I just play ball

Chapter 154 Give me face

Before the end of the phone call, Li Yue felt his heart beating wildly, and his heart rate suddenly rose from 96 beats per minute to 150 beats per minute. The last time he was so excited was when he kissed Chenxi at the airport, feeling like he was about to explode on the spot!
Pelinka's remarks mean that the Lakers have a chance to get Iguodala-the player who is strong enough to fight LeBron!
Sure enough, the other side of the phone said: "My client intends to talk to you, what time do you think is convenient?"

Although no specific name was mentioned, Kobe is currently in the Lakers, which naturally refers to Iguodala. The purpose is to avoid possible investigations by the two leagues. After all, the free market has not yet opened.

"Anytime." Li Yue felt his upper and lower lips trembling excitedly, "Anywhere is fine."

"OK, the time is set at 7 noon on July 1st, and the location is in Malibu, Los Angeles. How about it?"

"No problem at all, I will arrange it right away." Li Yue made a direct promise, confident that Kupchak would not object, "Also, I would like to ask one more question, why is your client suddenly interested in us?"

This issue must be clarified, which can save a lot of time in formulating strategies and avoid a lot of troubles. The most important thing is to do what you like, try to get twice the result with half the effort, and win Iguodala as soon as possible.

"He saw many people praise you today, especially those two rookies from foreign countries. In addition, your speech on the TNT program was also very good, so he thinks you are a worthy partner."

"Understood!" Li Yue knew it in his heart, and he was glad that he was not just going through the motions in those trial trainings, and his hard work would eventually pay off.

"You guys have to hurry up, he's interested in another team and you're not in the lead."

"That's natural."

Li Yue nodded subconsciously, knowing very well that Iguodala is the kind of player who can pick a team, not the kind of player who belongs to Plan B. He must formulate a comprehensive recruitment plan as soon as possible, and besides active selection, there are still many players. The team will join the competition. After all, the Nuggets rebuild is well known, otherwise they will not sell this year's first-round pick to the Lakers.

Hanging up the phone, Li Yuefei ran back to the Lakers draft office, glanced at the busy crowd, sat across from Kupchak, picked up his phone and sent a text message: "I just received a call from Pelinka, we have a 50% chance Get Andre Iguodala!"

The reason why I choose to send text messages instead of speaking is because I am worried that someone will leak the secret.

After all, that staff member might be Jenny's informant, and this matter must be kept secret until it is confirmed.

Kupchak's phone vibrated immediately. He picked it up and glanced at it. He was stunned for a moment, then ecstatically suppressed his emotions, and became calm again. He looked up at Li Yue, indicating that we would talk later.

Li Yue nodded knowingly, and continued to send text messages to Durant, saying that he still had things to do and couldn't go to the nightclub to have fun.

Durant replied in seconds, saying that it doesn't matter, and the Las Vegas Summer League will make an appointment again, where the strip clubs are more interesting.

After reading the news, Li Yue logged on to the NBA team page of ESPN's official website and began to search for relevant information.

Iguodala currently has a one-year player option contract worth $1610 million with the Nuggets, which is a restricted free agent. If the Lakers want to sign, it is best for Iguodala to give up that high salary first.

That is not difficult, because the other party is ready to leave, the problem is how to give a new contract.

It is obvious that Iguodala definitely wants to pursue a long-term contract. According to the existing labor agreement, most of the final contract will be a 4-year contract, and the annual amount must reach the previous average level, which is at least 4 million US dollars in 4800 years.

Although Howard's departure can clear up nearly 2000 million in space, among the players who still have contracts in the new season, Kobe occupies a space of 3045 million US dollars, Gasol 1929 million US dollars, Nash 930 million US dollars, Blake 400 million US dollars, Jordan West. Paul $356 million, Meeks $155 million, Duhon $150, and Thackeray and others $79.

Therefore, the Lakers do not have enough salary space left.

If Iguodala is signed, many high-quality free agents will inevitably be abandoned, and Artest will even be amnesty.

Fortunately, Li Yue himself can still sign a qualification quotation contract with the amount of one year's base salary * 120%, and the two rookie players can sign on the cap, but it is quite uncomfortable to use such a little space to search and search.

The best plan is to send Jordan Hill and others away, but it is too difficult to find someone to take over, and there is no draft pick to send away.

After thinking about it, Li Yue knew that he could only make a choice in the end. It is basically impossible for the Lakers to insist on Iguodala and sign many high-quality free agents at the same time. If the management is full, they may be able to bring back a qualified player. point guard.

After making up his mind, Li Yue got up and stretched his muscles, and Adam Silver just announced the result of the 60th pick.

The 13 draft has officially ended, and Kupchak went to attend the media meeting of the two rookies.

Li Yue left Barclays Center ahead of time, took a car back to the hotel where the team was staying, ordered a small roast beef for supper, turned on his computer, logged on to Twitter, and browsed public discussions while eating.Perhaps because of its own traffic halo, the two choices of the Lakers have become a hot topic of discussion, generating tens of thousands of related tweets, and WOJ keeps tweeting.

[WOJ: The Nuggets originally chose Rudy Gobert, and then immediately made a deal with the Jazz. The bargaining chip negotiated before was this year's 46th pick plus some cash, but the Lakers intervened temporarily and gave the second round of next year's draft Quan, theoretically speaking, is better than the 46th pick, and gives 250 million cash, much higher than the Jazz, and becomes the final winner. 】

[WOJ: It is worth mentioning that the Jazz initially negotiated a deal with the Nuggets for the purpose of robbing the Spurs, but in the end they were robbed by the Lakers. Popovich once used the next 'David Robinson' to describe Rudy Gobert. 】

[WOJ: The Lakers originally planned to choose a power forward with a very high three-point shooting percentage at the 48th pick, but because of the final stalemate with Howard and the leak of news, Kupchak temporarily accepted Li Yue’s proposal and chose Tennessee instead. Robert Covington of Nashville State University, and the general manager of the Rockets had previously intended to sign Covington with a three-year contract, but was also robbed. 】

[WOJ: The Bucks didn't make up their minds about whether to choose Giannis Antetokounmpo at first. Li Yue, who really let them make a decision, commented on Giannis' future MVP-level players in the UCLA training camp ', that sentence was heard by a Bucks scout who was present at the time, and after receiving the guidance of Li Yue, Giannis quickly improved his game skills. 】

After four consecutive tweets, Li Yue almost forgot to continue eating roast beef. The news of WOJ is too scary!

Before he could think about it, the phone rang, and Durant called, and the first sentence he answered was dumbfounded.

"Brother, do me a favor, Scarlett is here, I promise to ask you out..."

(End of this chapter)