From today on is the king

Chapter 1584 1583. Milicic's determination

On June 2008, 6, the morning of the draft day, the Raptors officially announced that they would fire the team's general manager Glenn Grunwald and hire the team's chief consultant Masai Ujiri to become the team's new general manager.

It is still rare in NBA history for a team to change its general manager on the day of the draft. However, there have been many major events recently.

In recent days, in addition to sending away the center Tyson Chandler who was most compatible with James and getting O'Neal back like a fan of the Cavaliers, there are many other big things happening.

今年夏天可以进入球员选项的史蒂夫-纳什没有如人们预期的那样跳出当年签下的5年6500万合同的最后一年只有1350万的合同, 这时候的纳什虽然34岁了，但跳出合同在有鸟权的情况下要一份四年8000万的合同不是什么难题。

But Nash did not do that. In an interview, he said that the Suns gave him respect during his most difficult time, so he would rather take one year less maximum salary, choose to extend the contract, and renew the contract with 3 million for 5800 years in advance. In this way, Nash belonged to the Suns before 2012.

Suns general manager Steve Kerr said that they would like to give Nash an overlord clause similar to Kobe’s, that is, trade veto rights, but Nash cannot meet the conditions for trade veto rights. The current trade veto rights require at least 7 years without changing teams.

But Steve Kerr said that before Nash chooses to voluntarily leave the team or retire, the Suns will not conduct any transactions related to Nash.

This makes Morey, the general manager of the Rockets, who is preparing to offer Nash in the summer, very sad...

Nash reciprocates, but the Bulls are in big trouble!

Garnett refused to implement the player option and became a completely free agent. He had already rejected the Bulls' offer to extend his contract to 3 with 6000 million for 2012 years.

There is also a "big news" that people joke about.

When people jump out of the player option, it is announced by their own agency, or after the media learns about it.

For the Eagles, their owner Steven Price announced on Facebook that his team's head star Ace Liu jumped out of the final year's 1910 million contract to test the free market...

As soon as this news came out, it quickly occupied the No. 1 hot post on all major forums, all complaining about Price's smug face.

Shrewd Price became popular before the draft...

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Ujiri has been a professional basketball player since 1993. He has played in the Continental Basketball Association, Serie A, Bundesliga, and La Liga. He even went to the CBA for trial training in the late 90s.

But as soon as he took office, he faced huge troubles.

The strongest player in team history applies for a trade!
On the first day of taking office, he was about to negotiate with Milicic, and Ujiri's head was about to explode.

The reason why the Raptors fired former general manager Grunwald overnight was because last night Grunwald tried to trade Milicic after several failed negotiations with Milicic, and was fired by Raptors president Brian Colangelo.

In a suite of a certain hotel in New York, Ujiri felt a little headache when he saw the shy and silent Eastern European man sitting across from him. He joined the Raptors in April 03 and started working as a scout for the Raptors. After the Raptors selected Milicic, he had a good relationship with Milicic. Knowing that this big man is introverted means that he is very stubborn and admits to death.

Just like Misilic in the original time and space, Larry Brown called him useless, and he gradually decided that he was useless. Even if he was just 21 years old when he was traded away by the Pistons after the third grade, he still felt that he was useless.

Such a person is more difficult to deal with than a smart and cunning opponent. Ujiri's first opponent in office now is the head star of his own team, which makes Ujiri's scalp tingle.

After thinking for a while, Ujiri said sincerely: "Dako, trust us, we will definitely create a stronger lineup for you."

"Can you beat Ace?" Milicic asked.

In fact, after being eliminated by the Magic in early May, Milicic submitted a trade application to the Raptors only a week after being eliminated. No matter what former Raptors general manager Grunwald said, Milicic only asked this question.

Ujiri felt the helplessness of Grunwald's choice to negotiate a deal with other teams. What Milicic decided could not change his mind!

"OK, Darko, we are friends. I respect your ideas, but you should know how valuable you are. If we can't get the desired return, the boss will definitely not agree to the deal. You know the result of Glenn, and I hope you can understand the final result." Ujiri can only say this.

"I understand, thank you, Marseille." Milicic responded, got up and left Ujiri's room.

The negotiation lasted only 3 minutes... Ujiri became even more depressed.

After Milicic left, Ujiri came to the room of team president Colangelo, who now also has a headache.

Seeing Ujiri coming, Colangelo seemed to see a savior, and hurriedly asked: "Marseille, Darko..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Ujiri shaking his head.

At this stage of the matter, there is no need to say too much. Ujiri said bluntly: "Boss, if we don't make a deal, we will definitely not be able to keep Darko in two years. In another year, if Darko publicly announces to apply for a deal, we will lose the initiative to make a deal."

Even Ujiri said that, Colangelo felt a little bit of despair...

It is true that he is called the boss, but he is just the president, not the real boss. Sending Milicic away almost means that the Raptors will fall from a top team to an ordinary team, and may even slip to the edge of the playoffs. Everything about the Raptors is built around Milicic.

"Boss, we should make a decision quickly and find the best return before this matter is revealed!" Ujiri said seriously.

"Marseille, everything is entrusted to you. I have always admired you. This team was built according to your suggestions. You know how to do the best..." Colangelo couldn't help it.

Before, Grunwald could be fired to give the boss an explanation, but now the general manager has changed once. If the boss is not satisfied when reporting the progress to the boss next time, the one who will be fired will definitely not be the newly appointed general manager, but him, the president!

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Liu Mang, Price, the coaching staff and others were very depressed.

After receiving a call from Grunwald last night, they stayed up all night, waiting for the follow-up negotiations. Who knew that after staying up all night, they received the news that Grunwald had been fired!

Watching the news that the official NBA website was squeezed into a sub-version, a group of people surrounded by computers were speechless.

What is this called?
"I'm so sleepy, boss, the 10th pick should be changed to the 10th or 11th pick. 11th year is the best. I'm going to bed." Liu Mang yawned after finishing speaking, "Are you still waiting? I'll go to the room first."

"Ace, let's renew the contract..." Price really wanted to say this to Liu Mang.

However, he still held back and didn't say anything.

Now that Liu Mang has participated in the team's transaction and has been thinking about the 10-year and 11-year matters, he must have not run away with the contract extension. Price thinks that Liu Mang just wants to wait until the new salary cap comes out on July 7.

Originally, I wanted to ask which high school students in 2010 or 2011 that Liu Mang had taken a fancy to, but Price still didn't ask, and replied, "Ace, go back and rest, I told you not to wait, we will call you if something happens."

"Coach, John, Karl...bye, I'm going back to sleep."

Liu Mang couldn't stand it any longer, and after greeting the people in the room, he went back to the next room to sleep.

When I got back to my room, I just lay down. It was said that I was going to sleep, but anyone who has survived the whole night knows that I really want to sleep, but I really couldn't fall asleep right away at the first time.

After lying down for almost half an hour, the swollen head feeling after staying up all night was finally about to disappear. Liu Mang, who closed his eyes and tossed and turned, finally felt that his eyes could close by himself, was finally about to fall asleep.

Just when Liu Mang fell asleep, the door was smashed and slammed...

"Who is it!" Liu Mang was awakened instantly, walked out of the bedroom, and roared towards the door.

"Ace, the Raptors are calling again!"

"Damn! He sells XXX... is sick!"

Liu Mang speaks Chinese directly...

(End of this chapter)