The strength of the fans is really unpredictable at times.

It's like, all this is indeed Tang Tian's plan, and before he could speak, he was already picked up.

But, these are the facts, and even what they don't mention is.

If James is willing to take a pay cut, in fact, the Cavaliers can sign whoever they want, and even if another supergiant is willing to take a pay cut, it is not a problem to bring in another super sixth man.

Of course, these are still empty.

Now the Cavaliers' first goal is to sign a Big Three from the mouths of other teams.

So, who to sign?

After the draft, many rookies have signed with the team.

The Cavaliers have a total of three rookies this year: Whiteside, Stephenson, and Jeremy Lin.

Because the team has the goal of a big three, their contracts will not be negotiated until after the free agent is signed.

But even then, they all reported to the team.

Of the three people, Whiteside is more funny, Stephenson is even more funny, and the only one who is quieter is Jeremy Lin.

Tang Tian met with them, and finally called Jeremy Lin aside alone.

"It's going to be hard in this league, not just your skills, but the color of your skin, you know what I mean?"

"I know, I'm actually very satisfied to be selected." Jeremy Lin is very self-aware.

"So, if you want to stay, you need to work harder and have more confidence than a normal player." Tang Tian continued.

Previously, Sun Yue, Yi Jianlian, and even Yao Ming would have bias because of their relationship with Chinese, but if Jeremy Lin was only Asian, he would not be in this range.

Lin nodded.

"I won't treat you differently, I will give you a chance to show in the second round, whether you can stay or not, depends on your own performance." Tang Tian said and patted Jeremy Lin's shoulder.

"I'm going to try, and staying here is my only goal." Although Jeremy Lin seems to be quiet, he really talks about the critical moment, and he is also ruthless.

Tang Tian nodded with satisfaction.

He doesn't expect Jeremy Lin to play the kind of "Lin madness" in his previous life with the Cavaliers, and a qualified backup point guard is his expectation.

After meeting with the rookies, Tang Tian then asked Kassel to take them to training.

The Cavaliers' goal for the new season is definitely to defend the title.

Even the rookies he drafted have to work hard enough to get playing time.

Time flies, and a week's time has passed in the blink of an eye.

In the early morning of July 1, the door to the free agent market opened, and teams could finally openly contact and negotiate with free agents.

The Cavaliers are clearly one of the most active teams of them all.

It's not just their initiative, in fact, many teams of free agents have also taken the initiative to find them.

Everyone wants their clients to be the third big man of the Cavaliers.

Tang Tian has his own goals, so these things that come into contact, or the team is in contact, are his spare tire, his main master, and he needs to wait.

The free market has 21 days, but the freeze period is 11 days, so the first 11 days are basically some verbal agreements.

But I don't know if it's in contact with the Cavaliers, and this year's big fish are not in a hurry to make a decision.

Three days later, except for Nowitzki, who agreed a three-year, $60 million contract with the Mavericks on the third day that was well below the maximum salary, everyone else was still on the sidelines.

……

In the Rockets' office, Morey was in a bad mood.

After the playoffs, Maddie and Yao Ming were injured one after another.

And all of them are old injuries recurrence, Yao Ming's condition is better, and Maddie left the team directly for treatment.

Just before, he contacted Yao Ming's team, hoping that the latter could exercise the player option to alleviate the salary space problem of the team's contract extension, but he did not receive a positive reply.

Looking at the meaning of Yao Ming's team, it seems that they want to jump out of the contract to test the free agent market this year.

Everything is going in a very bad direction.

It's all to blame Tang Tian, even if he left Team Rocket, he still had a ghost, and he actually led the Cavaliers to destroy Team Rocket's four consecutive championships.

If it is a fourth consecutive championship, I believe that on the night of the championship, the contract should be negotiated.

"Boom~"

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

"Come in."

Coming in was his new assistant, a young man named Kenneth, whom he had found from the market after Jones had left.

Not much experience, but obedient and efficient.

"T-mac's economic team just got back to us and they agreed to renew the contract, but with a six-year contract with a maximum salary." Kenneth spoke.

Morey didn't speak.

Maddie is 30 years old this year, and his six-year contract is the longest he can sign, but if the 36-year-old Maddie still gets the maximum salary, it will be too risky for the Rockets' future salary structure and what they need to pay.

"Have you found out where he's been during this time?"

"Yes, he visited a lot of doctors he had been to before, and finally went to a Chinese medicine clinic in Houston's Chinatown."

After listening to Kenneth, Morey lowered his head and pondered, it seems that Maddie's injury is as serious as last summer.

Yao Ming is interested in free agency, Maddie is seriously injured, and the Rockets' dynasty lineup is really shaky.

He felt a headache and motioned for Kenneth to go out first.

"By the way, during the time you were out, Mr. Alexander called before." Kenneth said before leaving.

"What did you say?"

"He's urging T-mac to renew his contract."

When Morey heard this, his mouth grossed and his head hurt even more.

It's a well-known fact that Alexander likes Maddie.

This non-free market has only been around for a few days, and it has arrived.

It's just a rush!

Kenneth saw Morey's reaction, didn't say anything more, and left the office in amusement.

……

"Don, Cameron's team approached us and he said he was interested in the Cavaliers." In Don Tian's office, Jones came in to report on the latest developments in the free market.

"Anthony? His contract hasn't expired yet, has he? ”

"Yes, if the Cavaliers are interested, he's going to confess to Nuggets management that he's going to jump out of the player option next summer and test the free agency market to lower the trade so we can have a chance to get him." Jones followed.

Familiar plot.

Tang Tian remembered that Anthony did this in his previous life, and finally succeeded in going to the Knicks.

Anthony, the top 10 or even the top 5 players in the league right now, it's really awesome for three people to come together.

However, Tang Tian knew that even if it was so uproar in his previous life, the Knicks had paid a very big price.

If the Cavaliers want to trade Anthony for him, they will definitely have to trade most of the players except James and Paul, which obviously outweighs the cost.

And if Anthony and James play together, James will only have to add weight to play the No. 4 position.

Although the superstar adapts strongly, the flexibility of the roster is significantly lower.

"Let's take our time first, don't be in a hurry to make a decision, by the way, is there any latest news from Houston?" Tang Tian continued.