Qiao Hai took a plane for more than ten hours and returned to Jinling all the way.

The first thing I did when I got home was jet lag, in the new house of Fenfangyuan, Qiao Hai slept beautifully, and Qiao's father would not bother Qiao Hai anymore, because he ran his own fast food restaurant, Qiao's father was a lot busy, and he went to the restaurant in the morning, and he didn't have time to disturb Qiao Hai.

Qiao Hai slept until noon before he was woken up by the phone.

It wasn't Joe's father or Joe's mother who called, it was Stu Jackson, and it was a transoceanic call.

"Brad turned down our offer."

On July 1, the free market and transfer market opened, and Stu Jackson gave a result that Joe had already guessed.

Brad Miller rejected an offer of 40 million over five years, and Qiao Hai's plan needed to change.

He thought about it for a moment and spoke directly to Stu Jackson on the phone.

"Let's go, let's go, no matter what he is, everyone has their own ambitions."

Qiao Hai is right, it is true that everyone has their own ambitions, Brad Miller should know very well that the team that can give him an average annual contract of 10 million must not have the strength to compete for the championship, because Brad Miller has taken an annual salary of 10 million, and there is not much salary space left, and the strength of this team will not be too strong if there is not much salary space.

So, all Brad Miller wants is money.

What the Grizzlies want is a championship, they want to defend it, they want a back-to-back title, and even they want to build a dynasty.

So, Qiao Hai continued: "Get me a new starting center, defensive. ”

Stu Jackson asked again, "Is there a specific goal?" ”

Qiao Hai lowered his head and thought for a while, and gave two names: "Ben Wallace of the Orlando Magic, or Marcus Camby of the Knicks." ”

Stu Jackson said yes and hung up.

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On July 1, the free market and the transfer market opened.

The Grizzlies first officially announced: the team reached a contract extension with Tracy McGrady and Chauncey Billups, and the specific amount was not disclosed.

However, Hoop Sports seems to have gotten the inside scoop, accurately writing in the headline on the website: The Grizzlies and Maddie agreed to a six-year, $80 million contract extension, and Billups reached a four-year, $25 million contract extension, with a player option for the fourth year.

Then, first Maddie's agent Aaron Trim confirmed the news.

Finally, Billups' agent, Andrew Miller, also confirmed this.

Hoop Sports became hot all of a sudden, because they grabbed the headlines in the transfer market this year, of course, Kevending knows very well that the reason why Hoop Sports is so well-informed comes from Qiao Hai......

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After the free market and the transfer market opened, the league continued to have big news.

The Detroit Pistons retain Grant Hill's contract match rights, but they are said to be in talks with the Magic and the Lakers and seem to want to send Grant Hill to the Magic through a sign-and-trade.

The Knicks also announced that they will not re-sign the team's decorated veteran Patrick Ewing.

On the Spurs' side, Tim Duncan's rookie contract expired, and they failed to reach an early extension with Duncan, but let Duncan flow into the free market, of course, the Spurs have the right of first refusal, so for the time being, they are not worried about Duncan's contract extension.

Popovich has been busy, he has been looking for a single defender who can defend the opponent's arrow on the outside, and he has locked two targets, one is Bruce Bowen of the Lakers, last year the Lakers only extended Bowen's contract for one year, this year Bowen's contract expired again, proving his strength for two consecutive years, Bruce Bowen is already a hot player on the free market.

And the Lakers also seem to have no intention of renewing Bruce Bowen, according to the grapevine, after the free market and transfer market opened, the Lakers' focus was on Grant Hill, and they seemed interested in signing Grant Hill.

Another target is Doug Christie, according to local media reports from the Raptors, Raptors management is interested in sending Doug Christie away because Vince Carter wants to play shooting guard, so this is also an opportunity for the Spurs.

In addition to strengthening the wing defense, Popovich also wanted to get a strong point on the outside, and in this draft, the Spurs failed to pick too good players, so they had to find other players through other methods.

Spurs' scouts in Italy sent back a video of a white man with long flowing hair catching Popovich's attention.

"A natural killer, the slightest hint of bloody breath will induce his latent primal impulses!" Greg Popovich did not hesitate to praise the long-haired white man in a variety of languages: "Breakthrough like a snake, defense like a demon, decisive shooting, too demonic!" ”

Popovich glanced at the full name - Manuel David - "Manu" Ginobili!

"Robert! Tell me all about this guy! ”

Robert Buford, Spurs' chief scout, and Boofford, he even said, "Okay, okay......"

quickly took out a copy of the information sent back from Italy: "You know the full name, the Italian calls him Manu, he is an Argentine, last season, he also played in the Italian second league, this season, he entered the Italian top league giants Bologna, and soon played the main team, and also helped Bologna win the Champions League this season, he is also the MVP of the Champions League final......"

Buford paused, or hesitated, and continued: "There's a problem, though, that he was drafted in the NBA draft last year and then drafted by the Grizzlies......"

Popovich immediately frowned: "So his signing rights are with the Grizzlies?" ”

"Yes." Buford nodded, then continued to look at Popovich, who seemed to be thinking about something.

After a few moments, Popovich looked up: "This way, Robert, tell the transfer department to raise the offer and sign Bruce Bowen back first." ”

The clever Buford knew that Popovich had made a choice.

The Spurs don't have much leverage, and if they want to trade for Manuginobili, they can only choose to give up Doug Christie, because the Spurs have no more chips, and they can only go to sign Bruce Bowen for free.

The next day, the Spurs raised their offer and quickly reached an agreement with Bruce Bowen.

30 million for 5 years, an average of $6 million per year, which is a high price for Bruce Bowen, because he is just a pure defensive player, and the offense will only be a bottom corner three-pointer, and it is already very good to be able to get an average annual contract of $6 million.

So, Bruce Bowen signed with the Spurs.

It was officially announced in the afternoon of the same day.

This time, the Hoop news area failed to break the news in advance, but the Hoop forum area got the news in advance, and a post had already sworn that Bruce Bowen would sign the Spurs!

As a result, Hoop once again attracted an influx of countless traffic, no way, who makes people fast news!

The Lakers also got the news very quickly.

Los Angeles, Mitch Kupchak frowned helplessly, this transfer period, the Lakers got off to a bad start!

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