NBA Absolute Flood Dam

Chapter 1116

Chapter 1116

The team has already gone to the preseason, but the general manager David Griffin is still there. Seeing Li Ba return to the team, he smiled happily and said, "Hammer, congratulations on winning the Wimbledon championship."

"Thank you. I need some team information. By the way, is the head coach still Gary?" Li Ba asked after sitting down.

"Yes, it's still Gary. He led the team to play in the preseason and said he needs to accumulate more experience." David Griffin laughed.

Asking someone to bring a cup of coffee to Li Ba, Griffin took out a list and handed it over, saying, "Tie Hammer, this is our lineup list, please take a look first."

Li Ba nodded and looked up.

Insiders: Li Ba, Ah Lian, Boris Diaw, Marc Gasol.

Outside: Allen Iverson, Rajon Rondo, Manu Ginobili, Tony Allen, Kevin Martin, Grant Hill, Delonte West.

"This list is our established lineup. In addition, the team still has a few contracts, but we are going to use them to trade. If the trade cannot be made, we will directly lay off."

Griffin introduced on the side: "We won the championship last season, so the lineup has not changed much. In terms of inside, Diaw and Gasol are both in their prime. They will be the first substitutes, but we must still Will pick two inside players.

On the perimeter, you invited Iverson, so we signed him.Generally speaking, there is no shortage of people on the outside, and we will focus on the inside. "

Li Ba nodded and asked, "David, did you talk about his position when you signed the contract with Effison?"

Griffin nodded and said, "We've talked about it, and he said he would obey the head coach's arrangement."

Li Ba said with a smile: "He doesn't train much, this is a trouble."

"I'm sure you'll get him." Griffin laughed.

Nodding his head, Li Ba smiled and said, "Leave this to me."

"By the way, David, what's going on with other teams in the league?" He asked casually.

Griffin introduced: "After Odom's contract ended, he went to the Lakers. Kobe renewed his contract with the Lakers. Mutombo retired. There was no big movement. In addition, Rasheed Wallace went to the Celtics. And ..."

"Karnett is still with the Lakers?" Li Ba asked.

"Now, the Lakers can't find a target to replace Garnett." Griffin said.

"Where's the knight?" Li Ba asked.

Griffin laughed: "They, like the Lakers, couldn't find a suitable replacement for O'Neal and Big Z."

"Where's the Heat?" Li Ba asked again.

He knew that Dayao had not been traded, but he actually hoped that Yao would leave the Heat. Pat Riley was too ruthless in employing people.

"There is no big movement. This offseason, there is no big movement. Anyway, there are only so many superstars, and there are no big fish this year." Griffin said.

Nodding his head, Li Ba smiled and said, "So, we won't have too much difficulty defending the title this year."

Griffin said excitedly: "I think so too, and now the media thinks so too."

Li Ba thought for a while, and said in doubt: "We had such a big advantage in winning the championship last season. These teams didn't make any big moves. It's a bit impossible. Could it be that they want to watch us defend the championship?"

Even if other teams don't make any moves, Li Ba believes that Nike will never sit back and watch the Suns defend their title.

He now has four championships in his hand, and if he plays another dynasty, he can completely match Jordan. Nike will definitely take action.

He doubts that in the next time, there will be any big deals in the league.

Facts have proved that Li Ba's suspicions were not groundless.

After Wimbledon ended, Nike President Philip Knight began to plan for the NBA to block the Suns in the league, that is, Li Ba.

Now Nike has two aces, one is Kobe and the other is LeBron James. Philip Knight hopes to combine these two superstars into one team.

Just when Kobe's contract ended, Philip Knight met Kobe in person, tested his attitude, and asked him if he could go to the Cavaliers.

Unfortunately, Kobe refused.

Although he is grateful to Nike for not abandoning him, he will not give up this core interest.

If Nike is letting him go to other big cities, such as the Heat or the Bulls, then he has no problem, except for the Cavaliers.

The city where the Cavaliers are located is too small. Even if the lineup is strong and the ball market has expanded, the ticket price is not even one tenth of that of the Lakers. How could he go there?

Another point, the boss of the Lakers is LeBron James, he is going, who will be the boss?

The first one may fail, and Philip Knight began to operate again to trade LeBron to the Lakers.

He first found Old Buss and asked about the attitude of the Lakers.

Old Bass didn't think about it, and he agreed directly, saying that the luxury tax is not a problem at all.

But when Philip Knight found Cavaliers owner Gilbert Sr., he was disappointed again. Sr. Gilbert said without hesitation that the possibility of the Cavaliers trading LeBron was zero.

Philip Knight promised many benefits, but he couldn't impress the other party, so he had to give up.

But he did not give up and was still making various efforts.

He contacted many league agents, wanting to start from this aspect and add lineups for the Lakers and Cavaliers.

Meanwhile, he's also planning a big deal.

On the 17th, at the Cleveland Cavaliers headquarters, Gilbert Sr. made an appointment and met with LeBron.

This was an appointment a day ago. LeBron said he wanted to talk to him about something. He thought it was about the lineup, but after sitting down, LeBron's first words stunned him.

"Sorry, sir, please let me leave the Cavaliers." LeBron said sincerely.

It took ten seconds for old Gilbert to react, and he said in amazement, "Why?"

LeBron shook his head helplessly, he really had a lot of pressure, pressure from Nike.

At the same time, he lost to the Suns last season and was beaten helplessly. He didn't strengthen the interior during the offseason, and he really didn't have any confidence in the Cavaliers' lineup.

The talks ended quickly, because there was nothing to talk about, and LeBron was very determined to leave the Cavaliers.

When Gilbert Jr. knew about it, he called LeBron angrily and called him a traitor. The latter didn't reply, but said he was sorry.

Heat headquarters, ushered in Philip Knight.

On the 20th, a big deal happened. The Cavaliers made a three-way deal with the Heat and the Raptors.

LeBron James and Bosh went to the Heat, Yao went to the Cavaliers, and Ray Allen went to the Raptors.

This deal is actually not very big, because in the past few seasons, the Big Three lineup has happened many times.

But then, the Cavaliers put O'Neal and Dayao all on the shelf, announcing that the team will enter reconstruction.

(End of this chapter)