12dz Chapter 536 "Let Yang Hansen lead Jokic's horse!"
Chapter 536 "Let Yang Hansen lead Jokic's horse!"
The Timberwolves, who just completed a trade with the Nets, have also been making several moves.
The Timberwolves have signed center Nazreed to a three-year, $42 million contract extension.
Then they signed Troy Brown to a two-year, $8 million contract and Shackleton to a two-year, $10 million contract.
Finally, they also extended the contract of Zeng Fanbo, who had just joined the team through a trade, with a two-year, $5 million extension.
Ma Xiaoxuan told Wang Xiucheng that the 500 million yuan over 2 years was a fully guaranteed amount, only slightly higher than the base salary.
However, Zeng's contract also includes a clause that if Zeng's three-point shooting percentage reaches 38% in a single season, the full guaranteed amount will increase by 200 million yuan that year, which would bring his single-season salary to 450 million yuan.
If it can reach 40%, the full guarantee amount will be increased by another 200 million, reaching 650 million for a single season.
After discussing it with Zeng Fanbo, Ma Xiaoxuan accepted the contract. After all, it was a fully guaranteed contract, which was quite a good one.
On July 6th, Dillon Brooks, who was being pursued by both the Nets and the Rockets, finally made his decision and joined the Nets.
According to Shams Charania, the Rockets offered Dillon a fully guaranteed four-year, $80 million contract.
Because the Nets don't have the same amount of cap space as the Rockets, they could only trade Dillon to the Grizzlies via a sign-and-trade.
And the amount wasn't as high as the one offered by Rocket.
Ultimately, Dillon opted to sign a four-year, $70 million contract extension with the Grizzlies.
The Nets then traded Joe Harris to the Grizzlies, along with a second-round pick for next year, in exchange for Dillon Brooks.
Dillon's new contract is for 4 years and $7000, with an average annual salary of $1750 million.
Joe Harris's new season is the final year of his contract, worth $1993 million.
This trade not only expanded the Grizzlies' salary cap space but also secured Joe Harris' expiring contract.
The Grizzlies announced the release of Joe Harris shortly after the trade was completed.
For the Nets, while they can barely reduce their salary cap space below the salary cap, it's impossible for them to have $1750 million in cap space.
Despite having a $1200 million exception, it's impossible to sign Dillon for that price.
Therefore, the Nets had no choice but to ask the Grizzlies for help.
In essence, the Grizzlies gave up nothing, trading a player they didn't want in the first place for a second-round pick and $2000 million in cap space for next year.
How could the Grizzlies not accept such a free lunch?
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While Shawn Marks was busy in the free agent market, the U19 Men's Basketball World Cup was being held in Hungary.
China U19 lost to France, Canada, and Spain in the group stage.
After losing all three group stage matches, the Chinese team lost to the powerful United States in the subsequent qualifying round.
In the subsequent qualifying matches, they defeated the host team Hungary and the South Korean team.
They also won their first and second matches in this competition.
Later, in the match against Slovenia, they lost to their opponent and ultimately finished 10th in the Men's U19 Basketball World Cup with a total record of 2 wins and 5 losses.
The results weren't great, but they gave fans hope.
In particular, Chinese center Yang Hansen averaged 12.6 points, 10.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists, and a whopping 5 blocks per game in seven games.
Yang Hansen was also selected for the All-Second Team of the U19 Men's Basketball World Cup, which was a pleasant surprise for the fans.
After participating in the U19 World Cup, the group immediately returned to China.
On the same day, Wang Xiucheng also returned to China by plane.
Avril Lavigne was also traveling with Wang Xiucheng.
After a flight of more than ten hours, when Wang Xiucheng's Gulfstream Business class car landed at a business airport in Yanjing, a hospital's shuttle bus was already waiting there.
Calling it a hospital is not entirely accurate; it should be called a sanatorium.
A hospital that integrates treatment and recuperation.
After watching Avril get into the car, Wang Xiucheng even accompanied her the whole way.
After doing all this, Wang Xiucheng did not rest and went to the national team training camp to find Yang Hansen.
Yao Ming has been working with the U19 team for some time, so he had already made arrangements with Yang Hansen and his family.
Without further ado, Wang Xiucheng took Yang Hansen and left China by plane.
Another ten hours or so passed.
Even Wang Xiucheng was getting tired of flying and ended up sleeping for a few hours on the plane.
When the plane landed in Serbia, Wang Xiucheng saw Jokic's older brother standing below as soon as he got off the plane.
"Hey Stella."
Wang Xiucheng greeted everyone as soon as he got off the plane.
Although Wang Xiucheng had already thrown away his crutches, he was still very careful when getting off the plane.
Seeing Wang Xiucheng like this, Jokic's older brother Strassina rushed over to support him.
If something were to happen to Wang Xiucheng in Serbia, Strassinia even suspected that the conflict between China and Serbia might escalate into a political issue.
After all, he knew that China would be in the same group as Serbia in the World Cup.
Wang Xiucheng went to Serbia and then got injured. You're saying Serbia didn't do it on purpose?
Strassina was somewhat relieved that his younger brother wasn't playing in the World Cup.
"I'm fine," Wang Xiucheng said with a smile, looking at the burly man who was even stronger than Jokic.
Strassinia pretended not to hear and continued to support Wang Xiucheng.
If it weren't for the inappropriate occasion, he would have loved to hide it from Wang Xiucheng.
After finally getting off the plane with some difficulty, Wang Xiucheng didn't waste any words and pointed to Yang Hansen behind him, who looked rather shy.
"I've brought the person to you. I'll come back to pick him up in two months. The rest is up to you," Wang Xiucheng said.
Strassina glanced at the boy, who was even taller than her younger brother, and nodded: "Don't worry, I'll make sure he's well taken care of."
Upon hearing this, Wang Xiucheng continued to smile and said, "You know I didn't bring him here for food and drink."
“I know, he was the one who came to fetch the horse,” Strassina continued to joke, clearly aware of the content of Wang Xiucheng and Jokic’s last conversation.
“Okay, let him lead Jokic’s horse.” Wang Xiucheng smiled and agreed.
“Just kidding, haha.” Strassinia chuckled and patted Yang Hansen on the shoulder. “Not bad, you’re pretty sturdy.”
"Let's go home and talk. Jokic has been waiting for a long time." Strassina opened the car door, wanting Wang Xiucheng to get in.
Wang Xiucheng has already arrived in Serbia, so it would be really unreasonable not to bring him home.
While in the United States, Jokic had already invited Wang Xiucheng to his home several times.
However, due to various reasons, it never came to fruition.
This time, we absolutely cannot let Wang Xiucheng leave.
However, Wang Xiucheng shook his head and refused, saying, "Let's skip it this time. I'll go when I come to pick people up in August."
"That won't do. I already promised Jokic I'd bring it back for you." Strassina grabbed Wang Xiucheng's wrist, as if afraid he would run away.
If Jokic hadn't had a horse race to attend today, he would have come to pick up Wang Xiucheng himself.
Wang Xiucheng found it somewhat amusing. This guy's strength was no less than Jokic's, and if he wanted to, it would be difficult for him to break free, especially since his leg was still injured.
"You know I'm injured and need to go back for treatment. I came here before I have to return to China to report for duty," Wang Xiucheng patiently explained. "I'll definitely come next time."
Strassinia stared at Wang Xiucheng, then took out her phone and made a call to her younger brother.
Having no other option, Wang Xiucheng explained the situation to Jokic again in person, and only then did Strassinia release him.
Wang Xiucheng looked at his slightly red wrist and almost cursed out loud.
Jokic doesn't need bodyguards because his two brothers are incredibly strong fighters.
"Alright, stop delaying, you should go now," Wang Xiucheng advised.
After explaining a few more things to Yang Hansen, Wang Xiucheng stopped paying attention to them and boarded the plane.
Yang Hansen has been learning English for years and currently has no problem with simple communication.
But this time Jokic still found a translator who could speak Chinese, so Wang Xiucheng wasn't worried about that.
As the plane left Serbian airspace, Wang Xiucheng finally went to the last compartment to rest.
Wang Xiucheng fell asleep almost as soon as he lay down on the bed.
Wang Xiucheng only slowly woke up when the flight attendant came to call him.
"Mr. Wang, there are fighter jets outside the plane," the flight attendant said, sounding somewhat nervous.