ace marshal

Chapter 1402 Early Contract Renewal of Hakishi
"Being able to defeat a strong European team like the Russian team is due to Lan Shengli's leadership~!"

After witnessing the Chinese team's upset victory over the Russian team in London, Cole immediately called Ballmer, reported the situation, and boasted of Lan's victory.

"Bru is always able to bring surprises, this is a very important factor in the work~"

Ballmer responded.

"So I think we can give Bruce another try without finalizing the candidate for the head coach, and give him a chance to interview. Perhaps after experiencing this Olympic Games, his coaching level and some team leadership concepts will be improved again." Will there be a qualitative improvement~!?"

Cole continued to say good things about Lan Shengli.

"It's okay to provide him with an interview, but I'm not sure when he will return to Los Angeles, and whether he has reached a verbal agreement with other teams~?!, these are not sure~!! "

Ballmer wondered.

"It's easy to talk about. After all, I'm in London. After the entire Chinese team's game is over, I'll go find Lan Shengli and have a good chat with him~"

Cole responded.

"Alright~, thank you for your hard work~"

Ballmer responded simply.

With the full support of the boss, Cole is more determined to help Lan Shengli return to the position of head coach of the Clippers.

After that, Cole and Harper also found Lan Shengli immediately after the end of the Chinese team group stage, explaining the situation.

Under the joint entrustment of the two, Lan Shengli seems to have confidence in taking charge of the Clippers again.

"After talking so much, I still don't know what's going on with the Clippers~!! After all, if you want to prepare for an interview, you must at least know the current situation of the team~!"

Lan Shengli looked at Cole and said.

"It seems that when you become the head coach of the Chinese team, your old club doesn't care at all~"

Cole sighed.

"Haha~, I'm really too busy, but I saw Harden and Love in the Olympic Village~ and had a brief exchange with them for a while~"

Lan Shengli responded.

"I have seen them both. I will continue to pay attention to the US team's subsequent games. However, since you have met Harden, you should already know about his early contract renewal~?!"

Cole asked.

"Harden~?!, early renewal~?!, I swear to the Statue of Liberty, I really don't know, and Harden didn't mention it~!!"

Lan Shengli said with a very surprised expression.

"Hahaha~!!, it seems that this kid Harden has a good professional ethics~ and he keeps his secrets very well~!!"

Harper laughed when he heard that.

"Is it because it hasn't been officially announced yet, so you can't talk about it in private~?!"

Lan Shengli listened and asked.

"Yes, in fact, the team has long had the intention of renewing the contract with Harden, but Harden has been in the US men's basketball training team before, followed by training, playing games, and then came to London, and has never had a chance to talk about it. The details of the contract are just in contact with his agent, so there is no official announcement, but it will be soon~"

Cole responded.

"That's great, Harden is the cornerstone of the Clippers, absolutely indispensable~!"

Lan Shengli nodded and said excitedly.

"Apart from Harden, is there any reinforcement in the free agent market~?!, or trade~, is there~?!"

Lan Shengli asked.

"Anyway, I remember that this year's draft should have been given to the Timberwolves, so maybe we won't get anything from the draft~"

Lan Shengli continued to sigh with emotion.

"Well, you are right about this point. We are indeed relatively passive because we have no draft picks, but this is nothing. We have enough young players, and they are all enough to train. As for the summary of other signings and transactions, Afterwards, I will send it to you by email, you can take a good look at it, make a good summary, and you will be able to use it in the interview at that time~!!"

Cole said.

"Okay, I'll trouble you~"

Lan Shengli nodded and responded.

"Look, just as I was talking about Harden, Harden's agent called~"

Here Cole looked at the phone, said, got up and walked directly, and connected the phone.

"Presumably Harden will definitely have a maximum salary, and now that he has entered the dream team, the agent's asking price will be more justified~"

Lan Shengli sighed.

"You don't have to worry about this. After all, Ballmer is the former CEO of Microsoft. He has a lot of money. It can even be described as endless flowers~"

Harper responded.

"That's right~"

Lan Shengli listened and nodded.

"I'm sorry, Harden's agent called, saying that he has arrived in London, I will meet with him, and Harden himself, to discuss the renewal of the contract, and strive to be on the headlines of ESPN tomorrow morning ~! !"

Cole finished the phone call here, came back to talk, and was about to leave.

"Come on~, I hope everything goes well~!"

Lan Shengli responded.

Cole clenched his fist and walked away quickly.

"Let him talk, we brothers don't talk about work, let's catch up on the old days~"

"Haha~, good~!!, then we should find a bar~"

"Good idea~, haha~!!"

"Haha~, pay the bill, let's go~!"

The sudden reunion with Harper made Lan Shengli completely exhausted and seemed very excited.

While talking, Cole was already sitting with Harden and Harden's agent.

"I don't know what the team thinks about my suggestion before~?!"

Harden's agent asked Cole.

As a player's agent, of course, he must do his best to benefit the players he serves as much as possible when signing the contract. To benefit the players is to benefit himself.

"The maximum salary is no problem. After all, Harden's strength is there. He is also the No. [-] pick. This year he was selected into the Dream Team. He has a good chance to help the US team win the gold medal. He deserves the maximum salary. However, considering the team's salary space reserve, As well as the development of players and the future development of the team, I think a four-year contract with a salary slightly lower than the maximum salary, and a team option in the last year, is more reasonable and beneficial to both parties~!!"

Cole responded.

"If there are some incentive clauses attached, we can accept a four-year contract close to the maximum salary, but what I can't figure out is, why do we have to add a team option in the last year~?!, why can't it be a four-year full contract? Guaranteed ~?!, are you worried that Harden’s ability will decline at that time, or do you have ulterior motives~?!”

The agent asked sharply.

"In fact, this 3+1 contract is very similar to Harden's rookie contract today. We just hope that Harden can continue to work hard. If Harden plays better and better, the team has every reason to terminate the contract with Harden in the last year. contract, and then sign a bigger and longer contract, in this way, wouldn’t it be better~?!”

Cole also responded with a clear mind.

(End of this chapter)