"I will now announce a trade. The Los Angeles Clippers will trade Divas to the Charlotte Hornets for Kobe Bryant.”Stern announced the trade applications that the two teams had just submitted to the Alliance.
" The Los Angeles team must be crazy. An All-Star center for a high school student..."
" The Hornets made a killing. They got an All-Star for a lottery draw..."
" The Laker just changed owners, and now they're doing this. It's the boss 'blind manipulation again..."
“……”
The reporters 'seats below the stage instantly exploded. A group of reporters were whispering to each other about the deal that had just happened.
"Hello, this is Jerry West.”West picked up the phone in the Laker office." You want to trade Kobe?”West looked up at Xiao Yang and smiled." It's Angie.”
Xiao Yang shrugged and signaled West to handle it himself. "Haha, sorry, Danny. Kobe is not for sale now. Our new boss really likes Kobe.”"Yes, yes. I'm sorry. Let's talk again next time. That's it." West hung up the phone with a smile.
"The old bishop was anxious. He didn't expect the Laker to intercept him.”West was very pleased with himself. It wasn't every day that a red robe would be so impatient.
"I'm counting on Kobe to sell me tickets for 20 years.”Xiao Yang spread his hands. He knew Kobe's commercial value very well. He had a gorgeous style, a handsome face, and was a shooting guard. Even his height was the same as Jordan's. He was the perfect successor to Jordan. If not for the incident in 2004, Kobe would have been the face of the NBA for 20 years. Thinking of this, Xiao Yang reminded himself that he could not let Kobe fail again in 2004.
The next draft was no different from the past. The Los Angeles team still chose Derek Fisher with their draft pick at the 24th pick. Originally, Xiao Yang was going to pick Ben Wallace, but considering that Ben Ben was a draft pick in the past, he would sign him later.
Fisher was a good player. He was strong, had a steady style, and had good shooting ability. He was also a rare big heart who was good at shooting key shots. He was the future blessing of the Los Angeles Clippers and had won five championships with Kobe. The disadvantage was that they were too slow and could easily be attacked by fast players.
He remembered that Iverson had turned him into a sieve in the finals, but against a BUG like Iverson, no one would be able to do anything. Xiao Yang thought about it for a moment and decided to let West sign Xiaoyu with the 24th pick.
"The draft has come to an end. In the following days, we have to focus on signing free agents.”Xiao Yang turned his head and said to West.
" Yeah, there are a lot of big fish in the free agent market this year. Jordan, Shaq, Mourning, Mutumbo, Juwan Howard, Alan Houston, and so on." West's attitude towards his work was definitely professional. He clearly listed out a series of big names from his mouth.
"There are many teams with salary space, but for big players, other than salary, they also value the market value of the city where the team is located.”West spread his hands." Fortunately, Los Angeles is a big city, and there's still space. Unfortunately, New York is bigger than Los Angeles, and there's still space.”
"You mean the Knicks want to sign Shaq? Don't they have You Yin?" Xiao Yang's eyebrows twitched. There was such a thing? In the past, he really didn't know about these things. He only knew that the Los Angeles Clippers signed the Sharks in 1996.
"Shark, who doesn't want a 25-year-old super center? Although Patrick is one of the four big centers, he's old. But as far as I know, New York wants to sign Jordan more. They want to form a super combination of Jordan and Ewing.”West had been in the Alliance for so long and had his own intelligence network.
"In other words, sharks are New York's second choice?”Xiao Yang was relieved. He knew that Shark would not let him be the second choice, even if the person in front of him was Flying Man.
"So we just have to give Shark enough respect and believe that he will make the right choice.”West said confidently.
In the few days after the draft ended, the Los Angeles Clippers made all the necessary preparations to take down Shaquille O'Neal when the free agent market opened. Yes, even Jordan was not in Xiao Yang and West's plans. Their plan A from the beginning to the end was O'Neal.
On July 1st, the free agent market opened. All the teams with salary space and checkbooks were waving at the big names.
The first to be signed was Alonzo Mourning. This tough guy was O'Neal's second-place player in the same year and was also an excellent number five player. Mourning chose to renew his seven-year,$105 million contract with the Miami Heat as soon as the market opened.
Mourning's contract shocked the entire league. It was a contract worth hundreds of millions. This was only in 1996. Other than John Johnson, who signed with the Hornets in 1991 for a 12-year contract worth 110 million dollars, it was only the second hundred million dollar contract that appeared in the NBA after five years.
However, while everyone was still shocked by Mo Ning's contract, the second one was revealed. Juwan Howard, who had just finished his third year as a rookie, was announced by the Boston Bullets to renew his seven-year,$105 million contract.
Mo Ning wanted to spit out a mouthful of blood after he found out. Damn it, I signed too early. West was dumbfounded by the crazy free agent market. What was going on? Did the dollar depreciate? Even Juwan Howard and Mourning had signed hundreds of millions of contracts. For Mourning's fellow player, Sharks, who was stronger than Mourning, it was obvious that his price could only be higher than Mourning's.
West obviously didn't expect the market to be so hyped up. After sending Divacs away, the Clippers could only offer a seven-year,$98 million offer, which obviously didn't catch Shark's eye.
West felt as if he was going to buy an iPhone with the money he had painstakingly collected, only to find that the price of the iPhone on the market had been inflated by scalpers. He was simply forcing a dog.
The only thing he could do now was to give up, or hurry home and sell everything he had to save up. Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to buy a second-hand iPhone, let alone a high-priced one.
Xiao Yang was quite open-minded. He didn't know how West did it, but he knew that the result was that the Los Angeles Clippers signed Shaq in the end. Knowing the outcome, he was in the mood to comfort West, lest the old man's depression hurt his health.
Only after spending some time with him did he realize that the old man was a treasure. He was not like Xiao Yang, who had transmigrated back in time. He could defeat most of the Alliance's management with his own experience and ability. He did not know how the future Baz family would be willing to let the old man go.
Anyway, Xiao Yang had decided that as long as the old man was willing, he would let him work in the Laker until he retired.
In the past, a big-name player like Shaq would have decided which team to sign with long ago. Fortunately, this year's Shaq joined the Dream Three team and was temporarily busy. This indirectly bought time for the Lakers.
And although teams like the Hawks had a lot of salary space, everyone knew that Shaq would either stay in Orlando or sign with a big city. Therefore, the teams in the small cities did not approach O'Neal at all, lest they were snubbed.
On the other hand, the Clippers desperately wanted to trade space, the Knicks wanted to sign Jordan first, and O'Neal was only their second choice. The Orlando Magic's attitude was intriguing. They had the space to give O'Neal a big contract, but they were worried that Hardaway would be unhappy if they gave O'Neal a big contract. Therefore, they decided to wait and see the offers from other teams before matching them. Perhaps they could save some money.
At this moment, O'Neal's heart was breaking down. He was supposed to be the most sought-after player in the free agent market this year, but no one cared about him now.
At this moment, the Orlando Magic stabbed a knife into O'Neal's heart. They did a poll in Orlando's local newspaper. Whether O'Neal was worth a hundred-million-yuan contract or not, more than 90% of the interviewees said it was not worth it.
O'Neill, who was still training in Team Dream Three, immediately said that as long as the offer was reasonable, he would immediately sign the contract.
At this time, the situation of the Los Angeles Clippers was a bit awkward. They still did not have the space to make a billion yuan contract. At this time, as long as the Knicks offered a billion yuan contract, O'Neal would probably sign in New York immediately.
Xiao Yang couldn't sit still anymore. What the hell? Did I affect the course of history? I didn't do anything. Don't let Shark really sign with New York.
The Knicks could not hold back anymore. F * ck, they could get Shark just by making a bid. Jordan was not even in the picture. Should they eat the food that was delivered to their mouths first?
Just as Xiao Yang was wondering if he had influenced the course of history, the wheel of history proved to him that his progress was not something that a mere transmigrator could influence.
Jordan was helping the Los Angeles team. It turned out that the previous contract extension negotiations between the Flyers and the Bulls were on the verge of collapse. The Flyers now not only wanted to be a player, but also wanted to interfere in the management's matters. The Bulls 'management only wanted Jordan to play well and not complain about the management's matters.
Jordan signaled his agent to contact New York and put pressure on the Bulls. New York was about to offer O'Neal an offer, but the goddess expressed it to him. He immediately withdrew his offer to the Sharks and continued to negotiate with Jordan.
West could no longer sit still. He gritted his teeth. In order to make room, he traded the best sixth player of the Los Angeles team, Anthony Pillar, and Lin Qiaotu, for salary space. The first thing the Los Angeles team did was make an offer to O'Neal.
A seven-year, 121 million contract was placed in front of O'Neal with great sincerity. The ecstatic O'Neal immediately signed the biggest contract in history.
Los Angeles, the Sharks are here!!
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