Butler greeted Tang Tian.

Just the second day after they finished communicating, the related rumors broke out.

The moment it exploded, more than a dozen teams rushed forward.

That was Butler, who was defending the second team, and he had just finished his rookie contract.

The Bulls management has lost their intelligence, but their IQ is still there!

After Tang Tian communicated with Demps, the Pelicans were also one of the teams that were interested in Butler.

But soon, many teams retreated.

Because the Bulls' asking price is too high!

The rewards they demand are either equal stars or super newcomers!

Take the feedback from the Pelicans, and the Bulls want Jokic or one of Davis.

This is simply a robbery!

When Tang Tian saw this, he understood that the Bulls management did not lose their IQ.

Because Butler is a restricted free agent, the Bulls can match any offer from other teams.

In other words, although Butler is a free agent, he is the same as having a contract, so the chips the Bulls ask for are like this.

After several rounds of negotiations, many teams have withdrawn one after another.

The Pelicans also quit.

Davis and Jokic are non-sale products of the team, and the team cannot trade them in order to get Butler.

Just as Butler's transaction negotiations continued, the free market completed several signings one after another.

Whiteside and the Heat reached a two-year, 20 million contract extension, with the second year as the player option.

Whiteside scored two triple-doubles last season, the first time it was against the Heat, which impressed Pat Riley.

The Heat renewed Dragic for 90 million in five years.

Dragic, Wade and Whiteside's mini threes, Riley's operations this offseason show the name of a magician.

The Grizzlies get Lance Stephenson from the Hornets trade.

The Mavericks signed Tobias Harris for 64 million in four years, which is a contract close to the maximum salary.

...

After these signings, the strength of the Heat and the Mavericks has been significantly enhanced.

It was at this moment that Butler's affairs had new results.

After the Mavericks increased their trading chips, according to all adjectives reported by WOJ, the two sides were very close to reaching a deal. It seemed only a matter of time before Butler joined Dallas.

The news made other Western players worried.

The Mavericks now have a lineup of Embiid + Nowitzki + Harris. If there is another Butler, the reconstruction will be completed in an instant.

Including the Rockets who just got Cousins, the West has entered the military competition directly!

One wave has not yet settled and another wave has started again.

Just when most people were focusing on Butler, the Clippers once again burst into explosive news.

Griffin and team equipment manager Mattias Testi fought in a cafe. The latter suffered a facial injury while the former suffered a hand fracture and was expected to be absent for 2 to 3 months!

This news is simply incredible.

The equipment manager is a team that manages equipment. They are responsible for the management of players' sneakers and jerseys, and some are even responsible for some of the players' diet.

Because they have been in contact with the players for a long time, their relationship with the players is very good.

But Griffin fought with the equipment manager and also fought for 2 to 3 months.

This sultry operation is suffocating.

Although it is offseason now, if Griffin does not recover well, he will have to wait until mid-October to make a comeback, when the preseason began.

This will definitely have a significant impact on the Clippers' prospects for the new season.

However, this is not the most explosive point.

Griffin's incident is at most a topic of conversation for fans after dinner.

What really attracted a new wave of shock in the league was that, less than two days after this incident, Paul applied for a transaction to the Clippers!

First, Bosh exchanged for Cousins, then the Bulls wanted to trade Butler, and now Paul has to apply for a deal.

Tang Tian discovered that history will undergo a drastic change this summer.

You should know that in the history he knows, Paul left in the summer of 2017, and now he is two years ahead of schedule!

Moreover, the first person in history to take the initiative to apply for a transaction to the team during the contract period was Paul George.

Although they are all called Paul, there are big differences!

Paul is the active league's number one point guard, and his deal application is even more shocking than the previous Bulls' deal for Butler.

And this time, more than half of the teams in the league came to the Clippers as soon as possible.

But the Clippers have not responded.

This is the first time this superstar demands that the team trade themselves, and the Clippers management must be caught off guard now.

Demps also came to Tang Tian.

“Are we going to try a quote?”

Demps asked more questions than before, and the other party was Paul after all!

Paul + Tang Tian + Davis, even if Jokic is out, he is the most popular team to win the championship!

“I don’t recommend doing that.”

Tang Tian said his thoughts.

Let’s not talk about whether the Pelicans can exchange Paul for it, it will not be beneficial for the Pelicans to exchange for Paul.

The Pelicans' current lineup is dominated by Jokic and assists in the organization, so that the ball rights are allocated reasonably.

Paul is the kind of guard who needs to hold the ball for a long time. If he comes, Tang Tian will definitely play without the ball, which will do more harm than good for the current Pelicans.

Not to mention the deal to the salary issues that Paul's team will face next season.

Three maximum salary plus two contracts of tens of millions, and Jokic's contract renewal has to be considered. The Pelicans have to be disbanded if they can't play for two years.

"...We don't need to form the Big Three, our players will grow strong enough next season."

Tang Tian finally talked about his own ideas, starting from the three Celtics to the Heat Brothers Basketball, the league's trend of building a group has a very poor impact.

This is also one of the reasons why he has a good impression of Curry and Thompson. They led the team to win the championship by relying on their own growth.

Nowadays, when he came, he was a role player. Davis and Jokic were both chosen by the Pelicans themselves, which is completely different from the giants' grouping together.

Demps agreed.

Jokic was just a rookie last season, but he has established a good understanding with the team. With Stevens in this season, the Pelicans really have the chance to make a splash like the Warriors last season.

Or, to a higher level.

Rumors related to Paul continue to spread, and it seems that the team will watch the whole summer's good show.

At this moment, Tang Tian received another call from Butler.

"I'm going to the Mavericks, I'm going to be in the same division with you!"

There was no news from the outside world yet, but Butler told Tang Tian the news immediately.

Although he had known from previous rumors that the Bulls and Mavericks were close to reaching a deal, he was still a little shocked when he heard this news.

After the Mavericks scored consecutively in the offseason, this year they have made a direct wave of plays.
Chapter completed!