Chapter 686 Paul Applying for a Trade (Fourth Change!)

Butler was greeting Tang Tian.

On the second day after their exchange, related rumors broke out.

At the moment of the explosion, more than a dozen teams rushed directly.

That's Butler in the second defense and second team, and he just finished his rookie contract.

The Bulls management lost their minds, but their IQ is still there!

After Tang Tian communicated with Demps, the Pelicans were also one of the teams interested in Butler.

But soon, many teams withdrew.

Because the asking price of the Bulls is too high!

The return they require is either an equal star or a super rookie!

Take the feedback from the Pelicans, the Bulls want either Jokic or Davis.

This is simply robbery!

Tang Tian also understood when he saw this, the Bulls management did not lose their IQ.

Because Butler is a restricted free agent, the Bulls can match any offers from other teams.

In other words, although Butler is a free agent, it is the same as having a contract, so the bargaining chip the Bulls ask for is like this.

After several rounds of negotiations, many teams withdrew one after another.

The Pelicans also pulled out.

Davis and Jokic are not for sale, and it is impossible for the team to trade them for Butler.

While Butler's trade negotiations continued, the free market completed several more signings.

Whiteside and the Heat reached a two-year 20 million contract extension, of which the second year is a player option.

Whiteside had two triple-doubles last season, the first of which was against the Heat, which impressed Pat Riley very much.

The Heat renewed Dragic's contract for 90 million in five years.

Dragic, Wade and Whiteside's mini Big Three, Riley's operations this offseason are full of magic.

The Grizzlies traded for Lance Stephenson from the Hornets.

The Mavericks signed Tobias Harris for 64 million in four years, which is a contract close to the maximum salary.

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After these signings, the strength of the Heat and Mavericks has been significantly enhanced.

At this time, Butler's affairs had a new result.

After the Mavericks raised their bargaining chips, according to all the adjectives reported by Woj, the two sides are very close to reaching a deal, and it seems that it is only a matter of time before Butler joins Dallas.

The news made other players in the West worry for a while.

The Mavericks now have a lineup of Embiid + Nowitzki + Harris. If there is another Butler, the reconstruction will be completed in an instant.

Counting the Rockets that just got Cousins, the West is directly entering the military competition!

One wave of ups and downs and another wave of ups and downs.

Just when most people's focus was on Butler, the Clippers broke out news one after another.

Griffin and team equipment manager Mathias Testi had a big fight in the cafe. The latter suffered a facial injury, while the former suffered a hand bone fracture and is expected to be absent for 2 to 3 months!

The news was simply unbelievable.

The equipment manager is a staff member who manages the equipment of a team. They are responsible for the management of the players' sneakers and jerseys, and some even take care of part of the players' diet.

Because they have been in contact with the players for a long time, the relationship between them and the players is very good.

But Griffin got into a fight with the equipment manager and took himself out for 2-3 months.

This show is suffocating.

Although it is the offseason now, if Griffin does not recover well, he will not return until mid-October, when the preseason will start.

This will definitely have a big impact on the Clippers' prospects for the new season.

However, this is not the most explosive point.

Griffin's incident, at best, became a topic of conversation for fans after dinner.

What really caused a new wave of shocks in the league was that within two days after this incident, Paul submitted a trade application to the Clippers!

First, Bosh changed Cousins, then the Bulls wanted to trade Butler, and now Paul has to apply for a trade.

Tang Tian found out that history was about to change dramatically this summer.

You must know that in the history he knows, Paul only left in the summer of 2017, and now it is directly two years earlier!

And the first person in history to actively apply for a trade to the team during the contract period was Paul George.

Although both are called Paul, they are very different!

Paul is currently the number one point guard in the league, and his trade application is even more shocking than the Bulls' previous trade for Butler.

And this time, more than half of the league's teams approached the Clippers immediately.

But the Clippers never responded.

This is the first time that this kind of superstar asked the team to trade himself, and the Clippers management must be a little caught off guard now.

Dempsey also approached Tang Tian.

"Shall we try an offer?"

Dempsey took the initiative to ask this question more than before, the other party is Paul after all!

Paul + Tang Tian + Davis, even without Jokic is the most popular team to win the championship!

"I don't recommend that."

Tang Tian expressed his thoughts.

Let's not talk about whether the Pelicans can exchange Paul, and it is not good for the Pelicans to exchange Paul.

In the current lineup of the Pelicans, he dominates and Jokic assists in the organization, so the distribution of the ball is reasonable.

Paul is the kind of guard who needs to hold the ball for a long time to organize. If he comes, Tang Tian will definitely switch to playing off the ball. This will do more harm than good to the current Pelicans.

Not to mention the salary problem that Paul's team will face next season due to the transaction.

Three maximum salaries plus two tens of millions of contracts, and Jokic's contract extension has to be considered. The Pelicans will have to disband within two years.

"...We don't need to form the Big Three, our players will grow up strong enough next season."

What Tang Tian said at the end was his own thoughts. Starting from the Big Three of the Celtics, to the brothers basketball of the Heat, the league's team spirit has had a bad influence.

This is one of the reasons why he has a good impression of Curry and Thompson. They relied on their own growth to lead the team to win the championship.

For the current Pelicans, he was a role player when he came. Both Davis and Jokic were selected by the Pelicans themselves, which is completely different from the giants.

Dempsey agreed.

Jokic was just a rookie last season, but he has already established a good tacit understanding with the team. With Stevens in charge this season, the Pelicans really have a chance to be as blockbuster as the Warriors last season.

Or, to a higher level.

Rumors related to Paul continue to flood, it seems that this summer the team will have a good show all summer.

At this moment, Tang Tian received another call from Butler.

"I'm going to the Mavericks, I'm going to be in the same division as you!"

There was no news from the outside world, but Butler immediately told Tang Tian the news.

Although he knew from previous rumors that the Bulls and Mavericks were close to a deal, he was still a little shocked to hear the news.

After the Mavericks made consecutive empty cuts during the offseason, this year they played directly.

Butler + Harris + Nowitzki + Embiid, and a suitable point guard, this lineup is really going to take off.