Bishop of the Devil

Although the deal is finalized, neither party has announced the news because the door to the trading market has not yet opened.

It is conceivable that once this news is announced, it will definitely cause a huge sensation in the alliance.

A dynasty master, only got a draft pick in the first round, Richard was definitely a warm act.

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After Rondo's affairs were resolved, Richard contacted Marion again to see what Marion's plan was now.

Richard can provide Marion with a contract, but the contract amount will not be very high, probably about 30 million US dollars in five years.

Such a contract is undoubtedly too low for Marion at the moment, with an average annual salary of only six million dollars.

However, the actual value of Marion is not much higher. Under normal circumstances, Marion signed a five-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks for $39 million this offseason, with an average annual salary of less than eight million.

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"This..." Marion hesitated after hearing Richard's offer to himself...

He knows his situation very well. Although he is no longer at the peak, his strength is not the kind of player who is not on the table. In most of today's teams, he is qualified to play the role of a three-headed or even a second-handed.

In the past five years, 30 million US dollars is really a bit low...

Just this season, Marion won the championship with the Pirates, and he also has a ring on hand, so he does not have much desire for the championship next.

Seeing Marion not speaking, Richard also guessed Marion's meaning.

"It's better to give you three days to consider, if we can accept it, we will renew the contract as soon as possible." Richard said with a smile.

Marion nodded and left Richard's office.

Richard knew that Marion's contract renewal was basically gone...

At present, countless teams in the league are rushing to grab Granger, and those teams that can't grab Granger may be looking at Marion, such as the Dallas Mavericks.

Marion does not lose Granger on defense, the price is much cheaper, is the best puzzle to win the championship lineup, there are still many teams interested in Marion.

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Since Marion could not be renewed, Richard did not force it.

Originally Richard was preparing Marion to replace Durant. Now Marion is gone and he can only start training Batum.

Batum has also been joining the Pirates for some time. Although he hasn't got many opportunities to debut, it doesn't mean that he hasn't grown. The daily team trains him to train with a bunch of top stars. The effect is still good.

His upper limit for growth will not be too high, but the lower limit will not be too low. At least the immediate combat strength is still okay, probably with the Granger level of the rookie season.

That's pretty good, even in a team like the Pirates, it's more than enough to play a substitute.

Of course, this is also Richard's helpless move. If Marion is willing to sign a contract with a five-year 30 million dollar contract, Richard must still prefer Marion.

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Three days later, Marion gave his answer, he was about to join the Mavericks.

The reason is quite simple, the Mavericks gave a price of 40 million US dollars for 5 years...

It is difficult for Marion to refuse the extra contract value of 10 million US dollars.

Richard did not say much, and blessed Marion. After all, Marion's choice could not be said to be wrong.

It’s not wrong to think about making more money.

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Rondo was gone, Marion was gone, Richard took a sigh of relief, and Granger and Oden were next.

But now Richard has no time to think about Granger and Oden because the draft is about to start.

This year's draft is less important than the Pirates, because Richard has a lot of picks.

Before Richard had a deal with Thunder boss McLendon, he replaced the Thunder's first round of signing with the fifth pick in 2008...

Under normal circumstances, the Thunder's draft pick this year is the draft pick. They used this third pick to choose James Harden.

When the deal was concluded, there was a condition that the Thunder should be put in a fight to get a higher draft pick.

McLendon must have followed suit. Their record this season is the third-lowest in the league, and they have successfully fulfilled the conditions for completing Richard.

At the lottery, their penultimate result won a lottery draw, which was not bad.

At least Richard was quite satisfied.

This third pick, Richard must still be used to pick Harden. This season's rookie has the highest future achievement in addition to Curry, Harden.

Curry participated in the 2008 draft ahead of schedule, so the best player this time is Harden, it is strange that Richard does not choose.

Of course, Griffin is certainly not bad, but this product is recognized as the No. 1 pick.

Moreover, Griffin is a bit of a glass man. The scary thing is that his glass man attribute will still be selected. The regular season is good. Once the playoffs are injured...

Therefore, the choice of Harden for this third pick is already a matter of course.

In addition to this third pick, Richard actually has a fairly high draft pick on hand.

That's a fifth pick for the Timberwolves!

This draft pick was also obtained when Richard made a deal with the Timberwolves a few years ago.

There was no doubt that Harden was drafted on the third, and who picked Richard No. on the fifth was entangled.

If Curry participated in the draft this year, Richard would definitely choose Curry, but now Curry has already got it.

Richard glanced at this year's draft prediction list and finally decided to choose DeRozan.

DeRozan is the player of West Lafayette, followed by the fact that there are really no players better than DeRozan.

There are actually a lot of reliable players, such as Zhu Holiday, Ty Lawson, Jeff Teague, Darren Collison, all of which are all-star or quasi-all-star levels.

The next ones are Jennings, Casspi, Gibson and Carol.

This is the first round of the players, Richard thinks it is better to choose DeRozan.

Not to mention, Popovich is willing to coach DeRozan, and choosing DeRozan will certainly not be wrong.

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As one of the trash brothers, Richard feels that DeRozan is not as unbearable as the fans say. At least in the first year of joining the Spurs, he can help Popovich kill the second West Nuggets as the seventh in the West. This is already a remarkable achievement.

Hei Ba is a miracle, even if Hei Qi almost means, it won't be much...

(Hopefully, this is not poisonous milk. If there is no Black Seven, Spurs fans will not beat me.)

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On the contrary, the nickname Brothers of Garbage is actually nothing wrong, then the problem is coming, DeRozan is not garbage, the real garbage is...

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In addition to these two high draft picks, Richard also has two team picks on hand, one in the first round and one in the second round.

In the first round of the 30th pick, Richard was ready to choose Emperor Amadani Green.

Of course, if you choose Beverly, it's actually not impossible. After all, this product can be used against Durant in the playoffs, although the means is uglier.

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As for the 30th pick in the second round, the value of this pick is almost negligible, that is, it is used to select some of the more well-known drafts.

Coincidentally, Richard really was impressed by the fact that there was a pretty good draft pick this year.

Wesley Matthews, who is also a player who can score more than 16+ points in the peak season, has a good three-point ability. The second round of 30 in this hand is suitable for selection.

The day before he went to New York to participate in the draft, Richard dealt with Kwame Brown's contract.

Naturally, he did not choose to renew the contract. Although Jordan was a little bit reluctant, he could only hold it in his heart.

Because a team has awarded Kwame Brown with a two-year ten-million-dollar contract, Jordan must give a similar contract if he wants to leave Kwame Brown...

This is obviously impossible, to know that players like Marion ~ www.readwn.com ~ Richard only gave a six million US dollars quotation, why Kwame Brown can get five million in the Pirates.

Of course, Jordan is also very clear. If he insists, Richard will definitely sign Kwame Brown, but if he does so, Jordan is afraid that it will have some bad consequences.

For example, let Richard feel that he is not respected, and then choose to sell the shares of the Pirates and leave the Pirates.

This may be Jordan's most feared thing...

So Jordan simply pretended not to know, and he didn't have any intention of intervening in Kwame Brown's contract.

Another player left...

Counting Granger and Oden destined to leave, the Pirates have already left five players this season.

In this draft, Richard can only get four newcomers to supplement the lineup.

Maybe next season, the defending of the Pirates will become difficult, anyway, certainly not as easy as these few seasons.