The Fifth Point Guard

Recently, both the Nets and Shentong have some headaches.

The headache for the Nets is Shentong's contract renewal.

The management doesn't care about money, and is even willing to take out the check book and let Shentong fill in it casually.

But rules are rules.

Shentong's situation is in line with the league's "early bird clause". According to the restrictions of the clause, the Nets can only renew the contract with Shentong with the highest middle-class clause under the restriction, which obviously cannot satisfy Shentong's worth.

The so-called "early Bird clause" refers to a player who has played for the same team for all or part of the season in the past two years (including players transferred due to team transactions), the team can be free when he becomes free. The player will then renew his contract with the higher salary of 175% of the player's final year contract salary and the average salary of the league.

Obviously, the highest salary that Shentong can get can only be a middle-class contract.

Shentong's free agency has long been coveted by many teams, and even Popovich of the Spurs is inquiring about Shentong's contract renewal.

The Nets are facing the situation of watching Shentong, one of the leading stars, being robbed by other teams.

Shen Tong also had a headache.

The headache is not the renewal of the contract, but where to go.

In fact, Shentong has long thought about his own contract renewal. Because of the precedent of Arenas, he already knew that the Nets could not keep him. After all, a middle class could not meet his requirements and conditions. Germany, but Shentong does not intend to become a young man who grows up under the wing of others.

After two years of NBA career, Shentong obviously has a higher pursuit. This idea was thought about before the finals.

And the ownership of the MVP of the finals prompted Shentong to make up his mind about his decision.

A week after the finals, the Nets issued an official statement after a long talk with Shen Tong himself and his economic team.

"We failed to keep Shentong."

This news made everyone feel that it was both unexpected and expected.

There was an uproar in the fan forums in New Jersey.

Immediately, someone proposed to burn Shentong's No. 25 jersey, and someone posted extreme remarks about Shentong on the Internet.

But more is the retention, regret, support and blessings of the fans.

Fan A: "Thank you Shentong for bringing us two years of good time. He and Kidd gave us two wonderful seasons. No matter where he goes, I wish him all the best."

Fan B: "I really hope that Shentong can stay, but obviously the middle class clause cannot match Shentong's performance on the court and his commercial value off the court. If he chooses to leave, I have nothing to say. After all, no one is a saint. .”

Fan C: "Support this young man from China. He deserves better treatment. In addition, I think the MVP of this year's finals should belong to him, not Kidd."

After the fans gradually accepted the fact that Shentong left New Jersey, everyone began to speculate again, where will Shentong go after leaving the Nets?

Some media broke the news that the Chicago Bulls offered Shentong a four-year, $55 million contract.

This is definitely comparable to the salary of the league's first-tier stars.

Obviously, the Bulls hope that Shen Tong can come to Chicago to replicate the legendary road that Jordan once walked.

As an opponent in the Eastern Conference, the Indiana Pacers also directly offered Shentong a five-year, $60 million contract.

Reggie Miller even declared that if Shentong is willing to join the Pacers, he will not only willingly give up his starting position, but will also do his best to assist Shentong.

"He is still young after all, I can teach him all my experience, including my personal experience."

He also said that if Shen Tong came to the Pacers, he could retire directly with peace of mind.

Two years ago, Shentong was still a loser who was not appreciated.

Two years later, he has transformed himself into an incense stick in the league.

Shentong has already planned to leave New Jersey, but where is the future?

bull?

That was my dream team as a kid.

But copying the success of the predecessors?

That's not what Shentong wants.

Pacers?

According to the future development trend of the alliance.

O'Neal, Artest and others will mature quickly, and the Pacers will also become the strongest force in the East.

If he can prevent the vicious incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills from happening, the Pacers team he joined will definitely be the overlord of the Eastern Conference in the next few years.

However.

The Pacers have already had their own glory.

Shentong, who is full of adventurous spirit, wants to go to a barren place to create his own history and era.

One night, Shen Tong had a dream.

He dreamed of a dark cave, and the sound of running water.

He walked along the cave, feeling that many eyes around him were looking at him lewdly.

Then, he came to a stone room with portraits hanging on it.

In the portrait, there is a Guanyin master holding a basketball

There are a few words written next to it: Basket, the god of basketball.

Didn't expect Baskett to be dressed like this

The stone room was at the end, Shen Tong walked slowly to the stone table in the stone room and sat down.

There was a faint sound in my ear.

"You came."

Shen Tong in the dream seemed to be very familiar with this voice, and replied without thinking: "Yes."

Then, the voice came again: "Tell me about something that confuses you."

Shen Tong said: "I am a little confused about where to go in the future. I am not willing to copy the success of others, nor do I want to continue to grow under the wings of others. I am eager to create my own era, but now I am faced with many choices. I know where I should go, even, should I stay?"

"Don't forget the original intention, Fang De will always. Didn't you decide to leave New Jersey very early? Stick to your decision and don't be influenced by any outside world."

"So where should I go next?"

"Paul Silas, he's the man who'll give you three moles."

".Three moles?"

When he woke up from the dream, Shen Tong rubbed his sleepy eyes.

Suddenly recalling the dream just now, my mind was instantly clear.

Where is the next stop, Shentong has already got the answer.

Under Shen Tong's instruction, agent David Falcao accepted Shen Tong's proposal with suspicion and chose to make further contact with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The opponent obviously did not expect that Shentong would choose the mediocre self among many teams, and immediately responded enthusiastically.

Such heavy news obviously cannot be contained.

The news that Shentong will come here began to appear on the Cleveland Cavaliers fan website, which made the entire forum cheer.

More fans still rationally said that this news is not realistic, and Shentong obviously has a better choice.

But not long after, Cleveland's official website announced that Shentong was negotiating a contract with the team.

This counts as official confirmation.

On that day, the city of Cleveland was like a holiday.

A few days later, with 4 years and 64 million yuan, the Cleveland Cavaliers announced that they had reached an agreement with the Shentong team.

The suspense that lasted throughout the summer finally came to an end.

Next stop, Cleveland.