king of defenders

Chapter 955 Sign Brende

The preseason is over and the regular season is approaching.

Spoelstra, Craig, Rostern and others are summing up the gains and losses of the preseason, and Andy Ellisberg is also there, but his arrival is for the team's lineup.

After Luol Deng left, the team only had one Green at the small forward position. This is obviously not acceptable, and Green cannot be rotated alone.

Of course, the lineup can be flexibly changed when necessary, but this is a problem after all. The depth of the Heat's current lineup is really not enough.

Andy Ellisberger is also anxious. As far as the current lineup is concerned, it is no problem to cope with the regular season, but there may be troubles in the playoffs. You can’t learn from the Rockets. In the playoffs, there will be ten rotations. ?
The goal of the Heat is to win the championship. Can the Rockets win the championship?

Of course not.

Several coaches first made a summary of the preseason, and then Spoelstra looked at Andy - Ellisberger, said: "Mr. Ellisberger, we must add at least one small forward. In fact, I think our lineup is far from deep enough. The inside is good, and the front and outside are short. There are 15 players on the roster, but we only have 11 players."

Andy Ellisberg smiled bitterly: "I understand, I'm really sorry, this is indeed my negligence. I only wanted to sign an All-Star small forward in the summer, but it ended in the end."

Spoelstra interrupted very rudely: "I don't care about that, I just need people."

"Okay." Andy Ellisberg was also decisive: "I will find a way to find a deal, but it will take some time. In addition, we may be able to sign someone from some of the 'temporary workers'. As for the candidates, I respect coach Spoelstra's opinion, do you have a candidate?"

Spoelstra looked a little happy, and said: "Well, that's the only way to go. Mr. Ellisberg, I hope that the transaction can be carried out without destroying our system. As for the 'temporary worker' To sign one of them, I suggest to sign Brende, although he is a guard with a height of 198 cm, he can also play a small forward when necessary."

Andy Ellisberg nodded, and immediately agreed: "That's him, and I will discuss the contract with his agent."

Among a group of "temporary workers", Brende performed the best. In six preseason games, he scored 22 points in one of them, showing a good personal ability.

So choose Brende, and Andy Ellisberg has no objection.

Soon Brende got the news and was very excited. Although it was only a low-guarantee contract, it was already very good for him.

Before that, he played in the Development League, and his salary was not high. The annual salary plus bonus was less than 8.5 U.S. dollars, or [-] U.S. dollars to be exact, which was considered the top salary in the Development League.

You know, the average annual salary of the Development League is only 3.5, and the highest bonus is only 5 US dollars. Brende is considered a very good player in the Development League, and he can get the basic annual salary, plus the highest annual salary of 5. Together, it is only 8.5 US dollars, which is equivalent to 60 yuan when converted into RMB, which is quite a lot compared to ordinary people.

But things can't be looked at differently, the prices in the United States are different from those in China, and there are taxes and so on.
And this time, he signed a contract with the Heat with a minimum guarantee amount of 50 US dollars, and there is also a bonus of 10 US dollars. As for whether he can get the extra 10 US dollars, it depends on Brende's performance.Even if you can't get it, $50 is much better for Brende than in the Development League.

In fact, the nba also has some short-term contracts, or non-guaranteed contracts, that is, let you try it out, and tell you to leave at any time if you think you can't do it.

Thanks to coach Spoelstra's recommendation, Brende got a guaranteed contract, which was considered a regular job, not a temporary job that would leave at any time.

Training arena.

Meng Yun and Brende hugged each other and said with a smile, "Welcome to our big family."

"Congratulations."

"Congratulations, Brende, we will be teammates from now on."

All the Heat players also congratulated Brende.

"Thank you." Brende thanked him sincerely, not only because of this hard-won contract, but also because of the attitude of the Heat players towards him. A player like him generally has no low position in the team and belongs to the fringe Players, don't talk about other players looking at you, it's not bad if they don't sneer.

But in the Heat, Meng Yun and Wade took the lead and welcomed him, and other players naturally accepted him. Regardless of his inner feelings, at least his performance was no different from that of other players.

This is a kind of respect.

Brende's eyes were red, and Joseph Yang gave a strange smile, and said, "Hey, brother, you are such a grown-up man, why don't you still cry?"

Brende grinned and said: "You don't know, my contract in the Development League just expired this year. Some teams wanted to sign me before, but I rejected them all. I want to take a bet , to see if I can be signed by a certain nba team. I went to several teams to try out before, but they were not very enthusiastic. Then I came to the Heat and played the preseason. I knew this was my last Opportunity, I just want to play well, I didn't even think about staying with the team in the end."

"Okay." Joseph Young patted Brende on the shoulder, "Now you have become a member of the team, don't think so much, train hard, and play hard. Don't worry about your talent or strength. You get discriminated against on the team. With my boss around, we don’t have that kind of thing here. As long as you work hard and have the right attitude, you will be respected.”

As he said that, Joseph Yang couldn't help sighing secretly, why didn't he be like this at the beginning, worried that he would be discriminated against and looked down upon by others, if it wasn't for Meng Yun, what would he be like now?
Maybe better than Brende, but by how much?
In the next few days, the team's tactical system and lineup were finalized, and the starting lineup was Whiteside, Monroe, Green, Wade, and Meng Yun.In the rotation lineup, Lu Wei is still the core, and Xiang Long is just a substitute, but the players in the substitute lineup do not have fixed positions. For example, Lu Wei will play the 1st position and the 2nd position.Another example is Xiang Long, who can play the 4th position, and sometimes let him be the 5th position. Sullinger can play at the same time, even with Whiteside and Monroe, which can ensure that he has enough playing time.

With the Heat and other teams actively preparing for the game, before they knew it, the day had arrived in late October, and the nba regular season officially kicked off.

(End of this chapter)