Gu Yi contacted Kupchek.

Because Sun Hao has not publicly announced his comeback, these small operations can only be carried out privately.

Kupchek was extremely excited when he received the call.

Although Gu Yi just asked the Lakers in a tentative tone on the phone if they could clear out their salary space.

But as long as you are not stupid, you know what that means!

Previously, when the League Committee was meeting, Stern asked the bosses of each team about their opinions, and also changed direction to tell all teams that Sun Hao was going to come back early.

Now, Sun Hao is going to choose to make a comeback in the Lakers!

As long as they can clear up enough salary space, the Lakers' revival is near!

Then there is the key salary space issue.

According to the previous discussions by the League Committee, no matter where Sun Hao returns, the contract must be signed according to the market value.

In other words, Sun Hao must sign the maximum salary.

Sun Hao has been playing in the NBA for seven years. According to the rules at this time, the starting salary for the maximum salary is 30% of the league's salary cap, which is $17.6 million this season.

The good news for Kupchek is that Marion has an expiration contract and his salary is exactly 17.81 million this season.

As long as he is sent to a team that has room to eat this contract and get some special cases that do not occupy the salary cap, the problem will be solved.

The next day, rumors.

Several media have reported that Sun Hao may have a comeback early.

"I think the Lakers are still the team with the most chance to win the championship this season because he is coming back!"

In the evening, in the new episode of TNT's program, Barkley even cut back from Komi to Sun Chui.

"who?"

Kenny Smith plays a role in everyday role.

"Who? You don't know who I'm talking about! I heard clearly, I'm talking about the Lakers!"

"Sun is back."

As soon as Barkley finished speaking, Ernie Johnson took over the conversation.

The three of them made a vivid and vivid story about Sun Hao coming back.

"But I don't think Sun will definitely make a comeback in the Lakers."

Kenny Smith continued to win the role.

"Man, will Michael Jordan leave the Bulls? No! Will Sun leave the Lakers? No, either!"

Barkley was excited.

"Charles, Sun and Michael's situation is different, and the Lakers are also different from the Bulls at the time."

“What’s the difference?”

"The Lakers don't have cap space right now."

“Can’t the salary space be cleaned out through the transaction?”

"There are not many teams at this time point. Even if there are, why should they help the Lakers?"

"Kenny is right. If I have room, I will not go to help the Lakers, but will try to recruit Suns by myself."

A quarrel seemed fierce, but in fact it was clear and progressive.

The theme of their program is about to emerge, which is to analyze which team Sun Hao will return if he returns.

Barkley is a firm Lakers, and this will also be the view of most fans.

After all, although fans may not be able to consider all the things Gu Yi analyzed, they can still come up with a lot.

Smith and Johnson are analyzing the uncertainty of the Lakers.

This episode also quickly became popular across the Internet.

Fans followed Barkley and the others and began to crazily guess which team Sun Hao would choose to return.

Moreover, TNT struck while the iron was hot and even made voting statistics online.

The results show that the Lakers' vote rate is as high as 90%.

The Warriors ranked second, but the vote rate was only 6%.

Teacher Nelson and "fan" Durant are considered to have some attraction to Sun Hao.

The Wizards, ranked third, received only 2% of the votes.

The Knicks ranked fourth, with a vote rate of less than 1%.

The remaining teams won even lower votes.

In other words, the media and fans also think that Sun Hao will only make a comeback in the Lakers.

Let's talk about the Lakers.

Their transactions in the free market were not going well.

The main reason is that no team can take Marion’s contract alone.

Even a team under reconstruction cannot have that much room.

Because the NBA has poor line, this line is about 90% of the salary cap.

Marion's contract is a maximum salary, which is close to 30% of the salary cap.

So even if there are teams who are willing to eat, they will definitely need to find a third party.

This is very difficult to operate.

Among these teams, there are relatively easy teams.

The Pacers of the East, and the Warriors of the West.

The main players of these two teams are rookies, with few big contracts, so it is relatively easy to operate.

This is also the Lakers' main target in the free market.

However, the Warriors directly rejected the Lakers.

The Warriors are now competing for playoff qualifications, which is to be honest with the Lakers.

How could it take the other party’s contract and then make the other party stronger?

However, the Pacers did not refuse, and they also had in-depth negotiations with the Lakers.

However, according to the rumors that were exposed, it was not that the Bird people were much better than Jerry West, but that they simply wanted to take advantage of the situation and rob them!

All in all, the Lakers' trade did not go well.

It would be much more difficult for Sun Hao to make a comeback in the Lakers than expected, and it seems that it would take some time to delay.

On this day, an uninvited guest came to Sun Hao's house.

"Logo Man" Jerry West and Nelson Sr.

They just said they came to visit Sun Hao, then took a look at Little Beijing, and brought some gifts.

One is a Lakers celebrity and the other is a former mentor, so Sun Hao naturally couldn't refuse.

After watching Little Beijing, the two of them pulled Sun Hao and chatted in the living room.

"I heard you're going to make a comeback?"

When she sat down, West also made it straight to the point.

Sun Hao nodded.

Stern mentioned his comeback in the League Committee, and the management of the 30 league teams must know about it.

There is nothing to hide.

"I know you'll definitely make a comeback with the Lakers."

West continued.

Sun Hao didn't say anything, just smiled.

West is talking about him.

"We won't persuade you to join the Warriors because we know that will make you embarrassed, but if things happen to what I said, I hope you can think about the Warriors."

West had already guessed the answer from Sun Hao's reaction, so he continued to speak.

“What’s the situation?”

Sun Hao was still a little curious.

Apart from letting himself go to the Warriors, he couldn't think of anything else that would allow West and Old Nelson to come to his house at the same time.

"I'm talking about an assumption that if the Lakers can't clear out the salary space and the management hopes you can come back next season, I hope you can come to the Warriors and spend half a season looking for the game state.

If you have an idea, we can only sign a one-year contract, and wait until the summer is over, and you want to go back to Los Angeles, or go somewhere else, we won’t do anything to stop it.”

West's subsequent words made Sun Hao feel even more interesting.

This feeling is that he treats himself as a spare tire and begs him to play the Warriors for half a season.

It's very humble, but it really makes Sun Hao feel that it's OK.

After all, the Warriors have old Nelson and Durant, which is also his second choice.

He nodded.

Although he didn't think Kupchek didn't even have the ability to clean up space.

"Then, it's a matter of determination."

West stood up and shook hands with Sun Hao, his smile warm and innocent.

After seeing West away, Sun Hao suddenly felt a very strange feeling.

You should know that he is a time traveler. If you know that in history, West is a man who claims to be in charge of the alliance.

Form an OK group, exchange Gasol Big and Gasol Little to create a black and white hero, choose Curry to recruit Durant to build a Warrior quasi-dynasty...

Many of the operations there are that other managers can never play in their entire lives.

But thinking about it, he shook his head again.

Kupchek probably won't even get a space, right?

Probably not.

Will it be?

...

Sun Hao is waiting, and time is also passing away.

It was during this period that Sun Hao’s home in Beverly Manor became the former Boston North Shore Garden Arena, with a large number of doors and almost trampled on the threshold.

Although it is different from West's statement, I hope Sun Hao can choose to make a comeback in their team.

Some of these things are also mentioned, and Sun Hao is a little moved.

For example, the Trail Blazers.

The advantage of the Trail Blazers over the Warriors is that they can beat more young people.

Roy, Batum, Aldridge, Horford, isn't this lineup just missing a point guard?

And there are also Otero and Channing Fry on the bench, and the future is bright.

The boss Paul Allen also said that as long as Sun Hao is willing to go, money is not a problem.

He even promised Sun Hao that he would have a say in the team.

After this whole set, if it weren't for the fact that there was a pioneer "veterinarian" here, Sun Hao would have been ready to move.

Another example is the Wizards.

Jordan personally took the initiative to get along with Sun Haola.

And if this is a fishing competition, Yao Ming is the best bait.

Time flies without realizing it, and the transaction deadline is about to come soon.

At this time, the pursuit of Sun Hao by each team also reached a fever pitch.

Of course not all teams.

Teams like the Nuggets, Mavericks, and Magic, which focus on this season are all strengthening themselves.

If Sun Hao returns, they will definitely have another big challenge.

The day before the transaction deadline, Kupchek, Phil Jackson and Jenny Bass, a luxury team came to Sun Hao's house.

"We did our best, but the other teams were resistant to us and we couldn't clean up the cap space in the end."

Kupchek was very frustrated when he said this.

Other teams in the league have more resistance to the Lakers than he imagined.

But this is not because he has poor professional ability. He has won 6 championships in 2 dynasties in 8 years, and this is a standard public enemy.

It is no exaggeration to say that other teams can accept the fact that Sun Hao makes a comeback early, but cannot accept that Sun Hao makes a comeback early in the Lakers.

"What should I do now?"

Sun Hao looked at Kupchek.

"Ahem, Jenny and I mean, I want you to come back in the summer."

Kupchek didn't say anything, Phil Jackson spoke next to him.

While he was speaking, Jenny nodded in cooperation.

Sun Hao had actually guessed this answer when he asked.

Now, it's a proof.

But in this case, it means that West's assumption has come true!

And he had already agreed to West before!

Prophet before you know what you expect? Predict what you expect?

Sun Hao has a new understanding of West's ability.

And since he had agreed to West, he would do it.

After all, this incident still doesn’t mean that he didn’t give the Lakers a chance, it’s because the Lakers themselves can’t do it!

"I'll think about it."

Sun Hao said.

There is no need to mention the agreement between him and West at this time.

But Sun Hao's answer shocked Phil Jackson and Jenny Bass.

Think about it?

If it is not certain, it is very likely to be negative!

"We will strive for Yao next season, and the team's competitiveness will be greatly improved by then."

Jenny Bass rushes to say this time.

She finally got power from Little Bus, and she didn't want to lose Sun Hao, the biggest money tree.

"I know, I'm very interested in working with Yao, and I'm a Los Angeles native."

Sun Hao didn't say anything too plainly.

He listened to all the things Gu Yi said.

His current thoughts are just about going to the Warriors to play for half a season and find the feeling of the game.

By the end of the season, he will likely return to the Lakers.

Just as Jenny said, playing in Los Angeles with Yao Ming is the best result.

Jenny wanted to say something, Phil Jackson stopped her at this time.

"Larry asked us for four first-round picks, which would be equivalent to emptiing the future of the Lakers. I want to say that we have done our best, we just want you to wait for a few more months."

Phil Jackson continued.

Sun Hao frowned.

There is nothing wrong with Jackson's words, but it doesn't sound nice.

In a sense, the Lakers are not just unable to clean up their salary space, but the cost is too high.

Then, they hoped that Sun Hao would make sacrifices.

Phil Jackson is a great coach, but when the management is really not good, and he is not very good at speaking.

And after feeling disgusted in his heart, O'Neal was traded unconsciously emerged from his mind.

“I will consider it.”

Sun Hao repeated the words just now, but this time his tone was obviously not that good.

His personality has always been soft but not hard.

Phil Jackson said nothing.

After chatting for a few more gossips, they left.

After they left, Sun Hao called Gu Yi and Fu Paul to his home and told them about his decision.

Moreover, because of the lessons from the Lakers, he also asked the two not to announce it to the public and just communicated with West first.

At the transaction deadline, the alliance has its own trends.

The Warriors also made moves on the trade deadline, sending a first round with Danpier to Houston in exchange for Chuck Hayes.

This is basically a space cleaning operation.

This has already made some team management smell something.

Because Hayes' contract is only more than 1 million, the Warriors took a special case in this deal, and the entire team's salary dropped below the salary cap.

This kind of operation is very unconventional unless they want to sign someone.

Not long after that, Sun Hao posted a status on his personal Twitter.

The content of this state is very small, but it is as concise as Jordan at the time.

Behind this state, he tagged the official account of the Warriors and the accounts of Warriors president Jerry West, head coach Nelson, and the current Warriors team core Durant.

This meaning can no longer be obvious.
Chapter completed!