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Chapter 602 2009 NBA Free Agent Market
Sun Hao's luck in imitating the reporter's words in front of him directly overwhelmed Curry.

But it also brought him back from his bewildered state.

Although the process was somewhat unexpected and caught off guard, as far as the result was concerned, it was the best thing for him!
Because after being selected with a higher pick, Curry's salary and the degree of attention by the team will increase.

And after Livingston was traded away, his ceiling in the Warriors was significantly higher.

At the very least, he has a chance to start with Sun Hao!

Oh, by the way, and Durant, whom he had a crush on early on! !
Just thinking about it made him happy and excited.

While Sun Hao was chatting with Curry, the draft was still going on.

The Hawks took Jonny Flynn with the [-]th overall pick.

In history, Flynn has not been able to play his own world in the NBA.

But that has something to do with his luck, he went to the Timberwolves.

You may not believe it, but in history, the Timberwolves have the fifth and sixth picks this year, and then they selected Rubio and Flynn as two point guards!

Some people will definitely say that the head of this management must have been kicked by a donkey.

However, that's not entirely accurate.

Because maybe they were stupid enough before they got kicked by the donkey.

You must know that they made an operation with Al Jefferson last year, but they still chose Love.

Speaking of Flynn, in history he will be selected by the Timberwolves along with Rubio. One of the key reasons is that Rubio still had a contract in La Liga at the time.

Flynn was chosen as a spare tire. He played well and kept it. If he didn't play well, he would naturally leave and give way to Rubio who will enter the NBA in the future.

In fact, as a rookie, Flynn averaged 13.5 points and 4.2 assists per game in his rookie season, which is not bad.

And as a 1-meter point guard, Curry is the one he compares most in the NCAA.

Just like during the previous Warriors trial training, he will also be deliberately arranged to match up with Curry.

His confrontation, speed and explosiveness are all impressive.

The game that made him famous dates back to a game he played in the NCAA last season.

Last season's NCAA, with Thabeet's University of Connecticut is the top seed.

Syracuse University and UConn led by Flynn met in the regular season.

It was originally a very ordinary game, but that game ended up in the history of the NCAA.

Because they played a total of 6 overtime games!

Flynn sent 34 points and 11 assists in that game, and finally helped Syracuse University win.

Now, he was selected by the Eagles, which may not be a bad thing for him.

With his ability, there is still a chance to achieve what Jeff Teague has done with the Eagles in history.

The No. 11 pick of the Grizzlies selected Gerald Henderson;
Henderson is also a talkative guy.

He was selected by the Bobcats in history.

At that time, the small owner of the Bobcats was Jordan, and the person who made the selection decision was also Jordan.

The reason is because Henderson's style of play is very similar to him.

When Henderson arrived at the Bobcats, Jordan even taught him the fadeaway jumper.

Because of this, the well-known NBA stalk was born: Is it so difficult for you to jump to the highest point and wait for others to fall before shooting?
But Henderson obviously couldn't do what Jordan said, so in the end, Henderson was built by Jordan a bit like Kobe who was similar in size to him.

The 12ers with the No.76 pick selected Terrence Williams;

The No. 13 pick by the Jazz selected Tyler Hansbrough;
There are many players who are unknown in the NBA, but they are famous in the NCAA.

Like the "Lonely God" Fredette known by many people, and the sharpshooter JJ Redick and so on.

Hansbrough is also one of them.

When asked about his impression of Hansbrough, the fans' first reaction was probably the gif of his monster-like expression and reaction when he saw Boban Marjanovic.

But if you ask people in North Carolina, who is the most famous person in North Carolina, that person is not Jordan, but Hansbrough.

Hansbrough is North Carolina's scoring leader in a single season (22.6 points per game) and the school's all-time scoring leader (2872 points).

Although the talent is relatively mediocre, he has excellent golf intelligence, high morale and very hard work.

This is also a key factor in his ability to enter the lottery after four years of college.

You must know that most of those who have played in college for four years cannot enter the NBA because of lack of talent.

The Suns with the No. 14 pick selected Earl Clark.

At this point, this year's lottery draft is all over.

It was at this time that Sun Hao began to get a little busy.

From time to time, the management of a team would come to greet him, leave his contact information, and reach out to make a "call.me" gesture.

This reminded Sun Hao of the experience when he and Fernandez traveled to Italy when they were in Europe.

The very temperamental female cashier gave him a small note and made the same gesture.

At that time, he threw the note into the trash can when he went out.

Of course, it is not easy for him to throw away these management.

He handed it directly to Su Feng, and asked the latter to make a new address book for himself.

Keep it back, who knows if it will be used in the future.

It wasn't until the second round of the draft was interrupted that Sun Hao became a little bit cleaner.

In this year's draft, he seems to be uncomfortable sitting anywhere.

That's when Stern came out and announced a deal.

The Warriors used the second round of the Bucks to trade the Cavaliers' 45th overall pick, and then used this pick to select Danny Green.

It seems that in the end, West still trusts North Carolina players more.

Green is not the kind of player who can contribute as soon as he comes out.

In history, he was cut several times in the first two years of his career, and once wanted to leave the NBA.

After that, it was after being reused by Popovich after the Spurs that he gradually began to show his personal abilities and became a superb 3D player.

But in Sun Hao's team, Green's quality can be discovered earlier.

At this point, Sun Hao originally thought that the Warriors' draft this year was basically over.

But at the end of the second round, the Warriors selected Matthews with the 60th overall pick!
West: What, is this a multiple-choice question?I want it all!

This is, three guards were taken in one go!

But the same selection of multiple guards, the Warriors are still fundamentally different from the Timberwolves.

Because the remaining two are in the second round except for Curry, especially Matthews, who was selected in the end, it is still very difficult to stay on the team.

And on the other hand, the Warriors' lineup may fluctuate a lot in the free agent market.

Neither Morrow nor Novak had much chance to perform in the team last season, and there is a high probability that they will be given up by the Warriors.

The remaining Maggette and Radmanovich did not perform well, and the possibility of being sent away by the team is not ruled out.

In a sense, West chose them to find a spare tire in advance.

After the draft, there will naturally be comments from fans on social media.

This year's group of rookies is full of topics.

The champion Lang Griffin is the most talked about, followed by Curry.

However, unlike Griffin who received mostly praise, Curry received more doubts.

This even includes many Warriors fans.

"In order to draft Curry, we sent Livingston away, just because of his relationship with Sun?"

"Although I can understand that the management is trying to keep Sun, but we have reached the Western Conference Finals last season, and we sent the team's starting point guard in exchange for a rookie?"

"If we took Curry with the ninth pick, I would be very happy, but now we take the fourth pick and send Livingston away, it is incomprehensible."

"I watched Curry's NCAA game. His shooting talent is very strong and he has a chance to catch up with Sun, but he is too thin and his defense is terrible. If he starts with Sun, Sun's defensive pressure will increase exponentially. Really inappropriate!"

"I also agree with this point of view. If we choose a No. 4 pick to only come as a substitute for the team, it is really inappropriate at this time!"

"Yes, even if we don't select Curry, the probability of Sun staying in the Warriors is very high. This kind of operation is a bit superfluous!"

"I was afraid that Curry was chosen, and Sun didn't stay in the Warriors in the end. What should I do?"

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Amidst the fans' discussions, the door to the 2009 NBA free market has kicked off.

There is no shortage of big fish in this year's free agent market.

The biggest card is naturally Sun Hao.

The whole world knows that Sun Hao signed a one-year contract with the Warriors last season.

And Sun Hao did not say in public that he would definitely stay in the Warriors.

Even before the goddess told you that she has a boyfriend, it would be inappropriate for you to flirt.

It can be predicted that after the free market officially opens, Sun Hao's villa in Oakland will become another Boston North Shore Garden Arena.

After Sun Hao, the second biggest player is Kobe.

Kobe's contract is still the contract that was signed when he traded with Sun Hao.

That contract has a free-agent option this summer.

Just before the door of the player's free market opened, Kobe had announced that he had jumped out of the contract.

This means that he is also a completely free agent and can sign with any team.

What the Clippers have is just to provide a more lucrative contract with Bird's terms.

Of course, after leading the Clippers to their first championship in team history and boasting in the championship parade that they will bring more championships to the Clippers and Los Angeles, most people believe that Kobe has no reason to leave the Clippers.

Kobe's operation of jumping out of the contract should be just to get a new big contract.

Then there is another big fish who has not decided to jump out of the contract, but can also cause shocks in the market, Yao Ming.

The situation of Yao Ming's contract was already clear when he and Sun Hao played in the Olympic Games last year.

He has consecutive player options, this year the second and final one.

If he chooses to jump out of the contract, then this year's free market will really be fried fish.

In addition to these three, there are still many fat fish in this year's free market.

Boozer, Odom, Turkoglu, Ben Gordon, Kidd, Marion, Rasheed Wallace...

And David Lee, Villanueva, Brandon Bass, etc. who did not get their contracts renewed in 05 but performed well in the contract year.

This will make the free market lively for a while.

Before the gate of the free market opened, Sun Hao took Scarlett and Little Beijing to Hawaii directly, and he turned off his frequently used mobile phone.

The previous experience in the draft made him realize that he will definitely not be able to stop this summer.

So instead of being harassed non-stop, he simply ran to avoid the limelight, and came back when the free market was almost settled.

After all, although he has not said in public that he chose to stay in the Warriors, in fact, after going through a series of things, it is already settled that he stayed.

He only kept a spare mobile phone by his side, and only Gu Yi knew the number of this mobile phone, not even Fu Paulo.

The reason why Paul Fu didn't even know was that he was not only Sun Hao's manager, but also James'.

This day was also the day before the official opening of the free market, and many people who wanted to visit Sun Hao ran away.

But Sun Hao's phone still rang.

It was Gu Yi who called.

Sun Hao had already told Gu Yi not to fight for things that were not very important.

So he picked it up quickly.

"Yao asked me to tell you that he is going to stay in Washington!"

What Gu Yi said was indeed very important.

Sun Hao was a little surprised by this news, but he could guess it.

He still understands Yao Ming's character.

In history, he had the opportunity to team up with Kobe, but he didn't go in the end.

The fundamental reason is because of his "loyalty".

He feels that a team has cultivated him, and he should stay there to play.

On this point, Sun Hao actually had the same idea at the beginning.

It's just that after being traded by the Mavericks, he also became dependent on the situation.

Moreover, Yao Ming's decision is more or less related to the performance of the Wizards last season.

The Wizards reached the Finals last season and have another chance to strengthen this summer. He should indeed stay.

However, from the perspective of Sun Hao, a traveler, McGrady has been blocked as in history, and he doesn't know whether the state will fall off a cliff like in history.

If so, Yao Ming's life in the next two years will not be easy.

He called Yao Ming.

Basically, just gossip, and some words of blessing.

After all, if McGrady does not fall off a cliff like in history, the Wizards can still look forward to reinforcements.

On July 7, the door to the NBA free market officially opened.

Although no formal signing was reached due to the freezing period, many verbal signings and rumors have been exposed.

Then, the first contract was fried fish.

Yao Ming announced that he had jumped out of the contract!

The management of each team looked excited and looking forward to it.

This new big fish in the pond is as plump as Sun Hao and Kobe!
But soon, they became dull for a while.

Because shortly after Yao Ming jumped out of the contract, the Wizards broke another piece of news.

They reached a 4-year 5800 million contract with Boozer!
Immediately afterwards, they announced that they had reached a five-year 5 million maximum salary contract with Yao Ming!

In other words, Yao Ming jumped out of the contract just for the team to have room to sign Boozer! !
These two contracts are both maximum salaries, the only difference is that Boozer is a rookie in 02, and the starting salary of the maximum salary is 5% less than Yao Ming's salary cap.

In addition, there are differences in contract options.

Boozer's contract option in the final year is a team option, while Yao Ming's contract is the same as the previous contract, with a player option starting from the third year.

After signing these two big contracts, the Wizards' salary immediately exploded.

But obviously, it's worth it.

Because from the point of view of the Wizards management, this may be their only chance to keep Yao Ming.

And it can be foreseen that in order to alleviate the salary pressure, the Wizards will have some deals similar to "cheap sales" and a large number of basic salary signings in the future.

Come back to the Wizards lineup.

Although Boozer's reputation is much worse than that of Garnett, this can be regarded as a lineup of the Big Three!

What Tatum said when he and Stern communicated began to come true.

The emergence of the Celtics' Big Three has created a bad atmosphere in the league!

With two big signings in a row, the Wizards started a strong dominance mode on the first day of the free market.

But on the second day, the protagonist quickly changed.

From the Wizards to the Clippers.

The Clippers directly reached a four-year 4 million maximum salary extension contract with Kobe.

This contract will guarantee that Kobe will play for the Clippers until the 2013-2014 season.

That is, in the last season, the annual salary of this contract will reach 3000 million+ US dollars.

This will also make Kobe the first person to receive this salary after Jordan.

What's more worth mentioning is that there is another very special thing in this contract: the right to veto transactions.

During the contract period, if the Clippers want to trade Kobe, they must obtain the consent of Kobe himself.

The Clippers can be said to have given their greatest respect to Kobe.

Some people will definitely ask why there is only a 4-year contract.

Because the NBA has a 38-year-old clause, after this contract is fulfilled, Kobe can renew the last big contract with the Clippers.

After renewing Kobe, the Clippers immediately renewed Odom with a 4-year 3300 million contract.

This renewal can be said to be quite cheap.

Because no matter how you look at it, Odom's market in the market is also in the tens of millions.

But for Odom himself, his half-season in the Cavaliers made his value plummet. If the Clippers hadn't rescued him, he might have gone to the basic salary.

So it is completely understandable that he is willing to lower some salary to renew the contract.

So far, the Clippers have basically retained last season's winning lineup.

Although the Wizards have added Boozer to their strength, after all, they still need to run in, and McGrady's state is hard to say.

Considering these factors, the Clippers will still be the strongest team in the new season.

After two days, the free agent market is indeed a bit exciting.

But with this start, this year's free market is destined not to be too quiet.

On the third day, another big fish began to swim into the new lotus pond one after another.

First up is Boston.

The biggest competitor, the Wizards, has been reinforced, and they naturally can't be content to fall behind.

They signed "Roaring God" Rasheed Wallace with a two-year full middle class and a contract worth about 1100 million.

Although Wallace is 34 years old, he was still able to contribute 12+7 in the Pistons last season.

This will definitely be a big reinforcement for the Celtics.

Let's talk about the Pistons. After letting Wallace go, they turned around and signed Ben Gordon with a five-year 5 million contract.

Gordon was the No. 2004 pick in [-]. He first played for the Grizzlies for two years and then moved to the Bobcats.

In the contract year, his performance declined and the market conditions were not good. He chose to sign a one-year offer contract with the Bobcats.

Although the Bobcats did not make the playoffs last season, he averaged 20.7 points per game and was the leading scorer.

He and Gerald Wallace's combination of inside and outside, once let the Bobcats see hope of revival.

But in the end, Gordon became a completely free agent, and then went chasing his championship dream.

Another potential message of the Pistons' signing is that they are likely to allow Anthony to gain weight and play power forward next season.

And, that's not all.

Just as the free market was going on, there was a wave of big deals involving four teams in the league.

And this involves several heavy insiders in the league in the past.

The four parties involved in the transaction are the Nuggets, Mavericks, Suns and Knicks.

The Nuggets sent Camby and Martin, a future first-round pick, to get Ben Wallace and Tim;

The Mavericks sent Big Ben and Timothy to get O'Neal;
The Suns sent O'Neal and a second round, and got Camby and a special transaction;
The Knicks sent a special case to get Martin and the first-round pick from the Nuggets and the second-round pick from the Suns!
In this deal, all parties get what they want.

The first is Big Ben and O'Neal. The performance of the two in their respective teams last season did not meet the team's expectations.

This is a typical attempt of "moving the dead and the living".

Moreover, both of them have only one year left in their big contracts, so the risk factor brought by this kind of operation is relatively small.

Let's talk about the team that got these two.

The Lone Ranger team has everything, which is almost meaningless.

They obviously expected O'Neill to be that.

Although O'Neill is 37 years old and at the end of his career, the so-called skinny camel is bigger than a horse, after all, it is a big shark.

Don't go too far, even two years ago, the combination of Nowitzki and O'Neal would have made the league tremble.

After this transaction, they also successfully renewed Kidd with a 3-year 2500 million contract.

This will allow them to still maintain the competitiveness of the league's first echelon.

Then there's the Nuggets.

The Nuggets' two insiders, Martin and Camby, give the impression that the upper limit is too low.

Especially Martin, the contract is almost as big as Daben, but his performance is worse than Daben.

The point is that this contract also puts a lot of salary pressure on the team.

Sending both of them out at once, the Nuggets' operation is pretty good.

And the salary pressure was released at once, the next thing they have to do is to reinforce the power forward position.

Among the fish in the free market, Marion has become a favorite.

It is expected that both the Nuggets and the Heat will launch a fierce pursuit of it.

Let's talk about the remaining Suns and Knicks.

O'Neill has been proven to be inappropriate. At this time, changing someone is the best attempt.

Camby can be said to be the most suitable candidate, because he is a defensive counterattack in the Nuggets.

This fits perfectly with the Suns' style of play.

And his contract actually only has one year left, so the risk is not great.

Let's talk about the Knicks. Although Martin's big contract has two years left, the team is rebuilding around Harden and Beasley.

It will definitely take time to rebuild. Eat some big contracts to support the salary space to pass the poor line, and get some draft picks along the way.

Compared with the suffocation operations of the management in the past few years, this four-party transaction can be shortlisted for the "team's best transaction operation in the past ten years" candidate list.

When the free market is about to end, the Eastern Wizards, Pistons, and Celtics, and the Western Clippers, Mavericks, and Suns will all have different degrees of reinforcement.

Next season will still be a season full of powerful players.

At this time, Sun Hao returned to Auckland after his short vacation.

(End of this chapter)