NBA Absolute Flood Dam

Chapter 947: Senbei Castle
"Big shark? Will the grizzly bear let him go?" Savor asked in surprise.

"Let's talk about it first," Cole said.

"My company still has things to do, things like trading, you have to hurry up, we are behind other teams, we can't even drink soup."

Savor nodded. He can let Cole be the general manager, and he still trusts him.

Cole's luck is good. He has won five rings in his playing career. He hopes that Cole will bring his luck to the Suns, just like Frank brought the hammer to the Suns.

After Savor left, Cole immediately contacted the general manager of the Grizzlies, Brian Colangelo, who also just took office, was the former CEO of the Suns.

"Hey Steve, glad to hear from you."

"Me too."

The two are acquaintances and have known each other since they were in the Suns.

"You want O'Neal? This is not cheap, what chips can you give?" Brian began to ponder the chips of the Suns.

O'Neal's annual salary of 2000 million, the Suns want him, with the salary of a Suns player, unless it is Marion, it takes a bunch of people to change to others.

"Kurt Thomas, Boris Dior, Antonio McDyess, you can pay cash for the extra."

Using three substitute insiders for the Sharks, Cole quickly gave out chips.

When Brian Colangelo heard this, he shook his head repeatedly and said, "We don't need Antonio McDyess and Boris Dior. If you replace them with Marion, the deal can be concluded."

"Marion?" Cole began to think about it.

Without Marion, David Lee can go up, the latter's scoring ability is not weak, rebounding ability is also very strong, he thinks it can.

Moreover, David Lee has a ton in the interior, and the defense is now honed. Without Marion, he thinks that David Lee can be put on the starting lineup.

Brian Colangelo's consideration is that the Sharks are old for another year, and the inside combination with Gasol is too slow. If Gasol and Marion are teamed up and Kurt Thomas is a substitute, it should be better. good.

The two hung up the phone and began to make final considerations.

At 29 pm on the [-]th, after the application was officially approved, the Suns and Grizzlies announced the deal.

Marion was a little confused when he received the notice that he was traded.

He called Li Ba and asked, "Tie Hammer, do you know?"

"what do you know?"

Li Ba is currently training on the virtual interface, and he wants to take advantage of the time of retirement to upgrade the level of flycatcher.

"I was traded, I traded with O'Neal, and went to the Grizzlies." Marion said a little frustrated.

Li Ba was also a little startled when he heard that. What did the management want to do? Trade Marion out, and there is no starter inside. Do you want to rebuild?

In his view, the current lineup doesn't need to be changed at all. If Kurt Thomas or David Lee are brought up, they can play a dozen. There is no problem in making it to the playoffs.

"Go ahead. The Grizzlies have Marbury. They are stronger than the Suns next season. Maybe you can get another ring there. You have four rings, all of which are the main players. You can demand sky-high prices for this contract." Li Ba laughed.

Marion was startled, but also said with a smile: "I hope so."

After finishing the phone call, Li Ba started training again.

There is a lot of time now, and he is confident that the upgrade will be completed within half a year, so he devotes a lot of time every day.

O'Neal changed his club again, whether it was him, the media, or the fans, it didn't cause any disturbance, because he was used to it.

After completing this deal, Cole began to consider the issue of the back line again.

Rondo is weak offensively and strong defensively, but his offensive ability is too weak, and he was completely emptied, causing Li Ba to be double-teamed in advance in the paint area. This does not meet his team building requirements. The defense he wants is both offensive and defensive, so he will Rondo put it on the shelf.

Soon the team asked about the price. He weighed it and chose the Celtics. He traded Rondo for the Celtics' first-round pick for next year and its starter Delonte West.

West is a combo guard. He averaged 12+4+4 and 1.1 steals per game last season. He has offense and defense, three-pointers and mid-range shots. He can stretch. He is more suitable for the Suns' tactics than Rondo. .

The Suns have no master control. Although Westton was exchanged, Cole still wants to introduce Chauncey Billups.

Soon, Billups' agent Andy Miller received a call from Kerr.

"Chauncey, the Suns offered a five-year, $5 million contract. What's your opinion?" Miller then asked Billups.

"The Suns will not be very competitive next season without the Hammers?" Billups has some doubts.

"They have O'Neal, and they still have competitiveness, but I think it would be better for you to go to the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers are not bad inside, but the back line is weak. You have a lot of room to play. Moreover, they give a bigger contract , The dollar is sincerity, so the Cavaliers are more sincere than the Pistons and Suns." Miller said.

Billups thought about it, and what Miller said did make sense.

On June 6, the Cavaliers announced that they had signed free agent Chauncey Billups with a five-year, $30 million contract.

The time has entered July, and the reinforcement continues.

On the 1st, Vince Carter announced the renewal of his contract with the Nets, signing a 6-year $8400 million contract.

On the same day, thanks to reinforcements on the back line, the Cavaliers finally completed the contract extension with LeBron James.

These two signings have made the Cavaliers, who are already good in themselves, a good improvement, and they are very attractive to the free market.

After that, the Cavaliers made another effort, first renewing Varejao's contract, and then signed Maurice Williams and Gerald Wallace from the free market.

In this way, the salary of the Cavaliers exceeded luxury by nearly 3000 million US dollars, and it would cost nearly [-] million US dollars more each year.

However, the Cavaliers' guard group has also become one of the few guard groups in the league, thus raising the strength of the entire team to another level and becoming a championship-level team.

In mid-July, Li Ba's family is still quietly staying in Napa Valley.

The girl's condition is very stable and showing signs of improvement, and the whole family is in a good mood.

The name of the castle has already changed, and Liba has been changed to Xianbei Castle.

However, the brand of Sifu Winery and wine has not changed, but it is already in progress.

At the end of July, the name change was completed, Sifu Winery officially became history, and Xianbei Winery was born.

At the same time, the brand of the wine was changed to senbei.

This has certain risks, because Sifu is already a well-established top brand, while Xianbei is nothing.

However, this is required by the contract and must be replaced, because Sifu is his surname, and you must not be allowed to continue using it.

The change of brand immediately exposed the news of Li Ba in Napa Valley, and reporters flocked to him.

(End of this chapter)