NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 173 Decision [-], the Big Three of the Heat gather!

After the end of the NBA Draft, the opening of the free market followed immediately.

2010 can be described as the most turbulent summer in recent years. The contracts of the 03 golden generation collectively expired. At the same time, many top stars in the league are in the renewal period, including but not limited to LeBron James of the Cavaliers and Dwyane of the Heat. Wade, Raptors Chris Bosh, Celtics Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Suns Amare Stoudemire, Mavericks Dirk, Dirk Nowitzki, Thunder Kevin Durant and many other superstars are in contract years.

Regardless of whether these stars have stated that they want to test the free market, the entire league has begun to move around it. After all, no matter which one of the above-mentioned stars is obtained, it may be a radical change for a team.

And the carnival is about to begin.

On July 7, the Eagles took the lead and reached an agreement with their own star Joe Johnson, signing a 5-year contract of 6 million US dollars and becoming a new generation of Mr. Billionaire.

The league has previously revealed that the New York Knicks are very interested in Joe Johnson, hoping to reach a deal with the Eagles in a sign-and-trade approach to get the King of the Eagles, but Joe Johnson is not interested in the city of the Big Apple. He is the proper leader in the Eagles, the dignified Eagle King, and the number one core in the team, but if he goes to the Knicks, it is not certain whether he can be the leader.

Fans all over the world know that the Knicks have been working hard to form a Big Three configuration. The New York Bears, who are stupid and rich, have always liked to spend a lot of money, and things that can be solved with money are nothing to worry about.

Before the start of the free market, the Knicks almost clamored that all the superstars were already in their pockets, James, Stoudemire, Joe Johnson... They can't wait to sign all the stars whose contracts have expired to the Knicks go.

Needless to say, this behavior is really useful.

On July 7, the Knicks officially announced that they signed a five-year, $6 million contract with Suns forward Amare Stoudemire.

As soon as the contract with Stoudemire was completed, the media in New York couldn't wait to announce the news to the world, eager to let the whole world know that Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone.

The Knicks obviously want to use the bully as a bargaining chip to attract other league superstars, especially James.

Although Stoudemire was affected by injuries last season, he still averaged 23.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. He was selected to the best second team and is definitely the top inside player in the league.

The strength of the Suns who lost Stoudemire has plummeted, but it cannot be blamed for Stoudemire's ruthlessness. It is really that the Suns management is too unkind. Signed an incentive contract with the other party, but the latter flatly rejected it.

However, from the perspective of Wang Chao as a time traveler, the team doctor of the Suns team is indeed a miracle doctor, which really made them guess right.

加盟尼克斯的斯塔德迈尔虽然在10-11赛季打出场均25.3分8.2篮板的优秀表现再度入选最佳二阵，可是紧跟着的11-12赛季，他便开始饱受伤病困扰，状态也一路持续下滑，5年1亿的大合同也很快沦为垃圾合同。

It's just that this is a matter of the future. At least at this stage, including the next year, Stoudemire is one of the best players in the league.

So it's no wonder that the Knicks who got him were ecstatic, while the Suns fans were disappointed.

With Stoudemire's departure, only Nash, an All-Star player left in the Suns team, has no possibility of competing for the championship. This season's trip to the Western Conference Finals will be this running and bombing team The last bright moment.

When Stoudemire joined the New York Knicks, it was like a drop of water dropped into a frying pan, instantly making the league boil.

7月8日，多笔续约达成，雷霆队5年8500万美元续约凯文.杜兰特，公牛5年8000万劫走爵士队大前锋卡洛斯.布泽尔。

Pierce and Ray Allen have also reached a contract renewal agreement with the Celtics successively, but the difference is that the contract renewal between Pierce and the Celtics is 4 million for 6100 years, but Ray Allen only has 2 million for 1600 years.

In the 09-10 season, the two were still the main scoring points of the Celtics. Pierce averaged 18.3 points and Ray Allen 16.3 points per game. Still at the end of its peak, it is very normal for the Green Army to give this veteran player a decent pension contract.

As for Ray Allen, an average salary of 35 million at the age of 800 is already a good offer. More importantly, Ray Allen did not help the Celtics win the championship, which directly affected the his worth.

In Wang Chao’s memory, the contract extension between Ray Allen and the Celtics should have been two years and 2 million yuan. It seems that the butterfly effect has affected Curry’s previously recognized three-point leader in the league. Shrunk from 2000 million to 2 million in 2000 years.

And when the time came to July 7th, the real big news came!
On this day, James made a live TV decision to bring his talents to the south coast, and will form a Big Three lineup with Wade and Bosh in the Miami Heat to launch an impact on the championship.

One stone caused a thousand waves, and the entire league was shaken by James' huge decision.

This is the joint partner of three top superstars with an average age of only 26 years old, which is unprecedented in NBA history.

After all, although the Celtics Big Three a few years ago were also very shocking when they were formed, they were all over [-] years old at that time. The price paid to get Garnett and Ray Allen is still barely acceptable.

Everyone knows that the peak period of the Big Three of the Green Army is only three or four years, but the Big Three of the Heat are different. They can at least maintain their peak state and play for more than six to eight years, and have a long career peak period.

And the quality of the Heat's Big Three is much higher than that of the Celtics.

The name of the Big Three of the Celtics sounds bluffing, but in fact, Garnett is the only player among the three who can really be called a superstar. During the giant period, Pierce only had two best third-team honors, while Ray Allen had one best second team and one best third team.

What about the Heat's Big Three?
James has the regular season MVP, scoring champion, and has never been absent from the best team list since the 04-05 season.

Wade has the FMVP of the finals. Although the scoring champion in the 08-09 season was taken away by Wang Chao, the number and quality of the best team selection are no less than James, and he is also recognized as one of the strongest players in the league.

The only one who is weaker is Chris Bosh. He only won the best second team once in the 06-07 season, but in the high-quality players such as Garnett, Duncan, Nowitzki, Stoudemire, etc. It is also a very good result to be able to win the best team under the attack of the forward. Last season, Bosh averaged 24 points and 10.8 rebounds per game in the Raptors. In terms of strength, it is no less than when the Celtics formed the Big Three in 07. Pierce.

In terms of age, quality and many other aspects, the Big Three of the Heat have achieved full coverage and surpassing the Big Three of the Celtics!
Within a day, the situation in the league changed drastically. The Miami Heat, who made it to the first round of the playoffs last season, instantly became the biggest favorites in the new season, even surpassing the two-time consecutive champion Magic that had just successfully defended their title.

Of course, James' behavior has also attracted various criticisms from all walks of life in the league.

It is not uncommon for superstars to team up in the league, but it can be said that Fengfeng even has potential for development. The behavior of emerging superstars teaming up to win the championship seems to many traditional-minded people to be taking shortcuts!
And the most disappointed among them is undoubtedly the fans of Cleveland. They believed in James very much before, and they were sure that the other party would stay in their hometown and continue to fight for the championship for the team and for them.

But James chose to escape from Cleveland, and he still used the whole-match live broadcast method to show off, which undoubtedly deeply hurt the hearts of Cavaliers fans.

On that day, many Cavaliers fans took to the streets, burned James' jerseys with fire, beat and scolded traitors, in order to vent their dissatisfaction.

In Wang Chao's view, James' approach is really quite Shi Lezhi. If you choose to stay behind, then of course you will receive flowers and applause if you choose to stay behind. The so-called "loyalty" supremacy of the alliance, this approach is absolutely "correct".

But you have already made up your mind to run away with your tail between your legs, and get out of the pit of the Cavaliers. You are still so high-profile, and it is only natural to be scolded.

James obviously regards himself as the pride of heaven, and he takes it for granted that no matter what decision he makes, the fans will support and support him as always.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with James leaving the Cavaliers. This is the shortcoming of the small ball market. If James was selected by the Lakers, his career trajectory may be completely different.

In the future, many people will compare the Bucks and Cavaliers where Antetokounmpo won the championship, but the situation between James and Antetokounmpo is completely different.

As the No. 03 pick of the golden generation in [-], the proud son of heaven, he is considered to be the "emperor" who will rule the league. After entering the NBA, James has been highly anticipated and under tremendous pressure. He must win the championship and succeed. .

On the other hand, Antetokounmpo, the fans are far less harsh on him than James. After all, Antetokounmpo is just a player with the 15th overall pick in the first round. He still can’t start as a substitute player at the beginning of his career. He can have more patience to stay on the team and wait for opportunities With the advent of the 13 NBA Draft, even without a championship for life, there are far fewer doubts than James. After all, he is the No.15 rookie in 03, not the No. [-] pick, let alone the No. [-] pick of the [-] golden generation.

In this regard, Durant's idea of ​​joining the Warriors was exactly the same as James's.

This kind of shortcut behavior is of course not advocated, but even NBA players are human beings, and under the psychological pressure brought about by the delay in success, it is understandable to make such a choice.

James won two championships with the Heat in four years, but there are still more people in the league who belittle him than praise him. After all, everyone knows that with the Heat's lineup, it is strange not to win the championship, and James' wind comment It really started to turn around after returning to the Cavaliers to win a championship for Cleveland.

In the following two seasons, especially in 18, James' heroic performance dragged the remnant Cavaliers into the finals, which really shocked everyone. Even in the finals, the Cavaliers were defeated by the Warriors without any resistance. The team swept 4:0, but no one would blame James again. When James chose to leave to join the Lakers again, the Cleveland fans no longer gave curses but blessings.

The topic is a bit far away...

Don't rush to talk about the future. The formation of the Heat's Big Three directly caused a huge change in the league situation and also affected the signings of other teams.

The most affected are naturally several championship teams.

The Lakers chose to renew the contracts of Fisher and Shannon Brown, and signed former Clippers guard Steve Blake for 4 years and 1600 million US dollars to strengthen the team's shortcomings at the point guard position.

The signings that the Lakers can make are limited. After all, the team's salary space has been completely locked by Kobe with an annual salary of 2481 million, Gasol with a salary of 1782 million, and Bynum with a salary of 1370 million. 800 million and Artest's 600 million, the total salary of the Lakers went straight to 9000 million, where is there a little salary space?
In Wang Chao's memory, the Lakers in the 10-11 season ranked first in the league with a total salary of 9142 million US dollars.

By the way, the Heat's salary for the new season is 6524 million US dollars, ranking outside the 15th place in the league.

The Dallas Mavericks, who are regarded by fans as a single-core team to win the championship, have a salary of 8541 million US dollars, ranking third in the league.

The level of salary does not directly represent the championship. Just like the Cavaliers in the 08-09 season had a total salary of 9100 million, but they didn't even make it to the finals. The Mavericks played really well that season, but their objective conditions were not bad. , but it is not so intuitive and shocking in terms of data performance.

All in all, the Lakers are limited by the salary space, and there is no way to reinforce outstanding players. They can only maintain the current lineup as much as possible, and look forward to Bynum's further growth, helping Kobe, who is one year older, and Gasol.

And the Magic aren't faring much better than the Lakers.

Next season, Howard's salary for the Magic will reach 1665 million US dollars, Wang Chao's 1580 million, plus Jamal Crawford's 1022 million US dollars, Nelson's 780 million US dollars, Ariza's 632 million , the salary of the above five people has reached 5679 million US dollars.

Thanks to the wisdom of Wang Chao, Dragic and Afflalo acquired through the trade are still rookie contract years next season, and the annual salary is less than 200 million, while the contract signed by Channing Frye last year is 3 million for 900 years , the third year of the team contract, but this can ensure that Channing Frye's contract will not skyrocket because of his outstanding performance this season.

In the original history, Channing Frye only signed a two-year contract with the Suns, and the second year was still a player option. Then Frye, who performed well in the 2-09 season, immediately jumped out of the contract and re-signed with the Suns. A five-year $10 million contract with an average annual salary of $5 million.

Considering that Channing Frye of the Magic not only performed well in the regular season, but also won the championship with the team, even if the annual salary is 900, there are players who will try to snatch it.

This point has been well confirmed by Barnes.

Matt Barnes' contract officially expires after the end of this season. Considering his stable performance on the bench and his contribution on the defensive end, the Magic want to keep him.

But the Los Angeles Clippers snatched Barnes away with a four-year, $4 million contract.

There is still Ariza on the front line of the Magic's bench. There is no reason to re-sign Barnes with an annual salary of 500 million, so he can only let him go.

With Barnes' ability, the annual salary of 500 million is a bit of a bargain. His tactical status in the Magic is not very high, and it is not even as good as his performance in the same period in the original history. He averaged only 6.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. , After all, there are Wang Chao and Ariza at the small forward position of the Magic, and his playing time is not as much as before.

In addition to the players mentioned above, the Magic have to make up the 12-man roster for the new season. Based on the low salary of 200 million, the salary of the 12-man roster will also reach 7185 million US dollars, just exceeding the 2010 roster announced by the league. -The luxury tax trigger line in the 11 season is a little bit of 7030 million, which is not too much.

But if the Magic want to expand their roster to a full 15 players, or use the middle class exception to sign a player with an annual salary of 576 million US dollars, then the owner of the Magic team must be prepared to pay more than [-] million US dollars in luxury taxes. get ready.

Wang Chao feels that the management of the Magic still has the determination to do something to help the team win three consecutive championships.

Therefore, after the establishment of the Big Three of the Heat and the road to defending the title was severely challenged, the management of the Magic team immediately began to operate.

On July 7, the Magic officially announced that they had reached an agreement with center Shaq O'Neal. The two parties signed a one-year minimum salary contract with a contract value of 15 million US dollars.

This renewal took many people by surprise.

The old Shark returned to the Magic and returned to the place where the dream began.

Although O'Neal showed exhaustion in the Cavaliers last season and no longer has the star level, the basic salary of 135 million US dollars still makes many teams covetous.

The Magic is obviously the team that least needs to sign a center. Howard is in the limelight. Even though he is suppressed by Wang Chao in the team, he is still recognized as the league's number one center in the league.

Signing O'Neal, the purpose of recalling a wave of feelings is greater than the purpose of pursuing O'Neal's remaining strength.

After all, O'Neal is a star from the Magic. He was signed by the Magic with the No. 1992 pick in [-]. For many years, O'Neal's return to Orlando will still make many old Magic fans cry.

O'Neill himself was deeply moved when he was interviewed.

"To be able to return to Orlando at the last moment of my career, I have mixed feelings. The city has the best memories and that would be the best thing ever."

The emotional intelligence of this dead fat man is really good. When he sees people talking about people, he is talking nonsense. Not long ago, he clearly swore that the 70-win Magic team and the Super Magic team are not the opponents of the OK team at all, and threatened to teach Howard a lesson in the playoffs. How should the inside play.

It's only been a few days since I came here to play the emotional card.

The reason why O'Neal chose the Magic is very simple. Even if the emergence of the Heat's Big Three broke the league structure, the Magic is still one of the biggest favorites to win the championship.

Even if it's hard work, O'Neal hopes to win a championship, so that his number of championships will reach 5, surpassing that guy Kobe.

Kobe is now four championships, just tied with O'Neal, as long as O'Neal can win one more championship, he can stabilize Kobe's head, which is still very important to him.

In the original history, O'Neal chose to defect to the Celtics, who were inextricably defeated by the Lakers in the Finals, and the purpose was similar.

It is impossible for him to join the Lakers to hug Kobe's thigh. On the Heat's side, when O'Neal left the team, his relationship with general manager Pat Riley was also relatively tense. That leaves the Celtics.

In this time and space, due to the appearance of Wang Chao, the Magic became the winner of two consecutive championships, and naturally entered O'Neal's sight.

The current management of the Magic team has long been different from the original group, and the general manager has also changed from John Gabriel to Smith. The grievances with O'Neal have long since passed away. , as long as you pretend not to know with a cheeky face, you will be fooled by playing the emotional card like now.

(End of this chapter)