Deal, Deal, All Deal!
"I remember that Raja Bale left the 76ers a long time ago. In other words, the management of the 76ers looked down on Raja Bale at all."
Li Muchen took out Raja Bale's contract and found that his contract with the 76ers had expired. He was now a free agent.
"We have to keep this player who will be defending for a while in the future!”
Li Muchen naturally would not let go of such a tough defender.
In addition to Iverson and Raja Bale, Li Muchen also circled a Samuel Dalembort player.
Samuel Dalembort was a very pragmatic blue-collar center. He was not good at offense, but his defensive ability was excellent. He was good at blocking shots and rebounding.
The main reason why Li Muchen kept Samuel Dalembort was to find a substitute and partner for the upcoming Big Yao.
In this life, Li Muchen wouldn't let Big Yao gain weight like crazy, so someone had to help Yao Ming do some dirty work.
"Except for Iverson, Raja Bale, and Samuel Dalembort, the rest can be traded!”
Li Muchen said in a deep voice. In fact, there was still one person in the lineup that Li Muchen did not want to trade, and that was Dikambe Mutumbo, the team's top salaried player.
Mutombo still had the ability, and Mutombo's professional attitude was also very good. If it wasn't for his high salary, Li Muchen definitely wouldn't have traded Mutombo.
But there was no other way. Mutombo's salary was the highest on the team, three million more than Iverson's. With such a high salary, Li Muchen could recruit another superstar.
Cater, isn't McGrady fragrant?
Therefore, it was not that Li Muchen did not want Uncle Mu, but that he was too expensive.
............................
After taking a look at the lineup of the 76ers last season, Li Muchen called the deputy general manager of the 76ers over. Most of the management of the 76ers had been taken away by the previous boss, and only the deputy general manager Moksa was left in the senior management.
"Boss, you were looking for me?"
"I'm now the general manager of the team. Show me the list of free agents this summer.”
"Boss, you're part-time general manager?"
Mokosa was slightly surprised. He did not expect the new boss to personally intervene in the team's operations and management.
"Is there a problem?"
"No, no problem, Boss!”
Moksa shook his head. Soon, he passed a list to Li Muchen.
In the summer of 2002, there were a total of 78 free agents in the NBA, but there were no big fish. The few famous players chose to stay on the team, but Li Muchen did not care. His target was Billups.
Chauncey Billups, the 2004 NBA Finals MVP, would become a free agent this summer.
"Mokosa, get in touch with this player and talk to him. See if he's willing to join our 76ers!”
Li Muchen pointed at Billups and said,""Ask him if he wants to partner with the best shooting guard in the world and become the strongest backcourt in the NBA.”
"Okay, boss. I'll go and contact them and ask about their willingness and price.”
Moksa turned around and was about to leave when Li Muchen stopped him again.
"Don't be in a hurry to leave. I still have many things to do here.”
Li Muchen handed the full name list to Moksa and said with a smile,""Put all the players circled in red on the list on the trading rack and see if anyone chooses to trade with us.
It would be best if he could get some of this year's and next year's draft picks!”
“..........”
Looking at the dense red circles on the list, Moksa was dumbfounded. Was the new boss going to ruin it?
"Boss, are we going to make a mess of this year and then fight for the high school student LeBlanc James?”
Moksa's first reaction was that his boss was going to make a mess of the place this year.
2002 was a small year for the draft, but next year would be a big year for the draft. LeBlanc James, the top high school student in the United States, decided to participate in the draft next year. In order to get LeBlanc James next year, many teams had begun to choose to play badly. Mokosa could understand that the boss had this idea.
"Ruined, Lebrang James?”
A thought-provoking smile appeared on Li Muchen's face, but he did not give Moksa an explanation.
"Mokosa, you go and contact the Rockets first and try to get the Rockets 'draft pick this year. We can pay everything except for Iverson.”
"Other than the Rockets, we can take over any other player who is willing to trade this year's draft picks. If any team is willing to trade next year's draft picks, we will also give it a try.”
"This year's Rockets draft pick?" Moksa nodded. Although he didn't understand why Boss wanted the Rockets 'draft pick this year, as a qualified employee, he just had to do it.
"Right, contact Raja Bale and ask him if he's willing to stay with the Sixers next season.”
"Yes, boss!"
Moksa left, and soon, Raja Bell arrived at Li Muchen's office.
“BOSS！”
Raja Bale was a draft pick. His salary in the 76ers was only 500,000 dollars a year, so Raja Bale did not look for an agent. Instead, he found a lawyer and signed a contract with the 76ers.
After the end of this year's season, Raja Bale immediately sought a new contract with the 76ers, but unfortunately, he was mercilessly rejected by the 76ers.
The 76ers did not want to renew their contract with Raja Bale. Raja Bale could only find another way out. However, before he left Philadelphia, he heard that the 76ers had changed owners.
So Raja Bale came to the Wachovia Central Stadium to join in the fun. He did not expect to be summoned by the boss.
“BOSS！！！”
This year, Raja Bell was already 26 years old. He was five years older than Li Muchen, but in front of Li Muchen, he was extremely shy and cautious.
"Sit!"
Li Muchen pointed at her lightly, and Raja Bell immediately sat on the sofa obediently.
"Have you gotten used to living in Philadelphia for the past two years?”
"I'm used to it. I like Philadelphia very much!”
"It's good to get used to it."
Li Muchen nodded. He did not waste his breath and directly stated his purpose."I hope you can stay with the 76ers and continue to play for them.”
"Your professional attitude is very serious. I admire you very much, so I'm willing to give you a three-year contract worth two million dollars.”
Two million for three years. Li Muchen was not trying to lower the price maliciously. In fact, in the original time and space, Raja Bell's salary for the next three years was not even two million!
Of course, for a player who could play defense for a while in the future, two million in three years could be said to be very, very low. But for Raja Bale at the moment, this was simply great news.
After all, he was only a draft pick who had played in the NBA for less than three years!
"I'm willing to stay in Philadelphia, stay in the 76ers, and fight for the 76ers!”
With Raja Bale's slightly excited words, the two sides finalized the contract.
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