I'm the boss in the NBA

Chapter 213
It has been three days since the Rockets won the championship.

The Houston Rockets held a grand championship parade today, and the Rockets players and fans throughout Houston celebrated for a whole day.

But after the end, it's time to look forward to the next season. At the end of the 2001-2002 season, some Rockets players' contracts have expired, such as Troy, who is determined to leave. Known as Little AI, his one hand is not too different from Allen Iverson, so most scouts focus on him.

These scouts believe that the 26-year-old still has room for growth, and he is an unrestricted free agent, who can use the salary space to win. Now, several teams have sent him signing intentions.

They only saw the advantages of Troy, but Troy played very uniquely. In the Rockets, except for Su Yi and Jordan, it was impossible for anyone else to receive his pass. The basket was his only goal. His offense was unstable. The defense is poor, and he is very single-minded in playing. If he is humiliated by an opponent, he will fight that opponent regardless of the interests of the team.

So after the playoffs, Tang Shuai lowered his playing time and put him on the bench. Tang Shuai didn't rub the sand in his eyes. He couldn't bear a guy who didn't want to cooperate with his teammates to make trouble on the court.

Regarding this, Troy was also full of complaints. Under Su Yi's suppression, there was no trouble, but he also expressed his intention to leave in advance to seek a big contract.

Therefore, even though the local news was all about wanting the Rockets to keep Troy, President Su didn't respond to it.

Troy has already mentioned to Su Yi that he is likely to join the Timberwolves. Although the Timberwolves' annual salary of 1500 million for three years is 100 million less than the annual salary quoted by the Magic and other teams, neither the number of years nor the salary is the highest, because Garnett's salary for the Timberwolves next year is as high as 2500 million US dollars. If it exceeds 500 million, they will have no room for further signings.

Originally, he didn't consider giving the Timberwolves only 500 million, but he received a call from Garnett. Garnett thought they would be the best partners, and his championship experience could help the Timberwolves go further. Far.

After some thinking, Troy still agreed to Garnett's solicitation, because he felt respected during Garnett's call, and he believed that he could be a good helper for Garnett.

Su Yi is noncommittal about this, respect depends on one's own strength, your strength is good now, people recruit you, when your strength is no longer good, can you still gain respect?

"Troy, I respect your choice, but when you arrive in Minnesota, you have to train hard and learn to be more teamwork. Don't touch things like dama, it will ruin you."

Seeing Troy, who didn't care much, leave, Su Yi also sighed. The players in Mi Li's family like to suck ~ dama, and they can't be persuaded. They don't think it will be good in their hearts. The body has an effect.

It was precisely because of this that Su Yi did not persuade President Su to keep Troy. In his eyes, Troy had a certain talent, especially his speed advantage, but Troy, like other black players, had the problem of not self-discipline, and he was usually extravagant. Forget it, he was also infected with the problem of smoking dama, which Su Yi couldn't bear, he wouldn't let the team be filled with such people, even if he was his own follower.

The second one who definitely wants to leave is James Posey. Posey, a defensive expert, was also the Rockets' best single-defense player during the regular season. However, after the Rockets traded to Artest late in the regular season, he also Gradually marginalized, although there are enough opportunities to perform, compared to Artest who often becomes the team's starting choice, he has become the dispensable person.

But Posey is still a restricted free agent after his contract expires, so he decided to wait a little longer after talking with Su Yi. If he can trade with Su Yi to a team, he doesn't mind accepting the Rockets' first signing It is also a good choice to change later.

Jordan hastily announced his retirement again during the championship parade. He was going to Charlotte to form a team, and he had to negotiate with the league to get him some help. He even recruited Su Yi, but the league had made it clear that at most one team would be given to him. The third pick, but Yao couldn't get it, Su Yi politely refused, but he still lent Jordan a lot of funds to help him get through the most difficult early stage of team building.

Barkley had fulfilled his promise to Su Yi, happily wearing the championship ring and going back to be his commentator. From then on, no one dared to show off the championship to him.

What he was talking about was none other than Kenny Smith. That guy laughed at him more than once for not having a championship ring. Now he wanted to show him his ring.

Look at the championship ring made of gold, with dozens of sparkling diamonds embedded in it, and the rocket logo engraved with rubies. This is probably the most expensive championship ring ever.

He really guessed right, this time the championship champion Su did not spend a lot of dollars, not only was it very expensive during the parade, but even the championship rings made of the best materials were selected, and he also specially found the best rings from Laomei's place. Famous jewelry designers design ring styles, all counted, and the cost of each ring exceeds 100 million dollars.

In this era, it can be said to be unsurpassed in luxury. The general team's championship ring can cost [-] dollars, which is already very real.

Among the remaining players, there are a few who will retire, such as Dell Curry and Steve Kerr, but they only retired as players. After retiring, they will join Tang Shuai's coaching staff as assistant coaches of the Rockets. It's not that he wants to leave the Rockets, but that he wants to stay here for a longer period of time and stay in Houston. Mr. Su doesn't mind giving these meritorious players an extra salary as an assistant coach.

Dell Curry and Steve Kerr will become the shooting coaches of the Rockets. In fact, they helped the team more as assistant coaches in the 2001-2002 season. With their help, Su Yi, Troy, Artest, Posey, and Miller have all improved their long-range shooting.

Another veteran player of the team, Oakley, also chose to retire, but he did not choose to stay in the Rockets, although the team had contacted him, because Coach Tomjanovich was very optimistic about Oakley and hoped that he could stay on the team and join the team. coaching staff.

But after thinking about it for a few days, Oakley still rejected Tang Shuai's kindness. He confessed to Tang Shuai that he had received Jordan's call. He would become a player and physical coach of Jordan's new team, the Bobcats, to help his former boss continue his career. In the NBA campaign, Jordan's former guard with a knife is still as loyal as ever. He hopes to end his career with the Bobcats.

(End of this chapter)