Lionar, can we trade the boss away? ”

“……”

Coach Hollins and Chris Wallace looked at each other, speechless, and wanted to cry.

More than three hours ago, at 10 a.m., Bill Duffy came back in the mail.

Bill Duffy's response was still very honest in the end, and in Chris Wallace's expectation, Chris Wallace helped Bill Duffy and signed Randolph, avoiding the embarrassment that a top star like Randolph did not have a team to want, Bill Duffy euphemistically expressed Sun Ce's disappointment that he could not test the free market, but said that he would decide on the contract before the end of the finals.

This answer is not much different from Chris Wallace's guess, Sun Ce, like many young players, wants to see how popular he really is, but this kind of thing doesn't really matter.

The boss was so fond of "exploring the inside scoop of the team" that Chris Wallace emailed the boss of Bill Duffy's answer.

Then, at 12 noon, Chris Wallace and Coach Hollins also experienced a "fan feeling" when they saw on the news that their team had authorized Sun Ce to engage with other team management.

After a short silence, Coach Hollins said: "Don't worry, even if Noah goes to communicate with other teams, we won't have a loss, you forget, we have the right to match, even if the rookie contract extension terms are changed more than expected, but Noah is not like other stars, he is the same as Yao of the Mavericks, if he really wants to go, we can only let him go, and we have to sign first and then change to help him get more money, this is the basketball market, you know."

And I'm sure Noah won't choose to leave, he just wants to try. ”

"You've always been so partial to him, Lionar." Chris Wallace smiled helplessly, "But our boss ......"

"Our boss, very cool!" Coach Hollins teased that it has nothing to do with him, he is the head coach.

"You're right, I've been in the NBA for so many years, and it's the first time I've heard that a GM might be the last person to know about an owner's decision, and that's cool......," Chris Wallace frantically spitted.

"But, Chris, we can go directly to Noah and talk about a contract extension, right? We're also contestants in the free market, aren't we? ”

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Like Chris Wallace said, he may be the last person to know about it, at 11:30 p.m., Bill Duffy received an email from Robert Pera, at 11:50, Robert Pera's secretary sent the president application to the NBA official and team press officer, and at 12 o'clock the NBA official website and the Grizzlies official website announced the matter.

As soon as the news came out, it quickly exploded, and people thought that the Grizzlies management was crazy, and the day after the Western Conference finals, they actually agreed to let their own team's restricted free agents contact the management of other teams!

This year may be the easiest year for NBA teams to renew their own players, because there is no offseason when the shutdown is over, there is no free market, and many players have no time to renew their contracts in order to avoid the end of the shutdown, just like many NBA players lost their jobs in the 98-99 season, so they hurriedly renewed their contracts early.

Among them, the players who have expired their rookie contracts are the most enthusiastic, and they are in the middle of their careers and need a more stable development plan.

Let's not talk about how people guess whether Sun Ce will stay with the Grizzlies with peace of mind, just about the renewal of the contract, fans feel that the Grizzlies don't have to worry at all, the change of the terms of the second-round rookie renewal has basically become a foregone conclusion, and the owners of the small city team and the big city team owners are left to play, and the big city team owners want to cancel the restrictions of the Arenas clause on this basis, hoping to join the parent team on the condition that the contract can be renewed, and the non-parent team can give the maximum salary in space, but the small city team owners are unwilling.

But the parent team matching right will not give up either the big city team owner or the small city team owner, so the Grizzlies don't have to worry about not being able to make room for Sun Ce's contract extension, in the eyes of fans, they just need to wait until Sun Ce agrees to renew the contract.

As a result, the Grizzlies actually agreed to allow Sun Ce to contact other teams......

In 2006, why did so many people regret that Yao Ming did not go to Los Angeles to join forces with Kobe Bryant and not consider the idea of the Rockets owner?

Because of a team like Yao Ming and Sun Ce, who are determined to leave the team, the boss can only serve well, and no matter whose fault it is to cause conflicts, the Chinese market that has been operating for many years will definitely not be able to be maintained.

Fans wondered, how strange is the brain circuit of the Grizzlies management?

Think of the Grizzlies using the Roster to pick Tabit, and then Tabit played only 10 games and used Thabit to trade for a second-round pick...... Although the end result was good, the Grizzlies made a lot of money.

But fans recalling that incident, plus what is happening now, they find that the Grizzlies management's brains are not ordinarily special!

Of course, there are also fans who see Robert Pera's idea, and think that Robert Pera's idea is very bold and courageous, but they think that the bold is the Grizzlies management, and it is the first time in the history of the NBA that such management has appeared.

And the Grizzlies are really special!

But even fans who think Grizzlies management is very bold can't help but complain online......

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On the Internet, fans are frantically complaining about the Grizzlies, and the media are also constantly hype, predicting Sun Ce's decision, speculating which teams Sun Ce will meet, and after the NBA official and the Grizzlies official website announced this matter, all major media sent reporters to their guesses to get Sun Ce's team to find out.

There is no doubt that 80 percent of the teams in the league want to meet with Sun Ce, even those who don't have salary space.

Not now, and the future, isn't it?

And most of the team management did not have the luxury of winning Sun Ce this year, first of all, James's previous experience, they did not think that Sun Ce would leave, but had the same guess as Chris Wallace, and felt that Sun Ce just wanted to see the attitude of other teams towards him, to find the sense of identity that young players wanted, and when they really decided to stay, maybe these meetings were not important.

Also, even if the Grizzlies management seems so generous, when it comes to their offer, will the Grizzlies management be so generous...... Unlikely.

However, Sun Ce is only 21 years old!

The collective bargaining agreement has not yet been reached, mainly focusing on several aspects such as the sharing ratio and the limited terms of the veteran contract, and some of the terms have already been finalized.

For example, in terms of the contract period that the players took a step back, they agreed to shorten the maximum contract renewal from the parent team of the 2006-like collective bargaining agreement to 6 years to 5 years, on this basis, even if Sun Ce renews the contract and finishes the contract, he is only 26 years old, and he is in his prime.

But they can't have a good relationship at that time, and once Sun Ce renews his contract, they won't have a chance to have a good relationship with Sun Ce, and now is the best opportunity to have a good relationship, or the Grizzlies gave it for nothing, of course they have to grasp it.

Even team management like the Bucks, whose team is located in a city that is more poopy than Memphis, has revealed a desire to meet with Sun Ce.

Thereupon......

For a while, there is the news that Jenny Buss, the president of marketing operations of the Lakers, traveled east to Memphis, and the Los Angeles media broke the news that Sun Ce has a good prospect of joining the Lakers, and he is the successor of Mamba; One moment was the news that Heat general manager Pat Riley went north to Memphis, and Florida reporters broke the news that James wanted a teammate ...... better in rebounding; After a while, the new general manager of the Raptors, Ujerry, went south, trying to attract Sun Ce's news with the advantage that Canada is currently the largest Chinese immigrant country......

For a while, fans forgot that it was only May 30th, and it felt like June 30th, and the free market was opened.

The Grizzlies "management" didn't know for what purpose they agreed that Sun Ce could contact the management of other teams in advance, and they were stunned to turn the eve of the Finals into a free market!

For a while, the Grizzlies swiped the screen, and the fans forgot about the Bulls, who had returned to their home court from 1-3 down to continue their lives, and the Mavericks who had advanced to the Finals, all of them were discussing the fact that the management of the NBA20 teams wanted to meet with Sun Ce.

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Turning their attention to the Mavericks, they have a better record of 60-22 than the 58-24 Heat, and it looks like the Heat are almost certain to make it to the Finals, and they are back in Dallas, waiting for the Heat to challenge them, and the Mavericks players are ready to enjoy the fans and media.

However, in the morning, the main object of fans and media is the promising Grizzlies, and in the afternoon, when the tone of conversation should change, discussing their team that has gone from being unfavored to counterattacking all the way to the Finals, the Grizzlies are doing something......

They didn't even bubble up when they reached the finals!

Sun Ce was eliminated, but he could still stir up trouble in the NBA, and even the owner of their team flew to Memphis on a private jet as soon as he returned to Dallas......

Cuban is the team owner who has the best chance to get Sun Ce in 5 years in the eyes of the media and fans, because they have Yao Ming, Yao Ming is determined to retire after 5 years, and Sun Ce can just take over at that time, and the Mavericks are also a well-known international player team, Yao Ming has played a foundation there for a few years, and I believe that Sun Ce will not face too serious racial problems in the past.

Now Cuban has never thought about forming a combination of Sun Ce + Yao Ming + Nowitzki, and there is no need to be so extravagant, one is enough, according to the media, Cuban is the one who wants to persuade Sun Ce to stay on the Grizzlies......

Every team owner has a different mind.

But it's so embarrassing for the Mavericks players!

They're the ones who made it to the finals, and no one paid any attention to them!

According to the unreliable gossip media in China, Yao Ming bought a copycat red and white machine called Xiaobawang and beat it hard for an afternoon......

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On the side of the Heat team, which is almost certain to advance to the finals but was also robbed of the limelight, James does not have Yao Ming's resentment of being robbed of the limelight, but has to deal with the relationship with Bosh well.

It's true that he doesn't like the team's inside rebounding, and he can't help it if someone guesses him, but don't say it so clearly!

Especially with the fact that general manager Pat Riley went to Memphis......

If, it is revealed that he James dislikes the team's interior rebounding and Pat Riley goes to Memphis for the two things that are separated, there is no, and now it is added together, giving their team a feeling that they are going to trade Bosh for Sun Ce.

Except for exchanging Bosh, they currently have no possibility of getting Sun Ce, even if Sun Ce wants to come.

Admittedly, if Pat Riley really got this done, James would have to be crazy, but now that they are about to reach the Finals, this kind of thing happens, and it will affect the team's unity.

Bosh took the initiative to join, but before the season was over, there were rumors that he was going to be traded, and James felt so bitter in his heart!

And Pat Riley is really the kind of person who will do anything for profit, which makes James feel even more bitter......

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As for Sun Ce's side, he no longer has the heart to watch the news and has no time to care about the mood of the stars who have been affected by his affairs.

He's busy right now!

Bill Duffy has received requests for meetings from 21 teams!

When James was about to leave the team last summer, he was pursued by 11 teams fiercely, and he almost overturned when he arrived.

Because James experienced the free market for the first time last summer, when the rookie contract expired in 07, he had already renewed the 3+1 contract in advance, and other teams did not think that James would leave the Cavaliers so early, until the Cavaliers were eliminated early in the playoffs for two consecutive years in 08 and 09, and the owners of the teams found that James had a high probability of leaving, because the Green Army Big Three and Howard who were there did not seem to be able to cross the Cavaliers James who stayed with them.

So the preparation time is only one year, and there are only 11 teams that can make space, and they are desperately freed up.

But Sun Ce is different, now contact in advance, and have 5 years to prepare! Even the owners of the Heat and Mavericks, who are about to play in the Finals, want to join in the fun.

So, on the evening of May 30, Sun Ce looked at Bill Duffy's laptop in the living room and watched the meeting requests of the 21 teams, and his brain was about to explode.

After hearing Bill Duffy talk about the boss's miraculous operation at noon, he guessed that something might happen, but this thing was too scary!

Lakers, Heat, Mavericks, Celtics, Suns, Warriors, Rockets, ...... Sun Ce feels that these teams are acceptable, and the cities where these teams are located are still very attractive.

But what does it mean for the Raptors and the Bobcats, the Bucks, and the Pistons to pop up?

Sun Ce really wanted to ask their management, such as Boss Qiao: You don't know how powerful your management is? How many stars who want to follow you are scared away, you don't know?

What's more, in the list of 21 meeting requests, Sun Ce saw his own team......

This is Sun Ce's weakness: You can just call and ask? It's been a year! I haven't seen you ask!

"Noah, which teams have you decided to meet?" Bill Duffy's mentality is about to collapse, and he should have suggested this kind of thing, but his team is going crazy.

I've never seen a boss like Robert Pera!

Rich people, especially young rich people, have a world that no one else can understand.

It has been so many years since he was a professional manager, and it was the first time that Robert Pera had met such a team owner who could do things like this.

However, Sun Ce's pain is only this matter itself, and it is not difficult for Robert Pera to understand this kind of thing at all, this is the owner of a sky-high contract that gave Conley 150 million more than Kobe's contract unit price in the year when the NBA's salary has not completely skyrocketed, which directly forced the teams to give up the idea of trying to lower the maximum salary after the salary cap skyrocketed.

Conley is 30 million a year, and other more powerful ones are not 35 million a year, which has led to several 50 million annual salary cases in the future.

Sun Ce responded: "Or do you refuse them all?" They barely have the space to sign me! I remember they spent all their salary caps in order to avoid a shutdown and not be able to retain people, wasn't it a waste of time? ”

Things are all relative, players are worried about the shutdown and no work, the management of the teams is also worried that the shutdown will affect their contract renewal, most of the players in the middle of the season have completed the contract renewal early, the Grizzlies have not renewed the contract of Gasol Jr. and Conley is a rare case, and the Grizzlies also have to make preparations with both hands, in case the terms change fails, they still have to start by freeing up salary space to provide salary space for Sun Ce, who does not have bird rights, to match the contract salary space.

"I think they're here for five years." Bill Duffy hurriedly said: "It can't be like this, we will have to cooperate with them in the future......"

In this way, Sun Ce immediately understood that the other party was waiting for his next contract to expire.

As for the cooperation in Bill Duffy's mouth, Bill Duffy has more than one player under him, and he doesn't dare to offend more than 20 teams.

After hesitating for a moment, Sun Ce saw that things were already like this, so he simply broke the jar and broke it: "Bill, we are going to be busy in the next few days, you let them tell you their future plans simply, it is reasonable for us to meet, they are all here." ”

"I see, I'll take care of these things tonight and send you their answers tomorrow......"

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Sun Ce originally wanted to play easily for a few days to see if the first and second games of the finals were as crushing as he expected, but after knowing the specific situation of the finals, he went to discuss the contract renewal with the Grizzlies.

As he said, there is no free market, and it is a bit of a pity that we can't feel the popularity of other teams, but this thing can't be helped, and he also wants to put the team at ease early, so that the team can prepare before the trade window opens after the finals.

He never dreamed that his team owner would be so good at playing......

I didn't even have a day off, so I started working overtime.

On the night of May 30, the Heat defeated the Bulls 86-82 to reach the Finals.

Fortunately, James is very communicative, and after Pat Riley realized that he was not doing it right, he also spoke to Bosh on the phone to reassure Bosh, saying that this is the future plan after 5 years.

And Bosh is also a man of heart, he does not give up on himself, but tries to prove his worth.

So the Heat won the Eastern Conference finals with defense when the Bulls were fighting against the water, and James and Wade both reached the Finals for the second time in their careers.

This year's Finals team may be the worst Finals team, after 4 seasons, the Heat and the Mavericks will meet again in the Finals, the Mavericks have the Big Three of Kidd + Yao Ming + Nowitzki, and the Heat has a real Big Three, so the two teams played each other, and the limelight was all stolen by a sophomore player who had been eliminated.

It makes them feel so sad.

And what's even more tragic is that there is a continuation of this situation, on the afternoon of May 31, Sun Ce began to meet with the management of each team, and the first one made people think - Lakers President Jeanie Buss......

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Sun Ce admires Bill Duffy's personality very much, maybe Bill Duffy's means of negotiating contracts are average, but he has a good character and a bit of an honest feeling, he once forgot to submit a notice to his team to implement the player option because he overslept, and he also took out the money to subsidize the player's loss.

So, Sun Ce asked Bill Duffy to go to the teams that asked for a meeting to give a preliminary plan for the future, and when each team gave it, Sun Ce received the list, 21, or 21.

That's all that has been said, Sun Ce will go and see it.

On the afternoon of the first day, Sun Ce met with the owners of the Lakers, Bobcats, and Clippers.

These three teams are not in the scope of Sun Ce's consideration, and the Lakers are going to be unbelievably chaotic in the next few years, so they don't consider it for the time being, the Clippers and Bobcats...... A friendly chat is all that's all it takes.

At the beginning, Sun Ce decided that the day's itinerary was to meet with 6 teams, and Sun Ce chartered a concert hall in Memphis, except for the first day when he only met 3 teams in the afternoon, the rest were 6 teams a day, and it took 4 days to get it.

The order of the meeting was decided by Sun Ce himself, and there were also teams that he really wanted to talk about, such as the Suns, Hawks, and Nets, which were all placed in the back position.

Originally, there was another team Sun Ce who wanted to put it directly on the first day and let them get out, Sun Ce was a little disgusted when he heard the name of their team's general manager, but after seeing the plan they gave, Sun Ce suddenly broke down, and extended the 4-day meeting time to 5 days, the first 19 teams were completed in 4 days, and finally left two teams, one of which was naturally the Grizzlies, put it on the afternoon of May 4th, and finally met, and the team on the morning of May 4th - the Rockets!

The meeting between the three teams on the first day ended easier than Sun Ce imagined, as Bill Duffy predicted, except for the Clippers, the other two teams were not very urgent, and the eager Clippers, Sun Ce ended the talks in 10 minutes.

After it was done, Sun Ce dialed through. After a few pleasantries from the producer with whom T has been cooperating, Sun Ce said, "I have a project...... Don't say yes so quickly! Hear me say first!

On May 5th, I wanted a live broadcast in prime time, yes, it was my decision...... Do you dare to play? The decision of the general is broadcast live in the United States! ”