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In June, the NBA was not quiet, first the Finals ended, and the Heat defeated the Spurs to win the championship. Throughout the series, the Spurs had half-footed the championship, they led the Heat 3-2, and led by five points in the final minute of Game 6, but in the end they were dragged into overtime by the Heat, and lost to the Heat in overtime and were forced into a tiebreaker.

In the tie-break, the away Spurs lost to the Heat, and finally allowed the Heat to successfully defend their title.

Then, the NBA draft was held, and this draft is considered a draft year, and the Kings selected two players in this draft, and the Kings, who had the seventh pick in the first round, selected Li Tian and Robinson's younger brother, Ben McClymer from the University of Kansas.

The Kings then traded a second-round pick plus cash for the No. 27 pick in the first round from the Nuggets and drafted Rudy Gobert, a big center from France.

At this time, the time has also come to the end of June, Judy Annette has gone home, Li Tian's emergency stop jump shot has been relatively stable in terms of posture, and all he wants is to ensure the hit rate through a lot of training, so he doesn't need someone to assist in the camera now, so he has been training alone for the past few days.

"Squeak!"

"Huh!"

With the sound of two voices, Li Tian completed a pull-up jump shot.

Stop-and-go jump shots, throws, Li Tian devoted himself to training, what he didn't notice was that he didn't know when it started, and three figures appeared in the training hall.

After the three of them appeared, they saw that Li Tian did not find themselves waiting for others, and they did not disturb, and sat down quietly on the side to watch Li Tian's training.

After completing a set of training sessions set by himself, Li Tian stopped to rest, his physical strength could not support him to continue training all afternoon.

"Huh?" After the training stopped, Li Tian found that there were three more people in the corner of the training hall, and when he looked at it, his eyes suddenly lit up.

All three are all very familiar with Li Tian, one is Vlad Divac, who is the vice president of basketball operations, the other is the team's new head coach Rick Adelman, and the third is the head assistant coach Elson Turner.

Although Li Tian has been back in Sacramento for a while, this is the first time he has seen these people. It seems that they have finished the draft and come to Sacramento to prepare for the next free market work, thinking of this, Li Tian took the initiative to walk towards the three.

"Good afternoon, three gentlemen, I was surprised that three of them would suddenly show up to watch my training."

After hearing Li Tian's words, Divac immediately smiled and said: "Lee, you have to know, we are not voyeurs, this is just a coincidence, we passed by the door, Coach Rick heard the sound of the training hall, so come in and have a look." ”

"Of course it's no problem, as long as you don't come to me to ask me for the rental fee of the venue." Li Tian also replied with a smile.

"Lee, I've watched your game, your runs and shots are great." Obviously, the three of them have completely entered the new role, and not only Divac knows Li Tian, but also Adelman.

"Yes, Mr. Rick, I'm going to keep it that way for the new season." Li Tian knew that this was not the time to be modest, but a good time to sell himself, so he praised himself unceremoniously.

"Of course, I believe that." Adelman nodded, then suddenly asked, "I just saw you doing pull-up jump shooting and throwing drills." ”

Li Tian knew that the possibility of staying in the Kings was still very high, so at this time, he also hoped that Adelman would know his ability and work hard as much as possible, so he replied: "Yes, I think I can take on more scoring tasks myself, so I think I need to have a certain offensive ability with the ball." ”

Adelman nodded and didn't speak, then moved on to other topics, and the three of them left after a while. Although the free market will open in one day, we will need to talk about signings, but at this moment, no one has talked about this topic, because according to the league's rules, there is no contact between players and teams without time.

However, letting Adelman take a look at his training today is an unexpected gain for Li Tian, which can let the coaching staff and management know his progress, and this will help him to negotiate with the team in the future, or to position his role in the eyes of the coach after successfully staying in the team.

After a day of training, Li Tian returned to his accommodation, and then Pete Smith also appeared. A day later, the free market opened, and the two needed to negotiate a search for their next contract.

According to Pete Smith's feedback, due to Li Tian's very good performance last season and his status as a Chinese player, many teams have been very interested in him.

Li Tian also made it clear to Pete Smith that he would prefer to stay with the Kings, which means that the Kings will be his first choice.

"Lee, it's not hard for you to stay in Sacramento, and the only thing we have to do now is get as big a contract as possible."

Pete Smith is obviously very confident in this, and Li Tian's performance last season gave him enough bargaining capital, and from this point of view, Li Tian has only signed a one-year contract before, which is not a very good thing.

On July 1, local time in the United States, the free market was officially opened, and all teams with ideas were ready to move.

The most talked-about thing in free agency this summer is undoubtedly where Dwight Howard is going. Because last season after joining the Lakers, it was not going well, and the record was not satisfactory, whether Howard, who has become a free agent, will continue to stay with the Lakers and become a fan.

Chris Paul also became a free agent this summer, but his contract extension with the Clippers is highly likely.

In addition to these two top stars, players such as Josh Smith, Al Jefferson, Monta Ellis, Tyrek Evans, Andre Iguodala and others are also sought-after.

For the Kings, as early as the end of the season, there were calls from the media and fans that their top priority in the summer, in addition to finding a suitable head coach, was to re-sign Evans and Lee Tian.

And now, the re-entry of Adelman in the head coach position has been resolved, so the renewal of Evans and Li Tian has become a top priority, although the two are not too big players, but they are also very sought-after, so after midnight, the Kings' management and coaching staff began to negotiate with Li Tian and Evans.

Li Tian and Pete Smith are confident that the Kings will choose to keep Li Tian, after all, Li Tian's performance and improvement last season are obvious to all, but the King's strong sincerity at the beginning is still beyond the expectations of the two.

15 million for 3 years, this is the initial offer that Li Tian and Pete Smith received, and this offer is equivalent to a middle-class contract of 5 million per year.

From the perspective of a sophomore player, this amount is not low, after all, Anthony Davis, who was the top pick last year, will only have a salary of $5.37 million for the next season.

However, since it is a re-contract, Pete Smith naturally will not accept such an offer, after all, Jeremy Lin has an example last season, just last summer, Jeremy Lin signed a three-year, 25 million contract with the Rockets.

"Mr. Vlad, I feel your sincerity, but I don't think Lee is worth more than just a three-year, $15 million contract." Pete Smith said to the visiting Vlad Divac.

Vlad Divac is the Kings administrator in charge of Lee's signing, while Jeff Petri, who has been in charge of personnel for the team, is in talks with Adelman on the side of Tyrek Evans.

Clearly, the Kings are ready to cut through the mess and get everything done before the other teams reach out to the two players.

Hearing Pete Smith's words, Vlad Divac didn't seem surprised, he glanced at the expressionless Pete Smith, tried to see something from Li Tian's agent's face, but he didn't succeed, so he said: "Mr. Pete, Lee, I want to hear your conditions. I think you already know that the King is sincere enough to renew your contract. ”

The meaning of Vlad Divac's words Li Tian and Pete Smith heard it clearly, that is, the king is very sincere, and I hope you don't open your mouth.

Pete Smith, who had been prepared, smiled slightly and opened his mouth to make his offer.