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When Zhuang Fei and Larry Bird completed this seemingly small deal, Oku also quickly moved out of the villa provided for him by the Boston team, not because of the urging of Zhuang Fei or the management of the Boston Celtics, but the young center really doesn't have much trouble in Boston now, because it is now a vacation period His relatives have already returned to China, and he is the only one who remains in the United States. And because of this year's World Championships, he must also solve all his problems in Boston as soon as possible and then return to China to join the national team, in this case, even if Zhuang Fei wants him to say goodbye to some teammates or others, there is no time.

For Zhuang Fei, Oku is his disciple who comes and goes in a hurry, for the NBA, most players are like Oku, after all, not all players are not the team's non-purchases, and not all role players have the love of fans and the team's eternal trust or even the manager's eternal trust, in this case, the entire NBA is like a huge market, these players are those dazzling goods, and many things are involuntary, but even so, When Oku left, Zhuang Fei still called the Celtics players who were still in Boston to see off their short-lived teammate, and to Zhuang Fei's surprise, Arenas, who were extremely incompatible with each other on the court, was the most emotional in the party to see off Oku, and Zhuang Fei also clearly felt that the Celtics' super substitute was not acting, because the guard was not the kind of character who could act. This also made Zhuang Fei extremely surprised, but after thinking about it a little, he also understood that the more players like Arenas and Oku who performed poorly and the other party performed well, they could really see the difference between the other party and themselves, and in this case, Arenas also admired his teammate for just one year.

After bidding farewell to Oku, Zhuang Fei immediately entered the next step of the team, at which point he needed to propose contract extensions for some of the Boston Celtics' expired contracts.

In fact, because the Celtics already have a lot of old players, most of them had expired when Zhuang Fei came last season, and even the main players like Tony Barty and Eric Williams who did not have expired contracts were sent away by Zhuang Fei, and the only former main player left in the team was Walter McCarty, who has been injured for most of the season. The striker played less than 30 games last season with injuries and suspensions, and the dynastic system's assessment of the player who has been suffering from injuries has fallen below 60 in terms of ability, and it can be said that this is a player who can be completely retired. It's just that although the former Celtic's main player is already in broken health and condition, his contract will not expire until 2004. It's fair to say that the player's contract is a rotten contract within the Celtics.

In addition to Walter McCarty, the team's former point guard and former All-Star Santietta Anderson's contract expires this summer. The guard averaged only 7 minutes per game last season, but he was able to score 3 points and 2 assists in just 7 minutes of playing time, which can be said to have a certain ability, and this 1991 role model is still in Zhuang Fei's plan, after all, the team has no way to select Ridno or Butler in the draft this year, which makes the team's second team can only take the initiative to attack Arenas, and leaving this guard can slightly alleviate such a situation, After all, although this defender is old, he still has the ability to make a certain contribution in a short period of playing time, and Zhuang Fei does not plan to use him for a long time, so that his competitive state can be continued. More importantly, the veteran seems to have no intention of leaving Boston, what position and what data are meaningless for a player of his age, and it is impossible for him to get a good contract for such a performance at this age, in this case, Zhuang Fei is also confident that he can keep him with a veteran contract. …,

Whether it's McCarty or Anderson, both of them have a good problem to solve. McCarty is because of a bad contract, no one wants to be smart and rotten in his hands, and Anderson is because Zhuang Fei wants to keep him, and he himself wants to stay, so there is no other problem with renewing the contract, and in addition to these two people, Mark Blunt, another important player in the Celtics' past, is a little troublesome, this is an interior substitute with an ability of more than 70, and it can be said that he is a very good substitute player. Zhuang Fei hopes to keep him, and his style is very similar to Haslem, if the two can form an inside combination, it can also make the Celtics' second team's mobility and fighting ability without any problems, but although Zhuang Fei hopes to keep him, this is the now only 27-year-old player does not want to stay in the Boston Celtics, in the middle of last season Zhuang Fei made a contract offer to him, and then he rejected it, it can be said that this is an ambitious inside, He is willing to make himself a restricted free agent this summer, and there are really teams willing to give him an offer this summer, it is rumored that the Nuggets are willing to give him a 3-year 5 million contract, in this case Zhuang Fei is unlikely to match the contract of the inside, although the annual salary of this contract is not high, but it is still a bit of luxury to take a player with an annual salary close to 2 million to play the team's fourth or even fifth inside, and it is officially because of this, Zhuang Fei is now very far away, although he may not want to lose this inside line, but in the end he still has to lose this very good inside substitute.

Of course, these three are just important players of the Boston Celtics in the past, free agents like Perasio and Stappenko, who are completely useless to Zhuang Fei, Zhuang Fei also has no intention of giving him a contract at all, these players basically did not play last season, and the most important contract for Zhuang Fei is not these people, but the contract of the team's big forward O'Neal Jr., whose contract will expire next year.

The interior player signed a four-year, $24 million contract with the Trail Blazers that expires next season, and the interior player will become a complete free agent at that time. For the interior lineman, who has been steadily appearing in the All-NBA Third Team and All-NBA Second Team, as long as Zhuang Fei and the Celtics cannot renew his contract this season, there is no contract of more than 1,500 to keep him next season.

Arguably, one of the most important tasks for Zhuang Fei and the Boston Celtics this summer is to keep the interior player. And a good news for Zhuang Fei and his Boston Celtics is that the cronies that Zhuang Fei brought from the Timberwolves are also willing to stay with the Boston Celtics, and his contract does not have too many contract problems, this is his third contract in the NBA, unlike James Posey's second contract when he renewed his contract half a year ago, James Posey's second contract renewal refers to the contract of the team's boss Maddy, and even needs to be the first tier of Maddy's contract. Xiao Ao doesn't need to think about it at all. For most NBA star players, the third contract will definitely need to be much higher than the second.

Of course, although Zhuang Fei doesn't mind giving Xiao Ao a large contract, he must also leave salary space for the team to renew Yao Ming and even other players in two years, and the current Boston Celtics Maddy's contract is close to 12 million. And Jackson is 25 million for 4 years, which is a little more than 6 million per year, and James Posey is 38 million for 4 years, which is also about 9.5 million per year, and the contracts of these three people have reached 28 million. For Zhuang Fei and the Celtics, it is the best choice to be able to control the contracts of the four of them within 40 million, this year's NBA luxury tax trigger bottom line is 56 million, with the continuous increase in NBA profits, it is not a problem at all to reach 60 million in a few years, in this case, even if Yao Ming and Arenas' contracts expire, Zhuang Fei and the Celtics also have enough salary space to renew the contract, and for Boston, when Zhuang Fei signed the contract, The team promised to give Zhuang Fei a luxury tax salary of more than 15 million per year, and the Celtics also promised that if the Celtics could make a profit, they would not take a penny from the Celtics, and completely use the Celtics' profits on the team, in this case, Zhuang Fei will not have the so-called embarrassment of sending players away because of no salary space in the next few years. …,

But even so, for Zhuang Fei and the Celtics, Maddy's third contract needs to be considered in advance. Maddie will inevitably be the top new when he is in the third contract, in this case, Xiao Ao's contract must not exceed 15 million, this is the space for Celtics and Xiao Ao to talk about, the Celtics' reasonable price is between 12 million and 15 million, and the more space there will be salary pressure on the Celtics.

Although this offer can be regarded as a sacrifice for Xiao Ao. But this kind of sacrifice is still within the scope of this player's consideration, so according to the current situation, Zhuang Fei is confident that he can keep Xiao Ao.

Zhuang Fei can be confident that he can keep Xiao Ao, but he is not so optimistic about some other teams that have the same situation as Zhuang Fei, especially the Timberwolves in the free agent disaster area, as the league's current sixth man is considered the best Ginobili, the absolute hero of the Timberwolves' two consecutive championships is extremely popular in the Timberwolves. And his strength is also fully recognized by everyone, whether it is the former head coach of the Timberwolves, Van Gundy, or the current head coach of the Timberwolves, George Carr, it can be said that no team in the entire NBA will give up such a player, but for Ginobili personally, he also hopes to stay, this is his first club and his favorite club, for the Timberwolves he has feelings, He is also willing to sacrifice something for the team like Pierce or Wang Zhizhi, but the price offered by team owner Glenn Taylor half a year ago is too hurtful, and the best sixth man in the league is only worth 11 million for 3 years? This is obviously not a reasonable price, it is obvious that the Timberwolves owner is only a symbolic price, he does not want to renew his contract with Ginobili in advance, he needs to see Ginobili's situation in the summer, he wants to see other teams' offers for this guard, in the current NBA, although the discrimination against international players is not as serious as before, but it is impossible to estimate international players and local players to meet the same standard, especially players like Ginobili who have little commercial value, That's why Glenn Taylor is willing to gamble and throw Ginobili into the free market.

As a businessman, it is not a problem to chase profit or even mercenary after anything, Glen Taylor has always done a good job in this regard, but what he didn't expect was that the Argentine's popularity simply exceeded his imagination, because even a team like the Spurs that was better than him fired the Argentine from a 4-year 25 million contract, you must know that the contract when Ginobili proposed to renew the Timberwolves ahead of schedule was only 4 years and 23 million, Glenn Taylor could have pushed the price down if he wanted to, but in the end, the Timberwolves owner did choose to look at the situation, and in this case, it was obvious that he would need to hemorrhage if he wanted to keep Ginobili.

And what's even more tragic is that George Carl stayed in the Timberwolves when he stayed with Ginobili is one of the conditions, it can be said that the Timberwolves owner does not have too many choices, if he does not keep Ginobili, he will offend Carl when Carl has not yet taken office, and at the same time offend Carl, he will also offend Timberwolves fans, but if he stays Ginobili, he needs to bleed heavily, and finally the somewhat stingy Timberwolves owner dragged it up again.

And Bowen, who has the same situation as Ginobili in the Timberwolves, his problem is easy to solve, Karl gave him a 4-year 11 million contract extension on July 1, and the guard also accepted it directly, for this guard who basically has no other skills except for three points, other teams in the league can't look down on it, this is a player who can only be a player, if he is poached to play as a substitute, he has to provide a 3 million contract for a substitute every year.

Now in addition to Ginobili's contract, the league also has the Hornets' Byron Davis and the Kings' McBibby, but just when these people are making a fuss, the Boston Celtics announced in a high-profile manner that they have completed a 5-year, 65 million contract extension with the team's forward Xiao O. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )