champion heart

Chapter 22 22. New Contract

Since Howard is determined to leave, Kupchak has nothing to do.

After all, the twisted melon is not sweet, and I can only find ways to make up for it from other places.

Soon Howard announced that he was joining the Houston Rockets, and Morey was both painful and happy about it!

Sometimes, you have to admire the "fat guy" Morey, this guy really has a few brushes.

When Howard announced his departure from the Lakers, there were 3 teams that were very willing to him, namely the Warriors, Rockets, and Mavericks!
No matter how you look at it, the Rockets don't have an advantage in getting Howard.

But the magic is here. Under such circumstances, Morey really dug Howard over!
Who are you going to reason with?
It can only be said that luck can't stop it!

Howard seems to be very happy to cooperate with Harden. He feels that the chance of winning the championship in the Rockets is much greater than that in the Lakers, and he will live happier than the Lakers!
At least I don't have to endure Kobe's face anymore!

But what Howard didn't know was that this would be the beginning of his tragedy.

He is also incompatible with Harden.

No matter who you come, I am so afraid of someone, I'm sorry, except that I can accompany you to go to the nightclub, don't even think about other things, in short, happiness is the end!

It can only be blamed that Harden in this period is still immature. Although the future Harden lacks the desire to win on the court, his overall performance is still very strong.

Somewhat unexpectedly, Morey got Howard. Of course, Morey was very happy, but after a brief moment of happiness, he fell into deep thought again!
He snatched away Howard, whom the Lakers still like. Although Howard wanted to leave, the relationship between Morey and the Lakers management would definitely be affected.

He still wants Tang De, it seems that there is really nothing to talk about now!
It is an exaggeration to say that Kupchak will not easily send Tang De to the Rockets just to take a gamble.

No way, Morey had no choice but to bite the bullet and try to communicate with Kupchak.

Although the NBA is a commercial league, it is more or less humane.

If the relationship between the management of the two teams is good, it will be relatively easy to trade with each other.

However, Kupchak did not intend to give Morey a chance. On the surface, he dealt with Morey to give him some hope, but this side has already begun to deal with Tang De's contract renewal issue!
They're all old foxes, so don't try to take advantage of anyone else. If you want my players, unless you can come up with a bargaining chip that convinces me absolutely, don't talk about it!

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Accompanied by agent Cantor, the conversation between Tang De and the Lakers management finally began. Under normal circumstances, NBA players cannot complete the signing without the company of their agent!

Cantor has a very obvious personal style. At the negotiating table, she is always used to strike from behind, and often uses tables to analyze the performance and value of players!
Either if she doesn't speak, once she speaks, she will hit the nail on the head.

So when the negotiation just started, under Cantor's advance warning, Tang De was not in a hurry to speak.

His biggest responsibility is to be responsible for listening and then signing. Cantor will help him get a suitable contract.

After all, the size of Tang De's contract is directly linked to Cantor's interests.

"Don, you have a talent that is visible to the naked eye, especially your defense, which is simply impeccable. Regarding your new contract, I want to hear your personal thoughts first."

"It really is an old fox!"

Kupchak is smart, and he threw the problem to Tang De with a casual sentence.

No matter how Tang De answers this question, it is not appropriate to answer it. If Tang De asks for a high price, Kupchak can use Tang De's sky-high asking price to lower the contract to the greatest extent. After all, Tang De is not a superstar. Just a few good performances!

If Tang De asked for a low price, Tang De himself would suffer again.

This is obviously what Tang De doesn't want to see, after all, no one wants to suffer.

Tang De is already so poor that what he needs most now is the dollar.

He thought before that as long as the Lakers are willing to renew his contract, the price can be negotiated, and it doesn't matter if it is lower.

But now he understands that while being able to play is important, so is the dollar.

Besides, he could tell that Kupchak really wanted to keep him, so that would be easy, at least Tang De had the capital to negotiate.

Tang De knew that D'Antoni must have worked hard behind his back.

The United States values ​​things like letters of recommendation very much. No matter what you want to do, if there is an authoritative person in the middle who is willing to recommend you, things will be much easier.

So he wants both fish and bear's paws!
After all, few people can refuse the money delivered to their door!

After roughly analyzing Kupchak's psychology, Tang De chose to remain silent.

He turned to look at Cantor, then smiled back at Kupchak.

You throw the problem to me, then I will throw it back to you!
How shrewd Cantor is, he understood Tang De's meaning in an instant.

Clearing his throat, Cantor said: "Mr. General Manager, as you said, Tang has a talent that is visible to the naked eye. The most important thing is that he is still young. In the future, he will definitely be able to help the team do many incredible things." !"

"Taking the last few games of the regular season as an example, Tang's performance is obvious to all. His performance is even the best in the team, and in the first round of the playoffs, he also performed extremely well!"

While talking, Cantor gestured to the data prepared in advance.

Tang De was stunned watching from the side.

"It's really worthy of being the only female agent in the NBA. It really doesn't lack the arrogance it should have!"

Tang De was suddenly very glad that he had such a manager. No matter what, Tang De felt very relieved when he looked at the professional woman in front of him!
"O dear Ms. Daniel, I think you should really be a lawyer. Your statement is really perfect and there are no loopholes!"

"Maybe I should give the money directly!"

Kupchak said with a smile.

"Mr. General Manager, I think we should finalize the specific contract as soon as possible. I am a businessman and time is money. I think you think so too!"

For Tang De, Cantor once again spoke amazingly!

Is it really necessary to be so direct?

Tang De smiled embarrassingly, but what Cantor said was indeed the truth. If there is sincerity, then sign the contract directly, and say that everything else is nonsense!
"I can offer Tang 4 million in four years!"

The price Kupchak said is categorical!
"Mr. General Manager, 4 million in four years is the minimum requirement. There are many teams that have made offers to Tang, but I have temporarily rejected them for Tang!"

As expected, businessmen are black-hearted. Tang De thought it would be good if the Lakers gave him 4 million for 1500 years, because the prices offered by other teams were about the same.

But he didn't expect that Cantor would directly add about 1000 million!
Finally, in the heated dialogue between Cantor and Kupchak, Tang De's new contract was finally officially finalized!
4 million in 2400 years, no less!
In fact, the amount of this final contract was the contract that Kupchak originally planned to give to Tang De, and the dispute between him and Cantor was only symbolic, and it was just out of the process.

After all, Kupchak knows best what Tang De's potential is worth!
Besides, so many teams want to sign Tang De, if something goes wrong, it will not be worth the loss for the Lakers!

Most importantly, in this way, Kupchak can be regarded as revenge for that "dead fat man"...

(End of this chapter)