NBA: Start with 20 billion, buy the Knicks

During the dinner, she can still think about her little secretary, and since she joined the job, there are no unspoken rules that she was worried about before. Breeze is neither spoiled nor disturbed, satisfying all her fantasies about her future boyfriend.

"Liu Yan, what are you thinking! There will be no shortage of women around him, it's great that you can help him succeed in his career!"

Liu Yan suddenly lowered her eyebrows, but remembering Jiang Chao's last sentence "I'll pay it back next time", she shyly went to the conference room with her teacup in her hand, looked down at her body, I'm not bad at Nantah University Okay!Be confident!

I was already thinking about what the scene would be like at that moment.

At this time, Jiang Chao and the Knicks' absolute top executives were already having a tense meeting.

Jiang Chao, Sean, Deputy General Manager Mustache, Head Coach Marshal, Chief Assistant Messina, and Senior Scout Downey Jr., Deputy Minister of Personnel.

"Young Marshal, haven't you both found a new assistant?"

Speaking of this, the young marshal and Messina bowed their heads in embarrassment, and they are not the ones who will find reasons:

"It's a bit difficult. Those who are qualified don't want to come, and the others are too young to be a teaching assistant directly."

"Okay, it's okay. After the meeting, the troops will be divided into three groups. I will help you find a few to match." Originally, Jiang Chao planned to let them find one or two by themselves, and he would wait for the draft to match them. Come together.

Downey Jr. and the others all raised their eyes, wow, if you say it's right, it's right?Boss, how many connections do you have? ?There should be no teaching assistants in the market now.

But Jiang Chao has already started the topic:

"The theme of our meeting is the initial determination of the team's lineup, and choose 1-2 elite players to sign in the free market to completely improve the Knicks' lineup defects next season."

"Ok!"

"You also know that I selected five guards in this draft, and the vacancies in other positions will be filled by the free market."

haha~

The atmosphere in the conference room was relaxed.

"Huh..." The young marshal breathed a sigh of relief, don't just sign Iverson or something like that.

D'Antoni and Downey Jr. were the first to speak. The internal news is that many playoff teams have begun to liquidate their players after the draft, and the free market has also experienced large-scale fluctuations.

"Tell me."

Jiang Chao picked up the pen. Although there are no big fish this year, there are still many role players.

The recent change in the free market is that Kobe extended his contract with a maximum salary after winning the championship.

Iverson still hasn't found a good home. Jiang Chao was right for not being impulsive at the time. Other teams dare not accept this "bomb" unless he lowers his salary to become a role player.

Kidd and the Mavericks renewed their contract, and Carlisle and Cuban resolved the misunderstanding. This is how the small ball market is.

There is also Artest of the Kings. In 57 games played on behalf of the Kings last season, he averaged 20.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.3 steals per game. His defensive ability is still the best in the league. Triggered the Rockets and Lakers and other teams to rush.

The reason for the rush is that Odom, whose contract has expired, seems to be leaving the team. Odom has performed quite well as the team's third offensive option, but for a player in such a role, his salary is somewhat Too high.

The pressure of the luxury tax means that Odom cannot get the salary he wants from the Lakers, and he may have to find other clubs.

His heart is very high, and he is squeezed by his wife Kohler Kardashian every day, and his salary must be high in the past few years of his career.

These two players are also more suitable for the Knicks who are currently short in the backcourt.

Of course, the contract extension of Lakers center Bynum has also become a problem, and Mr. Ku has already spread news that he wants to sell this little shark who has been injured for a long time.

After recovering, he looks forward to staying with the team with a high salary, but the Lakers are still waiting for his recovery. If he can continue the progress of last season in the new season, then the Lakers will definitely pay him a huge contract.

So if they can get rid of this little shark at this time, they are completely willing.

Then there is the explosion of the Jazz's salary space, with Boozer's data explosion last season, and the team's main center Okur and shooter Korver pursuing high-salary contract extensions.

It is difficult for the Jazz to function when the team's Deron, Millsap, and Kirilenko are all high-paid players.

And Mustache and Downey Jr. are very fond of Boozer.

"Did he jump out too?"

Jiang Chao rubbed his chin, a little interesting, the two Yao Ming killers have jumped out of the contract.

Boozer is only 26 years old, he has already ranked among the top players in the league, can afford the highest salary contract, and he has averaged 21 points and 11 rebounds in the past two seasons.

This season, he chose to end his contract early to test the free agent market. Teams with salary vacancies and sign-and-trade can allow him to leave the team. Currently, the most rumors are that he joined the Miami Heat and teamed up with Wade.

Boozer lives in Miami, but he said that he is willing to stay in the Jazz, in fact, he wants to see the attitude of the Jazz.

The attitude of the Jazz depends on who they choose between veteran Okur and Boozer.

Top shooter Korver is a must, but the functions between Boozer and Okur are a bit repetitive.

When Okur played a role player in Detroit at the beginning of his career, the Jazz offered him a high-salary contract. This was regarded by many as a gamble, but now it has all paid off and he has made great contributions to the team. .

With Boozer, Okur, and Kyler Korver all opting to become free agents this summer, the Jazz are facing tough financial choices.

"The management is not doing well."

Sean Marks: "The main reason is that the Jazz can't win the championship. If they can win the championship after paying the luxury tax, I believe the Jazz boss will renew the contract in full."

"Yes, this lineup fought the Lakers this season and was eliminated in the first round, so the Jazz will definitely change."

Finally, D'Antoni threw out a big news.

That is, Turkoglu, who was defeated in the finals, did not renew his contract with the Magic after his contract expired, waiting for an offer in the free market.

The tall point forward is obviously tired of playing in the finals, and it is obviously difficult for the Magic, which has 2 super maximum salary contracts, to offer him a maximum salary contract.

So next season, he will either continue to work with the Magic for money, or he will get more money!

Turkoglu had a fantastic season last season, he is one of five players in the league averaging at least 19.5 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game, the other four are Carter, Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant and james.

However, in the previous three seasons, the Turkish agent has never averaged more than 14 points and 3 assists per game, so he is called a system player by many management.

Without Howard's restraint, can he still be so strong?

This is also one of the reasons why no team will sign him immediately and will not give a maximum salary.

"The above are the biggest fish of the off-season, and they are also players that we think are more suitable for the Knicks." Downey Jr. and Mustache finished their report.

Then they started a heated discussion. Fortunately, there was tea to reduce the fire, otherwise Jiang Chao would be afraid that they would do it, because it is normal for this kind of meeting to have disagreements.

Otherwise, why should the general manager have the sole discretion to decide? The vision of the general manager is definitely different from that of the coaching staff.

And his gaze is even more outstanding.

So when they were chatting about wanting Shark to supplement the inside line, or Boozer to come to the high fort to play space, Jiang Chao finally waited for them to finish the chat before making a decision:

"I took a look at our salary space just now, and listened to what you just said, so let's put it together."

"How about this, the first goal, even if the price is raised, we must win the Turkish Xingyue God of War!"

"Boss, what do you mean? Stud Turk Drew?" Sean Marks and others thought at first that Jiang Chao didn't participate because he couldn't react or didn't know the players from other teams.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Chao has been listening.

And indeed, the All-Star forward is a great fit for the Knicks! "

Only the boss can control such a situation!

What he said was decisive!

Sweat dripped from Liu Yan's forehead, who had been pouring tea for the high-level people, and now she finally calmed down, looking at Jiang Chao with eyes full of admiration.

"Yes, while we are playing Youth Storm, we must also enter the playoffs to experience the rookies."

"A player like Agent is the most suitable player to stabilize his record and enter the playoffs."

"Boss, you are right!"

"Good boss!"

"pass it to me!"

"For the Pacers to sign next season, I have to make the playoffs!"

(Note: Why is it said that Turkoglu is at the All-Star level, because the Magic regrets that Turkoglu did not make it when Nelson, Howard, and Lewis entered the All-Star, probably because the league feels that there are too many people in the Magic, But the fact is that Turkoglu is the real thigh of the Magic's outside line in the finals, so he was rated by the media as an All-Star but not an All-Star this season.)

Chapter 83: Divided into three groups, the experience of the United Arab Emirates

The goal of the playoffs in the first year of the team.

And I want Stud to be the outside core of the Eastern Conference Finals team!

Boss Jiang Chao's determination made everyone excited.

This is completely different from Old Downey's idea of ​​building a team. There is no need to wait for the No. [-] pick next year and then move in with big fish.

I cultivate our stars myself, and then I decisively use the role stars to stabilize the playoffs.

The playoffs and the regular season are not at the same level, and young people really need to experience it!

But a team that relies solely on young people will definitely not be able to enter the playoffs. Jiang Chao knows this better than anyone else.

All he has to do is to choose a few players who are suitable for taking care of young people!

Of course, the Knicks' salary space now also needs them to fill the poor line.

Jiang Chao has just finished understanding the lineup for next season.

Eddie Curry, 1000 million. (contract year)

David Lee, 700 million.

Gallinari, 308 million.

Insider Jerome James, 580 million.

Big Q Quentin Richardson: 800 million

Shooting guard Larry Hughes: 1100 million. (contract year)

Tim Thomas: 243 million.

Ibaka: 130 million

There are also 2 players from the Development League and a two-way contract, which add up to less than 300 million.

That is, the current lineup is 5000 million.

In addition to the five rookies he selected this year, based on the average annual salary of a rookie of 150 million (the low of the second round and the high of the first round), that is to say, his current total salary cap is about 5750 million.

13 people, it is still early for the big list of 15+2 two-way contracts.

This year's salary cap is more than 7000 million. According to the trend, 8000 million next season is also a matter of time.

The 4000 million poor ghost line that fans are worried about has already been exceeded.

In addition, Jerome James, who is a special exception for the middle class contract, and various messy contract contracts such as the special exception for rookies and the special exception for the basic salary.

Lao Lu calculated for Jiang Chao that there was almost 3000 million capital space left.

This space can definitely accommodate an all-star like Kidd with a bag, and even add another star.

And there are two players with big contracts in the team. No wonder Downey Sr. has always said that next year's off-season is the real trouble.

When the contracts of Eddie Curry and Larry Hughes expire, there will be more than 5000 million space next year, which is enough for 2 super giants to sign directly with the salary cap!

But these two are recovering from their injuries now, so they haven't shown themselves at all. They just want to be safe and secure in the bad varsity contract year, so that the next contract is worth the money.

It can also be seen from the salary space that the forward line is not very good, especially after losing Harrington and Chandler, everyone can analyze that the team needs a forward line.

In fact, after losing Nate, Luo Ye, and Du Hong, the guard line is not very good. After all, only Jiang Chao knows that there are two people who can defend in the second round. In the eyes of others, they are just new recruits, and they may not be able to play in the NBA steadily. kind of.

But with the addition of Larry Hughes and 6 guards, it is impossible for the team to call on the old to bring the new.

So ruled out, the organizational striker Turkoglu is very suitable.

The height of a power forward playing a small forward can perfectly make up for the lack of height of the big Q when playing a small forward, and he can also bring Gallinelli with a similar style, which is a very good choice.

The next step is to split into three groups.

Sean + D'Antoni's managers rushed to Turkey to dig Turkoglu, and contact them at any time if there is any situation. This will definitely be done.

He won't go abroad in person, but he has a certain degree of confidence in persuasion. If he can't do it then, he will come to talk about it.

What Jiang Chao told them was that if he got it done, then the next step would be possible, because his next step would be to dig Memiteoku to form the Turkish Double Gun.

"Is this also one of the reasons for letting him come?"

Sean Marks burst into excitement, Okur!One of his most familiar opponents in the West, and this is a real All-Star, if he can be pulled over, it may actually be more effective than Drew?

But he has a deep relationship with the Jazz, and it really depends on Turkoglu, who is also a Turk, to lobby to have a certain effect.

"Yes, you just promise him, if he comes over and can call Okur, we are willing to sign both of them."