After the award ceremony, the Kings team stayed at the Golden One Center to celebrate with more than 18,000 spectators on the scene. Then they took a bus to Suyang's private manor, drove champagne and danced wildly, and it was not officially over until 8 o'clock in the morning.

After waking up, Cousins ​​and others took Su Yang's plane to Los Angeles, and added Las Vegas to the itinerary.

Su Yang did not go with him, but took Jiang Ruolan on a trip as planned, and spent two weeks on the trip.

Early in the 18th, the office officially resumed.

At eight o'clock, we arrived at the training base and met Hinki directly.

Three of Hinki's assistants also participated, and five of them sat down in the conference room to first understand the potential trends of the players on the team.

"As of 24:00 tomorrow night, the players whose contract expired include DeMarcus Cousins, Larry Nance Jr., Zhou Qi, Brock Lopez, Jeremy Grant, Jeff Green, Zach Lavender, Derek Ross, Gary Payton Jr...."

As Sinki finished speaking, Su Yang raised his eyebrows slightly.

Good guy, there are fifteen players in a team, with up to nine people expiring contracts, and all the contracts for key center positions expire.

"Except for expiration contract..."

Hinki smiled and said, "There is also Brogdon facing an early renewal, and we will have a lot of work in the free market."

Su Yang nodded and signaled to continue.

"For Cousins, we have confirmed the contract renewal. Grant and Lavine are preparing to provide qualification quotations first and then sign and exchange. At present, I am discussing with several teams such as the Knicks. Green, Nance, Ross, Lopez, and Payton, all of them have determined to test the free market, but are willing to negotiate with us first. Of course, they all know that as long as we renew Cousins ​​as promised, the remaining salary space will be very small, so the probability of the five of them staying is relatively low.

As for Zhou Qi, their entire team will unconditionally obey your arrangements, but I hope to have more time to play."

Five left at once, plus seven signs.

The Kings' lineup will change drastically next season, comparable to a brand new team.

Su Yang thought silently, feeling a little disappointed. He thought he could stay a few of the basic salary, but it was normal to think about it again. Green and others were willing to invest in the basic salary, but they just wanted to prove themselves again, and the king also relied on them to win the championship successfully.

The one who lost the most was Daluo. The first round draft pick Javent Green changed it, and it only took half a season and paid tens of millions of taxes.

But Daluo has nothing to say, it was just putting out a fire.

Leaving a basic salary is a favor, and it is normal not to leave a basic salary.

"There are dreams in life, and each one is wonderful..."

Su Yang made a decision in a moment: "I wish them a big contract in the free market and thank them for their contribution."

There is no need to force yourself to stay. The space is small and you have to use it to sign two potential first-round picks. If you want to pay taxes, you can't sign for forced signing.

Hinki nodded and wrote the record. He was not surprised by Su Yang's decision, and asked again: "What should Brogdon do?"

In order to choose Brogden in the second round, Su Yang promised to sign a three-year contract and not sign a four-year rookie contract like Grant. After entering the offseason, Brogden has the qualification to renew his contract in advance and the best rookie title is also worth a lot.

Su Yang thought briefly: "Let's talk about it next year. I hope he doesn't have any complaints and explain to him the importance of space. I want to avoid taxes next season and avoid three luxury taxes within five years, which will trigger super luxury taxes. At the end of next season, the salary cap will rise again. With his performance not bad for a season, of course, it should be pointed out that the salary cap this season has not met expectations."

The original salary cap for the 17-18 season was expected to be $101 million, but it was later reduced by $9 million, which caused the Kings' plan to be frustrated. Cousins ​​was injured in an accident and hurriedly traded Daluo and paid a luxury tax of $10 million, which was quite embarrassing.

What's even more embarrassing is that Curry's big contract will take effect in the new season. Together with Antetokounmpo Cousins, it will directly occupy a salary space of $92.83 million, plus Covington's 15 million, directly reaching the soft upper limit of the salary cap, which is only a little short of paying luxury tax.

With Tatum's rookie contract, he has to renew Cousins ​​in the end, otherwise it would not be enough to sign two potential first-round rookies.

Although the contract renewal will take effect after the end of next season, Su Yang does not want to take too many unexpected risks.

I definitely want to renew Brogdon, but not in advance.

"What should I do with Zhou Qi?" Hinki asked again.

"Considering the market demand and the potential personnel needs of the center position, I must stay. I will talk to his team in person." Su Yang had a headache. He wanted to keep Zhou Qi but did not pay luxury tax. The operation was extremely difficult and he could only give a basic salary.

Honki nodded to show that he understood.

"Then next season, the players we have identified include Curry, Brogden, Finney Smith, Covington, Tatum, Giannis, Cousins ​​and Zhou Qi, plus two potential first-round rookies, a total of ten players and five positions..."

“Priority seeking centers and power forwards…”

Su Yang is quite worried about Cousins' recovery and should not cause injury again during the recovery period. In addition to the reminder of the duration, he must prepare in advance to avoid the embarrassing situation of rushing to find someone again, let alone the risk itself is high after four consecutive championships.

"You can also try to exchange Grant or LaVine for a center, or try to buy out the market players first. For example, in recent days, it is rumored that the Hornets will trade Howard to the Nets, and the Nets will most likely seek to buy out, so we can fight for it..."

While thinking, Su Yang thought of Howard and planned to try to get the basic salary. Howard, who is a prodigal son, is very easy to use.

But the biggest risk is Howard's health, especially the injury on his back, which must be handled with great care.

"Javille McGee is also a target that can be won, and his priority can be higher than Howard..." From Su Yang, McGee is particularly suitable for the Kings. With Antetokounmpo in the interior, it can completely offset McGee's defense and not watching the ball.

Xinki started writing and recording.

Su Yang turned to check out the power forward candidates in the free market.

"Ed Davis can try it, I guess the basic salary won't be negotiated..."

"Nemania? Belicia is very good, the basic salary will definitely not be negotiated..."

"Noah Fonlai has the chance to negotiate the basic salary..."

"Forget it, the substitute for the power forward position, give priority to digging from the draft..."

Checking several power forwards in free agents in a row, Su Yang felt numb. Without salary space, he had no priority. It would be difficult for the Kings to make up 4 million space off the offseason. I can only say that the NBA rules are set to avoid strong teams dominating the list for a long time.

"Can the point guard substitute fight for Rajon? Rondo?" Hinki asked with the opportunity, and seemed particularly optimistic about Rondo.

Su Yang couldn't refuse, not because he was underestimating Rondo's shooting ability, but because Rondo liked the whole team to play tactics according to his command. Although it would change due to different teams, he didn't want to have potential troubles, so don't make Carlisle's embarrassment.

But when he thought that the king had no space and Rondo had the chance to accept the basic salary offer, Su Yang nodded immediately to agree.

There is no way, one point of space stumps the head coach for four consecutive championships, and the rules are there, except for basketball reasons, and they must be followed.

Hinki suggested that he could talk to Jamal Crawford, but Su Yang did not veto it, anyway, it was just a talk.

During the discussion, the time came to 9:30 and the rest was paused.

Su Yang opened his mobile phone to browse the news and suddenly found Woj's revelation, saying that Paul had given up renewing his contract with the Rockets and locked his next company between the Spurs and the Lakers. The Spurs are currently leading the way. If it is reached, it will be another team of Big Three.

"Come on, the Big Three is interesting..."
Chapter completed!