start with scouting

Chapter 478
The whole team flew back to Saskatchewan overnight, and thousands of Kings fans came to pick them up. The crowd cheered in unison, and the atmosphere exploded.

Su Yang made a brief speech to express his gratitude, then rushed back to the apartment, and slept happily until two o'clock in the afternoon.

It's sad to lose, especially a 3-4 loss, but it's useless to be sad, it's better to hurry up and look forward.

One day off, on June 50th, the season summary conference, hosted by Su Yang and Sam Hinkie, with more than [-] media present.

Antetokounmpo also attended the event, and he was full of energy. He had obviously come out of the depression of losing the tiebreaker. On the contrary, Cousins, who usually looked carefree, was still depressed, and kept blaming himself for being so easily defeated by Duncan. cheat.

Su Yangxin was so angry, LeBron was deceived by Duncan, Griffin was also deceived by Duncan, you Cousins ​​​​are not alone.

Most of the questions from the reporters revolved around player contract renewals and the prospect of new season goals. Su Yang and several people interviewed separately and took turns to answer.

Without any hesitation, Guy said bluntly: "Just yesterday, someone contacted my agent. I can't say who that person is. He promised to offer me a big contract after the free market opens, but I won't jump out. The contract, I will implement the player option, and I will stay with the Kings next season. You can continue to talk about me as the most expensive substitute in NBA history, it doesn't matter.

I like Sacramento, I like the Kings, I respect coach Su Yang, he is the best boss in the league. "

The reporters were not surprised that Gay chose to implement the player option. After all, next season still has a salary of 1930 million US dollars.

Su Yang doesn't care, he knows that he doesn't care about his demeanor.

He himself also wants to use the money to find European and American female stars, invest in movies and have sex, but the actual implementation is another matter. Whether Guy really likes the king or just wants to get the maximum salary for one more season, he can also do it. Accept it, just match your strength.

The reporter also asked Thomas Jr. if he was looking forward to a free market. Thomas Jr. shook his head decisively: "I have reached an agreement with coach Su Yang before. I will wait until he completes his off-season signing goal before signing with special Lie to avoid salary space. , so I will not accept offers from other teams... You said super max offers? It has nothing to do with the money..."

No, no, I'm not worried that he will deceive me at all. I believe in coach Su Yang. His protection of me is super giant level.

Strictly speaking, he treats every player equally. The Kings have no messy rules. For example, before each game, a certain boss needs to put the latest newspapers and magazines of the day in his closet. We are a team of equals and mutual assistance. . "

Su Yang was very touched by the fact that Thomas Jr. offered to wait until the end of the free market contract to renew the contract. Before that, he only promised to renew the contract for 4 years and 2500 million, but he actually accepted the special contract, which is equivalent to a salary cut. .

The reporter also asked whether Millsap would jump out of the contract, especially referring to Millsap's wild data against the Rockets in the first round. Millsap scratched his head and said, "Of course I want to stay, and I will take a look at it first." The thoughts of the whole team…”

Those remarks were quickly interpreted in reports as Millsap wanted to jump out of the contract, and some Kings fans were very angry.

Su Yang didn't think there was anything wrong, the rules were there, not to mention that he had made it clear when signing the contract before, there was no problem.

Millsap is 29 years old, just the age to sign a big contract, and it is normal to fight for it with a wave of strong data in the playoffs.

ESPN then released a feature article, praising the king for making a major breakthrough this season and having a bright future.

The league announced the candidates for the best team at the same time. Cousins ​​was selected for the second team in the frontcourt, while Gay regretted not being selected for the best sixth man.

Su Yang gave the whole team a three-day holiday, and took Jiang Ruolan to Hawaii for a trip, and went to the company for two days to work.

At eight o'clock in the morning on the [-]th, Su Yang finished his vacation, drove to the training set base, went straight to the office, and discussed in detail with Xinji.

The secretary brought a cup of boiled water and a cup of coffee, and the two turned on their laptops and began to study the space according to the contract.

"The players who have a guaranteed contract with the team until the July salary settlement and have no options for next season are DeMarcus Cousins, Jason Thompson, Rudy Gobert, Giannis Antetokounmpo , Robert Covington..."

"Until the salary settlement in July, the players who have a guaranteed contract with the team, but have player options for next season, are Rudy Gay and Paul Millsap. Gay has previously promised to implement the player options. Millsap temporarily Unsure..."

"Until the salary settlement in July, the players whose contracts with the team have ended are Aaron Gray, James Johnson, Quincy Assi, Marcus Thornton, Xavier Henry, Seth Curry, and the six are all free agents. , there is also Isaiah Thomas, whose contract expires as a restricted free agent, who previously promised to accept the renewal of the middle class special and is willing to postpone..."

Sam Hinkie sorted out the contracts of the players in the team first, Su Yang nodded after listening, and he already had a general understanding in his heart.

"Along Gray, James Johnson, Quincy Assy, Marcus Thornton, Xavier Henry, Seth Curry, these six people will not be retained, thanks to their team's contribution, Seth Curry can see the situation again Signed with no guaranteed basic salary..."

Suddenly letting go of six players, Su Yang was a little bit reluctant for a while, but kindness does not control soldiers and righteousness does not control wealth, business is business, and all six places need to be vacated to sign potential Jokic and Ding Wei Dee or Jeremy Grant et al.

Thornton's thigh actually has some value, but compared to the long-term future, that value is not worth wasting time.

Sam Hinkie nodded and typed on the keyboard, and Su Yang stared at the contract details before making calculations: "Gay is 1930 million, Cousins ​​is 1380 million, Jason Thompson is 604 million, Giannis is 303 million, and Covington is 82. , Gobert 113 million...

Regardless of other factors for the time being, the six players occupy a total of 4322 million US dollars in salary space. If we estimate the salary cap of 6300 million next season, we can have about 2000 million salary space to fight for Curry, but if Millsap chooses to implement the player option to stay In the team, then we only have about 1000 million salary space to fight for Curry. We don't have bird rights, so we can only eat hard. "

Su Yang suddenly felt a headache, and instantly hoped that Millsap would jump out of the contract, which would be a good thing for both parties. He even hoped that Gay would not implement the player option to stay with the Kings, and jump out first so that the Kings have enough salary space. Easy to operate.

"The salary space occupied by Cousins, because it involves your so-called bird rights, that is, the Larry Bird clause, the specific calculation depends on the average salary of the entire league in the new season, we can have two preparations, first Jason Thompson trade…"

Hinkie made a brief proposal because Jason Thompson has the lowest value and longest term of all guaranteed contracts.

Former Kings general manager Jeff Petrie offered Thompson a five-year, $5 million contract, which was a real headache.

"There are 2 seasons left in Thompson's contract, each season occupies about 600 million salary space, aiming at those teams entering the reconstruction, mainly in exchange for this year's second-round pick, but if it is really impossible to change, just take the special case of the transaction. OK…"

Hinkie nodded to show that he understood what Su Yang said, and then continued: "The day before yesterday, the Jazz asked Gobert again about the transaction price. No. and a protected first-round pick in the future, it may be 5 years or 27 years, and the pick will not be too high by then.

How do you want to choose? "

Su Yang fell into thinking when he heard the words. The first round of the high pick is naturally good. Although it needs to occupy more salary space, it can be signed above the salary cap. The problem is that Wiggins and Embiid, Smart and Rafael cannot be selected Is Wen worth spending so much energy to cultivate?

(End of this chapter)