In the second night's game, Spain narrowly defeated Argentina with a score of 87-84 and successfully got the ticket to the finals.

Domestic fans are lamenting, seeing the strength shown by Spain on the court, it is really not as good as the current Chinese men's basketball team, if the Chinese men's basketball team and the United States team were in a group when they were grouped, now the Chinese men's basketball team may also be able to get tickets to the finals.

Argentina will next play the third place match with the Chinese men's basketball team to compete for a precious bronze medal.

Although Argentina is the second in Group A, in fact, their strength is on the side of Group B, and they may not be able to enter the top three, at least the strength of the Brazilian team will definitely not be worse than Argentina.

In this Olympic grouping, the domestic media called Group B where the Chinese men's basketball team is located the Group of Death, and some fans feel that this name is a bit exaggerated, after all, there is no American team in this Group B, how can it be called the Group of Death.

But for the strength of the previous Chinese men's basketball team, the hope of qualifying in Group B is definitely less than that of Group A, and there is nothing wrong with saying that it is the group of death.

In Group A, at least Nigeria, a little African brother, helped to finish at the bottom, except for the United States, Argentina and France, the other two teams are not particularly strong, and may not even be as good as Australia and England.

The lineup of the Argentine team is almost very similar to that of the French team.

First of all, the core of these two teams is all from the Spurs, and the leading player of Argentina is Manu Ginobili, nicknamed the Demon Knife.

In addition to Ginobili, the more famous players on the Argentine side are Scola and Nocioni.

Scola is certainly no stranger to domestic fans, he used to be Yao Ming's little brother, after Yao Ming retired, he gradually became the team's internal pillar, especially in the 10-11 season, with an average of 18+8 data per game.

As a player with only the 27th pick in the second round, it can really be called inspirational to be able to play such statistics.

Coincidentally, Scola was selected by the Spurs in the 02 draft, but the Spurs couldn't get the transfer fee asked by Scola's parent team at that time, so Scola never landed in the NBA.

Speaking of Scola is also unlucky, if he changes to another local tyrant team, maybe the money will be taken out.

Later, until 07, the Spurs sold Scola to the Mosaic team, and then Scola and the Mosaic team jointly funded the buyout contract, which can be regarded as the fulfillment of Sko's dream of the NBA.

By the time he played his first NBA game, Scola was 27 years old......

But it's not good to say whether Scola entered the NBA so late is a blessing or a curse, you must know that the 27-year-old is generally a player, that is, the age of the strongest combat power, if Scola entered the league in 02, maybe he was eliminated like Sun Yue directly before he played.

In addition to Scola, another forward player, Nocioni, is not well-known in China, but his strength is actually no worse than Scola, who played for the Chicago Bulls at the beginning of his career and was teammates with Deng Yingqiao.

Although this player is a white man, he does not see a little white European player play at all, and what he is best at on the offensive end is not projection and playmaking, but breaking ......

And his breakthrough is not the same as other people's breakthroughs, other people's breakthroughs are either fast, or strong, or both, and Nocioni has nothing, he only has a hideous expression, every time he breaks through, it is like he wants to kill, holding the ball and rushing to the basket, as if anyone who stops him will immediately fight with others.

On the defensive end, Nocioni's defense is said to be desperate Saburo at best, and dirty at worst.

Bright shoulder and dark elbow small flying kick, there is no defensive action he can't do, he is an extremely difficult player on the court, you don't have to think about it to know that when playing the Chinese men's basketball team, Argentina will definitely send Nocioni to defend Yi Dun.

Yi Dun also heard Yi Jianlian and others describe the player Nocioni, and he became quite interested in it. Sounds interesting.

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On the night of Argentina's loss to Spain, the Minnesota Timberwolves owner plus team executives, a group of seven or eight people had arrived in Beijing, and then rushed to Dongshan Province that night.

The purpose of them rushing to Dongshan in such a hurry is naturally known to passers-by, and it is nothing more than to be able to determine the matter of Yi Dun as soon as possible.

At six o'clock the next morning, two hours before the agreed meeting time, the executives of the Dongshan men's basketball team had already gathered in the conference room for a meeting.

"What the boss means is that we are solely responsible for this." Gong Xiaobin is now not only the head coach of the team, but also the general manager of the team.

Hearing that the boss has such an attitude, the executives are generally clear in their hearts, the boss means nothing more than to see the Timberwolves' offer, if it is suitable, it is not impossible to agree to the Timberwolves.

Now the Dongshan men's basketball team has already created a dynasty in the CBA, if Yi Dun continues to stay, it can only be said to be the icing on the cake, after all, the Dongshan men's basketball team has cultivated a large number of regular fans over the years, even if Yi Dun does not play in the Dongshan men's basketball team, these fans cannot be lost in the short term.

If you can get a large buyout fee from the Timberwolves, plus you don't have to pay Eden's super high salary every year, it's a bloody deal on the outside.

Of course, the main reason is that the contract is about to end, and it seems that he is not ready to renew the contract, so it is better to make a lot of money now.

"Did the boss say what the price he could accept?" Someone asked.

Gong Xiaobin nodded and stretched out five fingers at everyone.

"Five million dollars!"

Everyone is in different moods, and some feel that this buyout fee is too high, after all, there has never been such a high buyout fee in China before, let alone in China, and there has never been such a high buyout fee in basketball circles around the world.

When Yao Ming went to the NBA, although the Shanghai men's basketball team directly asked for a buyout fee of 30 million US dollars, but in the end, it was 10 million US dollars, and the money was not fully given, Yao Ming paid in installments for two years, and then did not give it again.

The most important thing is that this buyout fee is out of Yao Ming's own pocket, while Yi Dun's side is out of the pocket of the Timberwolves, which is not a different matter at all, so some people think it is too high and worry that the Timberwolves are reluctant to make so much money.

In addition to Yao Ming, the player with the highest buyout fee in the world basketball today is Pau Gasol, whose parent team asked for a buyout fee of $2 million, but the Memphis Grizzlies paid $350,000, and Gasol paid $1.65 million out of his own pocket.

Of course, some people feel that this asking price is too conscientious, and today's Yi Dun is definitely more dazzling than Yao Ming, who did not enter the NBA at the beginning, even if it is not too much to ask for a $10 million buyout fee.

Gong Xiaobin didn't explain much, in his opinion, the $5 million buyout fee was actually just right.

If it's too little, it's really unreasonable, Yi Dun's strength is only three or five hundred thousand buyout fees, which can't be justified.

And if you want too much, the Timberwolves won't give it another thing for the time being, if this spreads, the reputation will not be good, maybe the reputation will be as stinky as the Shanghai men's basketball team.

Professional basketball itself is a business, and if you have a bad reputation, how can you make money in the future.

That's why Gong Xiaobin suggested asking for five million US dollars, no more, no less, just right.

The other executives saw that the owner had given a psychological price, so naturally they didn't say much, and began to discuss the rebuilding of the team after Yi Dun left, and waited for the arrival of the Timberwolves.

At eight o'clock, it was still this conference room, and the Timberwolves finally appeared.

Looking at the appearance of a few foreigners, Gong Xiaobin felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and after a while, after the two sides negotiated, Yi Dunke would not belong to the players under his Gong Xiaobin.

The leader of this gang is naturally Glenn Taylor, the owner of the Timberwolves, a little white man who looks a little sinister.

Taylor's company, which specializes in glass and plastic products, can be called the glass king of the United States.

Gong Xiaobin beckoned a few people to sit down, first greeted the interpreter and the other party, and if he opened his mouth to ask for money as soon as he came up, it was really not very decent.

As a result, Glenn Taylor couldn't sit still, he came to sign Eden, and he was still in a hurry, and he didn't want to waste any time.

"We are willing to give a buyout fee of $10 million, and we will find a way to come up with this money as soon as possible and in the right way, and we hope that your team can give up Eden's contract." Glenn Taylor gets straight to the point.

The reason why he said that he would find a way to come up with this ten million dollars is not that they Timberwolves can't come up with this ten million dollars in cash, after all, Taylor is worth more than one billion dollars, so he can't come up with 10 million dollars.

The main reason is that the NBA actually has a fee cap for transfers of this nature, that is, $350,000, just like Pau Gasol's transfer at the beginning, the Grizzlies also have a cap of $350,000.

As for the $1.65 million that Gasol paid out of his own pocket, whether the Grizzlies helped subsidize it, only God knows.

Now the Timberwolves are generally in a similar way, 350,000 US dollars will go to their team's account, and the rest of the money can be given to the Dongshan men's basketball team in the name of Eden.

This is undoubtedly an illegal operation, but for the Timberwolves, illegal operations can only be said to be commonplace, and they have extremely rich experience in this area.

Hearing that Glenn Taylor was directly going to give 10 million US dollars, the executives of the Dongshan men's basketball team in the conference room were directly speechless.

Originally, they were only going to ask for 5 million, but the other party had to give 10 million for one mouth, how can this be done?

It's impossible not to want the dollars that are sent to your door for free, right?

But Gong Xiaobin is also worried that if this money is taken down, it will be known by the fans, which is really ugly.

Gong Xiaobin fell silent directly, and began to think about countermeasures in his heart, Glenn Taylor saw that Gong Xiaobin stopped talking, and suddenly panicked.

He really can't afford to wait, and now that other teams haven't made a move, if they want to talk about deep pockets in the league, they can't rank them Timberwolves.

When the time comes, if a team like the Knicks who is stupid and has a lot of money comes to negotiate with the Dongshan men's basketball team, Taylor feels that the Timberwolves' hope of getting Eden is very slim.

Just as he was about to increase the price, Gong Xiaobin spoke.

"Ten million is fine, but the details of our contract must be kept strictly confidential and no third party is allowed to know." Gong Xiaobin thought about it for a long time, and he could only think of such an idea, trying not to let the outside world know that they got a buyout fee of 10 million US dollars.

Glenn Taylor was overjoyed when he heard this, this is exactly what he can't ask for, even if Gong Xiaobin doesn't say it, he will definitely have to ask for secrecy.

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