After completing the Pippen deal, Jiang Dongbing felt much more relaxed. The biggest problem of the Trail Blazers was solved, and the next thing was simpler.

Next, it's time to deal with the Little Flying Squirrel's contract. Because Stoudemire is relatively young, it is not particularly difficult to handle his contract.

Whitset finally found a place to use it and crazily contacted his own connections. Finally, at the suggestion of Jiang Dongbing, he made a deal with Orlando Magic.

The Magic got the flying mouse Stoudemire, while the Trail Blazers swallowed a garbage contract of about $7 million in total. By the way, the Magic also included Cory Magety, who was selected in 1999, the 13th pick.

In this transaction, the muscles and sticks of Mageti are naturally the biggest reason Jiang Dongbing has contributed to this transaction. The Trail Blazers are short of soldiers and generals. Even if Mageti is not so easy to use, it is better than not.

Mageti is not very valued in Magic. Although he has terrifying muscles, his defensive level cannot satisfy the Magic management.

The Magic signed Mageti to be a top defensive engineer. After all, his basket was not outstanding, but after a season, the Magic was extremely disappointed. Mageti's basket was not surprising, and the defense was disappointing. In this case, he naturally would not pay too much attention.

The Trail Blazers swallowed two garbage contracts in a row in this transaction, which was interesting enough. Since they wanted Mageti who had no effect, the Magic Management simply agreed.

After all, they made a lot of money in this deal. Xiao Feishi can still make 20 points and 8 assists, and also dealt with two garbage contracts. If they don't agree to send Mageti, the Trail Blazers will definitely find his family to make a deal.

...

"Bob, we have resolved three contracts, and Avidas won't have to move for the time being, so only Brian Grant is left?" Jiang Dongbing asked Whitset.

Unexpectedly, Whitset smiled, "Jing, you don't have to worry about Grant's contract. His contract is only one year left, and it is a team option. It's enough for us to directly announce the execution of the team option."

"Of course, if you think Grant can get back any chips, then we can choose to give up the team option, execute Grant's last year's contract, and then sell him."

Jiang Dongbing shook his head? "There is no need for this? If we execute the contract, the players we sell him and exchange him for will still have to pay? Is it possible to directly execute the team options? Is it a little bit to save!"

Whitset's face was strange. Why did he feel that Jiang Dongbing was deliberately saving money for the boss...

Jiang Dongbing does have this meaning? His salary is too high, so in terms of salary of this player? Unnecessary expenses are saved as much as possible.

In addition, the contracts of the Trail Blazers have expired this year? Jiang Dongbing is not planning to renew his contract with them. Anyway, he will definitely have no shortage of cost-effective players in his hands in the future.

As for those players with basic salary, Jiang Dongbing stayed. There are not enough players on hand now? Or do you have to keep some people? Otherwise, the twelve-man rosters can't be collected.

...

In this way, Jiang Dongbing's Trail Blazers lineup in the new season is almost finalized.

Center position: Old Sabonis plus big book

Power forward position: Rashid Wallace, Schramf

Small forwards: Xidu Tekoglu, Cory Mageti, Morris Peterson

Points: Michael Reed, Richardson, Bunch Wells

Point Guard: None

After Jiang Dongbing sorted out the lineup at hand, he suddenly found that there was no point guard in his hand. It seemed that since he entered the league, the players in the point guard position had never been affordable.

As for the other four positions? It's barely enough, especially the combination of double Wallaces in the inside line? It makes Jiang Dongbing full of imagination. Although his combat power is definitely not as good as that of David and Xiao Ao? However, double Wallace is also a famous double tower combination in the history of NBA. Looking at the current league, it is also the top presence.

There are many players on the front guard line? And they are all players with good strength? But except for Reed? No one else is particularly satisfied with Jiang Dongbing, so there will definitely be adjustments in the future.

But now the first priority is to think about how to solve the point guard problem.

"Trade? There is no bargaining chip at all." Jiang Dongbing felt helpless. Now the best point guards are all priceless. The most important thing is that there are no remains of the point guards in the league today to pick up for him.

There is a Nash on the Mavericks, but Old Nelson said he would not sell anything.

After thinking about it, Jiang Dongbing didn't expect any particularly good trading candidates, so he simply began to think about starting from the existing lineup.

Among the current players, the one with the strongest organizational ability is undoubtedly the Turkish Magician Tekoglu.

Jiang Dongbing carefully recalled the magic lineup with Tekoglu as the core in the future, and felt that he could copy it and use it.

The Magic team that reached the finals in 2009 was actually relatively simple in lineup. In layman's terms, it was a super blue-collar Warcraft Howard guarding the inside, and then four three-pointers were matched with Tkoglu as the axis of the transfer ball. To be precise, Tkoglu was more like the point guard of the Magic team.

Now Jiang Dongbing can make up such a lineup, such as a super blue-collar master, Tekoglu, and three three-pointers.

But Da Ben does not have the ability to play second offensive. Although he is not inferior to Howard's rebounding and defense, his offensive end is completely incomparable to Howard.

"Forget it, I can only treat the dead horse as a living horse. Let's fight first, at least I have to overcome the early difficulties." Jiang Dongbing thought silently in his heart.

...

A few days later, Paul Allen appeared in Jiang Dongbing's office.

"Jiang, you..."

"I saved me nearly 30 million in salary as soon as I came, it's really..." Paul Allen said with a wry smile.

Jiang Dongbing shook his head, "Those are indeed unnecessary expenses, and it will be a waste of money. It's better to keep the money to renew those top stars who are in their prime."

"Although it's right, are we going to play this season? Why does it feel difficult for me to enter the playoffs with such a lineup?" Paul Allen said worriedly.

He is not worried about spending more money, but he is worried that the Trail Blazers' record will decline too much and he can't even enter the playoffs.

"How is that possible, Paul, don't underestimate this lineup. Although it's still early to win the championship, I'm confident that I can play the top three in the West." Jiang Dongbing patted his chest and promised.

This lineup is said to be a peerless lineup, so it is definitely not the case, but there are many accurate stars in the team. As long as the tactics are reasonable, even if the regular season record is not as good as the Grizzlies and the Lakers, Jiang Dongbing is still very confident to maintain the third place in the Western Conference.

Paul Allen breathed a sigh of relief, and then he was relieved. What he was most worried about was that the Trail Blazers' record declined this season, so it was difficult to explain to the fans at that time. After all, fans would never want to see the team lose when they watch the game.

"Okay, then I'll ask you all, Jiang."

"I also know that the situation of the Trail Blazers is special. There may be no hope of winning this season, but we are patient and have been waiting for so many years. I don't care about this year or two. Just let it go." Paul Allen smiled gently.

Jiang Dongbing nodded. The atmosphere of the Trail Blazers is still good, not as utilitarian as the Grizzlies. It seems that he had chosen to join the Trail Blazers before, which was a good choice.

...

At the New York headquarters, Stern's office, most executives in the league are here.

They gathered together today, with only one purpose, that is, to discuss the contract signed by Jiang Dongbing and the Trail Blazers.

The outside world is not clear about Jiang Dongbing's contract, but how could these senior executives not know?

"Mr. Stern, 30 million US dollars a year, God, that's 30 million US dollars, and even the only player is Jordan who has received such a salary!"

"This is not the end. If Jiang Dongbing can lead the Trail Blazers to win the championship, he still has a prize of 20 million US dollars, which is 50 million US dollars!"

"This salary has already made the head coaches of the league teams dissatisfied. As everyone is the head coach, why can Jiang Dongbing's salary reach twenty times or even more? Although some old coaches didn't say it verbally, I think they are definitely not very satisfied."

"Mr. Stern, the total salary of the head coaches of the other 28 teams in the league is about 70 million. If the Trail Blazers win the championship, Jiang Dongbing's salary alone will be as high as 50 million!"

Many executives expressed their dissatisfaction with Jiang Dongbing's high salary. In their opinion, it was really outrageous that Jiang Dongbing had such a salary.

Stern sat upright and didn't speak, but he summoned this meeting today. Obviously, his attitude definitely did not support Jiang Dongbing to get such a high salary.

Since the establishment of the NBA, there has never been a case where the highest salary of a coach is higher than that of a player. Now Jiang Dongbing is not only high, but also extremely high.

Currently, O'Neal, who has the highest salary in the league, has only more than 17 million US dollars, which is completely incomparable to Jiang Dongbing.

"Silent, don't complain, don't say that these are useless!"

"Tell me about your solution. Can you find a way to limit Jiang Dongbing's salary? His salary is not a good thing for the development of our NBA." Stern said slowly.

Now that Jiang Dongbing has been poached by the Trail Blazers at a sky-high price, no one is a fool. The Trail Blazers will definitely win the championship sooner or later, and it will not take too long, which may be the case in the past two years.

After the Trail Blazers win the championship, it is difficult to guarantee that the Trail Blazers will not renew their contract with Jiang Dongbing. By then, Jiang Dongbing will enter the free market again, and countless teams will start to grab crazy, and everyone will bid like crazy. By then, all the money the team earns will be in Jiang Dongbing's pocket.

If the Trail Blazers continue to grit their teeth and renew their contract with Jiang Dongbing, it is actually not a good thing for the NBA. After all, they don’t want a team to dominate.

Now the Grizzlies are already a headache for them. If the Trail Blazers become the second Grizzlies, the East may completely become the foil for the West.

When everyone heard Stern wanted a solution, they were silent. After all, the player signing contracts with the coach signing was a different matter.

Because players sign a contract with a salary agreement, there will definitely be no such thing as yelling prices. Even if they are rich, they must follow the salary agreement.

But when the coach signs a contract, there is no salary agreement, but it is more like the relationship between the company and the employee. What reason do you use to limit the salary the company pays employees?

Everyone was frowning, it was so difficult.

Xiao Hua, the vice president who hadn't spoken much, suddenly spoke: "Why not do this? Let's go to talk to the coaches."

"Since there can be a player's salary agreement, it may not be impossible to talk about a coach's salary agreement."

"There is no minimum wage for the coaching group now. We agreed with the coaching union to pay a minimum wage and then agree on a maximum salary for a coach. I think they will definitely not refuse!"

Everyone's eyes shone. This proposal was amazing. Xiao Hua was the successor who was favored by Stern, and he was definitely a thief.

If the minimum salary of coaches is issued, it is undoubtedly a good thing for most coaches, because if you set a minimum salary, it is impossible to set this standard below the current market price. Those coaches with little qualifications may still have an annual salary of less than one million yuan. If a basic salary of one million US dollars or one.5 million yuan is set, they will definitely be the beneficiary group.

If the maximum salary is set, no one else except Jiang Dongbing will be affected!

This means that this coach's salary agreement is specifically used to target Jiang Dongbing. Other coaches are either unaffected or benefited. Think about it, the coaching union will definitely sign such a salary agreement with pole.

If the coach union knows this, he may be able to wake up in a dream.

Stern had no surprise expression at all. Many executives knew that Xiao Hua's proposal was probably made by Stern.

"Okay, this proposal is good."

"First contact the coaching union, listen to their opinions, strive to complete this season and start the official implementation next season." Stern finally made the decision.

Jiang Dongbing didn't know that his high salary was targeted by the league. To be precise, Stern was targeted by him. If he knew, he would be so angry that he vomited blood. He finally found a place to make money, but he destroyed Stern like this.

...

In the blink of an eye, time entered the end of October, and the new season arrived as scheduled again.

As early as the team training in early October, Jiang Dongbing had actually begun to bind the new players who joined the team today, so that their attributes reached 80 points and their combat power was improved as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!