The 2010 draft has ended, but this is just the appetizer for the new season. The smoke of gunpowder is everywhere in the league. The real drama has just begun...

On July 1, the 10th summer drama finally officially began. When the time came to 0:01 a.m., Rockets general manager Morey held the iPad and was the first to meet Bosh. Afterwards, most of Morey's fans on Weibo believed that this was a complete victory for the Rockets in the free agent market.

But Riley never felt that he would lose to a guy who graduated from MIT and lived on data analysis. It has always been believed that Bosh hopes to join forces with one of James or Wade, but what Bosh really wants is to join forces with James and Wade at the same time.

During his days with the Raptors, Bosh gradually felt that he was not suitable to be a team boss, so he was willing to be a helper to James and Wade. In this way, Riley's Heat became Bosh's first choice, because only Miami, Nets, New York, Clippers, and Bulls were able to give three huge contracts, but the Nets, Knicks, Clippers and Bulls did not have too strong demand for him.

As for James, Riley is also full of confidence, and there are three sources of confidence. On the one hand, he will tell James about how the players of that team sacrificed their respective salary, shooting opportunities and statistics in the 1980s, so as to create an excellent dynasty team; secondly, Riley's team has Miami's unique geographical and climate advantages; thirdly, Riley believes that the close relationship between James and Wade is unparalleled by other teams.

On the morning of July 1, the Knicks took the lead in Cleveland to "appreciate" James, thus opening the prelude to the "pilgrimage" of six teams.

It was later proved that the Knicks' "accounting" this time was the one that left the most impressive impression on James among the six teams.

During the "pilgrimage", the Knicks' lobbying was highly targeted and novel in form. They used a mixed video and commentary model. Even the lobbying manuscripts were invited to modify them countless times. It is necessary to attract James' attention at all times.

They highlight the team's global influence, the charm of the Big Apple, and the broad future that the league's largest market has. The Knicks emphasized that they can bring global influence to James. And one day in the future, they can make James a billion-dollar athlete as he wishes.

The objective reason why the Knicks left a deep impression on James is that they were the first team to "pilgrimage".

Anyone who is familiar with James knows that he often feels absent-minded about too long statements. And if someone has a long meeting with him in the afternoon, James will definitely not be able to sit still. The Knicks are well aware of this, so they strive to streamline the videos, speak humorously, and try to shorten the time, for fear that James will be distracted and lose interest in the entire interview.

The Nets are also a member of the "pilgrimage" army, but unfortunately, the Nets, which owned Brother Panda, did not pay attention to this. They "dial pilgrimage" on the same day as the Knicks, ranking behind the Knicks. The focus of their statements actually has many similarities with the Knicks. For example, explaining the vast world of New York City, and promising to bring more and more wealth to James, etc. Moreover, the entire meeting took two hours, the manuscript had not been revised, and the video was only a small section.

"The cup" was born. Not long after hearing this, James began to slip away and almost fell asleep. When the Zen master and others left Cleveland, James privately told his agent that the Nets' "pilgrimage" seemed lengthy and redundant than the Knicks' lobbying.

What made James most dissatisfied was that the reason why the Nets dragged the "pilgrimage" until night was that they offered a five-year, $60 million contract for Panda brother in the early morning, but they delayed it until night to see him, which made the little emperor feel that he was not valued by the Nets.

The team that finally made a pilgrimage was the Bulls, which was very good in all aspects. They had almost won Boozer, but there was still nearly 20 million room. In addition, there were three outstanding players, Ross, Rollden and Noah. If he and Boozer were added, then this team would have no weaknesses.

But one thing that always bothers James, that is: Ross never called him, never sent him a text message, nor did he publicly express remarks that welcomed him in front of the media.

As the last "pilgrimage" team, the Bulls walked into the office of James LRMR on the afternoon of July 3. They always believed that they were the "leader" in the "money battle". Afterwards, many insiders attributed the reason for the Bulls' defeat to: they were unwilling to hire James' relatives and friends to hold important positions in the team's management. But another statement is: Is Ross a big shot?

The Bulls' "pilgrimage" team is strong. The boss Reinsdorf, general manager Foreman and new coach Thibodeau are all on the court, but there is no Derek Ross who James wants to meet the most. The meeting lasted for 3 hours and ranked first among all teams. The Bulls already had about $35 million in salary space at that time, enough to sign two top free agents at the same time.

But from beginning to end of this meeting, there was always one thing that bothered James, that is: Derek Ross, the Bulls star, never called him, and the Bulls executives never directly asked Ross to call James, while the young Ross believed that if James really wanted to discuss the possibility of playing together, the emperor should call first.

Ross was wrong. James never had this style, otherwise he would not have chosen to stay in Cleveland to "receive" various teams. Ross's silence also surprised James - it turned out that there were still stars in this league that didn't buy him, and he was still a third-year player.

If Ji Guoqiu of the Nets has this qualification, after all, he has the honor of three consecutive championships and three consecutive Finals MVP, and his status has surpassed James. But Ross is just a second-year star and has never made it to the second playoffs. What qualifications does he have?

Just before the Bulls met with James, Bulls President Foreman and Vice President Paxson met with the missing Kobe, which was their second time in 24 hours. In the office of Kobe's agent Pelinka, the two sides talked for several hours.

The Bulls' strategic idea is to deal with Kobe before heading to Cleveland as an important bargaining chip for "pilgrimage". At the same time, the Bulls may further expand the team's salary space through a series of actions. The reason why Kobe is flirting with the Bulls is because he has no hope for the Lakers' prospects. Kobe understands very well that the Lakers who have lost their Zen master will no longer have the chance to win the championship. If he wants to win his fourth championship, he has to force his jump to the car and give up the Lakers that have collapsed from the inside.

Kobe is now willing to sacrifice his life. Since James, Wade, Bosh, Ji Guoqiu and others don’t care about their salary, what can he not sacrifice, a rich man with a net worth of more than 200 million? The reason why Kobe doesn’t want to sacrifice in the Lakers is that he doesn’t want to sacrifice in vain. If he wants to sacrifice, he must die worthy.

The Bulls have had a big time this summer. They are in contact with Kobe and James while they are in contact with Boozer, who has already had a similar talk. What are they doing? Are they going to play the Big Four?

The Chicago people are having fun, and the Miami people are not idle either.

According to league rules, Wade could not recruit free agents on behalf of the Heat before the end of last season, because he was still carrying an old contract signed with Miami. But just as the finals were approaching, Wade met with James' team members twice, once in Ohio and once in Chicago.

Stern did not investigate the matter afterwards, but a senior NBA official insisted on the alliance to investigate to see if Riley had tempted the emperor by "hiring James' close friends."

"Providing jobs for players' friends and family can't be used as a bargaining chip for free agents. If this is part of the negotiation, then this is a violation," said a senior NBA executive who received an anonymous complaint, suing the Miami Heat for privately arranging positions on the team for his relatives and friends in order to win over James, but the matter was left unresolved.

On July 4, James had already made a decision in his mind. On the one hand, he was enthusiastic Wade and Riley, and on the other hand, he was Rose who was reluctant to call. After weighing the pros and cons, James naturally made his own judgment easily.

In fact, after meeting Riley on July 2, James became increasingly determined to go to Miami. When James lost to the Celtics' Big Three in the Eastern Conference Finals a year ago, and was eventually eliminated, unprecedented pressure had already made James breathless.

James has had enough of such days when he was swept by the Clippers again in the finals this year.

The son of Tianzhe has been empty-handed for 7 years. He needs strong teammates and a Hall of Fame coach because he must win the championship. All of this, the Heat can give James. What they care about may not only be whether the team can win the championship, but how many times they can win the championship.

At midnight on July 5, James, Wade and Bosh couldn't sleep and they were having a three-person conference call.

Wade has returned to Miami at this moment to meet Riley and Heat boss Mickey Allison.

He has already dealt with Bosh now, and the two are preparing to officially announce their joining the Heat early in the morning of July 6.

Wade and Bosh called James at midnight on July 5. The ultimate goal was to hope that James could announce his decision to settle in Miami with them. On the same day, Nash also discussed with Ji Guoqiu on the phone, and waited until early on July 6 that the Son of Wind will officially announce his joining the Nets. (To be continued.)
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