After the interview, Wang Xiao formally applied for resignation to the Basketball Association. After trying to retain him to no avail, the leaders of the Basketball Association decisively let him go.

In fact, not many people in the Basketball Association hope that Wang Xiao will continue to coach. Although he has led the team to achieve unprecedented results, Wang Xiao has too much power. He almost has the say in the entire national team, whether players will stay or go.

It was all a matter of one word from him.

No leader would be happy to see a coach like this stay in the national team.

Strictly speaking, these are no longer basketball issues. Wang Xiao is neither capable nor too lazy to take care of them. This kind of problem will be left to Dayao, who will be the chairman of the Basketball Association in the future, to have a headache.

After all this was over, Wang Xiao was finally able to take a break from his busy schedule and go home to rest for a while, but his rest time was only about two weeks.

As soon as the two weeks were up, he immediately boarded a flight to Milwaukee, USA.

The preseason of the new NBA season starts in early October, and as the head coach of the team, it is inevitable to return to the team two weeks in advance to arrange various work matters for the new season. In fact, two weeks in advance is a bit late.

This year's Bucks actually don't have much to worry about.

The team currently has a strong lineup. As long as they distribute the ball well in the new season and ensure that players are not troubled by injuries, they will basically have no problem defending their title.

Last season, Durant's initiative to defect to the team completely disrupted Wang Xiao's team building ideas and directly brought the league to its finale, which he never expected.

Of course, having said that, some work still needs to be done.

First of all, the Bucks have to keep Durant, whose contract has expired. Last season, the team led the team to win the championship under the leadership of Durant, and was elected as the Finals MVP. If they want to renew the contract of this top star, they must get a support package.

The total salary contract for three years must be at least around 85 million, with an average annual salary of 28 million.

This is not a small amount, but the Bucks currently only have Klay Thompson with a big contract. Durant's contract extension is more than enough, unless the other party himself is unwilling to stay with the Bucks, but this is impossible.

Durant, who has just won a championship and a Finals MVP trophy, is in the honeymoon period with the Bucks. As long as the money is in place, the contract extension can be completed in minutes.

After the NBA's new television broadcast contract came into effect, the salary cap began to skyrocket. In July this year, many sky-high contracts were born. The most famous one was the five-year contract worth 153 million signed by the Grizzlies and point guard Mike Conley in early July.

US dollar maximum salary contract.

This contract broke many league records and became the largest contract in NBA history.

But it didn't take long for this record to be broken and constantly refreshed by other players.

In July 2017, Curry signed a new five-year, $201 million contract with the Warriors.

In the same month, Harden reached an early contract extension agreement with a certain team. The deadline for the new contract was extended to 2023. The old and new contracts combined totaled 228 million for six years.

In September 2017, Russell Westbrook reached a contract extension agreement with the Thunder, staying with the Thunder for US$205 million over five years.

By that time, Conley's five-year, $153 million contract was already considered a relatively affordable contract.

For the Bucks, the skyrocketing salary cap has many benefits.

First of all, the skyrocketing salary cap gives the team the capital to retain more outstanding players at the same time, and will not be forced to let go of too many strong players like the Wizards.

Like Antetokounmpo, whose contract expires next year, the team can keep him with the maximum salary without even frowning. As for Jokic and Embiid, whose rookie contracts expire later and will not be renewed until 2018.

It's a bit difficult. After all, these players require maximum salary to retain. If all five of them stay, then the salary of these five players alone will exceed 100 million.

Wang Xiao will not consider the contract renewal of Jokic and Embiid. That happened in the summer of 2018. Before that, this lineup can still play in the NBA for two years, which is enough to win two more championship trophies and establish a great team.

The deer team is in dynasty.

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In addition to Durant's contract renewal issue, the Bucks' role players also need to be supplemented. After the end of the 2015-16 season, there are only 7 players still under contract in the Bucks team, including Durant's contract extension.

Rand is only for 8 people.

These eight people are: guards Klay Thompson and Kyle Korver.

Forward Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Larry Sanders, center Joel Embiid, Nikola Jokic, Zaza Pachulia.

In the next half month, Wang Xiao must complete the Bucks' lineup and assemble a roster of at least 12 people.

For Wang Xiao, this is not difficult.

It may be difficult to find some players with outstanding strength who are suitable for starting, but it is not too easy to find some role players who can be substitutes and garbage time.

Wang Xiao now has several suitable candidates.

The first person he asked his assistant to contact was his former Wizards player, center JaVale McGee.

Among the centers who came out of the Wizards, McGee was the one who suffered the most.

At first, McGee, like Jordan and Whiteside, received an annual salary of tens of millions. However, although McGee's talent is not inferior to that of Jordan and Whiteside, due to attention deficit syndrome, he is very poor on the court.

It is difficult to concentrate for a long time, and he always does some very mentally retarded behaviors that are difficult for ordinary people to understand. This has made Mikey have not made much progress in these years.

To make matters worse, due to injuries, McGee's jumping and bursting were also affected, which directly led to him being laid off by the team.

McGee is now an unrestricted free agent and looking for a new home.

It doesn't cost much to sign McGee, a basic salary is enough.

Although the Bucks currently do not lack inside players, considering Embiid's glassy physique, they will definitely not suffer a loss if they stock up on more ready-to-combat centers.

What's more, Hao Peng will land in the NBA this season. By then, the Lakers with Hao Peng and Butler will rise. If they catch another big fish in the free market, they may immediately become a powerful force in the Western Conference.

If the Bucks really meet the Lakers in the Finals, Jokic's defensive level can only be considered average. He can deal with ordinary centers, but he will definitely be blown away when he meets Hao Peng.

Sign McGee to prepare for emergencies. Even if he can't stop Hao Peng, he can still help share some firepower.

The second person Wang Xiao contacted was Fred VanVleet, the Raptors guard who was later nicknamed Van Jordan.

VanVleet was a rookie this year and participated in the draft like Hao Peng, but he was not selected.

Originally, according to historical trends, he would represent the Raptors in this summer's summer league, and then sign a two-year minimum salary contract with the Raptors due to his outstanding performance in the summer league.

It's a pity that Wang Xiao exists in this time and space.

When Wang Xiao led the Chinese men's basketball team to compete in the Olympics, he had already instructed the Bucks to participate in the summer league as an assistant coach and recruit Van Fleet to the team.

As a result, the undrafted rookie became a member of the Bucks' summer league team and successfully obtained a contract extension commitment from the Bucks after the summer league.
Chapter completed!