Chapter Seventy-Seven: Father and Son
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Austin Reeves?
Hearing Duffy mention this name, Tang Shuai suddenly remembered this player who was almost ignored by him, Austin Reaves, isn't it the son of Clippers head coach Doug Reaves! This is the first time in NBA history that a father and son play on the same team at the same time in a master-apprentice relationship, and he still remembers that Qin Yujie teased about this for a whole semester.
It's just that he doesn't remember what year Reeves is a rookie, and he asked suspiciously: "Reeves' contract expires this year?" ”
Duffy took his tablet and placed it horizontally in front of Tang Shuai's eyes.
Tang Shuai took a look at the above information, it is the profile of Austin Reaves, who was drafted by the Hornets (now the Pelicans) in 2012, and was traded to the Clippers by the three parties on January 16, 2015, according to NBA regulations, this year is the earliest time for the 2012 rookie to renew his contract early.
After reading this, Tang Shuai instantly knew everything, here Fusi came to deliberately lower the price for the renewal of his son's contract!
Duffy put away the tablet and continued: "Reaves is right, the Clippers got Lance Stephenson in the summer trade, plus Jordan Jr.'s contract extension, and now the team's salary has exceeded the luxury sharp, whether it is Austin Reaves' contract extension or your signing, every penny is to be paid extravagantly, although the current Clippers owner Ballmer doesn't care about this luxury tax, but who doesn't want to spend a little less? ”
"That's too blatant, isn't it?" Although Tang Shuai already knew the reason, he was still a little incredulous, here Fus is not afraid that Ballmer will know?
"Hehe~" Duffy sneered and said, "The Clippers are making decisions now, as for Dave Wall, it's just decoration, you must know that the Clippers paid a first-round pick in order to get Reaves, and Ballmer has praised Reaves in public more than once." ”
"Aren't we condemned?" Tang Shuai's face was gloomy, he thought it was a good choice to be selected by the Clippers, but he never thought that it was only the first day that he would encounter such a complicated situation.
"Not necessarily." Duffy shook his head.
"Huh?"
"Nobody wants to be a puppet, and if I'm not mistaken, the Clippers' move to get Lance Stephenson and Jamal Crawford to trade for a first-round pick in yesterday's draft should have been the work of Dave Wall." Duffy continued.
"He wants to woo players?" Tang Shuai reacted quickly and blurted out.
Duffy nodded: "The reason why Reaves is so reused by Ballmer is naturally closely related to the team's record, although the Clippers have not won the championship in the past two years, they are a Western powerhouse every year, and this year they almost reached the Western Conference Finals, the players listen to him for everything, Dave Wall wants to change Reaves' current status in the Clippers, the only way is to win over the players to his side, and the newcomers are naturally better than those old subordinates. ”
"So that's the case, that's right, other teams have the final say by the general manager, and the Clippers have a head coach who is also the president of basketball, and I don't know what to think." Tang Shuai said with a wry smile.
"Actually, this is not only the Clippers, but also Stan Van Gundy of the Pistons, but whether it is the general manager or the head coach, there must be a compromise."
"But now neither side wants to compromise." Tang Shuai shook his head helplessly.
"Well, but you don't have to worry too much, I'll find a way to solve the contract things, you just need to play well, Reeves dares to make some small moves on the contract, but when it comes to the regular season, he doesn't dare to press the team's No. 15 rookie on the bench all the time, you must know that Ballmer is at home almost every time." Duffy said with a smile.
"Well, I'm in charge of playing, and you're in charge of making money." Tang Shuai smiled, stretched, and then lay directly on his back and returned to the bed.
Duffy also turned around and continued to fiddle with the tablet.
Tang Shuai took a nap and was woken up by Duffy.
"Get up and change our clothes, it's time for us to go out and find a rented house."
Tang Shuai heard what Duffy said, rubbed his eyes, got up from the bed, washed his face, changed into a suit, and then the two of them left the room.
"I've screened the room, there are three places close to the arena, you see if there is a suitable one, choose one, if not, pick a farther place." As soon as he got into the taxi, Duffy habitually took out his tablet, pulled out the exterior photos of the first house, and handed it to Tang Shuai and said.
Tang Shuai took a look, it is an American standard detached villa, equipped with parking lots, swimming pools, there are a lot of trees around the house, the environment looks very good, if you live in it, people must be very comfortable.
He was very satisfied, but when he saw the price above, it was fifty thousand dollars a month.
Well, next.
pulled to the exterior photo of the second house, Tang Shuai's brows wrinkled unconsciously.
This is a very modern residential building, with almost the same layered structure, very similar to the Chinese community.
Although he is not famous now, as long as he signs a contract, he is also a millionaire, and in the context of American law and order, it is obviously scary to live in such a place.
Well, it still doesn't work.
He turned his head and glanced at Duffy, who was thoughtful every time he did things, why was he so hasty this time?
"Look at it again." Duffy's expression didn't change, he just pointed to the tablet and motioned for him to continue.
Tang Shuai turned his head, then flipped down again, and when he saw the exterior photo of the third place, his brows furrowed again.
It's not that this place is worse than just now, but it's a place that is very similar to the first photo, except that there are cars parked in the parking lot in the photo, and there are many objects at the door, which looks like someone lives there.
He pulled down the page of the tablet again.
Rent, $5,000 a month.
Requirements: Gentle personality, no breaking the law, no stealing, must go back to the house before 12 o'clock at night.
After reading this additional request, and thinking about the decorations in the exterior photos, he realized that this was a shared house with the landlord.
"Now the contract has not been signed, the first place is too expensive for us to rent, the second place is not safe, this is more suitable, of course, if you don't like it, we can change it." Duffy followed.
Tang Shuai now understood the reason why Duffy showed him three places, and it was estimated that his agent had already chosen a good place.
He nodded and said, "Let's go here first." ”
Duffy took the tablet and said with a smile: "No problem, I have already made an appointment with the landlord, and it is estimated that in ten minutes, we will be able to meet outside the house." ”