Chapter 638: : [The sorrow of two old careerists]

  For New York fans.
  The night of the championship is a blurred rainy night.
  The joy of defending the title cannot dilute the sadness of people.
  The moment Bruce Lee turned and walked into the player’s aisle, many people’s tears blurred their eyes, and some people cried like tears.
everybody knows.
  Bruce Lee will not be back again!
  Madison Garden Arena loses their king.
  This night, Zach Randolph publicly declared in the media that he would not renew his contract and he was seeking a deal.
  This night, Marc Gasol said that he had no reason to stay and fight in this city.
  This night, Francisco believes that his Knicks journey should come to an end.
  This night, Matt Barnes said that he would follow in Bruce's footsteps, and I was completely free.
  This night, the powerful New York Knicks collapsed on the eve of the opening of the dynasty.
  Jerry West and Phil Jackson, including the New York management, suffered the insults of the whole city and the ridicule of the basketball world this night.
  The momentum displayed by the New York players is the unswerving loyalty of this business alliance!
  Three and a half years, Li Zhen used the most brilliant and most pathetic way to draw an end.
  Since then, Xiao Lang is a passerby.
  ……
  The next day’s newspapers overwhelmingly reported the collapse of the New York dynasty, and the whole city was saddened by this championship trophy.
  Many New York consortiums even expressed that they would buy the Knicks. Their purpose was to keep Bruce Lee and his brothers in New York.
  The New York Dynasty cannot be interrupted!
  But, it's too late!
  Other teams in the league have been crazy to send emails, phone calls, and text messages to Jack Lee. They can contact Li Zhen through all the ways.
  No one wants to get Bruce Lee.
  Although it is recognized in the basketball circle, LeBron James's personal strength is stronger than Li Zhen.
  However, if Bruce Lee and James are in a handy position at the same time, more than 80% of general managers will choose Lee: The past record has long proved that Li Zhen is the winner.
  Jack Lee did not reply to any news. He declared that Li Zhen would return to his family. The injuries he suffered in New York make it very likely that he will not be engaged in basketball.
  These words once again pushed the New York management to the forefront.
  Jerry West and Phil Jackson’s accumulated reputation for half a lifetime were all converted into insults and attacks in just two days.
   "Force Bruce Lee to dismantle the New York dynasty. This is the rope that dangles them from the pole of shame, and they don’t want to break free in this life!"
  The New York Times unceremoniously gave the cruelest evaluation.
  In fact, fans of other teams, general managers and bosses of other teams are cursing these two people as enemies.
  Overnight, they became the Qin Hui in the NBA.
  Everyone knows what Li Zhen means to basketball. He is the successor of Michael Jordan and is already on the way to dominate the league. The result... These two self-righteous kings and turtles actually forced him out of the alliance.
  As a result, how much attention has been lost by the alliance, and how much money has been lost as a result!
  Neither West nor Jackson dreamed that they would be notorious for this.
  At the same time, they also received a severe warning from James Dolan.
  After James Dolan arrived in New York, he immediately asked Li Zhen to meet.
  But Li Zhen didn't agree, and just chatted on the phone.
  James Dolan made a great concession. He even said that he could sell 10% of the shares to the Lee family.
too late.
  Li Zhen refused.
  The market value of the New York Knicks is much higher than the Los Angeles Clippers, and 10% of the shares are worth more than 25% of the Clippers.
  But, he said it too late.
  Li Zhen's heart has been broken.
  The overburden is difficult to harvest.
   can only say: Cherish! !
  James Dolan hung up the phone very helplessly, and he continued to call Isaiah Thomas. He hoped Isaiah Thomas would help persuade, but his confidant also expressed his love for help: it's too late!
  Their rhetoric is the same.
   "I thought you would call me when the team traded Eddie Griffin. But you didn't."
  Isiah Thomas said on the phone: "You used to be obedient to me. You should not give up and let a woman manage the team. This event may cost you more than one billion dollars in economic losses."
  James Dolan’s parent company fell sharply in the Dow Jones Index.
  But this may be just the beginning.
"What you have to do now is not to beg me to turn back, but to let Jerry West and Phil Jackson continue to run the team. They are both very capable careerists, and they will make outstanding achievements under infamy. The act of intention. Maybe it can restore vitality. If you fire them, the anger of the fans will directly attack you. Let them act as a shield and let them do things."
  Isaiah finally gave an idea to a former confidant.
  This is his last tenderness.
  James Dolan follows his advice.
  To this day, it is hard to get over. The two careerists can only be infamy and perform operations.
  ……
  Li Zhen was absent from the Knicks' championship float tour, Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol were absent.
  This makes the Knicks' championship ceremony the most deserted scene ever.
  There was no laughter even at the scene.
  Most of the Knicks players are planning their new journey.
  At the same time, Phil Jackson and Jerry West also started their new jobs amidst a huge curse, and they both struggled to prove themselves.
  Prove that the dynasty can be opened without Li Zhen.
  The first big battle they made was...Chris Bosh.
  Bosh fell out with the Raptors as early as 2009, and in fact goes back, going back to the moment when they were swept by the Knicks in the first round in 2007.
  Bosh was tired of the weather in Toronto and the depression of being away from home.
  He can't wait to return to the United States.
  Originally, the Miami Heat were chasing him madly, and Pat Riley even went to Toronto himself.
  However, the fame of the fortune teller is obviously not as loud as Phil Jackson and Jerry West. The connections between these two people in the NBA are really amazing.
  Chris Bosh was quickly persuaded.
  And, he began to put pressure on the team.
  He hopes to reach an agreement with the Raptors to sign and change. This is not for the sake of the old club, but for myself. Because if he signs first and then changes, he can get up to a six-year contract extension of 125 million US dollars.
  If you sign with the Knicks directly as a free agent, you can only get up to $96 million in five years.
  The Raptors don’t really want to fulfill Chris Bosh.
  The two sides are arguing.
  Interestingly, the Knicks are very supportive of whether Bosh signs first and then changes or directly signs.
  Because Zachrandorf has already indicated that he is leaving.
  Yi Randolph and Li Zhen have a friendship, and forcibly leaving him behind will cause conflict in the dressing room.
  After all, before he came to New York, he was known for being a thorn.
  In addition to glaring with Chris Bosh, and getting his initial intention to join. Phil Jackson and Jerry West have not severed contact with LeBron James.
  They are very hot.
  But James is clearly a master at playing with people's hearts.
  He has been waiting for the price.
   is not as relaxed as Bosh.
He kept asking New York: "In addition to getting Bosh, you have to bring in an All-Star. At the same time, you must keep one of Gallinari or Francisco. Without a shooter, I can't do it. Draghi Qi also has to stay, he is a very good point guard."
   "Marc Gasol should stay as well. We can't live without rebounding players. But if he insists on leaving with Bruce, then trade in a full-size center who can rebound."
  James' request, Phil Jackson and Jerry West agreed.
  But when Jerry West asked if he was willing to make a verbal statement, he backed off and said that he would make a live TV decision.
  This is in line with his identity.
  Um....
  The two veterans were played by James and applauded.
  No one knows what he is thinking.
  Anyway, he also played fiercely with the Nets, Heat and Bulls. These three teams have their own merits.
  At this time, Jerry West suddenly made an amazing decision.
  "If we stole Pat Riley's hometown, James would definitely join in!!"
   Phil Jackson clapped his hands, wonderful!
   To be honest, these two old careerists only regard Pat Riley as opponents. Although they are now the first to win over Chris Bosh, if... Pat Riley manages Stoudemire and at the same time locks in Wade, with James's character of stability, he may still go to the Heat.
  Although, the Bulls are also very competitive.
  But James still needs a bit of face. He was just killed by the young man in the playoffs, and he turned around and went to run. He couldn't make it through. Moreover, it is impossible for Nike to allow its own company's top card to go to Adi's top team to play.
  This is an obvious political rule for sneakers.
  So, before the draft, the media took pictures of Dwyane Wade and Jerry West drinking coffee in New York.
  Wade actually didn’t want to leave the Heat so much, but the prosperity of New York is what he yearns for.
  The most important thing is that New York has been taken advantage of.
  They have money.
   "If you can persuade Pat Riley to sign first and then change, and promise LeBron to join, I will sign with you. I don't want to be infamy."
  Wade’s bottom line is clear.
  But his words immediately brought difficulty to the Knicks.
  If Chris Bosh completes the first sign and then changes, he will get a six-year contract of 125 million US dollars. Wade also signed first and then changed. He also earned $125 million in 6 years.
  What about LeBron James?
  He can't be less than these two.
  As a result, New York's salary space is completely locked.
  It turned out that Isaiah Thomas’s well-developed healthy finances went bankrupt in an instant, and it became even more difficult to sign up in the future.
  And, in Pat Riley's taste. If you really need to sign first and then change, then you must not hollow out the Knicks' current quality assets.
  The two old foxes are in trouble.
  They can only do ideological work for the two players one by one, what to say... Brother basketball, win the championship together. It is best not to sign and change.
  But, Chris Bosh wants money.
  Dwyane Wade doesn’t want to be scolded,
  LeBron James also wants to take care of his reputation for kindness in front of the people in his hometown.
and so……
  The two old careerists were full of huanglian.
  ……
  Li Zhen returned to Los Angeles after the season. He stayed behind closed doors and guarded his two sons every day.
  The equity exchange was completed on Friday after Li Zhen arrived in Los Angeles.
  Jack Lee bought a 26% stake in Donald Sterling for $170 million.
  This contract also clearly stipulates that if Sterling wants to sell shares in the future, it can only be sold to Jack Lee.
  And, it’s interesting.
  Since the Li family only took out 70 million US dollars in cash, the remaining 100 million US dollars was lent to Jack Lee by Donald Sterling at low interest rates.
  This seems to be playing the story of Sterling loaning Bass to buy the Lakers.
   Sterling could not help but feel familiar.
  With the determination of equity.
  The board of directors immediately called a new meeting, and then the team fired Pelinka and old Dunleavy, and everything was waiting.
  As the draft is coming, the trading window will also open.
  Li Zhen made clear instructions at home.
  "This year is the draft year. However, our signings are still based on rookies."
  "Byron Davis can be traded in exchange for the draft pick."
  "We have to choose Paul George with the eighth overall pick this year."
  "If you can get a better pick, you can choose Hayward. The second round of signing rights can choose this...Whiteside."
  Li Zhen explained the deputy general manager of the team.
  The deputy general manager is very strange.
  However, the boss’s instructions were to follow Li Zhen’s instructions completely.
  Now...the Clippers know that Li Zhen will join. This also explains why the Clippers have nothing to do in the draft market and are not chasing super big names at all.
  It's just...can relying on existing players and a few rookies have an immediate effect? I heard that several teams are ready to form a super league.
  Deputy General Manager Thomson was very puzzled.
  At this time, the Clippers are similar to those who are poor and white.
   Their only valuable players are last year's No. 1 pick Blake Griffin, as well as Jordan and Griffin who were traded from New York.
  Others, like Chris Kaman, have been put on the trading agenda. Byron Davis has already been traded, and has been locked down.
  Other players, it doesn’t matter if they are fired. All are short-term contracts with a group of cats and dogs.
  A group of healthy salary spaces.
  Even teach the poor to tax.
  ……
  Before the draft is about to come, David Stern suddenly announced that he would amend a regulation.
   And proceed to convene an all-boss meeting before the draft meeting to consult the boss.
  This news makes everyone unknown.
  But within 3 hours, someone who did not want to be named revealed. In this meeting, the regulations to be amended are about the priority of signing contracts after the end of the rookie contract.
  David Stern wants to modify it to: Any player who has won two Finals MVP or more in his rookie contract will not be restricted by the contract and can jump out of the contract and become a fully restricted player. And be able to sign the top contract.
  As soon as the news came out, the New York management collectively scolded his mother.
  Jerry West and Phil Jackson had scalp numbness, they also plan to use Li Zhen's priority to get the Big Three contract.
  Unexpectedly, the referee David Stern stole their back door directly.
  Of course they protested, and James Dolan took the lead in appealing to the league.
  But, he only has one vote! !
  The other 29 bosses are not fools.
  Rookie contract to get two Finals MVPs. Doesn’t it make sense that this is the Bruce clause?
  Who would not have this adult beauty?
  And, what if the Bruce chooses to join his team?
  People still have to have dreams.
  So, this clause is directly cleared with a super high approval rate of 29:1.
  The New York media was wailing.
  Flip the article!
  The New York era of Bruce is over!
  There will be no more miracles, no more change of heart.
  David Stern has acquiesced that Bruce can join any team at will.
  This shows how unpopular New York’s previous actions were.
  ……
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