The Godfather of Basketball

After talking for more than half an hour, Tang Tian boasted that Griffin was the number one power forward in history, surpassing Karl Malone comparable to Duncan, and after paying enough bargaining chips, he finally negotiated with the old fox Dunleavy.

The Cavaliers sent Mo Williams + Ilgauskas + the second round in 2010 to the Clippers for Bobby Brown and the first round pick in 2010.

Because the current salary space of the Clippers is only more than 30 million, and it is also under the salary cap after the transaction, there is no need to consider the issue of salary equality.

And the Cavaliers also got a trade exception worth nearly 20 million.

These are secondary, the important thing is once and for all, to drop the salary below the luxury line.

Of course, there is another point, Tang Tian will definitely not say that Griffin's rookie season in his previous life was reimbursed...

During the offseason of previous years, after Tang Tian settled the affairs of the draft conference, he would be able to rest and take care of his health, but this year he definitely did not have this opportunity.

Not only him, but the entire Cavaliers are busy.

Dante is busy with rookie signings and free agency signings.

Jones is busy with the follow-up to the trade.

Casey and Cassel are busy formulating rookie training and playing time arrangements for next season.

Although busy, everything is going on in an orderly manner.

In a blink of an eye, time came to July 11. On this day, the freeze period in July ends, and free agents can officially sign contracts with teams.

Nash renewed his contract with the Suns for 22 million in 2 years, and "Son of the Wind" continued to lead the Suns forward.

Iverson returned to the 76ers with 50 million in 3 years, and AI returned to Philadelphia. It seems that he is preparing to end his final career at the starting point.

Roy renewed his contract with the Trail Blazers for 82 million in 5 years, and the youth army officially determined the core of the future perimeter.

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The news of the signing continued to break out, and the Cavaliers also completed the signing.

After Dante negotiated, Frye and the Cavaliers reached a 3-year, 9 million fully guaranteed contract.

Rasheed Wallace 2 years 20 million, second year team option.

Jason Williams' one-year veteran base salary is 1.31 million.

Michael Finley's one-year veteran base salary is 1.31 million.

Danny Green, 3.44 million in 4 years, of which the third and fourth years are team options.

Both Beverly and Matthews got the same contract as Green.

Budinger, 2 years 1.24 million, standard second-round pick contract.

Marcus Thornton, the same contract as Budinger.

After Ben Wallace was bought out by the Suns, Tang Tian re-signed him with a one-year veteran's basic salary.

(Note: In 2009, there was a loophole in the NBA’s contract, and there is no regulation that cannot be re-signed within one year after the transaction)

After these transactions and signings are completed, the Cavaliers have signed some non-guaranteed contracts one after another, and the preseason roster will also be released.

Point guard: Jason Williams, Beverley, Bobby Brown

Shooting guards: Michael Finley, Danny Green, Matthews, Marcus Thornton

Small forwards: James, Budinger, Jawad Williams (non-guaranteed)

Power forwards: Rasheed Wallace, Ryan Anderson, JJ Hickson

Centers: O'Neal, Frye, Ben Wallace

(Note: Some other assets of the Cavaliers: 2010 first-round pick, 2010 Clippers first-round pick, 2010 New York Knicks second-round pick (Varejao traded), 2010 Nets second-round pick (Daniel · Gibson traded))

This lineup is star-studded.

"Little Emperor" James, "Shark" O'Neill, "Roaring God" Rasheed Wallace, "White Chocolate" Jason Williams, "Big Ben" Ben Wallace, "Former Maverick Trident" Halberd" Michael Finley.

If James stands still, the rest of the time will go back five years, and this lineup is a stable dynasty.

However, when the free agent signings were settled and the lineups of each team were completed in sevens and eighties, the Cavaliers naturally became the focus of media attention.

This is indeed star-studded, but the problem is that these people are no longer at the top.

Is this the Cleveland Pension Team?

"Oh, buddy! You must be kidding me! What the hell did Don do as the general manager?" Even Smith, who has always been calm, couldn't help complaining after seeing it.

"As it turns out, never give a head coach a general manager job, no matter how good he is, because it's a piece of shit." Barkley's big mouth is not so clean.

Not only Barkley and Smith, but other media also expressed their incomprehension.

This lineup doesn't look like a bad one, and has a certain level of immediate combat power, but it's much worse than last season's.

People from the outside can't understand it, but the Cavaliers, including owner Gilbert, are very clear that this is bad performance, and it cannot be done publicly.

On the one hand, the league doesn't allow it to show off publicly, on the other hand, the team still has to sell tickets.

To meet this condition, Tang Tian's lineup is obviously the most ideal.

The former super giant, now a veteran, is still famous, but prone to injuries.

Coupled with a bunch of talented rookies, full of potential, but lack of experience.

It is difficult for such a lineup to achieve a record, but selling tickets is absolutely no problem.

Poor performance is also a university question.

Of course, playing poorly is not just for a draft pick next year, but training rookies this year is the top priority.

On this day, just as Tang Tian sent the rookie training plan to the coaching staff, Dante came to him.

"There are two Chinese people looking for you in the meeting room."

Chinese?

Tang Tian asked Dante about the situation while walking towards the meeting room.

Judging from the description, it doesn't look like Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian. On the contrary, it looks a bit like Li Yuanwei who came to him last year.

"It's them." Dante said after reaching the door of the meeting room.

Tang Tian looked up, not to mention, it was really Li Yuanwei.

The other is Guo Shiqiang, one of his assistant coaches in the national team.

What are these two people doing here?

Should he be invited to play in the Asian Championships?

If that's the case, it's kind of funny.

"Little Tang, we meet again." Li Yuanwei greeted Tang Tian with a smile.

Tang Tian shook hands with him, and then signaled Dante to go out first.

"What's the matter?" Tang Tian asked after sitting down.

"It's like this. We communicated with Cavaliers owner Gilbert before, saying that we hope that Shiqiang can study with the Cavaliers as an assistant coach for a period of time. He said that everything is up to you, so I came here I'm looking for you."

"Assistant coach? Study?" Tang Tian glanced at Guo Shiqiang, he didn't expect this to be the case.

"Yes, I usually train with them, and then hold meetings together to learn some tactical systems so that they can be promoted to the CBA. Oh yes, there are also some things about the equipment. The equipment worked well last time. The basketball management center is working on it. Consider introducing some to the Beicang training base."