Gu Yi contacted Kupchek.

Because Sun Hao has not publicly announced his comeback, these small operations can only be carried out privately.

Kupchek was extremely excited when he received the call.

Although Gu Yi just asked the Lakers in a tentative tone on the phone if they could clear out their salary space.

But as long as you are not stupid, you know what that means!

Previously, when the League Committee was meeting, Stern asked the bosses of each team about their opinions, and also changed direction to tell all teams that Sun Hao was going to come back early.

Now, Sun Hao is going to choose to make a comeback in the Lakers!

As long as they can clear up enough salary space, the Lakers' revival is near!

Then there is the key salary space issue.

According to the previous discussions by the League Committee, no matter where Sun Hao returns, the contract must be signed according to the market value.

In other words, Sun Hao must sign the maximum salary.

Sun Hao has been playing in the NBA for seven years. According to the rules at this time, the starting salary for the maximum salary is 30% of the league's salary cap, which is $17.6 million this season.

The good news for Kupchek is that Marion has an expiration contract and his salary is exactly 17.81 million this season.

As long as he is sent to a team that has room to eat this contract and get some special cases that do not occupy the salary cap, the problem will be solved.

The next day, rumors.

Several media have reported that Sun Hao may have a comeback early.

"I think the Lakers are still the team with the most chance to win the championship this season because he is coming back!"

In the evening, in the new episode of TNT's program, Barkley even cut back from Komi to Sun Chui.

"who?"

Kenny Smith plays a role in everyday role.

"Who? You don't know who I'm talking about! I heard clearly, I'm talking about the Lakers!"

"Sun is back."

As soon as Barkley finished speaking, Ernie Johnson took over the conversation.

The three of them made a vivid and vivid story about Sun Hao coming back.

"But I don't think Sun will definitely make a comeback in the Lakers."

Kenny Smith continued to win the role.

"Man, will Michael Jordan leave the Bulls? No! Will Sun leave the Lakers? No, either!"

Barkley was excited.

"Charles, Sun and Michael's situation is different, and the Lakers are also different from the Bulls at the time."

“What’s the difference?”

"The Lakers don't have cap space right now."

“Can’t the salary space be cleaned out through the transaction?”

"There are not many teams at this time point. Even if there are, why should they help the Lakers?"

"Kenny is right. If I have room, I will not go to help the Lakers, but will try to recruit Suns by myself."

A quarrel seemed fierce, but in fact it was clear and progressive.

The theme of their program is about to emerge, which is to analyze which team Sun Hao will return if he returns.

Barkley is a firm Lakers, and this will also be the view of most fans.

After all, although fans may not be able to consider all the things Gu Yi analyzed, they can still come up with a lot.

Smith and Johnson are analyzing the uncertainty of the Lakers.

This episode also quickly became popular across the Internet.

Fans followed Barkley and the others and began to crazily guess which team Sun Hao would choose to return.

Moreover, TNT struck while the iron was hot and even made voting statistics online.

The results show that the Lakers' vote rate is as high as 90%.

The Warriors ranked second, but the vote rate was only 6%.

Teacher Nelson and "fan" Durant are considered to have some attraction to Sun Hao.

The Wizards, ranked third, received only 2% of the votes.

The Knicks ranked fourth, with a vote rate of less than 1%.

The remaining teams won even lower votes.

In other words, the media and fans also think that Sun Hao will only make a comeback in the Lakers.

Let's talk about the Lakers.

Their transactions in the free market were not going well.

The main reason is that no team can take Marion’s contract alone.

Even a team under reconstruction cannot have that much room.

Because the NBA has poor line, this line is about 90% of the salary cap.

Marion's contract is a maximum salary, which is close to 30% of the salary cap.

So even if there are teams who are willing to eat, they will definitely need to find a third party.

This is very difficult to operate.

Among these teams, there are relatively easy teams.

The Pacers of the East, and the Warriors of the West.

The main players of these two teams are rookies, with few big contracts, so it is relatively easy to operate.

This is also the Lakers' main target in the free market.

However, the Warriors directly rejected the Lakers.

The Warriors are now competing for playoff qualifications, which is to be honest with the Lakers.

How could it take the other party’s contract and then make the other party stronger?

However, the Pacers did not refuse, and they also had in-depth negotiations with the Lakers.

However, according to the rumors that were exposed, it was not that the Bird people were much better than Jerry West, but that they simply wanted to take advantage of the situation and rob them!

All in all, the Lakers' trade did not go well.

It would be much more difficult for Sun Hao to make a comeback in the Lakers than expected, and it seems that it would take some time to delay.

On this day, an uninvited guest came to Sun Hao's house.

"Logo Man" Jerry West and Nelson Sr.

They just said they came to visit Sun Hao, then took a look at Little Beijing, and brought some gifts.

One is a Lakers celebrity and the other is a former mentor, so Sun Hao naturally couldn't refuse.

After watching Little Beijing, the two of them pulled Sun Hao and chatted in the living room.

"I heard you're going to make a comeback?"

When she sat down, West also made it straight to the point.

Sun Hao nodded.

Stern mentioned his comeback in the League Committee, and the management of the 30 league teams must know about it.

There is nothing to hide.

"I know you'll definitely make a comeback with the Lakers."

West continued.

Sun Hao didn't say anything, just smiled.

West is talking about him.

"We won't persuade you to join the Warriors because we know that will make you embarrassed, but if things happen to what I said, I hope you can think about the Warriors."

West had already guessed the answer from Sun Hao's reaction, so he continued to speak.

“What’s the situation?”

Sun Hao was still a little curious.

Apart from letting himself go to the Warriors, he couldn't think of anything else that would allow West and Old Nelson to come to his house at the same time.

"I'm talking about an assumption that if the Lakers can't clear out the salary space and the management hopes you can come back next season, I hope you can come to the Warriors and spend half a season looking for the game state.
To be continued...