Chapter 1281 The Suns' Attitude

The Arab League quickly withstood Gasol. The latter saw Li Ba rushing towards him, immediately turned around, and then hit the ground and passed the ball to the basket and the small player behind Li Ba. Gasol.

Gasol caught the ball, stood up and dunked. Li Ba turned back to defend and slapped him down with the ball.

The two landed. Gasol, who was not as strong as Li Ba, stumbled backwards and lost his balance. Li Ba stopped on one foot and caught the falling basketball.

"yeah!"

The whole audience burst into applause and cheers for this wonderful defense.

"The defensive ability is still super strong! The turning speed is still super fast!"

Seeing this defense, all the scouts had a thought in their minds. This is the Hammer of the past. There is no change, no decline in form. This is the Hammer, the god of basketball.

Of course, the time was still short and needed to be observed, but they were sure that Tie Hammer's injury really had little impact on him. They did not see any problem with Li Ba's left leg's strength.

In the audience, James and Kobe were also analyzing Li Ba's condition.

"I doubt he was injured at all. His left knee is completely fine. I think he just didn't want to play and found an excuse. This guy is very cunning. He doesn't concentrate on playing at all. He won't play if he doesn't want to."

Kobe said with certainty, looking at Li Ba with an angry expression, feeling like he had been deceived.

"It's probably like this, just like when he retired twice before, it was not due to physical reasons." James also said thoughtfully.

At this time in the United States, in Los Angeles, Bass was staring at the TV, with Kupchak next to him.

"Mitch, what do you think?" he asked the latter.

"Jerry, I don't see anything different about him than before," Kupchak said.

"Look again, if...according to the current news, the Suns have not had too much contact with him, Sarver should be hesitant. This is our opportunity." Old Buss said.

"I will take action as soon as possible. The Hammer's agent Gao is in New York now." Kupchak said.

"New York?" Old Buss immediately thought of the Knicks, the owner who dared to spend money more than him, and immediately said: "Then don't wait, go to New York now, take a special plane there, don't let the Knicks get there first. In addition, I will contact Gao personally.”

Kupchak was startled, but immediately nodded, stood up and left.

Like the Lakers, big and wealthy teams like the Heat are continuing to observe Li Ba's situation while making preparations to contact Gao Yuanyuan.

At the game, because Liu Wei got open shots continuously and made a shot, Spanish head coach Scariolo ordered Gasol to move to the high position of the free throw line to defend Li Ba and let Calderon. Go back to Liu Wei.

"That's right, because the Hammers don't have three-pointers, so just defend him from the high post." Sun Zhenping explained.

"If the hammer... this goal will definitely go in." Yu Jia said at this time.

His eyes were full of expectations. If Li Ba's condition was still the same as before, then there would definitely be a breakthrough at this time, and he would go straight in and hit a big dunk.

But he didn't dare to be sure. What if Li Ba was really not the hammer he used to be?

The next moment, his eyes lit up!

"squeak!"

When Gasol came up to the high position, Li Ba leaned forward first, and then suddenly turned around. With the sound of fierce friction of sneakers, he turned around and took one step past Gasol and into the paint.

There was no one under the basket, and Gasol was pulled to the three-point line by the Arab League.

"boom!"

Li Ba took one step across the free throw line, then took another small step, and then he suddenly shot up and hit a double-arm dunk. The entire basket was sunk two feet, and the media reporters under the basket were startled.

"Wow!"

As Li Ba's body swayed high, the audience suddenly burst into exclamations.

"yeah!"

Yu Jia jumped up with excitement and shouted: "He is still him! He is still the Hammer! The God of Basketball, Hammer!"

"Yeah, daddy is great!" Guoguo cheered at home.

When Old Buss saw this scene in Los Angeles, he immediately took out his cell phone and called Kupchak. After getting through, he shouted:

"He's still him, Mickey, and we're going to do whatever it takes to get him."

"Contact Gao immediately."

Like Buss Sr., Knicks owner James Dolan also issued an order at this time.

The Heat, too.

Mavericks, same.

Sunshine, Sarver's home, watching TV, sweat began to form on his head.

He knew that Li Ba was still the same Li Ba and was not injured at all, but he could not decide whether to continue signing Li Ba.

If signed, it will definitely be a long-term contract, and it will directly be a full salary cap contract.

According to the new labor agreement, the length of the long-term contract has been reduced from seven years to six years, and the maximum free agent signing period is five years. That is, if he wants to sign Li Ba, he can sign for a maximum of five years.

Five years is an expenditure of nearly US$600 million. Can the Suns sustain such a huge expense?

Of course, even Li Ba's previous contract actually cost 60 million U.S. dollars including luxury tax. If the new contract is signed, it will only add an additional 50 million U.S. dollars each year. In fact, the five-year contract will only add less than 50 million U.S. dollars a year. $300 million in expenses.

Based on the operating conditions from the 2010 to 2011 season, it can actually be sustained.

This is something he has been struggling with. He can sign it, but if he signs it, the operational pressure will be very high.

And last season, with Li Ba's departure, the market shrank, the Suns' operations were not ideal, and the team's valuation also dropped by nearly 70%, which increased his pressure.

The important thing is that the five-year contract is too long. What if Li Ba is really injured one day? With a super contract of nearly 600 million US dollars, the Suns will be directly dragged to death by him.

But on the other hand, if Li Ba is signed, the team's valuation will soar again, and the operation will definitely improve.

This is where he is entangled. He is very embarrassed whether to sign or not.

As for the lifetime top contract he promised Li Ba, forget it. It's just a business. He doesn't care. At the same time, he also believes that Li Ba won't care.

At this time, Gao Yuanyuan in New York has received calls from several team owners, such as Mavericks owner Cuban, Lakers owner and Knicks owner, and Trail Blazers owner.

She has now initially established a voice in the American wine industry. This is the voice of an industry. As the chairman and major shareholder of Senbei Wine Trading Company, she also has a certain status in the American business community. This is why these bosses call her personally, otherwise only the general manager will contact him.

But she did not choose to meet because the competition had just begun.