Thinking of this, Tang Tian had already made a decision in his heart.

"Reach out to Paul's team and see if he's interested in coming to the Nets."

Tang Tian didn't go on his own for the first time, after all, the free market is changing rapidly, so it's better to test the tone first, if Paul doesn't want to come to the Nets, their discussion will be completely yy.

If Paul is taken and Hayward is signed, the Nets' lineup will start Paul + Butler + Hayward + Yi Jianlian + Jokic, substitute Booker, Mitchell, Tucker, Jefferson Jr., Oden, plus some other reinforcements, which is completely capable of fighting with the Warriors.

"There's one more question." Towards the end of the meeting, Jones suddenly spoke.

Tang Tian looked up at him.

"Nikola is a second-round pick, his rookie contract is not the same as the first-round pick, and after the first-round show we have the right to make a qualified offer, which would give us the right to match all the offers, but the second-round pick doesn't."

Tang Tian reacted, this point was almost ignored by him.

Jokic is a second-round pick, and if the four-year contract expires, he will be a complete free agent, and it is completely up to him to decide whether to renew his contract with the Nets or not.

"So I'm suggesting that we renew his contract early this summer, even if we pay some salary early, but a lower salary cap will also give us more salary space in the future." Jones then added.

"I'll think about this after I get Hayward and Paul done." Tang Tian nodded, Jones's reminder was very timely.

Fast forward to July 1, the door of the free market opened, and all kinds of signing news flew all over social media.

However, a little different from last year, this year oj left Yahoo to join ESPN, and the news that was basically all broken by oj in the past was broken by oj and his disciple Shams who stayed at Yahoo this season, and Shams even broke more news than oj.

The outside world is lamenting the news itself, and it is also ridiculing that OJ is going to be replaced by a disciple.

In the first moments of the opening of the free market, several major signings were made.

Curry and the Warriors reached a five-year, $201 million verbal agreement, with a new contract set to be reached at the end of July.

Durant and the Warriors agreed to a 1+1, 2-year contract worth a total of $53 million.

This is a contract that is lower than the maximum salary, and because it is a 1+1 contract, it also gives the Warriors more flexibility to strengthen in the future.

It is reported that this salary cut is mainly to help the Warriors successfully renew Iguodala and sign Sean Livingston in the free market.

Griffin and the Clippers agreed to a five-year, $173 million contract extension.

Holiday and the Pelicans agreed to a five-year, $126 million contract extension.

Redick and the 76ers agreed to a one-year, $23 million contract.

The Spurs and Mills agreed to a four-year, $50 million contract extension.

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There was a lot of news about the signing on the first day, but most of them were rumors that they basically stayed in the team.

There is still no clear news about Paul, Hayward, Millsap, Lowry, etc., who are in suspense.

Jones also reached out to Paul and Hayward as soon as the free agency doors opened.

The other side also quickly replied, Paul showed interest in joining the Nets and returning to Tang Tian, judging from Jones's communication with him, he would like to beat the current Warriors.

However, he does not want to join other teams directly as a free agent, but hopes to bring back some assets for the Clippers by signing and trading.

There's not much progress on Hayward's side, and the small forward, like Durant last year, plans to meet with several teams, including the Jazz, Celtics, Heat and Nets.

The Jazz are Hayward's parent team, the Celtics are the team of his former college head coach Stevens, and the Heat and Nets are teams that have managed to meet on their own merits.

At this time, the Rockets also appeared in the free market, including D'Antoni and Harden, who were trying to persuade Paul to join the Rockets.

Both sides were full of uncertainty, and Tang Tian was ready to take matters into his own hands at this time.

If Paul and Hayward don't win in the end, the Nets will be busy this summer.

However, just when Tang Tian was about to make a move, OJ broke an explosive news.

Irving has requested a trade from the Cavaliers!

After this news was sent out instantly, it instantly shook the entire alliance.

Irving's offensive ability is the top in the league, although the defense is relatively poor, but he is also a first-line star in the league, only worse than those supergiants.

Now that his contract has not expired, he has taken the initiative to apply for a trade from the Cavaliers!

Tang Tian was also stunned.

Although he knew that Irving and the Cavaliers had a falling out this summer, it wasn't at this time, but after the free agency market ended.

After that, OJ broke some trivial news one after another.

Irving left the Cavaliers because he didn't want to play with James anymore, and he had enough of the doubts from outside fans, and he wanted to be on a team that could prove himself again.

After OJ, Shams also broke some news, saying that Irving's departure was more due to the Cavaliers' attempt to trade him in the past draft.

oj and Shams broke the news one after another, and fans were overwhelmed.

Tang Tian saw these news that broke out one after another, and suddenly understood.

Irving in his previous life is indeed similar to the information that OJ broke out, because of the loss, fans never blame James, but blame his teammates, as the team's second leader Irving is the first to bear the brunt, basically the biggest sinner, the kind that can almost apologize for his sins.

The situation is even more serious now than in previous lives.

The Cavaliers have been kept out of the Finals by the Nets, which is worse than the Finals loss in the previous game, and in fact, when the Nets won the championship two years ago, Irving received the most criticism.

And when it comes to trading for the draft, isn't it the Nets that the Cavaliers want to trade.

Although Shams's revelation didn't mention it, it was the real thing.

It's no surprise that Irving requested a deal earlier than in his previous life.

And at this time, not long after the free agency market opened, his new parent team also had more room to strengthen it.

The OJ finally broke out the teams that Irving wanted to go to: the Spurs, the Heat, the Knicks, the Timberwolves, and the Nets.

Nets, there are Nets in there!

Tang Tian looked at the news and had an inexplicable feeling.

Whether it was Paul or Hayward before, the Nets were working hard to pursue it, and now I didn't expect that the players were interested in the Nets.

It's like when you've been pursuing all kinds of girls and still haven't worked, and suddenly there's a goddess who says he likes you!