A few days later, Bowen and the Spurs teamed up to announce the latest news, and Bowen joined the Spurs for 4 years and $17 million to become a member of the Spurs.

Then the next day, Rasheed Wallace announced that he would join the Chicago Bulls with a maximum salary!

Now everyone is waiting for news from Kobe, and even Richard doesn't know which team Kobe will choose......

Even if Kobe Bryant announced today that he would join the Jazz, Richard would not be surprised, this kind of character is so extreme.

The devil knows what he's going to do.

……

Everyone waited anxiously, and finally waited for the result.

What made Richard a little laughable was that Kobe Bryant chose to join the Lakers!

This may be fate, Richard originally thought that Kobe Bryant might go to the East to break through, such as joining the Heat or something......

Unexpectedly, Kobe Bryant was still not dead set on the Lakers, and still had the idea of joining the Lakers.

Well, now Kobe Bryant just announced that he will join the Lakers, and the Lakers immediately sold Kidders and traded for dynasty veteran Ron Harper from the Bulls......

Richard was dumbfounded, which is equivalent to saying that this has come full circle, and the Lakers' lineup is the same as the lineup that started the Lakers dynasty under their normal history!

O'Neal, Kobe, Glen Rice, Ron Harper, Fisher, Fox, Robert Horry!

……

However, this lineup only gave Richard a sense of crisis, and it didn't make him regret letting Kobe Bryant go.

If you don't let Kobe Bryant go and let Xiao Ao go, it is not impossible for Xiao Ao to join the Lakers......

The Los Angeles Lakers are a huge attraction for young players, and they are simply heaven.

If the Lakers extend an olive branch to Xiao Ao and promise a maximum salary, Xiao Ao has at least a seventy or eighty percent chance of joining the Lakers.

Big and small O'Neal occupy the inside line, and other teams can't play anymore......

……

Now that Kobe Bryant has joined the Lakers, Richard doesn't pay much attention to it.

For now, let's deal with the two foreign newcomers first......

Zhang Weiping contacted Ginobili's club in place of Richard, and things went quite smoothly.

According to the agreement between the NBA and FIBA, if the NBA wants to sign a player who plays for a FIBA club, the club must issue a letter of clarification stating that the player is no longer legally related to the club......

Only then can the NBA let the player play for a certain team!

Similarly, if an NBA player wants to play at a FIBA-affiliated club, he must also get a clarification letter from the NBA......

Now the question arises, how can the club willingly let go of the players it has cultivated?

Money, you can only smash it with money......

Of course, it doesn't mean that you can spend as much as you want, the NBA still has regulations on this aspect, and the maximum amount of transfer fees is different according to different eras, such as in the current era, the maximum transfer fee is 300,000 US dollars!

If the amount demanded by the club is higher than the $300,000, the NBA team cannot agree at will, and the extra part must be borne by the players themselves!

This kind of thing has happened many times in the history of Chinese basketball, such as Yi Jianlian and Zhou Qi, both of whom can be regarded as relatively successful in negotiations......

In the era of Yi Jianlian, the upper limit of the transfer fee was 500,000 US dollars, and the Guangdong men's basketball team agreed, and in the end it was 500,000 US dollars.

In Zhou Qi's era, the upper limit was 650,000 US dollars, and the Xinjiang men's basketball team also did a favor, and there was no lion opening his mouth......

But some players weren't so lucky.

For example, Yao Ming, the Shanghai men's basketball team directly opened his mouth and asked for 30 million US dollars!

You must know that the upper limit of the transfer fee in Yao Ming's era is 350,000 US dollars......

The team can only contribute so much money, so what about the rest of the money?! Only Yao Ming can come out by himself!

In the end, the Shanghai men's basketball team relented, and the $30 million was reduced to about 10 million, and Yao Ming could also pay in installments, and finally Yao Ming left the Shanghai men's basketball team......

In the entire history of the NBA, the player with the most expensive transfer fee is Yao Ming.

The second-ranked big Gasol is far less than Yao Ming, and the Barcelona club is only asking for two million dollars.

……

It can also be seen from this that Yao Ming is really not easy, and he took a considerable risk when he entered the NBA.

What if he can't play in the NBA? He still has to pay back the Shanghai men's basketball team for this 10 million US dollars, and I am afraid it will be difficult to turn over for the rest of his life.

Counting on going back to the CBA to earn this 10 million dollars? According to the annual salary of the CBA at that time, it is estimated that Yao Ming will have to be a free coolie for the Shanghai men's basketball team for the rest of his life.

……

Ginobili's side of the negotiation was quite successful, and the other party may also know the NBA's regulations in this regard, and directly asked for 300,000 US dollars, no more, no less......

It's more, they know that Ginobili can't take it.

If it is less, there is no need, Lao Mei's money is not made in vain......

The deal was naturally negotiated smoothly, and Ginobili also successfully got the clarification letter, which can be regarded as officially becoming a member of the Portland Trail Blazers.

……

The other Kirilenko, Richard felt that it was certainly not so simple.

However, he did not panic, because he thought of someone who might help him get Kirilenko smoothly......

Lao Sa!

That's right, it's Lao Sa......

Although Lao Sa is not Russian, he is definitely a god-like existence in the Russian basketball circle.

It is basically equivalent to Yao Ming's status in Chinese basketball circles.

After all, he led the Russian men's basketball team to defeat the old American men's basketball team and win the Olympic championship.

If Lao Sa pulls this line now, at least the other party will definitely not come up and open his mouth.

……

In order to express his sincerity, Richard also made a special trip to Moscow.

"Ivanov, let Andrei enter the NBA as soon as possible, don't be like me, after being full of injuries, I only got the opportunity to enter the NBA......" Lao Sa is obviously very familiar with the other party.

The middle-aged man, known as Ivanov, is the general manager of Kirilenko's club.

At this moment, he smiled bitterly: "Old man, I naturally want this kid to go to Laomei to make a lot of money, but ......"

"You know, if we don't have this child, how will we play in the future!"

Kirilenko is now the pillar of their team, and if Lao Sa hadn't brought Richard today, I'm afraid Ivanov would have made a scary offer and then scared Richard away.

"It's simple, let's let our beloved Richard help you find another rookie player, won't you?"

"Old fellow, Richard! You should know his reputation very well......" Lao Sa patted Ivanov on the shoulder affectionately and said with a smile.

Richard has a black question mark face, helping them find a new person?!

This......

Where to look for yourself, I don't know much about European players at all.

"Nature, nature! If Coach Richard really wants to help us find a new person, we will be willing to let Andre go! "Ivanov is quite refreshing.

Richard frowned......

It's a difficult thing to do, and I really can't think of any powerful European players in my head for a while.

The more impressive ones are Lao Sa and Stojakovic, but both of them have already entered the NBA.

There are some players in later generations, such as Banjani, but this age does not match.

At the moment, Banyani, estimated to be twelve or thirteen years old, is not useful......

As for the younger 18-year rookie Doncic, he is only a few months old and plays basketball......

After thinking about it, a name suddenly appeared in Richard's mind.

"There's a player who might have started playing semi-professional leagues in their local area right now......"

"Only fourteen or fifteen years old, but don't underestimate this guy!"

"I can guarantee that with him, your club will become the king of Europe!"

In order to get Kirilenko smoothly, Richard didn't care if he was talking big......

Ivanov's face was taken aback, and even Lao Sa was taken aback!

A fourteen or fifteen-year-old player can make Richard give such an evaluation?! That's an exaggeration, isn't it......

But looking at Richard's expression, it seems that he is not joking at all!

"Li, I believe you, what's that child's name? Where are ...... now?" Ivanov asked expectantly.

Richard thought for a moment......

"Darko Milicic! Serbs, it seems to be a city of what Saad! ”

Richard certainly couldn't remember the exact city, but he was quite sure of the Serbs.

With the age and name, Serbia is not a big country, and it is not too easy to find such a player.

Moreover, Richard gave half of the city's name......

Just look around on the map to find out which city it is.