"Coach, I'd like to take a leave of absence to go to Milwaukee!" The next morning, Chang Wei came to Brown's office again, and asked the leader for leave before he sat down at the door, and he was very reasonable, as if he was sorry for the team if he didn't approve the leave.

Brown was accustomed to Chang Wei's attitude, and he smiled and said, "Have you found a suitable target for us?" Can you tell me about it? If you can convince me, I'll definitely agree to this holiday. ”

Chang Wei nodded and said solemnly: "I want to go there and meet Tim Thomas, the guy I first trained, I believe he is fully capable of becoming the team's starting four, the only downside is that I don't know what conditions the Bucks will offer." ”

"Chang, you haven't answered my question yet, why him?" Brown's expression became solemn, he respected Chang Wei and often accepted his advice, but Chang Wei had to come up with a substantial reason to convince himself.

"Big Ben is the backbone of our interior defense, that's perfectly fine, but he's so lacking in scoring skills and I don't want to make our interior unbalanced. And Big Ben's height is also an issue, I admit that his strength is very good, but if you add him a partner who can shoot threes and grab rebounds, he probably won't refuse,"

"The most important thing," Chang Wei shrugged helplessly, "the other qualified No. 4 spots in the league are either too expensive or not for sale by the team, and I think only Thiem is the one we can hope for and can use." ”

"Bang Bang!" Brown clapped lightly and said with a smile, "I know you're going to figure out how to put together the lineup, Chang, so go to Milwaukee and hopefully bring Tim to Detroit." Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he immediately added, "Then again, the Wizards suddenly asked us for a price, hoping to get Stackhouse through a trade, do you think we need to negotiate this deal with them?" After all, Jerry was the team's leading scorer last season! ”

Jordan's movements are so fast! Is this already a proposed deal? Chang Wei was secretly shocked, but his face was as calm as ever, and he said with a smile: "Coach, you already have your own decision in your heart, why are you still asking me what to do?" But if we really start to have a substantive discussion with the other side, please be sure to let me know that I think I can help the team fight for more benefits. ”

Brown waved his hand and scolded with a smile: "It's just a preliminary intention now, I'll tell you when we start talking about it, you better think about what price we have to pay to get Thiem to wear the Pistons jersey!" ”

After getting Brown's approval, Chang Wei wasted no time and directly booked a flight to Milwaukee that afternoon. Of course, he had already said hello to Thomas before this, lest this guy hurry up and go out on vacation with his girlfriend, he was surprised by Chang Wei's sudden call to Thomas, but he didn't ask Chang Wei what he was doing, just said that he would always wait at home, and the address had been sent to Chang Wei's mobile phone, and he would just take a taxi over when the time came.

Many flights from Detroit to Milwaukee need to transit in Chicago, Chang Wei was lucky to buy a ticket that did not need to be transferred, which also greatly shortened his journey, only an hour and a half later, the plane landed at Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Chang Wei casually stopped a taxi, told the driver the address, and began to close his eyes and recuperate.

About half an hour later, the car slowly stopped, Chang Wei opened his eyes and looked, a patchwork of villas appeared in front of him. After paying the fare, he came to the gate of the villa with his bag on his back, reported his name and social security number to the security guards, and after a few words in the headset, the strong security guard signaled Chang Wei to go in on his own.

Chang Wei smiled and shook his head, and after a while, a Hummer stopped at the door with a screeching brake sound, and a big black man with a bright head jumped out of the car and gave Chang Wei a fierce hug. Chang Wei smiled: "Okay Tim, let go, I'm almost a little out of breath by you, it seems that you haven't fallen behind in training in the offseason!" ”

Thomas touched his head and said with a smile: "This is what you told me back then, if I catch up and spend all day drinking in the offseason, I guess I will be forced to lose weight every day after the training camp starts." ”

Looking around, Chang Wei whispered: "I came to you this time for something very important...... Thomas immediately understood, and replied in the same whisper: "No problem, hurry up and get in the car, let's go back and talk about something!" ”

The area of the villa complex is not small, and each family is not close to each other, it can be seen that Thomas has made some money over the years, but compared to the mansions of other football stars with millions of dollars, it seems a little poor. However, Chang Wei thought about it, the salary cap of the team in this era is not high, and it seems that Thomas can afford a villa.

Coming to Thomas's house, the two sat down separately, Thomas made two cups of coffee and put them on the table, which made Chang Wei laugh dumbly, originally this big man hated coffee the most, but he didn't expect to be in the league for five years, and he also learned to drink this refreshing drink. Chang Wei took a sip of coffee and asked casually, "Tim, how are you doing with the Bucks now?" ”

There was a hint of bitterness on Thomas's face, but it was quickly masked by a smile, and he said with a smile: "It's still good to say, although I still play as a substitute, but I play a lot more minutes than in previous seasons......

Before he finished speaking, Chang Wei hit the nail on the head and said, "But you haven't fully played your value at all!" ”

Thomas's smile faded away, his head lowered, and he muttered: "Yes, I really didn't play my value here, although the team gave me a 6-year, 48 million contract extension, but ......"

48 million in 6 years? Isn't it 66 million in 6 years? Chang Wei suddenly woke up to the fact that 66 million for 6 years was the contract offered to Thomas by the Bucks in his previous life, and the average annual salary of 11 million US dollars was undoubtedly a high salary in this era, but 50 million in 6 years was different, which means that Thomas has not yet reached the annual salary level of 10 million in the eyes of the Bucks management.

It seems that his rebirth has changed something, but Thomas's experience made Chang Wei a little embarrassed, the 1997 Bangyan Show was actually less than $9 million in annual salary? You know, he trained himself! However, this is a good thing for the Pistons, the Bucks should not go out of their way for a mere bench power forward, and the Pistons should pay much less than previously predicted if they want to get Thomas, so there is no need to make drastic changes to the team's lineup, which invisibly reduces Chang Wei's workload.