Add One, I Don’t Know How To Fight

June 27, the day of the 2003 NBA Draft.

Most fans are particularly concerned about this draft, known as the "Platinum Generation".

LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh

These young people who were already famous all over the United States before entering the league have become the focus of the basketball world.

Even fans of the Detroit Pistons are paying close attention to this year's draft.

Logically speaking, as the defending champion, things like the draft have nothing to do with the Pistons.

The Pistons did originally have a high-ranking draft pick, but this pick was already traded for Li Ang last summer.

The arrival of Leon brought Detroit its first championship trophy in the 21st century.

Trading a draft pick for a championship is a cost-effective deal no matter how you look at it.

After all, no matter how high the draft pick is, there is no guarantee that he will bring a championship to the team.

Let alone a championship, you don't even know if your high-ranking rookie can play.

Of course, except Danzi, the god of basketball.

Let's put it this way, other people's draft selection is gambling, while Danzi's draft selection is a show of caution.

It's just that Danzi drafts have always followed the principle of "I don't want the best one."

Then why are you laughing? It’s not easy to avoid the correct answer again and again!

Missed Roy and Gay in 2006, missed Lopez, Ibaka and Batum in 2009.

Missed Holiday and Gibson in 2009, missed Bill and Lillard in 2012, and missed McCollum in 2013.

If only two or three of these people hit the mark, his team wouldn't be so bad.

Therefore, the Pistons exchange a high draft pick for a championship. This is a deal that only makes money but does not lose money.

Since the Pistons don't have a high draft pick this year, why are Detroit fans paying so much attention to this draft?

Because there are rumors that Li Ang may be traded in the draft!

These rumors all started after the news spread a few days ago that the contract renewal negotiations between the Pistons and Li Ang broke down.

Not long after the championship parade ended, when the Pistons fans were still immersed in the joy of winning the championship.

ESPN reporters suddenly broke the news that the contract renewal negotiations between the Pistons and Li Ang have reached a deadlock.

At that time, all of Detroit was shocked.

What, what, what is written in this newspaper?

Although everyone knew that this year was Li Ang's contract year, they really didn't expect that a player who had just won the FMVP would encounter problems in renewing his contract.

Moreover, Li Ang also said during the championship parade that the story of the Bad Boys Legion is not over yet.

What the hell, it’s going to end the next day?

Isn’t this more disgusting than the author of the online article?

Don't talk about the fans, even Li Ang himself didn't expect that the slap in the face would come so quickly.

Li Ang said that the story of the Bad Boys Legion is not over yet, mainly because he always thought that there would be no accidents in renewing the contract.

From joining the Pistons to winning the championship, Li Ang never considered renewing his contract at all. Our Lao Li has a clean heart, only the Pistons can win the championship.

As a result, when Bart Stern and Leon happily went to Dumars to sign, they learned that the Pistons had no intention of renewing Leon's contract with the maximum salary.

Bart Stern:? ? ?

At the time, he thought he had heard wrongly.

Does that damn fat guy Dumas know what he's talking about?

Bart Stern was angry at the time, because in his opinion, any offer other than the maximum salary would be extremely humiliating for Leon.

A 24-year-old player who just won FMVP and is in his prime.

You tell me, he can't get the maximum salary?

Where are you going to find another player like this who can move from the No. 1 position to the dugout on his butt?

Bart Stern's confidence in asking for the maximum salary is not groundless. After all, if an agent is blindly confident in his players, it is very likely to happen like Schroeder, who gave away 84 million, but ended up being miserable in the end. Signing for 5.4 million a year.

It is estimated that Xiao Hei wants to kill his agent.

As a well-known professional agent in the NBA, Bart Stern will never be blindly confident. It is impossible for him to make such a stupid mistake.

He is well aware of how popular Li Ang is in the free agent market.

Not to mention anything else, as long as Bart Stern said "I broke up with him", Paxson from Cleveland would rush over and lick Leon wildly.

Paxson: It doesn't matter, as long as you come to Cleveland, it doesn't matter if the child isn't mine! All three of them can be together!

Although Bart Stern didn't want to send Leon to a place like Cleveland where it would take half an hour to drive across the city, it at least proved that Leon was worth the price of the maximum salary.

Our request for a maximum salary is very reasonable.

Of course, Dumas actually wants to keep Li Ang. In his opinion, Li Ang is also worth a maximum salary.

But in the final analysis, he is just a part-time worker. If the boss doesn’t pay, it doesn’t matter what he says.

The task Davidson gave Dumas was to renew Leon's contract at the lowest possible price.

Just like Dumars did with Billups last summer.

But Billups' situation is different from that of Leon.

Billups last summer was eager to find a place to prove himself, so he would accept no matter how low the price was.

As for Li Ang, he has already proven himself and is eager to be respected.

Dumas told Davidson the same thing. What do you think the boss said?

The boss said: "It doesn't cost you money, but it costs your life. You Dumas, if you think my head is worth a few skins, just chop it off and take it for someone else!"

What can Dumas do? He said, boss, I am also the general manager of the defending champion, so I can’t be inferior to a lottery team, right? Isn’t this damaging our team’s brand?

Davidson spread his hands: "I have money. What do I want from you? Since you can win the championship, you have the ability to renew Li Ang's contract. Otherwise, go home and take care of your children. Don't embarrass me here."

Dumas was helpless. Although he had known this would be the case for a long time, he had always harbored fantasies, hoping that Li Ang's performance would make Davidson change his mind.

But with Davidson's current mentality, it is really impossible for him to give a player a maximum salary for five or six years.

After all, he wouldn't know if he was still there five or six years later.

When the time comes, he kicks off his feet, and his wife and children sell the team, and all the money they lose is the colorful US knife music.

Unless the old capitalist is really passionate about it, he will not do this kind of loss-making business casually.

If you are doing business at a loss, can you still call yourself an old capitalist?

And Davidson also said that although Li Ang is FMVP, it does not mean that he is a real superstar.

In his opinion, it was not Li Ang who allowed the Pistons to win the championship, but the Pistons who allowed Li Ang to win the championship.

The Pistons are a team-based team, and everyone is indispensable.

There was no Big Ben's defense, no Billups' tying three-pointer, and no Prince's century-chasing risk.

Can Li Ang win the championship?

If Li Ang sets a precedent and everyone from the Pistons' top five comes to him for a maximum salary, can he survive it?

It's not just that Li Ang doesn't have a maximum salary, every one of the Pistons' five top players is counted, and it's impossible for Davidson to give them a maximum salary.

To be honest, Davidson feels that he has earned a championship and is very satisfied.

Davidson is not particularly eager for two consecutive championships and a dynasty.

After the negotiation broke down on the first day, Li Ang returned home and found that Carolina had prepared a table of dishes to celebrate Li Ang signing the first maximum salary contract of his career.

Li Ang looked at the table full of food and smiled bitterly.

This fairy-tale experience this season has made him think too much about the NBA.

Contract renewal negotiations are never that simple.

A boss like Cuban who forces you to raise your salary is just an exception after all.

What's more, does Cuban love basketball? No, he loves Nowitzki.

If it were another person, Cuban wouldn't be able to do this to him.

In order to put pressure on the Pistons, Bart Stern decided to release the news that contract renewal negotiations were at an impasse.

Because of this, the teams that come to Lao Li for matchmaking will break through the threshold.

This will let the Pistons know what it means to be a talented young man from all over the country and put pressure on the Pistons.

Li Ang also agreed to this plan.

Ever since, the news that Li Ang might leave spread.

As soon as the news spread, naturally there were all kinds of rumors.

The possibility that Li Ang will be traded in the draft is one of the rumors.

Many of them believe that the Raptors may use the draft picks to bring Li Ang back in a sign-and-trade manner.

Because the Raptors now only have Carter, the highest-paid player, they have a lot of salary space. Therefore, even if the salary does not match, Li Ang can still be traded.

So much so that on the day of the draft, Big Ben ran to Li Ang’s house nervously: “You’re not really going to leave, are you!?”

Li Ang shrugged: "At least I can't leave today."

The transfer rumors in the draft are really just rumors.

The Raptors do have room to sign and then trade for Li Ang, but Babcock did not offer the Pistons and Li Ang at all.

Invite Li Ang back to the north again? Isn't this a slap in the face?

This is equivalent to seeing your ex having a better life than you, and then licking your face and begging to get back together.

I spent my entire life being submissive and obedient to him.

What man can stand such humiliation?

Moreover, Babcock has decided to introduce Jaylen Rose, who averaged 22.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists last season.

Jaylen Rose is only a little bit away from 20+5+5. It is better to have him than to have Leon.

Besides, if they sign first and then trade for Liang at this time, the Pistons will definitely open their mouths.

I'm afraid that both draft picks will have to be given to the Pistons to get Liang back.

As we all know, Li Ang is a financial product. Save it for a year and double it.

So, returning to the Raptors is pure fiction.

"You won't leave today? Does that mean you will leave the day after tomorrow? You are cold, heartless and unreasonable!"

Li Ang looked at Da Ben who was stamping his feet while talking, and almost vomited his dinner.

We are not afraid of educated gangsters, but we are afraid of macho men playing coquettishly.

"I won't necessarily leave the day after tomorrow. Don't worry, my first choice will definitely be to stay with the team. Currently, Bart Stern is still talking to Dumas, so it's not certain whether he will leave or not."

Of course, what Li Ang hopes most is to stay with the Pistons.

Contracts are all negotiated.

Not in a hurry.

Big Ben is also helpless. He hopes that Li Ang will get the maximum salary, but he also hopes that Li Ang can stay.

Now, all we can do is wait silently for the results.

Li Ang and Ben also watched the 2003 draft together absent-mindedly.

With this year's first overall pick, James was undoubtedly selected by the Cavaliers.

From then on, the story of a generation of passing masters is about to begin.

The second pick became the Denver Nuggets.

Li Ang is also wondering whether the Nuggets will choose the talented Milicic, or choose Anthony like the original history.

Historically, Milicic was eliminated by Larry Brown in the Pistons. At the age when he most deserved an increase in basketball, he sat on the bench day and night.

Although in the original history, the Pistons had a double-Wallace inside lineup, it would be understandable for Brown not to give Milicic a starter.

But he only allowed a No. 2 pick to play 4.7 minutes per game, and he played 34 times in one season, which is a bit outrageous.

The future wise Wiseman won't be so miserable in the Warriors.

Therefore, historically Milicic has never shown his talent.

Milicic's talent is undoubted. He can dribble and break like a guard, steal fast breaks, jump and dunk from the free throw line, shoot three-pointers, single in the low post, and defend.

Although Li Ang does not guarantee that Milicic will definitely become a superstar in another environment, after all, there are many "super giants on paper" like him.

But what is certain is that in another environment, Milicic would never be as miserable as he was with the Pistons.

After all, it's okay to play an ordinary main rotation. Just with Milicic's fighting skills, he can make a living in the NBA.

Therefore, Li Ang is really curious about how far Milicic, who has developed in a different place, can reach.

However, after taking the stage, Stern announced: "With the second overall pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft, the Denver Nuggets selected Carmelo Anthony, from Syracuse University."

It seems that the Nuggets management is still more optimistic about this last season's NCAA Final Four MOP than European talents.

James and Anthony are also considered to be the new generation of the new era, and they are considered to be the future owners of the NBA.

Nowadays, many people are generally more optimistic about Anthony, who won the MOP in college, and feel that his achievements in the NBA should be higher than James.

How could Stern have imagined that one of the two would be addicted to hacking technology and specialize in cracking passwords, while the other would spend his days in society.

Li Ang curled his lips. It seemed that Angua was destined to be tortured by a demon like George Karl.

The fate of James and Anthony has not changed, and now it is the turn of the third pick.

The Raptors were fully prepared for this year's draft. With the third pick, Babcock did not hesitate to take Chris Bosh, who is known as the second KG.

Li Ang began to feel a little boring. Although James, Anthony and Bosh had changed their order, they still went where they should go.

It’s boring!

But having said that, the Raptors did their homework by selecting Bosh with the third overall pick.

What if the Raptors pick Wade with the fourth pick?

Carter + Wade + Bosh, Babcock can't write a book called "Starting with a Big Three"?

But with the fourth pick, the big one is coming.

The Raptors did not select Milicic, nor did they select Wade.

It's so funny, a player like Wade who had his meniscus removed in college, Babcock felt that unless someone was mentally ill, it would be impossible to select him with a lottery pick.

Wade is ranked outside the tenth spot in draft predictions, and most people are actually not optimistic about the guy with the unusual cheeks.

With the fourth pick, Stern took the envelope and slowly read out a name - Chris Kaman!

"Ah?" Li Ang was stunned for a moment.

no

Seriously?

Wade, Wade, damn!

You don’t want Wade, you want Kaman! ?

But indeed, if you look at it with a blind eye, Kaman is indeed a good choice.

22+12 in the last year of college, tall and long-armed, with delicate skills.

In this era where insiders are king, choosing an outstanding insider will only make money but not loss.

The most important thing is that Kaman played in college for three years. Centers need to go to college to further their studies to become better, otherwise they will all be like Olowokandi, who will be so pissed off whoever chooses whom.

What was Babcock thinking about? Now the Raptors already have Carter, plus No. 4 Bosh, No. 5 Kaman and the soon-to-be-introduced No. 2 Jaylen Rose.

Even if we send a dog to the No. 1 position, this lineup can still win!

Leon's old teammate Ervin Williams: Woof woof woof?

Therefore, he took down Kaman without hesitation.

The inside line composed of Bosh and Kaman, a pair of black and white evils, is bound to make the entire league frightened!

So with the fifth pick, Pat Riley became the mentally ill person in Babcock's words.

Won Wade, who had his meniscus removed during college.

At the same time, Riley made a call to Dumars: "Wade signed first and then traded for Leon. Will he trade?"

Dumas thinks Riley is really sick.

Why do you think this is a wholesale market?

Keep these cheeks as big as Li Ang's butt for yourself. For this draft of yours, I can give you 9 points at most.

The magic fortune teller Riley is waiting for you Dumas to refuse. In that case, don't blame me for being ruthless and directly offering the maximum salary to Li Ang!

Although Li Ang is a restricted professional player this year, no matter what other teams offer, the Pistons have the right to match the offer.

Once matched, Li Ang must stay on the team.

But Riley believes that it is impossible for the Pistons to match the maximum salary offer.

He was about to make an offer that Li Ang couldn't refuse.

This kid, Li Ang, Riley liked him when the Raptors played the Heat in the playoffs.

He knew since he was little that this kid could become something great.

And as a divine fortune teller, Riley's eyes are not just on the present.

He has already laid out the game for the next few years.

Right now, O'Neal and the Lakers are at loggerheads, and this is a good time to take advantage of the situation.

What does a wounded man need most? What a comfort!

Now get rid of Li Ang first, so that the Heat can have the capital to seduce Shaq.

If you don't have a big butt, can you comfort O'Neal?

If Leon and O'Neal can really get together on the south coast, good guys, not one, not two, not three.

With the sixth pick, the Los Angeles team, Leon finally heard Milicic's name.

No matter how Milicic falls, he will never fall out of the top ten.

However, Li Ang can't help but worry that the current Clippers are not a place that is helpful for cultivating new players.

Playing with the Clippers during this period, you can easily forget that you need to win basketball games.

Milicic went to the Clippers, maybe he just died in a different way. He was not beaten to death by the coach, but was lost in the fruit bowl of Los Angeles.

As a result, just when Milicic stepped off the stage, the transaction information appeared on the big screen at Madison Square Garden.

Milicic was traded!

"Huh? It can't be me!" Li Ang suddenly panicked. It seemed that it was not impossible to change the fourth position to the fourth position!

Moreover, Dumas likes Milicic very much, just like in the original history.

What the hell.

I don't want to sail that sinking ship!

When Li Ang was still thinking about the hard life of playing in the second team of Los Angeles, the transaction information on the big screen was fully displayed.

Milicic was not traded to the Pistons, but to the Chicago Bulls!

The Bulls traded Super Six Jamal Crawford, who performed well in the playoffs last season, and Donyel Marshall, who performed stably, from the Clippers for Milicic.

Baylor's targets in this year's draft are Bosh and Kaman.

As a result, he was all taken away by the Raptors.

I was so angry that I almost brought out a bunch of my overall runners-up and smashed Babcock to death.

Lord Baylor didn't really want to choose the remaining people.

At this time, the best player left for him is Milicic.

But because there is a talent like Olowokandi ahead of him, Baylor really has some psychological shadow on this kind of talent that was touted before the draft.

If we choose another parallel import, next year will be another year of hard work and failure.

Year after year, year after year, it has been six years since we have made the playoffs, boss!

How long will it take for this to end?

So, when Lord Baylor received the trade application, he was moved.

Although Crawford and Marshall are not stars, they have at least proven that they are capable rotation players and there is no possibility of them falling through the cracks.

Especially Crawford, with his firepower, he is not a superstar but is better than a superstar.

With the two of them joining, coupled with Odom and Elton Brand, Baylor doesn't think it will be a problem for the Clippers to make the playoffs.

After all, even the Suns led by Marbury made the playoffs last season.

No matter how you say it, the Clippers' lineup is more reliable than the Suns.

On the Suns team, the star Marbury is not a reliable person.

At this time, Marbury was still patting his chest with the management: "You sent me to recruit Li Ang, couldn't that be done in minutes?"

Li Ang was indeed a little surprised when he saw this transaction.

As a team that reached the Eastern Conference semifinals last season, the Bulls actually requested a change and hired a rookie.

In fact, this is related to the change in the Bulls general manager position.

After Jerry Krause stepped down, the new general manager John Paxson, the younger brother of Cavaliers general manager Jim Paxson, felt that the Bulls should continue to accumulate talent.

As one of the players on the Bulls' first three-peat team, Paxson understands the importance of talent on the court. That No. 23 is unreasonable when he kills everyone on the court. This is the power of talent.

Milicic has more possibilities than Marshall.

No matter how bad it is, Milicic really can't play, but as an ordinary anti-aircraft turret to help Yao Ming open up space, it can't be worse than Marshall, right?

So, he chose stud Milicic.

Although losing Crawford makes Paxson a little heartbroken, that's how the NBA is.

While shocked, Li Ang suddenly remembered something interesting.

Milicic went to the Bulls. With Yasuko's urinary temperament, he would definitely bully Milicic and show off his power.

But Yasuko may not be able to grasp Milicic's ability to participate in professional kickboxing competitions in the future.

What the hell.

In the future, when Yasuko retires, he can publish an autobiography called "All My Teammates Beat Me" or "Anyone Who Hasn't Beat Me Is Not Deserving to Be a Starting Player".

The title alone is sure to be a hit. After all, having a good title is half the battle.

For example, "I am really Moji's son-in-law".

With these book titles, Artest doesn't have to be like a certain guy who goes on shows and blackmails others to gain attention in order to sell books.

At this point in the draft, there is basically nothing interesting to watch, and the rest is basically very different from the original history.

After that, there were only two people who impressed Li Ang deeply.

With the 13th pick in the second round, the Magic took Zaza Pachulia. For some reason, Li Ang suddenly felt itchy in his hands.

With the 28th pick in the second round, following Wang Zhizhi, the Mavericks selected another Chinese player, Xue Yuyang.

However, Li Ang knows that there will be no follow-up to the Mavericks' draft. It can be regarded as a wave of popularity in the Chinese market at the draft.

At this point, the draft is all over, and Detroit fans are breathing a sigh of relief.

Li Ang hasn't left yet!

Big Ben also let out a sigh of relief. He really didn't want to have to face the separation of his wife and children just after winning the championship.

Li Ang: Can you tell me who your son is?

"Don't worry, my agent will do his best to keep me in Detroit." Li Ang patted Ben on the shoulder. He always felt that the Pistons would not be so stubborn.

As Li Ang said, in the following days, Babcock took Li Ang to negotiate with Dumas several times.

But Dumas didn't mention money at all.

"Li, ask yourself, are you really willing to leave these brothers? Together you have grown from scratch, from unknowns to world champions. Don't you want to create greater glory with your brothers? Yours Your teammates love you and so do the Detroit fans! Stay, Lee!"

What Dumas said was so touching that his eyes flashed with tears as he spoke.

But Dumas didn't know that the thing Li Ang ate the most in his previous life was pancakes.

I was so sick that I vomited.

Li Ang has eaten all kinds of cakes. Dumas's skill in painting cakes seems ridiculous to Li Ang.

First of all, don’t change concepts secretly. It’s not that I don’t want to stay, it’s that you don’t let me stay!

Moreover, Li Ang has thought clearly from the first day he entered the league.

He is here to harvest the wool of capitalism.

Li Ang is not interested in being a city hero for the people of Chou country.

And sacrificing one's own interests for the sake of the team is even more stupid in Li Ang's opinion.

In the NBA, a place of intrigue and intrigue, if you can get money, you must first get the money in your hands before talking about friendship.

Indeed, the story of Duncan, Kobe and Nowitzki who are one person and one city is very romantic.

But in this alliance, more is:

During Wade's Big Three era, he was willing to cut his salary for the sake of a complete lineup, and dedicated his peak and health to Miami.

As a result, after his peak was over, Riley, as the soul of the Heat, was not even willing to provide Wade with a decent contract, which made Wade angry. I would rather spend money to feed whiteside's scumbag than give dignity to the team's heroes.

Pierce, the Green Army's boss for more than ten years and the hero of the championship, was ruthlessly packaged and sent to the Nets by Ainge in exchange for a bunch of draft picks after his old age and strength failed.

What's even worse is that the strongest 175-year-old Thomas on the planet endured the pain of the death of his family member and insisted on playing in the playoffs and scored 53 points to help the team defeat the Wizards and devoted himself to the Celtics.

But Angie did not hesitate to trade him for Irving as soon as he had the opportunity, without any nostalgia for the past.

Iverson spent his health and youth for the 76ers. When he was wandering around in the future, he didn't see how kind the 76ers boss was to him, and he couldn't even let him retire with the 76ers.

Ibaka played in isolation for the Thunder, which caused his athletic ability to decline, and he was sold cheaply because of it.

Barnes was traded while playing

Have you ever seen a player who didn't think about himself end well?

The most heartbreaking thing is Yao Ming. For Mosaic, he gritted his teeth and insisted on playing even after being injured. He has been loyal to the team for so many years and refused invitations from Jackson and Kobe to stick to Houston.

The results of it? His backhand is a wave of backstabbing directly into your heart, making you unable to scream.

It doesn't matter what you contributed to the team back then.

These are gory examples.

When players talk about feelings with the team, the team only talks about interests. So as a player, you might as well be selfish and talk to the team about money.

One person, one city is certainly very romantic, but Li Ang is no longer a child and will not be so naive.

This is the first opportunity for Li Ang to get a big contract in his career, and many players only get a chance to get a maximum salary once in their lifetime.

As a result, at this juncture, Dumas wanted to use the words of brotherhood and city hero to make Li Ang cut his salary and let Li Ang give up the opportunity to get the maximum salary for the first time in his career.

This is no joke.

To put it another way, if Li Ang accepts a salary cut and sacrifices for the team now, then the Pistons can guarantee that they will always treat Li Ang so well?

Therefore, Dumas's attitude made Li Ang very angry.

Li Ang does not want to let go of his Pistons teammates, but this is not the reason for the Pistons to squeeze Li Ang.

Besides, Li Ang is not a lion talking loudly.

Many other teams are willing to give a maximum salary, which proves that Li Ang is worth a maximum salary.

Since you talk about brotherhood so nicely, why aren't you willing to give me a maximum salary as a brother?

In fact, as a professional player himself, why doesn't Dumas know that this is a lie?

But again, if the boss doesn't give him money, Dumas can only try to deceive him.

This is his job.

In the end, neither side could convince the other, and the negotiations broke down again.

And after this time, Li Ang felt a little discouraged.

If he was traded by the Raptors, Li Ang just thought Babcock was a Sabi.

So after winning the championship with the Pistons this time, and still struggling to renew his contract, Li Ang has clearly seen the nature of this league.

At the end of the day, it's all business.

Speaking of which, none of the top five Pistons in history has ever received a big contract in Detroit.

After Ben's contract expired, because the Pistons were unwilling to give him a decent renewal offer, Ben had to leave for Chicago.

As the Finals MVP of the Pistons, Billups had the highest salary in his career, but he got it with the Knicks at the end of his career.

As the leading scorer on the championship team, Hamilton has never received a maximum salary contract.

Now, it's Li Ang's turn.

Seeing that Li Ang was stunned and couldn't get enough oil and salt, Dumas was also worried.

Dumas actually wants Li Ang to stay and hopes that he will lead the team to win consecutive championships.

But it’s impossible for Dumas to make up for the shortfall from his own pocket.

That's no longer the case for kneeling down and begging for food.

So afterwards, Dumas also went to Davidson to try hard, hoping that Davidson could use the maximum salary to keep Li Ang.

It’s not too much for a championship team to have a top-paid player!

The Mavericks have three max-salary players, and they can't even win a fucking division championship!

Cuban: Are you polite? I'm going to raise four next season. If you bite me, I'm willing!

Dumas feels like he is a double agent, fooling Li Ang at the same time, please lower the level. While you are fooling the boss, you can add more.

Then the two ends are not in harmony, and they are no longer human inside and outside.

Two days before the free agent market opened, the two sides held their third negotiation.

This time, Dumars brought good news: "The Pistons decided to renew Li Ang's contract with a maximum salary!"

Li Ang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and this farce should be over.

As a result, Dumas added: "But you can only sign for one year!"

Dumars tried his best, but Davidson was unwilling to support a max-salary player for five or six years.

In order for the Pistons to win consecutive championships, he is willing to spend one more year at most.

Li Ang's expression changed from excitement to disappointment. One year later, I can help you win the championship, and then you kick me away, and this farce will happen again.

Isn’t this still someone kneeling down to beg for food?

Dumas: If you put it this way, how many people want to earn a maximum salary for a year but there is no such way.

Before Li Ang could speak, Bart Stern refused for Li Ang.

One year's maximum salary is just a joke.

For players, the contract period must be longer to be more secure.

Of course, it can't be too long, because the league's salary cap is rising every year, and a contract that is too long is not cost-effective and can easily turn into a piece of leather.

In Bart Stern's view, a maximum salary of three to five years is more appropriate.

Taking into account both safety and making money at the same time.

Therefore, Bart Stern would never accept a one-year maximum salary.

To put it harshly, what if Li Ang is injured next season?

When the time comes to enter the free agent market, there may not be any team that can give Li Ang a maximum salary.

Therefore, if you have the chance, you will definitely have to sign for at least three years.

The one-year maximum salary plan failed again, and Dumas was in an extremely bad mood.

I'm under pressure from both sides, so who cares about my feelings?

There is no other way. Dumas can only play the family card now and ask Carlisle to persuade Leon.

As a result, the next day, Carlisle began to persuade Dumas: "Lao Du, I think we must give this maximum salary! Without Leon, I can't direct this game."

Dumas was already annoyed, but when he saw Carlisle actually speaking for Leon, he became even more angry.

You were actually instigated to rebel, right?

Come on, come on, get out of here!

In this way, when the free agent market officially opened, the Pistons still did not reach an agreement with Li Ang.

On the first day of free agency, the Spurs dropped a bombshell.

The Spurs, who failed in the Western Conference semifinals last season, quickly signed Kidd and brought the talents of the league's top shooter to San Antonio.

The Spurs were already very strong, but now the two-star combination of Kidd and Duncan looks like an OK combination to the outside world.

According to original history, the Spurs were indeed interested in Kidd in the summer of 2003, and Duncan even went to recruit Kidd himself.

Years later, the old thief Vicki also joked that if he took down Kidd at that time, then the person sitting next to me now might not be Tony Parker.

But at that time, because the Nets signed Mourning, Kidd was deceived. Furthermore, the Spurs were the champions at the time, so maybe their pursuit was not that fierce.

But it's different now. The Nets were beaten 4-0 by the Pistons. No matter how stupid Kidd is, he can't think that he still has a chance to stay in the Nets.

Moreover, the Spurs did not win the championship. Their desire to strengthen the lineup is extremely strong, and their pursuit of Kidd has become more intense, and they are bound to complete their revenge next season.

As soon as this big news came out, the entire league was nervous.

Dumars is also very nervous. If the Spurs reach the Finals next season and the Pistons don't have Leon, can they handle the super combination of Kidd + Duncan?

Just when Dumas was at a loss what to do, a guest came to the door.

He claimed that he could help Dumas solve the Leon problem.

Moreover, it can help Dumas successfully defend his title without changing the salary structure!

"Without Li Ang, we can still become champions!" he promised.

But the premise of all this is that he must coach the team.

On the other side, Bart Stern also received maximum salary offers from several teams to Leon.

This includes teams such as the Cavaliers, SuperSonics, Heat, Knicks and Bucks.

Although the negotiations with the Pistons have not completely broken down, Bart Stern also reminded Leon: "It is best to choose a next home and prepare for the worst."

Li Ang sighed, in the adult world, there is never a choice that has the best of both worlds.

Then go to the Cavaliers? Create a legend with James? Starting your hometown basketball journey? Bringing a championship to Cleveland? Build a beautiful new countryside?

Uh. Can it be done? I'm afraid the Cavaliers' home basket won't be able to withstand it.

And leave some for James, don't finish it all.

Going to Sonics? It’s a big market and the team is indeed strong.

But if you live with someone with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder like Jun Zilei day and night, you might go crazy, right?

Forget it about the Heat, Li Ang doesn't want to be sold at a low price again.

Forget it about the Knicks. If Leon goes there, he will probably fight with the New York media every day.

Although the Knicks are one of the teams with the largest market in the league, if you don't play well, no matter how big the market is, they can't save you.

Milwaukee? I'm afraid he will become as invisible as Reed.

so hard!

When Li Ang was still struggling with which spare tire he should turn over, an explosive breaking news came on the TV: "The Pistons announced the dismissal of head coach Rick Carlisle, and the famous coach Larry Brown has settled in the Motor City! "

Li Ang was stunned at that time, why?

Why is Brown still here? ?

Soon, Li Ang also received a call from Dumas.

"Can you explain? Qiao." Li Ang asked first.

"I'm afraid we have to give up on you, Lee. But we hope that you can leave through a sign-and-trade." Dumas didn't waste any more words and went straight to the showdown.

At this time, in Dumas' office, Larry Brown smiled slightly.

This wave of mine can be regarded as murderous and heart-breaking, right?

Yes, the team that is easiest to win the championship and defeat Li Ang is the Pistons themselves!

Larry Brown is confident that he can use his personal connections to allow the Pistons to get All-Star forward Rasheed Wallace, the hero of the Trail Blazers' championship in 2000, for almost nothing.

Anyway, the Blazers are eager to get rid of Tianzun now. In this way, the Pistons can solve the problem of the fourth position and make up for the vacancy left by Li Ang's departure.

Although Rashid's contract is huge this year, fortunately, the big contract only has this year left. The Pistons can just accept the price of one year's maximum salary.

Because Brown had already had sex with Tianzun PY before, Tianzun would not refuse to play for Brown's team.

And this is also the condition for Brown to replace Carlisle.

In addition, Carlisle went back to speak for Leon before, which also made Dumas feel betrayed.

He thought, no matter what Brown said, his ability would not be worse than Carlisle's.

Therefore, this decision was made very decisively.

As long as Brown can lead the Pistons to successfully defend their title next season, then he has proved that it doesn't matter whether the Pistons have Leon or not!

Li Ang is just a system player that anyone can replace!

He is not a superstar at all!

What really matters to a team is the head coach and the system!

This is Brown's ultimate revenge against Leon!

Seeing the situation becoming increasingly chaotic, Suns general manager Colangelo finally took action.

In the beginning, he was not very confident in this plan, but the entry of Larry Brown changed the situation.

If Li Ang wants to prove that he is the key factor in the team's championship, then he needs to continue to win the championship next year, or even defeat his old team, the Pistons.

But neither the Cavaliers, Knicks nor SuperSonics have the strength to allow Li Ang to return to the finals immediately.

In Colangelo's view, Leon still wants to continue playing in the Finals after leaving the Pistons. The fastest way to achieve this goal is to come to Phoenix!

Of course, it is not the current sun, but the sun after a complete transformation.

Before that, Colangelo must first find the Knicks, a pig teammate, to free up enough salary space.

After all, Li Ang is just part of a series of plans for the Suns this summer.

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