At the end of the draft, the Grizzlies drafted Jamal Magloyer and Michael Reed, and the mission was completed.

Stu Jackson returned to Vancouver from New York, Qiao Hai was also busy with Hoop Sports and Seawater Investment, and returned to Vancouver from Los Angeles, and they had more important things to do.

"Joe, I've called, Aruntrim will be there in the afternoon, and Andrew Miller will be tomorrow."

Aruntrim is Maddy's agent and Andrew Miller is Billups' agent.

Stu Jackson and Qiao Hai discussed it and decided to find two restricted free agents in advance to discuss contract extensions, if they can negotiate a contract extension in advance, maybe they can save some money, especially Billups, if Billups is put into the free market, if some teams that lack point guards report a 10 million contract, the Grizzlies can only grit their teeth to renew the contract.

It's the same with Maddie, if a team goes crazy and offers a salary cap, the Grizzlies will have to grit their teeth to match the offer.

So, that's where the benefits of early negotiation come in.

Qiao Hai nodded, and said again: "Let's contact Brad Miller and Earleboykins' agents again, see their asking price, if the asking price is not high, renew the contract, and if the asking price is high, forget it......"

Stu Jackson answered, and then went to call.

…………………………

In the afternoon, Aruntrim arrived first, and Maddie was there.

Negotiations began, and StuJackson handed over a contract he had drawn up in advance with an initial offer from the Grizzlies.

At the beginning of the negotiations, Stud Jackson kept the price very low, the initial offer was 6 years and 60 million US dollars, and in 2000, the league had not yet stipulated the length of the contract extension, so Garnett signed a large contract of 6 years and 126 million, and then Kobe Bryant also signed a long-term contract of 7 years and 137 million.

So Stu Jackson's offer, there is no problem with the age, the problem is the amount.

Maddie was the second-place MVP voter in the regular season last season, behind O'Neal, and he was also the MVP of the Finals, and a contract of $10 million a year is obviously too small to agree to such a contract extension unless it can be reduced to a three- or four-year contract.

If Maddie enters the free market at this time, there is no guarantee that there will be no team that has gone crazy and fired a multi-year super contract with an average of $20 million per year, which is a price that the current Grizzlies cannot afford.

Because the grizzlies don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

The Timberwolves gave Garnett a super contract of more than $20 million per year, which caused them to have to send away Stephen Marbury and could not afford to bring in reinforcements at all.

Therefore, Stu Jackson's crazy bid is to drive down the price.

Aarontrim is also well aware of this.

So, he didn't care, and handed the contract back: "Mr. Jackson, we can't accept this offer. ”

Qiao Hai smiled, he knew that it was time for him to appear: "So Aaron, what kind of price do you think is right?" ”

"When Kevin Garnett's contract expired in 1998, the Timberwolves offered him a six-year, $126 million contract extension."

Qiao Hai immediately knew what Aruntrim meant, Garnett could sign such a contract, and Maddie could naturally do it.

But Qiao Hai quickly shook his head: "If that's the case, I think Allen you can find a home for Tracy, the Grizzlies can't afford this offer, the Grizzlies still have a 10 million contract for Sherif in the Grizzlies, Chauncy Billups also needs to renew the contract, and we will have to keep Sean Marion and Mike Bibi in the future, if we really give Tracy a super big contract, then Sean and Chauncy will not be able to stay in the team." ”

As soon as Qiao Hai said this, Aaron Trim immediately wanted to reply: "Others can't renew their contracts to stay in the team, and this has nothing to do with Tracy." ”

But after thinking about it, Aarontrim still held back.

If the Grizzlies can't keep other good players, Maddy alone, the future Grizzlies will be like the Timberwolves, unable to recruit them, and the team can only rely on Maddy, whose record is not excellent, and has been struggling on the edge of the playoffs......

So, after a moment's hesitation, Aaruntrim made an offer: "70 million for 4 years." ”

"No way!" It was Stu Jackson who said no.

He quickly listed two reasons: "The life is too short, and the average annual is 17.5 million, and there is not much difference from 20 million, this price is too high!" ”

Arendrim stopped talking, at this time, he couldn't speak first, if he spoke first, he could only continue to reduce the price, but the problem was that once the price was continuously reduced, the initiative was gone.

Stu Jackson didn't say anything, and he didn't want to lose the initiative.

So Qiao Hai knew that it was time for him to appear again.

"That's it, 80 million for 6 years, if we can, we will renew the contract in advance." Qiao Hai looked at Maddie, which was a signal that Qiao Hai wanted to know what Maddie thought.

Maddie hesitated for a moment, and actually nodded directly: "That's 80 million in 6 years." ”

Aruntrim paused for a moment.

80 million in 6 years, with an average of only a little more than 13 million per year, originally Aarontrim's bottom line was 15 million per year, so Aarontrim felt that the price could still be discussed, who would have thought that Qiao Hai just glanced at Maddie, and Maddie agreed?!

Aaron Trim pulled Lamadi, who shook her head, showing her determination.

Stu Jackson blossomed, and hurriedly nodded: "Okay, then 80 million in 6 years, I'll let people draw up a contract ......"

While busy, Stu Jackson also had to sigh that Qiao Hai is Qiao Hai, who can not only lead the team to win the championship and win the championship, but also help renew the contract and reduce the price, he is simply an all-rounder.

Maddie also told his agent on the side about the reason for his agreement: "Allen, 80 million in 6 years is a lot, and basketball is a five-person sport, my salary can be lower, as long as I can get honors, I can also make money back from commercial endorsements, and most importantly, I want to play under the boss......"

The contract was drawn up and Maddie signed it.

However, the free market has not yet opened, and the contract extension cannot be announced for the time being.

The next day, Billups arrived with his agent, Andrew Miller.

Negotiations are open again.

This time, the negotiations were surprisingly easy, even easier than renewing Maddie's contract.

No way, before joining the Grizzlies, Billups was a parallel prospect, and his career was bleak, Billups found new hope under Qiao Hai, he wanted to continue the good momentum of last season, so in terms of contract renewal, Billups only had one requirement - the period was as short as possible, and he had no requirements for the contract amount, and even if the Grizzlies only gave him a base salary, he was willing, as long as he could play under Qiao Hai, he was willing to do anything.

So, Stu Jackson offered a four-year, $25 million contract, with a player option for the fourth year.

Billups didn't think about it and just agreed.

Both restricted free agents were re-signed early, and the Grizzlies could save at least $10 million a year.

However, Brad Miller and Earle Boykins' contract extensions have not gone so well.

Brad Miller's agent asked for an annual salary of tens of millions, and Qiao Hai heard from David Falke that a team quoted Brad Miller with a three-year, $30 million contract, while the Grizzlies could only give an average annual contract of $8 million at most, which is far from the difference.

Elboykins, for their part, has not given an exact price, saying only that they will wait for the free market to open before making a decision.

The feedback from both sides arrived, Qiao Hai thought about it, and immediately made a decision: "Give Brad a five-year contract of 40 million, and if you don't accept it, forget it." ”

As for Earlboykins, he decided to give up.

Qiao Hai knows very well that the possibility of Earl Boykins renewing his contract is already very small, on the one hand, the price given by the Grizzlies will not be high, basically the base salary, on the other hand, the Grizzlies have two point guards than Loops plus Mike Bibi, Boykins is only the third point guard, and he will not play much time, from both aspects, Earl Boykins will not renew the Grizzlies.

Therefore, Qiao Hai directly gave up on Earboy Ikins.

In addition to these two decisions, Qiao Hai put forward two requirements for Stu Jackson: "Find a veteran point guard to come back, the best who can shoot three-point shots and defend, or the more organized one." ”

Stu Jackson nodded.

Qiao Hai added: "Also, put Sammak on the trade market, we may not need him next season." ”

After Michael Reed was selected in the draft, the Grizzlies did not have Sammark's position, Michael Reed's style is similar to Sammark, although the two are in different positions, the three-point competition is the same, but Michael Reed can still play alone by himself, can shoot suddenly, and is a strengthened version of Sammark.

Therefore, Qiao Hai wants to trade Sammak, which is also because Sammak still has a certain trade value, otherwise he will be laid off.

Before July 1, Qiao Hai arranged his itinerary and embarked on a journey back to China to save his relatives.