The Rest, Only Noise

Chapter 1135 It's impossible to justify not winning the championship, Coach Riley

Before 1996, there was a peculiar phenomenon in the NBA, that everything was negotiable.

Even if the appearance of Louie allows the league to have a standard rookie contract ahead of time, the contract details are still negotiable.

For example, some top rookies will ask the other party to give up the priority to renew the contract before signing the contract with the old club.

Some executives with little long-term vision would agree to such dangerous conditions.

For example, the Philadelphia 76ers.

After they selected Mourning, in order to make it a smooth signing, they agreed to give up the priority to renew the contract.

Now three years later, the 76ers have not achieved much.

Mourning is a player who can raise the bar on a team.

Just rely on him. The 76ers aren't much better, but even with him alone, it's not much worse.

Mourning is willing to stay in Philadelphia, but only if he has to pay more.

Penny-million-dollar contracts spurred a lot of people.

Mourning is one of them. He feels that he is no worse than Penny. If the two teams are swapped, he can also play.

If pennies can get 100 million for 7 years, then he can get 120 million for 7 years.

As long as Philadelphia has enough money, what if he stays here to accompany them to rot? 120 million US dollars can make him forget all the unhappy things in life.

But aside from Jordan, Wilson, Shaquille O'Neal, Ewing, Manning, Pence (he already got it)*, no other player deserves this kind of contract.

Even Wilson is only holding an "unremarkable" 4 years and 55 million.

The Sixers certainly didn't want to give Mourning the contract.

Because Mo Ning is really not worth it.

Mo Ning became angry, and since he refused to give money, don't blame him for turning his face.

His agent started threatening Philly that if he didn't pay, Mourning would go into free agency when his rookie contract expired, so they couldn't even smell a fart.

This is the mine that Philadelphia planted four years ago.

Many teams that have laid the same mines always believe that four years is enough time for them to build a good team, not to mention the difficulty of building a team. Even if there is a good team, do players have to stay?

In the end, the question of money has to be resolved.

The big opening of the Lions after the rookie contract expires can partly explain why the salary cap must exist.

Without the salary cap. Sky-high asking prices will become the norm.

And only very few local tyrants can satisfy the players' appetite.

For someone like Mourning who dared to ask $120 million, even Jerry Buss would have to think twice.

Philadelphia can't afford it, so, in order to avoid the chicken-and-egg fight next summer, Mourning was put on the shelves for public sale, and the highest price was awarded.

In Philadelphia, the media described Mourning as a greedy vampire.

This dampened Mourning's self-esteem.

In order to increase the difficulty of the transaction, Mourning's agent announced to the public that unless there is a team that can meet the $120 million over seven years, don't think about a transaction.

Because of the transaction, only one year's right to use Mo Ning can be obtained.

That has put off some teams, including the Warriors who would have had a chance.

The Warriors wanted to use this deal to send the dissatisfied Payton, but when he heard that Mourning wanted 120 million, Chris Cohan only felt a chill in his back. …. .

! He likes pennies, but he pays them so much because they sell tickets, they attract sponsors, and they make more money for him.

What can I do with so much money for Mo Ning?

Win the championship?

Hee hee, how much is the champion worth?

The Knicks have money, but they have Ewing and don't need Mourning.

The Heat also have money, but they have Sampson and Manning, and no place for Mourning.

Of course, the Lakers also have money. Although Bass doesn't really want to give Mourning that much money, if a deal comes, he will have to give it hard.

Bass also asked about the possibility of a deal for Louie.

Louie said with an embarrassed expression: "I'm not sure if they're willing to trade Alonzo for David."

Swap a promising future superstar for Robinson, who won't play until at least next season?

The 76ers may have been driven crazy by Mourning. But it shouldn't be that crazy.

Mourning's agent used this trick to corner Philadelphia.

Those who want Mo Ning have no money.

Rich people don't want Mo Ning.

However, there is one team that just meets all the needs.

August 10

Pat Riley called the Philadelphia office, and he was about to give the Sixers a price they couldn't refuse.

After five days of negotiation, the Blazers and 76ers completed the most shocking trade of the summer.

The Trail Blazers traded Anthony Mason Jr., Adavis Sabonis, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 first-round picks* in exchange for Alonzo Mourning and Jeff Malone.

"Michael, Hakeem, Alonzo, Rex (Chapman), Clifford, Isiah... Coach Riley can't justify not winning again this time?"

In the president's office, Louie's assistants gleefully discussed the Blazers' reinforcements.

"Is this lineup really as good as Miami?"

Zhao Yuanzheng thinks about the Heat's lineup - Dumars, Lewis, Sampson, Rodman, Manning, Drexler, Petrovic...

The Blazers have two superstars still in their prime.

Only Manning is half of the Heat, and Sampson, who is full of energy, is also half.

Mourning is an insider who can average 20+10 per game~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but not a decisive force.

The rest of the Blazers' remaining stars. Its quality is obviously not comparable to the Heat.

Especially Thomas, after a serious injury, he can recover 60% even if the Blazers earn it.

If the two teams play in the playoffs, Louie will still bet on the Heat to win.

Sampson is old, but Jordan and Olajuwon are no longer young.

Looking at other people's various reinforcements, Louis and the assistants can only watch, after all, the Lakers theoretically have no room to operate.

In addition to sitting in the office every day chatting, by the way, designing the tactics to be used in the next season, and also talking about which team is the strongest.

Typically, only the Blazers and Heat are brought into the discussion.

The Knicks were ignored.

Not worth mentioning after the Warriors blew themselves up.

As for the Lakers, they are still in the stage of accumulating food.

In mid-August, Louie received the "homework" that Nelson turned in.

That's the zone attacking system that Louie Jean Nelson prepared.

According to Zhao Yuanzheng's suggestion, Nielsen made a more detailed division, which is divided into left wing, right wing, left corner, right corner and center. …. .

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