Pick Westbrook

Chapter 443 We Have Decided To Leave
The Pelicans management's first round of negotiations on Leonard's deal ended quickly.

The reporters of the good news got the tip from nowhere, and went straight to the press: The Knicks and Raptors have the upper hand in the Leonard trade.

This news directly detonated the entire trading market.

At home in Los Angeles, Uncle Ka was so angry that he put his head in his hands and scolded, "Didn't I tell him that!"

"We're going to the New York Knicks, the Heat, the Warriors, the Spurs, and now of course the Clippers."

"What the hell is that Raptors?"

"All overseas teams are here?!"

"Who would go to a place like that?"

Leonard remained silent, but he had already had a lot of thoughts in his heart.

If he goes to Toronto, he can naturally get unlimited shooting rights, and the entire team will regard him as a savior, but the exposure and commercial value of that place can't even match that of New Orleans.

This is by no means a good decision.

Uncle Ka said angrily: "Don't worry Kawhi, I will announce tomorrow that we have no interest in joining the Raptors."

"Even if they get us in the deal, they only have the right to use it for one year, and we won't sign the renewal contract!"

Las Vegas.

The Banana Boat Brothers just wrapped up their usual off-season getaways.

"That bastard Chris dared to come on vacation with a championship trophy, he was showing off naked."

Wade puffed his big cheeks and said very dissatisfied.

Little Melon Anthony couldn't help laughing, and said affirmatively: "That bastard is definitely showing off. Two consecutive championships are enough for him."

After the little melon finished speaking, he immediately turned around to look for the figure of his good brother James.

This time, the banana boat brothers went to a cave called the Bahamas. Anthony could swim, and it was the kind that could save his life.

But on the way, Anthony suddenly encountered an ocean current and was pushed far away, gradually moving away from their boat, so he could only wave for help, but everyone thought Anthony was joking, after all, he was famous for his good water skills.

The helpless Anthony could only swim while waving. He tried to grab a rock, but the surface of the rock was too smooth and consumed all of Anthony's physical strength. In the end, he was completely unable to fight the ocean current.

Anthony gradually sank into the water, and at the last moment his eyes could see the water level, James emerged.

Anthony still remembers the moment when James jumped into the water like Aquaman.

Wade's water skills are not that good, but he kept yelling to the people around him: "Go save him, go save my brother."

Only James jumped down and shouted to Wade: "I will save him, baby, I will save you."

He grabbed Anthony and returned to the boat with one hand. At that moment, Anthony regarded James as his dead brother.

Anthony did not find James, he remembered that the other party had been behind him.

With James' chattering personality, it is impossible to join the ranks of hurting his good friend Paul at this time.

Anthony curiously looked to the other cabin of the plane, where Rich Paul was talking to James, and James seemed very excited.

"Hey man, you know what LeBron and Ricky are arguing about?"

Anthony asked curiously.

Wade followed the opponent's gaze and looked over, thinking about the call he received from Heat team president Pat Riley yesterday, and probably guessed something.

"Maybe take the initiative to cut wages." Wade said.

"Actively cut your salary?"

Anthony turned his head and looked at Wade puzzled and said, "What salary reduction?"

"You have led the team to the finals for two consecutive years. This achievement still requires a player's salary cut?"

"If I can lead the team to the finals, the Knicks management will be crazy."

Wade and Pat Riley have been together for ten years, and he knows each other very well.

The reason why Pat Riley called Wade first was that he hoped that he could take the lead and cut his salary first.

In this way, neither Bosh nor James should accept that their salary is higher than that of Wade.

After all, Wade is the soul of the Heat.

Moreover, the relationship between the three of them is very good, and they will never tolerate their high wages while their friends get low wages.

Pat Riley made a good plan, and Wade has already seen through it.

However, the quarrel between Rich Paul and James made Wade's heart skip a beat, and he felt that this was not a good start.

After a long time, James ended the quarrel with his friend and walked over with a calm face.

Anthony patted James' butt and said with a smile, "What's wrong? It can't really be about asking you to cut your salary."

James shook his head and glanced at Wade, both of them deliberately stopped this topic.

In terms of tacit understanding, James and Wade can completely dump Anthony on the street.

Anthony looked at the two people with big eyes and small eyes, and said anxiously in his heart: "If you have anything to say, what else do you care about between us brothers?"

James took a deep breath.

When the Heat formed the Big Three lineup, because James, Wade, and Bosh were all in the same class in 03, the contracts they signed were the same in terms of amount and number of years.

This year, James, Wade and Bosh all have options to opt out of their contracts, and all three have opted out of their contracts without accident.

Bosh is seeking a multi-year maximum salary contract because he was checked for bleeding clots, and he is now pulling the limit with Pat Riley.

This is also the reason why the outside world is rumored that Pat Riley signed first and then changed Bosh.

James has not negotiated a contract extension with the Heat for a long time, which also made the Heat's management battered.

Wade has become the breakthrough point of this series of problems. If he takes the lead in reducing salary, Pat Riley will have a lot to say, and there will be greater hope to persuade James and Bosh.

The salary cut can bring more opportunities and possibilities for the team to strengthen.

James finally made up his mind and said, "Sawy, I've made a decision."

"Don't tell me." Wade interrupted the other party again and again.

"It's your decision, I can't interfere with your decision, and I shouldn't have known about it before the deal happened."

"Zhan Zhan, do what you want, we all know what your dream is."

James and Wade were speechless at this moment, and Anthony thought that the two had already negotiated the renewal of the contract, so he happily proposed to have a good drink.

The plane soon landed in Miami.

7 month 22 day.

The Heat officially announced that they have reached a contract extension agreement with Dwyane Wade. Wade will renew his contract with the Heat for 3100 million in two years.

As soon as this contract appeared, everyone's jaws were shocked immediately, because Wade could have signed a five-year super maximum salary contract of 1.18 million with the Heat.

The concession made by Wade's contract renewal is even greater than the concessions made by Nowitzki of the Mavericks and Duncan of the Spurs.

After Pat Riley signed such a substantial salary cut with Wade, he was ready to go to James immediately, but the other party's agent Rich Paul notified him.

"We have decided to leave the Heat."

(End of this chapter)