Late at night on June 10, Cleveland.≤,

Since the Finals ended with the Clippers' sweep, the small town of Cleveland has been destined to be calm. In the next month, many touching stories will happen here.

Sure enough, the day after the Cavaliers lost the finals, they fired the coach and replaced the manager, but James still did not answer the phone or reply to text messages. After James left the press conference that day, the Cavaliers lost contact with the city's hope.

Turning the time back to June 7, the fourth game of the finals was at halftime, outside the home team's locker room door, three important members of James' team were just talking and talking. They were famous NBA powerhouse William Wesley, James's agent Leon Rose, and Mavelick Carter, CEO of LRMR, the company run by James.

The three are condemning the then Cavaliers coach Mike Brown, who is less than an hour before the Cavaliers lose the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Few people know that after the Cavaliers lost to Boston a year ago, James asked the team to drive Mike Brown away. That season, Brown led the Cavaliers to a second record in the league with 62 wins and 20 losses in the regular season. In front of Cavaliers boss Dan Gilbert, General Manager Danny Ferry supported Mike Brown and eventually retained the coaching position for Brown. But Ferry understood that the same thing could not happen again in 2010, because all decisions of this team must be passed by James, and at least the latter's opinion must be consulted.

This time, the Cavaliers' boss Gilbert firmly believed that if he wanted to renew James, the Cavaliers would have to fire Mike Brown.

On June 8, when coach Brown was dismissed, he deliberately mentioned James' name in a statement. He knew that James had been waiting for a long time to drive him away. Brown also understood that he no longer had to pretend to like and respect James.

Just as Brown was dismissed, Cavaliers general manager Ferry warned Gilbert that no better coach could be found on the market now. In the end, Ferry himself lost his job. Gilbert hoped that he could gain more control at this time, thus leaving James behind. Ferry's stubbornness and persistence became obstacles.

The Cavaliers experienced a "coup" and Gilbert personally took action. He and his subordinates did their best to impress James. But unfortunately, they never received feedback from James.

Gilbert called over the past few days but he didn't answer; he didn't reply to emails and text messages. Gilbert provided Michigan State coach Izo with a five-year, $30 million coach contract, hoping to persuade James to stay with Izo, but James also did not reply to Izo's call.

Before the Cavaliers contacted Izo, the latter rejected the Bulls' invitation. Soon after, when James was unable to be contacted, he refused Gilbert.

Gilbert didn't know. Just before Izo rejected the Cavaliers' invitation, he spoke with two close friends of James in the league. The two told Izo not to expect to coach James in Cleveland. On the other hand, the bargaining chip Gilbert used to attract Izo was "coaching James", but the Michigan State coach believed that no one in the Cavaliers' management had a real close relationship with James.

The Heat team is different. Wade has long felt that James is likely to leave Cleveland. When the Celtics eliminated the Cavaliers 4:3 last season, he thought James would basically leave. I still remember that during the Beijing Olympics, on the bus of the American men's basketball team, everyone could always see three people occupying the back seat of the carriage and whispering in a whispering.

These three are James, Wade and Bosh. Their whispers are closely linked to the crazy summer of 2010. They want to seize the opportunity that is hard to come by and join forces to win the championship.

Now that they are about to join forces, the Cavaliers boss Dan Gilbert should have an epiphany. In the past, Gilbert had to ask himself every day: "How can I keep LeBron James? How can I make him happy?" But later he found that there was no answer to this question.

At this time, the alliance was covered with dark clouds and the storm was about to come.

On June 12, the league officially announced the all-important event schedule for the 2010-11 NBA league. The following is the detailed content.

June 24, 2010 NBA Draft.

July 1 Free agent market open negotiation day

Free agent signing start day on July 6

Las Vegas Summer League Training Camp from July 10-19

NBA Hall of Fame Ceremony on September 10

Reports of all players returning to the team on September 28

The NBA preseason officially kicked off on September 29

October NBA preseason ends

The official list of NBA players was announced on October 26

The new season begins on October 27.

The league has strict regulations on its customized schedule. Before July 1, no team is allowed to contact other team players, otherwise they will suffer heavy punishments. But this rule cannot trap those guys who are truly energetic. Just when James blocked Cleveland's phone, text messages, and emails, Pat Riley, who was far away in Miami, was secretly happy.

In today's league, no one has the same insights into what happened between James and the Cavaliers as Riley. His eyeliner and spies are everywhere in every corner, including his star Wade. For the past two years, Wade has been telling Riley that the Heat are fully capable of pulling James to Miami, so you can always wait for good news.

Of course, not only Riley has the energy in this alliance, nor does everyone look at the little emperor. There are too many stories that can happen in this crazy summer.

On June 15, the official website of the New Jersey Nets announced that they fired the team's former general manager and head coach, and then officially applied for Phil Jackson as the team's new season head coach and also as the team manager. The term of Zen Master is two years.

On June 16, the Nets held a press conference for this, but did not disclose the specific salary of Zen master.

The "Zen Master" has always been known as a super famous coach. He led the Bulls to complete two three consecutive championships and also won three consecutive championships in the Lakers. His brilliant career has also made him one of the greatest coaches in NBA history.

But he only achieved such an achievement in the role of head coach. Obviously, he failed to satisfy the "Zen Master". He imagined that Pat Riley would change a team with his outstanding operating ability, so he had the idea of ​​serving as general manager in the team.

However, many teams have superstitious worship of the coaching ability of "Zen Master", but they do not dare to make the first attempt at his operating ability. Instead, the Nets first introduced the "Zen Master" to the management.

A topic that is generally concerned by the outside world now may be, what is the salary of the "Zen Master"?

Last season, Zen Master's annual salary in the Lakers was $10 million, ranking first in the league's coach salary list. However, according to the "New York Daily News", the annual salary of "Zen Master" on the Nets may not exceed $10 million. The salary he received is not as much as everyone imagined.

The Nets are willing to let Zen masters control the team in full, and the price may be that of a relatively low salary. Everyone has to make a choice. In terms of power and money, the "Zen master" who has just been swept out by the Lakers has chosen the right. How he will use his own abilities to change the fate of this team remains to be actually proven.

Emma Roberts, who had already retired from the film industry, briefly attended the Zen Master's press conference. She said: "I am definitely not an expert in basketball. I am just a fan of my fiancé. The decisions I made in the past half season were based on opinions from consulting companies and other aspects. Therefore, once a decision is made, it is always out of place with the actual situation of the team. I don't want to interfere too much. But as the chairman of the company, I have an obligation to intervene. Now, Mr. Phil will use his intelligence and wisdom to help me make decisions. I just need to support them to win the championship."

Many reporters complained in their hearts that you little puppet, hurry up and call out your giant panda, we have many questions to ask him.

They did want to see the animal brothers. The two guys returned to Los Angeles and participated in the Clippers' third championship celebration. After parading in the streets, they lost contact and the media could no longer find these two people. After James lost contact, the giant panda and the little fox also lost contact, and the league disappeared three of the most precious animals.

Emma Roberts, the little puppet, was still carrying the manuscript in his hand and said very formally: "Phil has full authorization. If he wants, he can even let Panda leave. This is his decision, and I just need to agree."

Little Radish Shrimp accidentally said that it was not time for players to trade now, so the Nets have committed a taboo in private contact with other team players. However, the Nets are not afraid of violating this rule in the entire league. Everyone knows the reason.

The reporters below laughed, and Phil Jackson couldn't help laughing. This little boss lady might be a cute Zen master who was a little taciturn this time, raised the microphone and said softly: "I dare not let Panda leave." As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of laughter rang out at the press conference.

Major media reported the news that the "Zen Master" joined the Nets, and this news is no less than a bombshell in the league!

Since Feier Jackson announced that he would not renew his contract with the Lakers, everyone has been speculating whether Zen Master would choose to retire and where is his next stop? Unexpectedly, he chose the giant panda in a blink of an eye.

The Nets hired Zen Master as management, and this news is shocking enough, but the dynasty coach has long wanted to be the team's general manager, which is no secret.

After Phil Jackson announced his engagement with Jenny Buss, his most hopeful and ideal job was to serve as the Chief Operating Officer of the Lakers' Basketball Affairs Department. Unfortunately, this position has always been dominated by Jenny's brother Jim Buss, and Buss Jr. is unwilling to let the feud.

For the Lakers today, most people believe that Zen Master is the one who can lead the team together and stand up again. But since Bass was ill, the Lakers have lost a spiritual mentor. And it can be foreseeable that if any organization, whether it is financial, political, or sports, will continue to have only one result, and that is failure.

After Old Bass withdrew from the Lakers' management and was at ease at home, Jenny was responsible for the team's business part and Jim was responsible for the specific basketball affairs, but nothing worse than the management of the two of them. In fact, when Old Bass was healthy, the brother and sister rarely spoke, and their relationship was cold. Although they tried to repair the relationship, the result was still that the two leaders could not be allowed to do so. One stayed and the other had to leave.

Magic Johnson fired after Zen Master left the Lakers: "Kobe is the facade of the Lakers, so who is the facade of the Lakers' management? Zen Master is undoubtedly the best candidate." However, Bus Jr. did not listen to the Magician's advice. Just like he and his sister have always had differences, he was just stubborn.

On June 1, the night before the 2010 NBA draft, Miami's Pat Riley called the general manager of Thunder Sam Presti, and the two sides then reached an agreement that defender Dae Quinn Cook, who played for the Heat last season, was traded to the Thunder.

Miami has freed up more salary space, and they are ready to welcome the arrival of James, Wade and Bosh, and are getting closer and closer to the gathering of the new "Big Three".

On the same day, no one knew that the Zen master who had just taken office once again confronted his old enemy. Phil Jackson called Old Dunleavy to inform the Clippers that it was time to release him.

The Clippers don't want to receive a call from the Nets, although they know that they will come sooner or later.

After the finals, Ballmer and Dunleavy invited the two brothers to go out to sea to play. In the past three days, they tried their best to keep the giant pandas, but the latter was not willing to talk about this matter in depth, and they cleverly bypassed the topic every time. After trying a few times, they knew that Ji Guoqiu had made up his mind and had no choice but to give up lobbying.

Some things are ultimately unforced, at least the giant pandas are willing to answer their calls and will not lose contact with them.

Old Dunleavy received a call from the Zen master at this moment. Although the latter's tone was very polite, he knew that the other party informed him that "it was time to release him."

The Clippers announced on the day of the draft that they will not exercise the fourth year team option of Ji Guoqiu, which means that after July 1, any team in the league can offer Ji Guoqiu, and the Clippers have priority matching rights. However, they have adopted Ji Guoqiu's fourth year option, and Ji Guoqiu will play in the fourth year of the Clippers.

"The two brothers officially split up"!

As soon as this news came out, it naturally occupied a headline on major media pages. Although this incident was no longer a secret, it really happened and it still made major media rush to report it.

The Clippers fans' reaction was the most intense. On that day, they dispatched thousands of people to Ji Guoqiu's doorstep for a retention activity. Many fans also brought tents, obviously intending to fight for a long time at Ji Guoqiu's doorstep.
Chapter completed!