For $10 million over four years, this contract is an astronomical amount for Ragabel!

He's not a rookie, in fact, he graduated from college in '99 and went to the draft.

Unfortunately, he was directly defeated in the draft.

Later, he got an opportunity at the Spurs and joined the Spurs as a free agent......

But in Spurs' time, he didn't play a game, not even a second of playing time.

Later, in 2000, that is, last season, he got the opportunity to join the Philadelphia 76ers, but unfortunately, the 76ers are not short of outside players.

As a result, he has been working as a water cooler manager with the Philadelphia 76ers, and he has not been given a chance to renew his contract this new season.

When Bob Myers found him, Ragabel felt like he was joking.

Did Richard take a fancy to himself? How is this possible?

If Richard really thinks about himself, then there were a lot of opportunities to recruit himself in the first two years, why wait until now......

In this way, the skeptical Lagabel was taken to Richard's office by Miles.

As a result, Richard not only fell in love with him, but also offered him a four-year contract of $10 million!

At least in Rajabel's opinion, this contract is definitely the highest price among the sky!

He couldn't figure out why Richard didn't look for himself before, and now he just found himself and gave himself such a contract.

……

The reason why Richard gave such a contract was naturally because of his own considerations.

Richard actually knew about Ragabel's existence before, but could Richard look down on Ragabel at that time?

Obviously, I can't look down on it, and there are not too many big players in the backcourt of the Trail Blazers team at that time......

And now the situation is different, the Pistons want nothing, and a Ragabel is a rare good commodity in Richard's opinion.

He was offered a contract with an annual salary of $2.5 million, which was not expensive in Richard's opinion, and was completely worthy of Ragabel's value.

Of course, if Richard only offered a salary of about one million a year, or even lower, Ragabel would definitely be happy to sign the contract.

But for now, Richard has to fill the poor line, and secondly, give Ragabel a contract of about $2.5 million, which will be more convenient if he trades in the future.

After all, there is a principle of trade matching, if it is only a million annual salary, then Richard will have to find cannon fodder to make up the salary.

You must know that with the sharp rise in the salary cap, the annual salary stipulated in the rookie contract has also risen sharply.

For example, singles Joe, a rookie at the No. 10 position, had a standard contract close to $2 million a year during his rookie period.

……

So all things considered, Richard gave a four-year contract of 10 million, which seems very high, but once Ragabel plays, this contract will become extremely cheap!

You must know that the Spurs signed Bowen with an annual salary of four or five million......

If Ragabel plays, he will not be much worse than Bowen in the team.

Of course, in Richard's opinion, the most important reason is that it is quite appropriate to give more money and more work, and let Ragabel do some dirty work.

Let people do dirty work, don't give more money, how can you do it!

……

After Ragabel signed the contract, Richard called Bob Myers again.

Coming from Myers the Pistons' current roster roster, Richard is ready to take a closer look.

Stackhouse has an annual salary of five million and has 2 years left on his contract.

Chaggie Atkins has an annual salary of three million and three years left on his contract.

Zeon Clarke is on rookie contract, and the next season is a contract year.

Among them, Atkins and Clarke were the chips that the Pistons traded for Grant Hill with the Magic.

Atkins is an undrafted pick and only 1.8 meters tall, which may seem like a worthless thing, but his offensive firepower is actually quite good.

In his rookie season, he averaged 10 points and 4 assists per game......

When the Pistons didn't finish last season, they signed him to a three-year, $10 million contract extension, which began this season.

As for Clark, he still maintains the level of his rookie season at the moment, and he averaged 8+6 per game in the Pistons last season, which cannot be said to be scum, but it is certainly not very strong.

Joe Smith signed a one-year $2.25 million contract with the Pistons, which has expired, and Richard naturally will not renew Joe Smith's contract and leave him to fend for himself.

In addition, there are several players on the Pistons team who hold relatively high contracts.

Backup guard Dana Barros has an annual salary of $3.7 million, which is the top five highest salary in the entire Pistons team.

And this thing is also a 180 tall player......

Richard was speechless, and he didn't know what Dumas thought at that time, and how he brought in these small guards.

Today is different, and with the success of Richard in recent seasons, it has made the league aware of the shortcomings of small guards.

At present, when many teams are selecting guards, the bottom line is that they must be 190 cm tall, which is still the bottom line of the No. 1 player, if the quarterback position, if there is no 195, people will not blink their eyelids.

This Barros's salary is a bit high, and he is too short, and his strength is just like that, so in Richard's opinion, it is estimated that it will be difficult to sell.

However, it is not completely out of the ordinary, and I hope that I can sell it in a package with Starkerhouse when the time comes.

Even if he really can't sell it, Richard can accept it, anyway, he has two years left on his contract, and he can keep Barros for nothing for these two years......

In addition to this, the Pistons have two Williams on the team, one is Corris Williams and the other is Jerome Williams.

Both are not low on contracts, with Corris earning 4 million a year and Jerome earning close to 3 million.

However, the two of them have a good trade value, and Richard is not worried about not being able to sell them.

Small forward Corris is the No. 2 scorer on the Pistons, with an average of 15+6 per game, and even if it is an annual salary of four million, it may be quite easy to sell.

This Corris is actually an important substitute for the Pistons to win the championship in the next few years, even if it can't be sold, Richard is quite cost-effective for his own use.

As for Jerome, he is playing the bench power forward position, averaging 7 points and 8 rebounds per game, a typical blue-collar inside, the annual salary of more than 2 million is not high, and it must be easy to sell.

There are still Mickimore, John Wallace and others, with annual salaries of more than two million, but their contracts have expired, and Richard is not ready to renew them.

……

After combing through the current lineup of the Pistons, Richard found that there really didn't seem to be any players who could show their hands too much.

This is also good, it just reflects Richard's lineup building ability!

What Richard has to do now is to make the Pistons super blood-changing!

This iron-blooded style of team, since the retirement of the Bad Boy Army, has completely become a bunch of soft eggs!

Considering the style of former team big man Grant Hill, who is a humble gentleman, it's no wonder that he can't lead the Pistons to make a difference, because his style doesn't match the Pistons at all.

The Pistons are the Trail Blazers in the East, and the genes of this team are simple and rough.

Now what Richard has to do is to give the Pistons a super big change and let them regain the glory of the Bad Boys Army!

Take a closer look at the players Richard is recruiting right now, Gerald Wallace, Ragabel, Birdman Anderson.

All three have one thing in common, which is toughness on the field.

When Richard first joined the Trail Blazers, he started defense, and this time is certainly no exception.

He's not like any other coach.

While other coaches rebuild their teams, they prefer players who are sharp in attack, while Richard prefers players who are tough defensively.

In Richard's view, a player's defensive attitude is a sign of his professional attitude, while offensive ability is more about talent.

Richard has never had a shortage of talented players in his hands, and he values the professionalism of the players more than anything else.

Getting Arenas was just a coincidence, and if it weren't for the lack of other better options, Richard certainly wouldn't have had much interest in Arenas.

……

With the draft coming to an end, teams are getting ready to make reinforcements in the offseason.

Many teams are thinking about the Pistons' Starkerhouse.

To everyone's surprise, Richard did something extremely crazy......

He put all the players on the Pistons team who are currently under guaranteed contracts on the shelf!

Except, of course, for those newcomers whom Richard himself chose.

And those players who don't have guaranteed contracts, Richard naturally wants to say goodbye to them cruelly.

The whole league was stunned, Richard was completely insane.

Opened a supermarket directly in Detroit, a player supermarket......

I saw who took it himself, and then came to Richard to settle the bill.

Soon, there were teams that made a move, but not because of Stackhouse, but because of Jerome Williams, a blue-collar power forward.

With an annual salary of just over 2 million, it is actually quite cost-effective to get a power forward with good defensive strength and an average of eight or nine rebounds per game.

The team is the Seattle SuperSonics, and Richard is linked with their head coach, Nate McMillan.

This is a tough head coach who has played for the SuperSonics throughout his career, retiring his jersey two years ago and halfway through last season, he took over the supersonic coaching and began to take on the role of supersonic head coach.

"Li, the price you want is really a bit high, we can't accept it, if we can add a protection, then we can talk." McMillan said directly to Richard on the phone.

Richard asked for their SuperSonics '03 first-round pick, and it was still an unprotected first-round pick, which McMillan couldn't accept.

"Nate, tell me how you're going to protect this first-round pick?"

"How about the top fifteen picks protection?" Macmillan asked Richard in an inquiring tone.

This top fifteen pick protection is definitely not his bottom line, and now he is bargaining with Richard.

"Man, let's not waste each other's time anymore, protect the top ten, you should be able to accept this."

"Yes, Lee, this is our first transaction, and I hope to cooperate more in the future."

McMillan was also happy, and agreed without saying a word.

A top-10 protected first-round pick, in terms of value, is actually not much, and it is actually quite cost-effective to exchange for Jerome at a good price.

……

The Pistons' deal with the SuperSonics had just broke, and Richard learned a piece of news that made him laugh and cry.

Ricky Davis has found his next home......

Ranbir had called Richard before, because they were quite short of interior players on their team, so they were ready to sign free agent Ricky Davis.

It turned out to be stopped by Richard.

Richard's exact words to Ranbir were, "If you don't want to be fired halfway through next season, don't worry about Ricky Davis, that's already a waste!" ”

Ranbir had a feeling of being a dog in his heart......

How to gain four?! How did Kee Davis become a waste person in a good manner?!

Originally, Ranbir was going to move Bulls management to offer Ricky Davis a three-year, $30 million contract.

It just so happens that this will not delay Brand's contract extension at that time......

As a result, he was so frightened by Richard that he immediately dismissed the idea.

Anyone who has been around Richard, not only the players, but also the assistant coaches, has an inexplicable belief in Richard.

What Richard said, he never made a mistake.

Now that Richard says Ricky Davis is a waste, then he must be a waste......

Thinking about signing a waste man with an annual salary of tens of millions, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Ranbir's back.

At that time, I'm afraid that the king of heaven will not be able to save himself, and he will definitely take it out and take the blame.

……

Ranbir knows the inside scoop, but the other teams don't.

A number of teams have joined the race for Ricky Davis.

To everyone's surprise, Ricky Davis chose to join the Utah Jazz......

The Utah Jazz offered Ricky a four-year, $45 million contract, which is not particularly high, considering that the Los Angeles Clippers offered a six-year, $80 million contract with a quasi-maximum salary......

The second fool Clippers can be regarded as having made a lot of money, and in order to improve their performance, they are desperate.

But just when everyone thought Ricky Davis would join the Clippers, the Utah Jazz were chosen.

According to his own words, he wants to join a competitive team and then win the championship for the team.

The competitive Spurs and Lakers in the West, people don't want him, or they can't give so much money.

In this case, he directly chose the Jazz, the old rival team of the Trail Blazers.

This is not necessarily without the idea that Ricky Davis wanted to make Richard ugly.

In his opinion, he has the strength of the league's top stars, even if he only signed a four-year contract with the Jazz this time, but after these four years have passed, he can still sign a long-term salary contract.

Anyway, I will definitely not lose money in terms of salary......

And joining the Jazz can also hit the Trail Blazers and Richard, he now hates Richard with itchy teeth, and is always ready to slap Richard in the face!

How do you punch Richard in the face? Naturally, it was to get a super contract and then play superstar stats and beat Richard's team.

He hates Richard now and goes berserk......

……

Richard has just received the news that Ricky Davis and the Jazz have reached a preliminary signing intention, and he can't help but mourn for the Jazz.

Jazz is completely finished.

Although they have never won the championship before, they still have some presence in the West, but now that more than 40 million are smashed on Ricky Davis, it will be difficult for them to turn over in the next few years.

But this result, Richard is still quite willing to see it, anyway, whether it is Jazz or Ricky Davis, Richard doesn't like it very much, so let them hurt each other.

When the time comes, maybe the two sides will cause some bullshit.

In this way, Ricky Davis really didn't take advantage of it at all.

If he signs with the Clippers and gets that $80 million contract, he actually makes a lot of money.

Under normal circumstances, he would have earned more than $50 million throughout his career.

won the Clippers' 80 million, and made an extra 30 million dollars for nothing......

And now that he has joined the Jazz, he only gets a salary of more than $40 million, and counting the rookie contract, it is less than $50 million, which must be a loss.

……

Seeing that neither side got a good end, Richard didn't bother to pay attention.

The Jazz are finished, and Ricky Davis is already doomed, and there is no need to continue to pay attention.

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In the following period, Abdul-Jabbar came, and Richard's side also gave Abdul-Jabbar the respect he deserved.

signed him a three-year, $2 million teaching assistant contract......

It's certainly not much, but it's a lot more than the average teaching assistant salary.

Then Hu Weidong and Birdman Anderson also successfully joined the team.

Hu Weidong has been playing for Jiangsu Nangang for some years, and when he heard that Richard gave Hu Weidong a four-year guaranteed contract, the entire Jiangsu fans were as excited as the New Year.

In their opinion, the NBA is the stage where Hu Weidong should play.

The management of Nanjing Iron and Steel did not open his mouth, and directly asked for a buyout fee of 300,000 US dollars, and let Hu Weidong go......

The $300,000 buyout fee was naturally paid by the Pistons.

If Hu Weidong is a young man and twenty years old, then Jiangsu Nangang may not be so easy to release.

If Hu Weidong is let go, what will happen to their Nangang's record?

And now Hu Weidong's performance last season has declined significantly, and they took into account the feelings of the fans, so they turned a blind eye to the release of people.

No matter which basketball league it is, the fans are the food and clothing of the club, and if they make the fans unhappy, the club's life will be very sad.

Now the fans are obviously extremely supportive of Hu Weidong's going to the NBA, so even if Nangang doesn't want to agree, he can only comply with public opinion.

……

After Hu Weidong came, he directly signed a four-year $8 million contract with the Pistons, just in time for him to be 35 years old.

As for Birdman Anderson, Richard has been offered a four-year, $6 million contract.

Far below Ragabel......

This is also the price code given by Richard according to the situation of the two, Ragabel has a defensive while, and the birdman has no personal honor, so the price code given is definitely different.

PS: My hands are numb, kneel and beg for a monthly pass, big guys, help Da Hei rush into the top six!