The Godfather of Basketball

This news shocked Tang Tian.

He almost forgot about this master.

In his previous life, David West jumped out of the 12.6 million contract, turned around and signed a basic salary of 1.4 million with the Spurs, which became a good story in the NBA.

You know, that's more than 10 million dollars in real money!

This is the only one in NBA history.

And now that the Nets are short of a backup power forward, this is simply a match made in heaven.

Tang Tian had already started planning to sell the shares of the Warriors with Taylor Swift. Fearing that Jones might not be able to handle it, he decided to fly to Indiana on the spur of the moment.

David West has been in Indiana for 4 years. His wife and daughter live in Indiana. This time he chose to jump out of the contract. In addition to the sacrifice of money, he also has the stability of life, which shows his dedication. The price is high, and the desire for the championship is strong.

The two met in a local coffee shop in Indiana.

"You want me to play for the Nets?" West was still a little surprised by Tang Tian's visit. After all, what he said before was that he wanted to go to a championship team, such as the Warriors, Thunder, and Spurs. Nets, although last year's playoffs reached the Eastern Conference finals, they have a lot to do with their opponents, and their strength is not enough to win the championship.

"Yes, you will have the same chance to compete for the championship, and you will have enough playing time. Of course, although you don't care, you will also get a higher salary than other teams." Tang Tian said directly.

"But I chose to talk with the Warriors and the Spurs, they are closer to my needs." West said.

"You want to go west?"

"Yes, they are all in the West, but they have a better chance of winning the championship." West nodded.

"Don't you want to take revenge on LeBron?" Tang Tian said something insignificant.

West glanced at Tang Tian in surprise, he didn't seem to expect Tang Tian to say that.

"You were defeated by LeBron. You don't want to beat him to win the championship openly, but you want to go to the West?"

West didn't speak, Tang Tian's words obviously hit his weakness.

"The Warriors' rotation is basically fixed now. They won't take the risk to adjust after winning the championship. As for the Spurs, GDP is older. They were eliminated in the first round last year. The probability of them rushing out of the West is really higher than the basketball team. The Nets broke out of the East?" Tang Tian continued to ask.

West didn't speak, and he was obviously clear about this.

"You may not know that the Nets have improved a lot from last season. We drafted Devin Booker, signed Jimmy Butler, and Eric Gordon. Last year was more mature, do you think this lineup has no impact on the Cavaliers?"

"You signed Eric?" West seemed a little surprised.

Because Gordon has just reached a verbal agreement, and West is busy with his own signing, it is not too surprising that the news is lagging.

Tang Tian nodded.

"I'm willing to go to Brooklyn." To Tang Tian's surprise, West actually agreed right now!

He had spent so much saliva before, but it didn't work, so this sentence is enough?

"Eric is from Indiana. I trained with him the summer before, and we have a good personal relationship." West continued.

Tang Tian smiled after hearing this.

The personal relationship is good, and it is estimated to be average. Otherwise, he must have known about Gordon's joining, but after training together, West should know Gordon's strength. This sentence is more like a statement on the strength of the Nets. recognized.

Tang Tian smiled and nodded: "Welcome to New York."

With West's matter settled, the Nets' new lineup has basically been finalized, and what is missing now is only a substitute third center.

Last season, he signed Oden with a minimum salary of one year. Tang Tian didn't use the system because he didn't have many opportunities to play. Now that there are many centers in the free market, Oden was once again classified as Plan B or even C by him.

At this time, Tang Tian remembered his plan A, Yao Ming.

Last season was the last year of Yao Ming's contract year. Due to injuries, he and Kobe did not have the expected effect. Now that he is in Houston, he does not know what the future plan is.

He flew another trip to Houston.

Yao Ming's manor is still there, and Ye Li is still picking him up. The familiar scene seems to be back to 6 years ago, where he recruited Yao Ming to Cleveland 6 years ago.

"I want you to go to Brooklyn."

But this time, when Tang Tian made the request, Yao Ming did not immediately respond.

"I'm going to retire, coach." After a while of silence, Yao Ming said.

"Retire? With this ending?" Tang Tian wanted to get Yao Ming because the injuries in the past few years had drained his fighting spirit.

"You can go to Brooklyn to win the last championship and then retire, so that your career will be complete, and you can also help me train Jokic, he will definitely improve faster with your help." He continued Said.

"I can help train Jokic during the offseason, but I am really ready to retire. The championship is not so important to me. I am ready to acquire the CBA Shanghai team. I am ready to make my own contribution to Chinese basketball. Coach , I am ready to start another life." Yao Ming said sincerely.

Indeed, Yao Ming now has 5 rings and 4 MVP trophies. Championships and honors are indeed not so important to him.

After listening to Yao Ming's words, Tang Tian also knew that he had made a final decision, so he didn't force it.

"Coach, I know your basketball school and training camp, we will meet often in the future." Yao Ming also apologized for rejecting Tang Tian, ​​and continued.

"Yes, another life." Tang Tian said to Yao Ming with a smile.

Plan A failed, Tang Tian then asked Jones to find a new third backup center in the market.

Antiche of the Hawks, Muhammad of the Bulls, Bernard James and Greg Smith of the Mavericks, Quincy Essie of the Knicks, Cole Aldridge of the Clippers…

These are relatively cheap insiders in the market, and they can basically be won with a basic salary or a contract of about 2 million.

Looking at the list that Jones brought up, Tang Tian couldn't feel any interest, because it didn't make much sense to sign these people.

Although it is only the third center, it must at least have training value. Pralim’s rookie contract expires next year. When the salary cap skyrockets in the summer of 2016, it may not be possible to renew the contract. At that time, it will definitely be the third center. the best.

After much deliberation, Tang Tian finally asked Jones to find Oden and negotiate a new contract with his economic team.

3-year base salary, the third year is a team option.

Oden basically doesn't belong to this league anymore, and this offer from the Nets is also the only double-team. Even if it is a non-guaranteed contract, he has to sign it.

In theory, this is the case, but Tang Tian waited for a while, but Jones' reply gave him a headache.

Because of Oden, he is also preparing to retire!

[I'm not feeling well, I've taken a few days off to update and take a breather]