v3 Chapter 853： Defending champion

After Tang Tian's marriage proposal was successful, Olson returned to the manor with his two children.

He stayed with Davis and Stevens for a post-match press conference.

"In fact, we have already won the game in the fifth game, but the referee let me know that in addition to scoring goals, we can also rely on free throws. They did exactly that and have always done that.

Thank you, Tang Tian has said it in the arena before. Now, in front of the reporter, he has said everything he didn't say.

Davis on the side pushed him with his hand. Tang Tian was fined by the league for this.

"Ad, what do you do? Are you reminding me to be ready to pay $ 25,000?"

Tang Tian turned his head and said that Davis coughed dryly.

There was a roar around the stage. Obviously as long as it is not blind, everyone knows how bad the referee's penalty is.

"Don't worry, I can afford it $ 25,000 a lot."

Tang Tian's words made reporters laugh.

This is the open diss alliance and Xiao Hua!

"But we won, and it turns out we can do 5 to 8, the Pelicans championship."

Tang Tian's remarks made reporters unable to help but applaud. After Tang Tian's status in the alliance now comes up, it's really a bit hard!

After the press conference, Tang Tian and Davis whistled and walked to the locker room. After winning the championship, such a wave of diss so public and so a little bit cool.

They returned to the locker room, tossed Xiao Hua and the league aside, and played with the other teammates of the team after the championship.

The first championship in team history, this requires a grand celebration.

They celebrated in the locker room, drenching Stevens with champagne.

Stevens was particularly happy this time. The outside world felt that he was able to follow Popovich as a young coach, but the pressure he was carrying was also the same.

Now that the pressure was released, he also released himself and celebrated with the team members.

The locker room celebration was just a trifle. After the end, the Pelicans, including the coaching staff, went to the largest local bar together.

The bar has been contracted by Tang Tian, ​​and he will pay for all the consumption tonight.

The players in the bar released themselves as much as possible, Bo Yang held his arms around, and led his teammates to the field teaching.

It was their happiest day of the season.

The day after the carnival ended, Tang Tian slept a lot in the manor.

When he woke up, a guest came from the manor, the team's general manager, Demps.

He came to Tang Tian to discuss the championship parade.

By the time the team was 3-1, Demps had prepared several parade plans with the people below.

It was just that the Cavaliers tied the big score, and those plans were put on hold.

Now that the Pelican has successfully won, it has been taken out again.

New Orleans is a port city, and a boat parade is one of Demps' plans.

Tang Tian also likes this solution.

The Spurs did it when they were in San Antonio, but San Antonio was a small river, and the river was only ten meters.

But the Mississippi River is a large tributary, and the San Antonio River is not a hierarchy.

The two discussed for a while and soon perfected the plan.

Tang Tian will bring out the Mars plan. At that time, the team will sail down the left bank of the Mississippi River, and then up the right bank, until it is moored to the port outside the arena, and finally to the championship speech outside the New Orleans Arena .

This package includes boat rides, streets, and harbors, and is very local to New Orleans.

After finalizing the parade plan, Demps talked with Tang Tian about planning issues for next season.

After completing the championship, the Pelicans' role has also changed, they have changed from the championship team to the defending champion.

The so-called defending champion, their goal is exactly the same as it is, to defend the championship.

There are many nba winning teams, but not many can complete the defending. The last team was the Spurs when Tang Tian played.

Changes in the lineup itself, such as the 2011 Mavericks and the 2014 Heat, have changed greatly after winning the championship and failed to defend the title.

There is also a decline in its own strength. For example, the Spurs in 2013 released Tang Tian. The lineup did not change much, but they still lost to the Heat and failed to defend the title.

Of course, there are also the rise of opponents, such as this year's Warriors, they were defeated by the Pelicans, defending the defeat.

There are other things like injuries, bloated mentality that leads to poor performance, locker room issues, and more.

All in all, because the nba regular season span is close to one year, there are many factors in it, defending the title is not an easy task.

Fortunately, as Tang Tian said in his speech after winning the championship, the Pelicans won the championship after three years of hard work, and it avoided many problems.

The Pelicans are a team of young players. There is no decline in strength. The core has won the championship for three years and there is no psychological expansion. In addition, the team atmosphere is harmonious and the core is getting stronger every year. They defended the title. The probability is actually very high.

So contrary to the situation after the Mavericks won the championship in 2011, what the Pelicans have to do this offseason is to try their best to retain the winning team, and then minor repairs can be done.

Demps handed Tang Tian a list of team contracts.

At the end of the season, the team's contract situation.

Tang Tian: A four-year 4400w contract signed in the summer of 2013 and expires in the summer of 2017, with a salary of 14.86 million next season;

Davis: 2012 rookie contract expires this summer;

Jokic: Rookie contract in 2014, which expires in the summer of 2018, and pays 1.19 million next season;

Huo Ledi, a four-year 41 million contract signed in the summer of 2013, expires in the summer of 2017, and will earn 11.29 million next season;

Ariza, 40 million in 4 years signed in the summer of 2014, expires in the summer of 2018, the salary of 102.1 million next season;

Boyang, who signed with the Nets in 2014 for 10.11 million in three years, expires in the summer of 2017 and will earn 3.73 million next season;

Ding Weidi: The second-round rookie contract in 2014, 3.1 million in three years, expires in the summer of 2017, and will pay 1.1 million next season;

Stephenson: The three-year 27.5 million contract signed with the Hornets in 2014, and next season's salary of 9.5 million, is only a team option;

Amino: 6 million in 2 years signed in summer 2014, due this summer;

McGee: The one-year salary contract signed last year, which expires this summer;

Bi Yongbo; 6 years 2 million signed in the summer of 2015, due in the summer of 2017, 3 million salary next season;

Harrell: 2015 rookie contract, expires in the summer of 2019, and earns 1.09 million next season;

Joe Harris: Three-year $ 2.33 million signed with the Cavaliers in 2014, expiring in the summer of 2017, 810,000 next season, but the team option;

Ci Shiping: The one-year salary contract signed last year, which expires this summer;

Brin Forbes: Lost draft in 2015, signed a 3-year unsecured contract, expires in the summer of 2018, and earns 530,000 next season;

"Meta has spoken to me and he will choose to retire in the summer."

Demps said.

Tang Tian nodded. Ci Shiping had expressed this idea more than once in the locker room. This was expected.

Now the team's locker room has Bo Yang, and it can be considered a new locker room leader.

After reading the list, if the Stephenson contract option is not implemented, the Pelicans will have a salary of 47.81 million next season.

Even if Davis's top salary contract (starting salary of 22 million) is basically determined, it is only 69.81 million.

This is far from the 2016 ~ 2017 season salary cap (94.143 million) and luxury tax (113.2 million) announced by the league not long ago.

There is even a distance of $ 84.72 million from the poor line.

The salary structure of the Pelicans is really too healthy, and the level that makes other teams' red eyes healthy.

But they also have a problem. They have too many players in the contract year.

Tang Tian, ​​Huo Ledi, Boyang, Ding Weidi ~ www.novelhall.com ~ These are the core rotation players of the team.

NBA is a commercial league. The ultimate goal of most players is to earn a big contract, especially after winning the championship.

The body has been gilded, and the player will definitely perform for the next big contract in the contract year.

Especially for young players like Boyang and Dinwiddie who have never won more than ten million contracts.

This will be a huge time bomb.

In history, the Celtics in the 2018 ~ 2019 season, because many people are in the contract year, resulting in the team's performance is far less than expected.

To solve this problem, all the Pelicans have to do is renew their contract in advance.

"We want to renew your contract in advance."

Demps is planning the future of the Pelicans with Tang Tian. Of course, as the general manager, the first thing he must do is Tang Tian.