On the night of June 30, Hu Qingniu was asleep in the hotel when a sudden bell woke him up.

Is it a mobile phone?

"Who else is so ignorant at such a late hour."

Hu Qingniu was irritable for a while, picked up the mobile phone and still a number he didn't know, and suddenly lost his patience, and hung him up directly with the press of a button.

Unexpectedly, five minutes later, the phone rang again, it was still the same phone number, and Hu Qingniu didn't know it at all.

"Has the sales promotion been so persistent this year, but my food, drink, Lasa and housing are all provided by Boss Qiao, and there is no demand."

With a "snap", the phone was covered again. Hu Qingniu continued to lie on his stomach in a large shape, on the soft quilt.

"Sleeping on the quilt is the ultimate enjoyment in the world......" muttered to himself.

Hu Qingniu was sleeping comfortably, but he didn't expect the damn phone to ring again.

Hu Qingniu was angry, and he picked up his mobile phone and was about to start scolding......

At this time, a familiar voice came from the other side.

"This is Ervin Johnson, coach, is there anything going on over there. O'Neill's agent, Perry Rogers, has gone to look for you, but I've heard you can't get through......"

This is embarrassing, Hu Qingniu is a little embarrassed, the two phones that were hung up just now may be someone else's.

"Oh, I was in a meeting and turned off the phone......"

Hu Qingniu casually found a reason to prevaricate the matter, and then thought that something was wrong, it was more than 11 o'clock, which door would you open? It's still not right, it's more than 11 o'clock, which door to see? Did you come to visit someone at 11 o'clock?

With doubts and puzzlement, Hu Qingniu still called back.

The two met ten minutes later, and Hu Qingniu asked puzzled.

"Roger, why do you have to be mysterious when you meet? It's past 11 o'clock, and you're ......."

Taking off his sunglasses and scarf, Rogers finally felt a little more comfortable, it was so hot to bring this in the summer.

"Coach, don't you know, you can be punished for contacting players in private, and it's not July yet."

Hu Qingniu opened his mobile phone and took a look.

"yes, it's only half an hour away."

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On the other side, the fat man's residence, he is also closely watching the Lakers' trade information, but arrogantly the Lakers have not revealed the real next home to him. The fat man didn't know that the Bobcats had already been ruled out, because the Magic couldn't take out one of Wade and Dazhi, which didn't meet the Lakers' demands. The Lakers' request is an instant star, a high-pick rookie, and a future first-round pick.

Unfortunately, the Bobcats couldn't meet all of them, so they were out early.

At 11:35, the Lakers informed O'Neal that the deal was negotiated and could be signed first and then exchanged.

Historically, the Lakers renewed O'Neal's contract in 2003 with a three-year, 88 million contract. But in this time and space, this contract did not materialize, perhaps because of Jordan's resurgence to win the championship, O'Neal is no longer widely regarded as the league's top name, so the Lakers did not want to give O'Neal such a high contract at that time.

At that time, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal had already had an irreparable rift, and the Lakers also planned early, in order to make the two contracts expire in the same year, after negotiation between the two parties, O'Neal and the Lakers signed a two-year contract, and O'Neal has the right to jump out of the contract in the second year. In other words, the Lakers' situation right now is actually very delicate.

The sharks have a certain say in their own transactions, and although there has never been a player who can threaten management before, it seems that there is nothing wrong with the big shark being the first to eat the crab.

Without even asking who the next family was, O'Neal directly rejected the sign-and-change contract handed over by the Lakers. If you don't tell me who your next family is, don't tell me again, because I have the power to control my own future. He no longer has any respect for his owner Buss and the Lakers, and he swept a three-time champion out of the house, and O'Neal couldn't swallow this breath in his heart.

At this time, the Lakers realized that they had nothing to limit O'Neal, and even if a deal was made, O'Neal could jump out of his contract and become a free agent when July 1 arrived.

But the arrogant Lakers ignored this, and they didn't even reveal the truth to O'Neal during the trade talks, just waiting for O'Neal to sign after the deal was made. That's the result of arrogance, the Lakers are blinded.

O'Neal then said through his own channels that he would enter the free agent market, and all the teams that were waiting for the Lakers to negotiate were shocked. The biggest fish in the free market is here, and this is a shark, without any assets, whoever has space can eat the big contract.

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On the other hand, Hu Qingniu had a good conversation with Perry Rodgers on behalf of the Bobcats, and a 2-year contract of 50 million had already been negotiated.

O'Neal also tasted the sweetness of his own fate, a two-year contract also has the right to jump out of the contract the next year, if he is not happy with the Bobcats, he can jump out of the contract the next year. If things go well and sign a big five-year contract, just in time for the age of 37, O'Neill thinks he might be making enough.

On July 1st, at 0:00 a.m., the carnival that all the teams felt began to begin, and the teams that had no space hurried to find possible plans to free up space. Only the top brass of the Lakers looked at each other, as if they didn't get anything.

But an hour later, a rumor came out, and all the teams were dumbfounded.

According to reliable sources, O'Neal has signed a two-year, $50 million contract with Eastern Conference side Charlotte Bobcats. The party ended before it officially began?!!

But when you think about it, you really don't think there is any team that can compete with the Bobcats, and maybe from the moment O'Neal decided to become a free agent, the Bobcats automatically won.

The teams that are stronger than the Bobcats, only 4 in the league have reached the division finals, and in addition to the Lakers, then the Timberwolves and Pistons, these two teams have long been saturated with salaries. And O'Neill and they are both mortal enemies, and it is impossible to join.

The rest, the team that is generally considered to be not much different from the Bobcats, the Rockets have Yao Ming, excluding, two sharks survive under the basket, and the space is obviously not big enough; The Spurs, both the space and Duncan's presence, turned things into impossible.

Compared to the remaining teams and the Bobcats, the gap is huge. O'Neill's choice was very simple, so a carnival party ended hastily before it could reach **.

Hearing that O'Neill still had a foot injury, the enthusiastic Hu Qingniu decided to invite O'Neill to Charlotte for his surgery, and after the operation, he could carry out recovery training under Ewing's guidance, and O'Neill readily agreed. The famous doctor coach is best known for his jaw-dropping, unimaginable medical skills.