Just after the Grizzlies beat the Mavericks, Nelson directly announced a less surprising news at the post-game press conference, that is, the Mavericks terminated Rodman's contract.

In fact, when Rodman joined the Mavericks, it was a confusing situation. Rodman's personality and Nelson's personality can be said to be completely unrelated. It is really difficult to imagine how the two can get along harmoniously.

Now that Rodman has been fired, although reporters feel that something happened suddenly, they are not too surprised.

Jiang Dongbing didn't pay much attention to this matter. Things like this happen almost every day in the NBA. It's just that Rodman's reputation is relatively big, so some people paid attention to it.

However, the day after the Mavericks press conference, Jiang Dongbing received a call from Rodman's agent, saying that Rodman wanted to join the Grizzlies...

Jiang Dongbing was speechless. Rodman wants to come to the Grizzlies? And the contract is only for $500,000. It seems really incredible.

However, considering the current strength of the Grizzlies, it can be said that it is almost 100% possible to win the championship. Rodman is thinking about joining the Grizzlies and getting a championship ring. This possibility is not impossible.

If he hadn't made a big deal with the Pistons before, Jiang Dongbing might be interested in signing Rodman. After all, the Grizzlies are relatively short of inside players. If they can get Rodman, they can at least improve the team.

The depth of the interior lineup.

You must know that Rodman is not a weakling now. In about ten games with the Mavericks, he was still able to average 14.3 rebounds per game, which is stronger than most rebounders in the league!

It is no exaggeration to say that Rodman's rebounding ability is actually stronger than Ben's now.

Of course, Rodman definitely has no potential left to tap, and Ben is still in an upward phase, and he is more obedient, so Ben is definitely worth more.

Jiang Dongbing thought about it and felt it would be a pity not to sign Rodman, and it would be a waste if he signed him.

After thinking about it, Jiang Dongbing decided to discuss with Stewart. Stewart's opinion is still very useful for a player like Rodman, who has already become famous, whether to join the Grizzlies.

"What? Dennis's agent called you? God, why didn't he call me," Stewart said, breaking down.

As the general manager of the team, when a player wants to join the Grizzlies, the first person he contacts is not the BOSS general manager, which really hurts him.

"Jiang, it's up to you to make the decision on this kind of thing."

"It actually makes no difference to us whether we sign Dennis or not. With Dennis, we can win the championship. Without him, we can still win the championship."

"I guess you may be worried about injuries to the team's inside players, so you want Dennis to join as a guarantee. Once we have an inside player injured, Dennis can step in." Stewart said slowly.

Jiang Dongbing nodded, Jiang was still old and spicy, and that was indeed what he thought.

Now Thorpe's combat power can be said to be 1 out of 10. It means that the Grizzlies only have four inside players: David, Big Ben, Ou and Kirilenko. Even Kirilenko cannot be considered a pure player.

inside line.

Once one of these four people is injured, although it will not greatly damage the Grizzlies' combat effectiveness, it will still be quite troublesome. The playing time of others must be increased, which will easily lead to some injury crises that should not occur.

So if you sign Rodman, if someone gets injured, you can have Rodman step in and make do with it.

"But Dennis is an unstable factor. The whole league knows this. If you sign him, you have to ensure that he will not affect the atmosphere of our team." Stewart reminded again.

A successful veteran like Rodman, even a proud man like Jackson who has won a championship and won the regular season MVP, may not be taken seriously by him. It is not impossible for the two sides to conflict.

Stewart is now worried that the addition of Rodman will affect the harmonious atmosphere of the team. If there is an internal strife that affects the team's championship, it will be too much.

Jiang Dongbing also thought of this, so he hesitated.

"How about this? Why don't we talk to Dennis and let him move around freely? We'll give him a smaller salary. He doesn't need to come to training or play in games. He can just wait for our call at any time."

"Stuart, what do you think?" Jiang Dongbing suddenly asked.

Stewart's cheeks were twitching. What kind of idea was this? If other teams found out, they would probably scold the Grizzlies to death. This would definitely set a very bad precedent.

What kind of thing is it to pay players a salary and then don't need them to participate in training or games?

But Stewart also knows that after Rodman finds out about this, he will definitely be happy and not have to participate in training. This is simply his dream.

"Jiang, if you do this, will it create unbalanced thoughts in the minds of the young players on the team? After all, as far as I know, their training is extremely hard." Stewart frowned and said.

Jiang Dongbing shook his head, "It's impossible. I know my players best. It's absolutely impossible for them to have such an idea."

This is not Jiang Dongbing's blind confidence. His players have all experienced the benefits that training brings to them, so their training attitude is more positive than anyone else. It can be said that the Grizzlies are the team with the most positive training attitude in the entire NBA.

If we really let them go without training, I'm afraid they will definitely find it difficult to accept it.

In their opinion, it is precisely because of Jiang Dongbing's special training that their strength has improved so rapidly. Even if Jiang Dongbing does not give them special training now, but just some ordinary training, they are not willing to miss it.

"Okay, since you think it's okay, then sign it. It doesn't cost much anyway. I think giving him three to four hundred thousand dollars is about the same." Stewart said again.

…

After Jiang Dongbing returned to his office, he directly contacted Rodman's agent and explained his conditions, which was to only give him a $350,000 contract and not require Rodman to participate in training.

Rodman's agent was completely dumbfounded. Is there such a good thing? The reason Rodman couldn't stay with the Lakers and Mavericks was because of training. Rodman was too lazy and unwilling to follow the team strictly.

train.

But now the Grizzlies don't want Rodman to train with the team. Isn't this a good thing?

In the end, the contract was naturally signed. Although the money was a little less, in Rodman's eyes, it was almost as if it was free.

After Jiang Dongbing signed Rodman, he felt a lot more at ease. At least now he no longer has to worry about players' injuries.

There is no need to worry about one player getting injured in the Grizzlies' perimeter lineup, because many players can play multiple positions.

For example, Jackson, Artest, and Peja can all play the second and third positions. If one player is injured, it will have little impact on the Grizzlies' perimeter lineup. The Grizzlies' perimeter starting lineup is still extremely luxurious.

Even if Billups is injured, Jackson can actually play the No. 1 position, and even Ginobili is an excellent candidate to play point guard.
Chapter completed!