strokinit Chapter 171 Two signings to strengthen!Seeking skins with tigers: communicate and negotiate with Ant
Chapter 171 Two signings to strengthen!Seeking skins with tigers: communicate and negotiate with Ant
Chapter 171 Two signings to reinforce!Seeking skins with tigers: communicate and negotiate with Anti-Bone Boys;
General manager Sam Presti felt the helplessness of the defending champions for the first time, calling out the teams that offered premium contracts and still flattered themselves as mad dogs, seriously disrupting the market.
When the substitutes and veterans who came out of the Sonics can sign high salaries, other players who are testing the waters of the free market are naturally unwilling to lower their worth.
This phenomenon also caused this year's free agents to start asking for sky-high prices, and the lions opened their mouths, making the Supersonic's reinforcements not going smoothly.
At the same time, "Martial Saint" Jackson is also facing being poached. The Bobcats offered him a three-year offer of 3 million US dollars, with an average annual salary of 3900 million, which is already very rich for a player with a serious criminal record like him.
Jackson was a little moved after receiving the offer. This was the first time in his career that he had the opportunity to earn an annual salary of tens of millions. His stable performance in the finals made his value skyrocket. It would be a lie to say that he was not moved.
Although the Bobcats have a poor record, "Wu Sheng" doesn't care. He already has two championship rings, and now he is pursuing more "Mane".
After discussing with Lu Yong, Presti chose to match the contract of "Martial Saint" Jackson. Even though the salary was much higher than expected, he did not dare to continue to let him go.
The Sonics have already lost an All-Star player. If Jackson is poached again, there is really no need to play in the new season. Even hitting the playoffs depends on luck.
When this wave of severe poaching storm passed, Lu Yong immediately started to fight back, changing from watching the changes to ending in person.
After thinking about it, Lu Yong called Presti and told him: "First renew the contract with PJ Tucker. The team will suffer heavy losses in the new season. Tucker's contract is economical, so you must keep him. In addition, my computer Send you two documents, contact them, and strive to get them as soon as possible, so as to save you from having long nights and dreams."
Thanks to the fact that Tucker didn't have many opportunities to express himself in the playoffs, his value didn't rise much this summer, and the pressure on Tucker to renew his contract with the Supersonics was not great, and the two sides quickly reached a verbal agreement.
On the 9th, the Supersonics announced to the outside world that they completed the first reinforcement of the offseason.
Signed a basic salary contract of $46 with the undrafted pick Wesley Matthews for a period of two years.
This signing is naturally a suggestion given by Lu Yong. As a legacy of the 09 draft, any coach with an open eye will not miss Matthews.
Although Matthews is not the most inspirational and strongest undrafted player, he is a rare rookie with a height of 1 meters and a weight of 96 kilograms.
Matthews University played for four years before signing up for the draft. In the last year, he averaged 18.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, led Marquette University to 25 victories, and was selected to the All-Big East Second Team.
After entering the league, Matthews should have been favored by the Jazz management. In his rookie season, he contributed 9.4 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists.
Compared with other rookies, Matthews hardly needs any training to play his value. He is a superb 3D with a strong physique and a positive defensive attitude.
巅峰赛季的马修斯能交出16.4分3.5篮板2.4助攻和1次抢断，三分球命中率39.3%，是09届选秀大会性价比最高的球员。
In the afternoon of the same day, the Sonics signed a contract with Gerald Green, a free agent who played for the Dallas Mavericks last season, with an annual salary of 47. He is also a player who joined with a basic salary.
Lu Yong has been thinking about Gerald Green for a long time. His personal ability is not too strong. In addition to the title of "Nine Fingers Dunk King" which is eye-catching, he only scored 15.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists in his peak season. and 1 steal.
However, what Lu Yong valued was Gerald Green's superb shooting ability. The slam dunk king with a career three-point shooting rate of more than 36% is perfectly compatible with the Sonics' offensive system.
He averaged 7.3 three-pointers per game in a season with the highest number of shots. After joining the Supersonics, he can play both positional battles and fast-break counterattacks.
In Lu Yong's previous life, Green had a hard time after being waived by the Mavericks. He became a free agent this summer and failed to win the favor of NBA teams. In the end, Green began to seek European competitions as a last resort.Signed a one-year contract with Russia's Locomotive Moscow, until the summer of 10, he represented the Lakers in the summer league.
Regrettably, he failed to stay in the team in the end, so he had to go to Russia again and join the Samara team.
Interestingly, Green, who had no ball to play in the summer of 11, also joined the Foshan Long-Lions Club in the CBA League. He averaged 34.1 minutes per game, contributed 26.5 points, 4 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1 steal. His personal statistics are good.
It's a pity that Green was waived after only playing for the team for four games. The reason was not food, but the club said that Green could not integrate into the team's tactical system for a long time.To put it simply, he has no brains, just does it with the ball, and has no teammates at all.
Fortunately, after joining the Supersonics, Green doesn't need to do other things. His role is the same as that of Teletovic last season, and he is a real finisher.
Catching and shooting, counterattack without the ball, as long as these two things can be done well, they will definitely be reused by the coaching staff.
Signed two players in one day, the outside world is still not optimistic about the success of the Sonics defending their title in the new season.
Because these two players joined with a basic salary, their personal abilities are limited. Rather than reinforcement, it seems more like an accessory to make up the 15-man roster.
The team's paper strength has declined, but coach Lu Yong is quite satisfied. The depth of the lineup last season is rare even if you look at the entire history. It is already very successful to be able to renew the contracts of Jackson and Tucker.
The Sonics' salary cap still has a lot of room for manipulation, especially after two consecutive basic salary contracts have been effectively reinforced, there is absolutely no problem in signing another star.
Lu Yong called Presti before the holiday, and he said emphatically: "Sam, keep an eye on the big fish in the free market. You can get in touch with them yourself. If you can use a short contract to win the most Well, the team must not save this money, otherwise even I will be powerless in the new season."
There are a lot of big fish in the free market this year. Kobe, Artest, Boozer and others have all left the team.
The first player the Sonics contacted was Kobe, but Kobe's damn self-esteem made him refuse without even thinking about it.
In Kobe's own words: "It is impossible for me to join a team that just won the championship last season. I want to prove that I can win the championship without Shaq, instead of just signing up for a team to warm up in my career. That kind of championship is nothing to me. significance."
Kobe's self-esteem is very strong, otherwise he would not have frequent conflicts with O'Neal back then. He may leave the Lakers, but he will definitely not join a championship team and take shortcuts.Lu Yong knew this guy's temperament very well, so he didn't have any hope from the beginning, but instead put a lot of effort into the free man Artest.
Artest played well for the Rockets last season, averaging 17.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game, shooting 40.1% from the field and 39.9% from the three-point range. From the tactical level, he can perfectly replace Szebia grams, and even strengthen the striker defense.
It's a pity that the premium contract signed by Szczerbiak made this product ask for a lot of money in the free market, and required a minimum of 4 years to sign a contract, which is worse than his former teammate "Martial Saint" Jackson who just won the championship. With the wind.
Originally, the Sonics management was worried that the reunion of Artest and Jackson, the "stupid god of war", would cause trouble. With Artest's "fool's big mouth", the negotiation was quickly disrupted.
At present, Presti has shifted his attention to Jazz star Carlos Boozer, who is also the only insider who can score 20+10 in the free market this year.
This summer, Boozer and the Jazz had a very unpleasant quarrel, because Boozer, the famous "anti-boned boy", had another moth.
Just two months after the start of the regular season last year, Boozer, who was in a contract year, suddenly stated that he would not choose to implement the $1232 million contract with the Jazz for the next year, and instead choose to become a free player after the season to get a bigger reward. offer.
Originally, this kind of thing is not complicated. It is understandable for players to jump out of the contract to strive for a more lucrative salary, but the key is that before the start of the season, Boozer just promised to wait until the end of the season before considering the future. The goods turned back, which made the Jazz management very uncomfortable.
Jazz owner Larry Miller said in a radio interview that Boozer's move was one of the 24 stupidest things I've seen in 10 years.
In fact, the reason for Boozer's sudden rebellion is not difficult to understand. Last season, he only played 37 games for the Jazz before being reimbursed for the season due to injury.Boozer just happened to be in the contract year and felt insecure. He was afraid that after his comeback, his condition would be poor and he would not be able to get a satisfactory salary.
So after the injury, Boozer immediately announced that he would implement the player option for the final year, hoping to sign a long-term contract for peace of mind.
However, Lu Yong knew very well that Boozer's wishful thinking was in vain, and the patience of the Jazz management was exhausted by him. Even the team owner Larry Miller was disgusted with him. Servings approx.
The result is that Boozer only renewed his contract with the Jazz for one year after his troubles. After his comeback, he is in good condition, averaging 19.5 points, 11.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game. new highs.
It wasn't until the summer of 10 that Boozer signed a five-year, $5 million contract with the Chicago Bulls as a free agent with his amazing performance after his comeback.
The breakup between the Jazz and Boozer gave the SuperSonics a chance. Although this guy is a rebel, he is the strongest power forward star in the free market this year, and he can make up for the loss after Szczerbiak left the team.
If you can sign a one-year contract with Boozer, the chances of the Sonics defending their title will be greatly improved, which is better than nothing.
Lu Yong naturally knew about Presti's recent close contact with Boozer, and his attitude was neither support nor objection.
If there is a choice, Lu Yong certainly does not want to coach Boozer, a double-faced and anti-bond boy. However, the situation cannot be controlled. In addition to saving a lot of money, it is difficult to find an All-Star power forward to reinforce the Supersonics. .
Whether to sign Boozer will affect the Supersonics' next reinforcement ideas. Before the negotiations between the two parties are officially settled, Lu Yong can only stay on the sidelines.
Verbal agreements are useless in front of history's most anti-bone boy. Unless black and white is in front of his eyes, Lu Yong won't even believe his punctuation.
Lu Yong didn't interfere too much with this signing. He began to enjoy his vacation, paying close attention to the movements of various teams in the league through the news, and waiting for news from Presti.
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(End of this chapter)