Popovich couldn't get through to Qiao Hai's phone, he wasn't in a hurry, Manuginobili was there, and he couldn't hurry.

In the two days after Qiao Hai returned home, the NBA's free market and transfer market also announced a number of signings and transfers, among them, Brad Miller transferred to the Bulls for 5 years and 60 million, which caused a shock in the league.

Hoop Sports wrote an analysis: "Brad Miller's departure from Vancouver means that the Grizzlies may abandon the Princeton strategy in the new season, because they will not be good enough to play the center in the new season......"

This point has also been endorsed by many media people and critics.

From a tactical point of view, Brad Miller's departure has a huge impact on the Grizzlies.

ESPN even went so far as to say, "With Brad Miller gone, without the Princeton offense, will the Grizzlies still be as strong as they were last season?" Maybe not......"

The Grizzlies don't seem to care about Brad Miller's departure, and they've been methodically bringing in reinforcements and preparing for the new season.

Two rookies, Jamal Magloyer and Michael Reed, have been signed, plus Manu Ginobili from Italy, and the Grizzlies form a core of the summer league roster with these three as the main players.

Byron Scott will lead the team to the Los Angeles Summer League and Las Vegas Summer League.

The Raptors' Doug Christie switched to the Kings, who sent Corris Williams in exchange.

The Kings also signed Timberwolves free agent Bobby Jackson to a five-year, $13.5 million contract, and with the addition of Sidlotko Glou in the draft, the Kings announced the end of this season's recruitment early.

The Jazz announced the signing of free agent John Starks to a two-year contract and Danny Manning to a one-year contract, adding two more veterans to an already aging team.

The Heat and the Rockets made a deal to trade Jamal Mashburn from the Rockets for Eddie Jones.

After Eddie Jones led the lottery alone with the Rockets, the Rockets decided to send him away in exchange for Jamal Mashburn, who was average in strength, but he played at the No. 3 position, so the direct impact of this deal was that the Rockets bench point guard Catino Mobley could play the starter, which was a disguised enhancement of the Rockets' strength.

After the Heat got Eddie Jones, they traded P.J. Brown for Anthony Mason Jr. from the Hornets.

The transfer market was buzzing, the Grizzlies were also making a move, and Stu Jackson tentatively offered the Magic an offer, only to get a reply: "Ben Wallace has been traded to the Pistons by the Magic!" ”

Stu Jackson frowned, and instead of contacting the Pistons directly, he called the Knicks, only to be still rejected, and the reason for the rejection was simple: "Patrick Ewing has left the team, and Marcus Camby will be the Knicks' starting center next season!" ”

Rejected one after another, Stu Jackson could only make a transatlantic phone call.

"Joe, two pieces of bad news."

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When he received the call, Qiao Hai had already received the money from Qiao Zhishui from New York, 300,000 RMB, and 100,000 more, which was also what Qiao Hai wanted, and he was going to spend 100,000 yuan to decorate it after buying the second aunt's local restaurant.

While he was busy convincing Qiao's father to buy the local restaurant, a call from Stu Jackson came.

Two bad news, Qiao Hai doesn't need to listen to it to know, it must be that the transaction has been frustrated.

"The feedback from the Magic side is that Ben Wallace has been traded by them to the Pistons."

Big Ben has already been traded? Qiao Hai was stunned for a moment, although he was in the Celestial Empire, he also knew that the Lakers had made an offer to Grant Hill and offered a maximum salary of 100 million for 5 years, everyone thought that the Pistons would not match the offer, but Qiao Hai thought that it was only a matter of time before the Pistons matched the offer.

Because it's not the Pistons who want Grant Hill at all, it's the Magic, this offseason, the Magic's big spending, five years and 100 million is nothing, and they have bigger strokes to come......

Big Ben has been sent to the Pistons, which means that the sign-and-trade between the Magic and the Pistons has been completed, so Grant Hill already belongs to the Magic, which is big news!

"The Knicks also rejected our offer because Marcus Camby would be their main center next season, which is not for sale."

Qiao Hai thought silently for a while: "Go to the piston and ask for the price, but call me as soon as possible." ”

Stu Jackson answered, then hung up.

Not long after hanging up, Qiao Hai just said a few words to Qiao's father, and the phone rang again.

Picking up the phone, Qiao Hai glanced at the caller ID, it was an unfamiliar number, it looked a little familiar, and thought about it, wasn't it the missed call from the day before? After hesitating, Qiao Hai still connected.

"Hello, this is Greg Popovich, is it Qiao Hai?"

Qiao Hai was startled, it was actually a call from Popovich, and while replying to the phone, Qiao Hai thought about what good things would happen if this old man Bobo called at this time?

After greeting each other a few words, Popovich got to the point.

"Joe, I came to you to make a deal with you."

"What? Are you ready to trade Tim Duncan? ”

Popovich's voice was very calm, but the next second, hearing Qiao Hai's response, he seemed to be choked up, and he didn't speak for a long time, but Qiao Hai snickered on the other end of the phone, but Popovich mentioned the trade, and he guessed Popovich's target.

"Okay, Greg, just kidding, let's talk about who's your crush."

"The signing rights of a European player, I guess it's not a big deal, right?"

Qiao Hai immediately laughed, this wave of old men, can really fool, the signing right of a European player, in the era of 2000, is indeed not a big deal, but the problem is, if this European player is Manuginobili, this is a big deal.

"Greg, don't fool me, the Grizzlies only have one signing right to a European player, you're talking about Manuginobili, right?"

Popovich could only admit: "That's right, it's him." ”

Qiao Hai said: "I'm sorry, Grieg, Manu is a player I am very optimistic about, so he is not for sale." ”

Popovich didn't think the script was right, but he was still trying: "Joe, don't say that, it's just a European player who hasn't proven himself in the United States, so let's do it, the whole Spurs, except for David Robinson and Tim Duncan, the other players and chips are up to you." ”

Qiao Hai smiled, he was not ready to send Manu away, not to mention that it was the Spurs who wanted to trade Manu, and this deal was even more impossible.

After thinking about it, he decided to remind Popovich: "Greig, you better not waste your time with me, care about Tim Duncan, maybe now he is ready to go to other teams." ”

Tim Duncan goes to other teams? Popovich wanted to say that it was impossible, but Qiao Hai said: "That's it, Greg, I still have something to do, see you first." ”