The Rest, Only Noise

Chapter 658 Who told me to be a loyal person?

At the end of June, the Knicks held a championship celebration, as they did last year.

Several outgoing players, such as Dan Marley, Ronnie Sekali, Song Tao, Joe Klein (expired contract), all got involved.

Marly and Sekali were unhappy, after all, no one wanted to leave a promising team.

But they also know that leaving New York is good for personal development.

The competition in the Knicks was too fierce, and it was not the starting Miller who blocked Marley, but Ainge and Hornacek.

Seikaly is a much-needed center backup for the Knicks, but losing a Sekali isn't a big deal after Louie brought in Sam Bowie.

Time enters July, and the NBA's free agency officially opens.

The No. 1 player in free agency this year is the league's No. 1 center, Ralph Sampson. Perhaps, the No. 1 player in the league is a more appropriate title for him.

Although Ewing won the Double First Team, MVP and Finals MVP last season, it is like during 2015-2021, although James only won two championships, he was regarded by the media as the first person in the league every season.

The salary cap will skyrocket as even the revenue from the cable contract will be shared with the players next season.

The salary cap was $8.1 million last season and will rise to $10.5 million next season.

Moreover, with the bird rights, he can sign a league's highest salary that surpasses Ewing.

Next season, Ewing's salary is $3.7 million. You must know that since he joined the league, he has ranked first in the league in personal salary for four consecutive seasons.

With Sampson's strength and status, the Celtics did not give enough respect, and came up with a contract that was bigger than Ewing, and maybe someone really left.

The Lakers in the west are eyeing them, they know the philosophy of letting him join their own since they can’t beat them, and they count the salaries of the next team.

After Kareem Abdul-Jabbar retired, the most salaries in the Lakers are Magic, Pippen and the upcoming David Robinson, who add up to more than 6 million.

And so, the first offer of the offseason came.

The Lakers offered Ralph Sampson a six-year, $30 million contract for the first time ever.

This is numb to Louie. He originally wanted to help the field, but the total salary of their current contracts has reached 9.2 million US dollars. Although there is still room, it is absolutely impossible to participate in Sampson's bidding.

Therefore, only eat melons.

Currently, the Celtics have three max salaries.

Bird rights can allow the Celtics to ignore the salary cap and force a contract extension, but the Celtics have always been stingy.

Whether it is Bird in the past few years, or Sampson in the past two years, neither has won the highest salary in the league.

At this time, the Lakers may not want Sampson to join with such a large contract.

Purely disgusting Celtic.

Louie was sure that Sampson was already a true Celtics and he didn't embarrass the team.

On July 4, Sampson and the Celtics reached an agreement.

He signed a four-year, $15 million extension.

In his own words: "People love me here, I love it here, I'm used to taking Larry's passes, I like to play pick-and-rolls for Isiah, and most importantly, I'd love to be a Celtics player. member."

Maybe time has really changed things, and even a place like Boston can open its hands to a black star.

But Louis also believes that the same words will never come from Isiah Thomas.

He's not a heartthrob like Sampson.

Perhaps Sampson's popularity made him realize that Boston fans didn't like him as much as Bird, and it wasn't a matter of skin color. Louie wondered why he had been willing to stay with the Celtics for so many years, he really was an enigma.

Once Sampson's extension ends, there are few exciting players on the free market.

When the Bulls showed interest in the Bullets' undrafted John Starks, Louie immediately contacted Starks' agent and discussed with the Bullets to use Doug West as Starks 's signature.

His approach directly caused the Bullets to re-sign Starks.

Originally, Unseld was a little hesitant about the Starks' crazy game attributes. Louis's interest in him shows that he has great potential. Can such a good player be sent out if he doesn't keep it for himself?

Jerry Krause's first attempt to steal chickens failed;

He's not interested in free agency because the Knicks are full of players on their books.

Disgusting Claus has become the only thing he has to do now.

When Krause was trying to find a tower for them to add depth inside, he took aim at free agent Chuck Nevitt C, who is 2.26 meters tall.

Nevitt is a normal 2.26 meters tall, which means he is slow moving, weak in the bottom plate, walks like a zombie, and can play in the NBA just because he is tall, no one would expect him to be genetically mutated like Sampson.

As soon as Krause approached his agent, he was told that the Miami Heat had signed Nevitt.

This time, Jerry Krause failed without even trying.

The Bulls' second offseason operation was sabotaged by Louie.

After that, the Golden State Warriors announced that the team's forward Reggie Williams officially became a free agent.

Williams immediately piqued the interest of many.

The Lakers, the Celtics, of course, including Jerry Krause.

Louie was surprised that Nelson didn't want Williams, who is a good wing player despite the glass.

The dignified second pick was abandoned by the home team after only two seasons, which is really rare in any era.

Williams has publicly stated that he wants to join a team that is expected to contend for a championship.

He said so, he already had a plan for where he was going.

He secretly texted his senior, Ewing, to join New York.

Ewing, of course hoping to have another De La Hoya paranoid on the team, informs Louie of Williams' wishes, and then it's Louie's turn to have a headache.

Now that the Knicks roster is full, to sign Williams, it can only be a sign-and-exchange.

Louie thought of the last time he and Don Nelson had failed to reach a good relationship.

He called Nelson directly, hoping to use Chucky Brown's rights to sign Reggie Williams.

Is it better to let Williams go for nothing, or to exchange Williams for a rookie selected by LittleLu himself?

There really is no need to hesitate.

The Warriors signed Williams to a six-year, $3.4 million contract at the request of Williams' agent.

Because Williams is too glassy, ​​if he suffers a serious injury in the Knicks, he may lose his job directly, and it is safer to sign a long-term contract.

Louie doesn't mind, as long as Williams can play, the contract is worth everything.

The Knicks quietly completed the sign exchange with the Warriors. When the league announced it, Auerbach couldn't help but complain: "Why did he sign so many good players? He doesn't know that there are up to 13 players in a game, right?"

In addition, Tony Campbell announced that he was out of contract and became a free agent.

Klaus is at it again.

However, Krause had no chance to communicate with Campbell at all, and he turned around and signed with the Denver Nuggets.

Krause was so angry that he found Sidney Moncrief, who is currently a free agent. He almost lost his mind and gave the latter a 4-year, 7 million contract. The Bucks did not follow up. Finally, Bulls got it.

This is the Bulls' first signing.

Louis did not intervene because it was unnecessary.

As long as Moncrief can still play, the Bucks will not let go of this player of the team's historical level.

Klaus is now desperately ill and goes to the doctor, which is exactly what Louis wants to see~www.wuxiaspot.com~ For ten days, Louis ruined Klaus for five signings.

Ultimately, Krause went from the draft to the free market with almost nothing.

A disgruntled Barkley wanted Krause to put together a good team for him to win.

As a result, the bull brought back a bunch of old, weak and sick.

Now Louie finally has the thrill of revenge, Krause's work has provoked the media in Chicago, everyone is calling him incompetent, Barkley publicly expressed his dissatisfaction, and even the boss is alarmed.

Maybe the countdown to his career with the Bulls has begun, and maybe he'll stay in that position.

At a time when almost all the good players in free agency had been signed, Louie called Krause.

"Jerry, I hope my return gift will satisfy you." Lewison said coldly, "As long as you are the general manager of the Bulls, my return gift will not stop for a day. Who calls me a loyal person."