"Kevin, Durant?"
"Is there any chance we can sign him?"
In the Minnesota Timberwolves' executive boardroom, the front office is holding a meeting regarding offseason trades. Team owner Taylor was the first to express doubts about the plan proposed by the relevant departments of the team.
Everyone knows that if Durant can be signed, then any team has a chance to win the championship.
Now the Timberwolves are strong enough. If they can recruit Durant, they will definitely be stronger than the Warriors! By then, let alone a championship, three championships in four years may be possible.
"No."
Team general manager Sam Mitchell shook his head, "Looking at the current situation, it is difficult for Kevin to be our target. Regardless of whether he can win the championship with the Warriors, I am sure he will not leave next season." .... He joined the Warriors at the risk of being ridiculed by countless fans. If he only left after winning one championship, then the price he paid would be too high..."
After hearing General Manager Sam's words, owner Taylor nodded thoughtfully, "So besides these two, what other players are there in the free market?"
"I want to hear your analysis!"
Soon, an analyst next to General Manager Sam stood up, turned on the projector placed in the conference hall, and then read out the information while explaining.
"There is a player who can be considered. His positioning is more in line with our team. This person is Breg Griffin."
"He is a very good forward player in the league. Once he can join us, our forward problems can be greatly alleviated..."
When everyone heard that it was Griffin, they started to look forward to it.
After all, everyone knows how powerful Griffin was back then, and his dunks were amazing to the entire league.
If such a top player can be signed, the Timberwolves will undoubtedly have more capital to compete for the championship.
At least, it won't be like this season. Once Howard suffers a season-ending injury, the team's forward line will always have various situations. Later, players will even need to rotate among themselves to make up for the shortcomings. This is for a team. Not reasonable.
"But there is a problem. Bregg can now choose to jump out of the contract early, or he can choose not to jump out of the contract. If he doesn't choose, his contract with the Clippers will still have one year left."
"Of course, this is not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is that his contract with the Clippers next season is more than 29 million US dollars. If we want to poach him, the contract must not be lower than this amount... .Our department has calculated that even if we can sign a multi-year contract, the initial annual salary cannot be less than US$25 million..."
"For the salary space of the Timberwolves, once Bregg is signed, there may be no way to strengthen it in other areas..."
As soon as this was said, the conference room gradually became quiet.
A contract of more than 20 million yuan is not a small amount. For the Timberwolves, once the trading space is blocked, the team's problems will obviously not be solved.
Moreover, compared to other owners who are willing to spend money, Timberwolves owner Taylor is obviously less willing to spend money.
"In addition, Andre Iguodala's contract has officially expired at the end of the season. His annual salary next season will reach more than $14 million. If we are willing to increase the price, maybe it is feasible to sign him. ..."
Everyone sees Iguodala's contribution to the Warriors. He also played a huge role when the Timberwolves fought against the Warriors. Therefore, for the Timberwolves, if Iguodala can be replaced by the Warriors, If you come here to dig it, it will undoubtedly be a very exciting thing.
It not only dug a corner for the Warriors, but also allowed the team to get a better forward player.
What the Timberwolves need most now is an excellent striker. As long as they can strengthen the striker, there will be basically no problems in other positions.
At that time, if the strength of the bench lineup is slightly improved, the Timberwolves can definitely stabilize their status as a quasi-Western Conference championship team in a few years.
It is not a problem to have the ability to win championships for at least the next few years.
"Okay, if that's the case then let's give it a try!"
"Send someone to contact Iguodala's agent to see if he can be lured to us... The treatment can be improved, not only for us to get an excellent player, but also for the Warriors Feeling the loss of a great player..."
Team owner Taylor made the decision.
As for other operations and transactions, the relevant departments of the team also gave some suggestions. However, compared to gold mining in the free market, it is obviously more difficult to trade players who are still under contract in the opponent's lineup.
Without any problems, which club is willing to give away the core players of its team?
The team's operations have officially started.
The Eastern and Western Conference finals are also in full swing.
The first results came from the east side. The Cleveland Cavaliers took a lot of rest after sweeping their opponents one after another. It was precisely because they were too comfortable that they lost to the Boston Celtics in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals.
The score of the two sides in this game was 111 to 108.
The Cavaliers were defeated by Celtics substitute Marcus Smart with a key three-pointer at the last moment. The opponent also scored a team-high 27 points, helping the Celtics narrowly defeat the Cavaliers. The team won the first game.
Then, the Celtics only won this one game in the entire series, and the next four games were completely defeated by the Cavaliers.
In addition to the gap in strength, Isaiah Thomas' injury has also become an important reason for the Celtics' loss.
The previous battles aggravated his knee injury, and he did not perform well in several games, so he was not able to perform at the extraordinary level he had before the Eastern Conference Finals.
4-1, the Cavaliers almost swept their opponents and advanced to the finals.
Compared with the success of the Cavaliers, the Warriors in the Western Conference are simply even more exaggerated. They didn't even use the 4-1, and directly swept the Spurs 4-0.
Before the Western Conference Finals started, many fans believed that the Spurs were very strong and could play at least six games with the Warriors. Unexpectedly, after the Western Conference Finals actually started, except for the Warriors who narrowly won the first game, the Spurs were defeated by the Warriors in all other games.
This also made the game no longer suspense early.
Many fans are also disappointed with the Western Conference Finals. They believe that the Warriors and Timberwolves should really qualify for the Western Conference Finals.
The Spurs clearly just had better luck.
If Zhao Feiyang hadn't suffered an injury, even if the Timberwolves entered the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs would not have been able to defeat them.
Regardless, the Cavaliers and Warriors met again in the Finals.
