Chapter 821 The Pelican Championship Parade!

Tang Tian nodded.

As the core of the team, he must stand up and set an example.

And he's already bought real estate in New Orleans, plus a team on the right track and his growing influence in New Orleans.

He has no reason to leave New Orleans.

"I'm going to sign a three-year deal with a player option in the final year."

For his own contract, Tang Tian didn't need Feigen, he already had his own plan.

As a time traveler, he knows that if the history does not change, the league will introduce the veteran designation clause in October this year.

This clause is for players who have not changed teams (or are traded in rookie contracts). After playing for 7 years, they can sign a contract extension with a starting salary of 35% of the salary cap.

Because according to the existing labor agreement, only veterans who have played for more than 10 years are eligible to sign a contract with a starting salary of 35%.

So this move can be regarded as greatly increasing the income of superstars, especially young superstars.

It's just that the league introduced this policy to prevent stars from clumping together. Those who have changed teams are not covered by this clause, so Tang Tian can't enjoy it.

In this case, what he can sign is the ordinary maximum salary.

But even for the ordinary maximum salary, the annual salary is also related to the annual salary. The upper limit of the maximum salary for 0-6 years is 25% of the salary cap, and 30% for 7-9 years.

He is in his fifth year after playing this season, and signing a two-year contract can trigger a larger contract.

Dempsey agreed directly.

To put it bluntly, with Tang Tian's current status in the alliance, as long as he is willing to stay, he has the final say on what kind of contract to sign.

Tang Tian's problem was settled, and then came Holiday, Bo Yang, and Dinwiddie.

Especially Holiday, as a low-key high-quality combo guard, as long as the price is not ridiculously high, contract renewal is inevitable.

"Shall we try to chase Russell?"

Demps tried to ask, Westbrook has a player option this season, if he jumps out, the Pelicans can definitely chase him.

With Westbrook, Holiday naturally doesn't need it.

Tang Tian shook his head immediately.

Although he has a good private relationship with Westbrook, and Westbrook is also the kind of player with high spiritual attributes.

But both of them play with the ball, and their styles of play conflict.

The Pelicans already have him and Davis, and with Westbrook, that one goal is not enough.

On the contrary, retaining the current lineup, a lineup with the ball and without the ball will be more reasonable, not to mention their mature tacit understanding with each other.

"I see."

Dempsey probably knew it.

Then his goal for the summer, in addition to renewing Davis and Tang Tian in advance, is to keep the core rotation of Holiday, Bo Yang, and Dinwiddie.

Of course, there is also the draft.

The Pelicans have a first round this year, but with the 30th pick in the first round.

Tang Tian knew that there were quite a lot of high-quality first-round picks at the end of this year's draft, so he gave Demps some candidates for investigation, and then told him to trade as many picks as possible at the end of the first round or early in the second round.

The current salary space of the Pelicans is still very healthy, but in the future, if he, Jokic and Davis are the core, with three maximum salaries, supplemented by tens of millions of high-quality role players, a rookie contract is very necessary.

He is a traverser, and if he has the right to speak, the rookie contract is a benefit to his team.

Even if the player's progress is not as expected due to playing time issues, or fails to meet expectations, low-level Taobao is not a loss.

The draft, the free market, player planning, these are all things this summer.

After Dempsey chatted with Tang Tian, ​​he was making plans in advance. After all, according to his past experience, Tang Tian's convenient judgment here has always been the most correct.

Three days after the Pelicans won the championship, the Pelicans' championship parade started as scheduled in New Orleans.

New Orleans is empty, and no one can sit still at home on this historic day.

Just like the moment when the Saints won the championship, it is an incomparable honor for them to witness the championship of the four major leagues after 6 years.

The spirit of this hurricane-battered city was once again inspired like never before.

It's just that this time the fans didn't gather on the street, but by the river embankment along the bank. They waited for the arrival of the Pelicans at a position outside the one-meter cordon of the guardrail.

This is definitely an ingenious game to win the championship, and it can be called an enhanced version of the original San Antonio River game.

Upstream on the Mississippi, Pelicans boarded Project Mars to the cheers of fans.

This super yacht worth close to 140 million is the first time such a public appearance in front of fans.

And above the yacht, there are helicopters following the whole process.

The Pelicans' championship game this time, although it is a small city, has invested an unprecedented amount of money.

Tang Tian was wearing the red suit that Olsen specially chose for him, which made him look particularly eye-catching on the boat.

Stephenson's clothes are also quite eye-catching, with a big gold chain and a small watch, a black shirt and a big cigar, completely looking like a gangster.

The rest of the Pelicans, each wearing what they thought were the most eye-catching clothes and accessories, stood on the side of the bow and yelled and shouted.

The celebration in the arena is their instinct after letting themselves go, and this time, it is the real enjoyment.

The Mars Project yacht went down the river, and the team members stood on the side of the shore and cheered and screamed at the fans on the shore.

This scene looks a bit like the farewell ceremony when American soldiers left Hong Kong in the last century.

In order to prevent accidents, there are police officers on the embankment for full protection, and they also prevent people from throwing debris on the boat.

However, the Pelicans are also very thoughtful. They have prepared a lot of jerseys, basketballs and so on for the players, asking them to sign and throw them on the shore.

This interaction made the shore fans extremely excited.

Especially those who grabbed the basketball and the jersey must be too excited to sleep tonight.

The yacht docked at the downstream port, and the members of the Pelicans were interviewed by reporters on board, talking about some interesting things after winning the championship, and further increasing interaction.

It has to be said that Demps has done a good job in this regard, especially the interaction between players and fans, which can greatly enhance the loyalty of fans.

Finally, the yacht went upstream along the other side of the river to the port outside the arena, and then took a car for the last section of the street parade.

In this section, I saw unprecedented scenes in the parade.

After the Pelicans waited for the bus, the fans kept chanting the Pelicans championship, which was the slogan they chanted in the playoffs.

From the port to the outside of the New Orleans Arena, the slogan of the Pelicans championship resounded over the New Orleans Arena.

The members of the Pelicans also shouted together, feeling indescribably refreshing.

I don't know who shouted the slogan first, and now it has become an inseparable symbol with the Pelicans.

ps: Today, my mother transferred to another hospital. After a busy day, I will be busy tomorrow. I will update 2 in the past two days. After these two days, I will update 3. In a week or so, I should be able to return to 4.