Chapter 588 The way to start midsummer

Chapter 588 The way to start midsummer

Arne Tram doesn't mind being criticized. He also knows that after doing this series of things, the management will definitely be criticized.

But this is the will of GOAT, who can refuse?

It’s just that the outside world doesn’t believe that GOAT would allow such a thing to happen.

Except for well-connected people like Bill Simmons, few people believed that Yu Fei was planning these things behind his back.

Isn't this very unreasonable? How could the GOAT allow the team to trade Griffin for someone who might compete with them for the ball?

In the eyes of most people, Tyreke Evans is actually the subject of the transaction, and they ignore Klay Thompson.

And that's the key to their wrong conclusion.

Evans is just a pendant for the Clippers. It doesn't matter if he has it or not. The key is Thompson.

Selecting Jokic and trading for Thompson, the team's plan has been a great success.

Trym wondered what to do with Evans.

Whether to leave or stay, Yu Fei needs to make an idea.

The Clippers are not as eager to deal with Evans as the Warriors. After Pierce's contract expires, they unlock a maximum salary space. Therefore, Evans' contract is not an eyesore to them for the time being.

After making a joke, Yu Fei still answered Teleme's call.

Yu Fei's view on whether Evans should stay or go is to "respect the wishes of others."

The team can keep Evans first, but if Evans refuses to accept the team's arrangement and wants to be traded, he can also be traded.

Because of Yu Fei's existence, Evans' status with the Clippers will only be lower than that of the Warriors.

According to Yu Fei's plan, there is no place for him in the Clippers' starting lineup next season.

Do top-paid players actually have to come on the bench?

This was unacceptable to Evans.

So Evans requested a trade.

The Clippers' operations then entered the next stage.

The receiver soon appeared.

Yu Fei's former team, the Milwaukee Bucks, said they were willing to take over.

Moreover, the bargaining chip they used was Danny Granger, who had guarded Milwaukee for many years after Yu Fei left the team.

Granger has been the core of the Bucks since Yu Fei left. He defeated James' Cavaliers consecutively in the playoffs, creating a legend that "you can't beat Frye when he is there, and you can't beat him when Frye is gone." Indirectly This gave birth to Decision 1.0.

Then, they returned to the finals in 2009, but unfortunately they met Yu Fei's SuperSonics and lost.

That was the pinnacle of Granger's career.

From there, the Bucks began to decline.

First Kevin Martin was injured, and then Danny Granger was injured. Not long after, Martin left the team, and Deron Williams came. The team briefly returned to the top, but with the Nets' Big Three and the general trend, In front of the successful Heat, the Bucks are still a little behind.

Granger began to suffer from injuries. He fell from being the most underrated small forward in the East and an undisputed top 15 player in the league to the point where even the Bucks were no longer willing to keep him.

He still has the last year of a maximum-salary contract. Judging from the value of the expired contract, although it will not become a "junk contract," if he can be exchanged for Tyreke Evans, it will undoubtedly be a win for the Bucks. It's a sure profit.

The Bucks' goal for years has been to become a playoff team.

Fighting for the championship? Just let it happen.

From a historical perspective, Yu Fei's four championships in five years only gave this miserable city a brief blessing from God.

For the team and owners, the Bucks cannot be too weak, otherwise no one will watch, but they cannot be too strong, because the cost of owning a strong team is too high. If there were no money-attracting machine like GOAT, the Bucks' attitude would be to be content with being rich.

Evans doesn't play much for the Clippers, but for the Bucks, he's a young core to build around.

Using Evans to replace the useless Granger is obviously not good for the Clippers. Treme didn't want to be the target of public criticism, so he asked the Bucks to give him more chips.

The Bucks were also very straightforward and gave the Clippers three additional second-round picks on the original basis.

This appears to be the last bit of value Traim can squeeze out of the Bucks.

He reported the results of the negotiations to Yu Fei.

Yu Fei's response was brief: "It's up to you."

This kind of attitude, which is similar to "supporting you mentally", cannot help Tram escape from the whirlpool of public opinion.

After the deal was reached, Clippers fans went crazy.

What could be worse than trading Griffin for Evans?

The answer is: trade Evans for Danny Granger, who is no longer adaptable to the intensity of the NBA. Even though he only has one year left on his contract, do the Clippers really need to unlock more space? Are they planning to waste another season of GOAT?

Arne Traim instantly became a hot search term.

Celebrities in Los Angeles began to criticize the Clippers' operations.

Rap king "Dog" Snoop said that he originally planned to buy VIP box tickets for the Clippers next season, but now he thinks about it.

"Compared to the Lakers, the Clippers look simply unreliable."

The "Los Angeles Times" severely criticized Trame: "The Clippers have proven with their actions that an incompetent general manager can destroy a team in just a few days."

"Blake Griffin equals 3 first-rounders, Klay Thompson and Danny Granger? WOW~~~"

The Orange County Chronicle, as the mouthpiece of the Lakers, ridiculed the Clippers.

On social media, Yu Fei's fans were furious.

They think Treme is ruining GOAT's career.

GOAT gave up the "empire" of Seattle and came to Los Angeles to "relieve poverty", but got this result?

If someone told them that "everything Trem did was with the tacit approval of GOAT", they would be even more angry. From their perspective, this is impossible. They firmly believe that the person they are following is at a disadvantage. Even if they are involved, they must be deceived by the team and make wrong judgments.

Bill Simmons' cynicism brought the anger of Clippers supporters to the extreme: "This is a trade that will make Donald Sterling smile when he sees it. It proves that the Clippers' suffering will never be limited to Sterling." Lin, this team does have a problem.”

Just before the offseason, the Clippers fan team launched a demonstration to remove Tralem.

Yu Fei didn't expect that things would become such a big deal.

It looks like a real big city can play.

When he was in Seattle and Milwaukee's remote control teams, the outside world also didn't understand it, and there was no shortage of "Seattle/Milwaukee pill" voices like now.

But the fans were restrained.

They are completely unlike the Clippers fans in this incident. Just like NBA stars, they believe that they have the right to manage the team. If they don't get what they want, they will make a big fuss.

The pressure on Trem can be imagined.

Even Steve Ballmer called to inquire, because the Clippers' recent actions have not only reduced the team's market value, but also affected the team's merchandise sales.

If things continue like this, maybe Treme will sit in the GM position before Klay Thompson rectifies his name, just like Sam Hinkie who is destined to be unable to watch the process come to fruition.

Yu Fei knew that he had to do something to appease people's emotions.

So Yu Fei first said on Twitter: "Arn has worked with me for many years. I know that he is one of the best general managers in the league. Everything he does takes into account not only the current moment, but also the current situation. There is a future, don’t worry, our goal is to go to the Wishing Land next season, and the Clippers will not stop for anything.”

Seeing that GOAT understands the righteousness so well, the fans broke their guard.

"CTM's Arne Trim!"

"Fry didn't do anything wrong, why do you treat him like this! Fuck this world!"

"Arn Tram is dismissed!"

Yu Fei’s tweet seemed to have had the opposite effect.

But what he wants is this effect. It seems to be an encouraging performance, but in fact it is to increase the heat of the matter, and then let Tram come to Miami.

At this moment, Miami is holding a championship celebration. Although the celebration was enjoyable and the Heat's owner said he would do everything possible to preserve the lineup, everyone knows that if they are willing to spend money, they don't need to "do everything possible" to preserve the lineup that won two consecutive championships.

Only if you don’t want to continue spending a lot of money do you need to explore all possible options.

Yao Huang showed his usual sense of humor during the ceremony, making the audience laugh several times.

"This is the best team I have ever had in my life, and if I could, I would 100% come back and compete for three consecutive championships!"

If possible?

The Heat's ceremony is over and Yao Huang becomes a free agent.

Yao's team stated that Yao Huang's first goal is to renew his contract with the Heat, so he will give priority to listening to Miami's offer.

Yao Huang has made his words clear, now it depends on the Heat's sincerity.

The goal of Yao's team is to fully activate the "Yu Fei Clause".

After all, Yao Huang has been selected to the first team for two consecutive years and led his team to win the championship. He has the qualifications to activate the full version of Yu Fei's clause.

According to the salary space in the new season, Yao Huang can sign a contract of nearly 4 years and 90 million US dollars.

For 34-year-old Yao Huang, this is a decent pension contract.

However, Yao Huang only needs to consider how to provide for himself in retirement, and the Heat have much more to consider.

First of all, the contract extension representatives will continue to bear four maximum salaries. This year they have been playing in such a state. Although they won the championship, judging from the financial report, they actually lost money.

Therefore, this is actually an act of losing money and making money.

Secondly, Yao Huang is 34 years old.

No one can guarantee that he will still be in this state next year. Even if he is, what about the year after next? What about after he reaches the milestone of 35 years old? What's certain is that this will be a seriously premium contract starting in year three.

Then there is something else that has to be considered.

The Heat's new star Jimmy Butler will enter the fourth year of his rookie contract next season. Judging from his performance last season, he will also need a maximum salary to retain him.

After renewing Yao Wei's contract, the Heat will also renew Butler's contract, and by then they will have five maximum salaries.

Taking into account the possible luxury tax, if you ask Ballmer to burn this money, he would frown.

After the Heat explored all the so-called options - actually considering a series of consequences of renewing Yao Shuan - they decided to bite the bullet and talk about relationships with Yao's team.

Having feelings is a good thing, but talking about feelings hurts money.

Team Yao said: "Just tell me how big a contract you want to give."

For Yao Huang, a contract with an annual salary of about US$15 million is suitable. Considering the favor of both parties, he can reduce his salary.

But the Heat misjudged the value of favor.

What they offered was a four-year, $50 million contract.

Compared with the largest contract that Yao Huang could get, this contract has shrunk by nearly half.

Yao Huang is a decent person. He will not shout about being disrespected like those black players who saw a quote that seriously did not meet their expectations. He smiled and said: "I will give you a second chance to quote."
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Then, the Heat just thought about it and decided to keep their original offer unchanged.

So the negotiations between Yao's team and the Heat broke down.

Yao Huang sent a farewell text message to every Heat teammate, and then announced that he would listen to free market offers.

Probably only SuperSonics fans can understand this feeling.

The 2012 Sonics were in the same situation as the Heat.

They completed four consecutive championships, then the team let go of Bosh and DeAndre Jordan, traded Durant, and the towering empire was cut in half.

From this point of view, the NBA's antitrust is successful.

No team can hold on to the championship for a long time, because when they win the championship, the players become more motivated and want more salary and greater tactical status.

Even if they could overcome basketball-level negotiations, they couldn't break through the gravity of reality.

Yao Shuan entered the free market, basically announcing the end of the Heat's era of invincibility. They entered the Finals for three consecutive years, won two championships and one runner-up, and briefly took over the league in a power vacuum just like the Rockets in the 1990s.

But from now on, things will go back to where they started.

Three teams are pursuing Yao Huang enthusiastically.

One is the Warriors. If Yao Wei is willing to join, they will not hesitate to deal with Joe Johnson's contract.

One is the Cavaliers. Kevin Garnett has announced that he will leave the Cavaliers.

Garnett is old, and the Cavaliers seem to have no hope of competing for the championship. The two parties broke up amicably.

At the same time, Garnett's departure has created salary space for the Cavaliers, allowing them to pursue top players on the market.

From a style perspective, Yao Huang is the kind of player that strong teams need most.

James dreams of seeing Yao Huang join the Cavaliers.

However, their competitor is the Clippers.

In the era of star empowerment, the role of management in recruiting stars is seriously inferior to that of the team's stars.

A star player with connections can easily form a star team.

Looking at today's league, there are not many stars who have a good relationship with Yu Fei, and Yao Huang is one.

Most Chinese fans will put Yu Fei and Yao Huang on the same team in the 2K game.

This is a dream.

Now this dream may come true.

Yu Fei did not impress Yao Huang with a personal relationship. On the contrary, he called Trem very formally and asked Yao Huang to meet in Miami.

Then, the two camps began to talk endlessly about the possibility of joining, various matters after joining, and the advantages of the Los Angeles area compared to Miami in terms of education.

The negotiation lasted for 20 minutes, which was basically an official-level exchange. Then, Yao Huang said something.

"If you want me to go to the Clippers, just one sentence is enough." Yao Wei said to Fei, "Do you have room?"

Yu Fei said: "Is 17 million enough?"

Yao Huang showed his iconic emoticon smile: "That's enough!"

The negotiations have now concluded.

Yu Fei and Yao Huang are very familiar with each other, and they have enough mutual trust. The only thing left is the signing process.

If the Clippers sign Yao Huang naked, they can only give him an annual salary of 15 million, but if they sign and trade, they can inherit the Heat's bird rights and the "Fei Clause."

Out of his absolute respect for Yao Huang and Yao Huang's feelings for Miami, he hopes to use a sign-for-exchange transfer, which can at least leave something for the Heat.

The Clippers immediately contacted the Heat.

The Clippers have the conditions to sign Yao Huang naked, and the signing is purely to take care of Yao Huang's wishes. Naturally, the Heat are well aware of this, and they have no objections.

Yao Huang was about to leave originally, but he was still willing to consider the team before leaving, which shows that the two parties have true feelings. Unfortunately, the situation is such that they have to break up.

The two sides quickly reached an agreement on the signing.

On July 5, the day before the free market opened, ESPN’s NBA expert Mark Stein broke the news: “The Heat signed a four-year, $80 million contract with Yao Shuan and traded him to the Clippers in exchange for 2016 2018 first-round pick and 2018 first-round pick swap (from Warriors) ”

Later, officials from both teams confirmed the authenticity of the news.

(End of chapter)