The meeting went well, and Stu Jackson came personally.

Regarding Qiao Hai's two previous requests and a large list of promises, at the suggestion of Stu Jackson, David Falke, Qiao Hai, Stu Jackson, and Grizzlies Deputy General Manager Billy Knight, the four of them re-discussed.

Final Provisions:

Qiao Hai's request for transfer rights and draft rights is tentatively only one season, and within this season, Qiao Hai's trade and signing must not cause losses, otherwise after one season, regardless of the team's record, Stu Jackson will have to take back the transfer rights.

And the definition of this loss, Qiao Hai also discussed it with Stu Jackson for a while.

Some small losses can be allowed, but as long as there are large losses, the team management will immediately revoke the transfer rights.

In addition, the offensive basketball that Stu Jackson asked for, and Qiao Hai's own commitment to make the playoffs in two seasons were also confirmed, and Stu Jackson also relaxed the time limit for Qiao Hai, he only asked Qiao Hai to make the playoffs within three seasons, but offensive basketball is not negotiable.

Of course, Qiao Hai didn't think about bargaining, he attacked when he attacked, Qiao Hai was not afraid that the attack would not be effective.

In this way, after the discussion, David Falck was nitpicky about the length of the contract and the salary for a while.

To be honest, David Falke is dissatisfied with the choice of the Grizzlies, the Grizzlies are too biased, they have all gone to Canada, and they are a new army, and they have little influence in the NBA, David Falke really doubts that Qiao Hai went to the Grizzlies and can continue his success in Los Angeles.

However, since Qiao Hai has already chosen, David Falke is not good at interfering, so he can only find some faults in the negotiation of the contract.

The Grizzlies offered a four-year contract with a total salary of $3 million over four years.

In 1999, the salary of NBA head coaches was not high, and the contract offered by the Grizzlies was high enough, but it was a little longer.

However, David Falke asked that the age be shortened to 2 years, and the annual salary should be changed to 1 million US dollars, that is, 2 million in two years, on the grounds that the Lakers have broken into the Finals and are not far from winning the championship, and a 24-year-old champion coach is not too much to ask for a contract with an annual salary of one million.

After bargaining with Stu Jackson and Billy Knight, Stu Jackson was a little helpless: "Forget it, just do what Mr. David Falck said, a two-year contract with an annual salary of $1 million." ”

Stu Jackson compromised, with a two-year contract and a total salary of two million.

Qiao Hai signed and signed the redrafted contract, and next season, Qiao Hai will be the Grizzlies.

Qiao Hai's contract with the Lakers will expire at the end of the Lakers' playoff journey, however, under the current circumstances, this contract should last until the end of the Finals, so Stu Jackson wants to ask, the transfer rights and draft rights are handed over to Qiao Hai, but Qiao Hai is not able to participate in the draft for the time being, so how should Qiao Hai participate in the draft?

The league will hold a rookie joint training camp in Orlando in early June, which will be the last joint training camp before the draft, and many coaches and scouts will be there to observe the rookies.

Then, there is a one-week or two-week individual tryout, and the individual tryout may be able to catch up, but if Qiao Hai doesn't go to the joint tryout, who should the Grizzlies invite to the solo tryout? That's a problem.

Qiao Hai had thought of this question a long time ago.

He smiled slightly: "Give me a rookie list for this draft, and I'll give you a tryout list." ”

Stu Jackson frowned: "Do you give the list directly?" Don't want to find some videos for you to see? ”

Qiao Hai shook his head: "No, I know this rookie very well, and I know which players are good and worth picking, but you have to tell me what draft picks we have now." ”

"Okay." Stu Jackson was a little helpless. "We now have the Eye Pick, a No. 37 pick and a No. 51 pick."

A lotto, or a list of signs, plus two second-round lotteries, Qiao Hai summed it up, he felt that it was not enough, but he still needed time to study it, so Qiao Hai smiled at Stu Jackson: "Okay, Stu, I know, give me some time, I'll go back and plan, I'll call you as soon as there is a result." ”

Stu Jackson nodded, Qiao Hai still has to lead the team to play in the finals, and in the next week or two, Qiao Hai is very busy, and Stu Jackson understands.

After his meeting with Stu-Jackson, Joe went about his work.

He was indeed busy, and now he had two important things ahead of him.

One is about the preparation for the Finals, which could be against the Pacers or the Knicks.

Two opponents, if Qiao Hai is allowed to choose, Qiao Hai will choose the Pacers, not that the Pacers are worse than the Knicks, on the contrary, Qiao Hai believes that the current Pacers are still a little better than the Knicks, and the probability of finally breaking out of the East is still the Pacers.

It's just that the Knicks' lineup is somewhat similar to the Spurs, and there is also a veteran super center on the inside, and a young and promising inside, one is Patrick Ewing, and the other is Marcus Camby, in fact, in addition to Marcus Camby, another young interior performance is also very good, and so far in the playoffs, Cott Thomas has averaged 5 points and 5 rebounds per game.

The outside Knicks are even better than the Spurs, the madman Ratlis Prewell, the aunt Larry Johnson, and the mid-range king Alan Houston, may be a little worse at the point guard position, Charlie Ward and Chris Childs share the playing time at the point guard position, but the strength level of these two has not yet reached the starting level.

However, with this lineup alone, the Knicks are enough to restrain the Lakers, the inside Knicks can limit O'Neal, the outside madman Sprewell is not so easy to deal with, and although Aunt Larry Johnson is old, he is still very experienced in the playoffs and can always break out.

In contrast, if the Lakers can face the Pacers, the Finals will be much easier.

The Pacers are weak on the inside, and Antonio Davis and Dale Davis, two blue-collar interior lines, Garrick Schmitz, partner on the inside, and at this level, don't want to stop the sharks from wreaking havoc.

The outside Pacers have a group of powerful players such as Mark Jackson, Reggie Miller, Jalen Rose, and Chris Mullin, but the Lakers also have a group of individual defense masters on the outside, so in terms of style, the Lakers are restrained by the Pacers.

Therefore, if Qiao Hai is allowed to choose, Qiao Hai will definitely choose the Pacers.

However, Qiao Hai knew that the final result might not be as he wished, so he still prepared two sets of plans, one against the Pacers and one against the Knicks.

Another important thing in front of us is the draft.

The draft is very simple for Qiao Hai, and it tests his memory.

In Qiao Hai's memory, the Grizzlies finally chose Steve Francis, but Francis, nicknamed Fernandes by domestic fans, was reluctant to go to the remote city of Vancouver, and the Grizzlies had no choice but to send Francis to the Rockets in exchange for Michael Dixon, who was a rookie in 98 that Qiao Hai had been optimistic about, but Michael Dixon later suffered an injury and did not develop as expected, and the Grizzlies trade was also a loss.

Therefore, if Joe is allowed to choose, he will definitely not choose Steve Francis again.

Whoever likes to choose who is chosen, Boss Fu's performance in his entire career can only be said to be average, a list of eyes, for Qiao Hai, the operation that does not lose should be in exchange for a superstar, or more than two all-stars.

So, Qiao Hai's problem is coming, how should he deal with this list?