Steve. Cole, Mike Budenholzer, Francis. Kuqi, Mitsui, plus a physical trainer - Wald, a shooting coach - McCaw, these six people constitute the basic team of Chen An, for this reason, his salary has been reduced by nearly a quarter, Wald and McCaw are not cheap, compared to them Mitsui is simply the price of cabbage.

As for the original plan to find another retired player as a special assistant coach, Chen An has no eyebrows for the time being, and can only put it on hold for the time being, because after he finalized the six-person coaching team, Rob. There has been substantial progress on the Howard deal on the Hennigan side.

"A preliminary intention has been reached, a five-party deal, an absolute big deal."

Rob. Hennigan sat at his desk, boasting a little smugly, Chen An smiled and said, "Let's hear it, I think who is willing to be the wrongdoer?" ”

"Of course it's the 76ers, after their twin attempts failed, they have decided to send away the star Iguodala and tear it down and rebuild."

76 Since the Iverson era passed, it has been on a downward spiral, during which Iguodala was determined to pick himself up due to Iguodala's good performance, and brought in the old captain El Al from the Clippers. Brand, it's a pity that the captain is no longer as brave as he was back then, and now it has become a salary burden for the 76ers, but fortunately, his contract expires next year, so the 76 chose to rebuild.

For the calculation of 76, Chen An is very clear that the reconstruction of 76 is divided into two steps: the first step is to put it in order to get a high draft pick; The second step is to eat heavily into expiring big contracts in the hope of freeing up enough salary space, and then hope that the free agent market will make a difference when the time is right.

In the last four-way trade for Howard, 76 acted as the big leader, they not only sent away Iguodala, but also took a first-round pick, and paired with Vucevic and rookie Hakras, piled up the trade salary to around 18 million, but ate Bynum's big contract and a dunk king Richardson, and the transaction salary was as high as more than 22 million, and the loss on the books was bleeding, in fact, it was even more lost, because Bynum did not play a game because of a recurrence of his knee injury after arriving at the 76ers.

[According to the salary reciprocity rules of NBA player transactions, if the total salary of both parties involved in the transaction exceeds the salary cap, the total annual salary of the player transferred by one of the teams must be less than 125% of the total annual salary of the transferred player + $100,000.]

That is to say, in the player trade, there is 25% of the total annual salary of the player traded + $100,000 to make room, mainly depending on how the two parties to the transaction negotiate, in the actual transaction, the team often uses this to increase or clear their own team's salary space]

After this deal, 76 also supported the team's total salary to 84 million, far exceeding the trigger line of the luxury tax, but they then pardoned the captain to avoid paying the luxury tax, and the captain and Bynum have only one year left on their contracts, and they can free up more than 30 million salary space at once and completely liberate it.

However, the situation is naturally different now, because Chen An wants to send Tekoglu away, he is very interested in the details of the transaction.

"Tell me, what is the specific plan?"

"We sent Howard and Turkoglou; After getting re-signed, Harden, Vucevich, Evan Turner, Steve. Blake, Aynga, Cole Aldridge, Lazar Haywood, in addition to a 2017 first-round pick and a 2015 second-round pick from the Lakers.

The Lakers sent Bynum, Blake, Ayngar, and 2015 second-round picks and 2017 first-round picks; Get Howard.

The Nuggets sent Afflalo, Harrington, a 2013 second-round pick and a 2014 first-round pick; Get Iguodala.

The 76ers sent Iguodala, Evan Turner, Vucevic; Get Bynum and Harrington.

The Thunder sent James after re-signing. Harden as well as Cole Aldridge, Lazar Haywood. Get Turkoglu and Afflaro, as well as the Nuggets' 2013 second-round pick and 2014 first-round pick. ”

Hear Rob. Hennigan said the specific plan of the transaction, Chen An nodded with satisfaction, in his eyes, in fact, as long as he gets the Harden deal, it will definitely not be a loss, and Vucevic and Evan Turner are completely windfalls, not to mention the two draft picks from the Lakers. As for the others, they are all about equalizing the salary of the trade, especially Ayngar and Lazar Haywood, Chen An has never heard of them, and they are basically the kind of players that can be cut after the trade.

From the overall transaction point of view, this five-way deal is almost a continuation of the original historical trajectory, you must know that the previous Howard deal was the Magic, the Lakers, the 76ers and the Nuggets' four-way deal, and now it is just pulling in the Thunder.

In addition to the Thunder, the main chips of the other four-way trades have almost not changed compared to the original history, the only thing that has changed is the 76ers, they sent Evan Turner, a third-year rookie, he played well in the 76ers, at least the data is good, but based on the salary space of 76, after his rookie contract ends, 76 is afraid that it will be difficult to renew his contract, so it is not surprising to send him away early.

According to the original trajectory, Evan Turner did not renew his contract with the 76ers and went to the Pacers after his rookie contract ended. And because of the sending of Evan Turner this time, 76 did not take another 15-year first-round pick like the previous life, and it is not good or bad.

In addition, Chen An didn't expect the Thunder to eat Turkoglu's contract, but this is not difficult to understand, at least from the data point of view, Turkoglu can deepen the thickness of the Thunder's front, and his organizational and scheduling ability can also make the Thunder's offense smoother, and he also has Finals experience, I just hope that this guy will not be reimbursed for serious injuries after only playing a few games in the new season like in the previous life.

However, even if there is a problem with Turkoglou, the addition of Afflalo will be enough to fill the firepower vacuum left by Harden's departure, this guy is on the rise right now, and the stats are not much worse than Harden last season. And in addition to the players, the Thunder also received two draft picks, and their management must be quite satisfied.

"Do you have any other opinions about this deal?"

Chen An is very satisfied with the deal and wants to get an accurate reply. Hennegan shook his head and said, "No, all parties are very satisfied, the Thunder have given up on persuading Harden and started the procedures for Ibaka, which is estimated to be announced after the draft."

I have already discussed with several other general managers that when the trading window opens on July 1, I will submit a transaction application to the alliance as soon as possible, and the transaction should be officially completed by the 10th at the latest. ”

"Well done!"

Chen An praised him heartily, Rob. Hennigan's execution is indeed very strong, and Chen An is a perfect score in this transaction. Rob. Hennegan deservedly accepted Chen An's praise, and then whistled and said: "Wow, look, as soon as the news of the transaction is announced, the entire media will explode, and other teams will probably be dumbfounded, this is a sum involving two leading stars, one of which is still the league's No. 1 center, in addition, there is a new star who has just won the best sixth man, such a big deal is unprecedented, I don't know how many people want to surprise the eyeballs, and this is from my hands!" ”

Speaking of which, Rob. Hennegan suddenly said: "But I still hope that you haven't lost your eyes, Harden's arrival can help us complete the rebuild as soon as possible, and even help the team play more than expected. Hennegan is really going to make a name for himself! ”

"You'll get your way."