These two pieces of news were quite sensational, but also very interesting.

Because the news came from media outlets in Oakland and Los Angeles.

The parties involved couldn't speak out at this time, so the truth of the news was unknown.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was June 30th, just one day away from the opening of free agency.

Dempsey was going crazy because, based on private contact with Walker and Butler, both of them would opt out of their contracts to test the free agent market.

They also didn't have a clear attitude about re-signing with the Pelicans.

His idea was to keep at least one of the two.

That would be the ideal outcome.

But the fact that this hadn't been confirmed before the opening of free agency was obviously not a good thing.

Tang Tian's phone couldn't be reached, so Dempsey directly bought a plane ticket to the Caribbean and went to find Tang Tian based on the information he had gathered.

The sun was shining, and the sea breeze was gentle.

Tang Tian was holding Olsen, enjoying the beautiful holiday, drinking juice under a beach umbrella with the gentle sea breeze.

Putting all the NBA things aside was a real treat for Tang Tian, who had transmigrated for seven years.

But this enjoyment was quickly broken.

Because he inadvertently saw a person in a white t-shirt waving and running towards him.

Dempsey.

This guy actually chased him to the Caribbean.

"Elizabeth, wait for me here for a bit."

Tang Tian didn't want his holiday to be ruined, so he got up and walked towards Dempsey.

"Tang, I can't reach you, your phone isn't being answered."

Dempsey said breathlessly, anxiously.

"Oh, I might have left my phone in New Orleans."

Tang Tian said as if he suddenly remembered.

Not long ago, he had officially announced Carl as his new agent, and Carl was handling all the endorsements and other matters.

So he didn't even bring his phone.

A big part of the reason was that he didn't want Dempsey to contact him.

On the one hand, he wanted to have a peaceful holiday with Olsen.

On the other hand, he knew with his toes that Dempsey would be looking for him because of Walker and Butler.

He had privately acquiesced to Walker and Butler leaving, but he couldn't say that directly to Dempsey, so he could only hide.

"Tang, we have trouble! Jimmy and Kemba might both leave next season, our strength will drop a lot!"

Sure enough, Dempsey didn't care why Tang Tian's phone was left in New Orleans, but directly and anxiously told him the current situation.

"Let them do whatever they want, we can't keep them all."

Tang Tian said calmly.

"Ah?"

Dempsey thought he had misheard.

"Dell, calm down, with me and AD, New Orleans will still have a fourth championship. If Kemba and Jimmy want a bigger stage, let them go, they've already sacrificed one season for the Pelicans."

Tang Tian wanted to reach out and touch Dempsey's head, but changed it to patting Dempsey on the shoulder instead.

Dempsey looked at Tang Tian for a while, and after carefully considering it, he understood Tang Tian's attitude.

He was obedient, but not stupid. Tang Tian was acquiescing to Walker and Butler leaving.

"I think we should at least keep one of them, so our losses won't be too great."

He understood, but still expressed his thoughts.

"The league has a hard salary cap, the salary space will explode in at most two years."

Tang Tian replied directly.

The Tang Tian rule really had a big impact on forming superteams, super teams with three superstars were no longer possible.

"It won't, and it's worth it, two years, even one year is worth it."

Dempsey replied immediately.

"Now the team only has you and AD with two big contracts. For the draft, we can rely on our own draft picks to support the rotation. And taking a step back, if we really can't control the salary at that time, we can trade Kemba or Jimmy again."

Dempsey hadn't been wasting his time with Tang Tian for the past two years. The plan he said was also the best.

The Pelicans had already completed a dynasty, even if they stayed for another year, it would be four consecutive championships.

And Tang Tian's scouting eye was too good, why would they need mid-level players, like Bojan, they could completely replace him with Siakam.

A big three plus rookies, even with the Tang Tian rule, the Pelicans could keep going!

Tang Tian didn't speak immediately.

From Dempsey's perspective, these words were completely correct, and his thinking was also very reasonable.

But on the one hand, his scouting Heavenly Eye was almost out of time.

On the other hand, he didn't want Walker or Butler to sacrifice again, and after the sacrifice, be traded away like Dempsey said.

"Dell, you can do whatever you want with these things, I won't interfere, you should already know my attitude."

After a moment of silence, Tang Tian said.

Dempsey listened and looked at Tang Tian for a while, and finally nodded.

He saw the brotherly feelings in Tang Tian's eyes. Maybe this league was a business league, but Tang Tian was not a businessman.

"What's wrong, honey?"

Tang Tian sent Dempsey away, then walked back to the beach umbrella.

"No, nothing."

Tang Tian lay down and continued to talk to Olsen about some happy things.

When preparing for pregnancy, mood is very important.

The next day, July 1, 2018, US time, the NBA free agent market officially opened.

And at the moment the door opened, news of signings broke out one after another.

Capela and the Rockets reached a 5-year, 80 million contract extension.

His outstanding performance last season earned him a lucrative contract.

And compared to the current salary cap, this contract can be said to be quite good value.

This contract extension also meant that the Rockets were unlikely to re-sign Cousins.

Aaron Gordon and the Magic reached a 4-year, 84 million contract extension.

The Magic didn't have any big names, and Gordon was considered one of the more star-studded players on their current roster.

This was also the limitation of small-market teams. They had produced O'Neal and Howard, but in the end, they couldn't keep them.

After these two signings, other signings followed.

Favors re-signed with the Jazz for 2 years and 36 million;

Bradley re-signed with the Clippers for 2 years and 25 million;

Nurkic re-signed with the Trail Blazers for 4 years and 48 million;

Smart re-signed with the Trail Blazers for 4 years and 52 million;

Joe Harris re-signed with the Nets for 2 years and 16 million;

Grant re-signed with the Thunder for 3 years and 27 million;

……

On the first day of free agency, there were many re-signing news, big and small.

But there was a very obvious point, all the news that broke out were re-signing with the parent team, and there were almost no signings with other teams.

The fundamental reason for this phenomenon was that the big fish in the free agent market had not moved yet.

Most of the remaining players were waiting.

However, on the afternoon of this day, Woj and Shams suddenly released a piece of news one after another, and this news shocked the free agent market.

LeBron James, will join the Lakers!