Legendary Basketball Tycoon

After dealing with a lot of trivial matters these days, Bruce is also ready to find the team's general manager Mitch Kupchak and head coach Paul Westphal for a small meeting to learn about the current situation of the team.

After all, they are about to participate in the draft conference, and it is time to tell them the goals of the draft. Then there is the issue of contract renewal in the team, which is the top priority.

Although Bruce still controls the team, he understands the specific details of the team. In addition to paying them wages, Bruce has a smear of the internal salary structure of the team and knows nothing. Anyway, he is only responsible for paying the money.

In this meeting, Bruce wanted to thoroughly understand the team's salary structure.

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In the study of the Blues Private Villa on Long Island.

"Come on, sit down."

Bruce, who had been waiting for the arrival of "Two Generals", saw them entering the study, and immediately arranged for them to sit down.

Bruce also personally made a cup of strong coffee for the two of them. As a power holder, sometimes he still has to consider the mood of his subordinates.

"Mickey, let's talk about the current situation of the team first."

As soon as Bruce arrived, he approached the team's general manager Mitch Kupchak to understand the situation, and the tactical arrangements will be discussed later.

"Prince prince, the team's current situation is a bit bad!"

As the general manager of the team, it is natural to understand the specific situation of the team.

As for why it's a bit bad, it's not about salary.

"Oh, specifically..."

"After the end of the season this year, the team's veterans Charles Oakley and Ron Harper have announced that they will no longer renew their contracts with the team. They will leave the team freely."

"At the same time, the team also has two players, Doug Rivers and Kenny Gattisson, who announced their retirement."

Bruce gestured to please continue.

"In addition, the team’s chief assistant Alvin Gentry has left, but that’s not even counted. He also took away Doug Rivers, a recently retired veteran. You also know Doug Rivers, the prince. Rivers has played less games in the past two years, and has more of a role as an assistant coach for the team, and he is very prestigious in the locker room."

Speaking of this, general manager Mitch Kupchak still looked at his prince with a bitterness. I said, Lord Boss, you have a long heart. Last year, the chief teaching assistant left Doug Collins. This year You sent Alvin Gentry to Seattle again, but when he was done well, he abducted one when he left. Prince, I’m really too difficult. If the team’s chief assistant can’t keep anyone, just It means I have to apply again.

You are only increasing my workload, don't you know it!

Of course, Bruce knew that Alvin Gentry was called to Seattle by him, but he didn’t expect him to do it again. After all, the Seattle SuperSonics are now the worst team in the league to find a coach. Alvin Gentry is the first time that he has been the head coach of a defending championship team, and it is considered the past to bring a direct line of his own.

Forget it, Doug Rivers is gone and leave. The "chicken soup type" coach is not very useful. I grab a lot of them later, but they don't have the famous "chicken soup type" of Doug Rivers. "The coach is just amazing.

"Okay, I see, Mickey, please keep talking."

Bruce touched his little nose and said awkwardly.

"..."

"Finally, the contracts of many players on the team are about to expire, either this year or next year, so I think I should renew the contracts with them as a top priority."

General manager Mitch Kupchak is quite conscientious and told the team's boss Bruce in detail about the specific situation of the team.

After receiving the team salary sheet handed over by Mitch Kupchak, Bruce thought for a moment.

There are a lot of players requesting renewal. Except for Mourning and Kidd, who had limited the number of years for each team in the league after the end of the labor-management negotiations in 1994, Bruce signed them for a few more years, that is, 95 years. The hapless Garnett has no trouble renewing the contract now, and everyone else is in the predicament of renewing the contract.

Quite simply, these people either want to leave if they want a big contract, or they want to stay in the team, thinking about the team for a few more years.

After all, going to a new team still has to face competition, so in general, except for those who want a big contract, the rest basically want to stay on the team.

"Sam Perkins will renew his contract with a veteran player. The length of the contract is four years. After four years, Sam will almost retire from the team. The team still has to take care of the elderly."

After speaking, Bruce watched General Manager Mickey Kupchak take notes in his notebook.

Bruce nodded slightly satisfied, that's right!

Why did Sam Perkins continue for four years? The reason is very simple. Four years later, in 2000, the Bruce prepared to let Yao Ming enter the New York Hans ahead of schedule. At that time, Sam Perkins could be directly in the team after he retired. Be a coach for Yao Ming.

I still want to praise Bruce here. Although everyone knows that Bruce has his own selfishness, Bruce's superficial skill is still very moving.

"Jamaal Marshburn and Aaron McGee renewed their contracts with rookie players for five years, the maximum salary, the specific number Mickey and the number of their agents."

Here I want to explain why Bruce asked the team to renew these two people. In fact, to put it bluntly, he has no interest in Jamal Marshburn. After Kobe is selected this year, the team's shooting rights will be owned by Kobe. , And Jamal Marshburn, with such a strong offensive ability, Kobe would have less of a shot if he is there, but you can’t look at it this way, it depends on whether they can coexist. If they can’t coexist, Bruce doesn’t mind. Gave away Jamal Mashburn.

As for Aaron McGee, he is a good substitute for the team's shooting guard. This person does not fight for power. He can work hard to replace Kobe. Why doesn't such a person renew his contract for a few more years.

"There will be Bruce Bowen and Darrell Armstrong. They will renew their contract with a mini middle class for three years. The specific numbers are Mickey and their agents."

To be honest, Bruce Bowen is definitely worthy of getting a middle-class contract extension, even a maximum salary, but it is a pity that one of these two is a second-round pick and the other is a draft pick, so it is not enough. Jamal Marsh is the kind of rookie player who renews that kind of contract, otherwise Bruce will act according to the contract.

"The last is Mike Brown and Ricky Pierce, the two old players. Ask them. If you want to stay, you can stay. If you don't want to, you can leave. Mickey won't sign a contract with them again."

After Bruce finished speaking, he also felt thirsty, got up and went to the freezer to grab a bottle of Pepsi and opened it to drink.

Ah, it's cool, it's more comfortable to drink iced.

"Prince prince, Ricky Pierce signed with us until the end of the 1997 season. I asked him. He said he was going to retire after the contract ended. And Mike Brown only has this year's contract left. Ready to retire."

After the general manager Mitch Kupchak finished the record, he looked at the record and said.

"Okay, no matter what, a team still needs to have a few old people. Let them leave after the contract expires."

"By the way, Coach Paul, how is the team coaching staff?"

Well, now Bruce asked about the team's coaching staff.

"The situation is worse. Some members of the coaching staff have already left."

Haha, it really means that if you don't enter a family, you don't enter a door, and all the messy things are arranged together.

"Where is Rick?"

Others, Bruce Guan, don’t care, but Rick Carlisle should not be let go anymore. He is the head coach of the future team.

"He's okay, only him and Lee are left on the team."

The Li mentioned here is the guidance of Li Qiuping. Hua Guo specially arranged for him to learn from the Blues team. He can't leave without authorization.

"Well, coach Paul, you arrange for Rick to be the chief assistant and Li Qiuping to be the offensive coach. Mickey, you will recruit a few members of the coaching staff."

Bruce thought for a while, and said to "Two Generals Humph".

"Ok!"

"Huh, two generals" said in unison.

"Oh, yes, the team’s Chinese broadcast host Xu Jicheng and editor and reporter Su Qunhui returned to China. You also know that China’s CBA has already begun. The person in charge of the China Basketball Association found me and wanted me to arrange them. After returning to China to explain the CBA game, Zhang Weiping was guided by it, but I rejected it. So now let Zhang Weiping and a Chinese-speaking commentator explain the game together. Mickey, you and Director Zhang will be responsible for recruiting together. After all, Zhang Weiping will be responsible for the recruitment together. The guidance should be explained together with the other party, the main thing is that they need to come together."

Hey, Bruce can't help it. You said that you applied for the two best basketball players in the United States. Why do you make CCTV and the Basketball Association feel so emotional.

It's definitely okay to hand over someone, but you always have to keep one for me, right? Zhang Weiping was killed by Bruce and asked to stay. Kobe will be here right away. You Zhang Weiping and Kobe will be a combination. Isn't Weiping Blairt fragrant? Well.

"Okay, I will deal with Zhang."

General manager Mitch Kupchak nodded on the surface, but he was not at all calm at all. After all, Bruce is an old man who has been with the team since he founded the team. It is inevitable that everyone will have feelings over time.

It’s been almost five years, time flies!