If Ernie Grunfield was drunk like this by Li Wei, he would definitely have to slap the table. But Dennis Johnson was the first general manager, how dare he compete with the boss?

As soon as Li Wei got angry, he immediately went to ask the Timberwolves.

"What, just for Garnett?" McHale frowned.

According to his thinking, even if Garnett is to be traded, Gugliotta must be put in because the team's number one star refuses to renew his contract. And the Knicks must pay a certain amount of chips to get Gugliotta, for example, to give some potential rookies or draft picks?

But the Knicks boss only needs Garnett and no one else, which is a little depressing. After much thought, he returned to his boss, Glenn Taylor.

Glenn Taylor obviously thought of going with McHale: "As long as Garnett? Can't they just take Gugliotta? Even if it's a bad chip! ”

"No, their boss seems to hate Gugliotta because he has just been criticized for trading with a white man."

"Oh my God, he's a genius." Glenn Taylor pouted, he couldn't figure out how such a guy could make a fortune.

McHale said: "Boss, if we replace Garnett, we will also make a lot of money." Although Garnett has a lot of potential, his appetite is too big, and even if we can sign it for 120 million, we will lose money. If he can't fight, he will die at a loss. What's more, even if he plays, the ceiling is Ewing this level, and it can't be better than Ewing. ”

"Hmm." Glenn Taylor nodded.

If Garnett didn't want the 6-year, 135 million sky-high contract, the boss might still hesitate. After all, Ewing is already sunset, and Garnett has an infinite future.

But now, he doesn't think McHale is wrong. Kevin Garnett is just a potential star, and it is still unknown whether he can play it. But Ewing is already famous all over the world, as long as he can come to Minnesota, Minnesota's home court will definitely be full next season, and the Timberwolves will also jump from a playoff team to a strong contender for the championship!

"Kevin, you'd better discuss it with them, try to get one for one, and don't put other chips. That boss is a bit stupid, and we should be able to take advantage of it. ”

McHale said, "Okay, I'll try." ”

Nix President's Office.

Li Wei looked at Dennis Johnson, who came to report again, and smiled: "You mean, they are willing to trade?" ”

Dennis Johnson said: "Kevin said they only agreed to trade one for one, only Garnett, not Knicks draft picks or other players. Because they feel that Garnett can definitely grow into a player of Ewing level! ”

Li Wei smiled lightly. From the perspective of his previous life, Ewing has neither won an MVP nor a championship, and Garnett is much better than him.

Of course, Ewing has its own naming law, Garnett does not, and from this point of view, everyone has their own strengths!

It's just that Ewing seems to be a little embarrassed by this strength?

Since the other party was willing to trade, Li Wei did not hesitate, nodded and said, "That's it, hurry up and make a deal!" ”

In fact, if you are patient and bargain, Li Wei will not be able to get any benefits, and it will definitely be no problem to bring two draft picks. But this guy wanted Garnett too much, and he was rejected by the Timberwolves just now, and he was sad in his heart, and he suddenly saw the light of day, so he couldn't care about anything else.

To be honest, exchanging the aging Ewing for Garnett for the infinite future is already a lot of money, and if you can't negotiate because of a few draft picks, it will be worth the loss!

People can't be insatiable!

Thinking that Garnett was about to go to his bowl, the short Knicks boss sang Peking Opera proudly: "I think at the beginning, Lao Tzu's team was just opened, and there were only a dozen people in total, and there were seven or eight guns ......."

He's happy, and so is the Timberwolves. Ewing, who is one of the four centers, actually traded a Garnett who averaged 17 points per game in exchange, and didn't even have a draft pick, which is definitely the best deal this year!

And only that stupid Chinese boss of the Knicks can agree to this deal!

"Let that Chinese have a headache with that 135 million contract, it's really a sky-high price!" Glenn Taylor laughed, "Oh, yes, Kevin, we've got to get the deal done quickly, or it's going to be hard in July." ”

In the NBA trade, if both sides exceed the salary cap, they have to match the salary, and it is really interesting to talk about Ewing's salary.

In this era, the contract has not yet formed a fixed form, and there are all kinds of things. Ewing joined the Knicks in '85 and signed a ten-year contract. However, this contract has a strange clause, which is that if he is not a top-4 high-paid player in the league, he can become a restricted free agent.

By '91, with six years to his contract, Ewing's salary was not in the top four in the league, and he went to court with the team and finally settled in court.

The settlement plan is that the salary of the original contract will not change, but Ewing and Knicks will continue for another two years, and the salary for the next two years will be more than 20 million. Ewing chose to take most of it in the first year, and only 3 million in the second year. This salary distribution method also made Ewing the first player in the NBA to really get an annual salary of 10 million.

In 96, the NBA signed a huge broadcast contract with NBC TV, the major owners were rich, and the players' wages also entered an era of crazy increases. Ewing took advantage of this to renew a four-year contract of 68 million with the Knicks.

So now the salary of the Knicks star is $18.72 million in the 95-96 season, and it suddenly fell to $3 million in the 96-97 season, and it will rise to $20.5 million in the 97-98 season!

Garnett is on a rookie contract. Speaking of this rookie contract, there were no rules before, and you can sign it however you want. However, Robinson, the champion show in 1994, didn't play for a day, so he directly asked for a contract of 100 million yuan, which made the NBA bosses very angry.

In order to deal with the "big dog" rookie with a sky-high asking price, in 95, the league imposed a uniform restriction on the rookie's contract, and the rule at that time was that the first-round rookie was signed for three years, and the contract amount was different according to the order, but the total amount was very low, known as the child labor contract.

Garnett was a rookie in '95 and belonged to the first group of people to eat crabs. As the No. 5 pick, he can only sign a rookie contract with a starting salary of 1.62 million.

The new NBA season starts on July 1 and is now June, still in the 96-97 season. So Garnett is in his second year of rookie year, with an annual salary of only 1.67 million, and Ewing's annual salary is 3 million.

After June, Garnett was still on a child labor contract, and Ewing's salary was about to soar to 20.5 million a year. With such a sky-high salary, the Timberwolves will definitely exceed the salary cap if they take it, and it will be difficult to match the contract at that time, and it will be impossible to give the Knicks some other players!

As soon as the contract between the Timberwolves and the Knicks was reached, a reporter broke the news, and the major media were in an uproar again!

Ewing was actually traded!

The Knicks boss dismantled the luxury division that they had a chance to attack the championship!

What's more, what makes everyone even more unbelievable is that this deal is actually one for one!

That's right, you read it right, and you didn't think it wrong, Ewing, one of the four dignified centers, actually only got a sophomore who averaged 17 points per game, and didn't even get a draft pick!

How can Garnett be one for one with Ewing?

I've seen a loss, but I've never seen such a loss!

Think about the boss's first deal, which is to use the main point guard and potential rookie to exchange for a white, fat and soft Eastern European lame, everyone can only think that the head of the Knicks' boss let the donkey kick!

Li Wei completely ignored the media who feared that the world would not be chaotic, as well as the fans who claimed to know the emperor. If you are willing to be black, if you are willing to scold, you can be black, scold. Anyway, the team is mine, it's not your turn to call the shots!

At this time, the young president's eyes were on the head coach's seat again.

Don't talk about ancient times, just talk about the historical status of NBA players after the 80s, any fan on the street can tell you that the top three are gods, demons, and birds!

"God", naturally, is a generation of ball god Jordan, the undisputed first person in history, the "devil" is the magic Johnson, and the "bird" is the big bird Larry Bird!

The entire eighties was the era of the Magic and Big Bird Bird, and Dennis Johnson, Kevin McHale and others were Big Bird Bird's teammates!

When Li Wei saw Dennis Johnson's resume, he immediately thought of a very good coach candidate - Big Bird Bird!

"Dennis, is your old friend here?"

Dennis Johnson said: "Here he is, but his temper is not very good, you should not quarrel with him." ”