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Chapter 320 F4

"What do you mean? Are you not satisfied with my plan?" Zhou Zhiru frowned.

"No, as far as I think about it right now, these plans are not bad, but." Tang Qian said, suddenly paused and said: "What if the Lakers sign an inside player with strong athletic ability? Then these assumptions It must not be established." "Did you get any rumors? Who is the Lakers going to sign?" Zhou Zhiru was not slow to respond, and asked with her mouth open.

"There are some rumors, but they are not necessarily accurate." Of course, Tang Qian couldn't tell the truth, so he could only say this.

"How strong is the athletic ability? What is the strength of the bench player?" According to Zhou Zhiru's homework, there are no "gangster" level insiders in the free agent market this summer, so Tang Qian's words made her a little confused mind. "Very strong! Even considering the comprehensive applicability and degree of play, he is much stronger than me!" Tang Qian's words are true. Although Tang Qian will not be afraid of him if he only fights for physical fitness, but in the United States, physical fitness is excellent. . There are a lot of people who are forced to go, but they still can't play professional basketball.Because you not only need to have physical fitness, but also how much performance you can exert based on this physical fitness.

As far as the present is concerned, Tang Qian's physical usability is far inferior to that person's.

The reality is not playing 2k, it is not that you can settle everything with a bunker body, unless you are Captain America or the Hulk.

"This year's free agent market? Are there such bench players?" Zhou Zhiru still couldn't believe Tang Qian's words.

"Bench player?" Tang Qian smiled and said, "He's not a bench player."

"So, you should revise the details of the contract, otherwise the first round of negotiations will be deadlocked with the team, which is not a good thing." Zhou Zhiru frowned after hearing Tang Qian's words, but she finally chose to trust: "Okay , I will revise it again, and I will come to you with a new plan in two days, that’s it, I’m leaving first.”

Zhou Zhiru seemed to enter this kind of role very quickly, and Tang Qian was astonished by her rapid growth.

Did something happen during this time?Tang Qian thought about it, and decided to take some time to ask Zhou Zhiru.

Just as Tang Qian was training crazily, a blockbuster appeared on an ordinary morning.

"Zonda decided to join the Lakers, welcome! Los Angeles welcomes you!" - Los Angeles Times.

"Steve Nash joined the arch-rival Lakers, Phoenix fans said it was unacceptable!" - Bleachers.

"The final fight of the 96 golden generation! Kobe + Nash! This year's Lakers are full of highlights!" - Lakers Nation.

"Phoenix City lacks sincerity, and there is no plan for a high salary in the four meetings! Nash's agent revealed the inside story!" -Phoenix City News.

"The last 48 hours! The Lakers are a spoiler! 5 teams come back without success!" - The New York Times.

"I'm very happy to join this great team in Los Angeles! Steve Nash said he is looking forward to working with the Black Mamba!" - TNT official website.

The appearance of this news made the fans of the Los Angeles Lakers boil. They thought that the Lakers would have nothing to do this summer, but they didn't expect to make such a big move suddenly.

ESPN immediately manipulated the management of the Lakers during the offseason to raise the evaluation level, from the original D+ directly to the B+ level.It can be seen that the effectiveness of this transaction has surprised fans all over the United States.

Mitch Kupchak was sitting in the office watching all this, smiling at the corner of his mouth while drinking coffee: "Are you surprised? Hehe, the good show is yet to come! Keep your eyes open and wait! I will Let the whole of America see what Mitch Kupchak is capable of!"

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"Are you Tang Qian's manager? You are very young, ma'am." Mitch Kupchak looked at Zhou Zhiru and looked him up and down.

"Thank you for your compliment, Mr. Kupchak, but let's get straight to the point." Zhou Zhiru sat down upright, then looked at Mitch Kupchak and said. "Okay~okay~ Of course, let's start now." Mitch Kupchak nodded and said.

"Since my employer's contract has expired, we want to submit a new contract extension." Zhou Zhiru said solemnly: "I know that the Lakers have the right to choose and match first, which also saves me A lot of running around hassle."

"This is our new contract plan, Mr. Mitch Kupchak, you can have a look at it." Zhou Zhiru pushed the prepared contract plan in front of Mitch Kupchak.Mitch Kupchak glanced at it for 5 minutes, and then said with a smile: "Beautiful lady, isn't the asking price of this contract unreasonable? 450 million dollars a year? You should know the salary situation of our team, right?" , the salary cap is not good enough to sign this contract."

"Well, the total salary of the Lakers in the 2011-2012 season is 8824 million U.S. dollars, and the salary cap of the league in the 2011-2012 season is 5800 million U.S. dollars. No matter how you calculate it, the Lakers have already exceeded this limit. So what is the salary cap? Yes, I don’t think Mr. Kupchak needs to talk about it, because this excuse is really bad enough.” “Oh? It seems that the lady has done a good job.” Mitch Kupchak looked at Zhou Zhiru, He understood that this young female agent was not a pure novice, so he also put away his underestimation and began to negotiate seriously: "The figures mentioned by the lady are not wrong, but as a team agent, it is natural Save money if you can, and saving money for the boss is also one of my job responsibilities. Besides, although the total salary of the Lakers last season has already exceeded the threshold of the league's luxury tax, don't forget, luxury Tax is not unlimited, it only accounts for 55% of the league’s total annual income, and our Lakers team has many stars, and personal salary accounts for a large proportion, so spending 450 million out is really not a wise move.”

Mitch Kupchak is indeed a veteran negotiator in the league. He learned a lot of negotiating skills and negotiating methods when he was with Jerry West. It is not an ordinary difficulty to wrestle with him.But since she came today, Zhou Zhiru was ready to grind her mouth. She said calmly, "That's right, sir, but the Lakers are still a long way from the top of the luxury tax. I don't think there is any problem in eating Tang Qian within a certain distance."

Mitch Kupchak smiled and replied: "That was the total salary of last season. This season, the situation is very different. I think ladies should also know that our Lakers have introduced the history of Hall of Fame players. Steve Nash, 3 million for 2700 years, including some incentive payments, once activated, it will directly occupy more than 3000 million US dollars in salary space, so the team's available space is actually not ample." "Hmm , The Lakers did make a big move. First of all, I want to fully affirm Mr. Kupchak’s operational ability, but the calculation method of Mr. is not accurate, is it?” Zhou Zhiru calmly replied: “Mr. 3 million US dollars or 2700 million US dollars, but in fact, the total salary of the team should be looked at year by year, isn't it? Calculated in this way, Steve Nash's annual salary is 3000 million US dollars, which is not enough. When it comes to tens of millions, this is nothing to the Lakers, and there is still a lot of salary space that can be used, right, Mr. Kupchak?"

"Oh, no, no, beautiful lady, your calculation is not right." Mitch Kupchak said: "You only calculated the current salary space of the Lakers, but the offseason is not over yet, isn't it? ? Our team still has the possibility of making a big move, so the seemingly good salary space will soon be insufficient." "Big move?" Zhou Zhiru frowned and said, "I don't know Mickey. What big operation is Mr. Kupchak going to do? Bring in a sixth man? Or the main players?"

"Haha~" Mitch Kupchak suddenly said with a "mysterious smile": "The sixth man? The main force? Ms., maybe I want to introduce all-star players, or superstar players?" "What?" Zhou Zhiru heard the words Slightly startled, she had thought of dozens of meeting scenarios before, but she didn't expect this one.From her point of view, the Lakers already got a Steve Nash during the offseason. This is definitely a 90-point textbook operation, and it should be unlikely to make any big moves.But Mitch Kupchak's words made her feel a little bad in her heart.

Suddenly, she thought about what Tang Qian said that day, is it really possible...

"All-star player? Sir, are you serious? It's not funny to make wild jokes at this time." Zhou Zhiru asked calmly. "Maybe~" Mitch Kupchak shrugged his shoulders, and did not answer directly: "In the sports world, everything is possible, isn't it? As long as the offseason is not over, any changes will happen. possible."

Mitch Kupchak's move is the true inheritance of Jerry West. When Jerry West was the general manager, he paid attention to "hiding the secret". Easily reveal any operational information.Because in the NBA where rumors are flying all over the sky, if you are not careful, the cooked duck can fly away, let alone a "normal transaction"?In order to avoid unexpected factors to the greatest extent, strict confidentiality has become a must.

The tighter the tongue, sometimes the smoother things will be done.

After all, in the league, there are many historical times of playing "Jie Hu".

It is necessary for Kupchak to be so cautious.

This offseason, he has held back a big move that needs to be used urgently.

If you want to become the new "godfather" of the Lakers, you must get this operation done, otherwise it will be far away from surpassing Jerry West.Mitch Kupchak is an extremely ambitious general manager, so he is full of confidence in his operation this time.

An understatement of "maybe" changed the momentum of this negotiation. Mitch Kupchak felt that the other party's heart began to shake slightly.

"Well, even if you are Mr. Kupchak and you can really succeed, then Tang Qian, who is the block leader and the owner of the second defense in the 2011-2012 season, is also worthy of a $450 million contract? For the Lakers Speaking of which, Tang Qian's athletic ability is an indispensable part of the inside line, sir, you have no reason to give up!" Facing Zhou Zhiru's question, Mitch Kupchak said calmly: "China Hot may be worthy of A $450 million contract, but it's not indispensable to the future of our Lakers."

"What?" Zhou Zhiru immediately chased after him: "The Lakers' inside line, with Gasol and Bynum, is very strong, but the athletic ability of both of them is not very good. Young Thunder, I believe that Mr. Kupchak has seen it all. If my employer hadn’t played well, whether the Lakers would have survived to the seventh game would have to be said. No supplementary effect?"

"I don't deny the role of hot in the playoffs last season, but hot is not irreplaceable. If the Lakers have an inside player with super athletic ability in the future, the role of hot will be greatly reduced virtually. It is an indisputable fact. So I think Ms. Zhou's contract plan is not appropriate, and it is best to revise it before negotiating." Zhou Zhiru finally got a little angry when she heard this, she looked directly at Mickey Kupchak and said: "Ku Mr. Puchak, you are always 'future' and 'future', what is the difference between this and talking without evidence? Don't you find it funny to use such low-level excuses to prevaricate me?"

"Oh, beautiful lady from the East, don't be angry." Mitch Kupchak said, "I just think that the 'future' is very close, so I told you this, otherwise the condition you put forward, To be honest, it’s not that I can’t think about it, but right now, I can only say I’m sorry.”

"What? What do you mean? Could it be that you can still get an inside player at the level of Howard? Otherwise, if you tell me that, you obviously have no sincerity to renew the contract! My attitude towards your work , expressing deep doubts!" ​​Zhou Zhiru was indeed angry, because this kind of nonsense words, no matter how you listen to them, are just evading and deliberately making things difficult for herself. She doesn't believe that in this year's free market, there will be more substitutes than Tang Qian. Center appears.As for Mitch Kupchak's "All Star" and "future", she didn't believe it at all.

Are All-Stars so easy to find?Do you really think other teams are fools?

Mitch Kupchak's anger fell on Mitch Kupchak's eyes, and he felt it was a pity, because to be honest, this young "rookie manager" was quite capable and well prepared. Under normal circumstances, he would have to deal with the other party It takes a while to grind.But this season, it can only be said that both she and China Tang were unlucky, and they ran into their own "magic operation".

"Howard level?" Mitch Kupchak smiled brightly, opened his mouth and replied, "Why is it impossible?"

(End of this chapter)