Chapter 163: Dreams and Realities
July 1 is coming soon, and the storm before the free market opened was getting worse and worse. After winning a historically 73 wins, the Warriors, who lost the championship, immediately announced that they would make a big move.
"Big move? It seems that Harrison's performance after a series background board is about to completely lose favor?"
"I will definitely not renew his contract. He cannot score a goal in the three-point line and still wants a big contract this year, get rid of it, and give a player who averages 11 points per game of 25 million?"
There are not many big fish this year, but it happens to be another year of salary space increase. The biggest brand is naturally James, who just won the championship and finals VP, but no one thinks that James will leave the Cavaliers.
There is also Kevin Durant, and most people think that this 2014 regular season VP will definitely return to the Thunder. As for the two most promising teams that are chasing him, the Knicks and Wizards, who are chasing him, they are quite promising, but they both laugh pitifully.
There are only a few big fish that can really be fought for in the free market. Howard, the "happy beast" who is not in harmony with Harden, the Hawk King Horford who wants to make a change, and the Grizzlies will always be selected as the All-Star in the next session.
Apart from these players, I'm afraid no player can suppress Lin Sen on the card, and the huge increase in poverty line forced all teams to start spending money. There are too many monks and less porridge, which is very accurate to describe the current situation.
At the beginning, the Lakers were contacted by Lin Sen. The Zijin Wealthy Family offered Lin Sen a very good price, a four-year contract of 85 million yuan, with a starting salary of 19 million yuan, and an increase of every year. However, Lin Sen directly refused.
The Lakers clearly proposed to build a team with their two second-tier picks as the core. Luke Walton is the Lakers' new coach next season, and his tactics are similar to those of the Warriors, passing, cutting, three-pointers and quick counterattacks, just like the Warriors. In this team, the center does not have much tactical space. It is obvious that the Lakers are interested in his defense, but Lin Sen doesn't want to continue to be a player who only shows his strength on the defensive end.
How many people want to go to Los Angeles? Even if the Lakers do not have a good record, it is attractive enough to many players, but Lin Sen decisively refused.
This made Jeff Schwartz a bit unimaginable. In his opinion, this should be a good choice for Lin Sen, but Lin Sen didn't care at all.
"Mr. Jeff, I think we should have a consensus that the team I want to play for next is not a short-term place. I hope to make me think of him as the team I want to play for. One thing is very important is that I want to give me enough tactical status so that my performance can be worthy of the salary I pay."
On July 1, the Lakers were the first to directly complete the two contracts signed by Ruerden in four years and 72 million, and signed by Mozgov in four years and 64 million to fill their poor line. They had almost no hesitation. They didn't even consider other big-name players, and seemed to be thinking about them both Yang and their two second-tier shows.
"Didn't WJ say we're about to reach an agreement with Lin? Why did it become Mozkov and Ruerden? The gap is a bit big, right?"
"I can understand how to train rookies. It is normal to fill in the poor line, but who can tell me? What does it mean to sign two four-year long appointments?"
"He won't admit Lin and Mozkov's jerseys wrongly!"
The Lakers on Reddit have already started to spoof this time the Lakers' brainless operation. First, a vague big man wearing a Cavaliers jersey, with black hair, and the jersey number is vaguely 17. Then, with a Lakers general manager Kuppchek, who looked squinting.
Then, immediately, the style of painting changed. A smiling Mozkov, the Knight's No. 5, walked towards them with a smile, and then he looked like Kupchek's eyes widened.
Dreams and reality are probably the case. Lin Sen doesn't want to go to the Lakers. This news soon spread on reddit. It was not that Kupchek was confused, but that Lin Sen didn't want to come at all.
"Haha, I think you are worthy of you when I come to the Lakers. Lin won the championship and didn't know who he is? We still have the first season in history to win the finals VP!"
"Don't look down on the Lakers? In terms of modern basketball, we are the number one giant! It's too easy for the Celtics to win eight consecutive championships in ancient times!"
Lakers fans are very dissatisfied with Lin Sen's clear rejection. In their opinion, I, the Los Angeles Lakers, have finally had room for my interest in the team. Now I am interested in you, and you look down on me? Is this a joke? Angry Lakers fans almost want to let their anger overwhelm Lin Sen.
Lakers fans are definitely one of the largest NBA fans. On the Reddit forum, their combat effectiveness is extremely high, and Lin Sen is also a person who likes to watch the forum very much. This may cause a collapse for some players with average psychological tolerance.
But Lin Sen is different. Although he is very concerned, he will not change because of these doubts. He posted on his Twitter very domineeringly and directly posted a reply.
"Hey! I'm a very simple player. So now I'm looking for a player who can give me enough ball rights to show my talent, and I'm confident that I'll be one of the best centers in NBA history! I hope everyone can see more of my talent on the offensive end, so, those guys who just want me to be the best defensive player can take a break."
Lin Sen's words are very obvious. If you don't plan to give me the ball rights, you can rest now and don't need to find me. Lakers fans have nothing to say. Can they still let the coach directly give Lin Sen the core position as a spiritual shareholder? I'm thinking too much.
The same post also made the teams who wanted to come to Lin Sen suddenly have fewer ball rights. Giving a center ball rights is rare in this league. Howard, the first striker who was a few years ago, did not have ball rights in the Rockets. Among the current teams, there are not many teams with the inside-line playing style as the core. Cousins of the Kings included one, Davis of the Pelicans included one, Towns of the Timberwolves and Aldridge of the Spurs included half.
Chapter completed!