Chapter 1003 Irving George Butler

Xiao Hua has officially returned. Although the future is full of uncertainty, it is at least temporarily stable.

After stabilizing, the signings of various teams and free agents also began one after another.

James, Durant, Curry, Lowry and others have all signed.

Although the league president has changed, it seems that nothing like what happened to Qiao Shouxin happened, and everything is going on smoothly.

New York Headquarters.

Xiao Hua is communicating with Joe Borgia.

Borgia was one of Tatum's vice presidents, and his previous main job was in charge of replay and referee operations.

But his relationship with Tatum, just like Tatum's relationship with Silver, has never been compatible.

Now that Xiao Hua is back, the first thing he will do is promote Borgia to his chief vice president.

"Everything went smoothly, and there was no opposition as expected. It seems that the one-year inspection period will go smoothly."

Borgia was promoted and became Xiao Hua's most loyal subordinate.

Xiao Hua couldn't hide the smile on his face after hearing this.

He knows very well what the bosses like, so forcing Tatum Tangtian and others to step down for half a year last season was the limit.

Now that the situation is stable, the two celebrated each other at the headquarters.

"Has there been any reaction from Tang Tian and the Pelicans?"

After Xiao Hua laughed, he asked one more question.

"No, in fact, a player is just a tool to play. Even if he is the best player in the league, the bosses won't care. Labor has no say, and management is in control of everything."

Borgia said with a smile.

Xiao Hua nodded after listening.

"And the No. 1 player in the league can definitely be praised. As long as he can help LeBron win the championship in Cleveland, isn't the No. 1 player his?"

Borgia continued.

Xiao Hua laughed loudly after hearing this.

This Borgia had many ideas and a flexible mind, which made him particularly fond of him.

To say that he failed last time, a big important reason was the lack of a staff like Borgia.

Now that he has been dormant for half a year, he is back and has summed up his previous experiences and lessons.

No one, and no one will be able to stop him this time!

Just as the signings of various teams were going on, Woj broke a piece of news that was not big or small.

Walker did not reach a contract with the Celtics immediately. The main reason was that the contract situation of the Celtics team option made him worried.

The Celtics were unwilling to budge.

Angie's mind is shrewd.

There is no team offering Walker a contract at all now, and the Celtics are the team that can offer Walker the largest contract on the market.

Drag, the Celtics can afford it, but Walker can't.

So he just had to wait patiently for Walker to compromise.

However, there were too many big-name signing news on this day, and Walker's presence was actually not that strong.

Everyone also feels that it is only a matter of time before Walker signs.

And compared with Walker's signing, another piece of news that broke out on this day obviously attracted more attention to them.

Because of the intervention of the Cavaliers and Bucks, the Pacers gave up the idea of ​​sending George to the Thunder!

According to the latest news from Shams, the Cavaliers, Pacers and Bucks are likely to reach a three-way deal.

In this deal, Irving, George and Middleton will become the core of the three-party deal!

This news is what fans are most concerned about!

Irving's departure from the Cavaliers is a certainty, but with two years left on his contract, his trade value is higher than George's.

So the probability of success of this transaction is very high.

But this is very painful for Thunder fans. They were originally waiting for the Big Three to take shape, but now they are told that they are gone?

The dove of the three human natures?

Thunder fans took to social media to complain.

But before they could finish complaining, another piece of news released by Woj immediately attracted the attention of fans.

The Pelicans added Jokic to the bargaining chip, which quickly allowed them to leave other teams behind, and it is expected that a deal between them and the Mavericks will be reached in a short period of time.

There are some powerful bands from the east and west, you sing and I come on stage, it’s so lively!

"Are we going to find a way to stop them from trading?"

At the New York headquarters, Borgia asked Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua shook his head.

Neither the Pelicans nor the Mavericks are league-managed teams like the Hornets, and both teams have a normal relationship with him.

It would be difficult to stop them from completing the deal.

And to say the least, even if this deal is done, the improvement to the Pelicans will be very limited.

You must know that Butler also has a maximum salary of 20 million. If the Pelicans want to trade him, in addition to sending Jokic, they must also send Ariza or Bojan, and even an addition like Williams.

This is equivalent to removing one-third of the rotation of the championship lineup, which is not necessarily a good thing for the Pelicans.

Anyway, keep going, it will be in vain in the end.

Last season, the Warriors had a hard time with the Pelicans without the help of referees. Now a bunch of people are paying for Butler, which is just a blind spot.

On the contrary, he publicly said that he would not change the lineup before, but now he is starting to trade. This kind of chaos because of his comeback makes him feel very happy.

On the third day after the freeze period ended, free agent signings were basically in progress.

It was also on this day that the three-party deal that had attracted heated discussions among fans was finally reached.

As previously reported by Shams, Irving, George and Middleton became the main subjects of this three-party deal.

The Cavaliers traded Irving for Paul George and 2018 and 2020 second-round picks from the Bucks.

The Bucks sent Middleton, Jabari Parker and second-round picks in 2018 and 2020 to receive Irving and a 2018 first-round pick from the Pacers (lottery protected).

The Pacers sent George and a 2018 first-round pick (lottery protected) to acquire Middleton and Jabari Parker.

Each of the three parties in this deal gets what they want.

For the Cavaliers, Irving's departure is inevitable, and this deal is timely to stop the loss. They only need to sign another point guard in the free market;

For the Bucks, with the dual-core of Irving and Antetokounmpo, they also have further reinforcements in the free market;

For the Pacers, they also got their biggest return. Middleton is a high-quality low-salary high-performance contract in the league. Parker, the second pick, averaged 20 points per game last season. He will be put on the shelf by the Bucks just because Suffering major injuries, the Pacers can take a gamble.

This three-party deal shocked the league, but the fans' reaction was pretty good. After all, the main framework of the deal had been exposed by Shams before.

While fans were still discussing the details of the deal, Woj's latest news once again aroused fans' attention.

The Pelicans reached a deal with the Mavericks, sending Jrue Holiday and Nikola Jokic, and acquired Jimmy Butler from the Mavericks!