"Hmm...... I thought, let's rest in Beijing for one more night, and then leave the next morning after attending the signing meeting! Catch up with the team's afternoon training. Hoggist weighed the pros and cons and finally made a decision.

"Alright! Then I'll have someone arrange an event, and we'll see you in China! Li Ning stretched out his hand to Haogist.

Wearing his new boots, Hoggist took Randle and Nance Jr. to the level of the Big Three in the Summer League. Don't look at the three people are tall and big, but the speed is not slow, the three of them are on the court at the same time like the Shotime Lakers in the 80s, Hoggist's super attack power makes the opponent have to pay attention to him, and his hand work is so delicate that people can't judge whether to shoot or pass the ball in the next second, it is precisely because of this unpredictability that Hougist's ball-holding threat is infinitely magnified, and Randle and Nance Jr. have more opportunities to easily cut air.

Hoggist is like a powerful engine, and the other four team members are like four tires, driven by Hoggist on the night of the game day, as if driving on an empty highway, unscrupulously galloping, always leaving the opponent far behind. The opening game was in the Thomas and Mark Center, the home court of Hougist, Towns was defeated in front of Hoggist again, the Timberwolves were helpless against the Lakers' Kombat whirlwind, even if the Lakers did not match Towns' interior line in height, but Towns' physical strength was still quickly exhausted in the crazy switchback run, and Towns could still play color on the offensive end in the first two quarters, but as time went on, Towns had to hold his knee more often and gasp for air, Then look with desperate eyes at the Lakers players who seem to never tire less.

Towns' Timberwolves suffered a heavy defeat, the Lakers defeated Okafor's 76ers with the same ease back-to-back, after a day of rest, they beat the Knicks led by Porzingis, defeated Dallas in the rematch the next day, followed by the Rockets, defeated the Warriors in the quarterfinals, defeated the Knicks again in the semifinals, and faced his old friend Spurs in the finals. However, the Spurs players are very calm, after all, they know too well the strength of Hougist, unless Leonard is brought in, their bench and rookie rookies are not enough to make Hoggist an appetizer.

Hoggist's average of 30+ triple-doubles per game broke the Las Vegas Summer League record, and in Hoggist's third summer league trip, Hoggist finally conquered the arena and won the MVP of the Summer League.

Hougist's strong performance in the summer league undoubtedly brought strong confidence to Lakers players and fans, and the Lakers' odds to win the championship next season actually rose from 1 to 60 to 13 with Jeremy Lin in the case of a three-year, 18 million contract extension with no option, second only to the Warriors, Cavaliers, Spurs, Thunder and Clippers in sixth place.

Of course, Hoggist also gave advice on recruitment, he prefers a center with projection ability and can handle the ball, but who doesn't like this kind of all-round center?

Mark, who has been in the heart of Hougist for a long time. Gasol firmly chose to renew his contract with the team when the free market first opened, and accepted the Grizzlies' five-year 110 million fat contract, and three days later, LaMarcus Aldridge also chose the 4-year 84 million salary offered by his hometown team Spurs, Millsap wanted to come to the Lakers, but Haugist disliked that he was not as tall as himself, and it was better to sign Millsap to play inside, and the Magic had to give up the plan to sign him.

The Lakers have repeatedly hit a wall in the free market, and the Clippers next door have made an even bigger joke. Jordan, a rough man who is the top defensive on the inside, but will only receive empty on the offensive end, accepted Mark Cuban's 4-year 80 million salary cap offer during the freeze period, and reached a verbal agreement with the Mavericks, but after the free market was opened, he reversed himself, and the Clippers went out to protect the team's defensive gate and even the whole team to grab the Mark . Cuban had previously killed Jordan Jr.'s home in Houston, owner Ballmer and coach Rivers were keeping an eye on Jordan Jr. in the house, Paul made a solemn promise to Jordan Jr. that he would play a more important role in the team, Griffin blocked the door of the house with flesh and blood, Redick put dogs in the yard, and Pierce leaned against the garden gate with a shotgun smoking a cigar. Such a strong "All-Star" lineup easily turned Cuban away, and Jordan Jr. finally renewed his contract with the Clippers and signed a four-year, 87.62 million contract.

Although the verbal agreement is only a gentleman's agreement and has no legal effect, it is the first time in the history of the NBA that someone has violated the verbal agreement. Jordan also got a reputation of "a promise and a daughter, Qiao is trustworthy". Of course, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is irony.

There are fewer big fish on the free market, and with the new collective bargaining agreement coming into effect in 2016, the big names can reach a new level of salary cap that has never been seen before, so players with player or team options on their contracts have opted for the final year of their contracts.

"The rest of the centers that have not yet signed are all not able to attack in the frame, will not respond in a high position, and move slowly, the chemistry of the summer league team is simply fantastic, but this style of play requires a center with strong mobility, at least a certain range and can pass the ball, I didn't expect to encounter this dilemma in my first year in office, and I couldn't buy the right player with a lot of money!" The magician sat in his office smoking a cigar anxiously, "I wonder which team has cheap young insiders piled up with unused ones to communicate with me?" ”

The Magic flipped through the data book and saw the 76ers' draft pick in the past three years. Knoll, Joel. Embiid, Jahill. Okafor, three high-pick rookies, Jahill is also the same agent as Haugist, do you want to try to poach him? Or that Embiid is also good, he was also very strong in college, but he has been plagued by injuries, and he has not played a game since the draft, although he has returned to training some time ago, but he seems to have been injured again recently? This is a great time to reduce prices! However, if his injury is reimbursed for the season, then I can't buy it, I can put him on the shortlist, but I have to find another center that can be used seriously next season!

At this time, the mobile phone screen on the table flashed, and the magician picked up the phone and looked at it, a letter from Yahoo Celebrity Adrian. Wojnarowski's e-mail, with a few copies of Larry. A photo of Bird meeting someone at a café, with a small line at the bottom, if you know the person who met with Bird, I think we can talk about it.

The magician slid his finger to zoom in on the photo, and this person really knew him, wasn't he Jordan. Hill's agent? I did have a team option to consider whether to execute Hill's contract recently, and I only discussed it with him once two days ago, so why did he run to meet that old guy from Larry again? Does he want Hill to convert into a free agent to go to the Pacers? No wonder he wasn't very concerned about whether or not to execute the team option during the negotiation that day, it turned out that he had already found a home! But I still called and asked what I meant by OJ sending me this email.

I dialed the phone, and OJ's demonic laughter came from the receiver, "Hahaha, I knew you were going to contact me, you must want to know what they were talking about, right?" ”

"Larry, that guy doesn't just want Jordan. Did Hill join the Pacers as a free agent? The magician guessed calmly.

There was a sudden silence on the phone, and OJ seemed taken aback, but after a while he suppressed his surprise and asked in a not very smooth voice, "You, you...... How do you know? The focus of their communication is on the price point, Larry. Bird is very hard pressed by the price! ”

"If I don't want Hill to join on a free transfer, shouldn't Larry just talk to me about a deal? If you have more details, I'm not so stingy with money......" said the magician in a very seductive voice.

"Twenty thousand dollars, I know Bird's psychological price and desire to sign." OJ said categorically.

"Just kidding, you're a lion with a big mouth, do you think my money is blowing in the wind? Besides, how do you know what Larry is thinking, is it a guess? For 5,000 a bite, I should drink one less cocktail! "Magicians are also good at bargaining.

OJ seemed to be sure of the source, and he said confidently: "10,000 can't be less, I can't tell you how I know, but I can guarantee the authenticity of the message, if the message is wrong, I will return the money to you twice!" ”

When the magician heard that OJ actually dared to guarantee that the news was wrong, he would be very confident, and after thinking about it, he decisively agreed.

OJ lowered his voice after seeing the information about the change in his bank account and said: "Hill is very unhappy with the Lakers, although he understands that it is understandable to lose in order to win the championship, but Scott's control of the way he loses makes it difficult for him to accept, and it is a very terrible ordeal for him to deliberately drop the chain at a critical moment when he can win, so he wants to escape from Los Angeles." And Bird thinks Hill is a perfect championship puzzle, so very, I mean very much want Hill to join, but he feels that he has to sign another superstar with the maximum salary, in order to make space, he can only give Hill a contract of up to 4 million, which is less than half of Hill's team option, which is unacceptable to Hill, so their disagreement is on the contract amount, Bird said that if the price cannot be negotiated, he will choose to trade directly with the Lakers, but he knows that the Lakers' salary is far below the salary cap, So, if you want to trade, he's going to let you eat some garbage contracts and help him clear his salary space. ”

Hung up the phone The magician fell into deep thought, this 10,000 is equivalent to buying time, and he knows in advance the ambiguity between Hill and the Pacers, so he can prepare in advance and take the initiative in the negotiation of the trade. Larry wants Hill and wants to deal with garbage contracts, of course it's not that cheap, and I can test Miles then. Turner's trade feasibility, he is a teammate of Hougist's University, and it should be seamless to cooperate with him, and Myers and Hoggist also share an agent, so it should be easy to talk about a contract extension or something in the future.

Sure enough, less than 24 hours later, at noon the next day, the Magic had just had lunch with his eldest "son" EJ-chan. Bird's phone called. The magician deliberately didn't answer, and it wasn't until the third phone rang for a long time that the magician picked up the phone and put it to his ear, "Old friend, I was just in a meeting with the team management to study a series of issues related to the player's contract renewal and the implementation of the team's options, so I didn't have time to answer the phone, do you have anything to do?" ”

"Team options?" Bird had Jordan in mind. Hill's thing, very sensitive to the word, "Whose player option are you going to exercise?" ”

"Huh? What does it mean for you, a Pacers manager, to ask me about the Lakers' player contracts? The magician asked, feigning surprise.

"Just ask, how many years have we been a buddy, so we have nothing to talk about!" Bird hid his gaffe.

"Okay, anyway, I don't have anything to do later, so let's talk to you for a few words!" The corners of Magic's mouth rose slightly, "The Lakers' total salary is still 3 million short of the poor line, and we can't sign any big stars anyway, so I don't plan to execute Jordan. Hill's team option is to re-sign him to a 12 million one-year contract. ”

"What!" Bird screamed, realizing that he was a little out of shape, and he hurriedly changed his tone and explained: "I mean is a player like Hill worth that much money? You're afraid that you can't get to the poor line, you can find me! We've been buddies for so many years, can't I reach out to help you if you're looking for me! I have a lot of junk contracts here to help you fill in the salary space! ”

"You're so kind to help me, it can't be my Haugist, right? The whole world knows that Kobe Bryant is for sale or not, and I can't find anyone else on our team who is worth your attention. The magician pretended not to hear Bird's plan for Hill, and deliberately pretended to be afraid that Bird would make up his mind about Hoggist.

Bird thought that the Magic calf protector did not realize his intentions, and hurriedly continued to explain in a mixture of fiction and reality: "I don't want your champion, this is also to clear the salary space to sign stars, you send some low-paid players to help me clean up the garbage contract, I will help you fill the space, this is a win-win deal, I can't talk about who helps whom." ”

The magician continued to act in a state of overjoyed and said, "Just don't beat me up to my idea of Hoggist, can you tell me your plan?" ”

Bird also pretended to be indifferent and said, "I heard that you've been looking for a tall center recently?" I have a 7-foot-2" defensive second-team, All-Star backup center with a salary of 15.5 million, plus a 4 million 6-foot-11" championship backup center for Jordan who has the team option. Hill plus Jordan. How about Clarkson? This deal solves the three major problems of the Lakers' salary shortage, your lack of a strong and tall center, and the backcourt is too crowded! ”