As soon as the transfer market and free market opened, the Lakers lost a game first, and they had no choice but to increase the intensity and speed of recruitment.

The Lakers can't come up with a price that would satisfy the Pistons, so they can only force an offer, but before they can force an offer, they will have to dispose of Scott Pippen's contract first.

Scott Pippen has three years left on his big contract, especially the last two years, with an average of nearly $20 million per year, which can be called a huge contract, comparable to Kevin Garnett's super contract, and there are not many teams willing to take this huge contract, only the Bulls have expressed their will......

In order to stimulate the market, the Bulls decided to bring Scott Pippen back, so that even if the record is still poor, with the team's meritorious Scott Pippen, the Bulls will always be able to attract some fans to watch the game next season.

So, soon, a deal was made.

Scott Piponga Lakers' first-round pick next year in exchange for rookie Jack Wascul from the Bulls for the signing rights of rookie Jack Wascul, this deal directly helped the Lakers free up nearly $17 million in salary space, plus Bruce Bowen who left the team at the end of his contract, the Lakers suddenly have $20 million in salary space.

The next day, they quoted a new offer to Grant Hill, with a contract amount of 100 million for 5 years and a maximum salary.

Offers for restricted free agents need to be reported to the league, so the headlines came out that afternoon.

"The Lakers are pricing Lante Hill and will form a Big Three?"

In an instant, the NBA was detonated by this big news.

The playoffs lost 0:4, the Lakers must make a change, as for what the change is, many people are speculating, and now the result seems to be there, bringing in Grant Hill seems to be a good way.

The Big Three are still in the second, and the main reason is that Grant Hill is the player the Lakers need, who can organize, break through, shoot, and play alone, if they can get Grant Hill, the Lakers' triangle offense will be alive, and the second team will have an extra star player who can bring a substitute.

After the Lakers offer, the Pistons had three days to match the contract.

Mitch Kupchak and others were both excited and tormented, he was excited that this offer of 100 million in five years, the Pistons would most likely not match, but the torment was that he had to wait too long, three days, in case of an accident, all efforts would be in vain.

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San Antonio, Popovich first made a phone call to Bruce Bowen to welcome the new signing who is about to join the Spurs.

Then, he took out a piece of paper and wrote a few names.

Next season, the Spurs' core lineup will still be Tim Duncan and David Robinson, and the starting point in the third position can be replaced by the young and strong Bruce Bowen from Shaun Elliott and Jeremy Corsi, and Popovich also needs to worry about the addition of the guard position.

Mario Alley's contract expired, and the Spurs had no intention of keeping him, because as a starter, Alley's performance was not good.

In terms of point guard, Avery Johnson is too old, and the Spurs need to find a new man in this position.

However, in terms of substitutes, Antonio Daniels can be brought up and used.

So, turning his head, Popovich set his sights on the Argentine again, Manuginobili.

He hesitated, thought about it, and dialed a phone call anyway.

The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered, and it wasn't until the last busy tone that Popovich frowned and hung up.

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In Jinling City, Celestial Empire, in front of a tricycle, Qiao Hai was sweating profusely.

"Bring down the bucket of fish first, and cook the fish soup in the kitchen first......"

Qiao's mother commanded Qiao Hai, and Qiao's father was busy in the back kitchen.

The meal is almost here, and the task of transporting the ingredients can only be completed by Qiao Hai.

First there was a bucket of fish, then a few hangs of pork, and a bag of chicken thighs, and large bags of vegetables.

Soon, when it was time for the meal, Qiao's father prepared all the dishes for the day and put them on the counter in the front hall.

Busy at noon, Qiao Hai's hungry chest was attached to his back, and at one or two o'clock in the afternoon, he had to eat empty, eating leftovers, Qiao Hai didn't eat the taste, but Qiao's mother was happy to eat while calculating today's day's income.

"Seventy, seventy-five, and two big tickets of fifty, a total of 175 ......" Qiao's mother's eyes bloomed, and Qiao's father silently gave a number: "It cost more than eighty to buy vegetables today." ”

Qiao's mother quickly calculated again: "Then I can't make more than 100 today!" ”

100RMB in 2000 is equivalent to seven or eight hundred, nearly one thousand after ten or twenty years, which is quite a lot.

So Qiao's father also showed a smiling face, and when he saw Qiao Hai in a daze, he slapped the back of Qiao Hai's hand with chopsticks: "Eat quickly!" After eating and sleeping, you have to be busy at night! ”

asked Qiao Hai to eat honestly again, but Qiao's father said on the side: "In the past six months, our income has been getting higher and higher, from a net income of thirty or forty a day at the beginning, to one or two hundred a day now, it is really more and more." ”

Qiao's mother also nodded: "Yes, your second aunt's local restaurant, but the business is getting worse and worse, saying that it is going to sell the restaurant, and ask your father if he wants to buy it." ”

Hearing this, Qiao Hai was heartbroken, he felt that Qiao's father and Qiao's mother were busy with this fast food restaurant, and they were a little tired, he was so able to make money, and he didn't want his parents to be so tired, so he helped Qiao's father and Qiao's mother make some changes.

The location of the second aunt's restaurant is in the center of the old city, and the street will be changed into a food street in the future, which is not enough, the most critical problem is that the area of the second aunt's restaurant is very large, with two floors, each floor has more than 200 square meters, adding up to more than 400 square meters, if you change it, the first floor will become a hall, and the second floor will be changed into a small private room, which is enough to open a high-end restaurant.

Qiao Hai thought that he could buy it, but his second aunt actually thought of selling it, so he was a little strange and asked: "Why does the second aunt sell it, how good is that restaurant, such a big place, and it is still the center of the old city." ”

Qiao's father explained: "The local restaurant can't go on, he sees that our fast food business is booming, and he also wants to come to the new city to buy a storefront and also do fast food." ”

Qiao Hai understood now that the local restaurant could be bought, but the problem was that he didn't have much money on hand now.

He looked at Qiao's father: "Dad, how much money do you have?" ”

Qiao's father had finished eating, and lit a cigarette: "About more than 100,000 yuan......

More than 100,000, Qiao Hai frowned, the money is not enough, the second uncle's local restaurant, if you really want to take it, you have to pay at least about 300,000, after all, the area is too big, and the location is still in the center of the old city.

After thinking about it, the opportunity is in front of him, he is not going to miss it, it is more than 200,000 yuan, he is going to make a phone call to Qiao Zhishui, first borrow 200,000 RMB from seawater investment, and buy the second aunt's native restaurant.

Qiao Hai didn't tell Qiao's father about his plan for the time being, and after lunch, he went to the second floor of the restaurant and fell asleep.

In the evening, Qiao Hai went back to the house of Fenfangyuan, the two suites of Fenfangyuan have been connected into a set and turned into a duplex apartment, with two floors, Qiao's father and Qiao's mother left a room for Qiao Hai on the second floor, and it was cleaned up.

Qiao Hai's mobile phone has been charging, and after opening it, Qiao Hai first saw a missed call, and the number was an unfamiliar number.

Qiao Hai didn't think much about it, went directly to the address book, found Qiao Zhishui's number, and dialed it.