The Godfather of Basketball

The young man was the last to get up, and he could feel that he was quite unwilling in his heart.

If it weren't for his poor school, his physical condition should be able to be selected in the second round.

He turned around, only to find that standing behind him was a somewhat familiar young man, and a... Wow, this woman is too sexy!

"Hello, I'm Tang Tian." Tang Tian introduced himself with a smile.

The young man's gaze was still on Anna one second before, and immediately turned back to Tang Tian's side the next second.

Tang Tian!

The one standing in front of him was Tang Tian, ​​the godfather with Lu Guan in his hand? !

No wonder it looks familiar!

When he was still in college, he heard that in the past few years draft picks, Tang Tian would always come down to find some undrafted picks to sign. He didn't expect it to be true!

"Hello Coach, I'm Kent Bazemore." Bazemore introduced himself nervously.

"do you have……"

"Yes!" Bazemore replied affirmatively before Tang Tian finished speaking.

Tang Tian was stunned for a moment, well, it seems that he likes to sign and lose the draft, and even the NCAA already knows about it.

He then smiled, without reproach, and handed Bazemore a business card.

The card wasn't his, it was Jones's.

"Someone will take the initiative to contact you after a while. If not, you can try to find this person. Welcome to the Thunder."

"Hmm! Hmm!" Bazemore nodded excitedly.

Well, this guy is half a joker.

But it's okay, some are optimistic, some are funny, the Thunder will definitely have a lot of fun this new season.

Back at the hotel, Jones returned shortly thereafter.

Because before July 1st, the door to the free agent market has not yet opened, theoretically the management cannot contact the free agent yet.

However, Tucker is an overseas player, whether he is a free agent or not, and Jones is in private contact and has not discussed specific contract matters.

"I got in touch. When the door to the free market opens, it should be done."

Jones had good news.

"The next focus of the managerial team is to renew the contracts of Ibaka and Harden. Both of them must be missed, and the Perkins deal must be paid close attention to." Tang Tian nodded, and still gave an extra warning.

After the draft was over, Tang Tian and the draft team returned to Oklahoma the next day.

Because the finals of last season ended late, and the draft was also held late, but the door to the free agent market was still opened according to the normal time, so the day after going back, the time came to July 1, the NBA free agent market The door starts right away.

This year's free agency market is quite hot.

The main reason is that LeBron James' team of the Suns announced that they would jump out of the contract after the door opened.

Jumping out of the contract means that James has become a completely free agent. He can sign a new contract with any team. Of course, the Suns, as the parent team, can sign the longest and largest 5-year maximum salary contract with James. Other teams It is 4 years.

In addition to James, there are also other big fish in the free agent market this year, such as Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Steve Nash, and Ray Allen, Jason Terry, Yi Jianlian, Gera De Wallace, Chris Kaman, etc. are also very capable players.

The Thunder also moved quickly, acquiring PJ Tucker at the moment the free market opened, and it was quite cheap.

A 4-year 6 million contract.

Tucker has been wandering outside the NBA before. In his previous life, the Suns signed him with a 2-year pure basic salary contract of 1.64 million. The Thunder signed him with a bigger and longer contract, which has already regarded him as a future plan part of it.

For Tucker, being able to play in the NBA is already a luxury, and the contract amount is not very low. His economic team has no reason to refuse.

Immediately afterwards, the team sent Daequan Cook to the Bulls in exchange for a future second-round pick.

The second round of the Bulls is worthless, basically tantamount to giving away for nothing.

Cook is considered a good pitcher, but his salary reaches 3 million, which will affect the team's contract renewal, so he can only give it away.

Perkins' problem is a bit more troublesome.

Because he suffered a knee injury in 10 years, his movement speed has dropped a lot, and he was often targeted by opponents last year. These other teams are watching.

Jones went for a round of trading and found that everyone was not stupid, and the chips given were basically all lions.

Now insiders are paying more and more attention to mid-range and long-range shots. The role of Perkins is useless except for a pure insider like Howard. Even Randolph's mid-range and turn-around jumpers can be easily overwhelmed. he.

Amnesty seems to be the only way.

Although it does not account for the salary cap, it means that the Thunder still have to pay the remaining nearly $26 million in the contract, which is real money.

It hurts to think about it.

And the relationship between Durant and Perkins seems to be very good, and the latter, as the former boss of the Thunder's locker room, also has a lot of status.

With the progress of the free agent market, the teams have also burst out a lot of signings one after another.

Duncan and the Spurs reached a three-year contract extension of 30 million yuan. Duncan cut his salary and renewed his contract. This is the end of the Spurs.

Kevin Garnett and Boston reached a three-year contract extension of 34 million yuan. Tang Tian's journey to the west made the "Wolf King" reject the offers from all other teams and continue to choose to stay in Boston to chase the championship.

Yi Jianlian and the Cavaliers reached a three-year contract extension of 24 million. The Cavaliers moved the China Mobile Great Wall of the former Rockets Dynasty directly to Cleveland.

Jeremy Lin and the Rockets reached a four-year 32 million contract, the fourth year of which is a team option. After losing Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian one after another, Morey needs to use a new way to open up the Chinese market.

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The negotiations between the Thunder and Ibaka also went relatively smoothly, similar to the situation in the previous life, and the two sides quickly reached a 4-year 48 million contract.

After this contract is reached, the Thunder will only have about 13 million salary space left for next summer.

But Harden's negotiation for contract renewal was not smooth. The Thunder team offered a four-year contract of 58 million yuan, which was 2 million more than in the previous life. .

What they expect is a four-year 60 million maximum salary contract.

The situation is still similar to the previous life. Perhaps for Harden, what he wants is not the 4 million or 2 million, but a low team problem.

Durant is the maximum salary, Westbrook is the maximum salary, why is it not the maximum salary when I come here? Is this looking down on me?

Now Tang Tian has the final say on the Thunder team. In fact, it is not a problem at all to exceed the tax by 2 million, as long as they communicate with the board of directors.

But in fact, for him, the problem is not the 2 million, but that once the contract is renewed and the tax is exceeded, the Thunder's other summer signings will be gambled to death. 10 people only.

In other words, Perkins' amnesty still had to go ahead.