Not to mention anyone else—even Thibodeau himself sometimes wondered whether he had become even more dependent on Chen Xi than Tyronn Lue had once been on James next door...
It could be said that everyone aboard the massive ship that was the New York Knicks might not necessarily like Chen Xi, but at the very least, no one was willing to offend him lightly.
Naturally, Chen Xi held a certain degree of initiative in his discussion with Thibodeau at this moment.
After a long and in-depth discussion, the two finally settled on several directions the team could attempt to develop in the new season.
And once they had a direction, setting the team's goals became easy.
With the goals in place, Leon Rose immediately began gathering people and preparing to make some moves.
Time quickly reached dusk—6:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
At that moment, the trade market officially opened.
Many teams immediately began making moves as well.
At 6:01 p.m., the first piece of news made its grand entrance onto the internet through official channels.
Draymond Green, four years, $100 million, re-signed with the Golden State Warriors.
Winning an NBA Championship still carried enormous significance.
After successfully claiming the third NBA Championship trophy in franchise history, the Golden State Warriors immediately became much more generous.
As one of the league's few management teams that valued loyalty, they did not hesitate much before choosing to re-sign this key contributor to their title run and veteran stalwart.
Although this extension would make their salary cap situation extremely cramped going forward.
Forget about strengthening the roster—even keeping the current lineup intact would be difficult.
Still, they were already here, so they might as well make the best of it~~
The team owner was in a great mood anyway and did not mind paying the