I just play ball

Chapter 377
In this draft, the Lakers selected two rookies in total. Jordan Clarkson was extremely humble, while Nikola Jokic was extremely arrogant. Li Yue asked himself that he knew more about NBA history, and he had never heard of a second-round rookie and the team. Talk about conditions.

The key is a giant team like the Lakers, who gave him the courage?
Could it be that if you don't intend to join the NBA, you can do whatever you want?

Li Yue laughed out loud as he thought about it, this guy was also very courageous.

But having said that, Jokic just lacks understanding of the NBA, thinking that every team will have a high training intensity, and he is a big fat man, and he is afraid of sudden death on the training ground, which seems to be understandable.

"Don't think too much, our team only has two hours of training every day." After finishing speaking, Li Yue raised his hand to signal other people in the office not to laugh. The task now is to trick Jokic from Europe to the United States, and nonsense is fine. .

"Really?" Jokic's voice was full of doubts, "Then I'll try to come over as soon as possible, what time is convenient?"

"Let your manager arrange it, let's drink some Coke to celebrate first." Li Yue hung up the phone, thinking that Jokic is a child at heart after all, his temper comes and goes quickly, as long as he is guided well, he can be cultivated Become a talent.

The main work of the draft was completed, and there was no need to participate in the subsequent matters. Li Yue left the arena and went straight to the airport.

The private jet service is very convenient, there is no need to buy a ticket and wait, and you can go directly to Los Angeles with simple procedures.

There have been more than 20 discussions on Twitter related to this draft. On behalf of the NBA, Xiao Hua selected Austin, who suffers from Marfan Syndrome, to become the number one hot topic in this time period. Countless people liked this move. No one cares what will happen to Austin in the future. Although Silver promised that as long as Austin graduates from college, the NBA will provide Austin with a job, but Austin refused. He wants to continue to pursue his basketball dream. No expense was spared for this.

The Cavaliers' selection of Wiggins as the No. [-] pick has also become a hot topic, but the head of the team, Irving, did not show any form of welcome, and the general manager of the team, David Griffin, was asked by reporters what to sign. '.

Many people have speculated from this that the LeBron team may really be discussing the possibility of returning to the Cavaliers, and the Warriors President Rick Wertz declared that the Warriors are ready to recruit a superstar when he was a guest on ESPN's live broadcast.

Such a hint naturally refers to LeBron, and a lot of speculation has arisen from this.

The Lakers' selection of two rookies with very different styles of play has also become a hot topic. Lakers fans are also full of doubts about the team's selection of the big fat Jokic. Only then did they applaud. After all, Li Yue had discovered Gobert and Covington for the team before, and it was by no means Jordan's vision.

During the flight, Clarkson sent a text message, emphasizing that in just two hours, the number of fans had increased by more than 1, and there were a large number of models on IG sending private messages to say hello, and his life had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Li Yue replied 'enjoy it' and reminded 'don't forget to train'.

At six o'clock the next morning, the plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport, and Taylor drove to pick him up.

As soon as he sat down, Taylor took out a stack of paper documents and said with a little fatigue: "This is the contract drawn up by our team for one day and one night. There are three versions in total, corresponding to various situations. I suggest you read Plan A first. "

"Okay, I came back from Italy this time, and I specially brought gifts for everyone. Remember to take them back later." Li Yue nodded and said, "I'll read the contract first, and I won't ask any questions for now. You can concentrate on looking at the car."

After finishing speaking, Li Yue opened the contract marked with 'A' on the top and read it attentively.

It takes about 10 minutes to roughly complete the browsing. The contract is for a five-year period, and the contract is signed with the bird right. The salary in the first year is 25% of the maximum salary, and then increases by 7.5% every year. If calculated according to the predicted salary cap, the total salary in five years is 9156 million.

Considering that the last TV contract is coming to an end, the new TV contract may greatly increase the salary cap. This contract is designed to be terminated early in the fourth year, similar to the contract signed by LeBron and the Heat. The first year is a player option, and the contract starts from the third year with many incentive clauses, which can guarantee the maximum income.

"I think it's feasible, so just send it to Mickey." Li Yue stamped the contract and didn't continue to read the remaining two copies. Layer manipulation would be very cumbersome.

If that is the case, the attraction for free agents is not enough. Unless there is really a lack of opportunities, who would like to join a team with a basic salary that may run away at any time, and signing will give free agents a sense of security.

"We have roughly estimated that this year's salary cap will exceed the average increase range of previous years." Taylor said, "Because of your existence and two consecutive years of full topicality, the NBA's revenue this season has increased significantly. If that is the case, Your contract will become at least $5 million in five years, far surpassing other rookies in the same class, catching up with LeBron and others."

"Let's see when the time comes." Li Yue waved his hand and took out his cell phone to send text messages to Kobe and Iguodala.

After the draft is over, there are still four days to usher in the free market. The recruitment of the three needs to be carried out in advance. Although the league order prohibits this behavior, who really cares?Unless the league sends someone to monitor every player.

Kobe and Iguodala responded quickly, and they met in tacit agreement starting at noon. The first object was the team's meritorious veteran Pau Gasol, then the main substitute Nick Young, and then Meeks and others.

The car arrived at the Ramona community in a blink of an eye. Taylor and Li Yue had breakfast and returned to the company with gifts.

At noon, Li Yue, Kobe, and Iguodala met at the beach in Malibu. After a while, Gasol was greeted. I am willing to stay and launch an impact on the three consecutive championships.

The corresponding conditions are also very simple, as long as the contract meets the standards of the same players.

After Gasol was settled, the three of them drove to the villa where Nick Young lived. Nick Young personally took out the oven to roast beef as a treat, and directly stated that he had discussed with the team, and a standard mid-level contract was enough.

The whole process was extremely easy, and the three couldn't believe it until they called to invite Meeks. The other party thanked the three for their love, but also expressed that they wanted to enter the free market to pursue a relatively large contract. The price in their minds was 3 million for three years.

It is currently difficult for the Lakers to provide such a contract, and the three can only temporarily give up.

Perhaps because of the news that the three were recruiting players, Nash, who was on vacation in Canada, called and told him that he would announce his retirement after the free market opened. The management could lay off him and use the deferred payment clause to pay the remaining salary , Such an operation can free up more than $600 million in salary space for the team, which is of great help.

The three sighed, and Nash smiled and said that he would join the coaching staff and guide the three in training in the future.

The cheerful atmosphere dilutes the sadness, and the three of them continued to make phone calls to practice while it was still early.

As expected, Livingston thanked the three for recruiting and said he would accept the contract offered by another team; Hawes thanked the Lakers for his good time and would also accept the contract offered by another team. And Blake is willing to wait for the Lakers to provide double-teams a little later, but if the team offers first, he will accept the offer and choose to leave.

The three couldn't make a promise, they could only say that it would depend on the situation.

Beasley and Marshall are very decisive and willing to accept the offer of a basic salary contract.

In this way, the Lakers lineup is almost complete, only one backup power forward and backup shooting guard.

But the remaining work is not so troublesome, just wait for the free market to open.

Of course, whether the contract can be signed according to the plan depends on the total salary cap released on July 7.

(End of this chapter)