Across the Kings team:

With Danny Russell's overall talent, we can't expect him to become a star, or even a main player. Because his height is the biggest flaw.

But with his speed, it is still very promising to become a qualified rotation player.

Rose is old and often injured.

Next season, the team will have only Mane as a point guard for a long time.

If this guy can grow up quickly, he will become Mane's substitute.

Coupled with Rose, the team has no shortage of point guards.

At the same time, they also admire Wang Yi's vision.

“I really don’t know where Wang Yi hired such a guy.”

"If he can gain a little more weight, work on details such as dribbling and passing, and go through systematic training, he is likely to achieve unexpected results."

Next, Wang Yi asked Coco to be responsible for formulating a complete training plan for this guy.

The team's current trainers are all idle during the offseason, so the team sent two trainers to monitor his training plan.

It's obvious that the team values ​​him very much.

The team values ​​him so much, partly because of his talent, but mostly because he was personally recommended by Wang Yi.

In order to win over Wang Yi, the team naturally has to pay more attention to him.

Little Danny understands this too.

Therefore, he trains very hard, and often does extra training himself in addition to the training plan tasks.

He cannot let Ross down, nor can he let Wang Yi down.

Let’s not let the king become a joke.

…

In fact, in the past few days, the Kings have become a joke throughout the league.

From the managers of other teams, to their players, to reporters, and finally to the fans of each team, everyone is laughing at the Kings' draft this year.

Although there are examples in NBA history of small men being able to perform miraculous effects.

But it is extremely rare for someone under 1.8 meters to gain a foothold in the NBA.

There are only a handful of people under 1.8 meters who want to achieve success in the NBA.

Everyone laughed at the Kings for drafting a dwarf and drafting a midget.

Only the Kings themselves remained silent.

While those teams were mocking the Kings, they were looking forward to another player on the Kings team.

They expressed their goodwill to Wang Yi one after another.

Although July 1 has not yet passed, according to the rules, they cannot contact Wang Yi.

But some teams have already released news that they are forming luxurious lobbying groups.

For example, the Heat have formed a lobbying group led by Wade, general manager Pat Riley and head coach Spoelstra, and plan to come to Sacramento on July 1.

The Nets formed a lobbying group headed by Durant and their Chinese owner Tsai Chongxin.

The Lakers' Jeanie Buss, Magic Johnson, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar have also stated many times that they will personally lobby Wang Yi.

The Rockets have a big dream in Olajuwon;

The 76ers have Harden, Embiid...

In view of this, many media predict that this year the league will have another trend of "Where is Wang Yi going?"

This will be the biggest drama of the summer.

NBA commissioner David Silver is also happy to see this.

During the nearly four months of the offseason, there will be no NBA games, and attention will be greatly reduced.

If Wang Yi delays in deciding which team to sign with, the entire league will stage a drama about where Wang Yi will go, which will attract a lot of attention.

Just like in the past, wherever Leonard goes, LeBron goes, Durant goes, Anthony goes.

However, Xiao Hua didn't know.

In fact, on June 27, the Kings’ owner, general manager, and several other relevant personnel met with Wang Yi.

That's the advantage of the Kings.

They are Wang Yi's home team and can meet with Wang Yi before July 1, while other teams have to wait until after July 1.

During this meeting, the Kings showed their absolute sincerity to Wang Yi.

King boss Ranadive said: "Wang, the bosses of the previous 30 teams have unanimously agreed that your salary next season will not be included in the team's total salary, which means that your salary will not be included in the total salary of the team.

cap and luxury tax impact.”

"You can ask for as much as you want. As long as you want it, we will give it to you."

"We very much hope that you can continue to stay with the king, so you can ask, but I will never counter-offer."

Wang Yi looked at his boss Ranadive.

Another glance at manager Divac.

Finally, he smiled and said the words he had already thought about before his comeback two months ago: "I ask for 100 million a year."

As soon as Wang Yi said this, those present could not help but take a breath of cold air.

The general manager and several members of the team's management couldn't help but say this in their minds:

"It's faster to rob a bank, why don't you rob a bank!?"

Three years ago, when Wang Yi retired, the United States encountered an economic crisis. In the past two years, the U.S. economy has been in recession, and the NBA has been even more depressed.

The prices of various sponsorships and broadcasts have been shattered.

Before Wang Yi retired, top-paid players could receive more than 70 million U.S. dollars, and Wang Yi received more than 80 million U.S. dollars at that time.

But that was before.

After he retired, the NBA could no longer make money, so the salaries of the stars were naturally reduced.

NBA resets salary cap.

Each team's salary cap is only $95 million.

Those top-paid players can only get 30 million U.S. dollars, and most stars earn less than 30 million U.S. dollars. Now Wang Yi is asking for 100 million U.S. dollars.

In other words, the salary he demands is more than all the other players on the team combined.

In the seasons since he retired, the Kings' annual net profit was only more than $20 million.

This is because of the support of those old fans.

Of the other 29 teams in the league, only a few big-city teams such as the Lakers, Warriors, and Knicks have made profits in the past three years, and a few teams have evened their revenues.

The other twenty-two teams all lost money.

Under this background, Wang Yi asked for 100 million U.S. dollars as soon as he opened his mouth. Isn't this a lion's mouth?

But what surprised these managers even more was that the boss Ranade did not hesitate for a moment:

"I agree!"

Everyone couldn't help but turn to look at the boss.

These two people really dare to make an offer and the other dare to follow up.

But they soon understood.

First of all, with Wang Yi's current worth, no matter which team he goes to, that team will immediately become the top team in the league.

I will definitely make a lot of money next season.

In the few seasons before Wang Yi retired, the Kings' net profit could reach about US$600 million, which was already the top in the league.

If Wang Yi signs a contract with the Kings this season, not to mention the net profit of 600 million, even if it is only 200 million, then if Wang Yi takes 100 million, the Kings will still make 100 million in profit.

And which team Wang Yi goes to may very well mean that this team will be the championship next season.

The profit bonus brought by the championship is much greater than people imagine.

Besides, the boss Ranadev’s main business is IT.

The team is just his side job.

Even if the team loses money, he can definitely afford to pay Wang Yi.

What the managers of these teams don't know is that the bosses have another layer of consideration.

That is, if Wang Yi stays with the Kings, he will be more likely to have a relationship with the forces behind Wang Yi.


Chapter completed!