The older superstars of the NBA

After the Kimchi National Men's Basketball Team took the lead, Zhao Feiyang was still not in a hurry to play. The young players of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team who learned that he might not play were also worried under this situation.

The game goes on.

In the second quarter, the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team adjusted its lineup, mixing the main players and substitutes. Mainly focusing on the team's inside line, trying to maintain the inside advantage.

On the Kimchi National Men's Basketball side, seeing that Zhao Feiyang did not appear, they decisively asked Cui Minggui to sit on the team's bench to rest.

Without Cui Minggui, the true strength of the Kimchi men's basketball team is finally revealed.

Their outside shooting percentage was average, and the inside line was completely suppressed by the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team. The advantage they had previously gained quickly disappeared.

At 7 minutes and 11 seconds into the second quarter, the China Men's Basketball Team served.

Defender Park Yitian advanced with the ball. After halftime, he was about to look for an opportunity, but Cao Yue suddenly rushed towards him.

Under a period of marking, Park Yitian almost lost the ball. At the critical moment, he hurriedly passed the ball to his inside teammates.

Chao Yuan, the No. 4 big man of the Kimchi men's basketball team, successfully caught the ball. When he got the ball, he took the first step under the basket.

Snapped.

Zhou Xinpeng rushed towards him and slapped him. His fingertips touched Chai Yuan's basketball, causing Chai Yuan's shot to fall early.

Seeing that the basketball was about to fall out of bounds, Tang Yijie, who was under the basket, stepped forward to save the ball. The basketball fell into the hands of Li Yuhang in the corner. Li Yuhang accelerated with the ball and rushed towards the half court with others.

After halftime, Li Yuhang pretended to rush to the basket for a layup, but in fact he attracted the attention of the Kimchi players.

When the opponent rushed to double-team him, Li Yuhang made a wonderful pass and threw the ball to Zhou Xinpeng who followed up.

Zhou Xinpeng caught the ball while running, rushed into the basket and dunked to successfully end the battle.

boom.

The ball went in.

Zhou Xinpeng's dunk also attracted excited cheers from the fans in the audience.

Seeing how incompetent his teammates were on the court, Cui Minggui, who was sitting off the court, couldn't help but sigh. After a brief communication with the team's head coach, he chose to continue to play and carry the team.

There wasn't much time left. Cui Minggui scored a few goals after coming on the stage, but he still couldn't get the score back.

beep.

At the end of halftime, the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team led by 1 point.

Although 1 point is not much, at least the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team can still perform at such a level without Zhao Feiyang, which is worthy of the fans' expectations.

During the break, both sides returned to their respective locker rooms.

When head coach Denzel pointed out various problems to the players, Zhao Feiyang also sent several message reminders on his mobile phone. He thought it was not a big deal, but after opening it, the news shocked him.

"Fuck! What the hell?"

"Porzingis is gone?"

Zhao Feiyang was really stunned this time.

He even forgot that he was still in the locker room and that the national men's basketball team was having a small meeting. When he couldn't help shouting, everyone else's eyes moved to him.

Seeing everyone staring at him curiously, Zhao Feiyang also raised his head and said to head coach Denzel, "I have something to deal with. You go on, I'll go outside for a while..."

Under the watchful eyes of the young players, Zhao Feiyang walked out of the locker room.

After arriving outside, Zhao Feiyang immediately found a deserted place and immediately called his agent David Stock.

"David, what's going on with Porzingis?"

The news was sent by agent Stoke. Of course he knew the whole story, so Stoke hurriedly informed him of the recent events.

It turns out that the New York Knicks have been discussing the contract with Porzingis since the finals.

The original contract was directly overturned by Porzingis. Not only was he dissatisfied, but his agent also expressed his anger to the Knicks management.

Perhaps in order to make the Knicks more sincere, agent Alvaro directly released the news, saying that he is willing to contact any team and is willing to listen to offers from any team.

As soon as this news came out, players like Porzingis naturally gained the favor of many teams.

The Knicks management did not expect Alvaro to do this. After the team held a meeting to discuss, they decided to offer Porzingis a "sincere" contract.

This contract lasts for four years and is worth a total of US$1 million, with an average of 2400 million per season.

Objectively speaking, the price of this contract is already considered good. Judging from Porzingis's worth, this contract is completely worth it.

However, what the Knicks management did not expect was that after the introduction of competition from other clubs, some badminton teams also came.

There are some who make random offers, and of course, there are also some who are more willing to pay, such as Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, who expressed his willingness to give a five-year, 5 million contract.

On average, this contract is worth 3160 million per year, which is not much different from the contract given by the Knicks.

Logically speaking, Porzingis can choose to stay with the Knicks.

After all, they just won the championship here, and if they continue to play, it is definitely possible to win again. In this way, the money earned here is not only from playing basketball, but also from other aspects.

The Knicks thought that was the case, so they didn't raise their offer any further.

It's not that they are reluctant to give up money, but the two major centers in other positions on the team are also asking for large contracts from them.

One is DeMarcus Cousins ​​and the other is Dwight Howard. Both of them have an asking price of more than 20 million, and they cannot be short-term contracts.

As a result, the pressure on the Knicks is not small.

It's obviously not rational to empty out the salary space without being sure whether the team will continue to sign players.

Therefore, the Knicks chose to maintain the status quo, and the team management also believes that Porzingis will definitely choose to stay.

Unexpectedly, not long after, Porzingis and his agent Alvaro suddenly announced that they would join the Dallas Mavericks. The signing ceremony between the two parties was quickly completed, and the press conference was also held on the same day.

Such a quick operation also made the entire Knicks management stupid!

They really can't figure out where they lost! They don't think Porzingis will choose to change jobs just for the extra $60. After all, this seems extremely unreasonable.

But the reality is this, Porzingis has indeed left!

His departure also disrupted the Knicks' management's plans, forcing the entire team to quickly make adjustments to its plans for the new season.

"I don't understand."

"What happened? How could this happen?"

Zhao Feiyang was very depressed after hearing this.

Agent Stock on the other end of the phone also sighed, "It doesn't matter! The team should have other signing plans! After all, Porzingis is the team's core center. Now that he is gone, someone must replace him. Location......"

"Also, the situation of DeMarcus and Dwight is not very good...Dwight may have a chance to stay, but the asking price of DeMarcus is not low. I heard that he has the least The management is also asked to give a price of 2800 million for a season..."

"The management is not satisfied with this price. They believe that Cousins ​​suffered some injuries after the Finals, which will affect the development of the team... In short, regarding DeMarcus, Things, Zhao, you must be mentally prepared..."

Zhao Feiyang fell silent after hearing this.

He thought that the team's lineup would change, but he didn't expect that it would be a huge change from the start.

Although Cousins' physical condition is not as good as before the serious injury, he can still play at a quasi-All-Star level, especially in the finals. Although his condition has fluctuated greatly, as long as he performs well, he is still the genius he once was.

Zhao Feiyang really wanted to persuade the team management to keep Cousins, but he couldn't get involved in matters like the contract.

Moreover, no one outside the world knows what specific requests Cousins ​​made.

No matter how you do things related to interests, you will encounter criticism. Regardless of whether Cousins ​​​​will stay or not, as long as you intervene, there is a high possibility that the two parties will not be human.

This kind of thing is the same as persuading someone to divorce. Once the other party reconciles, the innocent clown will be you.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Feiyang, who looked helpless, thought about it again and again and decided to send a text message to Porzingis to ask.

After all, everyone got along well before.

After briefly editing the text message, Zhao Feiyang sent it. I thought it would take a while for the other party to respond, but unexpectedly, the message from Porzingis came back as soon as he walked into the locker room.

"Zhao, thank you for your concern! Man, I'm sorry for not telling you the matter right away... I know you are helping the national team compete in China, so I'm afraid to disturb you..."

"Actually, I don't want to leave. It's a cool thing to play with you... But, I'm still young and I want to try more possibilities... The Knicks are certainly very strong. But I hope to find my own way..."

"I hope we can still be friends in the future..."

After reading Porzingis' text message, Zhao Feiyang instantly understood the other party's intention. Although the other party said it very tactfully, these words all expressed his attitude, that is, Porzingis hopes to find a team that focuses on himself.

The Knicks' lineup is very strong, but the stronger it is, the harder it is for individual players to gain more exposure.

In the Knicks, Porzingis is just an All-Star player. Although he is reused, he is not the most special.

But if in other teams, as long as he becomes the team's number one or number two, the ball rights and attention Porzingis gets are completely different.

Not every team in the league has a lineup like the Knicks, so leaving may be the best option for him.