basketball pope

Chapter 846 [Easy signings, reduced quota]

Major sports media analyzed the Clippers' signing intentions and believed that Yang Rui wanted to maintain the team's desire to win. There are Nene and Big Gasol. The Clippers' center position is no worse than last season, but the No. 4 position is weakened.

At present, everyone underestimates Draymond Green, and Yang Rui will not say that he is more optimistic about this short insider than Griffin, and people will understand in the future.The Clippers' impact at the 4 did drop a bit, and the defense would be better.

After training, when the players have reached their peak, the defense of Middleton, Antetokounmpo, Draymond, and Danny Green will definitely make the opponent feel collapsed. Maybe the Clippers will become the best defensive team in the league.

Two days later, Tyson Chandler joined the Knicks for four years and $4 million. It didn't matter to the Clippers, they didn't offer Chandler at all.

The Knicks played badly in the interior last season, and the center has always been their biggest weakness.Now that Chandler is not the best defensive player, the Knicks may still struggle in the interior next season.

Chandler just wants to get a big contract while he can still move, the data is not ugly, and New York is a good choice.Even if Yang Rui persuaded him to stay, he would not execute the contract for the last year. It would be miserable if he couldn't play a good statistic next season. Every year his age increases, there is a risk of depreciation.

The Wizards poached one more person from the Clippers, and signed veteran Elton Brand for one year and 1 million.

This is a gift from Parsons joining the Wizards. He knows that Brand still has strength, but the Clippers have too many insiders to play the ball. It is still possible for the Wizards to make up for the vacancy left by Nene.

Then, the Wizards signed veteran Paul Pierce for 2 million in two years, and the second year was a player option.

They also renewed the starting center Marcin Gortat for 5 years and 6000 million, and the lineup was strengthened.The management's idea is very clear, to rush to the championship next season and leave no salary space.

The Wizards already have the capital to compete with the Nets. They have assembled a starting lineup of John Wall, Klay Thompson, Pierce, Parsons, and Gortat. The person who is the least good at shooting is actually point guard Wallace. Er, his teammates pull apart, which can create space for him to break through.

Small forward Trevor Ariza is a free agent. He played well in the contract year and was poached by the Rockets for 4 years and 3200 million.For Parsons, the Wizards are unable to renew Ariza with a high salary, but they still have excellent role players such as Trevor Booker, Gooden, and Webster on the bench.

The Clippers' backup point guard Sean Livingston was also poached, and the Warriors offered a three-year, 3 million mid-level contract.With the ring, Livingston also wanted a high salary and agreed to the offer.He's a free agent, and the Clippers can't match the contract.

The Clippers did not make an offer for Livingston, because this year they selected Zach LaVine, a dual-energy guard. Compared with physical fitness, LaVine is two grades higher than Livingston. He also has a good three-pointer and a better offense. , but lacks stability.

If Livingston is left, it will be stable enough. You can't reuse the veteran without cultivating LaVine and let him be a fringe of the team, right?
To free up positions, the Clippers have to sign in free agency.

It is very easy for the Clippers to sign a bench player this year. There is no need to chase them deliberately. Many people volunteered to join.

Point guard Jordan Farmar, who is 188cm tall, is willing to accept a veteran minimum salary contract. He played 41 games for the Lakers last season, averaging 22.2 minutes per game, scoring 10.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 4.9 assists. The three-point shooting rate is as high as 43.8% , hit 1.7 three-pointers in a game.

Farmar was born in a wealthy family in California. He has been smooth sailing since he was a child. He was recognized as a talented point guard in the United States in high school. He was undisputedly selected for the McDonald's All-Star Game that year, and he was drafted to join the NBA. He has been able to find a job. Is a good role player.

Farmar has played in the league for 7 seasons. He wants to win the championship when he is not short of money. After a serious injury last season, he has hidden dangers of injury.He is very smart. He joins the Clippers as a marginal player. He doesn't have much playing time.

After the signing, when talking about leaving the Lakers and choosing the Clippers, Farmar's words were clearly dissatisfied with the Lakers, he said: "The feeling at the Lakers is: 'Yes, we like you, we want you to stay here. ', but, I don't know what I'm going to get with the Lakers."

"You don't know who your coach is going to be in the new season, you don't know who you're going to be teammates with in the new season, and they haven't made any commitments in that regard," Farmar said.

For several consecutive seasons, the Lakers have aimed at "winning the championship" and aiming at "not rotten", not rotten, but really rotten.Anyone who pursues a little record is unwilling to stay there, just to make money.

Yang Rui thought about poaching the king's backup point guard Isaiah Thomas, and he could sign a contract for four years with less than [-] million annual salary. After careful consideration, he gave up, and the role was too tasteless.

If Thomas is simply a substitute for Curry, he will not be able to play 20 minutes in a game. If he increases his playing time, then he has to play a double guard strategy and let Curry top the No. 2 position, and the defensive end will become a torment for the team. core.

All teams will arrange for the core to guard the easier players and focus more on the offensive end. When Paul was there, Curry was still a little depressed playing the 2 position, and it must not be done now.

On the 14th, the Clippers signed a backup small forward James Jones with a one-year salary.

Jones was injured last season. He only played 20 games for the Cavaliers in the regular season, scoring 11.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 0.5 minutes, shooting 45.6% from the field and 51.9% from three, averaging 1.4 three-pointers per game .

When many teams hope to sign James, Yang Rui is eyeing the younger brother of James.He feels that the Clippers have too many potential swingers, and young people cannot be trained. Allen Crabbe will take another year off to affect his confidence.

If James is signed, everyone will have to be scrapped. Instead of watching James play by himself, it is better to find a stable three-pointer as a substitute. It is enough to be able to defend and shoot open three-pointers for a few minutes on the court.

In Yang Rui's memory, Jones has been in good shape in recent years. In his previous life, the Cavaliers suffered serious injuries in the 15 finals. Jones played for a long time, and the defensive end was not a loophole.

Two days later, the Clippers signed a 206cm tall, 100kg forward Robert Covington with a minimum salary.

He is an undrafted player into the NBA. He only played 7 games for the Rockets last season, averaging 2.3 points and 0.7 rebounds per game, shooting 42.9% from the field and 36.4% from three-point range. Most of the time he was mixed in the G League.

Everyone can't understand what the Clippers' signing means, and Covington is not famous.However, Yang Rui knew this person's specialty, that is, shooting three-pointers. As long as he played, more than half of his shots were three-pointers. He was signed to replace Parsons.

The Clippers already have 13 players, only two positions are left, and Jokic will come next year and will have another spot.

Seeing that the Clippers places were occupied by minimum salary players one by one, James, who wanted to join the Clippers the most in his heart, finally couldn't sit still, and let the members of the brokerage team go side by side to find someone to test his words.

His ideal situation is for the Clippers to take the star and the Cavaliers for a sign-and-trade and trade him to the team, but the Clippers have no intention at all.

James has a wide network of contacts and there are capable people around him. He expects that the league will raise his salary in the future, so he plans to sign a short contract first, and he will only accept a two-year contract of about 4000 million.The beauty of signing a 2-year contract will be fully reflected in the summer of 2016.

He plans to win the championship with the Clippers, then return to Cleveland, and lead the Cavaliers to compete for the championship in the remaining days. Unfortunately, how can there be so many good things?God is not his father.

(End of this chapter)