The rest is just noise

Chapter 1,135 It will be unjust if we don’t win the championship, Coach Riley

Before 1996, there was a peculiar phenomenon in the NBA, that is, everything was negotiable.

Even if Louis' emergence allows the league to have a standard rookie contract in advance, the contract details are still negotiable.

For example, before some top rookies sign a contract with their old club, they will ask the other party to give up their priority right to renew the contract. Otherwise, they will not sign the contract. At worst, they will not play in the NBA, but they can still make a living in Europe.

Some managers who lack long-term vision will agree to such dangerous conditions.

For example, the Philadelphia 76ers.

After they selected Mourning, they agreed to give up the priority to renew the contract in order to successfully sign him.

Now three years have passed, and the 76ers have not achieved anything.

Mourning is a player who can raise the team's lower limit.

Relying on him alone, the 76ers' results wouldn't be much better, but even if they relied on him alone, they wouldn't be much worse.

Mourning is willing to stay in Philadelphia, but only if he pays more.

Pence’s billion-dollar contract stimulated many people.

Mourning is one of them. He feels that he is no worse than Pence. If the two teams are swapped, he can also achieve results.

If Pence can get 100 million in 7 years, then he can definitely get 120 million in 7 years.

As long as Philadelphia has enough money, what can he do if he stays here to hang out with them? 120 million U.S. dollars can make him forget all the unhappy things in his life.

However, except for Jordan, Wilson, O'Neal, Ewing, Manning, and Pence (he has already received it), no other player is worthy of this kind of contract.

Even Wilson only received a "mediocre" salary of 55 million in four years.

The 76ers certainly don't want to give Mourning this contract.

Because Mourning is really not worth it.

Mourning was so angry that he refused to pay, so don't blame him for falling out.

His agent began to threaten Philadelphia that if no money was given, Mourning would join the free market after his rookie contract expired, leaving them with no chance of hearing anything.

This is the minefield planted by Philadelphia four years ago.

Many teams that have planted the same landmine always believe that four years is enough for them to build a good team. Not to mention the difficulty of building a team, even if there is a good team, do the players have to stay?

In the end, you still have to solve the money problem.

The Lions' big opening after the rookie contract expires can explain to a certain extent why the salary cap must exist.

Without a salary cap, sky-high asking prices would become the norm.

And there are only a few rich teams that can satisfy the players' appetite.

For someone like Mourning who dares to ask for $120 million, even Jerry Buss would have to think twice.

Philadelphia can't afford it, so in order to avoid a fight next summer, Mourning is put on the shelves for public sale, and the highest bidder gets it.

In Philadelphia, the media portrayed Mourning as a greedy vampire.

This bruised Mourning's self-esteem.

In order to make the transaction more difficult, Mourning's agent announced to the public that unless a team can meet the requirement of US$120 million over seven years, they should not consider trading.

Because of the deal, I could only get Mourning's one-year usage rights.

This has deterred some teams, including the Warriors, who had a good chance.

The Warriors originally wanted to use this deal to send out the dissatisfied Payton, but when he heard that Mourning wanted 120 million, Chris Cohan only felt a chill down his back.

He likes Penny, but the reason why he gives Penny so much money is because Penny can sell tickets, attract sponsors, and help him make more money.

What can you do with giving Mourning so much money?

Win the championship?

Hee hee, how much is the championship worth?

The Knicks have money, but they have Ewing and don't need Mourning.

The Heat also have money, but they already have Sampson and Manning, and there is no room for Mourning.

Of course the Lakers also have money. Although Buss doesn't really want to give Mourning that much money, if the trade really comes, he has to give it anyway.

Bass also asked Louis about the possibility of a trade.

Louis looked embarrassed and said: "I'm not sure they are willing to trade Alonzo for David."

Trading a promising future star for Robinson who won't be available for at least another season?

The 76ers may have been driven crazy by Mourning, but they probably haven't gone that crazy yet.

Mourning's agent backed Philadelphia into a corner with this move.

If you want Mourning, you don’t have the money.

Rich people don’t want Mourning.

However, there is one team that just meets all the needs.

August 10

Pat Riley called the Philadelphia office and was prepared to give the 76ers an offer they couldn't refuse.

After five days of negotiations, the Trail Blazers and 76ers completed the most shocking trade of the summer.

The Trail Blazers sent Anthony Mason Jr., Ardavis Sabonis, and first-round draft picks in 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002 in exchange for Alonzo Mourning and Jeff Malone.

"Michael, Hakeem, Alonzo, Rex (Chapman), Clifford, Isiah... Is it unreasonable for Coach Riley not to win the championship this time?"

Louie's assistants were happily discussing the Blazers' reinforcements in the president's office.

"Is this lineup really as good as Miami's?"

Zhao Yuanzheng thought about the Heat's lineup - Dumars, Lewis, Sampson, Rodman, Manning, Drexler, Petrovic...

The Trail Blazers have two superstars who are still in their prime.

The Heat only have Manning who counts as half, and Sampson who has abundant physical strength also counts as half.

Mourning is an inside man who can average 20+10 points per game, but he is not a decisive force.

The quality of the other remaining stars of the Trail Blazers is obviously not comparable to that of the Heat.

Especially Thomas, after a serious injury, if he can recover 60%, the Blazers have made a profit.

If these two teams play in the playoffs, Louis will still bet on the Heat to win.

Sampson is old, but Jordan and Olajuwon are no longer young.

Looking at other people's various reinforcements, Louis and the assistant coaches could only watch. After all, the Lakers theoretically had no room for maneuver.

In addition to sitting in the office and chatting every day, I also design tactics to be used in the new season, and also chat in the air about which team is the strongest.

Normally, the only ones included in the discussion are the Trail Blazers and Heat.

The Knicks were ignored.

It’s not worth mentioning that the Warriors blew themselves up.

As for the Lakers, they are still in the stage of accumulating food.

In mid-August, Louis received the "assignment" submitted by Nelson.

That was the zone offensive system that Louis asked Nelson to prepare.

Nelson made a more detailed division based on Zhao Yuanzheng's suggestion, dividing it into left wing, right wing, left corner, right corner and center.

Each area is equipped with 20 tactical variations.

Moreover, Mike Boozerholden also divided the tactics to relevant players based on the Lakers' existing personnel situation.

"Great, Old Tang, I knew you could be of great use."

Louis nodded with satisfaction.

"Actually, the chief architect of these tactics is not me, but Rick, Mike and Larry." Nelson said modestly, "I just gave them some opinions."

Louis took out a notebook from his desk.

"These are some tactics I took the time to design over the past year. Take them and see if there are any that can be added to the wing system."

Louis handed the notebook into Nelson's hands.

Although Louis said he designed it "in his spare time," Nelson didn't dare to take it lightly.

The first tactic was named shooting star by Louis.

Li Yunlong once bragged to Brother Yunfei, saying that when he looked at a map, he didn’t see pictures. In his eyes, they were mountains, roads and cities. For coaches, the tactical lines on the drawings would automatically be transformed into

Tactical running in actual combat.

Nielsen looked through the lines, which were difficult to see, but the thinking was amazing and the tactics were brilliant. It was as if he saw a flawless offensive round.

Nelson smiled and raised his head to look at Louis: "You took the time to design tactics? If you are serious, I ask you to spend some time studying tactics; if you are just teasing me, then I can only say that you are really a genius.

, the first tactic shocked me, it’s so wonderful! Wait for me to take a closer look!”

1 You may think this is magical, but this is what happens in reality. After the salary cap was introduced in 1984, some provisions were also made for rookie contracts, such as the introduction of priority renewal rights to help the team retain newcomers. But because at that time

The length of a rookie contract is unlimited, and players generally sign long-term contracts, so teams often waive this clause. I want to focus on the case of Webber, because it is the weirdest of weirdos. Webber signed a contract with the Warriors

A 15-year, $74 million contract. With such a long contract, of course the Warriors are willing to give up the priority to renew. Anyway, Webber will retire soon when the contract is over. But Webber’s agent is not stupid. I can’t find out what it is.

The reason is that he actually made the Warriors agree to have an opt-out option in the second summer of Webber's contract... So after the conflict between Webber and Nelson intensified, he threatened Yong Guan and waited for him to leave if he didn't trade him. Yong Guan

The only option was to sell him to Washington. This deal basically destroyed the Warriors' future in the 1990s and Webb's development prospects.

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