NBA Backer King Chapter 324

   Chapter 324 Iron Man for Big Bug

   The next day, Phoenix continued to celebrate, and for three consecutive days, the entire city was plunged into a sea of ​​festivities.

   On the morning of the 14th, Hoxman officially represented Wang Tiejun and negotiated a contract renewal with the Suns management.

   On the morning of the 16th, the Suns held a media conference. Witnessed by dozens of media and TNT TV, they signed a new contract with Wang Tiejun.

   After the announcement of the contract amount, the world was immediately shocked.

   "Old K, congratulations, you guy, you have to treat such a big contract."

   Buckley immediately called Pharaoh on the phone after seeing the TV news, and his tone was full of envy and hatred.

   "Haha, Charles, where are you?" Pharaoh asked.

   "Just got back to Houston, ready to go to Miami tomorrow with the big dream, Michael asked us to play golf there." Barkley said.

   "Jordan? Does he want to poach you?" Pharaoh asked.

   "I'm afraid it's not me, it's a big dream. The Bulls lost to the Suns because they lost a good center, not a power forward." Barkley said indifferently.

   Anyway, he already has a ring, and he has no big pursuit in the next season, just to make money, he doesn't care whether the big dream goes away.

After    and Barkley ended the call, Pharaoh got another call from O'Neal.

   "Old K, tell me quickly, how did you get that contract?" O'Neal shouted enviously.

   "I told the boss that I was going to the Lakers, and he immediately gave me a big contract, that's all." Pharaoh said with a smile.

   "Damn, I'll say the same thing next year. Hey, boss, give me a big contract of 100 million yuan and an annual salary of tens of millions, or I will go to the Lakers, to the Lakers." O'Neal said excitedly.

   "Then I wish you the best of luck." Old Wang smiled.

   Then he received a lot of calls, and Zhang Lili also called to congratulate him, and made an interview time by the way.

   At this time, Jordan has come to Miami, where he is going to take a one-month vacation, as well as some business activities, and then return to Chicago for additional training to maintain his state.

  David Frank also came along. The two got news from the media and were stunned when they learned that Old K had signed the most expensive contract in history.

   "David, can I get a contract like this next year?"

   Frank thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Michael, your age is an obstacle, and the Bulls will not be able to give you another long-term contract unless you promise to reduce your annual salary."

   "What about the other teams?" Jordan asked immediately.

   He doesn't have the idea of ​​sticking to the Bulls. The contract represents worth and status. Old K got such a big contract. If his contract is small, doesn't it mean that his status is not as good as that of old K? This is unbearable for him who wants to win even when he drinks water, peeing and walking.

"Don't worry, Michael, even if you can't get a long-term contract, the Bulls have already promised you a short-term contract of 20 million yuan. With your current state, there is no problem with getting such a contract in a row." David Frank said .

  Jordan snorted coldly, even if he received an annual salary of 20 million in a row, it would not be as big as Old K's contract. A long-term contract represents the team's recognition of the player.

   It's just that he is still calm and knows his age. There is no way to change this, so he doesn't bother with this issue anymore.

   "You urge K Martial Arts Hall for me, and arrange a massage therapist for me as soon as possible." He thought for a while and exhorted.

"OK."

   "There is no doubt that this is the most expensive contract in NBA history, and Sun King has become the most expensive superstar in the league." The New York Times.

   "The total amount is as high as nearly 200 million US dollars. According to the statistics of the four major commercial sports leagues in the United States, this is also the most expensive contract, so the old K has become the most valuable star in the four major sports leagues." The Washington Post.

   "There is no doubt that old K is already the most expensive sports superstar in the United States." Los Angeles Daily.

   "Super contract over team value, the Suns are making a big bet on the future." Miami Sports News.

  The major media almost use the same words, such as the most expensive, the most valuable and so on.

   "6+1, under the leadership of the Sun King, we will create a great Sun Dynasty." Phoenix Sports News.

   "We'll be regulars at the Finals for the next seven years." Arizona Telegraph.

   Unlike the envy and jealousy of the media in other regions, the media in Phoenix is ​​full of enthusiasm, full of congratulations.

  This contract has a great impact on the media, but the impact is even greater on athletes, especially NBA players.

"I can't imagine what this contract will bring to this league. Players will no longer focus on the court. They only want a big contract. I think the current salary cap is too high. It's high, it should be lowered." Mosaic team owner Alexander complained to the media.

   Like him, the owner of the Spurs, Peter Holt, who has just taken over the team for less than two years, said dissatisfiedly in the face of the media: "Such a contract will make this league full of money."

   However, the attitude of the two bosses was not supported. Many media have ridiculed it, and many stars also disagreed with their statement.

  Even, Mosaic's Optimus Prime Olajuwon personally stood up against his own boss. He faced a reporter from the Houston Chronicle and said:

"The NBA is a commercial sports league, don't talk about money and love with you? If you want to lower the salary cap, it's better to disband the league. Some people should go and do something serious, don't waste my time, and then I won't accompany you if you drag it on.

   By the way, I'm in a hurry today, so let's stop here, I have an appointment with Michael Barkley to play golf, and we'll be leaving soon. "

   "This bastard!"

  Alexander was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

   There is nothing he can do. The big dream cannot be let go. If the big dream is let go, Mosaic's football market will shrink by half, and he will lose blood.

   He took over the team in order to sell tickets to make money, not to lose money. Now that the stars are going to run, who would watch a few role players play, if the tickets are not sold, they will definitely lose money, and the pain cannot be stopped.

In the past two seasons, under his miserliness, the Mosaic team has not used up the annual salary cap, and for two consecutive years, he has drawn a lot of money from the team's operating income into his own pocket, and now he has to pay out, Really very reluctant.

   And the salary cap will go up by at least six or seven million dollars next season, which will cost him money, as if cutting his flesh.

   At noon that day, the Phoenix Suns officially announced that they hired Brian Colangelo as the team's general manager and Jerry Colangelo as the team president.

In the afternoon, Colangelo Jr. began to perform his duties as general manager, first notifying Danny Manning's agent, expressing his attitude that the team would not renew the contract, and then meeting with Drexler and his agent .

  The two sides have communicated by phone, and Drexler's idea is that if the Suns can give him a long-term contract, then he will stay, if not, he can only leave. And he is already a completely free agent, and the Suns have no binding force on him.

   Jr. Colangelo has offered a two-year contract of 10 million yuan, but this does not meet Drexler's expectations for a new contract. He hopes to get a contract of at least three years and 20 million yuan. The difference is a bit big.

  In the end, the two sides broke up peacefully, and glider Clyde Drexler announced his departure from the Suns and entered the free market.

   As for the sign-and-trade, that doesn't exist, it's a way of trading for people who are not completely free, and gliders are completely free people.

After the news of    was announced, the first person to contact him was Da Meng.

   "Brother, come to Houston, right now."

   "Hakim, don't mess with me, you're going to Chicago to hug Jordan's thigh, why am I going to Houston?" Drexler said angrily.

   He and Jordan are mortal enemies. They have been targeted by Jordan for more than ten years, and their relationship is very bad. It is not very comfortable to hear that Da Meng may go to the Bulls.

   "Who said I want to hug Jordan's thigh? If I want to hug my thigh, I might as well go to the Suns, I'm going to the Suns, and I will still sweep the Bulls next season." Da Meng said angrily.

  Drexler heard that, what Big Dream said was right. He and Old K teamed up with the insider, that is, the universe is invincible!

   "What does your boss mean?" he asked.

  Da Meng said excitedly: "No problem, he promised to take the money."

   "Do you still have room now?" the glider asked.

   He is a free man. If he wants to join the Mosaic team, it is not a problem of the boss not being able to pay, but first of all, there is a problem of space.

Speaking of this, Da Meng said very angrily: "Damn Alexander! Clyde, you don't know, we don't have no space, we always have space, my contract with Barkley is not big, the boss is reluctant to pay, Our salary cap has never been used up."

"what?"

  Drexler almost bit his tongue, doesn't the owner of the Mosaic team want to win the championship, even the salary cap is not used up?

   He thought about it and said, "Well, Hakim, I'm waiting for the agent's news. If the Mosaic team wants to recruit me, they should call."

   "Okay, let's do this first." Big Dream said.

   "Don't hang up yet, Hakim, your contract ends next year, right?" Glider asked.

   "Yeah, what do you want to know?" Da Meng asked.

   Glider asked: "I mean, if I do go back to Houston and the salary cap space is no problem next season, what if you want to renew next season?"

   "You don't have to worry about this, we'll fight next season first. Anyway, your contract is in hand, it won't affect you, right?" Da Meng said.

  Drexler is right when he thinks about it. Anyway, he has a ring now. As long as he gets a pension contract in Houston, the contract that Dameng will renew in the future has nothing to do with him.

  Suns headquarters, Colangelo Jr. is contacting Spurs general manager Popovich to talk to him about the Big Worm trade.

  Popovich was born in the army, advocates discipline, and has extremely strict requirements on players, while Rodman is a player with a free and unrestrained personality. The two have completely different personalities, which can be described as incompatible.

  Rodman proposed to renew his contract early last year, but Popovich refused to agree because the big bug was not in his lineup plan at all.

   After this season is over, Big Worm only has one year left on his contract, and it's time to trade, otherwise he won't even think about getting a dime back.

The chip he wants is a first-round pick, but the headache is that Big Bug's reputation has long been rotten. After releasing the news for so long, there are not many teams asking for the news. Occasionally someone asks, and the chips are also Very low, at most one second-round pick, whether he loves it or not, this makes his psychological bottom line slide down step by step, almost to the point where he just wants to send away the big bug.

   It's not that he doesn't want to change something back, it's because continuing to keep Big Bugs on the team hurts the Spurs too much.

Big Bug often does not participate in training, has a very poor training attitude, and does not cooperate on the field. He goes his own way, and there are lace news every day, which has seriously affected the atmosphere of the team and caused considerable obstacles to his management work, which forces him now. Eager to trade worms.

   Just now, he received a call from Bulls general manager Jerry Krause about the Big Worm trade, which made him very happy.

   It's just that the chips are really small, and the Bulls are only willing to pay for backup center Viperdo.

   Obviously, the Bulls wanted to pick up a leak, but Popovich was eager to get rid of the thorn, and verbally agreed to the deal, as long as the deal window opened, the deal could be completed.

   But as soon as he put down the phone, he received a call from Colangelo Jr., the new general manager of the Suns.

   "Hello, Mr. Popovich, I'm Brian Colangelo, and I'm here for a deal."

   "Hello, Mr. Colangelo, what do you want from me?"

  The time was tight, and the two of them went straight to the topic without any nonsense.

   "Rodman, I heard that you don't want that thorn anymore? We're going to try, if it doesn't work, we'll give up." Little Colangelo said.

  Popovich's pockmarked face twitched, and he pointed his thorns. This was telling him, don't open your mouth, everyone knows what a big bug is.

He wanted to hang up the phone, because the Suns were so crazy in the past season, they swept the championship in four rounds, an unprecedented record, and finally even the Bulls swept, this kind of team, and it was a Western team, as the Spurs The general manager of this team that is rushing to the championship, it is impossible for the Suns to complete the reinforcements on him. If he wants the Suns to complete the reinforcements, will the Spurs still have a chance to rush out of the West?

   But on second thought, the Suns have let go of the glider, which means that the reconstruction has begun, which means that the current Suns are no longer the Suns, and the threat is not so terrifying.

   And the big bugs and few people asked, it is very destructive to the Spurs' locker room. If you throw it to the Suns, maybe it can also destroy the Suns' locker room?

  Thinking of this, he decided to listen to the Suns' chips and said, "What are you willing to pay then?"

   "You don't have a main power forward, so do you want Iron Man?" said Colangelo Jr.

   "AC Green?"

   Hearing the name, Popovich couldn't help but feel happy, but then frowned.

   The two are in the same position, so they are indeed the most suitable, and AC Green is a player he likes very much. He is disciplined and has good strength. He has rebounds, offense and defense, so he is very suitable to stay with the general.

  The important thing is that Green has played all year round and played 82 games this season, averaging 33 minutes per game. Although he is 32 years old, he has only missed three games since entering the league for ten seasons. He is a real iron man.

Moreover, if the Suns trade the Iron Man, the offensive ability of the inside line will be reduced, and the ability to pull off will be gone. After getting the big bug, it will increase the chance of Old K being double-teamed in the low post. Regarding the Suns' combat power, he thinks that Not an improvement, but a decline.

The big bug will definitely improve the quality of the Suns' rebounding, but he will also occupy the space of the old K, and will grab a lot of the old K's rebounds, so the big bug is in the Suns, the Suns' rebounding is not 1+1=2 , at most 1+1 is greater than 1.

Taking all into consideration, he thinks that the Suns will trade Green for Big Worm. Between the gains and losses, if the destructive power of Big Worm in the locker room is counted, it will not be a bargain. Otherwise, he will not trade for a player who averages 16 rebounds per game. King of rebounds.

   "How much is left on his contract?" he asked.

   Little Colangelo was overjoyed. Obviously, Popovich was moved. He hurriedly said: "There is only a one-year contract for next season, 6.47 million."

   "One year?"

  Popovich groaned.

   There is no doubt that AC Green is ten times better than the Bulls' Peldo. He has already put the verbal agreement he just reached with Krause behind him and started to consider a deal with the Suns.

   A one-year contract, with the Spurs' current salary space, is affordable.

   And using this deal, you can also clean up a few unnecessary contracts and free up salary space.

   "Mr. Popovich, we only need Rodman and the Spurs' second-round pick next year. You can match the remaining shortfalls at will, and cash can also be used." At this time, Colangelo Jr. said.

   "NO, I won't trade the pick." Popovich refused without hesitation.

   Even if it's a second-round pick, he doesn't want to throw it out. Sometimes he can find treasures in the second round. He doesn't want to miss the opportunity, let alone the 1996 draft?

  Little Colangelo opened the Spurs' lineup list, and at a glance, he would not give what he wanted, and he did not want the rest, so he asked, "So, what can you give me?"

   Popovich casually recited three names, all of whom were marginal to the team, and the contract with the Big Worm could add up to six million dollars.

   Little Colangelo didn't want to say any more. Popovich was not very good at trading, and said, "I don't want your people. Let's just exchange it, and you will make up for some of our cash."

  Popovich did not achieve the purpose of cleaning the space. Although he was a little disappointed, the deal was much better than that of the Bulls, so he agreed.

   However, the transaction window has not been opened, and transactions can only be conducted in early July. Now it is only a verbal agreement and will not be announced to the public.

   Only Popovich notified the Bulls that the verbal agreement just reached was cancelled.

   "Who is this **** Popovich hooking up with again? No credibility at all." Jerry Krause hung up the phone and said angrily.

   If he can't get the big bug, he has to find another way. The transaction is like this, you can't get it if you want, and he has no confidence to complete the reinforcement of the team. Everything depends on the opportunity.

   At this time, his phone rang. It was a cell phone. Seeing that it was from David Frank, he quickly connected.

   (end of this chapter)

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