NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 214 Formation of Lakers F4 and New Rockets Lineup

After Garnett decided to join the Rockets, he invited Ray Allen.

But Ray Allen finally chose the Heat.

In fact, his choice is also understandable. The Rockets do not lack three-point shooters. Whether it is Courtney Lee, whose contract has expired, or Korver and Leonard, they all have a three-point shooting rate of more than 40%. Shooter, and Wang Chao has developed the three-pointer to the extreme. He is already a phenomenon in the league, far surpassing Ray Allen, the active three-pointer.

In this case, even if Ray Allen joins the Rockets, he is only one of the outside shooters, not worth mentioning at all.

But it's different in the Heat. The Heat's desire and attention to Ray Allen, which lacks outside shooters, is definitely far more than that of the Rockets.

Moreover, the Heat are still the defending champions. Compared with the Rockets, who are over [-] years old and have potential injuries inside the Rockets, the Heat have a higher probability of continuing to win the championship.

Whether it's Ray Allen or Garnett, Celtics fans yelled at him for his behavior of smearing the soles of his feet and running away.

And you just run away, all the players who join are still the Celtics' sworn enemies.

During the Eastern Conference finals, the Celtics and the Heat fought seven bloody games, almost blowing their brains out, and the conflict between the fans of both sides became extremely sharp. In this case, Ray Allen turned around after losing the game Surrendering to the enemy, this kind of behavior is tantamount to surrendering to the enemy in the eyes of Celtics fans.

Of course, the Celtics fans didn't care about Ray Allen's feelings, and they also selectively ignored the fact that the Celtics management didn't respect Ray Allen, an old giant, and made a humiliating contract extension offer and Ray Allen. There are many factors such as the conflict between Allen and Rondo.

Garnett's situation is not much better.

Although the Celtics and the Rockets have no grievances, they have a long-standing grudge with Wang Chao. After all, during the four years in the Magic, Wang Chao and Howard kept the Celtics out of the Finals for four consecutive years. .

Green Army fans' resentment towards Wang Chao is no less than that towards the Heat James Wade and others. In the end, Garnett chose to join the Rockets and join forces with Wang Chao to win the championship. He is also a damned traitor.

But the Green Army fans have no choice but to yell and vent their dissatisfaction.

The era belonging to the Celtics ended like this before it came.

With the absorption of the two giants of the Green Army, the Rockets and the Heat have significantly improved their strength and become the favorites to win the new season while leaving other teams far behind. The league has officially entered the stage of two superpowers.

Other teams were not reconciled to being too far behind the Rockets and the Heat, and rushed to make trades to strengthen the team, but the signings they can do are obviously far less than these two teams.

Just when everyone thought that the Rockets and the Heat would compete for the championship next season, at the beginning of August, a deal once again detonated the league, and even caused a shock far greater than that of the Rockets and the Heat!

On August 8, the NBA officially confirmed and passed a super deal involving four teams.

The four teams involved in the deal are the Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers and Denver Nuggets.

The Lakers sent Andrew Bynum, Mike Roberts, Ienga, the second round pick in 2015 and the first round pick in 2017 to get super center Dwight Howard.

The 76ers sent Iguodala and Vucevic in the first round of 2015 to get the Lakers All-Star center Andrew Bynum.

The Nuggets sent Harrington and several other players and the 2013 second-round and 2014 first-round picks to get Iguodala.

Finally, the Magic team. With Howard sent, the Magic team gained a lot. They got a total of 6 players, three first-round picks, and two second-round picks.

But even so, losing Howard is still a heavy blow to the Magic. The departure of Warcraft announced that the former super magic combination has completely disappeared in the long history of the Magic. Orlando fans can only recall Just won the glory of the three consecutive championships a year ago.

The biggest winner in the four-party trade is obviously the Lakers. The arrival of Warcraft Howard has greatly upgraded the current lineup of the Lakers. As early as the beginning of July, the Lakers used two first-round and two second-round trades from the Suns Come point guard Steve Nash, it's just that the deal didn't get much praise.

Nash is really strong, two regular season MVPs, one championship and FMVP, but Nash, who was born in 1974, is already 38 years old, and he will be 39 years old in the middle of next season. It is hard to believe that he is still so chic and elegant on the court Zonda.

Is it appropriate to trade four draft picks for such a veteran?At least the vast majority of people have reservations about it.

But it's different now.

Howard's joining allowed the Lakers to directly form the F4 carrier combination of Nash + Kobe + Gasol + Howard. The quality of the team's main players is simply terrifying!
Regarding Howard's desire to leave the team, it has already begun to ferment in the playoffs. At that time, the Lakers were the most powerful contenders. Only by sending both of Num out can there be a chance. Who would have thought that through a four-way trade, the Lakers would get Howard just by sending away Bynum and a first-rounder. This deal looks like the Lakers robbed Gasol back then. Too much.

The establishment of the Lakers' F4 aircraft carrier instantly broke the existing situation in the league and evolved into a triwizard competition, and the Lakers are obviously halfway ahead of the Rockets and Heat.

Kobe was very happy, and said in an interview: "It is the second super center I partner with. Although he has a different style from Shaq, he has his dominance on the field. We have played against each other many times in the finals in the past. We all know very well that we will definitely be able to create a new three-peat championship dynasty!"

Howard is also full of confidence in this.

"The injury season reimbursement at the end of the regular season once hit me hard, but now we have a new start. The Lakers are a team with a center tradition. Grow and win more."

At this time, I am afraid that no one would have thought that the F4 super aircraft carrier that the Lakers spent huge sums of money and did not hesitate to overdraft in the future would be in the new season.

Although none of this has happened yet, considering Howard's personality that has not changed because of winning the championship and the same injuries as the original history, I am afraid the result will not change much.

Therefore, Wang Chao kept a very calm mind whether it was the Lakers' super trade that shocked the league or the Heat's operation to reinforce Ray Allen. After all, these things themselves were things that would have happened in the original historical process.

In contrast, Garnett's impact on joining the Rockets is even more significant.

The age is also not young, Garnett, who is already 36 years old, can maintain a high competitive state for at least the next season.

在王超印象中，12-13赛季的加内特常规赛期间依然能够在场均出场29分钟的情况下得到14.8分7.8篮板，同时在防守效率方面依然可以排在联盟前十。

The annual salary of 800 million is definitely worth the money. Even after he moved to the Brooklyn Nets, Garnett's state did not decline as fast as expected. Although the two seasons only had 6+6 data, considering the average With only 20 minutes of playing time, more playing time can still reach the level of averaging a double-double.

Wang Chao did not expect to rely on Garnett in two or three years. At that time, Leonard, Butler and others had fully grown up, and there was no need for Yao and Garnett.

But next season, considering Dayao's potential injury, Garnett is still very important.

After signing Garnett, the Rockets continued to sign up.

After the end of the 11-12 season, the Rockets have multiple contracts expired, including Courtney Lee at the guard position, Aaron Brooks, Chase Budinger at the forward position, Jordan Hill at the center position, Omer Asik and Hashem Thabeet.

Although the Rockets failed to win the championship this season, the performance of a group of players is quite remarkable, which has attracted the attention of many teams and made offers to many players.

This is impossible. The NBA has always been like this. According to the original history, the Rockets will do the same thing this season. A certain disgusting Mogou used two typical poison contracts to grab Here comes Jeremy Lin and Asik.

The Celtics, who lost Garnett to the Rockets, made the first move. They directly offered two Rockets players, Courtney Lee 4 million in 2600 years and Jordan Hill 4 million in 3000 years.

These two players are obviously on premium contracts, but the overflow is not particularly large. According to the performance of this season, Courtney Lee should have an annual salary of 500 yuan, and 4 million in 2600 years is only 650 million annual salary, which is 150 yuan higher. Jordan Hill, as the main inside rotation player of the Rockets when Yao was absent, played more time than Asik, and his worth has naturally increased, and the annual salary of 750 million is also acceptable.

The Rockets did not match the Celtics' offer, and two players were robbed.

Immediately afterwards, Omer Asik was also snatched by the New Orleans Hornets for 3 million in 2600 years.

Seeing that many players on the team were continuously poached, and the Rockets remained indifferent throughout the whole process, many Houston fans became a little anxious. How will we play next season after being dismantled like this?
The Rockets management is also a little flustered, but the price of these three players being poached is indeed a bit high, especially Asik, whose price is higher than Garnett.

In fact, it is not impossible for the team to keep one or two. For example, Courtney Lee with 650 million yuan, in the eyes of the Rockets' management, can choose to match the contract to stay.

Although the salary space of the Rockets is occupied by Wang Chao and Yao, it is only the salary cap. They are still far away from the bottom line of the luxury tax, and team owner Alexander, after seeing the team enter the finals, also He decided to invest a little more to help the team win the championship. He knew very well that if the Rockets could win the championship, he would earn more money.

But the willingness of the Rockets management to renew the contract was vetoed by Wang Chao.

"If they want these players, they will go. It doesn't matter. They won't be the main rotation players of the team next season anyway."

If the annual salaries of Courtney Lee, Jordan Hill and others are controlled at around 200 million to 300 million, Wang Chao regards them as excellent players with good quality and low price, but the annual salary can be as high as 700 million...too expensive.

The Rockets will renew Leonard, Butler and other players in the future. How can there be so much salary space to support these role players?Besides, how could Wang Chao, who is a time traveler, lack role player candidates?
The Rockets' first signing after Garnett's contract extension was the signing of center Hassan Whiteside, who had just been waived by the Sacramento Kings. The two sides signed a four-year contract with a total value of $4 million. The annual salary is 600 million.

This is not a high-priced contract, but compared with Whiteside's two-year salary of $149 million in the Kings, it is enough to make the other party ecstatic and sign without hesitation.

Next, the Rockets signed former All-Star insider Majorin O'Neal with a veteran's basic salary of 136 million a year.

The 34-year-old O'Neal is two years younger than Garnett, but his competitive state has declined much faster than Garnett.

Last season, Jermaine O'Neal played only 25 games with the Celtics due to injury, averaging 5 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. He has completely become a role player. The basic salary of a veteran is fully in line with his current worth, but no one knows. What are the Rockets doing?First sign a rookie rookie who the Kings despise, and then sign an old-fashioned veteran. What fighting power do these two have?What help can it bring to the team?
The third signing of the Rockets is to sign point guard Jason Kidd with 2 years of 580 million US dollars, an average of 290 million per year.

After the three signings, Wang Chao informed the Rockets management that the team's summer signings have been completed, and then the management can play freely and sign some low-paid players to fill the team's roster, but the team's main The lineup is the current 12 players in the team.

Hearing Wang Chao's words, the Rockets' management was a little confused again. It felt so familiar, as if it was the same last season.

They couldn't understand what Wang Chao had done at all. The only player who was able to see through the three signings was Kidd, and Kidd didn't perform particularly well with the Mavericks last season, averaging 6 points, 4 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. The shooting percentage is only 36.3%.

As for O'Neal and Whiteside, what's the difference between signing and not signing?
But this lineup, Wang Chao is already satisfied enough.

The Rockets currently have a 12-man roster with two point guards: Jason Kidd and Isaiah Thomas.

Three shooting guards: Jimmy Butler, Kyle Korver, Khris Middleton.

Three small forwards: Wang Chao, Kawhi Leonard, Chandler Parsons.

Two power forwards: Kevin Garnett, Jermaine O'Neal.

Two center forwards: Dayao and Hassan Whiteside.

Only the traversers can see the gold content in this lineup. The only shortcoming may be the lack of strength at the point guard position, but Wang Chao is originally the main point forward position. When necessary, he can be like the magician Erwin . Johnson directly served as the team's starting point guard, Kidd and Thomas Jr. are not so important.

With this lineup, as long as the team does not experience a large-scale injury wave in the next season, Wang Chao is [-]% sure to lead the team to win the championship!
(End of this chapter)