Chapter 107: Officially joining the king
Looking at it this way, this offseason this year has been quite uneventful.
Pat Riley, Nelson Sr. and Daddy, all of whom are in the top five super coaches in the league, have all left the team?!
Including the Warriors, there are already five teams that have sent Davidson head coach invitations.
Today's Davidson is undoubtedly a sweetheart.
But Davidson is also well aware that these teams may value Murraysan more......
For all five teams, Davidson gave the same answer, that is, he needs time to think about it.
What he is waiting for now is an invitation from the Kings, and if the Kings give an invitation and do not put forward any unreliable conditions, then Davidson will definitely choose the Kings.
In the afternoon, Davidson finally waited for news from the Kings.
It wasn't Reynolds who came to contact Davidson this time, because Reynolds was fired before the start of this year's Finals.
The new general manager of Kings is named Geoff Petri.
Petri is similar to Willis Reid in that he moved from player to management.
Petri's career, although not as glamorous as Willis Reed, has won the Rookie of the Year award, has been named to the All-Star team twice, and his jersey has been retired by the Trail Blazers.
His playing career was perfect.
What Davidson didn't expect was that Petrie not only invited Davidson to be the head coach of the Kings, but also invited Daddy to take the position of president of basketball affairs for the Kings.
Of course, Muresan is also indispensable.
This is quite interesting, the position of president of basketball affairs, not that every team has this position.
At least the king did not have this office in the first place......
Speaking of which, there is no need to set up this position, basketball affairs itself is the job of the general manager.
Now that Petrie has taken office, he has directly opened the position of president of basketball affairs, obviously thinking about his father's ability.
The Kings value Murraysan very much, so they have the idea of making Davidson the head coach, but Petrie doesn't trust Davidson's ability, so he wants to get Daddy to the Kings too.
This gives you an extra layer of insurance.
After hanging up the phone call with Petri, Davidson told his dad about the call.
Daddy's brows furrowed......
"Dad, in fact, the position of the president of basketball affairs, I think you can go, and you don't have to work too much, I will help you with this kind of work, and you can retire in Saramento with peace of mind." Davidson said with a smile.
Petri's contract for his dad is $800,000 a year, and Davidson's head coach contract is $1.2 million, which adds up to exactly $2 million.
This salary is naturally not high, with Daddy's qualifications, it is worth two million dollars per person, the reason why Petrie gave it so low, Davidson felt that Petrie probably knew that Daddy had the idea of retirement.
Daddy could have joined the Kings in a semi-retired state.
As for Davidson's salary of 1.2 million as the head coach, it is certainly not high, but in fact, it cannot be said to be less, you must know that there are some head coaches in the league whose salary is less than 1 million.
Now Petrie is willing to give $1.2 million, which is obviously sincere.
Mrs. Daley obviously wanted her father to agree.
Daddy pondered for a moment, then finally nodded in agreement.
"Okay, Wilson, then you can reply to Petri in the next two days, and we will go to the Kings next season."
Davidson nodded excitedly, his next home is now decided.
However, it is decided, and Davidson has to sign with the King as soon as possible, and then settle Battle's affairs as soon as possible.
Then you have to deal with Muresan.
The next day, Davidson called Petrie and agreed to Petri's request to join.
That afternoon, at the urging of Mrs. Daly, the three of them packed up and boarded a plane to Saramento that night.
Mrs. Daley was so anxious to see her that she was eager to fly to Saramento at once.
Petrie was still quite efficient, and the next morning, he signed a contract of employment with Davidson and his father on behalf of the King.
"Mr. Petri, there are two things that matter most to us next." After Davidson signed the contract, he directly revealed his next plan.
The first thing to do is to get the bus done.
The second is to get Muresan over.
"Wait, Wilson, it's imperative to bring in Muressan, and I'm sure I'll fully cooperate with you."
"But why have I never heard of that Chinese player you are talking about? And listen to what you mean, it seems that he has not signed with any club now, and we still need to pay the transfer fee of 320,000? Petri was a little puzzled, he obviously didn't know much about China's national conditions.
Maybe Petri didn't take the bus seriously, after all, there has never been a shadow of Chinese players in the NBA, and he may feel that the more than 300,000 US dollars are not worth it.
As the general manager of the team, the first element is to be able to spend money, and you have to spend money wisely.
Three hundred thousand dollars is not a decimal number after all.
"Rest assured, Mr. Petri, this money will be well spent." Davidson said with a smile.
Spending $300,000 to sign an All-Star level bus is definitely a big profit for the Kings.
Petrie looked at Daddy and wanted to hear his opinion.
Daddy nodded, and didn't bother to tell Petri what the potential of the Chinese player was.
Seeing that his father nodded, Petrie directly agreed.
"Okay, Wilson, then you can let it go, and if you encounter difficulties, find me as soon as possible." Petrie said quite boldly.
"By the way, I forgot to discuss the most important thing with you."
"What kind of chips do you think would be appropriate for us to trade Muressan?"
On the plane last night, Davidson and Dad had already talked about this question in detail.
"With Polynes as the main body of the trade, he overlaps with Muresan, after Muresan comes, it will be a bit wasteful to put another Polynes on the bench, and if he is traded for Muresan, the Nets will be more acceptable." Davidson told him what he had discussed with his father.
Petri nodded, he was also going to trade Polinice for Muressan.
Polinice's strength is good, the king paid a lot of money to get Polinice, but it only took two years to sell, and Petrie was still a little reluctant.
But even if you are reluctant, you must still trade Polinis.
In other people's words, the Nets are certainly not happy, and after Murraysan is gone, they lack a blue-collar center on the team......
Besides, after having Muresan, who cares about a Polinis.
Before Murraysan showed his mid-range shooting ability, the only thing that Polinice could do better than Murraysan was his offensive ability.
But now the situation is different, Muresan has comprehensively suppressed Polinis, and his offensive rebounds and defense are all stronger than Polines......