July 7.

Throughout July, everyone in the league can be said to have their own business.

For players who already have a contract, they are enjoying the holiday happily at this moment.

For rookies who have just entered the league, they are desperately trying to prove themselves in the summer league so that they can win the favor of the team's head coach.

Therefore, after the regular season begins, you can get more playing time.

However, at this moment, although the new and old players in the league have their own affairs, for the management of each team, they are destined to become extremely busy in July.

As time entered July, all teams were actively connecting with free agents to contribute to the team's lineup in the new season.

The Thunder have gained a lot in recent times because Jamison, who had been indecisive before.

It reached an oral agreement with the Thunder, agreeing to join the Thunder with a four-year, $46 million contract in the new season.

I have to say that this is definitely good news for the Thunder, because Jamison's joining not only can increase the team's overall strength.

More importantly, as a player who has been in the league for many years, Jamison is not only able to contribute to the team in terms of personal strength.

In terms of team experience, it can also bring some differences to this slightly immature Thunder.

As the head coach, Yang Fan was very excited about Jamison being able to join the Thunder.

After all, in order to make the team stand out in the new season, Yang Fan was so busy this offseason that he was completely unwilling to see, and even some jobs that did not belong to him were following up throughout the whole process.

Fortunately, after half of the offseason busy, Yang Fan finally got a few good news.

During this whole process, Yang Fan not only successfully won the player he wanted in the draft, but also signed the Jamison he had always dreamed of in the signing of the free market.

It can be said that it was not until this time that Yang Fan truly understood the meaning of the saying "hard work pays off."

In addition, with Jamison's confirmation of joining in the new season, the Thunder's lineup list has 14 players in the new season.

As for the last position left on the lineup, Yang Fan is also actively contacting him.

Since the Thunder's lineup was quite complete at this time, Yang Fan was more inclined to sign a defender for the last position.

After all, whether it is Westbrook or Dragic, these two people are rookies who have just entered the league.

Therefore, Yang Fan hopes to find a veteran with outstanding experience to fill the last gap.

At first, Yang Fan's favorite candidate was the veteran point guard who was 34 years old this year, "Little Flying Squirrel" Stodmeier.

Although "Little Flying Squirrel" Stodmeier will be 34 years old this year and his overall competitive level has begun to decline, Yang Fan plans to sign Stodmeier to come, and what he wants more is his experience.

And in this free market this year, among the players that the Thunder can choose, "Flying Squirrel" Stodmeier not only meets Yang Fan's conditions, but also the cost of signing him can be ignored.

Because as long as there is no team's management suddenly getting lost, Stoudemire will definitely be able to sign a basic salary contract this year.

However, as the saying goes, man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation. Just as Yang Fan thought that this matter could be almost done, Stoudemire rejected the Thunder's proposal in one go.

Even if the contract treatment given by the Thunder is no worse than that of other teams, it is even more than hundreds of thousands of dollars higher than other teams.

But when the Thunder contacted Stoudemire, Stoudemire still rejected the Thunder's proposal immediately.

The reason is also very simple, that is, Stoudemire hopes to join a championship team.

Because Stoudemire is very clear that as his competitive level declines, the role he currently plays in the team is more suitable to act as a spiritual leader.

So when you can only get a veteran's basic salary on any team, then Stoudemire certainly hopes to join a team that has the potential to win the championship.

See if you can fulfill this wish in your twilight years of your career.

In this case, the Thunder, which is basically equivalent to reconstruction at this moment, naturally cannot enter Stoudemire's eyes.

After all, Stoudemire has long been over the age of going crazy on the court. For the little flying mouse of this age, what he hopes for is comfort and strength of the team.

Unless a team suddenly wants to give Flying Squirrels a middle class, Stodmeier's idea will basically not change.

However, instead of hoping that the Thunder will give Stoudemire a middle class, it is better to think carefully about how to persuade Stoudemire to agree to join.

After hitting a wall with Stoudemire, although Yang Fan was a little disappointed, he did not feel much depression.

Because although Damon Stoudemire can be regarded as a perfect veteran puzzle for the current Thunder team, if we look at the overall lineup, then Stoudemire is obviously not a necessity.

So after pursuing Xiao Feishi, Yang Fan and General Manager Sam Prostie once again turned their attention to the free market.

The Thunder have been actively connecting with the defenders in the free market for the next few days, but the final result is obviously not very good.

Because among the players interviewed by the Thunder, their personal strength is either too poor, or even though their personal strength is OK, the salary they ask for is too expensive.

Among them, the second veteran who entered Yang Fan's sight was "white chocolate" Jason Williams.

The overall level of white chocolate, which is already 32 years old this year, has begun to decline greatly, and during the Heat, the team's ball holder on the field was definitely the well-deserved Wade.

In this case, Bai Chocolate's personal data also shrank step by step, but because Williams had a very good overall view on the court, he still welcomed the pursuit of many teams after entering the free market.

However, among these teams that actively contact Williams, most teams are only willing to give Williams a basic salary contract.

Among them, there are naturally Thunder who is also in contact with Williams.

But although Williams has been in a downward phase in the past two seasons and is already 32 years old this year, Williams does not intend to accept a basic salary contract so early.

He hopes to get a salary of about 5 million this year, so that's why Williams has not yet negotiated with any team.

Seeing this situation, Yang Fan was obviously helpless. After all, the feeling of being hitting walls everywhere is really not too satisfying.

However, even though Yang Fan is a man with the eyes of God open, he still feels powerless about such things.

After all, once money issues are involved in negotiations between the two parties, they can be said to be very sensitive to each other.

So Yang Fan didn't feel that he could save the team millions of dollars in salary with just a mouth.

In the end, after Yang Fan's high-intensity search for many days, Yang Fan turned his attention to a "former genius" who has been abandoned by the alliance and can only stay alone in the corner, intending to strive for the previous basic salary contract.

And the name of this tragic player is exactly...Shawn Livingston...
Chapter completed!