At a café in Houston, Tang Tian met Kwame Brown.

A big man of 2.11 meters, with solid muscles and a broad body, he looks at the body with infinite explosive power.

If you don't know him, it's hard to associate him with the word "parallel import".

His eyes looked a little haggard, and he could tell that he wasn't doing very well.

"Coach!" However, when he saw Tang Tian coming, Brown's eyes, who had been waiting there for a long time, burst into a look of excitement and longing.

Tang Tian said hello and sat down.

After ordering coffee, Tang Tian didn't waste any time, and watched Brown get straight to the point.

"Tell me, what's the matter with me?"

"Coach, I want to come to play for the Cavaliers." Tang Tian asked directly, and Brown answered directly enough.

Tang Tian was not too surprised, the two had not crossed paths before, and the players privately looked for coaches of other teams, and the only thing they could think of was this matter.

Oh, and he's also the team's general manager.

Because he guessed that he had already thought about this problem before he came.

Brown's words, although he is known as the parallel champion, his physical fitness is no problem, above the league average, although the assistant defense is a little worse, but the single defense ability is good, and it is more than enough to play a substitute.

This guy's biggest problem is psychological problems, from Jordan to Kobe, the last thing he was trained was the famous "Kobe, don't give me the ball".

Of course, this is not a problem at all for Tang Tian, who holds 4 honor points, provided that he feels that it is worth investing.

"If I'm not mistaken, you still have a contract with the Pistons, and it's 4.1 million a year, right?" Tang Tian asked.

Brown nodded.

"Then this is going to be difficult, the Cavaliers are only 3 million away from the luxury tax right now, you know what I mean?"

Brown can play as a bench now, but if he has to pay the luxury tax for it, it won't be cost-effective at all.

"I can seek a buyout with the Pistons, as long as the coach wants me." Brown continued.

"The Cavaliers' middle-class exception has been used all, and the biennial exception was also used last year, and if you join the Cavaliers, you can only sign a basic salary."

"The basic salary is fine." Without waiting for Tang Tian to finish speaking, Brown immediately replied.

Tang Tian glanced at the big man in front of him, it seemed that he really wanted to join the Knights.

"Well, I can think about it, but I'll have to go back and discuss it, and I'll get back to you when the results are available." Tang Tian said and took out his mobile phone.

Brown nodded repeatedly.

After leaving their phone numbers, the two of them went out of the café separately.

The Cavaliers beat the Pistons 106-78 that night, who suffered a six-game losing streak and drifted away from the playoffs.

Brown, on the other hand, only played five minutes in garbage time, scoring four points and three boards.

Tang Tian is also observing, Brown seems to be in good shape, but he doesn't know why Pistons head coach John Kuster is reluctant to use him.

At the end of the training session the next day, Tang Tian proposed to supplement the team's interior line and things about Brown at the regular meeting of the coaching staff.

"Brown's form is okay, his size and the bottom set are solid, and if you have a hard top head, Yao and Dwight will have a hard time moving it, he just needs to work on his playing confidence." Casey gave him advice.

"Casey is right, and if Donaxi is here, I think I can give it a try." Kassel also gave him advice.

Before the NBA coaching staff, only the Mavericks had a mental coach, and the Cavaliers also added this position after Tang Tian became the owner, and Donasee is a well-known local psychiatrist in Cleveland, who was officially hired last month.

"I can try." Donasi continued.

Tang Tian listened to the advice of the coaching staff, but he did not rush to conclusions.

He called Jones into his office and listened to his advice.

"We have a limited amount of leverage in the trade market without using our picks, and Brown is the best fit to come if he wants to, and he has more instant power and potential than most veterans."

After listening to the advice of the coaching staff and Jones, Tang Tian basically had a final decision.

"You get in touch with Kwame and if you get a contract, sign a two-year salary, a second-year team option, and we're going to have more initiative next summer."

Jones nodded repeatedly.

If you sign for 2 years and still have the team option, you can operate depending on the situation at that time, Brown is not playing well, give up directly, play well, you can re-sign a suitable contract to keep him, there is really no salary space, and it is no problem to directly implement the contract and play for another year.

Tang Tian looks young, but he thinks about no less than him, a person who has been in management for more than ten years.

When Jones' phone rang, Brown, through his economic team, negotiated a buyout with the Pistons the next day.

With a salary of 4 million, he only needs 1.5 million.

After the buyout was completed, he immediately turned around and signed a two-year base salary contract with the Cavaliers with a team option.

Direct, decisive and without hesitation at all.

But that's not surprising.

When he was in the Lakers before, although he was booed by the fans in Los Angeles for not holding the ball steadily, he played nearly 30 minutes or so, and he stayed with the Pistons for two years, and he averaged 17.2 minutes per game last season, 4 points and 5 boards, but this season has plummeted to 13 minutes, 3 points and 3 boards, and recently he has been sitting on the bench from time to time, and he will be unemployed if he continues like this.

That's why he and his economic team are willing to change teams at the expense of buyouts.

And choosing the Cavaliers, on the one hand, is to see the lack of people in the Cavaliers' internal line, on the other hand, Tang Tian coaches first-class players, can turn decay into magic, if he can't play under him, he can really consider changing careers.

In other words, Brown regarded Tang Tian as his last straw.

Brown is sturdy, and on the first day of the team's report, Tang Tian asked O'Neal Sr. to try to play a few, but he didn't get in.

It seems that what Casey said is right, and aside from all else, Brown is also the league's top meat shield.

He didn't rush to use the system's honor points either.

The system has recently been playing dead again, and he won't move until he has to.

He asked Mutombo to take Brown to practice defense and offense under the basket, and then asked Donassi to coach him after each day's practice.

What made Tang Tian feel relieved was that although he had a big "parallel import" hat on his head and his psychological quality was not very good, Brown was a diligent player, training on time, and if he was not satisfied with the training effect, he would also go to the training hall to practice.

Coupled with Tang Tian's intention to let Mutombo, who was in charge of training, give him some positive and positive encouragement, he can feel that Brown's whole spirit and state are getting better little by little.

Half a month after Brown arrived, on the first day of February, the Cavaliers flew to Los Angeles, where they will meet the Lakers for the first time of the season.