lakers championship

Chapter 422 Super Value Renewal

In Kupchak's view, with Tianyang's personality, speaking directly is the best way of communication, and coy guidance or insinuations are a waste of time, and it is easy to cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

Jenny agreed, and Jim made a decision immediately, but the three did not act immediately, but waited until Tianyang finished a round of tactical running training before going downstairs to invite Tianyang to the office.

After a brief greeting, Kupchak explained the ins and outs of the matter, and also mentioned the approximate salary cut figure.

Tianyang nodded after listening, "Let me digest it first."

It is said to be digested, but it is actually carefully considered the pros and cons in the heart.

"In this matter, the focus of consideration is whether you can get the benefits you deserve after the salary cut."

"First of all, intuitively, I don't want to see Randall leave, because I am used to playing together, the tacit understanding is not high, and the team also needs him to defend against pick-and-rolls. Last season, he has proved his worth and Strength. In the same way, Ingram and others are the same, the team needs their presence."

"Secondly, if the team's strength declines due to contract renewal issues, then my chances of triggering Adidas' contract rewards will also be reduced, and the rewards and other endorsements provided by Adidas will far exceed the salary I can get."

"In short, I can accept a salary cut both emotionally and intellectually."

Thinking through the key points, Tianyang said, "I agree and accept the salary cut. If necessary, I will release the news to the diggers now. You must try your best to make Randall stay after the season."

The three of Jim knew that Tianyang might agree, but they didn't expect Tianyang to agree so readily.

"Okay, don't worry!"

...

In the early morning of the 16th, WOJ tweeted an update.

"According to an anonymous source, Tianyang will accept the Lakers to renew his contract in advance next year, and the annual contract amount will be almost 1000 million US dollars less than the maximum salary he can get."

As soon as the news came out, the NBA circle was completely boiling. Durant's salary cut of 878 million US dollars was exaggerated enough, but SkyOcean directly raised this figure to 1000 million!
Don't take dollar bills as money!

But this is not over yet, 1 minute later, WOJ updated the tweet again.

"According to anonymous sources, the Lakers will reach a four-year $4 million contract extension with Randall, of which the fourth year has player options and a partial transaction guarantee. The key is that the salary is gradually decreasing!"

This news really blew up the entire NBA circle.

At the beginning, many experts estimated that Randall might get a one-year contract of 2000 million U.S. dollars, but the Lakers actually got it at 1525 million a year, and it is still decreasing year by year, which will not affect the renewal of the contract in the next few years at all.

If Randall is at his peak by then, he can also jump out of the re-signing.

Win-win, simply god-level operation!
Soon, the fans and the media realized that SkyOcean's salary cut definitely contributed to this incident.

Fox columnist Kevin Pelton updated his blog and wrote: "I propose to close the 2017-18 season NBA best teammate award voting channel from now on. Tianyang's sacrifice has the opportunity to help the Lakers become a better team Team!"

TNT analyst Marvin Albert wrote in an updated tweet: "If you look carefully at the Lakers' salary space, they can still sign a maximum salary player in the next two seasons. This is the scariest thing."

O'Neal retweeted Marvin and wrote: "Imagine, the Lakers signed Anthony Davis..."

As more and more people discussed this matter, ESPN silently deleted the article accusing Tianyang of restricting the performance of his teammates, because it seemed a little funny.

...

At 16 am on the 11th, the Lakers ended their morning training.

Wharton walked up to Tianyang, "Stop shooting, I have something to tell you."

Tianyang stopped and wiped his sweat with a towel, "Say."

"We have only one month left before the start of the playoffs. In the next 1 games, I plan to increase the playing time of the second team. This may have an impact on your MVP selection, so I hope that when you play, you will change your style of play. .”

"Less assists and more points, right?" Tianyang instantly guessed what Wharton wanted to say.

"Well, our remaining opponents this month are the Heat, Pacers, Pelicans, Grizzlies, Pistons, Mavericks, and Bucks. Except for the Pacers, Pelicans, and Bucks, the other teams are weak teams. In a few games, you should try your best to play as much as possible, and play seriously in these two or three games, and we still have to compete with the Rockets for the first place in the league."

"understand!"

After Wharton explained, he went to Rondo and Rose. Tianyang was preparing to continue shooting, and Randall came over again.

"Hey bro, thank you for your generous sacrifice, I will definitely play harder."

It can be clearly heard that Randall is really grateful, because as long as Tianyang does not agree to a salary cut, the Lakers management headed by Jim will definitely give up him in the selection of the 6 rookies.

"It's okay, I earn more, it should be, we want to win more championships together!"

...

At 16 pm on the 7th, the Lakers played against the Heat at home.

At No. 1, Ingram was sidelined for two weeks due to a flagrant foul by Winslow, and the game officially returned.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers created three consecutive opportunities for Ingram to single out Winslow.

Ingram was also very competitive, scoring two in a row, and the third caused Winslow to foul.

Heat coach Spoelstra chose to replace Winslow to avoid the limelight, but Tianyang began to perform.

With the help of Randall's pick-and-roll, he went into the inside and made strong hits many times. In the first quarter of the game, 'Whiteside' Hassan-Whiteside was fouled twice.In the second quarter, he scored strong points again, and when the official timeout came off, the Lakers had already led the Heat by as much as 15 points.

Subsequently, Wharton sent the second team, but the Heat were completely defeated in momentum, and they were still disarmed and defeated.

In the end, the Lakers easily defeated the Heat 113 to 92. Randall performed well and scored 24 points.

...

After defeating the Heat, the Lakers embarked on a four-game winning streak.

On the 19th, he challenged the Pacers. Randall played bravely. In the first quarter, he relied on Tianyang's consecutive assists to beat Thaddeus Young who was facing him. In the second quarter, he broke through dunks, steals and blocks, and quickly stopped the Pacers. .

However, the Pacers were tough enough to keep biting the score until the last quarter of the game, and relied on Oladipo's two consecutive unreasonable three-pointers to tie in the last 3 minutes.

Forced to helplessness, Wharton can only change the main force to play again.

After Tianyang came on the field, he quickly locked Oladipo, and Randall continued to perform breakthrough dunks.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Pacers 115 to 109, and Randall scored 22 points and 10 rebounds.

Anthony Davis, who challenged the Pelicans on the 22nd and was worrying about the playoffs, used 120% of his skills to completely blow up the inside of the Lakers. McGee intercepted and got two fouls in a row, and Randall was directly blocked by the In the top flight, Tianyang is not good at catching the ball around the front defense, and no one can defend him at all.

Fortunately, the Lakers can do whatever they want on the offensive end, and Randall and Tianyang have all kinds of subtle cooperation to bite the score.But unfortunately, Wharton rotated the big players and put the second team on the court for a long time. The Pelicans seized the opportunity and created several open three-point tactics for Mirotic to open the score.

In the end, the Lakers couldn't catch up. Tianyang scored a triple-double and Randall scored a double-double, but they had no choice but to lose.

After losing to the Pelicans, the Lakers went to Memphis as a guest. Gasol's truce and Conley's recovery allowed Tianyang to easily score 43 points on the defenseless Grizzlies and lead the team to victory.

In the last game of the four-game streak, the Lakers challenged the Pistons away.

Griffin, Reggie, Zhuang Shen, and Stanley-Johnson performed well on the offensive end, but Tianyang couldn't hold back Baroque, and Randall also defeated Stanley. The Lakers won easily again.

At this point, the Lakers' four-way trip is over.

Fox columnist Kevin Pelton updated his blog: "Since the contract extension was confirmed, Randall averaged 21.8 points, 10.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists in five games. .”

TNT analyst Marvin Albert updated Twitter: "Lopez is about to come back, and the Lakers still have 9 games for the final run-in. I am not exaggerating to say that the Warriors must rely on luck if they want to win again."

(End of this chapter)