Chapter 217 216: A silent farewell to the free market(1/3)
Chapter 217 216: Silent farewell, the free market turned into a mess
As soon as Shay's car arrived at the door of his house, he saw Barkley sitting on the doorstep.
In his hand, he also held a bronze trophy.
The regular season MVP trophy in the 1993-94 season.
Seeing Shay get out of the car, Barkley stood up, and then glanced at the AI next to Shay:
"Don't tell me, you two really don't have any affection for each other."
Shay ignored Barkley and opened the door.
Flying Pig walked as casually as if he had entered his own home. After entering, he went straight to the refrigerator. However, after opening the refrigerator door, he shook his head in disappointment:
"When Bellucci returned to Europe, the only milk and eggs in your refrigerator were milk and eggs.
Why don't you prepare some fruit plate?
Really, for a person like you who cannot take care of himself, whoever lives with you will be unlucky.
Whoever becomes your teammate will be unlucky."
Shay sat on the sofa and took off his watch, not paying much attention to Barkley's weirdness.
After all, he's been under Barkley's bad taste all season:
"Okay Charles, if you fart, hurry up."
Barkley slammed the refrigerator door shut, and then placed the MVP trophy in his hand on the coffee table in the living room with a bang:
"Give it back to you, I don't care! It's okay!"
After Barkley finished speaking, he was about to walk to the door, but Shay stopped him:
"I just heard Jerry say, you don't plan to renew your contract? What the hell do you want to do? Do you think your career has been too successful?"
"Yes, it was a damn success.
I, an old pig, was busy working on the team’s two consecutive championships, but all the honors were taken away by one person.
Not only are you honored, but you also don’t earn as much money as others!”
Barkley gets angry when he mentions this. In fact, although he had an unpleasant incident with Shay last season, Barkley felt that he could endure it no longer for the sake of the championship.
But the price at which the Lakers renewed his contract made Fliggy completely angry.
Before the end of the season, the Lakers repeatedly approached Barkley to discuss an early contract extension.
But the two parties have been unable to agree on the price.
The Lakers are willing to increase their salary from 8 million last season to 10 million a year.
But other teams offered Barkley between 1,500 and 1,800!
Due to the increase in the salary cap, annual salaries in the NBA will officially enter the era of tens of millions.
The Lakers have Barkley's bird rights, which means that the Lakers can completely extend Barkley's contract without any restrictions on the rules.
Although the team lost in the Western Conference Finals last season, it still won two consecutive championships. So in Barkley's view, he is still very valuable.
Fliggy’s requirement is that as much as other families pay, your Bass family must also pay.
Logo said he would consider it, but after thinking about it for a long time, when he called today, his offer was still 10 million.
Not a penny more!
This completely pissed off Barkley.
He asked Logo at that time: "Are you only going to give Shay 10 million?"
Logo was silent for a long time, then slowly replied: "You know Charles, we can't make Shay unhappy."
If I had to choose one, I would definitely choose the younger Shay for the logo.
Unless there are any special hobbies, it is a man's instinctive choice to choose someone younger.
Feizhu almost burst his hemorrhoids at that time, so he told Logo that he would definitely not renew his contract!
In Barkley's view, his team's status does not surpass Shay's, but at least it is equal.
As a result, after the two sides had a bad time last season, the team favored Shea.
To renew his contract this summer, Shea's priority is also higher than Barkley's.
In addition, he failed to win MVP and FMVP for two consecutive years.
All these factors combined allowed Fliggy to recognize the fact that the Lakers are Shay's team.
No matter how much others have done for this team, no matter how many championships they have won, they are just Shea's second-in-command.
Have you ever seen Pippen and Jordan competing for MVP?
Flying Pig is not Pippen, he is not willing to just be someone else's second fiddle.
In the original history, the guy who didn't win a championship was willing to be someone else's deputy, and was even willing to take a pay cut.
But now this Flying Pig, who holds two crowns, will definitely not be willing to humble himself for the sake of the championship.
As the saying goes, people's desires will always increase step by step.
Therefore, when Shay brought up the issue of contract renewal, Barkley was even more angry:
"Fuck you Shay, stop sarcastic.
Without me, your career wouldn't be as successful!
When I was famous, you were nothing!
Yes, I just won’t renew the contract.
What? Are you panicking?
Do you know I'm important now?
Too late!
Without you, I can still win the championship and MVP!
And when we all retire, Shay, I promise.
I must have more championship rings than you!"
After saying that, the flying pig smashed the door and came out.
Shay clenched his fists and sat on the sofa, staring at the MVP trophy that Barkley brought back.
Then he suddenly stood up and smashed the trophy to the ground with all his strength. The small copper on the trophy and the base of the trophy were all smashed apart.
Iverson watched the old couple arguing and stood aside awkwardly.
I.
Did it come at the wrong time?
After that, I don’t know if Barkley’s agent deliberately spread the news.
Logo's talks with Feizhu broke down in the morning, and in the afternoon sports news on TV began to frequently report the news that Barkley would not renew his contract with the Lakers.
Buckley's move is equivalent to a lonely young woman texting netizens: My husband is on a business trip, come quickly!
Feizhu is telling the world that I am now free.
If you have ideas, hurry up and make a quote, don’t hesitate!
And before Barkley left, the madman had already left.
The madman, who is not satisfied with being a role player in the Lakers, has confirmed that he will sign a four-year contract worth 32 million with the Warriors.
The Warriors are very determined to win over the Madmen this summer and are very willing to pay the price.
There is no way, who let the No. 1 pick they traded for only play for one year and then run away? This team is in desperate need of a new arrowhead.
The Warriors paid a huge price to trade for Webber, and Nelson also liked Webber, a big man who could make sudden passes.
When the contract was signed, the Warriors gave Webb a player option for the second year.
But this player option, the Warriors think, is just to make Webber happy.
How could Webber opt out of his contract in the second year?
Then, Webber showed the Warriors that anything is possible.
Because of a bad relationship with coaches and management, Webber is really threatening to use his player option in the second year of his career.
In the end, in order not to lose Webber in vain, the Warriors had no choice but to trade him to the Bullets.
This also caused the Warriors, who had finally improved, to sink again.
So now, the Warriors, who are severely weakened, are recruiting players from all over the place.
After Nelson stepped down and Adelman coached the Warriors, the Warriors no longer had a superstitious belief in the so-called point forward.
As for Adelman, what he likes most is an all-around forward who can attack and defend.
To be continued...