Chapter 178: Alliance with Aaron Iverson (Collect!) )
After dealing with his yesterday's affairs, Qin Han also went home to pack his things, called Xu Shanshan to say goodbye, and then boarded a special plane to San Antonio. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 Info This time their opponent is the Spurs, who are sixth in the West, and the injuries of Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili on the Spurs guard line this year have caused the team's record to plummet, with a record of only seven wins and six losses in 13 games, although the Spurs have not had a good record this year, but that does not mean that the Bulls' situation is guaranteed to win this game. In the last game of the Spurs against the Grizzlies, Manu Ginobili re-played, so the pressure on the outside of the Bulls this time is a lot. The team has only completed a big trade involving seven of the four teams, and it will be a big test for the Bulls to play against an old opponent like the Spurs without any adjustments.
And this time Gal Foreman's trade for Jermaine O'Neal did not come to San Antonio with new players such as Allen Iverson, Jermaine O'Neal is still recovering from injury, so the team only let him move to Chicago as soon as possible, and also expect that the former Pacers' home inside can surprise the Bulls. Jermaine O'Neal's injury and his expected return time have also been confirmed before Christmas, and now there is less than a month before Christmas, and it will take almost 12 games to return to the game, but to the surprise of the Bulls management office, this time Jermaine O'Neal's injury is not very serious, as long as he recovers well, he can still play at his level, if Jermaine O'Neal continues to be healthy, then the Bulls' interior support ability will be better this season.
In fact, if the Bulls management does not trade with the Pacers, then the Pacers are still willing to gamble, but now the Bulls are willing to take the risk for them and take over Jermaine O'Neal, the former top interior player in the league who does not know when he will be scrapped due to injury, and the Pacers sent this guy who takes up the team's salary space and does not work even if he loses a little. In addition to Jermaine O'Neal's injury, Allen Iverson and others also did a medical report before the game day accompanied by team staff, all of which showed that their physical condition was better than the Bulls expected, especially Allen Iverson, the key player in this transaction, for Allen Iverson's team owner Jerry Reinsdorf had tears in his eyes. Allen Iverson's salary this season is $20.8 million, and even though the Bulls have cleaned up a lot of garbage and have a lot of useful players, it still puts the Bulls above the league's luxury tax floor of $7.8 million.
If it weren't for the fact that General Manager Gail Foreman had talked to Jermaine O'Neill before trading for Jermaine O'Neal and changed his contract to a middle-class contract, Jerry Reinsdorf would really have run to Gail Forman and cry poor, so in the eager eyes of all Chicagoans, Jerry Linedorf reluctantly took money out of his pocket to pay this luxury tax. As for why Jermaine O'Neal voluntarily took a pay cut, it was also his helplessness to turn the contract into a middle-class contract. Jermaine O'Neal now knows that his position in the Pacers has become very embarrassing, and he needs to lie in bed all day to earn $21.35 million, which is very good, but people have to plan ahead, Jermaine O'Neal continues to covet $21.35 million, then he can only be greedy for this last year, and after a year, he will at most go to another team to get a base salary contract, if he is a veteran in his thirties and entering the end of his career, then he will definitely finish this season's $21.35 million.
It's just that Jermaine O'Neal is not, he is only 30 years old now, 30 years old is the golden age of any player's career, at this time, you have to have experience and experience to have a body, often many players have played the most dazzling data of their careers at this age, Jermaine O'Neal will not give up the golden time of his career, so there is Gail Forman persuasion and Jermaine O'Neal's own will to reach this middle-class contract, If Jermaine O'Neal still sticks to his max contract, then Gail Foreman will have no choice but to give up on him.
Therefore, during the team training session the next morning, Allen Iverson and other new teammates lined up to watch Qin Han fight there, it turned out that they arrived an hour early in order to leave a good impression in front of the new head coach today, and they didn't expect that when they came to the training hall rented by the Bulls in San Antonio, they heard the footsteps and dribbling inside, and I have to say that when they saw Qin Han sweating profusely, their hearts were very shocked. A rookie player is both talented and willing to work hard, then where will be his limits. Especially after Qin Han shot several shots in succession with a three-point back, everyone was surprised. It's the first time I've seen someone who would use the three-point shooting method as a regular offensive method when shooting three-pointers, and even if this is the case, it is not too surprising that these are talented players, they are dumbfounded that Qin Han can still maintain a high shooting percentage of basketball in this way.
Several new players led by Allen Iverson also applauded their new bosses, Qin Han turned around and heard a burst of applause and was almost startled, turned around and saw Allen Iverson and other new teammates Qin Han immediately greeted them and high-fived them one by one, when it was Allen Iverson's turn, Qin Han gave him a big hug, and whispered in his ear: "Allen, let's play together!" Allen Iverson smiled and patted the young man he was most optimistic about and replied, "yes, you have to get a rookie of the year and I'm going to get a big contract, and we can all get what we want." Qin Han nodded lightly, and let go of Alan Iverson. Now the most questioned outside is that the reason for their backcourt combination is the conflict of interests between the two, Allen Iverson wants a big contract, and Qin Han wants to chase this year's best rookie, so after meeting again, Allen Iverson told Qin Han bluntly that he wants data but he also knows that Qin Han wants the best rookie, so he expressed the information that he wants to be the best rookie.
It's not okay to be a newcomer in the locker room, and even Allen Iverson's historical status can't change this unspoken rule, unless he's the new core established by the Bulls, he'll have to find a backer within the team.