Chapter 508 A Chicagoan fainted from crying in the bathroom
Pat Riley, who has always been hailed as a fortune teller by the outside world, has been in a terrible mood recently.
Just last night, he hesitated and picked up the phone to call James' agent Rich Paul.
He has already met with James, but the latter's attitude is extremely resolute, so now he can only start from the agent's side.
But what he didn't expect was that when he called, there was no answer... He couldn't even contact James' agent!
"Fake!"
Riley is a smart man, and he certainly knows that James is the key to this turmoil. If James had not nodded, this matter would not have happened.
But he was still unwilling to give up, so he has been making last-ditch efforts. For example, on the 13th, he hurriedly signed a five-year contract extension with a maximum salary of 118 million with Bosh, just to let James see the Heat's determination to strengthen.
Unfortunately, it was too late. The Heat's two championships in four years were doomed to never return.
The other end.
Ricky Paul looked down at the phone screen and then at James in front of him: "It's Riley calling."
James nodded and took a puff of his cigar, but remained silent.
The Heat failed to defend their title last season, which seems to have exhausted the last bit of energy. With Riley, there has been very little action in the free market. Looking at the situation, it seems that they only want to retain the winning lineup of the past two years.
This obviously won't work. Wade is one year older, and there are rumors of Ray Allen's retirement. It's unclear whether he can still play. The Heat are getting weaker if they don't pay attention to reinforcements.
While the Heat are getting weaker, their competitors, the Trail Blazers, Pacers, and Thunder are still young and will only get stronger in the future.
After the Finals, when Cavaliers owner Gilbert, who had publicly cursed James, contacted James again with a smile on his face, a brand new idea was born.
During his 7 years with the Cavaliers, James received a series of personal honors such as Rookie of the Year, Best Two-Team Team, Scoring Champion, and Regular Season MVP, but was missing out on the coveted O'Brien Trophy.
For this reason, he made a decision that was criticized by countless people.
Of course, James does not regret this decision, because he brought himself two championship rings and two FMVP trophies.
But it's never enough.
James took another puff of his cigar, said nothing, and turned to look at the beach outside the window.
He is about to turn 30 and is no longer young.
But the gap between him and No. 23 is still not small.
He still needs to accumulate a lot of honors to defend his determination to match No. 23.
Now that we have won the championship in Miami, it will definitely be very meaningful to return to Chrisland, return to the place where the dream began, and bring a championship to that city.
More importantly, Kyrie Irving is still very young and his shooting ability is far better than Wade; the young Maple Leaf player who uses himself as a model currently seems to be full of potential and should be able to trade for a good All-Star insider...
Thinking about it this way, hometown basketball is not a bad idea.
"Dudududu!"
Suddenly, the ringing of the phone interrupted James's thoughts.
"Riley?"
James asked, looking a little impatient.
"No, it's Dwayne."
Ricky Paul picked up the phone and replied carefully.
"Dwayne?" James slowly lowered his hand that raised the cigar, his expression extremely complicated, "Give it to me."
At this time, he could ignore anyone but Wade.
Forget it, just think of it as a final farewell to the Heat's four-year college love.
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At this moment, the Lakers couldn't hold back and started taking action.
The Spaniard, who had a close relationship with Kobe Bryant, suddenly announced his intention to leave Los Angeles after the season, making Lakers general manager Kupchak feel sincerely uneasy.
When Kupchak contacted Paul Shackles' agent Arn Tellem, he learned that the reason why Pau Gasol rejected the Lakers' contract extension and chose to test the free market was that the most important point was that he was tired of being in the Lakers.
Feel.
It makes sense to think about it. He was obviously the second biggest contributor to the Lakers' two consecutive championships, but in the previous seasons, he was put on the trade shelf by the Lakers one after another. Even after forming the Lakers F4 in the 2012-13 season, Dwight Howard dared to jump.
When it comes to Pau Gasol, not only is he stronger, but more importantly, the Lakers management also favors Howard and Hefei Pau Gasol in attitude.
Also, after Buss passed away, internal disputes within the Lakers continued.
To sum up, Gasol's desire to leave the Lakers and join other teams is the result of a combination of reasons.
In early July, when Pau Gasol announced that he would test the free market, it caused another stir in the outside world.
As a four-time All-Star player and two-time NBA champion's main insider, Paul Jia said he quickly gained the favor of many team managements.
At present, teams such as the Spurs, Bulls, Grizzlies, Knicks and Cavaliers have all contacted Pau Gasol's agent.
However, his career has reached this stage, and he has won championships and so on. Pau Gasol now hopes that he can get a salary that is in line with his worth and at the same time realize his value on the court.
Therefore, the Spurs who actively contacted were kicked out by him first.
There are two reasons. First, the Spurs management can only offer Pau Gasol a mid-level exception with an annual salary of about 5 million, which is too low; second, the Spurs currently have 4 available inside players. Duncan,
Splitter, Diaw, Bonner, and Pau Gasol felt that they had little room for development after going to the Spurs.
After excluding the Spurs, Pau Gasol actually privately revealed that the best destination is to return to the Memphis Grizzlies. He wants to play with his younger brother Mark.
en, true brother basketball!
Unfortunately, according to Pau Gasol's friend Dave, the Grizzlies were unwilling to give up Randolph, which frustrated his hopes.
After the Spurs and Grizzlies, Gasol has another choice, and that is the Chicago Bulls. Because he and the Bulls' dual-core Rose, Noah and head coach Dunleavy are very good.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! If they can get Pau Gasol, the Bulls will definitely remove Boozer without hesitation, with Rose on the outside and Gasol and Noah on the inside.
To the combination...
Recently, after learning that Pau Gasol had close contact with the Bulls, countless Bulls fans burst into tears and chanted the same slogan:
"Bulls Championship!"
However, the Bulls seemed to be happy too early. Just the night before Pau Gasol was about to confirm that he would join the Bulls and plan to announce it to the media tomorrow, a man came to Pau Gasol's residence in Los Angeles.
The two had a long conversation all night long.
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Hawaii.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, Wang Zelin and the members of the Summer Hard Training Camp will start another day of training.
Currently, the players training together include: DeRozan and Lowry of the Raptors, Oladipo of the Magic, Drummond of the Pistons, good partner Lillard and...the last one to join the Mosaic team.
Star bearded golfer.
How did Harden join?
This matter has to start with Harden going to Toronto after the offseason and preparing to let his friend DeRozan take him to experience the northern customs...
After learning that Wang Zelin had organized a training camp, Harden's originally relaxing offseason was put on hold.
Of course, Harden doesn't regret this either.
Although he couldn't appreciate the northern style, the hot girls on the beach in Hawaii also made him so excited that he couldn't close his legs...
After warming up, just as Wang Zelin and the others were playing a 3-on-3 match, Harden rushed into the training ground with a cup of coconut water. Seeing everyone there, he quickly said:
"Brothers! Breaking news! The two giants in the league have made a trade, and the Celtics captain has gone to Angel City!"
"What?"
Everyone stopped quickly and came forward to ask.
Harden took a few breaths, took another sip of coconut water, and then continued: "And Pau Gasol, who was rumored before, also agreed to stay in the City of Angels!"
Upon hearing the news, Wang Zelin and Lillard looked at each other, with only one thought between them:
The Lakers are going to cause trouble!
at the same time.
Chicagoans who heard the news were already crying and fainting in the bathroom.