574 Zhou Si's plan! The light bulb combination is online!
"us……
No."
Manager Max said with some frustration.
Apart from Zhou Si who just traded, their players are only Boyan Bogdanovic, Spencertin Widdy and Justin Hamilton.
By the way, there are also newly signed rookies Jarret Allen and Kuzma.
Yes, you read that right, it's the handsome and capable Kuzma!
In fact, he was selected by the Nets in his previous life, but he was later traded to the Lakers.
With Zhou Si here now, the Nets will naturally not let him go.
Back to the topic, except Zhou Si, the annual salary of the other five is 10 million, 1.52 million, 1 million, 1.71 million and 1.42 million, which together does not even have 16 million...
How to exchange for an expensive cannon worth 24.6 million?
Moreover, the most expensive and most traded among them, Boyang, was not traded to the Trail Blazers because he was injured and could not pass the physical examination.
Otherwise, the Trail Blazers would definitely take him over, and they would be even more miserable now.
"So, Manager Max, how are you preparing the various teams you prepared for selling the players' information?"
Max was stunned for a moment, took out the information from his bag and handed it over.
“You want to make gold from the list of players put on the shelves?
Let’s not talk about how many garbage contracts there are. As you said just now, we have no bargaining chips at all.”
Max spread his hands.
Now the team has a total of six players. In addition to Zhou Si, Bo Yang has trading value, but it is not very high.
Boyang has average defense, and is characterized by being able to shoot three points, but not particularly accurate.
As for the other four people, the transaction value is limited.
Dinwiddie and Justin Hamilton are both players who need to compete for rotation time.
Jarret Allen and Kuzma are two new recruits, and they are both low-coupled rookies after the 20th pick.
If they really have the potential, they wouldn't have fallen to the point where the Nets would be.
Zhou Si definitely can't trade. Others have no trading value, and they don't even have draft picks. How can they play?
Zhou Si smiled slightly. The team was hollowed out, but in fact, there are also benefits of the team being hollowed out!
Including his annual salary of 34.56 million next season, the Nets' current total salary is only over 50 million.
According to the latest official news, the salary cap of the 2017-2018 season is $99 million, and there will be a luxury tax for more than $119 million.
So they still have 50 million to 70 million room to squander.
"Take the Raptors' Carroll with Justin Hamilton."
Zhou Si pointed to Carol on the Raptors' shelf list and said to Manager Max.
“Carol?
Zhou, maybe you don’t know, this is a garbage contract.
Carol still has a contract of $30 million for two years, but he could only score 8 points and 3 rebounds last season, and this was what he got when he played for 27 minutes."
After Manager Max finished speaking, Zhou Si said with a smile.
"I saw what you said, and I also knew that Justin Hamilton could score 7 points and 4 rebounds in just 18 minutes.
Although Justin Hamilton is good at efficiency, his defensive end is really bad.
Moreover, all I want is to eat the garbage contract.”
"So, your goal is..."
Manager Max's brain was running rapidly, his eyes slowly lit up, and then he looked at Zhou Si and smiled, and said in unison,
"Pick!"
"Yes, we can eat Carol's junk contract, but we need the Raptors' first-round pick next year and the year after!"
Max recorded it quickly in his notebook, then nodded and said,
"For the Raptors, after completing this deal, they can clear nearly $30 million in cap space in the next two seasons.
I believe that even if the first-round picks in two years cannot be won, there will be no problem with the first-round and second-round picks next year.
Moreover, since our team's current total salary is under the salary cap, we can directly take over Carol's contract if the transaction salary is not equal.
Zhou, you are such a genius!”
Max became more and more excited as he spoke, and then asked,
"So, are we going to play a bad game for a year, and we will compete for the championship next year or the next year?"
Zhou Si smiled slightly,
"No, let alone Carol's fuel tank, we can do a lot of articles just with the Raptors draft picks.
Next, you can also try to see if you can trade these players.”
As he said that, Zhou Si drew some circles on the list of several players.
Manager Max frowned,
"There are a few of them here that are not good."
Zhou Si smiled confidently,
"Just ask the quotation, I have my own way to solve the problem in the locker room."
...
"Hey, CJ, didn't you say you wanted to play with me before?
Interested in New York?"
“Fake!
Zhou, I knew you wouldn't forget me. Do you know that I almost couldn't stand my agent?!
Damn it, give me your address quickly, I can't wait to see you!"
CJ McCollum has been playing as a substitute after joining the Warriors. Even if his strength reaches the start, he rarely has the chance to start.
There is no way, Curry and Thompson can't compete with either.
This made him in a very awkward situation.
Moreover, although CJ wanted to stay with the Warriors, the Warriors did not submit luxury tax for two years but stopped in the Western Conference Finals year after year. The boss had objections. After signing a big contract with Curry again, their salary cap was already full.
CJ's agent wants him to find a maximum salary in the free market.
However, although many teams are optimistic about CJ's ability, considering his defense, they are still full of doubts about giving CJ a maximum salary.
This is why other 13-time rookies renewed their contracts and traded transactions, and CJ has not completed the signing yet.
Previously, when Zhou Si was about to go to the Nets, CJ, who could not make the call from Zhou Si, sent a text message to express his desire to play together.
Zhou Si still recognizes CJ's strength.
Although it is difficult to become a superstar or even a super giant due to the problem of potential, it is still okay to become an All-Star player.
After calling CJ McCollum, Zhou Si continued to flip through his address book. When he saw a name and thought about the free agent list provided by Manager Max today, Zhou Si called directly over with a phone call.
"Hey Andre, is there any oil in your tank?"
...
On the 8th, WOJ continued to leak the news.
"Paul was traded to the Rockets by the Clippers, in exchange for 6 players + first round picks in 2018 + cash!"
The light bulb combination is about to be launched!
"Butler was traded to the Clippers, and the Clippers welcomed a new captain?!"
"Westbrook chose to renew his contract with Thunder and Pickled Pepper, and Thunder officially entered the dual-core era!"
"The Trail Blazers renew Oladipo and exchange Lopez for Plumley from the Raptors!"
"Lorry renewed the Raptors' contract for 100 million yuan in three years!"
As Zhou Si announced his next home, other teams and superstars also quickly made their own choices.
Amid the fans' exclamations, the Nets' news was also exposed by WOJ.
The Nets and the Raptors reached a deal, and the Raptors traded forward Demare Carroll (annual salary of $15 million) + 2018 first-round draft pick + 2018 second-round draft pick to the Nets, and exchanged for Justin Hamilton (annual salary of $1 million)!
Chapter completed!