After Paul Allen threw out his checkbook, he also suppressed Jiang Dongbing. If he filled in this check with 20 billion US dollars, he would become the world's top rich man.

But it's unlikely when you think about it. Paul Allen doesn't have that much cash himself...

"Goodbye!" Schultz stood up and said goodbye. He knew very well that in this competition for Jiang Dongbing, he completely lost to Paul Allen.

It's true that Paul Allen is so rich. He is a rich man in the NBA. In order to help the Trail Blazers win the championship, this guy can literally throw money at him with his eyes closed.

Jiang Dongbing got up and sent Schultz away. When he came back, he only saw Paul Allen looking at him with a smile on his face.

"Jiang, now that there is no one else, I think we can formally talk about serious things."

"Tell me, what's the salary you want? If I guess correctly, most of them will give you a salary of 20 million US dollars. I will double it and give you 30 million US dollars. What do you think?

?!" Paul Allen said in an understatement, as if these 30 million US dollars were brought to him by a strong wind.

"And there is also an incentive policy. If you can lead the Trail Blazers to win the championship, there will be an additional 20 million US dollars, which means you can get a salary of up to 50 million US dollars!"

Jiang Dongbing is going crazy. It's so tempting. Fifty million US dollars is five times his current annual salary!

Think about it, the salary of most coaches in the league is only about two million U.S. dollars. Even a coach of Jackson's level only only gets 30 million U.S. dollars in five years. As a result, Paul Allen is willing to offer himself 50 million U.S. dollars a year. This is really

It's so shocking.

In fact, Paul Allen's idea is very simple. He spent so much money last season, but he didn't even make any money. Instead of wasting that money on players, he might as well give it to Jiang Dongbing...

Last season, the Grizzlies' salary was more than 30 million U.S. dollars less than that of the Trail Blazers. The extra 30 million U.S. dollars were all given to Jiang Dongbing. In addition, the Grizzlies gave Jiang Dongbing an annual salary of 10 million, plus a wealthy man like himself after winning the championship.

There has to be some bonus, and ten million dollars is not too much. This is why Paul Allen offered fifty million dollars.

For a super rich man like Paul Allen, money is really just a number to him. In order to win the championship for his favorite team, he can pay even a little more, not to mention 50 million U.S. dollars.

accept.

After all, after winning the championship, the team's income will increase a lot. Paul Allen has never expected to make money from the Trail Blazers. Even if he loses real money, he still wants to taste the championship.

If Jiang Dongbing is really offered a salary of US$50 million, then even if the Blazers win the championship, there will actually be little room for profit, and there is a high possibility of even losing money.

Jiang Dongbing was dumbfounded by Paul Allen. It would take a lot of courage to refuse this price.

This is 50 million US dollars. According to the current exchange rate of RMB, this is more than 400 million RMB. Even after tax is deducted? Jiang Dongbing can still receive 260 million RMB!

"Jiang? Think about it carefully. I don't think any team in this league will offer a more generous price than our Trail Blazers, not even the New York Knicks."

"After coming to the Trail Blazers? I will never treat you like Haisley. No matter who you want to sell? No matter who you want to buy, as long as the Blazers can win the championship, I will never refuse."

"The players on the Trail Blazers right now? You can sell anyone? I mean anyone? Including Scott and Rasheed!"

Paul Allen continued to speak to Jiang Dongbing in a seductive tone.

Is Jiang Dongbing really moved? The offer offered by Paul Allen is really irresistible, not just for himself? I am afraid that no coach will ever refuse such an attractive offer, of course, provided that they have

With Jiang Dongbing’s ability, otherwise Paul Allen would not have been able to offer such conditions.

"I'll think about it and I'll give you an answer within three days." Although Jiang Dongbing was moved, he didn't give an answer right away because he still had to think about the matter carefully.

"Okay, then I'll leave first and wait for your good news." Paul Allen was obviously very confident in the conditions he offered. He firmly believed that the Trail Blazers were definitely Jiang Dongbing's best choice.

After Paul Allen left, Jiang Dongbing quietly thought about it. The conditions offered by the Trail Blazers were too hard to refuse, but he had previously thought of heading to the East...

Should he continue to insist on his decision to go to the Eastern Conference, or should he just join the Trail Blazers half-heartedly?

The conditions offered by the Trail Blazers were really too tempting. Jiang Dongbing even thought of agreeing to Paul Allen directly just now, but he just felt that it would be too unreserved to agree directly...

Just when Jiang Dongbing was hesitating, senior executives or owners of other teams found out Jiang Dongbing's address from somewhere, and now they are visiting one by one.

Many teams actually know that they have no chance at all, but they still want to try their luck. Maybe Jiang Dongbing has relatives and friends in their home city. In order to be closer to his relatives and friends, Jiang Dongbing is willing to join their team.

Except for the Hawks, all other teams from the Eastern Conference came. The New York Knicks, who have the highest hopes for Jiang Dongbing, and their boss Dolan also came in person this time, which is enough to show that the Knicks attach great importance to Jiang Dongbing.

However, the conditions offered by the Knicks are obviously not comparable to those of the Trail Blazers. The first is the salary issue. The salary they offer is 20 million US dollars. If they win the championship, there is also an incentive policy of 5 million US dollars.

In other words, if Jiang Dongbing joins the Knicks and wins the championship, he will only receive a maximum of 25 million US dollars, which is only half of the Trail Blazers.

The Knicks' price tag is actually quite astonishing, but it doesn't match their wealthy image. Jiang Dongbing can actually figure out what the Knicks are thinking.

They really want Jiang Dongbing and want Jiang Dongbing to lead the Knicks to win the championship. There is no doubt about this, but their desire is definitely not that of the Trail Blazers.

The Knicks team has received too much attention. Even if their team cannot enter the playoffs, they can still make a lot of money every year, so they have to spend 50 million US dollars to invite Jiang Dongbing to join.

They don't feel it's necessary.

In addition, in addition to salary, Knicks players, Jiang Dongbing, cannot be tampered with. Think about what happened to Nelson, because he wanted to sell Ewing, but he was revolted in the locker room, ending his Knicks coaching career in embarrassment.

Jiang Dongbing thought about it and decided not to go to the muddy waters of New York.

The prices offered by other Eastern Conference teams are generally between US$15 million and US$20 million. Maybe this range is the value of Jiang Dongbing recognized by the league...

What was unexpected was that the Raptors actually came to join in the fun this time, and they were also sincere and willing to offer an annual salary of US$21 million.

Thinking about how a team like the Raptors is willing to spend so much money, I'm afraid they have long been envious of the Grizzlies' achievements. Now that such an opportunity suddenly appears, they will naturally try their best to fight for it. These two eleven million US dollars are

No matter how hard they try, they won't be able to produce more.

The Eagles did not come this time because they are special. The soul of other teams is the players, but the soul of their team is head coach Wilkens...

In addition to the Lakers and Grizzlies, all other teams from the Western Conference also came. Even Popovich came to Vancouver in person.

"Jiang, what happened this time is really embarrassing. I didn't expect it to have such a result." Popovich was a little embarrassed after seeing Jiang Dongbing. After all, Jiang Dongbing's departure was inseparable from the Spurs.

Jiang Dongbing shook his head, "It's nothing embarrassing, Greg. It seems that Manu's matter is out of control, but don't worry, I will return you a decent outside player, but you may have to wait for a while." Jiang Dongbing

He said helplessly.

Popovich had a wry smile on his face. What the Spurs lack most now is time. They don't know how long Jiang Dongbing will let them wait. If Duncan runs away by the time, it will be too late.

"Don't worry, I won't wait too long. I will give you an answer after I confirm my next home." Jiang Dongbing said to reassure Popovich.

It's hard to find the best inside players, but it's still easy to find the best outside players. Jiang Dongbing doesn't think this is difficult.

After hearing Jiang Dongbing's words, Popovich felt relieved, "Jiang, I won't invite you to come to our Spurs. You also know our situation. We don't have that much money to sign you."

"By the way, what do you think of Steve Smith?" Jiang Dongbing said suddenly without knowing what he meant. Popovich didn't realize what Jiang Dongbing meant.

How about Smith? That is of course good. He is a top outside attack point and has extremely rich experience. He is exactly the talent that the Spurs lack now. However, Smith is now playing for the Trail Blazers. Jiang Dongbing asked what does this mean?

Jiang Dongbing suddenly remembered something in his mind just now, that is, after Smith completed his contract with the Trail Blazers, he went to join the Spurs. That was in 2001. He followed the Spurs that season and won the only NBA championship in his career.

champion.

The reason why Jiang Dongbing remembers this incident is mainly because Smith averaged 47.2% of his three-point field goals with the Spurs that season and made great contributions to the Spurs' championship.

"Ginger, what do you mean?" Popovich asked curiously.

From Jiang Dongbing's point of view, it seems that he wants to give Smith to the Spurs, but Smith is a Trail Blazers player. Is it possible...

Popovich thought of a possibility, that is, Jiang Dongbing’s next home is the Portland Trail Blazers!

If Jiang Dongbing really chooses the Trail Blazers, then Smith's matter is likely to succeed. Thinking of this, Popovich couldn't help but get excited.

Although Ginobili is good, he is too young after all. This Smith is a real All-Star shooting guard. Although he is older now, his condition has not declined very much, and his scoring stability is even higher than before.

Because of the twin towers inside, the Spurs don't need an outside attack point similar to Kobe's. They only need a player on the outside who can score points at critical moments. Smith is undoubtedly a good choice.

"Yes, that's what you think." Jiang Dongbing smiled mysteriously.

After meeting with all the teams, Jiang Dongbing actually had no better choice. If he really didn't go to the Trail Blazers, he would be no different from a fool.

Since he is going to the Trail Blazers, Jiang Dongbing must clean up the Trail Blazers' lineup.

The Trail Blazers have a very good lineup. After all, Paul Allen spent so much money to build it, but it is definitely unrealistic to expect such a lineup to win the championship, so rebuilding the Trail Blazers is imperative.

Since they want to rebuild, the veteran players in the Blazers naturally have to be sent out.

Sending Steve Smith to the Spurs can be regarded as fulfilling a promise to Popovich, and it is also a part of the rebuilding plan of the Trail Blazers. It can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

"Okay, thank you very much, Jiang."

"Whenever you come to the Spurs for an away game, I will definitely treat you to a taste of my treasured red wine." Popovich said happily.

…

Three days later, Jiang Dongbing contacted Paul Allen. As a result, Paul Allen's special plane stopped at the Vancouver Airport that night and took Jiang Dongbing to Portland.

In fact, such a short distance would only take Jiang Dongbing two or three hours by car, but Paul Allen had to send a special plane in order to show how much he valued Jiang Dongbing.

After arriving in Portland, the team's staff had already arranged accommodation for Jiang Dongbing and provided all daily necessities. It seemed that Paul Allen was well prepared.

It's normal to think about it. With such conditions, Paul Allen is naturally confident that Jiang Dongbing will join the Trail Blazers.

That night, after having dinner with Paul Allen and other senior executives of the Trail Blazers, Jiang Dongbing's coaching career with the Trail Blazers officially began.

At twelve o'clock in the evening, Jiang Dongbing tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, so he simply found out the current lineup of the Trail Blazers and started studying it.

Pippen's annual salary this season is as high as 15 million U.S. dollars. Jiang Dongbing gritted his teeth when he saw it. With such a high salary, I don't know what Paul Allen was thinking at the time.

Pippen in his prime was certainly worthy of such a salary, but can Pippen still be considered at his peak now? Giving such a salary is not a fool's errand, but what is the point of having too much money?

Stoudemire's salary is US$10.13 million. Jiang Dongbing shook his head when he saw it. It was so outrageous.

This player was selected by the Raptors with the seventh overall pick in the first round in 1995. In his three seasons with the Raptors, he averaged about 20 points and 8.5 assists per game. He certainly seems to be quite good, and he is the top point guard in the league.

level.

But after coming to the Trail Blazers, his data dropped to 12.6 points and 6.2 assists!

It’s not that his strength has declined since he came to the Trail Blazers, but that he is already at this level of strength. In the newly established Raptors, there was no competition, and he could brush up data at will. However, after joining the powerful Trail Blazers, his data increased significantly.

It's completely normal to go down.

In addition, with a height of only 178 centimeters, Stoudemire's defense is also relatively poor. Facing players like Billups, he was crushed by Billups in nine out of ten games, and only five in the remaining one.

Five open.
Chapter completed!