At 00:00 on July 1, this is the official opening time of the NBA free market, although the Spurs hope that Li Yang can contact Li Yang as soon as the free market opens, however, Li Yang still arranged the meeting time between the two sides at 8:00. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

From 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., four hours of time, Li Yang arranged to meet with the management of the four teams, in the order of Spurs, Hawks, Pelicans, and Celtics.

The last two seasons have been in the Spurs, and Li Yang likes the atmosphere of the whole team very much, and the Spurs get along very well from the management to the players, and Li Yang's achievements are also obtained in the Spurs, so no matter what Li Yang decides, before that, he wants to hear the thoughts of the Spurs, and he put the Spurs in the first team he meets.

Hawks head coach Budenholzer is the former head coach of the Spurs, and Li Yang has received a lot of guidance from the other party in his first season, and Li Yang is arranged to be in second place in the meeting with the Hawks.

On the Pelicans' side, Anthony Davis has called Li Yang in advance, and this time the Pelicans in addition to the general manager and head coach, Davis also came to San Donio with him, hoping to use the friendship between the two to lobby Li Yang to join the Pelicans, so Li Yang also arranged the Pelicans' meeting in the third place.

As for the Celtics, although they have always expressed interest in Li Yang before, this team, one of the greatest teams in the history of the league, has not come up with too many things to impress Li Yang for the time being, but since the other party's management has also come to San Toonio, Li Yang naturally wants to see it, so it is ranked last among the four teams.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Li Yang and the Spurs management began to meet on time, because Li Yang had to meet with the other three teams later, so he and Bill Duffy chose the address not in the Spurs arena, but in a nearby hotel.

RC-Buford, Popovich, Duncan, this is the lineup that the Spurs came to meet with Li Yang, from the lineup alone, the Spurs obviously attach great importance to this meeting with Li Yang, the first two are the absolute rulers of the team, Duncan is the soul of the Spurs, this is the best lineup that the Spurs can play.

"Young, first of all, we have to thank you for your contribution to the team's two consecutive championships, your performance in key moments was an important factor in the team's ability to make team history and win two consecutive championships, you are the team's MVP. ”

RC Buford is obviously a very clever negotiator, and he first complimented Li Yang as soon as he came up, which also reminded Li Yang of his two glorious years at Spurs.

"No, I should say thank you to me, the Spurs brought me into the NBA, allowed me to be one of the best basketball players in the world, gave me the opportunity to show myself in the NBA, and was able to win the highest honors of basketball players, all of which I will remember. ”

Li Yang also said with great emotion at this moment, indeed, as a member of the Austin Bulls, it seems natural for Li Yang to be favored by the Spurs after showing his strength. However, Li Yang knew very well that the Spurs were not indispensable at that time, and the Spurs did not necessarily have to bring themselves into the NBA, but in the end, the Spurs did it and brought themselves into the NBA, which is the luck of the Spurs, and this is also Li Yang's own luck.

If Li Yang is not brought into the NBA, it is really difficult to say whether the Spurs will win two consecutive championships, and if Li Yang is not in the Spurs after entering the NBA, but in other teams, it is not too easy to get the honor he has now.

Not every team has Popovich, who can completely match Li Yang's ability with the team's tactics, not every team has an excellent shooting coach like Chip England to help Li Yang improve his shooting ability, and it is not just a team that can enter the finals twice in a row and win two championships, making Li Yang the second youngest Finals MVP in history.

So at this moment, whether the Spurs are grateful to Li Yang, or Li Yang is grateful to the Spurs, it should be.

"Young, I think you have to admit that the Spurs' fantastic coaching staff has helped you grow. ”

RC Buford spoke again at this time, and Li Yang nodded immediately after listening, which he did admit that although the talent of this body is indeed extremely good, but the excellent training of the Spurs is indeed a very important reason why he can make such rapid progress.

"Spurs have the best coaching staff in the league, they have the best locker room atmosphere in the league, and there are enough great players here to help you continue to grow and help you become one of the best players in the league......

RC Buford continued to speak at this time, and at this moment, Bill Duffy directly interrupted and said: "But if Young continues to stay with the Spurs, what is his position? Sixth man? I talked to Young before, and we all want Young to stop playing just as the team's sixth man. ”

Bill Duffy, who is well versed in negotiation, knows that RC Buford can't keep the pace of the talks under control, so he directly threw out a very sharp question at this time, in the Spurs' existing system, Li Yang is indeed the most suitable to play as the sixth man, and this is an important reason why the outside world generally believes that Li Yang will leave the Spurs.

"The Spurs have Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green, and the duo is very mature, are you willing to keep Young and trade Kawhi out?"

"We're not going to trade Kawai. RC Buford shook his head and said that Kawhi Leonard is Popovich's favorite young player in the team right now, his temperament is very similar to the Spurs' low-key style, and Popovich even likes to compare him to Duncan a lot of the time, which is not something to hide.

"However, it's not without a solution, we can have Young start with Kawai and Danny, who have started together a lot of games in the game, and it worked really well, and the POP coaching staff was able to find ways for them to be compatible together, such as using a big four small lineup. ”

Speaking of which, RC Buford paused for a moment and then continued: "And, although we don't want to admit it, Tim, Manu and even Toni are entering the late stages of their careers, and we would love to have the three of them stay in the team, but we also know that the three will leave the team in the future, and we need to have someone who is the absolute core of the team, and Young, you will be the most suitable person." ”

Both RC Buford and Popovich know that Li Yang is an ambitious person, just like he is not willing to be the sixth man, Li Yang is not willing to be just an ordinary player of the team, Li Yang also hopes to become the absolute core of the team, so at this moment RC Buford once again threw out an important bargaining chip, that is, to become the successor of GDP.

Hearing RC Buford's words, Li Yang raised his head and was about to speak, when Duncan on the side suddenly said: "Yang, if necessary, I can immediately announce my retirement." ”

As soon as Duncan's words came out, the room was shocked.