The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 337

The next day, Li Xun received a call from Anthony.

Anthony is very excited. Joining the Mavericks almost means that he has booked a championship ring in his career.

He only signed a contract for one year. After he gets the ring, he can go to New York or other cities he wants to go to and sign a big contract for retirement.

You must know that Anthony is actually not young now, and he may only be able to sign a long-term contract with a maximum salary in the end of his career.

After hanging up Anthony's phone, Li Xun mourned for Lavin in his heart.

Originally, LaVine should be able to grow up directly this season, but now that Anthony is here, LaVine's playing time will definitely be greatly reduced.

Anthony only signed a one-year contract. During this year, he must also want data, because it is related to whether he can sign a long-term contract with a maximum salary next season.

If you want data, of course you have to have playing time to support it.

It is estimated that Anthony will be the starting small forward next season, and he will have to play at least 35 minutes.

That LaVine's playing time is so high that there are only ten minutes left.

Fortunately, LaVine belongs to the kind of slow player, so it is not unacceptable to play as a substitute for a season.

After Anthony's call, Li Xun received another call from Nelson.

This call was mainly to discuss Embiid's issues.

Embiid had some injuries before the draft, but they are not particularly serious. Take good care of him. In fact, he can play in his rookie season.

Under normal circumstances, one of the important reasons why the 76ers let Embiid play in the third season is that the 76ers want to play badly and continue to win the No. [-] pick.

Later Simmons and the rich son got it in this way.

Li Xun thought about it, and it seems that there is really no need for Embiid to play in the new season. Since he is injured, he should take good care of it.

Embiid's early career was indeed too brittle. Li Xun didn't want to blindly let Embiid play, which would completely abolish his career.

Anyway, Nukic and Jokic are now supplemented, and the Mavericks do not lack insiders.

"What's going on with Jokic's talk?" Li Xun couldn't help asking.

Nelson Jr. smiled and said: "The problem has been solved, we have given a buyout fee of up to 50 US dollars."

"Jokic's home team didn't ask for much. They only wanted $100 million. In addition to the $50 we gave, the extra $50 can be deducted from Jokic's rookie contract salary."

"Because you said you would give Jokic a decent contract, so Jokic can fully afford the $50."

Li Xun was relieved, he was afraid that Jokic's mother team, the Lions, would open their mouths. For example, like the Shanghai Sharks, if they asked for 1000 million US dollars, no one would be able to bear it.

Yao Ming was the No. [-] pick at the time, and his annual salary was very high, so he gritted his teeth and agreed.

But in the end, the 1000 million US dollars was not really paid. Under the mediation of the Basketball Association, the matter subsided.

So it's not that the Basketball Association has no effect at all.

And Jokic is a second-round pick. Under normal circumstances, he may only be able to sign a one-year or 1+1 contract, with an annual salary of about 80 million US dollars.

You can get 80 million in the first year. If you don't perform well, you will be waived by the team in the second year, which means you can only get a one-year contract.

After tax deduction, coupled with the expensive living costs in the US, there may be only 40 million yuan left in a year.

Then they have to supply 50 to the home team, which is definitely a loss.

Simply now Li Xun asked the Mavericks to provide Jokic with a 2+2 contract, with a guaranteed contract for the first two years and a team option for the next two years.

The four-year contract has a total salary of 1000 million US dollars, and Jokic must be tempted.

Since there is no problem with Jokic joining the team in the new season, Embiid will not be needed for the time being.

"By the way, our 12-man roster for the new season has not yet been drawn up."

"Lee, Embiid will definitely be put on the injured list, and we have to put another player on top of that."

With the addition of Anthony, the Mavericks now have [-] players, so two players need to be placed on the inactive list.

"Let's talk about it until the start of the game, look at the summer league performance of these guys, look at their training attitude."

Li Xun made a final decision and said.

The matters in the Mavericks team have generally been resolved, and then Li Xun can prepare for the World Cup with the Tianchao Men's Basketball Team with peace of mind.

The Tianchao men's basketball team is divided into Group B this time, and there are several teams in the group including Argentina, Greece, Senegal, Croatia and Puerto Rico.

Except for the African big brother Senegal, who is very weak, the strength of the other teams is very good.

For example, both Argentina and Greece have won the men's basketball world championship, and both of them are currently ranked very high in the world.

Argentina ranks fourth in the world and Greece ranks seventh.

Croatia has won No.3 in the World Cup, and Puerto Rico has won No.4.

However, compared with the Tianchao men's basketball team, these results are still not enough.

Because the Tianchao men's basketball team is now ranked first in the world in FIBA, and it was also the defending champion of the last World Cup.

The calculation of FIBA's world ranking points is very complicated. Not only the relationship between victory and defeat must be considered, but also a series of factors such as point difference, home and away games, etc. must be considered.

Li Xun has never missed any Chinese men's basketball game as long as he has time in these years. It is not without gain that the Chinese men's basketball team successfully squeezed out the US team and took the number one spot in the world.

However, this world ranking is actually not very meaningful. If the strength is not enough, no matter how high the ranking is, you still have to lose.

For example, in this World Cup, many fans believe that the Dream Team will definitely beat the Chinese team.

The main reason is that Yao Ming has completely retired now, and now the Tianchao men's basketball team seems to have the feeling of Spain in its heyday.

Of course, it must be stronger than Spain. Although the Spanish team had the Gasol brothers before, the Tianchao men's basketball team must be stronger with Li Xun and Yi Jianlian.

"Brother Li, you have secured the championship again this season."

"I didn't expect Anthony to go to your team, and he only signed a one-year contract."

"The strong ones are getting stronger, and the weak ones like our rockets are getting weaker."

During the training, Sun Yue ran to Li Xun's side and breathed his last.

There are more and more strong teams in the West now, and the Rockets are having a hard time now. After Capela, their life can be easier.

As a result, Capela is gone now, and was sent to the 76ers by Li Xun.

"There's nothing unexpected about this. If it were me, I would definitely accept signing for only one year."

"Being able to win a championship trophy and earn a lot of money, isn't it pie in the sky?"

"That is to say, my contract has not expired now, otherwise I will definitely look for Li Ge."

Yi Jianlian said disapprovingly.

The maximum salary contract he signed before will expire in one year, and now he is already considering whether to leave the Nets.

Because the Nets team is really stupid.

Both Garnett and Pierce who were exchanged were half buried in the ground, and they hardly played any role.

Pierce has also left the team this offseason and joined the Wizards.

Garnett is estimated to have to run away and return to his old club Timberwolves.

It is equal to the previous transaction of the Nets, which cost such a big price, changed the loneliness, and did not get anything.

What is being taken advantage of, the Nets are really being taken advantage of.

Moreover, the fact that the Nets have been taken advantage of has become a characteristic of the team. Even if the owner, Boss Cai, is later changed, it is still difficult to change the true nature of being taken advantage of.

To say that the Nets' behavior of being taken advantage of by the Nets is actually inseparable from the credit of one person from beginning to end.

This man is Sean Marcos, and old fans should have a little impression of him. He won the championship with the Spurs in 05, and then won the championship with the Spurs as an assistant coach under normal circumstances in 13 years.

Then, with his worth, he went to the Nets.

This trip directly caused the Nets to suffer miserably, and he participated in the most stupid thing in the history of the Nets.

After becoming the general manager of the team in 16, even if the team changed owners, he still sat in the position of general manager. Boss Cai bought the team and bought loneliness.

"You want a championship so much?"

Li Xun looked at Yi Jianlian and asked with a smile.

Yi Jianlian nodded solemnly, "Of course I want to. Without a championship, it feels like a trip to the NBA for nothing."

"It's really like working for capitalists to earn dollar bills. If there is a championship, at least it can be said to be pursuing a dream."

These words directly amused Li Xun.

Now that he has won the championship, he can't understand the thoughts of players like Yi Jianlian.

"Then wait until your contract is over, and find a chance for the two of us to win a championship together."

"It's not that difficult."

Li Xun said lightly.

These words directly surprised Yi Jianlian. He had been waiting for this sentence for too long.

"Count me, count me!"

"I still haven't won a championship yet!"

"Thinking about it makes me angry. At that time, the Pistons were about to win the championship, but Brother Li traded me away."

"I don't have a champion now."

Sun Yue shouted loudly.

Li Xun suddenly remembered, it seems that this is really the case, Sun Yue usually has a championship ring in his hand, and got a ring with the Lakers.

As a result, in the season when he was supposed to win the championship, Sun Yue was sent to the Pistons by Li Xun and missed the ring.

Then when the Pistons rose to win the championship, Sun Yue was sold to the Rockets again, causing him to have no rings now.

"Okay, then we three brothers."

"You said it earlier, I thought you were not interested in the championship, and only wanted to earn money from capitalists."

Li Xun said with a big smile.

Winning the championship is really not difficult for Li Xun.

Especially with Ah Lian and Sun Yue, no matter how bad the team is, with Li Xun and Ah Lian as the all-star base, and some top rookies in the draft, they can win the championship in at least two years.

"By the way, Brother Li, do you think there are any decent seedlings in our current national team?"

"The kind that gets picked high in the draft."

"How about Zhou Qi? He is very famous now, nicknamed the Great Demon King, and he is regarded as someone who can succeed Brother Yao."

Sun Yue said again.

Because Li Xun's achievements and combat power are too terrifying, fans didn't dare to lean Zhou Qi on Li Xun.

But now domestic fans do have very high expectations for Zhou Qi.

The main reason is that Zhou Qi's performance in those World Youth Championships is indeed a bit scary.

For example, in the Asian Youth Championship in 11, Zhou Qi scored 43 points, 19 rebounds and 12 blocks in the final, helping the Tianchao men's basketball team to beat the stick.

In the U16 International Invitational Tournament of the same year, Zhou Qi scored 41 points, 28 rebounds and 15 blocks in the semifinals.

Such stats are indeed astonishing enough, even when Yao Ming was 16 years old, he didn't hit such domineering stats.

Such terrifying data, of course, will make some fans have high hopes.

It's a pity that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Zhou Qi's later career development, let alone Yao Ming, is far inferior to Yi Jianlian.

After living up to the disappointment of the fans, Zhou Qi was hacked to pieces, and was almost sprayed to death after eating an egg-filled pancake.

From Li Xun's point of view, Zhou Qi didn't make it out, and in fact it had nothing to do with filling the egg pancakes. The main reason was that his body couldn't hold the meat.

If the shoulder width is too narrow, the tonnage is destined to fail.

Just like Manute Ball in ancient times.

It's no problem to let him block the shot, but against the heavyweight center forward, how can he prevent it with that tonnage.

At the same time, Wang Zhelin, the great king, had good shoulder width and could hang meat, but his height, arm span and even athletic ability were not as good as Zhou Qi.

If the strengths of Zhou Qi and Da Wang are combined, then they can still break out in the NBA.

As for Zhou Qi's 16-year-old statistics, they don't actually have much gold content. You must know that many players have not really developed at the age of 16.

For example, like McCollum, when he was 16 years old, this guy was less than 1.6 meters tall.

Zhou Qi was already an astonishingly tall man at that time. To play this kind of game, he would be like a tiger joining a herd of sheep, and he would be able to abuse all sides just by relying on his height.

"It's okay, it's not good to say now."

Li Xun shook his head and said.

Although they didn't make it clear, Ah Lian and Sun Yue both understood Li Xun's meaning.

The two couldn't help sighing, this is a bit troublesome.

Zhou Qi can be regarded as one of the best in terms of talent and immediate combat ability among the new generation of Chinese men's basketball players. In Li Xun's eyes, such a player can only be regarded as improvised.

And this is probably what Li Xun said out of sympathy. If it wasn't for his compatriots, he would definitely give a lower evaluation.

After training for a few days, Li Xun found that Zhou Qi seemed to want to perform in front of him, whether it was training or training matches, he worked extra hard.

This is really normal, now Li Xun is the kind of existence in any NBA team that can keep his word.

Not to mention signing a Zhou Qi, it is not impossible for the team to trade for the No. [-] pick and select Zhou Qi.

Of course, Li Xun is definitely not crazy to that point.

The Li Xun Gang definitely needs to help, but whether Zhou Qi can change his fate against the sky actually depends on him.

At least in Li Xun's view, the chances of this kind of situation can be said to be very small.

In a place like the alliance, where the weak are prey to the strong, if you can do it, you can do it, if you can't do it, you can't do it.

(End of this chapter)