After Tang Tian successfully proposed, Olson took his two children back to the manor first.

He stayed to attend the post-match press conference with Davis and Stevens.

"In fact, we have won the game in Game 5, but the referees let me know that in addition to scoring goals, they can rely on free throws. They do that, they do it all the time."

Thank you, Tang Tian had already said it in the stadium before, and now in front of the reporter, he has said all the things he didn't say.

Davis, who was standing by, pushed him with his hand. Tang Tian had been fined by the league for this before.

"ad, what are you doing? Are you reminding me to be ready to pay $25,000?"

Tang Tian turned his head and said, Davis coughed twice.

There was a burst of cheers in the audience. Obviously, as long as you are not blind, you know how bad the referee's penalty was in the finals.

"Don't worry, I can afford the 25,000 dollars many times."

Tang Tian's subsequent words made the reporter laugh even more.

This is the open diss alliance and Xiao Hua!

"But we won, and it turns out we can do 5-to-8, the Pelicans championship."

Tang Tian's subsequent words made the reporter unable to help but clap. Tang Tian's current status in the league is really a bit tough!

After the press conference, Tang Tian and Davis whistled to the locker room. After winning the championship, they were a little cool.

They returned to the locker room and threw Xiao Hua and the league aside, and had a carnival after winning the championship with other teammates.

The first championship in team history requires a grand celebration.

They celebrated in the locker room, drenched Stevens in champagne.

Stevens smiled very happily this time. The outside world felt that as a young coach, he was able to catch up with Popovich, but the pressure he was under was equally high.

Now that the pressure is released, he also releases himself and celebrates with the team members.

The celebration in the locker room was just a small fight. After the end, the Pelicans, including the coaching staff, went to the largest bar in the local area.

The bar has been bought by Tang Tian, ​​and he will pay for all the consumption tonight.

The players in the bar released themselves to their fullest, Bo Yang hugged them left and right, and led his teammates to teach them on the spot.

It was their most enjoyable day of the whole season.

The day after the carnival ended, Tang Tian slept a long time in the manor.

When he woke up, a guest came to the manor, Demps, the team's general manager.

He came to Tang Tian to discuss the championship parade.

When the team was 3-1, Demps had already prepared several parade plans with the people below.

But after that, the Cavaliers equalized the score, and those plans were put on hold.

Now that the Pelicans have successfully won the championship, it has been taken out again.

New Orleans is a port city, and a boat parade is one of Demps' plans.

Tang Tian also likes this plan more.

The Spurs had a job when they were in San Antonio, but San Antonio was a small river with only a dozen meters of rivers.

But the Mississippi River is a large tributary and is not on the same level as the San Antonio River.

The two discussed for a while and quickly improved the plan.

Tang Tian will take out the Mars plan. At that time, the team will take a boat down the left bank of the Mississippi River, then go upstream along the right bank, until the port outside the stadium, and finally give a championship speech outside the New Orleans Arena.

This plan includes boat rides, parades and ports, which are very local to New Orleans.

After determining the parade plan, Demps talked with Tang Tian about planning issues for next season.

After completing the championship, the role of the Pelicans has also changed, and they have changed from a championship team to a defending champion.

The so-called defending champions have the same goal as it literally, to defend the champions.

There are many NBA teams who won the championship, but not many can achieve the defense. The previous team was the Spurs when Tang Tian played for.

Changes in the lineup themselves, such as the Mavericks in 2011 and the Heat in 2014, had a big change in the lineup after winning the championship and failed to defend the title.

There are also some declines in their own strength. For example, the Spurs in 2013 let Tang Tian go, and their lineup did not change much, but they still lost to the Heat and failed to defend their title.

Of course, there are also the rise of opponents. For example, this year's Warriors were defeated by the Pelicans and failed to defend their title.

There are other things like injuries, inflated mentality leading to poor performance, locker room problems, etc.

In short, because the NBA regular season span is nearly one year, there are many factors involved, defending the title is not an easy task.

Fortunately, as Tang Tian said in his speech after winning the championship, the Pelicans finally won the championship after three years of hard work, and it avoided many problems.

The Pelicans are a team mainly composed of young players. There is no decline in strength. Moreover, the core has won the championship for three years and there is no psychological expansion. In addition, the team's atmosphere is harmonious, and the core is getting stronger every year, so the probability of their title defending is actually very high.

So the situation is completely contrary to what the Mavericks won the championship in 2011. What the Pelicans have to do this offseason is to try their best to retain the championship lineup, and then make up for it.

Demps handed Tang Tian a list of the team contracts.

The season ends, the team's contract situation.

Tang Tian: The 4-year 4400w contract signed in the summer of 2013 expires in the summer of 2017, and the salary will be 14.86 million yuan next season;

Davis: The 2012 rookie contract expires this summer;

Jokic: The rookie contract in 2014 expires in the summer of 2018, and his salary is 1.19 million next season;

Holiday, signed a four-year, 41 million contract in the summer of 2013, expires in the summer of 2017, and will earn 11.29 million next season;

Ariza, who signed 40 million in the summer of 2014, expired in the summer of 2018, and his salary was 10.21 million next season;

Boyang, who signed with the Nets for 3 years in 2014, expired in the summer of 2017, and his salary was 3.73 million next season;

Dinwiddie: The second round rookie contract in 2014 will be 3.1 million in three years, expire in the summer of 2017, and the salary will be 1.1 million next season;

Stephenson: The three-year contract signed with the Hornets in 2014 will be 9.5 million in salary next season, but it is just a team option;

Amino: The 2-year 6 million signed in the summer of 2014 will expire this summer;

McGee: The one-year minimum salary contract signed last year expires this summer;

Biyongbo; 2 years of 6 million signed in the summer of 2015 will expire in the summer of 2017, and will have a salary of 3 million next season;

Harrell: The 2015 rookie contract expires in the summer of 2019, and the salary is 1.09 million next season;

Joe Harris: The three-year and three-year signing with the Cavaliers in 2014 will expire in the summer of 2017, and will be 810,000 next season, but the team options;

Ci Shiping: The one-year minimum salary contract signed last year expires this summer;

Bryn Forbes: The 2015 draft was undrafted, signed a three-year unsecured contract, expired in the summer of 2018, and his salary was 530,000 next season;

"Meta has already communicated with me and he will choose to retire in the summer."

Demps said.

Tang Tian nodded. Ci Shiping had expressed this idea more than once in the locker room, which was expected.

Now the team has Boyang in the locker room, which is also considered a new locker room leader.

After reading the roster, if Stephenson's contract option is not implemented, the Pelicans' salary for the contract next season is only 47.81 million.

Even with the basically determined Davis maximum salary contract (starting salary of 22 million), it is only 69.81 million.

This is far from the 2016-2017 season salary cap (94.143 million) and luxury tax (113.2 million) announced not long ago.

Even the Poor Line is still far away.

The Pelicans' salary structure is really too healthy, and it makes other teams look red-eyed.

But they also have a problem, they have too many players in contract year.

Tang Tian, ​​Holiday, Boyan, and Dinwiddie are all the team's core rotation players.

The NBA is a commercial league, and the ultimate goal of most players playing is to earn a big contract, especially after winning the championship.

The body is already gilded, and the player will definitely perform in the contract year to strive for the next big contract.

Especially for young players like Boyan and Dinwiddie who have never received more than tens of millions of contracts.

This would be a huge time bomb.

The Celtics in the 2018-2019 season in history have performed far less than expected because many of them are in contract years.

To solve this problem, the Pelicans need to do is renew the contract in advance.

"We want to renew your contract with you in advance."
Chapter completed!