"yes, they do have ideas for Vince, and I think it's not just Orlando, Vince deserves a big contract from every team, and his ability makes all of that, but at the moment our number one target is New Jersey, and Vince is having a great time here." Carter's agent, Shople, said in an interview with the New Jersey Star that night.

And last offseason Vince. Carter once discussed with the New Jersey Nets on the issue of contract renewal, but in the end it was unsuccessful, and the Nets have been trying to reach a contract extension with Carter this past season, but Carter's 3-year asking price of 60 million discouraged the Nets, and the contract renewal also fell into an impasse.

The Orlando Magic, which now has more than 20 million salary space, undoubtedly echoes Carter's request in terms of salary space and team strength. Smith didn't shy away from it, but generously admitted that the team approached Carter.

"I flew to New York, Vince is the one we think he is, and his addition will make Orlando a more competitive team, but it's just the initial contact, and this is the NBA and I think everyone should know that contact doesn't mean success, but we're going to keep going, and I think our sincerity will impress Vince."

But in Otis. It is absolutely impossible for Smith to give Carter a contract of 20 million, although Carter's overall statistics of 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game this past season are the top in the league, but Carter is 30 Otis after all. Smith wasn't stupid enough to be willing to help Carter retire.

In addition, once the annual salary of 1,000 to 20 million is used to bring in Carter, it will greatly limit the operation of the Magic in other aspects, after all, the team has to renew Grant's contract. Hill and Darko. Milicic, in addition to this, needs to add some quality substitutes. So Otis. Smith wanted to keep the price as low as possible. However, his first contact with Schaupler was not very successful.

Schupler not only did not agree, but insisted that the Magic give Carter a four-year, 80 million contract. In the end, the first negotiations between the two sides broke down directly.

Carter, as the biggest name in the free market this offseason, has been favored by many teams in addition to the Magic, and Shaquille, the core of the defending champion Miami Heat, who was swept out of the playoffs. O'Neal was fined for publicly courting Carter before the end of the season, and now O'Neal has once again handed Carter an olive branch at the end of the season.

As Carter's owner, the New Jersey Nets also tried to actively negotiate a contract extension with Carter. Carter is on vacation in Hawaii and has not made any direct comments, and has not even decided whether to jump out of Zuihou's one-year contract.

At this time, the famous American gossip "TMZ" reported that Carter and his wife Allen's divorce negotiations that lasted for 33 months were still deadlocked, and the unfavorable divorce was also the main reason why Carter's contract renewal was unsuccessful, because Carter did not renew the contract before the divorce, then the income will have Allen's share. And Carter didn't want to do that, so he kept avoiding renewing his contract.

"Damn, we can't just put our minds on Vince. Carter, if he drags on too long, a good player on the free market is signed by someone else, then we won't get anything. ”

Otis. Smith patted the table and said that he didn't take into account the divorce of Carter and his wife at first, and now that he knows the news, he has to be cautious, and he doesn't want the Magic to end up doing nothing by waiting for Carter throughout the offseason.

The day before the draft, Otis. Smith flew to Los Angeles and Gerrard. Wallace's agent meets.

At the same time, various trade rumors are flying, and Linsen's former boss Kevin . Garnett made it clear that he wanted to leave the Timberwolves: "I don't know how many years I'm going to have to wait, I'm not young anymore, I know where I am. I'm coming to the end of my career.

I wanted a championship instead of an endless wait, and at first I saw hope. But Wood. Lin is gone, the original hope is a phantom again, I don't see the hope of the team, I'm leaving, I've been here for eleven years, my loyalty is not going to be diminished by leaving Minnesota, it's time for me to leave. ”

Although Garnett has been rumored to leave the team for the past two years, this is the first time Garnett has clearly stated his thoughts, and the team that was originally interested in Garnett has become active again.

The Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, New Jersey Nets, and Houston Rockets all welcomed the game. Bryant pressed the palace again.

"This is our chance, I'm the same as KG I don't know what to wait for, I've missed a lot of people don't want to miss it anymore, I think we should act instead of being a spectator, either reinforcement or let me go, I also want the O'Brien Cup instead of being a spectator every year in June."

In the middle of the past season and before the season, the Lakers had reached an agreement with the Nets and the Timberwolves, but in the end, they were reluctant to accept Anzu, the little shark, because of the Lakers' uniform team. Bynum and blown.

Kobe's attitude has always been obvious, and he wants the uniform team to strengthen the team at any cost, even if it costs half a team, so that the relationship with Bynum was strained at one point.

But then "Basket Shijie" expert commentator Eric . Pixar published an article arguing that the Lakers must be cautious in pursuing Garnett, and cannot be too "generous".

"KG does have a lot of possibility of leaving, the Lakers are also the legendary Wolves King's favorite team, but the price code is a big problem, the starting point of the Lakers may be Odom Gabynum, such a price code is obviously not enough to satisfy the Timberwolves, in fact, this price code is enough but can not satisfy the desire of the Minnesota uniform team.

It's clear that Minnesotans think they're using Wood. Lin got a whole bunch of great players, but now they've gone from being a laughing stock to a laughing stock for their clever decisions, so they're looking to make a big deal out of KG.

Bryant + KG looks perfect, they are both the top players in the league, but basketball is a five-player sport, and having Kobe Bryant and Garnett means that the Lakers can go further than next season, but if you want to win a championship, you have to have the right supporting role. Even if you can put Mike. James, Ricky. Davis or Jarich. None of this was enough to make Bryant and KG the overall champions.

So the fantasy team built around Bryant and KG is just a hypothetical. But it's a bit unworthwhile to give up two important players for the sake of this hypothesis.

The Lakers actually have more options, the key is Bynum's value, his youth and talent, combined with some other players, are enough to trade for Gasol or O'Neal Jr.

Is it a Lamar. Odom + Paul. Gasol, or Lamar + O'Neill Jr. will definitely be worse than a KG? If you can trade Lamar and others for Jason. Kidd or Mike. What about a point guard like Bibby?

So let's calm down in Los Angeles first! ”

At the same time, the big-name players who were not able to leave the team in the past season, such as O'Neal Jr. of the Indiana Pacers and Paul of the Memphis Grizzlies. Gasol, supersonic thunder. Allen, Boston Celtics Paul. Pierce, New Jersey Nets' Jason. Kidd, Sacramento Kings have player options for Mike. Bibby made a call for a deal.

And in addition to the free market, there is Chauncey. Billups, Vince. Carter, Rashard. Lewis, Gerrard. A-list stars like Wallace, as well as Anderson. Valejo, Andes. Nochioni, Morris. Williams, James. Posey, Antonio. McDyce, Morris. A practical player like Peterson, a player like that is undoubtedly what a championship team would want to have.

And Orlando Magic's Grant. Hill and Darko, who is coveted by countless teams. Milicic.

This summer is destined to be extraordinary. It is also destined to be stormy.

All the curtain will be completely opened with the arrival of the draft, which ended the night before the draft with Phil. Jackson meets with Linson and Stan. Van Gundy followed Otis. Smith traveled to New York to prepare for the draft.

On this night, the Houston Rockets took the lead in kicking off the offseason with general manager Daryl Brown, who had been in office for less than four months. Morey will have Zhu Wan, who is called the second uncle of Huo in the team. Howard was sent to Minnesota in exchange for former Timberwolves guard Mike Brown. James and forward Justin. Reed.

The Detroit Pistons sent their backup Argentine guard Delfino to the Raptors in exchange for two second-round picks in 2009 and 2010, both of which will take effect when the trade market opens on July 3.

The two not-so-large transactions were like cold water dripping into boiling water, and the market boiled at once, and at this time, Lin Sen's home welcomed an important guest.

"KG, you know what I think, I appreciate you for taking care of me, and I have an idea today in addition to inviting you to dinner."

"What thoughts?" Garnett looked at Lin Sen in front of him. Lin Sen's growth was completely unexpected by him, and he still remembers his attitude before he met Lin Sen and his attitude after meeting him for the first time.

"Would you like to come to Orlando?"

Garnett stared at Lin Sen: "Are you sure you're not joking?" ”

"It's not." Although Linsen is very willing to come to Orlando in his heart. For Garnett's level, Linson believes that as long as Garnett joins, Orlando will be qualitatively upgraded, but a big problem is that there is no very suitable price code, and Linsen does not want Milicic to leave as a price code.

It was Otis who made the decision to invite Garnett. Smith and Stan. Van Gundy two, it turned out that they didn't think about Garnett at all, but after a temporary stalemate on Carter's side, Otis . Smith saw the report before he got the idea.

Although the Daktronics. Milicic's future is limitless, but there is no doubt about the gap compared to Garnett, if Garnett can be traded with Howard, then the strength of this interior line is definitely enough to go sideways in the league.

Milicic has shown strength in the playoffs this season and is still young, which is a good option for the Timberwolves who want to write off, of course, in addition to Milicic, to balance this deal Magic will need to pay almost 12 million contracts, but this will not be easy to achieve.

But Otis had an idea. Smith decided to let Lin Sen try it out to see if there was a possibility.

So Lin Sen just spoke, and Lin Sen looked at Garnett who was frowning and thinking.

"Honestly, the idea tickles my heart, and I love playing with you, but do you think it's realistic? And you're willing to let me be the boss and you be the second in charge? Even if you wanted, do you think the Timberwolves would still trade Orlando today? They are under a lot of pressure on your trading. The point is, you don't have the right price yet. Let's talk about that. Today we are going to catch up with pure friends. ”

Lin Sen Garnett's words were undoubtedly a kind of refusal, and Lin Sen didn't say anything more, but used his own craftsmanship to entertain Garnett.

"You're going to sleep here today."

"I'm sleeping here? I said, why are you alone today, it turns out that you are alone tonight. Garnett quipped with a laugh.

Carolina and Natalie. Portman didn't come to New York with Lin Sen because of his work, so Lin Sen was temporarily alone tonight.

"For your pitiful sake, I promise you, but now it's time to rest a little early, how about we go to the bullfight?"

"Of course it's fine, but you're not allowed to play with your back."

"I can win you without a single fight." Garnett said with a smile.

"Cut, you just blow it!" Lin Sen shot back disdainfully.

This mansion is not Lin Sen's original home. Instead, he spent $7 million in the second half of the year to buy another one, in addition to spending $7 million in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

The mansion now has 8 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, an above-ground wine storage center with a capacity of 1,000 bottles, and a large indoor parking garage of 5,000 feet, in addition to an indoor theater for 100 people, an outdoor basketball court, as well as a billiards room, an outdoor swimming pool, and a gym.

When night fell, the uniformed crew also entered Zuihou's sprint, and Garnett, who was one step away from Linsen's bedroom, also received Kevin. McHale's phone, turning it off, Garnett stood in front of the window and looked out the window and sighed.

June 28, 2007, the day of the 2007 draft.

The eyes of the whole United States and even all shijie basketball fans are on the Madison Square Garden in New York on this day.

And all kinds of trade rumors have reached unprecedented levels, and Memphis, who is trying to get the first pick to draw Oden and rebuild, ended up being a joke. With no hope of getting Oden, the Memphis Grizzlies made an offer to Milicic for four years and $32 million an hour before the draft began.

An hour later, Madison Square Garden hosted the 2007 Draft.

In the makeshift draft meeting room of each uniform group, the phone rang non-stop. The Orlando Magic, who only have one second-round 12 and second-round 26 picks, are also preparing for Zuihou.

"Damn Memphis!" Otis. Smith hung up the phone hard.

"What's wrong?" Stan. Van Gundy asked.

"The Memphis guys made an offer to Darko." Otis. Smith gritted his teeth tightly, and at this time Smith was a little annoyed that he didn't act sooner, and he always thought that Milicic's agent was also David. Falck's contract extension will definitely not be able to run.

But at this time, he realized that the agent is an agent and does not represent the player's consciousness, after all, the player also plays and works for 4 years, and the contract of 3200 is not big but definitely not small, and the Memphis Grizzlies are destined to rebuild, so the Grizzlies must have signed Milicic for reconstruction, and the status given to him must be higher than that of the Magic, so Otis. Smith was worried that Milicic would be tempted.

Although Smith also considered signing Milicic with a similar contract and then trying to trade the Timberwolves, the premise of signing this contract was for Garnett, and now he knows that Garnett rejected him, so on this basis he wants to sign Milicic for the smallest possible price, after all, the team also wants to strengthen other aspects.

"How big of a contract did they offer?" Stan. Van Gundy immediately asked.

"32 million in 4 years, Zuihou also has a player option for a year." Otis. Smith said coldly.

Lin Sen, who was looking at the draft list on the side, raised his head and said: "Actually, we can match, but we also have to look at Darko's attitude, maybe Darko will agree to us to renew the contract with a lower offer than this contract, after all, he is very happy here, and we are stronger than Memphis." ”

"It's definitely going to be done, but I didn't expect Memphis to be so fast, it looks like we're going to move fast, I've just been contacted by Houston, and they're hoping to get Devin in the first round this year. Brown and our first round pick next year. "Otis. Smith looked at Linson and Stan. Van Gundy said.

Stan. Van Gundy and Linson haven't figured it out yet, Otis. Smith said again: "In addition, the Golden State Warriors also want to get Kailana, and they can fight with Mark. Barnes signs a contract extension and then trades us. ”

"No, it's absolutely impossible, Kailana has limited talent but his hard work is known to all, he is the puzzle that a championship team needs, and Mark. Barnes is a free agent and we have a chance to fight for Weishenme for a one-for-one. "Stan. Van Gundy immediately came up with his idea.

Azubuk is a player he likes very much, so he is reluctant to let him go.

That's when David. Stern stepped onto the stage set up at Madison Square Garden, and everyone stopped talking for a moment and looked at the big screen. (To be continued......)

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