Chapter 407 Dempsey: Who Shall We Sign? (First Update)

Dempsey asked him to meet at the coffee shop.

"Our team can still sign a player now, do you have any suggestions?"

As soon as he sat down, what Dempsey said surprised Tang Tian.

"You said, you want to have a say in team management, that's it."

Seeing Tang Tian froze for a moment, Dempsey explained with a smile.

Tang Tian nodded, he was really surprised.

He said those words in tongue-in-cheek terms, thinking he'd have to wait until he'd helped the team make the playoffs at the earliest.

Unexpectedly, Dempsey was looking for him at this time.

The Pelicans really surprised him time and time again.

"This is the team's current roster, take a look."

Dempsey said and handed him the tablet.

The Pelicans now have a total of 17 contracts, 12 guaranteed contracts, and 5 non-guaranteed contracts.

Guaranteed contracts: Anthony Davis, Eric Gordon, Tang Tian, ​​Holiday, Ryan Anderson, Aminu, Jason Smith, Rivers Jr., Anthony Morrow, Stearns Ma, Ajinsa, Jeff Vichy.

Non-guaranteed contracts: Brian Roberts, Darius Miller, Lance Thomas, Arlinz Onuaku, Josh Childress.

Under normal circumstances, a team will have at least 14 guarantee contracts, leaving one for flexible operation in the middle of the season.

However, the Pelicans only have 12 guaranteed contracts, which is a standard weak team composition, with large fluctuations in personnel, and many of them need to compete for posts.

But at this time, Tang Tian also knew why Dempsey let him participate in the management decision.

Because it really doesn't matter much.

Now that the free market is coming to an end, the only ones who can be signed are some veterans and rookies that no one wants. Anyway, at most there will be one more person to compete.

It just so happened that this favor was also given to Tang Tian.

"The next page is the list of current free agents."

Dempsey continued.

After listening to Tang Tian, ​​he slid down a bit, and there really was basically no one who could use it.

As long as there is some strength, at worst, they have already signed a non-guaranteed contract with the team.

But in this list, Tang Tian saw a familiar name.

Charity·World·Peace.

That is the former Ron Artest.

He's still a free agent.

"Ron hasn't signed since he was pardoned by the Lakers."

Seeing Tang Tian staring at Ci Shiping's name, Dempsey said, but he still prefers to use the old name.

That's right, Metta World Peace proved to be very embarrassing last season. She couldn't make shots, and those who were slow to defend were often passed by one step.

And he still has an annual salary of more than 7 million in the Lakers.

The Lakers continue to hit the championship in the new season and signed Wright in the middle class. It is expected that he will be pardoned.

"I recommend signing him."

Tang Tian raised his head and said.

"Him? He can't play in the NBA now, and his economic team has always had to protect the contract."

Dempsey was afraid that Tang Tian would not understand the situation, so he opened his mouth and explained it to him.

"Dell, he should have some gas in the tank, and the main purpose of our signing him is that this team needs his toughness and locker room leadership. This team is missing this now."

Tang Tian said, if he remembered correctly, Ci Shiping played for the Lakers for a year in the 2016-17 season, so he should still be able to play.

Of course, the second half of what he said is the key point.

This team has the same vibe as the Spurs, but it's obviously not right.

The Spurs have a lot of old players, and the team atmosphere has always been like this, but the Pelicans players fluctuate a lot, and most of the players are young, which is definitely not possible.

Young teams must have momentum and enthusiasm to achieve results, just like Walker and him at UConn.

Therefore, an igniter like Ci Shiping is much more useful than signing an unreliable potential rookie.

Dempsey nodded, probably accepting Tang Tian's opinion.

Training camp continues for the Pelicans.

At this time, Tang Tian discovered that besides Anderson, there was another person who was also very special.

Julie Holiday.

To be honest, except for saying hello when they first arrived, Tang Tian and Huo Ledi hadn't spoken to each other.

This guy's personality is probably a bit similar to Leonard.

But it was not this character that caught Tang Tian's attention, but his behavior.

Except for the day when the training camp opened, Holiday was basically the first one to come and the last one to leave.

This person's personality seems to be a combination of Leonard and Butler.

Speaking of which, as one of the all-stars with the weakest presence in history, Tang Tian really didn't have much impression of him.

But after a few days, Tang Tian found that this guy was really good.

Just like Leonard and Butler before, because he is a hardworking person, he is also very interested in hardworking people.

Just as the training camp was going on, the Pelicans officially announced a new signing.

They reached a fully guaranteed contract with free agent Ci Shiping with a one-year minimum salary.

Although it seems that it is just a signing that does not affect the overall situation, the approach of Demps and the Pelicans management shows an attitude.

Even though Tang Tian asked that half-jokingly at the beginning, they still counted.

This is a statement, and it is also telling Tang Tian, ​​as long as you can help the team return to the playoffs or go further, we will give you what you want!

This signal is quite positive.

Just a week after the signing broke out, Ci Shiping came to the locker room.

With a cut head and a round beard, he came in wearing a pair of slightly old headphones, coupled with that slightly vicissitudes of the cheeks, it is really difficult to match the protagonist of the Palace of Auburn Hills.

He is 34 years old this year. For a physical defensive player, this has come to the end of his career.

After a brief greeting with the team members, he hummed softly with his earphones.

Judging from the content, it should be rap or something.

"Hey, Ron."

At this time, Little Rivers went up and patted Ci Shiping on the shoulder to say hello.

After Ci Shiping took off the earphones, he continued, "Your earphones are too old, you should change them."

"Boy, didn't your dad teach you how to talk to people? These are Beats.By.Dr. Dre custom-made headphones, not the cheap things you think, and you call me charity, I'm not Ron."

Ci Shiping was not polite at all, and Little Rivers backed away resentfully.

Others in the locker room also heard Ci Shiping's way of speaking, and they frowned slightly. Obviously, this way of speaking did not match the Pelicans.

But Tang Tian couldn't help but smile after listening.

Ci Shiping changed her name, she is getting older, but she is still the same naughty player.

But the way Rivers greeted him just now was really inappropriate.

"Don, do you like rap?"

Just as he was laughing, Ci Shiping put down the earphones on his own initiative, then moved the stool to Tang Tian's side, and asked with a smile.

This Pelicans team, he had known Tang Tian before, last year's playoffs the Lakers and the Spurs played in the Western Conference semifinals, they were opponents.

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