Chapter 136 Preparing for the World Championships (4/4, Transition Chapter)
While Lin Yu was dealing with some personal matters in Cleveland, the Cavaliers' summer signings were also proceeding in an orderly manner.
In the draft, they took Daniel Gibson, and in the summer league that followed, Gibson performed well and gave the Cavaliers a big surprise.
Then, the Cavaliers used a two-year, 6.6 million contract to retain Ira Nubell, a hard-working wing defender.
Drew Gooden was retained on a three-year, $19.5 million contract.
Also exercised team options on Damon Jones and Andre Varejao.
The above are the four players who stayed on the team from last season.
In real free agent signings, the Cavaliers have made slow progress. So far, they have only signed former Rockets player David Wesley for $1.7 million a year, and then signed an unknown insider Dwayne Jones with a minimum salary.
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Everyone knows that the Cavaliers still lack a point guard, but it is too difficult to find a point guard suitable for James. When there are basically no big fish in the free market, Danny Ferry can only give up the search.
In this way, the Cavaliers' core lineup for the new season is basically determined.
Point guard three, main point guard Damon Jones, substitutes Eric Snow and Daniel Gibson.
The three shooting guards, Lin Yu and Larry Hughes, will compete for a starting position, and David Wesley will provide experience on the bench.
Of the two small forwards, James is the absolute core, with Ira Nubell as a substitute.
Of the three power forwards, Drew Gooden and Donyel Marshall compete for the main spot, with Dwayne Jones on the bench.
Of the two centers, Zarunas Ilgauskas is the absolute main player, and Brazilian actor Andre Varejao is the substitute.
There are a total of 13 players on the roster, and obviously two more players are needed to fill the roster.
Kobe Bryant is very angry because the team failed to trade Lin Yu, and he is already thinking about leaving the Lakers.
Mitch Kupchak felt very innocent. He was already trying his best to help Kobe strengthen.
He knew that Kobe wanted a wing helper, so he spent a lot of money and directly locked up Vladimir Radmanovic with a five-year, $31 million contract, which was considered as compensation for Kobe.
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But Bryant was still dissatisfied because Radmanovic was not the wing defender he wanted.
On the other side, Tracy McGrady was also very angry for the same reason as Kobe: the Rockets failed to trade for Lin Yu, but he could understand the team because he knew that it was Lin Yu who rejected the Rockets.
Carroll Dawson also knows that the Rockets need a true small forward.
So, they selected Rudy Gay with the No. 8 pick, and then traded Gaystromaire Swift for Grizzlies president Sean Battier.
McGrady was satisfied because Battier was also the wing defender he wanted.
Baron Davis has not yet reached the level of Kobe McGrady, but the Warriors respect him very much. After failing to acquire Lin Yu, the Warriors also made amends.
They grabbed Matt Barnes with a two-year, $6 million contract, and Baron Davis was satisfied. At least he got the defensive teammate he wanted.
With Lin Yu's success last season, most teams in the league began to pay attention to wing shooting guards or small forwards with excellent defense.
The Celtics snatched James Posey and forcibly retained Tony Allen.
The Rockets introduced Shane Battier, the Magic retained Trevor Ariza, the Warriors acquired Matt Barnes, the Cavaliers retained Ira Nubell, etc., all illustrate this point.
Although the season has not yet started, the NBA league is already undergoing changes quietly.
After handling various personal matters in Cleveland, Lin Yu flew back to Los Angeles to continue filming the movie Weakness.
After a meeting, director John Hancock was confirmed.
John Hancock was very interested in the story of vulnerability and took over the directorship of the film without much hesitation.
Then, Lin Yu, with the help of Cassidy Diaz, negotiated with Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. at the same time.
Universal Pictures proposed to invest a large sum of money and invite popular Hollywood stars to star in the movie. They set the investment in the movie at 80 million US dollars.
Lin Yu had a vague influence. He remembered that the investment in his previous life was less than 30 million U.S. dollars. Cassidy Diaz also reminded him that a sports inspirational movie with no big budget would cost less than 80 million U.S. dollars.
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As a result, Lin Yu gave up Universal Pictures, found Warner Brothers, and finally finalized an investment of US$30 million.
Lin Yu, who signed the Armani endorsement contract, invested US$20 million, and Warner Bros. invested US$10 million. The crew was set up, the director was confirmed, and the filming of the movie quickly progressed to the casting stage.
Lin Yu is a nominal producer, but the real producer is Gil Nate, a well-known producer sent by Warner Bros., and all the affairs of the crew will be coordinated and managed by Gil Nate.
"Jill, have the auditions for the role of Collins-Towsey begun? I have a good actress recommendation here. Yes, you guessed it right, it's Amber. Just put her in the last two rounds of auditions.
Thank you Jill..."
At the mansion in Calabasas, Lin Yu hugged Amber and called Gil Nate.
Although he invested in the movie, he had no say in the casting. In Hollywood, the producer is the boss of a movie.
Amber also knows this. With the help of Lin Yu, it is great to be able to directly enter the finals of the casting.
Therefore, she served Lin Yu very hard, and Lin Yu also relaxed a lot before leaving the United States.
In early August, Lin Yu left the United States with Jeff Schwartz and his personal training team and headed for China on the other side of the ocean.
Together with Jeff Schwartz, he traveled to five cities in seven days, from the capital to Jinling, from Jinling to the Magic City, and then to Shenzhen City. The last stop was Chang'an.
In every city, Lin Yu received an almost fanatical following, and all events were crowded with his fans. Even in the hot summer, they could not stop these fans.
After a successful season, Lin Yu is already the NBA player with the most domestic fans. The only players who can compare with him are Yao Ming and Kobe Bryant.
During the seven-day trip to China in five cities, Lin Yu also made a lot of money. He received a total of more than 2 million U.S. dollars in appearance fees from Under Armor and countless domestic merchants along the way.
After his trip to China, he continued to stay in China and went to Beilun, Ningbo, to enter the training camp of the men's basketball national team.
In the next half month, he will return to training to prepare for the upcoming Men's Basketball World Championships.