The trade market is drawn to the Hornets, and the whole league knows that Chris Paul has lost his patience with the Hornets and he is hungry to be traded.

That's Paul! The strongest number one position recognized by the league!

Although the older generation such as Nash and Kidd can still play their spare time, and although the new generation such as Rose and Westbrook have emerged, Paul still dominates the league with his near-perfect performance in the No. 1 position. He's so good defensively, he's got no dead spots on his shots, he's still able to break through, he's able to make second-to-second passes that are almost impossible to miss, he's literally a commander on the court.

No one will doubt his ability, and no player will resist working with Paul.

For example, in '08, James publicly stated that he was most eager to play with Howard the Monster and Paul the Queen Bee, and that would be the perfect thing.

At this moment, Paul is leaving, and New Orleans is determined to stay, after all, if he doesn't trade, he will be a free agent whose contract has completely expired next year.

Therefore, it seems that there is no movement in the trading market after the shutdown, but now it seems that it is a bit fierce and hot.

Meanwhile, in the city of Memphis, in a certain café near the Federal Express Arena.

Marc Gasol looked at the five contract offers on the table with a puzzled face, he picked up one volume, slowly put it down again, and then reluctantly opened it and picked up another volume.

"Arne, how do I choose?" Gasol stroked his curls, unsure of what to choose.

Sitting in front of him is Mark Gasol's agent, Arne Tellem, who is a well-known agent in the NBA league. No less famous than Dan Fagan. Its players include Derrick Rose, Brandon Roy, Joe Johnson and even Pau Gasol, the older brother of Mark Gasol. Without exception, they are all star players with tens of millions of contracts.

Marc Gasol's price has skyrocketed, and he has also received the attention of Tellham, and if done properly, this will be another multi-million-dollar player under his banner.

So he was also very concerned, but what he didn't expect was that in this big league where big players are scarce, there are really not a few teams that are willing to give Mark a contract of 10 million.

"Rockets, 76ers, Knicks, Nuggets, Grizzlies."

One by one, Talham began to analyze. "First of all, excluding the Nuggets, the Denver Nuggets are just a small market, with average influence and exposure, and there are already center players like Nene and Mozgov in the lineup, and the competition you are in will be very fierce."

Mark Gasol nodded, then silently pulled out the Nuggets' offer contract and set it aside.

"Then there's the Knicks."

"Nyx?" Mark Gasol was taken aback, "Why?" The Knicks are in New York, and that's New York, one of the four largest cities in the world! ”

Marc Gasol was puzzled. When he first received the New York offer, he was still overjoyed.

"It's simple. Because the Knicks have no championship potential, New York seems to be a huge cake, but in fact it is a whirlpool, I am not optimistic about the combination of Anthony and Stoudemire, you know, in the first half of the playoffs, they were swept by the Heat, and there is no resilience and the fighting spirit of the team at all. ”

Tellum said eloquently, "Moreover, New York has signed Anthony and Stoudemire, both of whom are nearly 20 million level stars, if you sign with the current offer of 11 million, there is no way to strengthen the team in the next few years, and you as a professional player should know that building a championship team must not be an overnight process, which needs to be changed and tinkered." ”

Mark Gasol nodded frequently, and Durham used the agent's perspective to analyze from Gasol's point of view, which is very reasonable. He picked up the Knicks' offer contract, sighed, and put it aside as well, stacking it on top of the Nuggets' contract.

"The remaining three contracts, each with its own advantages, from a rational point of view, are all similar, the only thing that may be deviated is the difference in money." Durham shook his head and said, "At present, the lowest price is Memphis of this team, 50 million for 4 years, and the highest is the Philadelphia 76ers, 57 million for 4 years. ”

Mark Gasol smiled, "I don't have much of an opinion on this, didn't you say before that it would be good if you went to Texas, people don't pay personal income tax, and they get more money." ”

Durham also smiled, "The truth is this, but if there are more opportunities to make money, how can you give up?" I'm not going to give up easily anyway. ”

Mark Gasol hesitated, he picked up the 76ers' offer, "What is the situation of the 76ers, it seems that they haven't contacted me before, why is it that the current trading market immediately sent the offer." ”

Durham shrugged his shoulders, "I don't understand, to be honest, I was taken aback, you see that his offer is already so high, I estimate that the price of the 76ers must be more than this, if we operate it, I estimate that your income can be six thousand." ”

"The point is, Philadelphia is also a big city, and the 76ers are on the rise and should have more potential than Memphis." Durham said: "I've asked other agents before, and I've also received comments from some other sources, the 76ers are currently the most likely team to rise in the East, and Tang Wenlong will definitely be one of the league's top scoring stars in less than three years if he stays healthy." ”

"Infinite talent, high bid, is this for me to choose the 76ers?" Mark Gasol said with a wry smile.

Tellham smiled: "It's not for sure, Memphis is actually not bad, and Houston is also quite good." I've heard that the 76ers aren't ready to renew Dyme's contract with Hellam Porter, leaving salary space to sign quality players, like us. ”

Marc Gasol, "They have a good eye"

Philadelphia, Wajovia Center Arena.

Tang Wenlong and his teammates began the collective training after the team gathered, the team just selected the two outstanding young people selected in the draft two days ago, and today's first training camp, when the head coach Collins walked in, the two young people were followed behind.

"Hassan, I haven't seen you for a few months, you seem to be a lot stronger!" Tang Wenlong was loudly communicating with his colleagues who had never seen him, and pinched Whiteside's arm, and the little boy seemed to have gained weight, obviously bigger.

"Haha, it's okay, I've been working out for the past few months, and I also participated in an Asian club competition, and went to Dongguan, China to play a few games." Whiteside is obviously a lot more sophisticated, and it looks like he's grown a lot in a summer.

"Hey, our rookie came with the coach." Iguodala's eyes lit up as he grabbed the ball, and he saw Collins first, as well as Jimmy Butler and Jon Loyle behind him. (To be continued.) )