"How long?"

"1 year, of course the basketball center will pay for him with the Cavaliers, and if there is anything inconvenient for him to know, you can let him avoid it, and here he will listen to you for everything."

"Okay, I'll let Dante follow up with you." Tang Tian nodded after listening.

The reason is that the most important thing is that the learning time is not long enough, most of them are an offseason, the team does not play in the offseason, and the time is short, so there are ghosts who can learn things.

If Guo Shiqiang stays with the Cavaliers for a year, with Tang Tian's understanding of him, he can learn something to go back, which is a good thing for the development of the CBA and good for Chinese basketball.

After sending Li Yuanwei away, Tang Tian asked Dante to arrange a place for Guo Shiqiang, and then he went to watch the rookie's training.

It's different from the previous three years with the Rockets, because it's a bad year, and he attaches great importance to the training of these rookies.

Nominally, Casey led the team for the next summer league, but before he went, he followed the whole process.

When they walked to the training hall, Casey and Cassel were taking them to practice.

Looking at the young faces on the field, Tang Tian was still in a very good mood.

Five rookies, divided into two echelons.

Matthews, the biggest jewel of the 09 draft, was unexpectedly ignored because of his height and single offensive means, but Tang Tian knew how much ability he had, and he was the best 3D player, and he was also looking forward to what he could develop into if he was next to James.

Beverley, nicknamed "Junk Dog," is always the kind of player that a championship team craves the most, with the passion he can bring on the defensive end.

Danny Green, "Huang Amma" is a swing man, and when he is on the court at the same time as Matthews, when he is on the court, he is almost perfect on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

The three in the first echelon, all of whom signed four-year contracts with the Cavaliers, are simply super cheap labor.

As for Thorton and Badinger in the second echelon, they also have good talents, and they can play the best, and if they can't play, they won't lose at all.

In addition to the five of them, there are a number of other undrafted and uncontracted players who are not contracted.

After practicing for half a morning, they divided into two groups and began to play the whole game.

Beverley, Matthews and Green were in one group, while Thorton and Battinger were in the other.

Green's ability to hold the ball is relatively weak, and the two guards, Beverley and Matthews, dribble through the half court and are a bit bumpy under the pressure of the opponent.

Casey was also recording on the sidelines at this time, and this is definitely where they will focus on training in the coming period.

But after half-time, it was a different story.

After a succession of pick-and-rolls, they easily got their chances.

Green has one, Matthews has one, and the two of them are taking turns bombarding each other's baskets with three-pointers.

On the other side, Thorton was the dominant player, scoring consecutive points to help bite the score.

After playing for a while, Beverley began to mark Thornton, and Soy's thigh instantly became dumb, and Green quickly opened up the difference.

Casey kept making notes on the sidelines, and Tang Tian also guided on the sidelines from time to time.

The rookie also played very hard, and the head coach personally guided him, as a second-round pick, how could he have this opportunity to change to other teams.

After the full-court confrontation, the rookies went to rest, Tang Tian and Casey chatted about the rookies' problems and came out of the training hall.

"Don, an old acquaintance has been waiting for you for more than an hour."

But as soon as this came out, Dante waited outside again, and unlike before, his face was smiling.

Someone looking for it again?

"Ron Artest." Dante said directly this time.

When Tang Tian heard that it was Artest, he immediately knew what Dent was laughing at.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" He walked briskly to the conference room.

There was news that Artest and the Rockets' contract extension negotiations were at an impasse, and at this time, I came to him and figured out why he came here with my toes.

"He heard you were in the training gym, so he had to wait." Dante explained.

Tang Tian stopped and glanced at Dante, as if he had heard incredible news.

I'm afraid it's a fake Artest.

But Dante didn't dare to say anything, and he started to walk back to the conference room.

It's really Artest inside.

"Ron." Tang Tian pushed the door in.

"Coach!" Artest saw that Tang Tian was a little excited, and then directly reached out and hugged him.

"Why are you running to Cleveland?" Tang Tian said with a laugh after hugging him.

"Coach, I'm here to join you, you can't do without me."

Really.

"What's going on? There's no way Team Rocket will let you go, right? Tang Tian asked after sitting down.

"Don't mention it, that guy Morey is so inauthentic, he only gave me a contract of 15 million for 3 years, and the third year is only partially guaranteed, do you say there is such a bully?" Artest complained.

15 million in 3 years? Is it partially covered in the third year?

In the current market, Artest is at least seven or eight million a year!

This is really Morey, at this point in his previous life, Artest turned around and signed a 3-year 1800 contract with the Lakers, but not to mention 3 million more, and Artest didn't have a championship halo at that time.

But this time he can more or less guess the reason why Morey did this, next year is the contract year of Yao Ming and Maddie, and Yi Jianlian may have to renew the contract in advance, although Artest has excellent ability, but after all, he is already 30 years old, plus leaving him, it is a question whether he will serve Thibodeau next season.

But that's fine, pick up a bargain for him.

"It's okay if you want to come, but you may have to be wronged, the Cavaliers' salary has now exceeded the salary cap, there is no salary space, and if you want to sign you, you can only use the middle-class exception, that is, the starting salary is 5 million a year."

"Coach, it's okay, play under you, you have the final say for as many as you want." Artest said very happily, he is obviously not stupid, what is the salary space of the Cavaliers, he must have known before coming.

"Okay, then you sign a two-year contract, the second year player option, and then we'll see how it happens." Tang Tian made concessions this time, Artest took the initiative to vote, he couldn't let the other party chill.

"Coach, as long as you're on the Cavaliers, I'll definitely stay with the Cavaliers." Artest followed suit and showed his loyalty.

"Let's go, it's almost lunchtime now, let's go have a meal together, and when we're done eating, let Dante talk to your agent about the contract."

After negotiating, Tang Tian picked up Artest and walked out.

His mood is really getting better.

Artest is a bonus, not to mention how much he will help the Cavaliers, even James has one less defender for the opposite position.