Butler was greeting Tang Tian.

The day after they finished communicating, related rumors broke out.

At the moment of the explosion, more than a dozen teams pounced directly.

That's Butler, who has just finished his rookie contract.

The Bulls management is out of their minds, but their IQ is still there!

After Tang Tian communicated with Demps, the Pelicans were also one of the teams interested in Butler.

But soon, many teams withdrew.

Because the asking price of the Bulls is too high!

The reward they ask for is either an equal star or a super newcomer!

Take the feedback from the Pelicans that the Bulls want either Jokic or Davis.

This is a robbery!

Tang Tian also understood when he saw this, and the Bulls management did not lose their IQ.

Because Butler is a restricted free agent, the Bulls can match any offer from another team.

In other words, although Butler is a free agent, he is the same as having a contract, so the chips the Bulls are asking for will be like this.

After several rounds of negotiations, many teams withdrew.

The Pelicans also withdrew.

Davis and Jokic are not for sale for the team, and the team can't trade them just to get Butler.

While Butler's trade negotiations were still continuing, the free market completed several more signings.

Whiteside and the Heat agreed to a two-year, $20 million contract extension with a player option for the second year.

Whiteside recorded two triple-doubles last season, the first against the Heat, much to Pat Riley's impress.

The Heat renewed Dragic's contract for 5 years and 90 million.

The mini-triumvirate of Dragic, Wade and Whiteside, Riley's operations this offseason are in the name of a god operator.

The Grizzlies traded for Lance Stephenson from the Hornets.

The Mavericks signed Tobias Harris for four years and $64 million, a contract that is close to the maximum salary.

……

After these signings, the strength of the Heat and Mavericks has been significantly enhanced.

It was at this time that Butler's affairs had a new outcome.

After the Mavericks upped up their trade chips, according to all the adjectives reported by Woj, the two sides were very close to striking a deal, and it seemed like it was only a matter of time before Butler joined Dallas.

The news made the rest of the West players worried.

The Mavericks now have a lineup of Embiid + Nowitzki + Harris, and if there is another Butler, the rebuild will be completed in an instant.

Counting the rockets that just got Cousins, the West is directly entering the military competition!

A wave of unevenness has risen again and again.

Just when most people's focus was on Butler, the Clippers broke out one after another.

Griffin and the team's equipment manager, Matthias Testie, got into a fight at the café, the latter suffered a facial injury, while the former suffered a fractured hand bone and is expected to be out for 2~3 months!

The news is simply incredible.

An equipment manager is a team that manages the equipment, and they are responsible for the management of the players' shoes and jerseys, and even some of the players' diets.

Because of the long contact time with the players, the relationship between them and the players is very good.

But Griffin got into a fight with the equipment manager, and he also put himself on a truce for 2~3 months.

It's suffocating.

Although it's the offseason, Griffin won't be back until mid-October, when the preseason season begins, if he doesn't recover well.

This will certainly have quite a damn on the Clippers' prospects for the new season.

However, this is not the most explosive point.

Griffin's matter has at most become a topic of conversation for fans after dinner.

What really caused a new wave of shock in the league was that two days after this incident, Paul requested a trade from the Clippers!

First Bosh traded for Cousins, then the Bulls wanted to trade Butler, and now Paul is asking for a trade.

Tang Tian found that history was going to change dramatically this summer.

You must know that in the history he knows, Paul left in the summer of '17, and now he is directly two years ahead of schedule!

And the first person in history to voluntarily request a trade from the team during the contract period was Paul George.

Although they are both called Paul, they are very different!

Paul is the league's No. 1 point guard, and his trade request is even more shocking than the Bulls' previous trade for Butler.

And this time, more than half of the teams in the league have found the Clippers as soon as possible.

But the Clippers haven't responded.

This is the first time this kind of superstar has asked the team to trade him, and Clippers management must be a little caught off guard right now.

Demps also found Tang Tian.

"Shall we try a quote?"

Demps asked more questions than before, and the other party was Paul after all!

Paul + Tang Tian + Davis, even if Jokic is out, it is the favorite team to win the championship!

"I don't recommend that."

Tang Tian said his thoughts.

Let's not talk about whether the Pelicans can trade Paul in, and getting Paul in exchange is not good for the Pelicans.

The Pelicans' current lineup, he is the main control, Jokic assists the organization, so that the ball is reasonably distributed.

Paul is the kind of guard who needs to hold the ball for a long time, and if he comes, Tang Tian will definitely switch to playing without the ball, which will do more harm than good to the current Pelicans.

Not to mention the salary issues that the Paul team will need to face next season in a trade.

Three cap salaries plus 20 million contracts, and Jokic's contract extension has to be considered, and the Pelicans will have to be disbanded after two years.

“…… We don't need to form a big three, our players will grow strong next season. ”

Tang Tian finally said his own thoughts, starting from the Celtics Big Three to the Heat brothers basketball, the league has a bad impact.

This is one of the reasons why he has a crush on Curry and Thompson, who led the team to championship championships by their own growth.

The current Pelicans, he was a role player when he came, and Davis and Jokic were both selected by the Pelicans themselves, which is very different from the giant huddle.

Temples agreed.

Jokic was only a rookie last season, but he has already established a good chemistry with the team, and with Stevens in charge this season, the Pelicans really have a chance to make a splash like the Warriors last season.

Or, to a higher level.

Rumours about Paul continue to run rampant, and it looks like the team is going to watch a good summer this summer.

At this moment, Tang Tian received another call from Butler.

"I'm going to the Mavericks, I'm going to be in the same division with you!"

There was no news from the outside world, and Butler told Tang Tian the news as soon as possible.

Although he already knew from the previous rumors that the Bulls and Mavericks were close to making a deal, he was still a little shocked to hear the news.

After the Mavericks made a streak of empty cuts in the offseason, this is a straight wave this year.

Butler + Harris + Nowitzki + Embiid, with a suitable point guard, this lineup is really going to take off.