The king signed a contract with the three in a short period of time, which undoubtedly attracted the attention of many media and experts, so many media reporters commented one after another.

"The Kings' move is a great thing to look forward to for their new season, whether it's the introduction of Rick Adelman, the extension of Tyrek Evans, or the trade of Andre Iguodala, but the contract they gave to another player is clearly not too smart."

"Chinese player Li was eye-catching last season, and it wasn't too much to give him a mid-level contract, but the fact that the contract in the third year turned out to be a maximum salary, I think it would be a problem for the Kings management. Because they are immediately facing the renewal of DeMarcus Cousins and Isiah Thomas. DeMarcus needs a max contract, and with Tyrek and Andre on increasing contracts, the King's salary structure will become tight in two years, and if the Kings want to keep all of them on the team, they may have to pay a hefty luxury tax, and the sophomore rookie's contract could become a poison contract for the team. ”

While the Kings are generally acknowledged about this summer's operation, there are also many opinions from this ESPN expert, although most people think that the current Li Tian is worth sending a middle-class contract to cultivate, but they are worried about the salary cap in the third year.

In their opinion, physical talent restricts Li Tian's growth, and Li Tian will receive the top salary in the third year, which is undoubtedly a huge risk.

Subsequently, news broke that there was no agreement within the management of the renewal, especially the third year of the contract, Jeff Petri, who has been in charge of personnel work of the team, did not agree, but the team's new vice president of basketball operations, Vlad Divac, repeatedly insisted, and said that the owner Vivek Lanadave agreed to the contract.

It is also reported that because of the signing of Li Tian, Divac and Petri have fallen out, and in the subsequent transaction of Iguodala, it is actually Divac who is leading, Petri has lost the right to speak in front of Vivek Ranadave, and the manager who has been in charge of the king's personnel work for nearly ten years has come to mind.

As soon as this news came out, many people immediately looked sideways, and everyone was speculating about what Divac impressed Vivek Ranadave, or rather, is there a shadow of Adelman behind this?

Of course, this kind of news didn't cause much discussion when the whole NBA was looking at the free market, and people were more concerned about the changes in the free market.

While the Kings signed three players to contracts, the rest of the teams were on the move, and the big names on the free agency market were also coming in.

Josh Smith signed with the Pistons and got a four-year, $56 million contract, Andrew Bynum signed with the Cavaliers for two years and $24 million, Chauncey Billups returned to the Pistons for two years and $5 million, Al Jefferson joined the Bobcats for three years and $41 million, and Millsap joined the Hawks for $19 million in two years.

Andrei Kirilenko, nicknamed AK47, joined the Nets, and before that, on draft night, the Nets had already acquired the Celtics' Kevin Garnett, Paul Pearce, and Jason Terry through trades, for which they paid for Gerard Wallace, Humphries, Joseph, Bogans, Marshon Brooks, and 2014, 2016, and 2018 first-round picks to form a luxurious roster.

However, considering that Garnett and Pierce are not young, and Deron Williams and Joe Johnson's form is also declining, although it is widely believed that the Nets may impact the Eastern Conference this season, there are also a considerable number of people who are not optimistic about the Nets' performance this season.

Two of the biggest fish on the free market have also been owned, Chris Paul stayed with the Los Angeles Clippers as many expected, and Dwight Howard didn't stay in Los Angeles after all, he joined the Rockets. With James Harden and Howard, the Rockets have also become a team that has the potential to disrupt the Western landscape.

Subsequently, the summer league began, although as a sophomore player, Li Tian had already entered the team's main rotation list last season, so this summer league, the king did not arrange Li Tian to participate, mainly to train other marginal players.

There is still a period of time before the start of the new season training camp in October, and Li Tian continues to stay in Sacramento to train, the main content of the training has not changed much from before, at the same time, Li Tian has also strengthened the training of dribbling, after all, if you want to break through, in addition to speed, Li Tian must also ensure that dribbling will not drag him back.

Since September, a number of Kings players have come to Sacramento to train early, including Lee's friend Thomas Robinson, as well as Chris Middleton, who was drafted in the second round last year, and this year's two rookies, Gobert and McClymer.

After Summer League, both McClymer and Gobert signed contracts with the Kings. It is worth mentioning that the contracts of the two were signed by Divac, and according to media reports, Jeff Petri left the king, and Divac became the most influential person in charge of personnel work for the king.

With the addition of these people, Li Tian's training content is even richer, because the team also arranged trainers for counseling at this time, including Li Tian's training, which also received some targeted guidance.

In addition to his own individual training, Li Tian also conducted one-on-one training, and even in the later stage, with the addition of Fredette, he could also play three-on-three matches.

In such training, Li Tian's throws and pull-up jump shots after the breakthrough also had more opportunities for actual combat.

As Li Tian envisioned, because of the lack of dribbling and confrontation, if the opponent is well prepared, it is not easy for Li Tian to directly break through the defense, but it is very different in combination with his shooting, because Li Tian's shooting is really lethal, once Li Tian makes a shooting action, the defenders will mostly grab it, and at this time, the agility and speed of the A-level can allow Li Tian to find space to break through, and then his stop-and-go jump shot and throw have a chance.

And if a teammate comes forward to block or cover, the effect will be even better.

It is foreseeable that if the coach can arrange for Li Tian to have a certain amount of ball, Li Tian's lethality in scoring will be stronger than last season. After all, the current Li Tian is not only an excellent off-ball runner and outside shooter in the league, but also has the ability to finish offense with the ball.

Time passed day by day, a lot of training made Li Tian improve little by little, and the pace of the new season is slowly approaching, a summer of accumulation, Li Tian is only waiting for the blockbuster after the arrival of the new season!

On September 30, Sacramento local time, the King's training camp for the new season officially opened!