Basketball injuries only make me stronger

Chapter 286
Leave all the decisions to yourself?
A star can decide whether his teammates will stay or not. No matter who it is on, it is an absolute core performance.Those who have this privilege are all totems of the team city.Just like James is to the Cavaliers, Jordan is to the Bulls, and Kobe is to the Lakers.

But exercising this power may be a double-edged sword.

And Lian Feng also knew that the owner of the Hornets would offer such a condition. On the one hand, he was indeed worthy of it, and on the other hand, the Hornets really couldn't come up with anything more.

Unlike big cities like Los Angeles, Chicago or New York, New Orleans is a small city without everything that attracts big-name players.There is no luxury here, no happy paradise.

George Sheehan knew that once Lian Feng left the Hornets, not only the attention of the Hornets would drop suddenly, but their team would also lose the ability to compete for the championship in an instant.

As for Lian Feng or Paul, does this still need to be asked?

George Sheehan folded his fingers across his chest and watched Lian Feng silently.But the manager thought about it, closed the door very wisely and left, leaving the time and space to the two of them alone.

……

time flies.

In a blink of an eye, there is still one week left before the regular season opener of the new season.The climate is gradually changing from midsummer to autumn.New Orleans is already very familiar, St. Louis Cathedral, Oak Park Farm, Armstrong Airport, Tulane University, gambling, concert halls and food... Except that the city is small, Lian Feng actually likes it here.

Probably because he was used to being busy in the previous few seasons, after pushing away many messy business activities this summer, he actually felt a little itchy.

Finally decided to stay.

Without Bird rights, he gets paid 25 percent of the salary cap, with annual increases of 5 percent.The new contract will start next season.

And next season, his salary figures have surpassed Kobe, James, Garnett and other superstars.

After getting the new contract, CAA is certainly not satisfied.According to their thinking, it is more in their interest to go to the big cities.For this reason, before the signing of the contract, the secret brokerage company had some mediation with cities such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington.

I'm not interested in understanding the insider process.

The current Lian Feng is not so concerned about how much money he makes.Going to a big city is just more fun, more exposure and more money to be made.But think about it, these things are not difficult for me to get even in a small place.Every season, I have to travel around the United States to play games to make money... Hmm, no matter which city I am in, the difference is not too big.

After all, with the memory of another time and space, and the early layout, his investment has spread all over the most profitable industry in the future.In business, his achievements will even be higher than James and Jordan combined.

Therefore, you can play according to your own preferences.

Playing here is very comfortable.

Of course, it is also possible to go to other places to play so comfortably, but he doesn't want to move anymore, it's good to stay in the comfort zone and play willfully.

After New Orleans successfully renewed the contract with Lian Feng, the news was spread immediately, and the local residents were relieved.After all, Lian Feng is not a rookie, and his decision to stay or stay is not up to his home team.And Lian Feng chose to stay, making this small town celebrate for a week.

After signing the contract and not participating in business activities, life becomes more leisurely.Flying to play a charity game held by Jordan, wearing formal clothes to a concert to pretend to cultivate one's sentiments, and accidentally falling asleep, or flying to Miami for a beach vacation, basking in the sun and looking at bikinis.

Compared to his leisure, his teammates are obviously very busy.

Mainly busy negotiating.

The Hornets did not offer Paul a maximum salary, but it was also a big contract of 1400 million in the first year, with an annual increase of 5%, a total of 4 years.

And this contract did not satisfy Paul.Unlike Lian Feng, he has the Bird clause, and this contract obviously didn't make him feel respected.His team and the Hornets launched intense negotiations.During the period, the Hornets asked Lian Feng for his opinion.Lian Feng has reason to believe that if he must keep Paul, the Hornets will probably pay more chips and give Paul more.But there will never be a second maximum salary.

Therefore, Lian Feng chose to remain silent.

Not for some bad reason.

In fact, he knew that Paul was not willing to be the second in charge.Even if he cooperates well with him, the second master will always be the second master. He suppressed his urge to be the boss in order to win the championship, but this does not mean that he is willing to stay in his shadow forever.

If Paul goes to another team, it may be a better choice for himself.Not the maximum salary, Paul must leave.But with the maximum salary, the team will lose more cornerstones to win the championship.

Paul entered the league in 05, and this year is already his fourth contract year, so he has three options, either sign a long-term contract with the Hornets, or accept another team's offer, but the Hornets may match, or accept the team's one-year contract offer.If you choose the third option, Paul will become a free agent after the one-year contract ends.

After a summer of negotiations, Paul made an extremely shocking decision.

Travel east to Cleveland.

Lian Feng was completely dumbfounded when he heard the news.

History has completely changed!

James' contract with the Cavaliers is still long. At this time, it is still early for the decision that shocked the entire league, and the original pattern will not change.But his arrival caused a chain reaction of all this.

Paul didn't become the queen of the bees the way he has historically, he has to pick a better team or his decision to leave will look stupid.

The Cavaliers, who lost to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals last season, are in need of reinforcement.

Paul does have reason to believe that James at this time cooperates with him and also has the ability to compete for the championship.

What kind of chemical reaction will James and Paul cooperate with?
Everything is unpredictable.

But there is no doubt that Paul's decision to go to the Cavaliers is like a blockbuster, completely boiling the press.

All the major media are scrambling to report this news, and some of the flames of public opinion have even reached Lian Feng.A reporter asked him what he thought of Paul's decision.

What can Lian Feng say? If he doesn’t answer this kind of question well, if he is not careful, he will fall into a storm of public opinion. He can only say lightly: “Chris’s decision...I don’t know, I just learned about this news. As for my evaluation...Chris is a mature player. He has clear goals and works steadily.

"Does Paul's decision have anything to do with you?"

"Uh... why do you have such an idea?"

"We've heard some news that Chris is unhappy with his salary."

Lian Feng shrugged: "So you think I asked the team to pay Paul?"

And Paul also later stated in front of the media that his decision had nothing to do with Lian Feng.

(End of this chapter)