Tang Tian finished lunch at Yao Ming's manor, and the moment he stepped out of the manor, he picked up his mobile phone and called Jones, asking him to get in touch with Yao Ming's team as soon as possible.

Now that it has been negotiated, it is necessary to give a final conclusion on this matter.

After two days of negotiations, soon a piece of news came out that shook the alliance again.

Yao Ming and the Cavaliers reached a verbal contract agreement with a starting salary of 17.4 million and a total value of 90.91 million for five years.

And not long after Yao Ming's verbal agreement was reached, James also reached a contract extension with the Cavaliers with a starting salary of 16 million and a total value of 68.8 million over four years.

James' contract extension is $1.4 million less than his salary cap, but he has a contract increase of up to 7.5% because of the bird rights, and has a player option in both the third and fourth years.

The 1.4 million is to keep Artest.

After James' contract extension, Artest jumped out of the player option and reached a 2-year, 15 million contract extension with the Cavaliers.

After that, Whiteside, Stephenson, and Jeremy Lin also signed with the team one after another.

Whiteside was offered a contract similar to Green's, four years, 4 million, with a team option for the next two years.

Stephenson and Jeremy Lin are standard second-round pick contracts, with 2 years and 1.49 million.

In this way, the prototype of the Cavaliers' roster for the new season has basically appeared.

Point guards: Chris Paul (14.94 million), Beverley (800,000), Jeremy Lin (730,000)

Shooting guards: Danny Green (800,000), Lance Stephenson (730,000)

Small forwards: James (16 million), Artest (7.5 million)

Power forwards: Ryan Anderson (1.41 million), Frye (3 million)

Center: Yao Ming (17.4 million), Kwame Brown (1.31 million), Whiteside (930,000)

This lineup has 12 people, with a total salary of 65.55 million, which is below 66.45 million in luxury.

That said, the Cavaliers also have a full middle class (starting salary of $5 million) and a biennial exception (starting salary of $1.9 million).

They will be able to add at least two players to the free market.

As soon as the Cavaliers' paper lineup was released, the league was shaken and protests continued.

"It's shady!" Morey almost ranted in the face of the media.

"The alliance should investigate whether Yao's signing is possible in the dark, this possibility is very high!" Angie directly agreed.

"This kind of team shouldn't be there! It's not fair to other teams! Magic's general manager Otis Smith protested.

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The impact of James' decision was greater and stronger than that of his previous life.

The Cavaliers' triumvirate is an explosive impact on other teams.

Paul, the league's No. 1 point guard, was No. 3 in MVP two years ago.

James, the league's No. 1 small forward, has been ranked No. 2 in MVP for the past two years.

Yao Ming, the league's No. 1 center, has just completed three consecutive regular-season MVPs.

The Big Three of the Celtics in '08 is simply incomparable to this!

Even the Heat Triumvirate in Tang Tian's previous life was far inferior to this!

This is simply the Galactic Sentai team!

It really blew up!

Stern's office, neatly organized, received a letter of protest from all the management of the other 29 teams in the league.

The alliance was forced to launch an investigation into Yao Ming's signing of the Knights.

The investigation lasted a week, and both the Cavaliers and Yao Ming's team were quite cooperative.

But the results of the investigation left the other teams speechless.

The operation of the Cavaliers to sign Yao Ming is completely in line with the regulations, and there are no illegal operations!

After all, Yao Ming signed a real contract with the Cavaliers with a maximum salary, which is not at all the same concept as the yin-yang contract between Joe Smith and the Timberwolves.

Yao Ming's signing is no problem, right?

Okay, then investigate James!

So, under pressure from the management of the other 29 teams, the league launched another three-day in-depth investigation into James' signing.

The result is exactly the same.

Legal, compliant.

You can't say that there is something wrong with people taking a salary cut and renewing their contract, right?

People are willing, what can you do!

James is okay with that? Then Cha Artest's!

Artest's contract extension is 2.5 million more than his original contract......

So, after more than half a month, the alliance did not investigate any problems.

All operations of the Cavaliers are within the rules.

That is, the protest is ineffective!

In fact, all of Tang Tian's operations were absolutely within the rules.

It's even cleaner than the Heat Big Three in the previous life.

After all, as a traverser, his layout began last offseason.

In the midst of the uproar, the time came to July 12, and the freeze period for the alliance signing also ended.

All those who had previously reached a verbal agreement also signed a formal signing contract.

Yao Ming, James, Artest, Whiteside, Stephenson and Jeremy Lin all signed official contracts with the Rockets on this day.

After the contract was signed, the Cavaliers also held a press conference.

The scene was so popular that all the local sports media in Cleveland came.

"Our goal is not one or two championships, our goal is to have a dynasty that has never been seen before."

At the press conference, Tang Tian was also heroic.

Cleveland's already hot ball market, with his declaration, has come to an unprecedented explosion period.

In conspicuous areas all over the town, Tang Tian plus the Big Three street signs can be seen everywhere, and even if you go to the mall, you can hear people talking about the team's next season when you walk two steps.

For the people of Cleveland, the Big Three of the Cavaliers have had an impact on their lives even more than the election of anyone to be mayor.

In fact, the mayor of Cleveland was not idle, and after the press conference, he designated July 12 as Cleveland Fan Day when he reported on his daily work.

The whole city is boiling.

After the press conference, Tang Tian returned to the coach's office.

The lineup of the Big Three has taken shape, and now it's basically a matter of tinkering.

Gilbert is not a miser, and now that the ball market is booming, he certainly doesn't mind paying a little extravagance.

The existence of the middle-class exception and the biennial exception gives him room to show his skills.

He called Dante into his office.

"Cornwall and Mike Miller haven't gone on yet?" He asked, confused.

In the past freeze period, his energy was focused on Yao Ming and James's contract renewal, as well as dealing with the league's investigation, and the rest was left to Dante.

"We shouldn't be able to sign them up." Dante continued.

"What's going on?" Tang Tian frowned.

Korver and Miller are both the best players for the Cavaliers, with three-point accuracy and average defense.

If he remembers correctly, Korver signed the Bulls for 15 million in 3 years in his previous life, and Miller signed the Heat for 29 million in 5 years.

The Cavaliers' lineup is so tempting, one of the two, the middle class can definitely win.