Lu Dan's body is getting worse every year, and so is Paul Allen's body.

He is now spending every day undergoing chemotherapy and has no intention of managing the team.

Judy Allen also has no interest in managing the team. She only cares about her brother's health and her own business now.

As for the Trail Blazers, Judy had one instruction: Don't lose money, and keep it going!

Translated into adult language, it is: I want the horse to run, but I don’t want the horse to eat grass.

It's very difficult for Patterson to do it. What does it mean to keep it going?

The Trail Blazers have reached the Western Conference semifinals this season. In Patterson's view, they can compete for the championship by retaining potential players and strengthening them appropriately.

Because next season, the GDP of the Western Conference will be another year older, and it will be very difficult for them to defend their title.

As for the east side, the second part of Where Are Mouss Going has not ended yet, and there is chaos in the east.

If you take advantage of these troubled times to make trouble, there is no chance of success.

But all this can only be done with money.

However, Judy doesn't understand basketball, she only understands statistics.

When the Miami Heat won the championship in 2006, they didn't pay the luxury tax, right?

2006 is too far away?

Let's just say that this year, the Spurs won the championship and they didn't pay the luxury tax!

We can't beat the Spurs yet!

I don’t ask you to win the championship, as long as you maintain your current results. On this basis, it’s not too much to not pay luxury tax, right?

Patterson is one head and two big, because if you want to maintain the current lineup, you have to spend a lot of money.

On Thompson's side, although he has not yet become a top combat force, his potential can already be seen.

Therefore, he will definitely seek a maximum salary extension.

But the problem is that Curry already has a maximum salary, and he has to renew Green and Matthews' contracts.

Both Thompson and Jiebao's 15-year contracts have expired.

Jiebao has also performed very well this season, which makes people look forward to it. The most important thing for a young man with potential like this is a big contract.

Therefore, both Thompson and Jabbert will be snapped up next summer.

If you don't prepare enough bullets, you may suffer heavy bleeding.

So this summer, Patterson was very helpless and basically couldn't make any big moves.

Thompson also rejected the Trail Blazers' offer to renew his contract in advance, which was slightly less than the maximum salary. It can be seen that he still wants to test the free agent market.

Yes, Thompson is a good player.

He has a good personal relationship with Curry, he also likes the Trail Blazers, and can even accept a supporting role.

But Thompson has a very clear mind and knows that this is a business alliance.

All these compromises must be based on maximizing interests.

He may indeed be worth a contract slightly lower than the maximum salary now. But next year, he may not be worth this price.

The fact is that Thompson, who has never changed teams in history, has never accepted a salary cut.

The reason why he has been playing for the Warriors actually has nothing to do with loyalty.

In his first contract after four years as a rookie, the Warriors, who had no financial pressure at the time, directly extended Thompson's maximum salary.

And what everyone talks about the most is the summer of 2019.

In the summer of 2019, the Warriors' Galactic Battleship was facing disintegration because no one was willing to cut wages to stay together.

Curry refused to take a pay cut, and Thompson also refused to take a pay cut.

Neither Curry nor Thompson did anything wrong. You must know that Curry in the original history had never even received a maximum salary contract before that.

As a unanimous MVP, if he continues to cut his salary in his third contract, wouldn't it be nonsense?

At that time, all Warriors fans placed their hope in Thompson. Only if he took the initiative to cut his salary could the Warriors' lineup be saved.

However, Thompson did not do this. Although he said that he hoped to play with the Warriors until he retired, he refused the Warriors' early contract extension with less than the maximum salary and wanted to test the free agent market.

Therefore, if Durant had not left that year, Thompson might have left, and he must have been mentally prepared for this.

Therefore, Thompson has always been a very clear-headed person.

He is willing to be loyal, willing to sacrifice for the team, and willing to provide support to the big guys around him.

But when it comes to basic interests, Thompson will never give in.

It's not just Thompson, this is actually the case for most players in the league, including those representative figures who are one person, one city.

Nacha is one man, one city, one of the representative figures of the Lakers, is he loyal enough?

But how many people remember that in order to force the Lakers to win, he wandered around wearing a Bulls jersey all day long?

If the Lakers hadn't robbed Gasol in the original history, and if the Lakers hadn't robbed Chairman Yao in this history, Naochi might have gone to Chicago to become Jordan's successor.

The story of Duncan and the Spurs is also interesting to talk about, right? The No. 21 rookie is famous far and wide, a typical representative of one man, one city.

But in fact, if the then Magic coach Doc Rivers hadn't been crazy and refused Duncan's request to fly his family to play away games, the idiot might have actually joined the Magic.

That's Duncan + Tracy McGrady + Hill. The picture is so beautiful that I can't even imagine it.

If there are no injuries, the finals may not be a yellow-blue battle every year.

Lao Li's "unwilling to pay for the charter flight and miss out on being the first striker in history" is really a hell of a move.

Of course, this is not the first time that the magic tube has engaged in underworld operations.

When Shaq was re-signed that year, the Magic foolishly published a poll in a local newspaper in Orlando, asking local people whether O'Neal was worth a $100 million contract.

In the final vote, 91% of the people believed that O'Neal was not worthy.

In this way, the legend of Mr. O'91 was created, Shaq was let go, and Hardaway, their Jordan successor, was embraced.

Facts have proved that Jordan has no signs of human-to-human transmission!

And until now, some people still suspect that the 91% who voted for Shaq who was not worth 100 million were all voted in by Los Angeles fans on behalf of undercover agents!

Therefore, missing out on Duncan is child's play.

Let’s talk about the older cousin Lillard. In the original history, Lillard was simply synonymous with loyalty.

But in fact, every time his contract expires, renewing with the Trail Blazers is his best choice.

He is not like Mous who left for Miami or Du Xiaoshuai who joined after being unable to beat them. They were both MVP-level and true superstars before leaving their original teams.

Their careers have reached a stage where they have won all kinds of honors. Except for the championship, everything can be discarded.

As for Lillard, to put it bluntly, he does not yet have such strength. In addition to the championship, he also has honors that he can pursue and room for improvement.

If he goes to another team, he will either take a salary cut or become the second and third player.

Therefore, the eldest cousin just made the choice that was most beneficial to him, and by the way he also won a reputation for loyalty.

Therefore, loyalty is also based on the protection of basic interests.

In a business alliance, when it comes to pure loyalty, isn't it like a child pretending to be a family member?

It is completely reasonable for Thompson not to renew his contract with the Trail Blazers in advance.

In order to make room for next year, Patterson had to let go of the overpriced Matthews.

Matthews performed well after returning last season and is still a first-rate 3D player in the league.

In today's league, the most valuable thing is 3D players.

As soon as Matthews' contract expired, he was dumbfounded.

Because the offers from many teams far exceeded his expectations!

Is co-authored by me so valuable now?

As a result, Matthews switched to the Mavericks. For 70 million in four years, how could Patterson afford it?

Matthews probably never thought that one day he would become a man with an annual salary of tens of millions.

After being the general manager of the Trail Blazers for so many years, this is the first time that Patterson has felt the trouble caused by life constraints.

Just after seeing off Matthews, Huang Ama also packed his luggage and got on the plane to San Antonio.

It's not because of money, but because of the main position.

Green has been playing well over the years, but with Jabbert and Thompson around, Green has no chance to start.

People go to great heights. Although Green started playing in the Development League, it stands to reason that he has already been very successful.

But at this point, we definitely cannot use the original requirements as the standard.

Ever since, Green chose a team that promised to give him a starting position and compete for the championship.

For 45 million in 4 years, Green leaves San Antonio!
To be continued...