(This is the third chapter of today, and the 15,000th word, it's a small outbreak of the fisherman, and finally asks for a guaranteed monthly ticket and a variety of recommended votes again)

The free market in 2004 was very lively, although compared to last year, this year's free market naturally could not have big fish like Duncan and Kidd, but even so, this year's free market is eye-catching enough, for example, the Hawks' leading player Rasheed Wallace said that whoever makes him the boss will go to which team, this was originally the hottest free agent this year, and after this sentence, no team dared to contact him, and he himself was not in a hurry, because now everyone knows, Behind his previous sentence is that if he can't be the boss, he will go back to the Grizzlies, so basically all the teams have been watching the show on the sidelines, wanting to see how the interior line went to the Grizzlies, you know, the Grizzlies have just completed the contract extension with the team's shooting guard Reed, and they have exceeded the salary cap, and it is impossible to sign this Rasheed Wallace, so these NBA general managers who covet Rasheed Wallace have been waiting on the side, Waiting for the news that the Grizzlies can't sign Rasheed Wallace because they don't have salary space, they can finally sit on the Fisherman's Advantage.

Of course, in addition to the boss treatment incident demanded by Rashid Wallace, who has been making a lot of noise, if the hottest free agent is not interested, then the Nets inside Kenyon Martin has no scruples, the league's potential inside line is convenient, he is not as particular as Wallace, his requirement is to have more money, whoever gives more money will follow whom, and in fact, the Nets are naturally waiting for a matching offer, even if Kenyon Martin can't keep it, they also hope to be able to exchange for some good chips, in this caseThe battle for Kenyon Martin is much more fierce than that of Rashid Wallace.

In addition to these star free agents who are waiting for a price, another group of star free agents have also completed contract renewals. The new boss of the Finals MVP Wizards team Nash signed a 6-year 72 million contract with the Wizards, for Nash, this is a salary reduction contract, and his market price can definitely be around 1500, while the Wizards' other free agent, Super Sixth Man Crawford signed a 6-year 40 million contract, and his contract with Reed is the same. Reed also signed a 6-year, 40 million contract with the Grizzlies, and the two also completely locked up the Grizzlies' ability to sign big contracts with the Wizards as free agents, and the Grizzlies exceeded the 73 million luxury tax trigger bottom line, and the same is true for the Wizards.

Of course, for a team like the Wizards, which is already quite complete, it doesn't matter much more than the luxury tax, as long as the owner is willing to pay, and in fact, the owner of the Grizzlies is willing to pay, but in the NBA his money is useless, and the league regulations are the largest. For these two teams, they exceed the luxury tax floor by a few million at most, which is far worse than the Lakers, whose total salary this year is 91 million, and the total salary of just five star players has reached 73 million. Webb, Hill and Hardaway have a total salary of 43 million, while Kobe Bryant, who has just signed a new contract, is 30 million, which means that the Lakers will have to pay 18 million in the luxury tax alone this year. If this is placed on the Timberwolves, it is estimated that the owner of the Timberwolves, Glenn Taylor, will be directly angry, of course. Although the Lakers' salary is terrifying, it is far worse than another big customer who is not bad for money, the New York Knicks, the total salary of this team exceeded 100 million last year, and this year, O'Neal is 28 million, Van Exel is 16 million, these two are 44 million, and Marbury and Odom are also 30 million.

The salaries of these four people are more than the salaries of the Lakers' five stars, and the total salary of this team has reached an astonishing 110 million, and the luxury tax alone will pay 38 million, which is equivalent to the salary of one O'Neal and one James Posey, and what is more surprising is that as the defending champions, the Boston Celtics' salary is not high, the three highest paid Maddy and James Posey and O'Neal Jr. are only less than 40 million, and Yao Ming and Wade are still rookie contracts, This team still has enough salary space to sign a superstar player, but at this time there are no superstar players on the free market, and even some such as Kobe and Nash have long since renewed their contracts and have not given other teams any chances.

So at this time, most people are also revolving around Rashid Wallace and Kenyon Martin, of course, for Zhuang Fei and the Lakers, they have no way to get involved, and now Zhuang Fei does not need to get any of these two players, in fact, these two people do not have much effect on the Lakers, and these players that the Lakers have now are not in the same rhythm, but even so, Zhuang Fei is racking his brains for the fifteenth person of his team, of course, at this time, because the draft has ended, The Lakers also started the trial of free agents, if they really can't find a suitable player, Zhuang Fei can only choose one of the players on the trial, in fact, the Lakers' current lineup is very complete.

But no matter what, Zhuang Fei is still a little helpless at this time, if the Lakers' salary space does not exceed the luxury tax at this time, then he has enough ability to sign according to his own washing, for example, the Battier contract of the Clippers next door is also expiring, Zhuang Fei wants to poach Battier, you know, Battier was selected by him in the Celtics, in 2001, the largest transaction in NBA history, Zhuang Fei sent him to the Clippers in order to get James Posey and Yao Ming, At that time, Battier did not conform to Zhuang Fei's team building philosophy, but now it is very in line with Zhuang Fei's concept in the Lakers, but it is obvious that the remaining 3 million middle-class exceptions under Zhuang Fei cannot be quoted to Battier, in fact, such a former basically can't sign any good and too good free agents.

"Zhuang, this is a trade offer we just received"

Just when Zhuang Fei was flipping through his dynasty system, the team's general manager Kupchak walked in with a document, and handed this document to Zhuang Fei after walking in front of Zhuang Fei, Zhuang Fei picked up the transaction document and looked at it, this is a trade application sent by the supersonic management, since the team poached Lewis in Zhuang Fei's hands, the relationship between the supersonic management and Zhuang Fei has been good, because they believe that they can get some cheaper from Zhuang Fei. It's just obvious that when he was in the Timberwolves, he chose to trade Lewis and Zhuang Fei had no way to make a passive transaction, and then Zhuang Fei took the initiative and the supersonic didn't get other benefits, but even so, Zhuang Fei's relationship with the team's management is still good, after all, Ray Allen and Lewis, the two leading players of the supersonic Speeds, are very good with Zhuang Fei.

"They want Brian Cook?" Zhuang Fei also pondered for a while, this team has been lacking interior line since Wenbeck drank and paid for his martial arts, and Lewis is now playing small forward in the SuperSonics. And this year, this team picked up the Brazilian potential center Arroyo who Zhuang Fei didn't want in the draft, and this time, this team is still missing a big forward, obviously, this team has a crush on last year's first-round rookie Brian Cook, and the offer they came up with is also last season's first-round rookie Dundee Jones, this last season's bench guard can only contribute less than two points per game, which is worse than Brian Cook, Cook can average 2 points per game.

"Zhuang. What do you think? I would recommend rejecting the deal, Cook is still a little lacking in ability, but he has a lot of potential, and with him gone, we really have Webber alone. It's going to be too difficult, and if Webb gets injured, we won't even have an inside line," Kupchak said to Zhuang Fei with some concern, when he received the offer. He has been trembling in his heart, because Zhuang Fei is now called a 'swingman madman' by many people and many media, as long as he is the second or third swing person, he will not refuse. Obviously, the supersonic management thinks so about bailing out the market, Cook is stronger than Dundee Jones in terms of data and potential, as well as the position of the inside, and it is obvious that the supersonic are ready to come over and rob when Zhuang Fei has a penchant for collecting swing people.

"Accept it, accept the supersonic offer, I think this deal is good" Zhuang Fei smiled and said to the Lakers general manager, the general manager was directly speechless, which was what he was most worried about. However, seeing Zhuang Fei's determined eyes again, the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers also sighed helplessly and left, but at this time, after the general manager of the Lakers left, he didn't hear a word from Zhuang Fei talking to himself.

"Do you think Webber is really injured and Cook alone can hold up the Lakers' interior line?"

For Zhuang Fei, Deng Tai Jones trading Cook This is a very good trade Jones can give the Lakers the mobility that Zhuang Fei wants, and in Zhuang Fei's impression, the swing man's defense is also very good, which is enough.

Of course, Zhuang Fei has his own reasons, Kupchak also has his own reasons, he is not the head coach, and he doesn't know what Zhuang Fei wants to do, in fact, for Zhuang Fei, as long as his two assistant coaches know what he wants to do, it doesn't matter to others, now Green is in China with the Chinese team to prepare for this year's Olympics, so now Zhuang Fei only needs Xibodu to know what he wants to do, in this case, although Kupchak has complaints about Zhuang Fei's approach, but he still did what Zhuang Fei ordered, and in fact, the Lakers general manager's action is also very fast, because the next day Brian Cook packed his bags and was ready to leave Los Angeles, and Dundee Jones on the other side had arrived, which also allowed the Los Angeles Lakers and SuperSonics to complete a deal that seemed to be Zhuang Fei was pitted, and with Cook being traded, the original Lakers players are now left with Kobe, Szzebiak and Wharton Jr., Kobe and Szczebiak Zhuang Fei is impossible to move, and Wharton Jr. is also impossible to move, Even if the son of this Lakers celebrity has no effect, the Lakers have to provide for him, at least within the scope of the salary can afford it, and he still needs to be supported. In this case, the Lakers' trade door is effectively closed, so the Cook-Jones trade is also the Lakers' last trade of the summer.

Los Angeles, Lakers training hall, Zhuang Fei is standing next to the team's assistant coach, and then his eyes have been staring at a player on the court, with the arrival of July, there are more and more players who have been terminated in the NBA, and there are more and more free agents, in this case, each team has also started its own training camp, this training camp is for some undrafted rookies and some NBA free agents, the Los Angeles Lakers also have such a training camp, and when the camp starts today, Zhuang Fei saw an acquaintance in the training camp.

"Zhuang, what do you think of him?" Xibodu also pointed to a white team player and asked Zhuang Fei.

"Very good, let him come to my office to find me after the game" Zhuang Fei smiled and said that after Xibodu also nodded slightly, this player recommended by him stayed

Bobby Simmons, an ordinary player who graduated from an ordinary team in a very ordinary college, there are many such players in the United States, their data in college are average, they can't be said to be very bad, but they can't be said to be very good, their performance in college is generally not very bad but they can't be said to be very good, this kind of player is basically selected in the second round when they participate in the NBA draft, or they are abandoned by the NBA after the draft and finally go to play abroad, Bobby Simmons is such a player who was selected in the second round of the 2001 draft, and then was cut directly, and finally found a job with the New York Knicks through a difficult trial, and finally through his own efforts, his performance in the New York Knicks in the past three years is normal, although he can't be popular, and the average of 6 points per game as a substitute last season is also considered passing, but when he thought New York would renew his contract this year, he finally found that New York didn't even give him a chance to negotiate. His agent just put forward the hope that it is enough to have a 2.5 million mini midfielder, who knows that he was directly swept away by the New York Knicks, which can't be blamed on the New York Knicks, now for them 2.5 million is actually 5 million, Jones's role is basically negligible after Van Exel comes, and he doesn't have much of a role, in this case, why waste the last bit of the team's remaining middle-class exception, in this case, this swingman can only leave, In the end, he also came to Los Angeles, in fact, Los Angeles is only his first stop, because there are two teams in Los Angeles, so the chances are also better, and in fact, he has already participated in the trial with the Clippers on the other side.

This was his first day of tryout with the Lakers, and when the training game was over, the swingman was stopped by the assistant coach and said that Zhuang Fei was looking for him, and when he came to Zhuang Fei's office to see the legendary Chinese, he was also a little dreamy, and when Zhuang Fei told him that the Lakers were willing to sign a one-year, 3 million contract with him, the swingman basically nodded without any thought. (To be continued.) )