After the game against the Pacers, the Cavaliers finally had a two-day break.

Tang Tian also gave the players a half-day off, and only conducted basic training in the afternoon of the next day.

"Don, where are you?" The next morning, Tang Tian finally received a call from Gilbert, and his voice sounded a little hoarse, as if he had talked too much, and as if he hadn't rested well.

"I'm in the office at the arena." Tang Tian replied directly.

Although the players were given a holiday, because of the uncertainty of James's injury, he had to find a new rotation order, so he came to the arena early in the morning.

About half an hour later, Gilbert appeared in Tang Tian's head coach's office.

He came alone.

"Daniel." Tang Tian got up and shook hands with Gilbert to say hello.

He still has more respect for Gilbert, who is much better than Alexander before him, both for the players and for the management.

"Don, I'm sorry I didn't call you back yesterday." Gilbert sat down and said apologetically.

"It's okay, I know something might have happened." Tang Tian was relatively calm.

"Yes, something happened." Gilbert nodded.

Tang Tian didn't speak, just looked at Gilbert, if there was something, the latter would definitely say.

"That's right, yesterday Rich Paul came to me, and he talked to me for a long time." Gilbert said and glanced at Tang Tian, watching his reaction.

Tang Tian nodded, signaling that he was listening.

He wouldn't be stupid enough to ask James why he didn't go with him, James turned off his mobile phone before, and if he appeared at Gilbert's house again, he would directly say that he couldn't get along with him.

And Rich Paul's words, no matter how awesome, are just an agent, he can't really decide anything, he just speaks on behalf of James.

He talked about James' status on the team and some of Nike's requirements. Gilbert didn't say much, in fact, there were some things that he hesitated for a long time before coming to Tang Tian to say.

"Nike?" Tang Tian looked at Gilbert with some curiosity.

"Yes, Nike is interested in signing LeBron to a lifetime contract after his endorsement contract ends, but they want LeBron to have a bigger team status with the Cavaliers." Gilbert hesitated for a moment.

Tang Tian was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

NikeThis is a real businessman, everything speaks for profit.

James was stolen by Paul, and it is normal for Nike to have such a reaction.

Merely.

"What does that have to do with me?" Tang Tian opened his mouth and said.

"No, what does that have to do with us?" After he finished speaking, he added.

yes, what does that have to do with him or Gilbert, do they have to think about how they can make James make more money?

James is great, but at the end of the day he's just a player, and he's the head coach and general manager of the team, and Gilbert is the owner!

Gilbert was stunned for a moment, he probably didn't expect Tang Tian to answer like this, but after listening to it, he was silent again.

"LeBron is important for the team." After a long time, Gilbert spoke.

"So important that the general manager and the owner of the team need to accommodate him?" Tang Tian's expression was not very good, and this feeling of being dominated by others made people a little uncomfortable.

Gilbert didn't speak again, and he didn't know when the conflict between James and the team had accumulated to this extent.

"I don't think even Michael Jordan as a player didn't have that right." Tang Tian continued.

"Can't you want to increase James' status on the team?" Gilbert didn't continue the conversation and asked.

In fact, it was probably Tang Tian who asked him to come over and change to another coach, from a commercial point of view, he must have given the order directly.

"I can't do this, it's a matter of principle, and if I really have to, I can resign." Tang Tian said and stood up, he didn't know what Gilbert meant by asking, but he also had his own dignity.

He needs freedom, and the Cavaliers have given him the most freedom, and now they tell him that this freedom is limited, so he can't do it.

Speaking of which, his current status is not much worse than that of Gilbert.

"No, no, Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that, I know how great you are and how important you are to this team, I'm just asking." Seeing Tang Tian's attitude so firm, Gilbert immediately smiled and said.

He is not stupid, he knows that the Cavaliers can have today's achievements and ball market, and Tang Tian's credit is greater than everyone else.

He is not Alexander, and he will not blindly be a peacemaker.

"That's it, when LeBron comes back from injury, I'll talk to him privately, if he still insists on this, the rest of the matter will be handled by you, you are the general manager of the team, and I can guarantee that the board will not interfere in this matter after that." Gilbert continued.

He was, and finally took a stand.

Tang Tian sat down again.

"LeBron's injury, what's going on?" Tang Tian asked.

Listening to Gilbert, Rich Paul should have talked to him for a long time, and he should know a little bit.

"I don't know, Richie always avoids this, so I don't know exactly how much he's hurt right now." To Tang Tian's surprise, Gilbert also seemed completely unaware.

Tang Tian was silent and didn't speak, he should have guessed what the situation was.

"In the name of the team, I will send a request to LeBron's team to come back to the team for a doctor, they are still a member of the Cavaliers, and the team has the right to know his specific injury." He continued.

What an international joke!

With a salary of more than 10 million, but engaging in mysterious injuries and not playing, this is to be fired in an ordinary professional field!

Is this to do it all over again?

He's not the talkative old man of Popovich.

Gilbert nodded, it really didn't seem like a thing to drag it like this.

After ending the conversation with Gilbert, Tang Tian immediately asked Jones to send a team notice to James' team, no matter what situation James encountered, he needed to go back to the team for injury examination.

But that didn't get a response from James' team.

The communication between the two sides was also interrupted, as if they had suddenly lost contact.

It was also after this week that Cavaliers management finally received a response from James' team.

James did not come to the team, and his team did not respond to the Cavaliers' request, but they took the initiative to apply to the team.

They want the Cavaliers to trade James away.