketball

"Originally, we offered Korver a contract of 15 million for three years, and the negotiations went smoothly, but the Chicagoans offered a contract of 18 million for three years, and the negotiations stalled again. Later, I added a third year to the contract. Player options, the two sides returned to the negotiating table, and then in the morning, the Chicagoans offered a three-year, 20 million contract..."

Tang Tian fell into deep thought after hearing this.

For the Bulls, Brad Miller's contract expires this summer, plus they traded away Hinrich, the core lineup is mainly rookies, and the salary space is quite healthy.

The Cavaliers only have one middle class, so they really can't compete.

After all, when a player is playing, the allure of the championship is far less than money.

"Miller's situation is similar. The Heat's contract is 32 million for five years. We simply can't compete." Dante was a little helpless.

Negotiation ability is one aspect of signing a contract, but more depends on the actual situation of the team.

"I see, you go down first." Tang Tian waved to Dante.

When Dante went out, he frowned and fell into deep thought.

In the last season of the Rockets, because of the strength of the team lineup and the impact of the three consecutive championships, the other 29 teams in the league tried their best to prevent the Rockets from winning.

Back then, the Rockets were the league's public enemy.

Now, the Cavaliers are sitting on the Big Three, and they have become the public enemy of the league before they start fighting.

In other words, with the current lineup of the Cavaliers, other teams still have a chance to work hard. If Korver and Miller are added, then they really don't have to play.

Therefore, what Dante just said was unexpected, but it seems reasonable to think about it carefully.

It seems that other teams will not let him sign these high-quality role players easily.

Ronnie Brewer, Matt Barnes, Ryan Gomez.

Tang Tian wrote down the names of these three people.

These three are all good 3D players, but their strength is worse than that of Korver and Miller, and their value in the free agent market is correspondingly lower.

After he wrote the name, he then told Dante to go down and contact them.

At the same time, various signings and transactions of the alliance are also constantly going on.

Stoudemire signed with the Knicks with a five-year maximum salary.

Wade's 6-year maximum salary extension with the Heat.

Joe Johnson stayed with the Eagles with a 5-year maximum salary.

Boozer signed with the Bulls for 80 million in 5 years.

...

On the Rockets side, after McGrady and the Rockets negotiated, the two sides finally reached a six-year maximum salary contract with the team option.

Yi Jianlian renewed his contract in advance for 3 years and 30 million yuan.

Salmons renewed his contract for 3 years and 20 million.

Without Yao Ming, they did not get any major supplements in the free market. Although they barely maintained the core lineup of last season through contract extensions, the weakening in strength has become unstoppable.

...

As the league's public enemy, the Cavaliers, players who expired last season have also received very good new contracts.

O'Neal signed with the Celtics for 10 million in two years. This should be the last contract of the old Shark's career.

After signing the contract, O'Neal made a special trip to Cleveland to have a meal with Tang Tian, ​​and gave him two pairs of Jordan sneakers as a thank you.

Novak signed with the Mavericks for 15 million in 4 years.

The Mavericks traded Chandler in the summer, and their strength has been significantly enhanced. They are tinkering and they are also making an impact on the championship.

Ben Wallace and Michael Finley both chose to retire after winning the championship.

...

And as other players signed one after another, the space for the Cavaliers to choose is getting smaller and smaller.

The feedback from Dante was not good either.

After knowing that the Cavaliers were interested, both the Bulls and the Clippers raised their offers to more than 5 million.

The meaning of this is extremely obvious.

As long as it is what you want, we will not give it to you.

Tang Tian couldn't sit still anymore, so he asked Dante to buy a plane ticket to Orlando, and the two flew directly there.

In the apartment where Barnes lived, they met the tattooed player.

The apartment was a bit of a mess and smelled strongly of alcohol.

As a well-known homeless man in the league, he has recently had emotional conflicts with his girlfriend Gloria Govan. If you don’t know him, you will feel that this is the home of gangsters in American society, not a professional player.

Barnes was surprised by Tang Tian's personal visit. He cleared all the dirty things on the sofa, and went downstairs to buy two cups of coffee, which can be regarded as warm hospitality.

Dante frowned slightly. Such a player is really not acceptable to ordinary people.

Even the famous villain Artest, his private life is not so bad.

Tang Tian didn't care. Barnes has been playing well on the court. Take last year as an example, the basic salary contract he signed with the Magic averaged 8.8 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. It was definitely worth the money, but the Magic didn't want To renew the contract with him.

Because of this kind of player, there are constant problems off the court, and he is still a locker room bomb.

This is probably the reason why other teams did not react too much even though the Cavaliers revealed their intention to sign.

They can kill 800 enemies and damage 1000, but there is a limit.

"I want to invite you to play for the Cavaliers. Are you interested?" Tang Tian cut to the chase.

"Sorry, you are late, I have already promised the Lakers, I will go to play in Los Angeles next season." Barnes said with a smile.

Tang Tian looked at Dante next to him suspiciously, Dante didn't say this before he came.

Dante also looked puzzled.

"Just before you came, Jesse Buss, the director of operations of the Lakers, has already come. We have negotiated a contract, 3.5 million for 2 years." Barnes is not the kind of person who beat around the bush.

The Lakers reacted quickly enough.

"Has the contract been signed?" Tang Tian asked.

"Not yet, but I can sign it when I go to Los Angeles next week."

Tang Tian turned his head and glanced at Dante.

Dante then took out a document from the folder.

"7.5 million in three years, the Cavaliers are only a few hundred thousand away from the luxury tax. In other words, the actual value of this contract should be 15 million in three years."

Tang Tian continued.

Barnes froze for a moment.

His eyes looked at the document, and it turned out to be a contract.

All the terms and conditions have been clearly written, only the signature column is blank.

"I know you have strength, but because of off-court problems, other teams dare not sign you, or dare not sign you with a long contract, but I am different. To be honest, when I was in Houston two years ago, I I already wanted to recruit you into the team, but Morey, the general manager at the time, disagreed.

It's a pity, but fortunately, now the opportunity has come again.

So do you now intend to go to a championship team and become part of the dynasty?

And I'm different from others, I'm not afraid of you causing trouble.

after all,

Ron Artest is submissive under my command. "