The draft has reached the end of the first round, and every familiar name has gone to teams other than the Cavaliers.
Nick Young was selected by the Washington Wizards, and Marco Belinelli, who had played against Lin Yu in the international arena, was selected by the Warriors.
Gavaris Crittenton, one of the protagonists of Guns Gate, was drafted by the Lakers...
The draft has reached the 20th pick in the first round, and the Heat selected Daequan Cook at this position.
From this choice, Lin Yu noticed a change. His memory was not that good, but he still remembered that Daequan Cook, the No. 2 pitcher who had assisted Dwyane Wade and the Thunder's fourth junior, was drafted by 76
He was drafted and then traded to the Heat.
The reason why the memory is so vivid is that Pat Riley arranged for the 76ers to steal Jason Smith, the 76ers' favorite, and forced the 76ers to take one more second-round pick.
So, why didn't the fortune teller try to trick Billy King again this time?
Lin Yu thought of the Cavaliers. With the wonderful cooperation of Larry Hughes last season, maybe the 76ers might have another chance with the Cavaliers. Lin Yu was looking forward to it.
When David Stern took the stage with the 21st pick in the first round, he did not directly announce the 76ers' selection, but started by announcing a trade.
Lin Yu was instantly sure that the knight's first move was about to come.
"The Philadelphia 76ers completed a deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Now, the 21st overall pick in the first round belongs to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Their choice is..."
"Jared Dudley, a 6-foot-7, 237-pound forward from Boston College!"
Jared Dudley, immediately, a set of information popped into Lin Yu's mind.
This is a forward who can play three or four positions. He mainly plays the three position in the early stage of his career and the fourth position in the later period. His style is characterized by being good at shooting, somewhat similar to Rashard Lewis.
"There's a replacement for Rashard Lewis."
Amanda Gray immediately made the judgment that Danny Ferry's choice was to find a substitute for Lewis.
Lin Yu shook his head: "It may also be Rashad's replacement."
Amanda Gray was shocked for a moment: "You mean, Danny Ferry will give up on renewing his contract with Rashad Lewis?"
"I'm just talking about a possibility, a relatively large possibility."
Lin Yu believes that the Cavaliers will be forced to give up Rashard Lewis, which is very likely. It is obvious to the naked eye that Dan Gilbert cannot afford multiple tens of millions of annual salary.
So now, Danny Ferry wants to do two things. One is to send away Andre Miller, Drew Gooden and Big Z. All three must be sent away, and no one can be retained.
And if this thing can't be done, Danny Ferry doesn't have to do the second thing.
As for the second thing, it was naturally to lower the price for Lewis.
Judging from Rashard Lewis's performance in the playoffs, it is indeed difficult for him to get a maximum salary. Danny Ferry has the opportunity to lower the price to about 12 million US dollars, leaving Lewis and retaining a Big Three.
's team.
But if other teams bid to compete, then the second thing may not be completed.
In short, for the Cavaliers, because many of the main players are waiting to renew their contracts, they have just won the championship and are already facing a situation where the lineup that won the championship is falling apart.
In addition, Lin Yu also thought of LeBron James's speech after winning the championship. At that time, James mentioned the combination of him and Lin Yu, but did not mention Rashard Lewis.
During the Eastern Conference Finals, everyone was still hyped about the Cavaliers' Big Three. From the Big Three to a duo, such an obvious change seemed to indicate that Lewis was no longer important.
Perhaps Danny Ferry has thought that replacing Rashard Lewis with Jared Dudley will not make any difference in function.
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The Cavaliers selected Jared Dudley with the 21st overall pick in the first round, and then they made no more moves.
The specific content of the deal was quickly exposed, with Andrew Miller exchanged for this year's first round and next year's second round.
For most of the season with the Cavaliers, without the ball and even playing time decreasing sharply, the old Miller's value was only so much.
Being able to exchange for one round and another is a courtesy to Billy King, and the 76ers are indeed still short of a point guard.
Otherwise, the Cavaliers would be able to get even less in exchange. After all, if they trade to acquire Miller, they will have to bear Miller's annual salary of 8 million. Not only is it a burden, it may even be eaten alive.
"I have freed up a little salary space, and I am waiting for the free market to open in two days. Amanda, besides the Magic, are there any other teams that can make offers to me?"
Amanda Gray shook her head, then nodded: "No team has made a direct offer, but many teams have expressed their intention to sign you, including the Knicks, Raptors, Pistons, Lakers, and Warriors.
and Clippers.”
Lin Yu touched his chin: "There are many teams in big cities. Teams from New York and Los Angeles are all here."
"What, you want to go to a big city?"
"You said, the knight can't let me go." Lin Yu shook his head.
Amanda Gray was silent for a while, as if thinking, and then said: "Actually, you can ask to leave on your own, and the Cavaliers will consider trading you."
"I asked to leave? What's the reason?" Lin Yu still shook his head. He couldn't ask to leave without any reason. If he did, everyone would find it baffling, and all the black spots and black spots would be concentrated on him.
.
Although he has been stealing jokes, Lin Yu still pays attention to his personal image, so he must find a reason first.
Amanda Gray nodded thoughtfully: "Indeed, you have just won the championship and you still have an extremely bright future here. You have no reason to leave."
"Not only is there no reason, but if I forcefully leave, there are still many problems that need to be solved. For example, who should be traded? I am the MVP of the new NBA Finals. The team that trades for me must first have enough chips, because the Cavaliers can match everything.
If you make an offer and force me to stay until the end of the contract, it could be three years? Four years? Or even five years!"
"And, if I leave without a reason, my criticism of the Celtics and Danny Ainge in the past year will become unreasonable. In one sentence: I can force my departure, then so can the Celtics.
Trading me, trading and being traded, this is mutual."
Lin Yu listed several reasons. He didn't want to be like Qiao Shouxin, so it was impossible to force him to leave.
However, he can accept it even if he stays with the Cavaliers.
As many people have said, the Cavaliers have a bright future. If there are no conflicts within the team, the LL combination will be a harvester of honors. They have the opportunity to win more championships than the OK combination.
The draft entered the second round, and the Cavaliers still had no draft picks. Lin Yu's focus became whether the players signed by his agency would be selected.
When Sun Yue was drafted by the Lakers with the 40th overall pick in the second round, Lin Yu clapped his hands and then high-fived Lin Shenhua.
Sun Yue was selected, which means that Lin Yu's agency has the first player to enter the NBA, and they can start to make profits.
Then came Ramon Sessions, the 56th pick in the first round, who was selected by the Bucks.
As a point guard who later became the Lakers' starting point guard, Sessions' prospects were much brighter than Sun Yue's. Lin Yu made a lot of money from this signing.
But then, after the entire draft ended, Lin Yu's agency still had as many as four players failed to be selected, which seemed to be a loss.
In fact, he can recommend these four undrafted rookies to the CBA and still be able to make up for the losses.
Therefore, for Lin Yu, there are too many channels to choose from when he runs this brokerage company, and it is almost a business that is sure to make money without losing money.
"Okay, the draft is over. Shen Yue, please pay more attention to Sun Yue's contract with the Lakers and don't sign that kind of non-guaranteed contract."
In the past life, Sun Yue played for the Lakers for two seasons and was abandoned by the Lakers in the third season. This means that Sun Yue's contract is guaranteed.
He didn't want Sun Yue's contract to become unguaranteed just because he was signed by his agency, and then he would be laid off after half a season. He would then have to return to Olympus and play in the ABA, which has no competitiveness at all.
Lin Shenhua nodded, and Lin Yu then began to arrange Amanda Gray's work.
"Amanda, your work can start. The first is the renewal of several of my endorsement contracts. End the negotiations as soon as possible. If you think our offer is too high and you are still arguing, tell them that if before mid-July
If we cannot reach an agreement, then we can wait until mid-September to restart negotiations."
Because he won the championship and FMVP, Lin Yu is now confident enough to directly give all advertisers who need to renew their contracts a fixed price. If it is lower than this line, he will not renew.
This is also natural. Now Lin Yu has begun to charge prices based on the coffee position.
The reason why we have to set a time line now is because starting from the end of July, Lin Yu will devote all his time to some domestic affairs.
During the trip to China and the training camp of the national team, he would have no time or energy to take care of business activities in North America.
Amanda Gray nodded, and then Lin Yu mentioned the contract extension: "There is no need to delay the contract extension. Once the maximum salary offer is received, it will be transferred to the Cavaliers and it will be completed as soon as possible."
League regulations are that if Lin Yu accepts a maximum salary offer from another team, the Cavaliers have the right to choose to match the offer within three days.
Therefore, if there is an offer from the team on the first day of the free market, then it is a good bet that Lin Yu's contract extension will be finalized by July 4th at most.
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Two days later, on July 1, 2007, U.S. time, the free market opened.
The previously busy LeBron James suddenly became idle because all the media and reporters were paying attention to the transactions and signings after the free market opened.
On the contrary, Lin Yu, who had been idle before, immediately became busy.
Lin Yu, who was still hiding in Los Angeles and training to stay in shape, received a somewhat strange phone call.
After being connected, he heard a somewhat low and familiar voice: "Hello, is this China Lin?"
Lin Yu said yes this time, and then he heard the self-introduction on the other end of the phone: "Lin, I'm Kobe Bryant. You know what I mean by calling you. I want you to join the Lakers."
."
"..." Lin Yu was silent for a while. Of course, it was not that he wanted to be silent, but because Kobe was so direct, he really didn't know how to respond.
After thinking about it, he decided to tell Kobe: "Kobe, first of all, I want to express my attitude. I will not refuse the invitation to go to any team, but the problem is that the Cleveland Cavaliers have the right to match all offers, so whether to leave or not."
Leave, I can't make a promise."
"..."
Then came Kobe's silence. Lin Yu knew that Kobe might not have thought that much. Now that Lin Yu had clicked on him, he should understand that it was no longer Lin Yu's final decision to leave or not.
After hanging up the call from Kobe, Lin Yu also received a call from Baron Davis, a text message from Chauncey Billups, and a call from Chris Bosh.
What surprised Lin Yu the most was Bosh. He didn't expect that Bosh had always been at the center of trade rumors and was already in trouble, but he was still helping the Raptors recruit stars.
Perhaps, in the season that just ended, the Raptors' performance in reaching the playoffs gave Bosh a little illusion?
Lin Yu's response to various calls and text messages was consistent. He would not reject any offer, but whether to leave or not was not his decision.
To put it more bluntly, this sentence means that you can make an offer, and I will choose one to accept, and then it will depend on whether the Cavaliers match it.
No match, he will join the team of his choice.
If it matches, then Lin Yu can only stay with the Cavaliers.
Soon, on the afternoon of July 1, snowflakes of quotations arrived in Amanda Gray's mailbox. Amanda Gray read these quotations to Lin Yu with some excitement.
"The offer from the Magic is $62 million over four years, the offer from the Lakers is $62 million over four years, the offer from the Raptors is $62 million over four years..."
Lin Yu made statistics and found that the Magic, Lakers, Raptors, Pistons, Knicks, Kings... almost all teams with salary space and the ability to provide a maximum salary offer have sent Lin Yu offers.
All the quotes are consistent, the maximum salary is $62 million!
"Seriously, Amanda, if I asked to leave because the Cavaliers were unwilling to provide me with an absolute maximum salary, would anyone criticize me?"
The absolute maximum salary the Cavaliers can offer Lin Yu is US$64.28 million over four years, which is US$2.28 million higher than the maximum salary offered by other teams.
The gap is not big, but at present, the Cavaliers probably don’t want to pay the extra $2.28 million.
Because if taxes are required, US$2.28 million will become US$4.56 million.
Amanda Gray shook her head: "They will still criticize you and think you are a money-grubbing guy."
Lin Yu raised his hands and surrendered: "Okay, then tell Magic that I accept their offer."
"Magic? Why magic?"
Amanda Gray is very confused. Faced with the temptation of big cities, the Lakers and the Knicks, why would Lin Yu choose the Magic, which is also a small ball market?
Lin Yu explained with a smile: "It's okay. I think Dwight is very strong. His partner and I will become another LL combination, and we can also harvest honors like crazy."
In fact, his idea is that by adding magic, he can steal three plots.
One is: I’m taking my talents to the South Coast!
The second is: I’m here to teach you how to win the championship!