Chapter 389 Contact the Raptors to Seek a Trade

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In the end, Kirilenko's transfer fee was negotiated...

Half a million US dollars is not a lot, but it is a bit more than the official 300,000 US dollars. Kirilenko must have made up for the extra part himself.

This mere $200,000 is nothing to Kirilenko. After all, as a first-round pick, he is guaranteed by a standard contract.

Starting from last season, the rookie contract has been restructured, from the three-year standard to four years.

This is also the result of the labor agreement negotiations. With one more year on the rookie contract, each team in the league can pay a lot less salary to the rookies. This can also be regarded as Stern seeking benefits for the owners of each team.

It may sound strange, why do the bosses still pay less for an extra year of contract? Shouldn't we pay more salary...

This has to take into account the salaries of talented players such as Kobe and Iverson. They can start signing maximum salaries after playing for three years. But now Brand, who entered the league this year, has to play for four years. Signing for maximum salary...

Giving him one less year of maximum salary will naturally save a lot of salary.

As for those players whose strength is not very good, the fourth-year contract is generally a team option. If the team is not satisfied with their strength, they can exercise the team option and fire the newcomer.

For example, Quincy Lewis, who was selected with the 19th overall pick this year, is such an unlucky guy. After executing his three-year rookie contract, the team exercised the team option in the last year, and he could not receive the fourth-year rookie contract salary. , he could only join another team with a basic salary of 200,000...

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Kirilenko's current rookie contract is about US$4.5 million over four years, and he can still easily come up with a transfer fee of only US$200,000.

The club gave him the green light all the way. The Russian Basketball Association and the Chinese Basketball Association are different in nature, and they have no right to prevent Kirilenko from playing in the NBA.

A few years later, Yao Ming was not so lucky...

In fact, not only the Shanghai Men's Basketball Team refused to release him, but the Basketball Association also refused to release him. In the end, the Shanghai Men's Basketball Team was reached, and the Basketball Association went through a lot of twists and turns.

Stern also played an important role in the negotiations, agreeing to a series of conditions from the Basketball Association that seem absurd today...

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Richard was quite satisfied with Kirilenko's negotiation this time.

Compared with Ginobili, it must have taken a lot of trouble, but the result is satisfactory...

Originally, Richard estimated that the other party would ask for a transfer fee of at least one million US dollars, but now it only costs 500,000 US dollars.

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After returning to the United States, Richard directly convened a meeting with his coaching staff to prepare to discuss the lineup for the new season.

"Guys, among the five members of our current starting lineup, two have left the team. Let's talk about how the starting lineup should be arranged for the next season."

Richard asked towards the three assistant coaches.

"Lee, I think Nowitzki should be allowed to try out the starting position. His talent is quite good, especially on the offensive end. I think if he becomes the starter, he can completely make up for the offensive strength brought by Rasheed's departure. Damaged!" Zhang Weiping said.

However, his proposal was immediately opposed by Stevens and Dave Cowens.

"I don't think it's possible. Nowitzki's current defense is still a bit too weak. If he is put into the starting lineup, it will cause shortcomings on the defensive end of our starting lineup..."

"I suggest Nowitzki can be the chief substitute at the forward position!"

Stevens and Cowens both spoke their minds.

"Are other players necessarily better defensively than Nowitzki? I'm afraid not..."

Zhang Weiping still feels that it is more reliable to let Nowitzki be the starting small forward.

Richard waved his hand, "Let me tell you my plan first..."

If these three people were allowed to continue discussing, they would not be able to come up with anything. After all, they were not as clear about the characteristics of these players as Richard.

"I'm going to replace Rashid with Kirilenko!" Richard said with a smile.

The three of them were startled, Kirilenko? !

That new foreigner this year? How is it possible that he can take Rashid's place? !

The three of them had doubts on their faces, but Richard's words were a little too unbelievable.

"This player's defensive strength, with a little training, will be stronger than Rashid, but the offensive end is not as good as Rashid!"

"BOSS, but if this happens, the offensive firepower of our starting lineup will drop too much..."

"Rashid and Kobe are gone, and now we only have Robinson on the outside..."

"If Kirilenko, a player who is not very good at offense, is allowed to start, it will be difficult for us to crush our opponents on the offensive end!"

Stevens frowned.

Richard nodded, Stevens was right...

"Let's do this. Let Kirilenko be the chief inside substitute and Nowitzki be the starting small forward. For now, let's tentatively decide on this. After the regular season starts, we will see the effect and then make adjustments!" Richard Clapper said.

The three assistant coaches nodded, and that was all they could do for now...

The three frontcourt positions have almost been initially arranged, and then comes the backcourt, which is the most troublesome.

All four of them have a headache, mainly because of Kobe's departure, which has a huge impact on the Trail Blazers' backcourt strength.

"Lee, what are we going to do with our starting point guard now? It seems we can only use Jackson to take over!"

Cowens said helplessly that the Trail Blazers lineup is lacking a point guard. Now that Kobe has left again, the only one left who can play point guard is Wu Sheng Jackson.

If he were to play point guard, to be honest, the effect would definitely be far inferior to that of Kobe. If nothing else, his ball-handling ability would not be as good as that of Kobe.

Warrior Saint Jackson is indeed omnipotent, but compared to Kobe, his omnipotence can be said to be omnipotent, and he was crushed by Kobe in almost all aspects.

If the Blazers do not make a trade, the Blazers' starting lineup for the next season will be Ou, Ben, Driver, Robinson, and Wu Sheng!

Of course, Ginobili also has certain organizational skills. It may not be impossible to replace Wu Sheng as the starting point guard...

But at least Richard doesn't have this idea yet. Ginobili still needs to accumulate some game experience. At least in the first half of the next season, Richard is unlikely to let Ginobili start.

He will play as the core of the second team's backcourt and connect the team's offense.

The starting lineup is important, but the second lineup is equally important. Many times, a team wins with its second lineup.

The Spurs also used Ginobili in this way, putting him on the bench...

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If Wu Sheng plays the starting point guard, Richard feels unreliable...

He has a higher chance of losing the ball when he has the ball, which hinders the possibility of him becoming a true point guard.

Wu Sheng has good passing ability, good overall situation and passing vision, but his ball control ability is not very good.

In addition, the next season is Wu Sheng's contract year, Richard actually has the idea of ​​using Wu Sheng to trade with other teams.

Rasheed, Bowen and Kobe were all let go for nothing this time, so Richard naturally felt a great loss.

But there is no way. All three are free agents, and with salary space issues, Richard cannot use them to sign and then trade...

At the moment, Richard feels that it is more cost-effective to trade Wu Sheng. Taking advantage of Wu Sheng's small contract, he can use it to trade some newcomers.

Otherwise, when Wu Sheng's contract expires next year, the Blazers will still have no salary space and will have no choice but to let Wu Sheng go for nothing...

What a pity!

"Which of you is familiar with Butch Carter? I'm going to make a deal with him using Jackson..." Richard said to the three of them.

The three of them were confused, Butch Carter? ! Isn’t that the Raptors head coach...

Use Wu Sheng to trade with the Raptors? Could it be that he wants to trade for Vince Carter of the Raptors? !

It is possible. Carter averaged about 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game last season, with a shooting percentage of 45% and a three-point shooting percentage of less than 30%...

Such data can be said to be quite impressive for a newcomer!

But that doesn't mean Wu Sheng can't get Carter in exchange. In fact, Wu Sheng's performance last season was not much worse than Carter's.

He averaged 11 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists per game, with a takeaway shooting percentage of 47% and a three-point shooting percentage of 36%. This gives Wu Sheng enough shot power, and Wu Sheng will definitely be able to score 18 points.

Carter's defense is good, but Wu Sheng's defense is not bad, and it is no worse than Carter.

Even because of his height and wingspan, Wu Sheng's defense is even stronger than Carter's.

Even if the Raptors feel that they are losing money, it is still very feasible if the Trail Blazers add a little more chips.

"BOSS, do you want to bring in Vince Carter?"

"Not good, Carter has no organizational skills, we now need a qualified ball handler..."

"Carter is good, but we don't need this player!"

The three of them tried to dissuade Richard. The Trail Blazers' current lineup really didn't need Carter at all. If Carter was a player with accurate shooting skills like Ray Allen, it would be a matter of course.

Richard shook his head, "No, not Vince Carter, I want Ron Artest plus Tracy McGrady!"

The three of them were startled, and they became more and more confused as to what Richard wanted to do...

In exchange for two strikers? ! Wouldn’t that mean the Blazers still don’t have a ball handler...

"I remember Butch Carter and Larry Bird were teammates for many years, right? I'll contact Butch Carter first and see what they say..." Richard made the decision.

In fact, Richard is very clear that he wants to exchange Wu Sheng Jackson for Artest and Tracy McGrady. This is unlikely. Even if the Raptors have this trade tendency, Richard will definitely increase chips.

Now Richard just wants to find out what the Raptors are saying.

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At least we have to see if the Raptors are inclined to trade first...