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Chapter 1282 Early Contract Renewal of the Twin Towers (Part [-])
"So, before the start of the last 20 regular season games, I want to set a short-term goal for the team at this stage~!!, that is to keep six and compete for four~!!!"

"If we want to keep No.6, we must win those opponents who are not as good as us in terms of strength and record. This is very important. We must show a very focused state to deal with every opponent~!!"

Lan Shengli is a coach who likes and is good at setting short-term goals to help the team improve their record.

Now that there are only 20 games left in the regular season, Lan Shengli once again set the goal of "keeping six and competing for four", and the Clippers also started the sprint stage ahead of schedule.

While speaking, the Clippers' home game against the Jazz has begun.

"Since the goal of "guaranteeing six and fighting for four" has been set, let me see how well you guys are doing for this goal~!!"

Ballmer, who was still seated on the sidelines, looked at the Clippers with a stern expression, thinking to himself.

After all, this is Ballmer's first year in the Clippers, and he also hopes that the team can reach the playoffs and achieve better results.

While talking, the game started soon.

The Clippers are well-organized, and the starting lineup of Billups, Harden, George, Love and Jordan is iron-clad.

On the Jazz side, it seems a bit "flowing soldiers".

The inside line of Favors and Millsap seems to be sufficient, but neither of them has absolute height. Without Deron, the Jazz's backcourt seems a bit weak. Devin Harris is the team's most Experienced defender.

And like Gordon Hayward, Alec Burks, and Turkish center Ines Kanter are relatively young players, and they need more games to grow and experience.

In short, today's Jazz has a lot of players who can play.

If there is a superstar, maybe it will be very different.

"Duang~!!!"

After the start of the game here, the Clippers' inside height advantage was immediately reflected.

Love supported the ball in the high position, and under the cover of George, Jordan directly played an alley-oop cooperation with Love. Jordan received the ball in the air and directly dunked the ball into the basket.

Love, who is still fighting with one arm, is still helping the team.

In terms of inside talent and height, the Clippers have an absolute advantage.

The Clippers also used this goal to show their determination to win this game, and also set a tone for this game, that is, they must win.

With this belief in winning and absolute focus, the Clippers quickly took a big lead and kept it until the end.

After defeating the Jazz, the Clippers made great strides towards the goal of "keeping six and competing for four".

Love and Jordan, who scored 12 points, 13 rebounds and 16 points and 10 rebounds, were the biggest contributors to the Clippers' victory in this game.

They dominated the paint, they dominated the paint.

They played very strong.

These two distinctive and complementary inside partners have become the Clippers' biggest advantage.

If Love is not affected by the injury, if Jordan can improve his free throw percentage, maybe the two can play better.

This is also a place where two people can improve, or can improve.

But for the Clippers, the same thing in these two insiders makes them very embarrassed.

That is, both of them have come to the last year of the contract year this season. If the Clippers do not provide a contract extension, according to the regulations, the two players will become restricted free agents.

At that time, although the Clippers can still provide contract extensions for two people, they need to look at the winks of other teams.

Because other teams can offer offers for restricted free agents, if the Clippers choose to match the offer, that person still belongs to the Clippers, and if they don't match, they will be sent away for nothing.

"The current situation is like this, I think, we need to put this matter on the agenda, we should think about it~!"

Here, general manager Cole found Ballmer and told Ballmer about Love and Jordan's expiring contracts.

"Then we'll just match~, there's nothing to worry about, whether it's Love or DeAndre, they will continue to play for the Clippers~!!"

Ballmer is very confident.

"No~, Mr. Ballmer, matching the offers of other teams sounds simple, but in fact there is a lot of knowledge in it, because if many teams want to get Love or DeAndre, then they will raise the price, Give two people a maximum-salary contract. If Love’s maximum-salary renewal contract is worth something, then DeAndre is not worth a maximum-salary contract at all~ After all, we need to ensure the flexibility and flexibility of the salary space , and in response to the expiration of the contracts of Harden and other players next season, we must ensure that there is always enough salary space to keep these core players~!!"

Cole explained.

"Whoever signs DeAndre with the highest salary, let him sign it, it doesn't matter, I don't care~"

Ballmer responded.

"But obviously the combination of Love and DeAndre is successful, if we split them, it would not be a good decision~!!"

Cole responded.

"Then according to what you said, what should I do~?!"

Ballmer asked impatiently.

"The safest thing to do now is to provide Love and DeAndre, the inside twin towers, with an early renewal contract, and not let them enter the free agent market. In this way, we will be more proactive. Since we I also plan to keep these two people in the team for a long time, so why not just keep them~!!"

Cole explained.

"We can provide Love with a contract close to the maximum salary, and then provide DeAndre with a contract above the middle class. I believe that they will accept such two contracts with pleasure~!!"

Cole continued to talk about his plan.

"Have you discussed with Coach Blue~?!"

Ballmer asked with a serious expression.

After all, in the end, the money is going to be taken from Ballmer's pocket.

"Not yet, I just want to ask for your opinion~"

Cole responded.

"You should first ask Coach Blue to see what he thinks. Renewing the contract is not a trivial matter. You must be cautious. The contract period, contract amount, and some additional incentives, team options, or player options, etc. Wait, everything is included~!!"

Ballmer reminded.

"Understood, Mr. Ballmer~, I didn't expect you to know so much about the contract~"

Cole sighed.

"I'm the owner of the NBA. I don't know the rules of the game. How can I play the game~?! Haha~!"

Ballmer sighed with a smile.

(End of this chapter)