938 If I can’t kill him, I lose!
When the agent heard this, he knew that the Kings must have communicated with James to sign James, so they only had 23 million in free space.
So he told Chris Paul the news.
Paul was even more delighted when he heard the news.
With Wang Yi and James, plus him, can we still fail to win the championship?
And he has a very good relationship with James, who were once the Banana Boat Brothers.
Who wouldn't love playing ball with good brothers?
So he told his agent: "When the free market opens on July 1, we will fly to Sacramento to talk."
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At the same time, in the past few days, the urine testing agency NWP sent by the NBA and the urine testing agency AWP sent by USATF have begun to conduct occasional urine tests on Wang Yi and Thomas.
The date for the match between the two has been decided, it will be July 10th.
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Finally the time has arrived on July 1st.
nba trading market opens.
Paul and James' agents, as well as the two men, set off for Sacramento at the same time.
At the most upscale hotel in Sacramento, Wang Yi and General Manager Divas met first with James and others, and then with Paul and others.
The meeting with James didn't take too long. After all, there was no dispute over their contract with James, and the maximum salary was guaranteed.
Even though James Lian Po is old, he is top class wherever he goes.
Moreover, the commercial value he brings to the team far exceeds his salary, so it is absolutely impossible for him to accept a salary cut.
The meeting with veteran Paul was very long, and the two sides went through several rounds of negotiations.
In the end, veteran Paul's contract was worth $28 million.
In this case, the Kings will need to pay a luxury tax of $5 million.
However, US$5 million is just drizzle for IT tycoon Rana Dev.
In fact, the negotiation between Paul and the team was very smooth. After all, Paul wanted to win a championship, so he took the initiative to join the Kings.
The contract will not be signed immediately after the two parties have reached an agreement.
Because there is still a trading freeze period after the trading market opens.
During the trade freeze period, players can only negotiate certain intentions with the team, but cannot sign a contract.
Only after the trade freeze period ends can a free agent actually sign a contract with the team.
The so-called trade freeze period does not mean that this player cannot be traded.
But after the door to the trading market opens, because the league needs to review the league's total revenue and the revenue of each team to determine the salary cap and luxury tax collection line for next season.
This takes a while.
During this period, players cannot sign with the team.
This is called the transaction freeze period.
Finally, on July 7, the transaction freeze period ended.
According to the league's newly determined salary cap and luxury tax threshold, the Kings will actually exceed the luxury tax threshold by $7 million next season.
Then the Kings will need to pay $7 million in luxury tax next season.
Of course, this is based on the Kings' current lineup.
The Kings will definitely make other operations in the future. If they operate properly and control the total salary of all the team's players below the luxury tax threshold, then they will not need to pay another $7 million in luxury tax.
But even if it is unavoidable to pay US$7 million, the boss can still pay it, just a drizzle.
July 9, when the transaction freeze period ends.
The alliance was quickly detonated by two pieces of news.
"Official NBA News: LeBron James has signed with the Kings"
"Official NBA News: Chris Paul has signed with the Kings"
As soon as these two pieces of news came out, it set off a storm throughout the entire alliance.
All the fans also had a heated discussion.
"Here I go, this is the Kings' guaranteed three consecutive championships."
"It's over, it's over, the NBA is about to end."
"I thought James would definitely come, but I didn't expect Paul to come too."
Of course there are different voices.
"Even three consecutive championships does not show how great Wang Yi is. He used three lineups for these three consecutive championships. The starting lineup is different every year."
Someone immediately responded: "Are you stupid? This only shows how strong Wang Yi's leadership ability is. You can choose the lineup as you like. If I can't win the championship, I will lose."
These two pieces of news caused fans to discuss them all day long.
Why was such shocking news only discussed for a whole day?
Because the second day is July 10, the day when Wang Yi and Thomas compete.
Wang Yi has a tight schedule this offseason.
He had to shoot a few commercials in the United States and then immediately fly to other countries to participate in events.
Finally, I have to return to China to prepare for the Olympics.
After the Olympics, I had to fly back to the United States to train with James Paul and the others. After all, it was a new lineup, so I had to get used to it.
So it seems that the offseason is nearly five months, but Wang Yi is still very busy.
That's why he decided to play Thomas on July 10th.
The two will compete at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles.
This location was chosen by Thomas.
At first, when the other party asked about the venue of the competition, Wang Yi said casually: "You can choose the venue as you like. If I don't win, I will lose."
It sounds really domineering.
Thomas's agent secretly muttered to himself: If you don't win, you will lose.
However, when the venue of the match between the two was chosen to be at Rose Stadium in Los Angeles, Wang Yi understood the psychology of these guys.
Their choice of location was very thoughtful.
In the 1999 Women's World Cup, the Chinese Women's Football Team finished second.
That was the heyday of Chinese women's football.
Sun Wen scored 7 goals in that World Cup and won the Golden Boot.
Back then, the whole country in China was celebrating.
The final of that World Cup was held at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles.
The opponent of the Chinese women's football team is the American women's football team.
The Chinese Women's Football Team and the U.S. Women's Football Team fought fiercely for 90 minutes and tied 0:0.
Unfortunately, we lost the final penalty shootout 5:4.
It can be called the biggest regret for the Chinese women's football team and even all Chinese fans.
Now Thomas' side has arranged the venue for the game here, and the intention is very obvious.
Just to humiliate Wang Yi, just to stimulate Wang Yi.
Your women's football team was defeated here, and you will also fail here today.
When the Chinese fans learned about the location of the match, they were all filled with hatred, but there was nothing they could do.
In the end, we can only pin our hopes on Wang Yi.
The day before the game between the two, a reporter asked Wang Yi: "Thomas chose the Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles. What do you think of this choice?"
This time, Wang Yi was not as casual as before.
Instead, he looked at the reporter's camera with cold eyes.
One sentence burst out from his mouth:
Chapter completed!