Chapter 698: Another Big Deal
And Jeff Green is a restricted player for the Celtics, and as things stand, no matter who comes up with the bag, Angie will match it.
Maybe Angie is just waiting for someone else to make an offer for Jeff Green.
After all, for Angie, Jeff Green's contract is really difficult to open, the latter has only been with the Celtics for less than half a season, and he doesn't know what kind of potential this guy can burst out, but for Angie, this guy is a player that the Celtics can use at the moment.
Therefore, at this time, it is obviously not appropriate to quote directly, and I don't know his market; Second, if there is a team that gives a higher offer after his offer, then for Angie, it will obviously make Jeff Green feel that the team is suspicious of looking down on him, so for Angie, the best way now is to wait for someone else's offer, if it does not exceed his expectations, then directly match, and at the same time, you can also have an estimate of Jeff Green's entire market, once there is a big deal to participate in, you can also directly use Jeff Green as a bargaining chip.
In short, if Donnie provides Jeff Green with a bag now, he will undoubtedly be doing Angie a favor.
Donnie obviously doesn't want to do this, so let Angie slowly break with Jeff Green's agent!
Another one that Downey has his eye on is Asik of the Bulls, but this guy is also a restricted player, and like Angie, the general manager of the Bulls is also waiting for offers from other teams and then matching.
In fact, it can also be seen from this that generally speaking, restricted players are such a process, Downey still likes Asik, although this guy is a traditional center, but he can protect rebounds well on the court, and has the ability to eat cakes, when the Knicks need to fight positionally, it is actually good to have his presence.
But just as Donnie was about to hand him the contract, Morey made a poison contract and snatched Asik away!
The so-called "poison contract" is that the salary in the first two years is quite ordinary, but the salary in the third year will directly increase, such as the contract for Asik, which can simply make the general manager of the Bulls angry.
The contract given by this guy was only seven or eight million in the first two years, and it was a normal increase, but in the third year, it directly became more than 12 million.
That's a bit too big!
In this league, three years is really a long stage, and no one can say what will become of the originally excellent players in three years!
Not to mention a guy like Asik who has just played and doesn't know if he can maintain his form next season, in short, such a contract is unacceptable to the general manager of the Bulls.
It's also unacceptable to Donnie.
Speaking of which, Downey also lost Jeremy Lin because of such a contract.
Morey is particularly clever at this kind of thing.
Damn it, I'll wait to see how you'll cry in three years!
Donnie cursed Morey in his heart.
The Rockets' biggest takeaway from this summer so far is Jeremy Lin and Asik, and both of these players got such poison contracts, and if something really goes wrong, it will definitely put the Rockets in trouble.
Morey's method will not be used by anyone with a bit of brains.
Of course, there is no shortage of brainless people in this league, and Morey may not be able to find another brainless takeover in the future in this way!
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After Asik can't get it, there are not many players in the No. 4 position that can be used in this market at present, and Downey has considered signing Reggie Evans, Kenyon Martin and Jamison all with base salary contracts, which are not very good No. 4 positions in the current market.
Of course, if the market is good enough, it is impossible for Downey to sign all the contracts with a base salary.
It's just that in this way, the Knicks' lineup has not been strengthened in any way, and it is impossible for these players to help the upgrade of the lineup, more or supplements, not a supplement to the defects, but a simple personnel supplement, the No. 4 position is less, so it fills the people, it's as simple as that.
However, in this case, Downey's work this summer is clearly not up to standard, because he just brought back a James Harden, and in the case of the Lakers forming an "F4", how is it feasible to just add a James Harden?
In that case......
But there are really no interior players in the current market that can be used, and if you want to strengthen the lineup, now you can only focus on the outside players!
Downey began looking for an outside player on the free market who hadn't been officially confirmed yet.
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During Yi Jianlian's half a month of rest, in addition to Huaxia Xing, he also cooperated with Liu Yifei to carry out some publicity, and the Chinese men's basketball team once again broke history, which also made the men's basketball team quite hot this summer, and Yi Jianlian and Liu Yifei are naturally full of topics.
Since the relationship between men and women has been officially confirmed, they have been blessed by everyone, and this couple is not a demon, so more and more netizens have fallen in love with this couple.
In a certain episode of the variety show, Yi Jianlian also officially proposed to Liu Yifei with the help of the staff.
At that time, the news was revealed, and suddenly the entire Weibo was paralyzed, there were too many people who paid attention to this matter, and this variety show, which cooperated with Yi Jianlian to propose marriage, would naturally become the biggest winner, and the ratings of that episode of the show would inevitably break the record.
Yi Jianlian's marriage proposal was not a whim, but he had planned to do so for a long time.
Now Liu Yifei is gradually getting busy, and in the next summer, they will not meet many times, so I will ask directly while I am free now, and when I wait for next year's offseason, there will be no national team games to play, and then I will get married.
Liu Yifei agreed.
Yi Jianlian finally breathed a sigh of relief.
I can finally hold the beauty.
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Two days later, Yi Jianlian set off to return to New York, but when he returned to New York, he got a news: The New York team signed Ray Allen for 20 million in three years, and the NBA three-point king officially joined the New York Knicks!
I'll go!
What's going on?
Yi Jianlian was a little frightened by the news.
Although Ray Allen's form has declined greatly in the past two years, he is no longer the "gentleman's sword" of the Celtics back then, but in this league, he still has the strength to be a starter, especially his key three-point ability, which is still one of the best No. 2 positions in this league.
Most importantly, think about the current Knicks' backcourt lineup, point guard James Harden. Scoring guard Ray Allen, small forward Yi Jianlian, this outside lineup, tsk!