Bishop of the Devil

Faced with Richard's request to join the three-party deal, Savile was very smart and did not agree immediately.

Only the devil knows what Richard has in mind. How could he agree to such a thing immediately?

"I don't know much about this kind of transaction. How about I ask D'Antoni to contact you about this?" Saville said with a smile.

Richard naturally agreed.

"What? You want the Nets' first-round pick?" D'Antoni couldn't help but gasped when he heard Richard's words.

I knew that Richard must have bad intentions, but as expected, this guy really wanted to open his mouth.

"That's right, old man, I want the Nets' first-round pick, and I will help you broker the deal as soon as possible." Richard said with a smile.

"But, Lee, what can your Buccaneers give?" D'Antoni said with a frown.

There was something he was too embarrassed to say, or he didn't dare to say it, for fear of offending Richard.

Even without Richard, their three-party transaction is estimated to be successfully completed before the trading market is closed. It is just a matter of time.

"I can help you swallow White's garbage contract." Richard said quite calmly.

D'Antoni was dumbfounded. This was considered a gross payment...

The Suns actually contacted the Buccaneers before and wanted the Buccaneers to select White in the expansion draft. At that time, Richard did not agree.

Now when the expansion draft is over, he comes and tells himself that he wants to swallow up White's contract?

D'Antoni doesn't even know what Richard is thinking...

But he also knows very well that sending away White through the expansion draft is completely different from sending away White through the current normal transaction.

By sending White away in the expansion draft, the Suns took it easy and completely got rid of White's contract.

If there is a normal transaction now, due to the principle of trade balancing, the Suns will definitely have to eat up some of the contracts sent by the Pirates.

Of course, the contracts sent by the Pirates must all be short-term contracts, the kind that the Suns can buy out directly.

White's contract still has two years left. If he were to buy it out directly, the Suns would be really at a loss.

The salary for the remaining two years is as high as 12 million U.S. dollars. Although if it is a buyout, it will definitely not cost so much money, but 8 million is definitely needed.

As for these short-term contracts they took from the Pirates, they definitely couldn't lose so much money.

If the Pirates want to facilitate this deal, they have to come up with at least two players, or even three players, to match the 6 million salary.

If the Suns buy out everything, they may end up losing only two million, or even not a dime.

You must know that after a player is bought out and re-signs a contract with another team, his salary will be deducted from the buyout amount.

For example, if a player's original salary was US$3 million, and after being bought out, he signed a contract with another team for US$2 million, then the team that bought him out would only have to pay the remaining US$1 million. That's it.

In addition to some of the main players in the Pirates team, when Richard originally chose cannon fodder players, he always chose short-term contracts with small bonuses.

After thinking for a moment, D'Antoni spoke.

"Li, I have to discuss this matter with the management."

Richard nodded and let's discuss it. Anyway, Taiyang couldn't agree to this matter.

I am not as open as the Lions, which is also quite beneficial to the Suns.

The next day, D'Antoni called again and agreed to Richard's trade application.

Richard was amused. In this way, he had already acquired the three draft picks needed for the 2005 draft.

The key is that he didn't pay any price.

The only possible price to pay is to absorb more of White's one-year, $6 million contract.

This is only a possibility. Richard has countless ways to get rid of White's contract after this season.

Even if he can't get rid of it, six million dollars in exchange for a first-round pick that may be the 13th overall pick is still an extremely cost-effective deal.

And if he had agreed to the Suns in the expansion draft, it would have been $12 million in exchange for the 13th overall pick.

Even a fool can tell which one is more cost-effective.

…

After finalizing the plan with the Suns, Richard called Pierce again and asked him to communicate with Doc Rivers that the deal was agreed to by the Suns.

After Doc Rivers was fired by the Magic, he came to Green Kai and is now the head coach of Green Kai.

Richard has actually already thought about compensating Pierce. There are actually many high-quality players in this draft.

For example, Monta Ellis, the 40th overall pick, has been Curry's boss for a while and is quite capable.

For example, Lou Williams, the 45th pick, is a powerful sixth man. Although he is a high school player, his strength is also good.

It is worth mentioning that after the 2005 draft, the NBA will not allow high school students to participate in the draft.

You must be 19 years or older to participate in the draft...

However, Richard remembered that this rule lasted for about fifteen years before being overturned by the NBA itself. In the 2020 draft, the NBA relaxed the age limit and 18-year-old rookies can also participate in the draft.

This is also the scary thing about Xiao Hua...

Although Stern has many reasons for restricting high school players from participating in the draft, some players are too young and are not conducive to their development in life...

But these reasons are actually all nonsense. Just like what cousin Cousins ​​said about the system, there is no difference between 18 and 19 years old. They are not both young people.

The real reason is that it is actually due to pressure from the NCAA.

The most watched high school players have gone to play in the NBA, and the NCAA's ratings will definitely be affected.

At this moment, the NBA's wings are not yet strong. Stern can only compromise and introduce this rule for the better development of the NBA.

Fifteen years later, when the NBA's wings became stronger, Xiao Hua didn't bother to talk to you about the NCAA, and he gave you a damn.

In fact, a few years ago, when Richard first traveled through time, Stern was planning to implement this rule that prohibited high school students from participating in the draft.

That was the previous labor negotiation.

But the players union refused to agree and delayed it until 2005.

What’s ridiculous is that later generations of the NBA wanted to cancel this rule, and it was the players union that approved it...

They issued a notice to the players union to solicit its opinions.

Richard naturally doesn't want this ban on high school students to be introduced. After all, he has a son who wants to play in the NBA in the future. If he can play a year earlier, he may be able to win another championship.

However, this matter is already imminent and has to be done. Richard wants to stop it now. Firstly, there is not enough time, and secondly, he does not have the ability.

But in ten or eight years, when Xiao Hua takes office, encourage him to lift the ban on high school students earlier.

…

The current ban on high school students is actually not without benefits for Richard.

Because of this high school ban, it will be easier for West Lafayette to recruit.

In the past, Richard missed out on many high-quality high school students because high school students participated in the draft. This will definitely not happen again in the future.

This season's Purdue Boilermakers have recruited several strong players from Richard's roster.

The first to bear the brunt is LaMarcus Aldridge.

This is a player that Richard likes very much. Old Philip can recruit him, which makes Richard very excited.

Then Rondo, Rudy Gay, company commander Brewer and Al Jefferson were all recruited into the team by Old Philip as he wished.

Just five people were recruited to form a perfect starting lineup.

Ade and Al Jefferson played inside.

Fans must be quite familiar with the player Ade. As for the player Al Jefferson, if you are not familiar with him, you can directly think of him as Zach Randolph. There is not much difference between the two players... …

On the front and rear lines, there were Guy and the company commander, and they couldn't find any fault at all.

As for the point guard, having a player like Rondo is perfect.

In this year's Black March, Richard doesn't even have to think about it. If nothing else happens, this Boilermakers team will have another moment of glory.

…

In recent years, there have been fewer and fewer West Lafayette rookies in the draft, and they have almost lost their popularity.

But in the next few years, Richard can foresee that as long as he devotes more energy, West Lafayette will inevitably introduce countless new blood.

…

In about a month's time, the new Golden Arches All-Star Game will begin.

The list has already been released.

This list is quite interesting...

Because 2005 was the last draft that high school students could participate in, almost all of the powerful high school players on this list participated in the draft.

For example, Monta Ellis, Lou Williams, Bynum, Gerald Green and others all participated in the 2005 draft.

In other words, it is really not that easy for Richard to get a list for Philip now.

But it's not that there are no fish in the trap. For example, Danny Green, the Queen, did not participate in the draft, but the Boilermakers can get it.

At present, the Boilermakers' five-man lineup will not have too many people participating in the draft within a year anyway. Even if they only add one Zhang Tielin, it will be enough.

After getting through the most difficult year of 2005, good times are coming.

In the future, high school students will not be able to participate in the draft, so it will be quite easy for Richard to make a roster in the future.

Richard directly gave Danny Green's name to Old Philip and asked him to wait for the 2006 list. The list at that time was absolutely luxurious.

According to Richard's memory, the 2006 list he gave Old Philip would be quite shocking.

Some of them have Oden the Great and Durant!

If old Philip can get these two people, NCAA championship? That's definitely a steal.

In addition to these two bugs, there are also the Lopez brothers and Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley...

There are also Thaddeus Young, Ty Lawson, Budinger and others.

If they can get them all, the Boilermakers' lineup will completely explode and will be absolutely unstoppable.

…

Richard couldn't help but feel happy when he thought that Du Laoer was about to truly enter the stage of history.

I don’t know if this guy will choose to join the Boilermakers.

If I don’t join the Boilermaker, I’ll be beaten by the Boilermaker later on. Wouldn’t it be really nice...

PS: I’m going to Wuhan today, returning on the 26th, and arriving home on the 27th. However, there will definitely be no interruption in these two days. Please give me a monthly ticket.