NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 300 Regular Season MVP!The free market is on!
On the second day after the draft, Su Tian brought the relevant materials he had compiled to find Johnson.

When Su Tian came to Johnson's office, Pelinka happened to be there.

"Su, I didn't expect you to bring the relevant information. I thought you were just talking." Johnson said with a smile, while taking the information in Su Tian's hand.

After Johnson got the information, the first thing that caught his eyes were a few names.

Kendrick Nunn, this Johnson still has some impressions, and he was also one of Su Tian's selections in yesterday's draft.

Looking down, Gabe Vincent is also the undrafted pick in the 2018 draft, but the height of 188 is indeed not high.

It seems that this Vincent is the same kind of player as the previously selected Brunson.

Then look down, Chris Boucher, who is this?
So Johnson looked at the basic introduction, the 17-year draft pick, one of the Warriors' benches, and was just cut by the Warriors.

Johnson nodded, at least this one has a height of 2.06 meters, which can enrich the Lakers' inside line.

Scroll down, Christian Wood, who is this again?

Undrafted in 2015, roaming around many teams, went to the CBA in 17, but the CBA did not want it, and was cut by the Fujian club, and now he still has no ball to play.

Johnson hesitated for a moment and said, "Su, although we are short of people now, do we want everyone on this list?"

Su Tian smiled and said: "Don't worry, Erwin, I have investigated these players. With me, they are enough to fill some vacancies. Besides, you can give them contracts that are not fully guaranteed. If you find a suitable one The players will be cut off."

Hearing what Su Tian said, Johnson nodded, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

If Su Tianfei wants to arrange these players, this matter is really difficult to handle, one or two is fine, Su Tian took out 4 players at once.

Immediately afterwards, Pelinka said: "Su, there will be some big changes this offseason. It is estimated that many people in our team will leave, but we will try our best to ensure the competitiveness of the team. In addition, Paul George They have already started actively contacting us, and I have to thank you very much for this.”

"It's okay Rob, we are all for the championship, aren't we?" Su Tian said.

After talking with Johnson, Su Tian returned home, but before Su Tian had a rest, James Yang came to Su Tian's door.

"James, what's the matter?" Su Tian called James Yang into the living room.

"Su, I'm leaving."

"Go? Where are you going?"

"Su, I am very grateful to you for taking care of me during this time, but I still want to rely on my own ability to try to chase. The Milwaukee Bucks contacted me and said that they can give me a fully guaranteed contract. I want to go Give it a try."

Su Tian stepped forward to give James Yang a hug, and said, "Dude, this opportunity is rare, go, go to Milwaukee to show your talent, and don't let the reputation of our University of Kentucky be damaged."

After talking to Su Tian what he wanted to say, James Yang turned and walked out the door, then turned back suddenly.

"Su, I know that you and we are not from the same world, and even Julius is far inferior to your talent. Perhaps our Kentucky reputation this year still needs you to inherit it. I hope you can also pursue what you want. of."

After speaking, James Young turned and left.

Su Tian stood at the door of his house, watching the back of James Yang Yuan.

Suddenly, Su Tian seemed to have returned to the night when Kentucky won the championship. As a mop, there was no one around him, but James Yang was surrounded by many reporters.

"Maybe, he just wants to catch up with the former self."

Not long after the draft ended, Su Tian's long-awaited awards show came.

On June 6th, the awards ceremony officially began, and Su Tian also arrived at the designated place on time.

Although Xiao Hua's idea is good, hold an awards show, and some film and television stars are in the same frame to increase the exposure of NBA stars, but many stars don't give face.

For example, James, Durant, and Curry did not come to the scene.

Harden attended with Su Tian, ​​and they sat quite close to each other at the next table.

"Su, do you think the regular season MVP should be mine?" Harden said uncertainly.

Su Tian rolled his eyes at him when he heard it. Of course Harden knew that Su Tian was the most popular MVP in the regular season, and Harden had already accepted this fact, but Harden still said this just to get Su Tian's mentality.

Soon, the awards show officially began, and the best rookie award was announced first.

The quality of this year's rookies is still good, especially from the end of the regular season to the playoffs, the Jazz's Mitchell's performance surprised many people.

But in the end, the best rookie was given to Ben Simmons.

Everyone still has high hopes for Simmons now, and everyone still thinks that Simmons' shooting can get better.

After the end of the best rookie, the Most Improved Player Award followed. Su Tian had heard of this award before, and it was more or less unfortunate.

And this time the winner is the well-deserved "Bitter Mamba" Oladipo.

After starting with these two awards, Gobert's Defensive Player of the Year was announced.

Just when Su Tian was waiting impatiently, the first award related to the Lakers came out.

Best Head Coach Award, Luke Walton.

Wharton came to the stage to accept the award with a smile. The first sentence of his acceptance speech was "Thank you Su. Without Su, I would not have this award."

Hearing Wharton's first words, the scene began to be joyful. Obviously, everyone knows how Wharton got this award.

After Wharton went down, he was awarded the best sixth man.

After these basic awards, the awards show finally ushered in a climax.

"Now I will announce that the regular season MVP candidate is from the Lakers, Su Tian!"

After hearing his name, Su Tian was about to stand up, but Harden stood up one step faster than Su Tian, ​​but then Harden smiled, hugged Su Tian and sat down again.

The players on the scene were also amused by Harden's move, and the scene suddenly became joyful.

Su Tian came to the stage to accept the award and began his acceptance speech.

"The moment James just stood up, I thought I had misheard, but then I thought about it, maybe James misheard. After all, he always misheard the coach's instructions on the field. When the coach made the defense James was always motionless."

"It is my dream to be able to win this MVP. I would like to thank the Lakers for supporting me, thank Coach Luke and Mr. Ervin for their trust in me, and of course thank all the fans who support me. Next season, I will still I will continue to work hard and continue to fight for the championship!"

After Su Tian received the MVP, he presented a few more insignificant awards, and finally, the awards show came to a successful conclusion.

"Su, where's your trophy? Take it out and let me touch it!" Harden said directly when he saw Su Tian.

"Of course I put it up, otherwise would I have to take the trophy to the dinner party?"

"It's a pity, I haven't taken it yet, I don't know if I still have a chance."

"There will be a chance. James, if you work harder next season, you will have a great chance!" Su Tian said meaningfully.

"Really? But you are still young, let me surpass you in a short time?"

"It's impossible to surpass me, but I won't fight like this again in the regular season next season, so your chances are still great."

Speaking of this, Harden's eyes lit up, but then Harden realized that Su Tian didn't work hard in the regular season, which showed that he was confident to enter the playoffs, and then save his energy to play in the playoffs.

In other words, the Lakers' deal is likely to be completed!
After figuring it out, Harden looked at Su Tian differently.

"What's the matter, James?" Su Tian asked suspiciously.

Harden gritted his teeth and said, "Damn you!"

In a blink of an eye, the time has come to July 7st, and the free agent market is open!
After the trading market opened, a lot of news was reported immediately.

Kevin Durant chose to implement the player option, continue to fight for the Warriors next season, and launch an impact on his third championship trophy, which made many people who were sure that Durant would leave the Warriors and pursue his own championship. People were surprised.

However, Su Tian can understand Durant's choice. After all, he has already won two consecutive championships, and the next one is the three consecutive championships!

At the same time, the Nuggets reached a contract extension agreement with star Nikola Jokic, a five-year, $5 million contract extension for the center who will win two regular season MVPs with the Nuggets in the future.

The Rockets agreed to a four-year, $4 million contract extension with point guard Chris Paul.

Among these large contract renewals, the most surprising one is Paul George who chose to sign a four-year 4 million contract with the Lakers quickly.

"Big News!Paul George is heading to Los Angeles! "

"Thunder striker joins the enemy again!This is tradition? "

"Westbrook: George is not surrendering to the enemy. He discussed with me and wished him the championship. "

"Three Giants of Thunder Disintegrated in Only One Year!What is the reason? "

"Battleship of the Lakers!The sword refers to the championship! ! ! "

"Insider Tip: The Lakers are far from over! "

The news of Paul George's coming to the Lakers shocked many people's jaws. Popovich even opened the microphone directly, saying that the league should explicitly prohibit superstars from grouping together.

Although Popovich seemed very angry, the Spurs did not have the energy to pay attention to the outside world at this time, because the Spurs had internal problems.

Spurs star Kawhi Leonard completely broke up with the Spurs management. There is no room for relaxation between the two sides. Leonard even refused to have any contact with the Spurs management and demanded that the team trade him immediately.

Once this news was exposed, it immediately attracted widespread attention from all teams in the league.

In fact, the contradiction between Leonard and the Spurs has begun to appear as early as the middle of the season, but Leonard, as a player reimbursed for the season, has not played in the game, and the channels for people to obtain news are also very limited.

In mid-June, after the NBA Finals, the two sides actually had a brief exchange, and Leonard and Popovich did not reach an agreement in the phone conversation.

Until this time, not many people in the league felt that Leonard would really leave the Spurs. They felt that this was just a coercion act by Leonard's management team to increase Leonard's bargaining chips in the Spurs.

No one expected that in just half a month, the conflict between Leonard and the Spurs had become so acute that it was completely irreconcilable. The star Popovich had trained had actually hated the Spurs to such an extent.

The Spurs tried hard to no avail, and finally chose to compromise and put Leonard on the shelf.

The news that the Spurs sold Leonard undoubtedly dropped a bomb on the entire trading market.

All the teams in the league seem to be moving, even the Lakers. After all, this is Leonard. If Su Tian, ​​Paul George, and Leonard are formed, the Lakers can take off directly!

But Su Tian, ​​who is familiar with the situation, knew that Leonard was strong that season, and then began to have constant injuries, so the nickname of Glass Card spread like wildfire.

But where Leonard should go to find a problem obviously cannot be solved in a day or two. The Lakers can only proceed with the previously scheduled plan.

The Lakers spent four years and 4600 to complete the contract extension with Randall. This move by the Lakers is obviously an option that can be advanced or retreated. If Butler can be traded, then Randall will be the subject of the transaction. If Butler cannot come, then At least Randall was left.

But when the Lakers approached Lopez to discuss a contract extension, the Lakers hit a wall.

Lopez has completed a 4-year 5200 million contract with the Bucks at this time, but there is no official announcement yet.

For the Lakers, this contract must not be able to keep up. For the Bucks, this contract does have a hint of gambling, but the Bucks also have hardships.

After all, Milwaukee is a bitterly cold place, and no star is willing to take the initiative to come here, and the Bucks can only use money.

Lopez's departure only opened the corner of the Lakers' departure.

For the Cavaliers, because James still has a one-year player option contract, whether to go or not is all on James's mind.

Gilbert has been to James' home three times, but James still hasn't made up his mind.

"LeBron, what are you hesitating about? You have done enough for Cleveland. The main players of the championship lineup that year are almost gone. The Cavaliers' championship window has passed, and there is no point in tinkering with it."

It was James' agent, Rich Paul, who was talking to James at this time.

"But I still want to win another championship for Cleveland. After three championships, I don't owe Cleveland anything anymore."

Rich Paul rubbed his forehead and said, "LeBron, I understand your feelings, but who else can Cleveland trade?"

James raised his head at this time, looked at the cloudless sky, and said, "I don't know, but what if I can bring another sou?"

(End of this chapter)