The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 281 Operation of the Old Fox Dumas

Li Xun had just returned to the hotel when he received a call from Dumas.

In fact, Dumars has only recently started to work as the president of basketball affairs for the Mavericks.

He had fantasies about the Pistons before, thinking that Gers would change his mind.

After all, the Pistons are his home team, and he dedicated the best time of his life to this team.

If he could stay on, he certainly didn't want to leave.

It's a pity that after waiting and waiting, there was no news of Gers' change of heart. In desperation, he had no choice but to agree to the Mavericks' offer.

But joining the Mavericks, he lacks confidence.

You must know that although the conflict between him and Carlisle was not a life-and-death enmity, it reached a point where it was difficult to reconcile, otherwise Carlisle would not have been fired.

Now that he has come to the Mavericks, although he is nominally Carlisle's immediate boss, Carlisle has been with the Mavericks for many years, and it is hard to say who is the boss at that time.

After Cuban told him the news that Li Xun was about to join the Pistons a few days ago, he suddenly gained confidence.

Li Xun is in the Mavericks, so what are you worried about?
For a while, he had an expectation in his heart, that is, to defeat the Pistons in this year's finals and avenge Gers.

"Li, it's hard for you to hide from me."

"If Cuban hadn't told me, I would have thought you were about to re-sign with the Pistons."

Dumas said with a wry smile.

Li Xun shook his head, "After all, this kind of thing is not easy to make public, and the influence is not good."

"But, Mr. Dumars, do you want me to re-sign with the Pistons?"

"Of course not. God, that boss is a monster. I still don't understand why he fired me."

"Fortunately, I don't have to figure it out now, because I can see his frustrated expression soon."

"By the way, Li, what is the strength of the two high-ranking rookies they selected this year?"

Dumas asked curiously.

Originally, he thought that these two players were selected by Li Xun, but based on his understanding of Li Xun, if there were really two draft picks with such a high pick, Li Xun would definitely sell one and go to select more players.

Regarding this question, Li Xun became amused.

"When they finished the selection, I was already laughing from ear to ear."

"Let's put it this way, those two rookies they drafted are probably worth half as much as Jimmy combined."

Li Xun gave an answer.

Butler is a top-paid player, and he can't hit the second place in the parallel list. He has no contract, and Rivers Jr. is a middle-class player. It is a conservative answer to say that the two of them together are only half the value of Butler.

"I can rest assured that."

"We made it to the Finals this season, give Gels some color."

"Cough cough."

While Dumas was talking nonsense with Li Xun, Carlisle coughed slightly.

He wanted to remind Dumas that they came to London today not to catch up with Li Xun, but to have serious business.

"Li, why don't we sign the contract today?"

"You know, with so many teams watching you right now, if you don't sign sooner, Cuban won't be able to sleep well."

How could a man like Dumas not know what Carlisle meant by coughing.

Li Xun nodded, he promised to sign a contract after the Olympics, and now it is time to fulfill his promise.

Originally, Li Xun wanted to sign with the Pistons and then trade, so that at least the Pistons could get something.

And he can also retain the bird rights and sign a bigger contract.

Thinking about it now, the Pistons haven't contacted me to renew the contract until today, and because of the salary cap skyrocketing later, a shorter contract period may not be a bad thing.

"Okay, then sign it."

Li Xun has seen the contract before, a four-year contract of 8200 million US dollars.

There is nothing to say about the contract amount, after all, they are all maximum salaries.

This contract also gave Li Xun the right to veto transactions.

There is also a 15% transaction margin.

Generally, the transaction margin right and the transaction veto right do not appear in one contract at the same time.

However, in order to express his importance to Li Xun, the Mavericks still gave both.

The veto right to trade is well understood, that is, when a team wants to trade a player, the player has the right to refuse the trade.

Generally, only those first-line or superstars are likely to obtain this right.

When Anthony renewed his contract with the Knicks before, this clause was also included in the contract.

As for the transaction margin, it is more complicated. In layman's terms, it means that the team must give players a certain amount of compensation when trading players.

For example, Li Xun's current contract is 8200 million. If it is 15%, that is more than 200 million.

As long as the Mavericks want to trade Li Xun, they have to pay the 1200 million compensation.

Of course, if the first-year contract is completed and the total amount of subsequent contracts decreases, the deposit will also decrease accordingly.

Whether it is the transaction veto power or the transaction margin, they are all just pretending.

Even if Cuban is out of his mind, it is impossible for him to take the initiative to trade Li Xun.

It is not an exaggeration to say that even if Li Xun is reimbursed for all of the next two seasons, Cuban will definitely wait patiently for Li Xun to come back.

After signing his name on the contract, Li Xun has officially become a Mavericks player.

After the contract is signed, there must be a press conference.

Originally, Li Xun wanted to wait until after the Dallas report, but Dumas patted his chest and took the matter away.

He was also worried about Li Xun, worried that leaving the Pistons like this would cause dissatisfaction among the Pistons fans.

But if he stood up and held a press conference, the situation would be different.

At noon the next day, Dumas held a personal press conference.

"The Pistons are not the same Pistons anymore. I don't know what I did wrong. I will be fired."

"Is it because I let the Pistons win too many championships? Is it because I helped the Pistons build a dynasty?"

"Or do I have too many Manager of the Year awards?"

"I've dedicated half my life to the Pistons, only to end up with this one."

As soon as the press conference opened, Dumars began to reprimand the Pistons for their injustice.

The reporters in the audience felt the same way. This is like an old employee who has worked for the company for half his life, created countless benefits for the company, and was finally fired for unknown reasons.

It's just too chilling.

Many old Pistons fans have resentment towards the new Pistons boss because of this incident.

It's just that because the Pistons built a dynasty, everyone's attention was diverted from this happy moment.

"I have accepted the offer of the Dallas Mavericks to be their president of basketball affairs."

"I'm going to start my second career in Dallas."

"Thank you Mr. Cuban for giving me this opportunity, I am sure I will bring glory to the Mavericks."

Having said that, Dumas smiled on his face.

Immediately afterwards, Dumars' expression turned cold, "Li Xun is a player I trained."

"The relationship between me and Li Xun is like a father and son, and like an old friend for many years."

"Now that I have left the Pistons, I don't think there is any need for Li Xun to stay in the Pistons."

"I hope Pistons fans can understand my decision. I don't want my children to stay in such a cold-blooded team."

"In addition, Li Xun has done enough for the Pistons. Half of the championships in the history of the Pistons and the only dynasty are all contributed by Li Xun."

After laying the groundwork, Dumas finally revealed the most important news of the day.

The reporters were all dumbfounded. They thought they would attend the press conference this year, but Dumars complained to the Pistons.

Who would have thought that such breaking news would appear.

Li Xun is leaving the Pistons?
Join the Mavericks?

There were rumors before that Li Xun would choose not to renew his contract with the Pistons, but not many people believed it at the time.

But now that these words come out of Dumas' mouth, it is basically confirmed.

Li Xun, who just won three consecutive championships and won gold in the Olympic lore dream team, is leaving the team?
After Mavericks fans heard the news, they immediately boiled.

Who would have thought that such exciting news could be heard today.

Li Xun is here, will the first championship in the history of the Mavericks be far behind?
Even they didn't understand why Li Xun chose the Mavericks. Could it be that Dumars really brought him to the Mavericks as Dumars said?

This kind of statement seems to only confuse fools.

Li Xun is an adult, and this situation has never happened before in this business alliance.

No matter how good the relationship is, it is impossible to joke about your career and life.

But that's what Dumars said, and Li Xun did leave the Pistons to join Dumars' team, so they couldn't help but believe it.

Pistons fans hurried to check the calendar, they prayed that today is April Fool's Day.

This news hit them too hard. In the past three and a half years, they have witnessed Li Xun's growth step by step.

From being a drinking fountain guard at the beginning to gradually becoming an all-around king, this is like watching your own children grow up.

So now he's leaving?
And still go west?

If they can't meet in the playoffs, theoretically, they can only see Li Xun once a year at the home court of the Pistons!
Thinking of this, the Pistons fans were angry.

Not angry with Li Xun, nor angry with Dumars, but the new boss of the Pistons, Gers.

What do you think?Fired Dumas when he was full?

Well now, Li Xun is gone, and the Pistons are completely in a chicken-and-egg situation.

Some fans who originally bought season tickets rushed to refund the season tickets. Li Xun was gone, and Gers was making a fuss, so why spend so much money.

For a while, the official website of the Pistons was almost blasted, and countless angry fans rushed up to scold Gers.

Li Xun didn't expect things to turn out like this, he was even ready to have his jersey burned.

After all, it has to be the old fox, Dumas's skill is simply amazing.

"Boss, why didn't you tell us about such big news in advance."

After the generals of the Pistons heard the news, they couldn't sit still, and Curry called Li Xun directly.

Li Xun had no choice but to smile wryly, what should I say about this kind of thing?
"Stephen, you can also renew your contract in advance now."

"Why don't you sign the contract first."

Li Xun suggested.

Because he remembered that Curry suffered a serious injury during his rookie contract, which led to only signing a 4-year 4000 million contract.

This is also the basis for the rise of the Warriors in the future. If Curry's contract was not too low, the Warriors would not be able to save such a lineup.

Now Curry has shown his worth, but if he still suffers a serious injury, he may still not be able to get the maximum salary.

So Li Xun suggested to sign the contract first, so as not to have long nights and dreams.

"No need, boss, can't I still get the maximum salary?"

"Since you have all left, if there is a chance, I think I will try to see if I can go to other cities."

"After all, Detroit is not a good place to call home."

Now Curry has a daughter, who is already one year old.

Neither wife nor daughter moved to Detroit.

After Li Xun heard this, he simply did not suggest that Curry renew his contract in advance. If it were him, he would definitely not want his wife and children to live in Detroit.

The law and order is really bad. It is a bit exaggerated to say that you live with your head tied to your trouser waist every day, but there are indeed many robberies and shootings.

As soon as Curry hung up the phone, Howard called.

"Li, you dude tricked me into coming to Detroit, and then you ran away?"

"God, you are so shameless."

Howard said angrily.

He had indeed won the championship he dreamed of, but after winning a championship, he had even greater ambitions.

That is to win more championships, it is best to win him three or four.

In this way, O'Neill will not be able to use words to disgust and despise himself in the future.

But who would have thought that Li Xun ran away.

"Dwight, you bastard."

"You were the one who begged me to join the Pistons, but now I tricked you into coming to Detroit."

Li Xun said angrily.

Howard on the other end of the phone laughed, "Okay, then I hope you can get on the right track in Dallas as soon as possible."

"Because, it is possible that after my contract ends, I will also go to Dallas."

When Howard was traded to the Pistons, the Pistons only had two years left. After playing for one year, there is still one year left.

It means that after the end of the new season, like Li Xun, he will become a completely free agent.

Li Xun rolled his eyes, is this guy addicted to hugging his thigh?

"Boss, thank you."

"I hope I will have the chance to play under you in the future."

Even Leonard called Li Xun.

In the Pistons, because his character is too boring, the three sticks can't make a fart.

So his only friend may be Li Xun.

Li Xun knew that he was bored, so he often chatted with him, and took him out for dinner from time to time.

Although Leonard didn't say anything, he really regarded Li Xun as the person closest to him in this alliance.

"Okay, anyway, we are still young, and there will be more opportunities to join forces in the future."

Li Xun was also reluctant to part with his teammates in the Pistons, but he had no choice, staying in the Pistons really made him feel uncomfortable.

Next, almost every player in the Pistons called Li Xun.

In addition, people like Big Ben and Rashid also called to express their understanding of Li Xun's decision.

When Dumars was fired, they were already very upset.

Seeing Li Xun leave now, they only feel that Gers deserved it.

(End of this chapter)