The team also retains his rights to the Larry Bird clause, but this requires the league to admit that the player's annual salary increase can reach 12.5% ​​and the player must play for a team for more than three years and cannot give up or transfer during this period.

"It seems very possible at the moment. Everyone knows Dan Fagan's ability. Dwight does not rule out that this will happen. Although Dwight's progress is not obvious, there is no problem in giving him a maximum salary. The key is to worry about Dan.

This guy Fagan is demanding too much, and I'm worried that he will interfere with Dwight's role in the role we have given him."

Otis Smith's words are correct. The current atmosphere in the Magic is very good. Howard also has no meaning for Lin Sen to become the leader of the Magic, although in public he rarely publicly states that Lin Sen is the leader of the team and not him.

But if Howard signs Dan Fagan, everything may change.

"Let's take it one step at a time. Now let's think about the headache game." Stan Van Gundy said helplessly.

However, the result of the next game went to the point that Van Gundy least wanted to see. He still rotated players according to his own arrangements.

In addition to the people who had not been rotated much before entering the rotation, veterans such as Chris Webber and Grant Hill who had rested for a while also began to come back to experience the game, but more for the upcoming playoffs to find the feeling of the game.

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The Magic defeated the visiting Atlanta Hawks and Seattle SuperSonics at home, and then defeated the Philadelphia 76ers on the road, completely knocking the Philadelphia 76ers out of the playoff contenders.

Then they lost to the Golden State Warriors on the road, who were trying to secure a playoff spot, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, like the Magic, achieved 4 wins and 1 loss in the next four games.

This leaves the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Orlando Magic with the same record before the final direct meeting, both 54 wins and 27 losses. The Magic still lead the game 2:1 and rank second in the Eastern Conference.

But the sixth to eighth rankings in the Eastern Conference playoffs have become the New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat and Washington Wizards.

More importantly, the records of these three teams are exactly the same, 44 wins and 37 losses. The Nets have only played against the Heat three times this season. The Nets have achieved 2 wins and 1 loss. They have played against the Wizards four times, and have played three games.

With 2 wins and 1 loss, the Nets are temporarily ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference by virtue of their record advantage against each other.

The Nets will face the Washington Wizards in their final game of the season, while the Heat will face the Los Angeles Clippers, who are ninth in the Western Conference.

The Los Angeles Clippers, ninth in the Western Conference, are half a game behind the Golden State Warriors with one game left, and the Golden State Warriors will face off against the Dallas Mavericks, first in the Western Conference.

Such a matchup means that the rankings are variable, which means that there are various possibilities before the end of the last game, which will be played at the same time.
Chapter completed!