I just want to play healthy basketball

Chapter 330 The Not Optimistic New Season
Before the start of the summer league, the Bucks settled He Li's contract extension with single player Joe.

Immediately afterwards, the Bucks traded with the Wizards, and singles Joe and Antawn Jamison swapped clubs.

Both of them have maximum salary contracts, and their salaries can basically be balanced.

Because the Bucks have a need to support a large salary space, they signed a deal with Singles Joe first and then traded. Although Singles Joe met the needs of Singles Joe to be the boss of a fringe team in the playoffs, the Wizards still asked the Bucks to get an extra first-round pick.

However, the Bucks' first-round pick is worthless, and the Bucks are fairly satisfied with the deal.

Trading singles Joe and righting Wade is a must.

The Bucks have suffered losses due to the inside and front lines, so it is also reasonable to add Antawn Jamison, who can run, jump and shoot.

Antawn Jamison was born in North Carolina. He and Carter are close friends. They also exchanged clubs during the draft.

If it wasn't for his lack of tough personality, lack of leadership qualities, and his soft style of play, he would have already gained a reputation far and wide.

However, in the previous few seasons, the statistics were not bad, averaging 20+ points, 8 rebounds, and 2 assists per game.

In addition, the catch-and-shoot style of play can hit about 35% of the three-pointers and average one three-pointer per game, which is also suitable for the Bucks.

In general, Antawn Jamison is a good match for the Bucks.

Although Antawn Jamison's defense is a little bit worse, it is not a big problem if he can help defend.

In addition, the main players of the Bucks have played in the playoffs for several years, and the consumption will be relatively large.

In order to maintain the health of the team's overall lineup and to ensure the regular season record, a star with scoring ability is needed to help the team achieve better results in the regular season.

There is no doubt that Antawn Jamison is a more suitable candidate.

After returning Antawn Jamison, the Bucks continued with Penny for another year.

As for Payton and Karl Malone, they did not retain them.

Basically, the lineup for the new season is point guard Penny, shooting guard Wade, small forward He Li, power forward Boozer, and center Kendrick Perkins.

The bench was led by power forward Antawn Jamison, point guard Juan Dixon, shooting guard Steve Smith, small forward Jim Jackson, and center Tom Gugliotta.

There is also rookie David Lee.

The second lineup is dominated by veterans, and the veterans will basically retire after finishing this season.

It is even possible that the Bucks need reinforcements in the middle of the season and will buy out three veterans signed last season to make room for new veterans to join.

Therefore, it is hard to say how to build the Bucks' second team.

On the contrary, David Lee will definitely get more playing opportunities and time this season to speed up his leveling.

At the same time, the Bucks still need to pick some veterans with fuel in the free market, and even in the undrafted picks, they also need to find energetic forward players.

Not for anything else, just to ensure the record in the new season.

Although the Bucks lineup in the new season is still young, they are too tired after playing in the playoffs.

He Li, the pillar of the team, suffered from injuries last season, and health issues need to be paid attention to this season.

With the start of the summer league and the approach of the new season, the Bucks finally made some achievements in reinforcement.

It is worth mentioning that the big dog who was voluntarily sent away by the Bucks a few years ago is back.

After the end of last season, the biggest rookie contract in history signed by the Big Dog with the Bucks ten years ago has expired.

Because of the long-term drinking and emptying of the body, and the advanced age, and the fighting style is full of injuries, the big dog who is out of condition has become a dying stray dog.

In fact, even so, a veteran with championship experience like Big Dog can still go to some marginal teams in the playoffs to share his championship experience.

It's a pity that the big dog is notoriously bad-tempered. Those teams who need it are worried that the big dog will blow up their locker room, so they don't have the idea of ​​​​looking for the big dog.

At this time, the big dog wants Ye Luo to return to his roots and return to the Bucks.

After a phone call with He Li, the Dog returned to Milwaukee and played at the Bradley Center, and there was no problem.

The Big Dog still has feelings for the Bucks. Maybe he will perform worse in other teams, but at least he can restrain himself a little in the Bucks.

Milwaukee fans love to watch him play, even when he can't.

Now there are still a lot of redundant positions in the Bucks. If you renew your contract with a basic salary, you must be able to afford it.

In addition to the big dog, the Bucks signed Donyell Marshall in the free market.

Donyell Marshall is similar to Antawn Jamison, a striker who can play 3 and 4, has certain athletic ability but uses shooting as his main scoring method.

Donyell Marshall is not young anymore, he has never made an All-Star, and he has never won a big contract.

But at any rate, he also served as the third and fourth masters of the playoffs back then, which is quite a bit of a card.

The same is to take the middle class and give someone a substitute, so I would rather come to the Bucks to take the mini middle class and get a championship ring with my legs.

Anyway, after retiring, there is another team honor that can be bragged to others.

After signing the Big Dog and Donyell Marshall, the Bucks' reinforcement work this summer has come to an end.

The Bucks' front line has once again become full of talents.

As long as the record is stable in the first half of the regular season, the Bucks will continue to hit the playoffs and continue to fight for the defending championship.

It's just that things don't go your way.

After the start of the new season, he only played 13 games. Because Wade relied too much on breakthroughs, he injured his knee as soon as he averaged 21.5 points per game, and he was reimbursed for the season.

Veteran Steve Smith had to temporarily serve as the starting shooting guard for the Bucks. Originally, he was just playing around and handed over the ball to He Li and others.

But I don't want to, because the Bucks are too dazzling for four consecutive championships, and they are targeted by other teams in the league.

After discovering the weak point of Steve Smith, outside stars of other teams often stare at Steve Smith.

Then it broke Steve Smith's mentality.

In the end, under the friendly negotiation between the Bucks and Steve Smith, Steve Smith gave up part of his salary, and the Bucks bought out Steve Smith's veteran contract.

Before the trade deadline came, the Bucks were forced to sign a guaranteed contract with Corey Kiddles, who was waiting for work at home.

Corey Kidders is a 96 gold point player. He was supposed to be playing in his prime, but because of his lack of stamina, he suffered a serious injury last year and gradually faded out of the NBA.

It's not that Corey Kidders hasn't retired, it's just that no one wants him.

In fact, there are also teams that want to sign Corey Kidders, but Corey Kidders is financially free, not short of money, and looks down on the basic salary contract of ordinary teams.

This time the Bucks found him, Corey Kiddles may also be obsessed with the championship, so he hit it off with the Bucks.

However, it is still unknown whether Corey Kiddles can help the Bucks after a serious injury.

In short, the situation of the Bucks defending the championship this year is not optimistic.

(End of this chapter)