The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 395 [CP3 Warcraft Battle]

Brandon Roy of the Trail Blazers and Yao Ming of the Rockets have announced their retirement due to injuries.

Retirement salary due to injury is not included in the team salary, plus Scola did not renew his contract, let go of Battier, Brooks... The Rockets have enough salary space for signings and rebuilding, they signed with 4 million in 7000 years Zach Randolph, the biggest player in the free market.

Last season, Randolph was unhappy with the Lakers and Kobe. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey still believes that Randolph is capable and can become a team leader. Now the Rockets' insiders are terrible and need a star player inside. .This signing is a bit risky. Although Randolph is a super double-double machine, his character has always been questionable.

The Lakers also made a move. They first followed up the Trail Blazers' offer and renewed Mike Conley, and then used Mike Conley, Lamar Odom, Derek Clarkett, and Darius Morris. People and the 2012 first-round pick package offer the Hornets star Chris Paul.

Knowing that not only did he not get an early contract extension, but was also used as a bargaining chip, Odom was very sad. Even if he couldn't get Paul back, he had no intention of staying with the Lakers.

The Lakers have strong competitors, and the Nets have also offered Paul, John Wall, Luis Scola, Stephen Graham, and a first-round pick for next season.

The bargaining chips proposed by both sides are good, and the Hornets finally decided to choose the Lakers.

The main thing is that Scola's contract has 4 years left, but Odom's contract expires next season. Considering Scola's age, if he chooses the Nets, the Hornets may get a bad contract.When Odom arrives in the Hornets, if his condition declines, he can not renew his contract after the contract expires next season, or renew his contract with a low salary.From the perspective of playing style, Odom is also more comprehensive and good at supporting offense.In addition, the Lakers are still willing to take a garbage contract from the Hornets. The big pitcher David Anderson has two years left on his contract. The salary is not high. If he does not trade, the Hornets are ready to lay off. defensive tasks.Their team building policy is the same as that of Ye Feng's previous life, except that they introduced Kaman back then, and now Odom, both of which have tens of millions of contracts due to expire next year.

The Hornets have gone through this transaction, coupled with the free market poaching, the player contract has expired, the lineup has changed a lot, 6 people have left the team, although there is a lack of a big-name star, but the garbage contract has basically been cleaned up, in the case of the league hosting It is not easy to achieve this level.

After leaving the two cores of Paul and West, the Hornets have sufficient salary space and can make a difference in the free market next season, as long as there are big-name players willing to join.

The Lakers also formed a new "Big Three" after the trade, but the salary space problem has not been resolved. They have been selling Artest, who changed his name, but no one is willing to accept the bad contract of "Mercy Shiping" , That's three years, unless the Lakers trade him for Rashard Lewis and Gilbert Arenas, who have bigger and worse contracts.

This time David Stern didn't come out to stop the transaction.

In Ye Feng's previous life, the Lakers made a three-party deal with the Hornets and the Rockets, and the only difference was the alliance certification.After learning that Paul was going to the Lakers, the owners of many NBA teams couldn't sit still. They "forced" Stern together and asked him to stop such a deal.After the suspension of the transaction, the official explanation given by the league was that the decision was made for "basketball reasons."

Paul was so mad that he almost sued the league.Now the Lakers also got Paul, but the bosses of other teams have no objections.If Paul joined the Clippers, it is estimated that this group of people would not be so calm, and they would have to ask for "basketball reasons" to stop.

People feel that Paul and Kobe teamed up, it is still difficult to win against the Clippers, it just makes the Los Angeles Derby more intense.

In addition to the Lakers and Nets, there is no team suitable for Paul.Before Paul's agent told the Hornets, Paul hopes to trade him to the Knicks.If that deal goes through, New York's super-three era is upon us.

Paul actually cared about New York, so he rejected the Knicks. The reason is very simple. The trading chips that New York can offer are too shabby. get the most benefit out of it.

If the Hornets really want to make a deal with the Knicks, then the chips they can get will be extremely bleak. If New York wants to keep Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony, this team can only The only remaining players available for trade are Chauncey Billups, Tony Douglas, Ronnie Turiaf and Landry Fields.

Now the Lakers have formed an enviable starting lineup, Andrew Bynum, Mike Roberts, Metta World Peace, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul.

It's just that after sending Odom away, the Lakers' inside strength has declined again. If they want to beat the Clippers, they can't do without inside.In the free market, they signed pitcher Kapono, center Troy Murphy and power forward Reggie Evans.

In an interview, Kobe said with confidence that the Lakers want to regain their dominance in Los Angeles, and their goal is also the championship.Kobe and Paul's partnership in the backcourt has indeed brought popularity to the Lakers, but whether they can beat the Clippers will not be known until after the game starts.

The Paul trade turmoil was settled, and the Magic finally made a decision on the transfer of Dwight Howard.The Clippers introduced the Gasol brothers, which means giving up Howard.The Lakers introduced Paul, and they no longer have any good bargaining chips to trade Howard. Even if they send Bynum, others can only add money.

The Magic may get nothing when Howard jumps out of the contract next year. Now is the best time to trade him out of the team. The only one that meets the Magic standards is the Nets. After they missed Paul, they are willing to send Brook Lopez as a bargaining chip for Howard. Lopez is also an inside star in the league. He is very strong on the offensive end and slightly weak on defense.

Howard also made a request to the Magic to be traded to the New Jersey Nets.Prior to this, Howard's agent Fagan has also said that the Nets are his preferred team.

The Nets offered Brook Lopez, Jordan Farmar, Damion James, Sean Williams and a first-round pick.

The biggest reason why Howard chose the Nets is the Nets' lineup configuration and bench depth, and the Nets will move to Brooklyn, New York next year.Howard's athletic ability is the first inside, and he is more suitable to cooperate with Wall. Lopez likes to attack in the low post and is a floor player.Wall and his partner spend most of their time on their own.

After several days of discussions, the deal between the two parties was finally finalized.In addition to getting the star center of Lopez, the Magic is also a very good backup guard. Last season, he made nearly 4% of his three-pointers. Damion James is a potential rookie and a good striker backup. Magic began to embark on the road of reconstruction, and after laying off Rashad Lewis next year, they will have enough salary to introduce big-name players.

After the Nets got Howard, the lineup became even more terrifying, and now they also have a core superstar.

Centers Dwight Howard, Chris Humphries, Jordan Williams; power forwards: Luis Scola, Chuck Hayes; small forwards Trevor Ariza, Caron Butler, Free agency signing Shane Battier; shooting guards Stephen Graham and Gordon Hayward; point guards John Wall and Marshawn Brooks.In addition, there are Dennis Horner, Amy Uduka, Sandiata Gaines and others in the team, but it is not known who will stay after the preseason.

In any case, just relying on the 12 people who have been confirmed and have contracts, the Nets already have the strength to challenge the Heat.

The New York Knicks in the East were not idle either. After failing to chase Chris Paul, they made reinforcements. Through a three-way deal, they acquired insider Tyson Chandler from the Jazz in a sign-and-trade.In order to clear the salary space, the Knicks sent the Frenchman Turiaf to the Wizards and Andy Lautins to the Jazz.The Jazz got a special case of a tens of millions of transactions from the Knicks.In addition, the Knicks also waived the 35-year-old veteran Chauncey Billups with the amnesty clause.

It is reported that Chandler signed a four-year $1 million contract.After the Knicks ushered in Chandler, they have a combination of Stoudemire, Chandler and Anthony inside. Now they are better on both offense and defense in the confrontation with the Eastern overlord Heat, although For this they gave up Billups.In addition, after laying off Billups, in order to make up for the vacancy in the back line, the Knicks have signed with Mike Bibby, who played for the Heat in the playoffs last season.

Chandler's contract is much lower than that of Ye Feng's previous life. He did not win a championship with the Mavericks. Last season in the Jazz, Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap competed for the starting position. Chandler's playing time decreased. , the data is declining, and it is reasonable not to get a high-paying contract renewal.

Amnesty Billups will become an unrestricted free agent if he does not renew his contract with the team by 12:16 pm Eastern Time on December 6.

Billups himself hopes to join the Heat or the Nets.He is 35 years old this year and is an experienced point guard. Although he is not young, he still averaged 16.8 points and 5.4 assists per game last season.For the Heat and the Nets, both aim to win the championship.

Heat guard Chalmers is inexperienced and his performance is not stable enough.Mayo is more like a shooting guard, and the Heat need to find an experienced guard to enhance the depth of the bench.

The Nets are already very strong now, and the introduction of Billups is also for the depth of the bench.If one of these two teams can get Billups to join, then the combat effectiveness can be significantly improved.Moreover, Billups is relatively old, and the contract extension next season should not require too high a salary.

On the 16th, the Grizzlies got Chauncey Billups, who was amnesty by the Knicks, through bidding, and only spent 200 million.According to regulations, within 48 hours after a player is waived by the amnesty clause, teams whose total salary is below the salary cap can bid for him.The highest bidder wins, and if the bids are the same, the alliance will decide.After winning the bid, the winning team pays the bidder's salary, and the original team pays the remaining salary of the player's original contract.After Billups was waived by the Knicks, strong teams including the Lakers, Heat, Mavericks, and Nets all hoped to get the old point guard, but they were unable to participate in the bidding.

The Clippers signed a new contract with Ye Feng, 5 million in five years, 8800 million more than Durant's maximum salary renewal with the Thunder, enough to shut up doubters.After that, Kevin Love renewed his contract in advance for 200 million in five years, and the salary space was greatly increased. The Clippers did not bid for Billups anymore. Now 5 people are enough.

Billups said that if he joins a team that he is not satisfied with, then he would rather choose to retire.The Grizzlies have a good lineup, Billups is willing to play, and the angry Heat manager Pat Riley has a liver pain.This year, the Heat's signings are the most difficult. Compared with last season, there is no improvement, and there is even a weakening trend.

After the start of the free agent market, the Heat had three vacancies, and Ilgauskas announced his retirement, leaving one less.

Riley can only hope Eddie House, 33, and James Jones, 30, return to the team.In addition, Riley stated that the Heat will keep Mayo, because in his view, Mayo is an important part of the Heat.

Due to the serious shortage of salary space due to the acquisition of the Big Three, the team can only choose to sign veterans to reinforce the lineup. Although the team has rich game experience, this seriously affects the team's speed, and older players are more vulnerable to injuries. Although the Heat had the whirlwind combination of James and Wade last season, if you check the relevant data, you will find that the Heat's speed only ranks 21st in the league.

Neither Shane Battier nor rookie Norris Cole had anything to do with the Heat. Ye Feng felt that the Heat were not far from rebuilding. What made him care more was the Nets. With Battier and Howard in the new season, the Nets are already The Clippers' number one enemy.

However, Ye Feng still has the confidence to lead the team to three consecutive championships, and he is also very satisfied with the team's signings.After the start of the training camp, the Gasol brothers were extremely eye-catching in the team. Their lack of athletic ability slowed down the team's offensive and defensive conversion speed, but the offensive and defensive positions of the team can play beautifully. Both of them are good at supporting the pass. Let the pass flow become very smooth. Thibodeau was worried that after Kidd left, the team would lack an organizer. Now Paul Gasol can act as an organizer.

Love is still in charge of going to the outside to pull out the defense, Curry seeks three-point opportunities, and Smith and Ye Feng provide the Clippers with impact.These five players will definitely start the new season.

With Pau Gasol's low-post offense, Ye Feng is more likely to get singles opportunities on the outside. Last season, even James couldn't defend him one-on-one. With these two strengths, it is difficult for other teams to beat the fast The boat, the role players play casually, and the game is won.

The Clippers have only one goal this season, and that is to defend the title.

(End of this chapter)