"My grandson must renew the contract first, otherwise it will account for 120% or 150% of the salary space of 21.5 million, but the renewal will only account for 23.32 million.

Buddha, Karen Mok, Gobert, and Black Fat, the four of them have contracts with them, Pickle Pepper is a restricted free agent whose rookie contract ends, and Mr. Yi Muhua and Mr. Tony are part of the middle class whose contracts expire, and all three of them occupy 120% of last season's salary space. ”

At noon on the 29th, Sun Ce looked at the list of players in his own team, and only 8 players were left with contracts or reserved bird rights to occupy space.

Richard Jefferson and Stoudemire are base salaries, so there is no need to consider retaining the early bird rights of the two, and they will directly give up the early bird rights to maximize the space to get Aldridge.

Sun Ce feels that his own team is really non-mainstream, and other teams are clearing the space to vacate people, and he sticks draft picks upside down.

They did well, cleared up space, and instead got a 2015 first-round pick and got Aldridge...... Sun Ce originally thought that he would get Chandler or Bosh and Millsap back, but he didn't expect the team to play really big and directly quote the Trail Blazers.

And the Trail Blazers are inexplicably obsessed with the center, anyway, they want the center.

In terms of strength, Whiteside, who has almost no independent offensive ability but still has B+ level strength, and is still in the rising period, is at its peak, but is already 25 years old and can be used directly as the main center, and must be the strongest one on their Grizzlies team except for Randolph, who was picked up by the Trail Blazers.

This also frees up 9 million space for the Trail Blazers, in the case of Lillard is still a rookie contract, counting the expiring contract, the salary cap is suddenly reduced to more than 41 million, and then the operation, you can quote two restricted free agents in the class of 2010, even if you provide a maximum salary to a veteran of more than 7 years, you can still sign a contract with an annual salary of 10 million.

Sun Ce saw the news that the Trail Blazers were ready to make offers for Paul George, Bosh, Isaiah Thomas, Pau Gasol, Ariza...... Even Nowitzki.

The Trail Blazers now have nothing to play except for Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Whiteside, Amir Johnson, Mo Williams has made it clear that he wants to leave Portland, and CJ McCollum is still tender...... Sun Ce looked at the Trail Blazers' lineup and knew why they were interested in all-league.

Last season, their Grizzlies starters were the best offensive team in the league, yes, but not the strongest, the Lakers starters, the Spurs starters, the Bulls starters, the Warriors starters, and the Trail Blazers starters were all stronger.

Among them, the Trail Blazers starters are the strongest starting lineup in the league, which is the same as Sun Ce's impression, Lillard was a miserable one in the early stage of his career, and he scored the playoffs purely as a starter every year, and he was the first in the league in average points per game off the bench, and he stubbornly entered the second round of the Western Conference playoffs.

The deal was struck, and the Grizzlies were left with a second-round pick and a 25th pick in this year's draft.

Why didn't the Trail Blazers want the Pelicans' higher draft pick next season, which is sure to be a higher pick next season, but instead want their Grizzlies' 14-year first-round pick No. 25? is because this year is recognized as a big year for the draft, although Sun Ce opened his eyes and knew that the overall draft was not very good in the end, but the draft expectations were really good.

And there are a couple of good players.

But from the perspective of the core lineup, if they can successfully renew Paul George and Larry Sanders, their core structure has been perfected, and then it is to select instant combat power or veteran free agents, high-quality role players in free agents, Aldridge has been traded, and after renewing Yi Jianlian and Tony Allen, they have already exceeded the cap, and they have to use up the terms that can be used, such as the rare full middle class, before renewing the contracts with these players.

But...... Now Sun Ce is not worried about their substitution problem at all, Richard Jefferson and Stoudemire will probably be signed, and people will come to defect, and the result will be a second-round tour, and the team will add 7 players this year, Richard Jefferson Yi Jianlian is very useful to play and run, and when Yi Jianlian sometimes has to take turns to rest, Stoudemire can be on top, and it is no problem for the two to play together.

As for the remaining 5 people, this time is different from the past, and now, the Lakers are once again the enemy of the people!

Kojanlen, this trio, is so explosive! Significantly inferior to the Spurs on the inside...... That is, when they couldn't beat Duncan, the strongest trio of the Lakers beat the Spurs not only not weak, but strong outside to the point of crushing.

Kobe Bryant's pure pitching style of play is no problem for another two years, Leonard is getting better and better, James is only 29 years old at the end of the year is in his prime, the key Los Angeles is not lacking in attractiveness, some free agents go to hug their thighs, and their Grizzlies trade has become much smoother.

Moreover, the attractiveness of their team has also become different, and the reason for the difference seems to be because of his grandson.

At noon, when Sun Ce arrived home, he saw a piece of news.

Aldridge came to Memphis early this morning, was seen by reporters, and then surrounded by reporters......

Aldridge was interviewed and asked whether the Grizzlies would be willing to play center, which is the most curious question for fans.

Aldridge has been with the Trail Blazers for 8 years, I don't know how many times he has said that he is unwilling to play center, but he has nearly 70 percent of the games he has defended the basket, and every year asking Aldridge if he is willing to play center in the new season is the only thing that the media is interested in the All-Star power forward, because in the Trail Blazers, Aldridge can also attract the attention of fans on this matter.

To the reporter's surprise, Aldridge replied: "Center? Haven't I been playing center...... Who said I don't want to play center, who said that?

Of course, I'm a power forward, I'm better at this position, but I can always play center if the team needs it, and I'm aiming for a championship......"

When Sun Ce saw this interview screen, he could feel how confused the reporters were, Aldridge's interview was simply simple, and he began to show loyalty before he officially joined.

It's true that their Grizzlies have become very different now, the first person in the league, even if it is the first person in the quasi-league, this title is really attractive to many players who want to compete for the championship.

Sun Ce didn't train this afternoon, so take a break and prepare to watch the draft in the evening.

Before the draft, another thing happened that touched the hearts of many fans, Maddie announced his retirement!

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After running with James for three years, Maddie finally fulfilled his championship dream.

Maddie represents the youth of many post-80s and post-90s fans, although he only played a total of 15 minutes in garbage time in the fourth and fifth games of the finals for James, got 3 points and 3 assists, but finally fulfilled the championship dream.

Some fans ridiculed that the three giants of Zhan Weibo couldn't take Maddie, and only a 23+24 combination could compete with Maddie's bad luck......

Seeing Maddie's retirement, many fans lamented that their youth had come to an end.

However, Maddie's retirement, just like Iverson faded out of the league back then, people feel that it is normal, and it seems that it should come to this time.

It's not like fans can't accept that Kobe Bryant and Duncan will retire one day.

In general, the NBA is still very cruel, and the fans are more realistic, as a professional athlete, individual honor, team honor, is king.

It was a stirring but natural episode before the draft, and by 8 p.m., the draft began.

The Clippers drafted Wiggins with the first pick in the first round without any suspense, and Embiid was revealed to be injured before the draft and will undergo surgery and will be reimbursed for his rookie season, losing the opportunity to compete with Wiggins for the first title.

The Bucks didn't have much to worry about selecting Jabari Parker with the 2nd pick, and if Jabari Parker had been drafted last year, he would have been 100% 100 percent with the 1st pick.

Even if Embiid was injured, it was difficult to fall out of the top 3 pick, and the Magic selected Embiid with the 3rd pick.

The Rockets selected Australian Kobe Bryant with the fourth pick, Dante Exum.

The Suns selected Elfried Payton, a defensive point guard from Louisiana University, with the fifth pick.

The Celtics selected another defensive point guard with the sixth pick, Smart of Oklahoma State University.

The Kings selected Julius Randle, who was originally considered the favorite for the top 5 pick, with the 7th pick.

The Magic, who have the Pistons' 8th draft pick, selected European power forward Dario Saric......

Sun Ce looked at the draft meeting, unless it was a must-select player in the top five picks, the choice of many teams was not much different from what he remembered, except for those players who would be scolded to death if they didn't choose them, the other teams in the picks all chose their favorite type of players.

For example, if there is an 8th pick, but the player is expected to be 11-14 picks, the team will still pick them.

The team's draft pick has changed, but the player's performance in college has little effect, and there is not much change in which player each team prefers.

Of course, Sun Ce didn't see the situation where the high order fell, there were teams that had entered the playoffs in the original time and space and did not enter the playoffs in this time and space, and they also had the type of choice they wanted to win the players they favored.

The first-round draft is coming to an end, and with the 28th pick in the first round, the Clippers received the Bulls' first-round pick this year from the Griffin trade.

David Stern took the stage and announced: "Ladies and gentlemen, in the 2014 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Clippers selected the Los Angeles Clippers with the 28th pick in the first round...... 19-year-old center from Serbia, Nikola Jokic! ”

Seeing this, Sun Ce was relieved, he sent a message to John, anyone can be selected for the top pick, the top three picks this year are not suitable for being the core, two injury numbers, and a health player, but the transaction value in the future is not low, any one can be.

But in the 28th order, Sun Ce hopes that John's side can take it.

Although Sun Ce has no plans to go to the Clippers for the time being, it is still possible to help John choose talented players, and their Grizzlies have no shortage of centers, mainly because they don't need ball-handling centers, otherwise Paul George will play hard in the new season even if he wants to stay.

If you don't give him the score, you don't give him the attack, so what's the point of playing.

You can't give talent to the Clippers, so the Clippers can't just mess up and fight for talent.

There is also to help Bill Duffy introduce business, as early as half a month ago, Bill Duffy had already signed Jokic, originally Riokic and Nowitzki did not have an agent in the NBA, and in 2017, it was about to reach the contract year, so I remembered to sign an agent to negotiate a contract.

There is also a year left on Jokic's contract with the Aliad League, and the buyout fee is not as low as Beverley's, he has no agent, when he was 14 years old, his father signed a 6-year 3 million euro contract on his behalf, and the liquidated damages are the highest 30 million euros in the rules, and the contract must expire to enter the NBA, because the latest cash that can be used by the teams from the end of the Finals to March 31 next season is 3.39 million US dollars.

Jokic's size, when he walked up to the stage to shake hands with David Stern, Zu Ge looked at Jokic's somewhat flustered but incredulous face that ran out of the candidate room because of the unexpected first-round selection, and asked, "Brother, is John really suitable to be an NBA owner?" What to do with a fat man? ”

Sun Ce didn't dare to make up his mind, originally Riokic was on the Nuggets, and that team had a large number of high-quality role players with excellent strength, but there was no core playmaker, so Jokic could play well when he went in, and it was really hard to say when he got to the Clippers.

"John probably bought the team and was too happy to drink too much." Sun Ce decisively didn't mention it, this was his suggestion.

The draft meeting did not stop because Sun Ce and Zu Ge arranged old friends, and continued.

The draft year is basically equivalent to the talent year, this is the current draft market, if a college student has played for three or four years, even if he shows strong strength, it is difficult to get the draft pick that matches it, so many talented players enter the NBA early.

This leads to less immediate combat power in the big year of the draft, but the draft is not a big year, but it is certainly not the time when the draft is small, that is, the combat power is more.

The next many rookies Sun Ce didn't even have an impression, only the Pistons selected Spencer Dinwiddie Sun Ce had an impression, but Sun Ce was not interested in this player, first of all, there were many injuries, and then he had to wait for several years to play, he didn't know why, but Livingston, the third point guard chose the veteran better, and it was not recommended that the Clippers take it, just train Wiggins well in the new season.

Finally arrived at the 25th pick in the second round, Sun Ce was looking forward to who his team would choose, and the 25th pick in the second round really had nothing to suggest.

League Vice President Stu Jackson came to the stage and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Memphis Grizzlies selected Greek forward Sanassis Antetokounmpo with the 55th pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. ”

Sun Ce looked at the draft prediction of the alphabet brother that appeared after Stu Jackson finished speaking, and the template was Tony Allen......

"Our team is really ...... Kind of interesting......"

Sun Ce didn't know how to complain, he estimated that the team wanted to find another student for Mr. Tony, but Brother Alphabet really didn't have NBA-level talent......

Fortunately, it's just a second-round 25th pick, and it's not that every year the draft can be so smooth, no, the 25th pick can't be sold, although this year is a big year for the draft, but the talent is concentrated in the top 7 picks...... At least that's how people see it now, the draft picks at the end of the second round really can't be selected.

But every year, about one-fifth of the players in the second round end up not making it to the NBA and are directly abandoned by the teams, so it's nothing.

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At the end of the draft, the Grizzlies didn't do anything in the draft and spent it quietly, and their 25th pick was used by the Trail Blazers to select Clint Capela.

After the draft, Sun Ce continued his training and didn't care about anything else.

He knows that his team's goal this year is in free agency, and in recent days, a number of players have jumped out of their contracts in hopes of getting a two-to-three-year contract this summer in order to secure a big contract in 2016 or 2017.

He has also agreed to jump out of the contract with the team, and if the salary cap does not meet expectations, Sun Ce will choose to take a pay cut based on the gap between Aldridge's salary and the maximum salary space they can create.

And now that the free market has not yet opened, they have to be patient, and at this time, it is most important for them to do not mess around and avoid affecting Aldridge's trade.

Not because of anything else, but purely to avoid affecting the salary space, wait until the free market opens on July 1, announce the new salary cap, and complete the deal.

Their most important signing this year has been Aldridge, and no role player could be more important.

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On the 30th, Sun Ce continued to train with Boss Qiao, and finally, on July 1st, Sun Ce's scheduled rest day, he was waiting for the official announcement when he got up in the morning.

It can be said that this is the first time that he has brought in such a strong player in the five years since he came to the Grizzlies, and the others are all self-selected, and the players who have joined are also role players.

Finally, at 10 o'clock in the morning, the NBA announced the salary cap for the new season, 71.73 million US dollars.

It didn't take long for the NBA's official website to announce the first signing and the first trade in free agency this year.

The Grizzlies and Sun Ce reached a contract extension, a four-year contract of 2+1+1, a team option for the third year, and a player option for the fourth year, with a total value of 105 million US dollars for four years and a starting salary of 23.316 million US dollars.

The specific details have not been officially announced by the league, but they have long been voluntarily exposed by the Grizzlies, which was agreed between Sun Ce and Robert Pera, and it was exposed in advance that he signed a long-term contract.

After the signing of this contract, Sun Ce dropped from 28 million US dollars to 23.316 million US dollars, which originally jumped out of the contract to retain bird rights and occupied 120% of the salary cap, successfully freeing up the largest space that can be freed up.

Then the first deal of the offseason was made, and the Grizzlies' three first-round picks, plus the newly drafted Clint Capela, and Grizzlies players Whiteside, Amir Johnson, and Hardaway Jr., were sent to the Trail Blazers.

Aldridge officially joins the Grizzlies!

Sun Ce checked the NBA official website, counting bird rights, the team's total salary suddenly reached 70.56 million, that is to say, at present, there is nothing to operate in their salary space, and then a full middle class can be used.

This middle class, there is also a special case of veterans...... It's up to the team to do it! And he is also ready to take advantage of today's rest to contact some veterans.