After the draft, Qiao Hai rested for two days.

Before the trade market officially opened, the focus of media discussions was on several trade rumors, such as the Knicks' intention to acquire Eddie Curry, the Dallas Mavericks may force a buyout of Michael Finley, and the Bucks' intention to sign Bobby Simmons, the most improved player next year, and so on.

In addition to that, all the media outlets are discussing several focus selections for the draft.

"The Hawks drafted Andrew Boggart, who was known as White Duncan before the draft, and some people thought he was a weakened version of Yao Ming, or a physically strengthened version of Vlad Divac, and so on, the Hawks' choice is no problem, at least for now, Andrew Bogert is the best rookie in this year."

"The Bobcats chose Chris Paul after that, which was a surprising choice because they skipped Marvin Williams, and before the draft, almost all public opinion thought that the Bobcats would pick the one left between Andrew Boggart and Marvin Williams."

"They chose Chris Paul instead."

"The Jazz's choice was also surprising, they didn't choose Marvin Williams, but instead chose Deron Williams, who never finished in the top three in the prediction pick......

“……”

This draft can be said to be an upset, the Bobcats created a momentum for most of the month, saying that they wanted to choose Andrew Boggart or Marvin Williams, but in the end they chose Chris Paul.

There is a slight sign that the Jazz chose Deron Williams, because before the draft, Jerry Sloan had been praising Deron Williams and looked very optimistic about Deron Williams.

Billy Knight was the most surprised of all when it came to the fact that the Bobcats chose Chris Paul.

After the draft, he was interviewed, and he was already incoherent.

He felt that he might have been cheated by Qiao Hai.

……

On July 1, the trading market opened.

Qiao Hai first signed the most basic rookie contracts with several rookies.

"Chris Paul $14 million for 4 years."

"Danny Granger 4 years, $7.5 million."

"Jared Jack for 4 years, $6.5 million."

The three contracts are the most basic rookie contracts, as for Ersan Ilyasova, Qiao Hai believes that his strength is not up to the requirements of the NBA, so he did not sign directly with Ilyasova, and gave him a suggestion to let him go back to Europe for another season to improve his confrontation ability.

After the rookie signing, Johi spoke with Gerald Wallace, James Jones and Roger Mason's agents.

……

On July 2, Joe soon met Gerard Wallace in his office, along with his agent, Rob Pelinka.

Pelinka is also Kobe's agent now, and for Qiao Hai, Pelinka is still very polite, reaching out to shake hands as soon as they meet.

"Mr. Qiao, long time no see, I hope this time we can have a happy cooperation."

Qiao Hai naturally nodded, and there was nothing special to say.

After the two sides sat down, Qiao Hai directly handed over a drawn up contract.

"30 million in 5 years, if you are not satisfied with the amount, you can still talk about it, Gerald, you can take a look."

Last season, Gerald Wallace played most of the games off the bench, averaging 11.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.2 blocks per game, and his individual performance was better than the average starter.

Therefore, Qiao Hai gave a contract with an average annual salary of 6 million and a starting salary of 5 million.

It was a contract that matched Gerard Wallace's value at this time, but before Gerard Wallace could speak, Rob Pelinka shook his head.

'Mr. Joe, this contract obviously only reflects Gerrard's current value, but Gerrard is still young and last season, he played as a substitute.

Pelinka straightened up: "I think that if Gerrard can play in the starting line-up, his stats will continue to skyrocket, I don't deny that Gerrard's growth is inseparable from your guidance, but what Gerrard needs is a contract that is more in line with his value." ”

"And we're also thinking about whether we need to ask for a starting position."

Rob Pelinka made a large list of requests, and Qiao Hai suddenly became serious, and he suddenly found that the renewal of Gerald Wallace's contract did not seem to be so simple.

"So, Rob, what do you think is the right price?"

Joe Hai threw the question to Rob Pelinka.

Pelinka was obviously prepared, and he directly threw out two offers for Qiao Hai to choose from.

"A three-year, $16 million contract, a third-year player option, or a five-year, $45 million, no option."

Qiao Hai frowned, the first contract looked like three years, but in fact it was only 2 years, and two years later, based on a performance by Gerard Wallace last season, Qiao Hai would definitely be offered a multi-year contract of 10 million yuan.

The second contract has an average annual value of 9 million, and in the next few years, it is already a 10 million contract.

Therefore, these two contracts are difficult to accept in Qiao Hai's opinion.

He chose to make a counteroffer: "I choose a second contract, a five-year long contract, but 45 million for 5 years is impossible, and we can only give 35 million for 5 years at most." ”

Rob Pelinka's expression suddenly relaxed, and then, he gave a final offer: "Then we will each take a step back, 40 million in 5 years." ”

"Deal!"

Qiao Hai did not hesitate and agreed directly.

With an average of 8 million per year, it has basically been negotiated to the limit, and after Rob Pelinka expressed his dissatisfaction with Qiao Hai's first offer, he understood that without an average of 8 million per year, Pelinka would not have agreed.

In the end, the outcome of the negotiations was exactly that.

As for letting Gerrard Wallace flow into the free market and then matching the offer, Qiao Hai can only say that the offer of other teams will most likely be the second contract proposed by Rob Pelinka, that is, the contract with an average annual value of 9 million.

At the very least, the early renewal helped the Bobcats save $5 million.

……

5 years and 40 million contract renewal Gerald Wallace, Qiao Hai ruthlessly blooded.

So much so that when he then interviewed James Jones, he learned that the other party had received an offer from the Phoenix Suns, a 3-year, 12 million contract.

Qiao Hai directly chose to give up James Jones.

In the end, Roger Mason was approached, and he agreed on a one-year contract with a final salary, completing his contract extension.

……

Before the start of the summer league, the Bobcats already had a regular roster of 14 men -

Point guards: Chris Paul, Mor Williams, Jared Jack;

Shooting guards: Michael Reed, Michael Petrus, Roger Mason;

Small forwards: Andre Iguodala, Gerard Wallace, Danny Granger;

Power forwards: Josh Smith, Reggie Evans, Brian Skinner;

Centre-forwards: Kendrick Perkins, Rivra Frentz.

This lineup is not the final lineup, as Joe Hay has put Brian Skinner on the shelf again.