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319. The gentleman's rule(1/2)

If you want 10 million in three years or 14 million in four years, go to the Lakers to get 3.6 million in three years?

Bulls general manager Jerry Klaus received the news that Rick Fox's agent refused to offer, and saw the Lakers officially announce the signing of Rick Fox, and his mentality exploded!

Rick Fox is also a North Carolina graduate and an alumnus of Jordan. His playing style is also suitable for Jordan's off-ball style. They also gave him a salary that meets the market price, but the other party would rather cut his salary than go to the Lakers.

At this time, he thought of the Celtics. It seemed that the contract renewal given by the Celtics was $18 million for five years. Rick Fox still refused to renew the contract, and Jerry Klaus balanced a lot...

But it's very difficult for him now!

During the playoffs, he learned that Rick Fox wanted to change teams, and Pippen couldn't handle renewing his contract. In order to avoid trouble, he chose to try the high school student who seemed more talented than Pippen, but the core goal of summer is Rick Fox. The high school student was just a bet on the future. After all, Jordan is already 34 years old and will turn 35 after the All-Star weekend next season.

If Rick Fox can be signed, Rick Fox and Jordan will lead McGrady, if McGrady's talent is as good as the rumor, there will be present and future.

Jordan clearly stated that he refused to trade Pippen, but failed to defend his title successfully. Jerry Klaus had a higher voice than Jordan...

He must have to strengthen his efforts when he sent Pippen away. He also thought that he might not be able to compete for Rick Fox, but he did not expect that he could not compete for the Lakers in this way.

If Rick Fox is signed, then the changes this summer will be completed directly, and others don’t have to move at all, nor do they have to overdraw the future... Now we can only start the second plan...

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In the office of the general manager of Time Warner Training Hall, the logo man was in a happy mood while drinking a small wine.

When he told his colleagues that he had successfully signed Rick Fox, Jerry Bass widened his eyes, and when he said that the contract was 3.6 million for 3 years, Jerry Bass' mouth also opened his mouth wide, and the reactions of others... it was really good!

He really didn't expect that they would win the championship in the just-concluded season. Of course, he thought that Barkley would definitely retire if he won the championship.

Although Barkley plays better and better in the playoffs, Barkley has been injured. Of course, he can still hold on for another two or three years after the Suns. He plays in the regular season and gets 10 points per game to keep his form and keeps his energy on the playoffs. At the age of 35 or 36, he should still be very strong in the playoffs. If he doesn't win the championship, Barkley will definitely hold on, but if he wins the championship, Barkley will definitely retire.

But I didn't expect that the transitional lineup formed last summer won the championship directly... Barkley, a player with great vision for his future plans, will definitely choose to retire successfully.

Now, there is news that after Barkley retired, he chose to go to the news media at the University of Southern California to study hard. He had long planned what to do after retirement.

This summer, we will definitely not be able to strengthen the way we did last summer. If Barkley does not retire, sign Rick Fox and keep Barkley, there is no need to worry about anything.

Fortunately, he also analyzed low-probability events. Although there were not many, he thought about how to operate if he won the championship and retired, and did some things that might seem meaningless in advance.

Signing Rick Fox is so important. Rick Fox is considered a poor version of Pippen with weak athletic ability, breakthrough jump shots, and three-point enhancement...

Not only can it make up for the three-pointer James Robinson, George Lynch, the defender of the power forward position of Jeromy Coles, and the Magician's role in supporting the magician, Rick Fox can also take the lead.

But his most proud operation this summer was not to dig Rick Fox from the Celtics, but... the Bulls really used Pippen to trade the draft pick and chose McGrady!

It was not in vain that he drooled so much of his saliva while playing McGrady during the joint trial... But McGrady is indeed talented and has a great future in his playing style similar to Pippen. Jordan is not Jordan 10 years ago and has no time to accompany McGrady to grow up.

What changes will this cause on the Bulls? The logo man looks at this with a fun attitude... Anyway, it has nothing to do with their Lakers.

The acquisition of Rick Fox also played a role in preventing the Bulls from filling in loopholes. As soon as the free market opened, the Bulls provided a quote for Rick Fox. The logo man also went to Boston to discuss in detail with Rick Fox, using their team's leading stars to tempt the other party to join.

Of course, if the Bulls couldn't think of giving Pippen to them for free for a year, it would be better if the Lakers were to spend it for a year...

As for the fact that three players were poached by other teams, the logo man is ready regardless of whether he wins the championship or not.

It is certain that Jeromy Colsey and George Lynch were poached. Regardless of whether they won the championship or not, the two will definitely be targeted by other teams in this year's playoff performance.

Jeromy Colsey did not win the championship, so he will definitely change teams and hold on to his thighs next season. If he wins the championship, he will definitely pursue a high salary.

A young player like George Lynch, who is 27 or 28, will pursue higher salaries in the golden period of his career, no matter whether he can win the championship or not.

James Robinson was poached... This is a bit surprising, but Fisher is more talented and has a certain defensive ability, so he didn't plan to stay. Baylor gave him a salary of 4 million, which made the logo man sigh at why this old teammate's vision is always so strange.

Thinking about Mr. Beile's operation, the logo man was a little uncomfortable.

Baylor's operations were pretty good last year, and he temporarily consolidated his position as general manager. He signed such a contract at the beginning of the offseason this season...

I was regretting Baylor's operation, and the knock on the door rang.

"Please come in."

Kupchek heard the response and pushed open the door and walked in. Without talking nonsense, he said directly: "Jerry, I have contacted the players you mentioned. Currently we have Aix, Kenny, Brian, and four players with one year left in the contract. Shaq, Rick, and Jason are all long-term contracts. Derek and Doug have two-year contracts. Except for Shaq, our current total salary is 17 million, and there is still 11.76 million space to use..."

As he said that, Kupchek was a little restless and asked tentatively: "Jerry, should we fight for a superstar? We have enough space!"

When the logo man heard Kupchek's words, he still had a headache about the assistant he trained as his successor.

This successor is good at everything, but he is only radical in his habit. He always thinks that all five positions are superstars...

The logo man shook his head: "It would be okay if Charles renewed his contract. Last season, we underestimated Aix's progress speed. If it weren't for Charles being in the team from the beginning, it would have affected the emotions of Aix and Shaq. With them, we don't need more superstars. It's better to match the right role players around them. One more superstar will not improve our strength. Which superstar do you think will be better than XO?"

Kupchek fell into deep thought, and then he put on a name... "For Kenny to exchange for Jordan?"

"..." The logo man showed his mentally retarded eyes.

Kupchek is in his 40s and is still scratching his head awkwardly at this moment. The answer is indeed a bit stupid.

But the impulse caused by the sufficient salary space of Kupchek also dissipated. He thought about it and even if he had won the game, Wen Baker, who are currently in the free market or being sold, seemed useless.

They can't have been willing to sacrifice themselves as much as Barkley.

Some things need to be said, otherwise the person involved will most likely not be able to remember them, because the excited things have filled his entire brain. It would be fine if he didn't do it. If he did it, he would remember them afterwards, and it would not matter because he completed the exciting things.

When the problem really comes, regret is useless.

Indeed, in addition to getting Jordan, Kupchek thought about it, even if he got Payton, Anthony Hardaway, and Hill, he would not be able to bring substantial improvements to his overall strength, but there would be many problems.

There are too few people who have suffered from wandering like Kenny Anderson and are willing to assist Zhang Hao's top outside line.

Moreover, the Magic originally planned to hold on, just like losing O'Neal for nothing last year. That is, the one who proposed the deal was Brian Colangelo of the Suns. The Magic were willing to sign first and then exchange.

If anyone talks with the Magic, unless they give chips that match Anfenny Hardaway, the Magic will choose to hold on until they lose Anfenny Hardaway directly, and they will not get any rewards.

The Logo man was speechless for a while and continued: "Kenny, Doug, Rick, Aix, Shaq, are our lineup next season. Currently, the only ones in the bench are Brian and Jason. The few people I want to fight for may not be able to win, we cannot give too high salaries."

"Why? Don't we still have 11.76 million room... Oh! By the way, Kenny and Aix are going to renew their contract!"

"Yes, I heard that the Timberwolves are willing to provide Garnett with a contract of nearly 130 million in six years." The logo man released something that he found through his connections that he was shocked at the time.

"130 million in 6 years? The Timberwolves are crazy! They are causing trouble for us!" Kupchek was shocked.

This is much bigger than O'Neal's contract! O'Neal has 127 million in 7 years!

Although I don’t know the details of the contract, Kupchek will know after calculating that Garnett’s contract starts at least 14 million, and will be close to 30 million in the last year!

This is not the Jordan-style contract signed by O'Neal, but it must be counted within the salary cap. Due to the sharp increase in the league's total income in the season that just ended, most of the increase in the playoffs. In the three-round series of the Lakers and Jazz, Knicks and Heat, Lakers and Bulls, the salary cap soared by more than 3 million, but it was only $28.76 million in salary cap. Garnett's last year's contract is higher than the salary cap next season!

Sports Illustrated News Biography marked Rick Fox University's resume, majoring in film and television performance in North Carolina, and also went to the University of Southern California to study in film and television performance in 1995.

In other words, Rick Fox is half an alumnus of Zhang Hao and his girlfriend.

When Zhang Hao saw this interview, all he thought of was some American action movies...

As for Zhang Hao’s impression of this new teammate, he believed that this new teammate was saying what he said in his heart, but... "What I took was different from what you wanted to take!"

How to say, after Zhang Hao contacted Henry Thomas and Kupchek, he found that the NBA is also very reliant on relationships.

Alumni, former colleagues... are all very useful relationships.

Like Jerry Colangelo, the legendary manager who has won the Best Manager four times in the NBA for more than 20 years, has served as his assistant, general manager, and executive management staff. Now it is spread throughout the NBA. Brian Colangelo has just taken office for two years and is expected to win the Best Manager next season...

But Zhang Hao didn't expect that the logo man would even take advantage of his "connections".

Also, this damn charm in Los Angeles!

Not only are there school district houses, but also action movies to shoot.

Not to mention, just this signing will make up for the gap between James Robinson and George Lynch.

It's so explosive, Rick Fox signs this contract!

This new teammate who can play from No. 2 to No. 4, and even Jeromi Colsey can do the work, and it is younger and healthier. It is okay to say that one person takes the three people away. The three of them will have to pay a net of 10 million a year. Oh, brother... No, Mr. Fox only costs 1.2 million!

Originally, after Zhang Hao finished training every day and got out of the state of devotion to training, he would be worried when he thought about how the team would sign up.

Now, the basic market has been solidified and a top defense + shooting + supportive striker swingman was obtained.

Zhang Hao forgets that, with him, Boss Kenny, Big Fat, Doug Christie, Rick Fox, and, there are Jason Williams and Brian Shaw, the first substitutes inside and outside. Brian Shaw can play in three positions in the backcourt, Pioneer, Jason Williams power forward and center are both pretty good.

Next, it will be much easier to sign up, just find functional players...

Zhang Hao continued to devote himself to cross-step training and basic skills training. During the training, he started humming a song, "A flower blooms and a flower will fail... Dad, can you sing the little star? I can... The river flows eastward, and the stars in the sky are simultaneous to the Beidou..."

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The Lakers signed Rick Fox, and this signing was enough to make a sensation even if it didn't depend on the salary.

Some experts retired at Barkley, and George Lynch went to the 76ers to get a high salary and analyzed that the Lakers' best way to sign players at this stage is to get players similar to Pippen.

But there are actually not many such players, and there must be many similar styles, but those with sufficient strength are almost all contracts. They listed the suitable Lakers players in the entire NBA and found that only Rick Fox, whose contract expired, is suitable, but this is a Celtic player... They actually joined the Lakers and are in a position to join the Lakers without getting a salary.

Currently, the Lakers have 12 championships and the Celtics have 16 championships. This trend has been made by many media after signing Rick Fox on the Lakers. The Lakers may catch up with the Celtics championships in the XO era!

Soon, a day when the media, fans and players were paying attention to it. On July 15, the annual regular boss meeting day came, and many proposals will be voted on this day.

After the finals, some proposal contents were exposed.

After a day of meeting, on July 16, the league announced the results of several proposals that were supported by most teams to vote.

The first article confirms a temporary clause issued by the NBA official during the Finals, which became a formal NBA clause that prohibits changing jerseys in the middle of the game. Each team needs to prepare more spare jerseys, and technical station officials also need to prepare multiple sets of unnumbered jerseys and stickers for the two teams to deal with extreme special situations.

This clause is subject to a fine for violations, and it is prohibited to continue playing games. The players' union also agreed. After all, this is a reasonable requirement and you cannot object just because Zhang Hao is alone.

This clause is called the gentleman clause.
To be continued...
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