I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 188 Filling the Lineup
In the 2009-10 season, the NBA's salary cap was $5770 million, and the luxury tax line was $6992 million.

New boss Pella did not set a salary cap for them.

And what makes Li Ran more fortunate is that the current NBA does not have a hard salary cap.

Therefore, the Grizzlies have a lot of room to operate.

The team's biggest contract now is Zach Randolph's $1600 million, and the remaining seven people are either child labor contracts or middle-class contracts like Iverson.

Li Ran is worth $220 million, Gasol is worth $324 million, Curry is worth $446 million, Iverson is worth $350 million, Yi Jianlian is worth $319 million, Darrell Arthur is worth $105 million, and Livingston is worth $100 million.

Calculated in this way, the Grizzlies' current total salary is only 3464 million US dollars, not even the poor ghost line.

If Li Ran and Cole decide to act harder, they can even sign two or even three All-Star players.

A full $500 million in cap space!This is an astronomical figure in this day and age.

When discussing whether there are any big fish in this year's free market, Li Ran suddenly thought of someone.

Therefore, the Grizzlies launched an offer to the Lakers with bad intentions.

More specifically, an offer was made to Kobe Bryant.

They offered Kobe a four-year, $4 million contract.

That's right, the biggest fish in the free market this year is this mamba snake.

However, Kobe refused without hesitation. . .

He has already negotiated a contract with the Lakers, and he is short of signing it.

Li Ran and Cole didn't expect to get Naka, and it would be troublesome if they did. . .

Just holding some kind of bad taste.

Moreover, if the Grizzlies really got Kobe here, who would be the boss, he or Li Ran?

However, Li Ran really has two good candidates, and they are very suitable for the current Grizzlies.

The first is the league's Super Sixth Man.

Jamal Crawford!

The 29-year-old Ke 6 is undoubtedly at the peak of his career. Last season, he averaged 19.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game in the Warriors. His contract just expired in the summer. I heard that the Eagles have An offer was made to him.

The other candidate was a member of Li Ran's opponent, the Magic, in this year's finals.

Hedo Turkoglu.

The Turkish forward had the best season of his career thanks to the Magic's system last season, and he is also a good fit for this Grizzlies.

Calipari's famous tactic DDM is somewhat similar to running and bombing, but more balanced.

In his tactical system, players who advance with the ball must not only have excellent breakthrough ability, but also have a certain ability to distribute the ball.

The Turk, who possesses playmaking skills rarely seen at the small forward position, is undoubtedly a good candidate.

After the three discussed the two candidates, Cole called directly and asked the Grizzlies uniform team to send them a contract offer.

Because the Grizzlies are not short of money now, Pera's latest instruction is that it can exceed the luxury tax, so the offer issued by the Grizzlies is also very generous.

都是千万级别的年薪，克6得到了一份3年2800万的报价，特科格鲁则是一份4年4000万的报价。

While waiting for the two to reply, Li Ran set his sights on another veteran.

To be exact, it is a veteran who is already 37 years old this year.

Grant Hill's second spring in the sun.

Others don't know, but Li Ran knows that there is a lot of fuel in Grant Hill's fuel tank.

Moreover, his contract just expired this season. If Li Ran remembers correctly, the Suns offered Hill an offer of 630 million for two years.

There is nothing to say, 1000 million in two years is rich.

Two days later, the three of them sent a reply almost at the same time.

agree!

agree!

agree!

Sure enough, in the NBA, money is the greatest love.

Ke 6 did not hesitate to reject the two-year 2 million contract offered by the Eagles, and turned around and came to Memphis.

And Turkoglu, who was hesitant to renew his contract with the Magic, saw the Grizzlies' offer and came over.

Only Hill hesitated.

But the problem is not big, you know, Cole was still the manager of the Suns last season. . .

Under Cole's phone call, Old Hill also obediently carried his luggage and came to Memphis.

The Grizzlies who bought almost half of the starting-level lineup still have more than 1000 million salary space to reach the luxury tax.

But neither Li Ran, Cole nor Calipari are ready to sign star-level players.

Again, the ball is not enough.

Curry is in his rookie season, and Li Ran is only in his second year. As the core of the team's future, the two will definitely need a lot of shooting rights.

With the addition of Black and White Shuangxiong, Ke 6, Turkoglu, Yi Jianlian and Old Hill, the right to shoot has basically been completely divided. . .

Moreover, a nine-to-ten rotation in the regular season is already quite a lot, and then only need to sign some bench players to make up the number.

However, Li Ran, who was addicted to the manager after a hard time, was still tirelessly looking for players he thought were suitable.

In the next few days, the Grizzlies continued to have good news.

2 million in 500 years, signed the famous parallel import champion Kwame Brown.

The same 2 years and 500 million, signed the swingman Michael Finley who is only one year younger than Hill.

In this way, the Grizzlies are still some distance away from the luxury tax threshold.

"That's right! How did I forget him!"

A few days later, Li Ran who just woke up sat up suddenly.

He thinks about a player who will play without the ball in the NBA this year.

Handicap - Gerald Green!

This season, Green did not find a next home. In the next two years, he had no choice but to wander in the Russian Super League and the CBA.

But Li Ran knew that this guy had potential.

The nine-finger dunk king is undoubtedly a late bloomer player, with a sky-defying bounce, but he suddenly became enlightened when his career was nearing the end.

His peak season in history was in 13-14, and he averaged 15.9 points per game playing in the Suns.

He has potential, but he realized it late.

That leaves the Grizzlies with only one spot left.

Cole suggested to keep this position first, and sign a non-guaranteed player from NBDL at will, so as to avoid any changes in the team in the future.

His old-fashioned suggestion was unanimously approved by Li Ran and Calipari.

As a result, the Grizzlies' roster for this season is freshly released.

Centers: Marc Gasol, Darrell Arthur, Kwame Brown.

Power Forward: Zach Randolph, Yi Jianlian.

Small forwards: Li Ran, Grant Hill, Hedo Turkoglu.

Shooting guards: Allen Iverson, Jamal Crawford, Gerald Green, Michael Finley.

Point guards: Stephen Curry, Shawn Livingston. (A modification was made earlier, when the Li Ran was traded, the extra head was changed from Gortat to Livingston)
Li Ran looked at the lineup with a smile on his lips.

But Cole and Calipari obviously had different ideas from Li Ran.

"Li, do you feel that our lineup is a little too weak defensively, especially on the perimeter?"

Cole always felt something strange, and finally came back to his senses.

(End of this chapter)