Chapter 337: Chaos
Cleveland, James dialed Chris Bosh.
"Chris....... I didn't expect you to be traded to the king. Do you remember our agreement? Next year......."
"Don't worry, LeBron, our plans will not be affected next year, and I will jump out of the contract next year, which is also an inevitable thing, and it will not change because I was traded to the Kings, not to mention, the Kings are only the bottom of the league."
James said quietly, "But now they have a king tomorrow." ”
Bosh: "........."
Bosh forcibly suppressed the heat in his heart and said, "In short, don't worry, we will discuss the plan together next year." ”
"Oh, I hope so."
James didn't expect such a change, Bosh is different from James and Wade, James and Wade have been the team's signature figures and city symbols over the years, even if they don't renew their contracts early, the team will definitely not trade them easily.
But Bosh is different, Bosh has not been able to lead the Raptors to a successful performance, and there is no commercial value.
Bosh was able to complete 20+10 in the Raptors, leaving a reputation as an All-Star player, and there was nothing else, and some people even called him a "data brush", which was controversial.
Subsequently, the Kings website thanked Kevin Martin for his contributions to the Kings over the past many years.
Kevin Martin didn't say anything either, leading the team to the league's bottom-to-bottom record last year, and the team traded him without any problems.
It's just that he didn't expect that the trade would be completed in the draft and come so quickly.
He also became the first player to be traded after Wang Ming became the king.
The media surrounded Wang Mingming, and some media who liked Martin asked Wang Mingming why he traded Martin.
"Kevin is a very, very good player, and the trade was decided after careful consideration, which is very much in line with the needs of the current Kings team, and the specific effect is to see you on the court in the new season."
Wang Ming is reluctant to talk about more transactions, all transactions, the completion of the current is not visible, can only speak with results.
After the draft, the league has completed a number of trades.
The biggest one is the Vince Carter deal.
Vince Carter was sent to the Magic by the Nets, and the Magic sent players such as Alstom, Tony Barty and Courtney Lee in a trade that was nearly complete.
Over the years, Vince Carter has been high or low in the Nets, with All-Star wins every year and the playoffs every year.
After Kidd was traded to the Mavericks, the Nets entered a rebuilding rhythm, and they were teammates with Yi Jian United for a season last season, and their form was also up and down, and they were no longer as brave as they used to be.
In the spirit of playing to the rest of the heat, the Nets traded Carter away in exchange for players whose contracts have expired or young people who still have some potential.
Meanwhile, the 76ers made a formal offer to Paul Millsap.
The offer made by the 76ers is $30 million for five years, with an average annual salary of 6 million, and the starting salary is around four million, which is already the highest price that the 76ers can offer when the salary space explodes.
Millsap is a restricted free agent, and the 76ers have the right to match Millsap's offer.
It stands to reason that if the 76ers want to keep Millsap, they should let out cruel words and match all offers.
But now that the 76ers have made a formal offer in advance, it is nothing more than an attempt to suppress Millsap's market price, and if it is higher than this contract, the 76ers match, and next year's luxury tax will be an astronomical amount.
The relationship is delicate.
Soon, Wang received a call from Millsap the next day.
Millsap expressed his willingness to come to the Kings and continue to play under Wang, provided that the Kings make a reasonable offer.
At the beginning, Wang Mingming wanted to take back the old player, after all, now Millsap's ability rating has exceeded 85, and he is an out-and-out All-Star-level interior player.
But what I didn't expect was that a trade was completed in the draft, and the Kings got the NBA's current top spatial No. 4 spot.
Bosh has a rating of 89, which is only higher than Millsap's, so does this allow Millsap to continue to be a substitute? The substitution of the strong team and the substitution of the weak team are two completely different concepts, so Wang Mingming's interest in Millsap has greatly decreased.
Millsap's enthusiasm made it impossible for Wang to refuse, and Wang made a five-year, $55 million qualification offer.
This offer is an increase of more than $20 million from the previous offer of 76ers.
When Billy King saw the offer, he couldn't eat and was furious in the office.
"He just did it on purpose, he definitely did it on purpose, he was disgusting me, he was disgusting!"
"To follow?"
Randy Ayes smiled wryly, that man's methods, of course, must be overwhelming.
"Don't worry, let's see if there are any other offers, if that's it......." Billy King gritted his teeth and squeezed out between his teeth: "Follow." ”
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Wang will return to Sacramento tomorrow.
The free market has not officially opened, and although it is now possible to trade, it is only a verbal agreement.
There are already a lot of good free agents in the league who have been offered.
In addition to Millsap, players such as Navarro, Sessions and Ilyasova have all been offered.
The Kings will start peddleing players on the free market tomorrow, and every player on the entire Kings team except Chris Bosh, who was just traded, can negotiate a price.
The Kings had a poor record last season, but many of the rookies on the team were high-pick rookies in the past two years and were very valuable.
Soon, Wang received a push of trade requests tomorrow, and he began to list valuable trades in these trade requests, and negotiated with these teams.
On July 1, the first day of free agency, the Pistons announced the firing of coach Mike Curry.
Mike Curry took over the coaching of the Pistons on June 10, 2008, replacing coach Philip Saunders, who were swept out of the first round by the Cavaliers after a 39-43 record last season.
Pistons general manager Joe Dumas said, "It was a difficult decision and we are so grateful to Michael Curry for the tremendous work he has done for the team during his tenure. However, the team will now have to adjust to meet the challenges that come from the future. ”
On the same day, the Pistons made contract offers to the Bulls' leading scorer, Ben Gordon, and the Bucks' Villanova.
The contracts are very high, 55 million for 5 years and 40 million for 5 years.
The next day, full free agents Ben Gordon and Villanova announced their signing with the Pistons, and the Pistons became the first big-spending team since the free market opened.
It was also at this time that Wang Tomorrow suddenly received a call from a former top star in the league.
This sudden inquiry disrupted Wang Mingming's original trading plan.