On November 26, 2011, after 15 hours of negotiations, the two sides finally announced that an agreement had been reached, ending the 149-day shutdown, and the new season will officially kick off on December 25, with the free agent market and training camp opening on December 9.

At this time, Terek is ready for the new season, and at this time, the management of the Sacramento Kings is also in heated discussions about the upcoming free agent market and the roster for the new season.

Sleep train arena, team meeting room.

Big boss Vivek. Rana Dave, General Manager Jeff. Petri, head coach Paul. Westphal, President Chris Brown. Grant, Chief Operating Officer Martina. Clark Tonis, CFO John. Drinkhardt and other team executives gather here.

"Well, everybody's here, today we're holding this meeting, that is, now that the shutdown is over, the new season is about to begin, I want to hear everyone's views on the team's roster reinforcements for the new season...... "Vivek. Ranadave was the first to speak, opening the high-level meeting.

Petri, the general manager of the team, glanced at the big boss, rubbed his palms and said, "Tyrek. Evans, DeMarcus. Cousins, Benno. Yudri, Francisco. Garcia, Jason. Thompson, Omi. Kasby, Hassan. Whiteside, Anthony. Moreau, who is currently a player under contract with the team, is restricted free agent Marcus. Thornton and non-restricted free agent Samuel. Hellam Porter has entered the free agent market due to the expiration of his contract, along with Kenneth Potter. Farid, Jimmy. Butler, Rajvo. Aaron, Isaiah. Thomas, these four rookies of this year are waiting to be signed, and that's where we are today. ”

Petri glanced at the head coach of the team sitting next to him, Westphal gave him a look and motioned for Petri to continue, after a long discussion with the team's lineup, the coaching staff, the scouting team, and the team's technical staff.

Petri smiled and continued: "The salary space for the new season is quite abundant, and the salary of the players who are still under contract next season is. Evans $4.15 million, DeMarcus. Cousins $3.63 million, Benno. Yudri $6.93 million, Francisco. Garcia's $5.8 million, Jason. Thompson's $3 million, Omics. Kasby $1.08 million, Hassan. $760,000 from Whiteside, Anthony . Morrow $4 million, if he signs four rookies, Kenneth Murphy. $1.36 million from Farid, $1.36 million from Jimmy. Butler $1.04 million, Rajvo. Aaron's $470,000, Isaiah. Thomas, $470,000. A total of $32.69 million. ”

"But there's no special big fish in the free agent market this year...... And the team is currently playing with Terek. Young players such as Evans are the main framework, and the personnel structure is relatively reasonable, so we are not particularly interested in reopening the free agent market, but we have already made some moves......"

Vivek. Lanadave listened with his chin held and did not speak, and the head coach of the team next to Petri, Westfaal, said: "We should all sign four rookies, in this case, we have Tyrek, Benno, Anthony, and Isaiah in the first and second positions, Francisco, Omi, and Jimmy in the third position, Jimmy and Francisco can swing to the second position, Jason, Kenneth, and Raivo in the fourth position, and DeMarcus and Hassan in the fifth position." I would have liked to keep Marcus as a restricted free agent, but I got Anthony through a trade and signed Jimmy at the same time, although Marcus is good and has only played half a season in the team, but everyone knows that his style of play is extremely dominant, and the team's No. 1 and No. 2 positions are well stocked, so it seems not so necessary to renew his contract......

Vivek. Ranadave nodded, his chin still in his hand, and pointed his index finger at Westfaal, "Well, go on......"

Westafar cleared his throat and continued: "Samuel has entered the free agent market and is a little hesitant to return to the team...... DeMarcus has shown star potential, and is now the team's No. 2 man besides Tyreek, and he will inevitably be the starting center next season. Samuel is a defensive centre-forward and is dutiful as a substitute, but I'm going to let DeMarcus play more time next season and the back-up centre-forwards will continue to play less. Judging from the limited playing time last season, Hassan was not very effective but he was also capable of playing as a substitute, so I intend to give him more playing time and Jason in the number four position can also play as a centre-forward, so we are more inclined to let Samuel go. ”

Although I don't know if there is a reason for Tyreck, after all, Tyreck suggested that Coach Westafal give Whiteside more opportunities last season, but now Westphal means that Cousins will be the main force of the iron next season, and the playing time will be further increased, and Whiteside will become the main substitute for the center position!

Vivek. Ranadave knocked on the table and said lightly: "Well, so neither of these teams plans to renew their contracts, and I don't plan to meddle in the team's personnel arrangements this year, so I told me directly that the team plans to do anything other than players with contracts and unsigned rookies." ”

Petri took the opportunity to take over the words of the big boss and said: "The team is currently dominated by young people and will face the issue of contract extensions for several players in the next two years, in order to have flexible salary space in the future, while bringing more experience and resilience to the team, we plan to sign two strong veterans with two contracts of two to three years. ”

Westphall also responded: "Based on the current situation in the free agent market, and taking into account the current situation of the team, two players will be signed in the number three and number four positions. ”

Then Petri swore and said, "David. West can be regarded as the best No. 4 spot in the free agent market today, the 07-08 season, 08-09 season selected as an All-Star for two consecutive years, now 31 years old he still has a very strong strength, we have had in-depth negotiations with David, David is very optimistic about the future of our team, the team is very likely to take David, let him be the team's starting No. 4. At the same time, at the No. 3 position, the team's primary target is the 31-year-old Cuarón, who just won the championship with the Dallas Mavericks. Butler, as an All-Star in the 06-07 and 07-08 seasons, Caron's strength is also not to be underestimated. Once he is signed, he will compete with Francisco for the starting number three, and we are also very sure of winning Caron! ”