Chapter 1116 Heat Brothers Gathering

The team had already gone to play preseason games, but general manager David Griffin was still there. Seeing Li Ba return to the team, he smiled happily and said: "Hammer, congratulations on winning the Wimbledon championship."

"Thank you. I need some information about the team. By the way, is Gary still the head coach?" Li Ba asked after sitting down.

"Yes, it's still Gary. He led the team to play preseason games and said he wanted to accumulate more experience." David Griffin laughed.

After asking someone to bring a cup of coffee to Li Ba, Griffin took out a list and handed it over, saying, "Hammer, this is our lineup. Take a look at it first."

Li Ba nodded and started to read.

Insider: Li Ba, Arab League, Burris Diaw, Marc Gasol.

Outside: Allen Iverson, Rajon Rondo, Manu Ginobili, Tony Allen, Kevin Martin, Grant Hill, Delonte West.

"This list is our established lineup. In addition, the team has several players with contracts, but we are prepared to trade them. If we cannot trade them, we will directly lay them off."

Griffin introduced on the side: "We won the championship last season, so the lineup has not changed much. In terms of inside, Diaw and Gasol are both in their prime years, and they will be the first substitutes, but we will definitely still Two post players will be selected.

On the outside, you invited Iverson, so we signed him. Generally speaking, there is no shortage of people on the outside, and we will focus on the inside. "

Li Ba nodded and asked: "David, when you signed the contract with Iverson, did you discuss his position?"

Griffin nodded and said: "We have already talked about it, and he said he will obey the head coach's arrangements."

Li Ba smiled and said: "He doesn't train very much. This is a problem."

"I believe you can handle him." Griffin smiled.

Nodding, Li Ba smiled and said, "Leave this matter to me."

"By the way, David, what big news are there in other teams in the league?" he asked casually.

Griffin said: "Odom went to the Lakers after his contract ended, Kobe re-signed with the Lakers, Mutombo retired, there was no big news. In addition, Rasheed Wallace went to the Celtics. And …”

"Garnett is still with the Lakers?" Li Ba asked.

"Now, the Lakers simply can't find a target to replace Garnett." Griffin said.

"Where's the knight?" Li Ba asked.

Griffin smiled: "They, like the Lakers, can't find suitable people to replace O'Neal and Big Z."

"Where's the heat?" Li Ba asked again.

He knows that Dayao has not been traded, but he actually hopes that Dayao will leave the Heat. Pat Riley is too harsh in employing people. Dayao plays like that in the Heat and will be useless for a long time.

"There is no big news. This offseason, there is no big news. Anyway, there are so many superstars, and there are no big fish this year." Griffin said.

Nodding, Li Ba smiled and said: "So, there won't be much difficulty in defending our title this year."

Griffin said excitedly: "I think so too, and now the media thinks so too."

Li Ba thought for a while and said doubtfully: "We had such a huge advantage in winning the championship last season. None of these teams made any big moves. It's a bit impossible. Do they want to watch us defend the title?"

Even if other teams make no moves, Li Ba believes that Nike will never sit back and watch the Suns defend their title.

He now has four championships in his hands, and if he starts another dynasty, he will be completely comparable to Jordan. Nike will definitely take action.

He very much doubts that there will be any big deals coming out of the league in the coming time.

Facts have proved that Li Ba's suspicion was not groundless.

Since the end of Wimbledon, Nike president Philip Knight has begun to plan for the NBA to stop the Suns, that is, Liba in the league.

Now Nike has two aces, one is Kobe and the other is LeBron James. Philip Knight hopes to bring these two superstars together into one team.

Just as Kobe's contract ended, Philip Knight met with Kobe in person, tested his attitude, and asked him if he could go to the Cavaliers.

But unfortunately, Kobe refused.

Although he is grateful to Nike for not abandoning him, he will not give up this core interest.

If Nike lets him go to other big cities, such as the Heat or Bulls, then he has no problem, but the Cavaliers cannot.

The city where the Cavaliers are located is too small. Even if the lineup is strong and the ball market has expanded, the ticket price is not even one-tenth of the Lakers. How can he go there?

Another point is that the leader of the Lakers is LeBron James. If he is leaving, who will be the leader?

The first one may have failed, and Philip Knight is back on the move to trade LeBron to the Lakers.

He first found Old Buss and asked about the Lakers' attitude.

Bass didn't think about it and agreed directly, saying that the luxury tax was not a problem at all.

But when Philip Knight found Cavaliers owner Gilbert Sr., he was disappointed again. Gilbert Sr. said without hesitation that the possibility of the Cavaliers trading LeBron was zero.

Philip Knight promised a lot of benefits, but he couldn't impress the other party, so he had to give up.

But he did not give up and was still making various efforts.

He contacted many agents in the league and wanted to start from this aspect and increase the lineup for the Lakers and Cavaliers.

At the same time, he is also planning a big deal.

On the 17th, at the Cleveland Cavaliers headquarters, Gilbert Sr. made an appointment to meet with LeBron.

This was arranged a day ago. LeBron said he wanted to talk to him about something. He thought it was about the lineup, but after sitting down, LeBron's first words shocked him.

"Sorry, sir, please let me leave the Cavaliers." LeBron said sincerely.

Old Gilbert was stunned for ten seconds before he reacted. He was extremely surprised and said, "Why?"

LeBron shook his head helplessly. He was really under a lot of pressure, from Nike.

At the same time, he lost to the Suns last season and was beaten without any ability to fight back. He did not strengthen the inside line during the offseason. He really had no confidence in the Cavaliers' lineup.

The meeting ended quickly because there was nothing to talk about. LeBron's attitude to leave the Cavaliers was very firm.

After knowing this, Gilbert Jr. angrily called LeBron and scolded him as a traitor. The latter did not talk back, but just said sorry.

The Heat headquarters welcomed Philip Knight.

On the 20th, a big deal happened. The Cavaliers had a three-way deal with the Heat and the Raptors.

LeBron James and Bosh went to the Heat, Yao Ming went to the Cavaliers, and Ray Allen went to the Raptors.

This deal was not a big deal, because the Big Three lineup has already happened many times in the past few seasons.

But then, the Cavaliers put O'Neal and Yao Ming on the shelf and announced that the team would enter a reconstruction.