NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 236 Dealing with all parties, Warcraft goes to Spurs
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As in the original history, when Kobe's old uncle's lobby group tried their best to praise Howard and tried to coax him to stay in Los Angeles, he acted very draggingly and directly put down a sentence for Howard.

"First you have to learn how to win, I can teach you!"

Well, this is considered to have ignited the powder keg.

What Howard can't stand the most is Kobe's superior attitude.

What's so exciting about you?Just like no one has ever won. Now the second record in regular season history is Howard and Wang Chao’s 70 wins in the regular season. In terms of championships, I won’t win much less than you, even Wang Chao is not as crazy as you !
Kobe actually understands this truth, but his character is like this, especially during the regular season this season, Howard's lazy and unprofessional professional attitude made him feel very annoyed.

That's why these words want to beat Howard with this and inspire the other party to ignite their fighting spirit.

And because Howard already has a championship, Kobe also deliberately changed his lines to learn how to win.

But this obviously only irritated Howard.

On July 7, Howard officially announced his departure from Los Angeles and reached an agreement with the San Antonio Spurs to join the Spurs with a four-year maximum salary of $6 million, which once again changed the entire league situation.

Once this news was announced, it immediately caused a shock in the alliance.

The Spurs have always been the top power in the league and one of the strong contenders for the championship.

The GDP combination is old and strong, and still has good combat effectiveness. Last season, they won 56 wins and lost to the Thunder in the second round of the Western Conference.

Obviously, Wang Chao intercepted Leonard, which had a great impact on the Spurs, but he refused to give the Spurs a chance to get Howard.

In fact, the Spurs sacrificed a lot in order to win Howard. After all, although the GDP of the three has increased with age, the contracts have shrunk. Billy has become a free agent, and it is precisely because of this that he has freed up enough salary space to provide Howard with a maximum salary.

Even so, in order to get Howard, the Spurs gave up signing their own center Tiago Splitter. He should have renewed his contract with the Spurs in the 13-14 season, signed a 4-year $3600 million contract, and started The salary will reach 1000 million.

But now, for Howard, the Spurs directly gave up Splitter and let him enter the free market to ask for a price.

Although Splitter played well last season, averaging 10 points and 6.4 rebounds per game, there will definitely be teams that will appreciate it, but it is still impossible to get another 4-year contract of 3600 million yuan with an annual salary close to 900 million yuan. big.

After getting Howard, as a well-known small ball market in the league, in order to avoid paying the luxury tax, the Spurs had to persuade Ginobili to cut his salary and signed a mini-middle-class contract with an average annual salary of 500 million.

This is also due to Manu Ginobili, would it be crazy for other players?Don't even think about categorically rejecting it.

Although he is the sixth man in the team, Ginobili's annual salary was 1400 million U.S. dollars last season. Who can stand it?

I have to admire the team culture of the Spurs team, and the veterans of the team can accept such a large salary cut.

In Wang Chao’s impression, the annual salary of Ginobili’s newly signed contract with the Spurs should be 750 million, and in the 16-17 season, in order to compensate Ginobili’s salary cut, the Spurs provided him with a one-year salary. 1 million pension contract.

In any case, the Spurs who got Howard have formed an inside duo. Duncan Howard, one old and one young, will become the league's strongest inside combination in the new season, even stronger than the Rockets' Yao + Garnett!
Of course, Wang Chao is not very optimistic about this combination.

Although Duncan has a mid-range distance, his stability is much worse than that of Garnett. The main offensive method is also around the basket, which overlaps with Howard to a large extent. More importantly, Howard is no longer the same as the Magic. The superman who flies from the sky to the ground is now, and his dominance at the basket has dropped sharply.

Not surprisingly, Howard's average data per game next season will still be around 18+12, and it will be difficult to improve. After all, with his technical characteristics, the upper limit will stop after he loses his explosive power due to injuries.

The functions of Howard and Duncan partially overlap, and the annual salary of 2000 million also directly explodes the salary space of the Spurs. There is no way to introduce any role players, and the team's forward position cannot be strengthened.

别看13-14年夺冠的那支马刺队里，伦纳德常规赛和季后赛的场均数据都只有12.8分6篮板和14.3分6.7篮板，但他在锋线位置的防守以及协防补防能力，很大程度上架构起了马刺队的防守体系。

Therefore, Wang Chao believes that Howard's arrival in the Spurs will definitely give the Spurs a qualitative leap in strength, but it is hard to say whether the strength can be compared with Leonard's version of the 13-14 Spurs, even if Popovich has strategized , to maximize the effect of Duncan and Howard's inside twin towers, and the upper limit is still there.

In the small ball era, it is always the outside line that can really determine the outcome of the game.

包括13-14赛季马刺夺冠，队内得分最高的两人也分别是18分的帕克与17.8分的伦纳德，邓肯场均数据不过15.4分10篮板而已。
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Howard joined the Spurs, which made the Lakers angry. Kobe publicly stated that Howard has no sense of competition, does not like challenges and wins, and is a standard softie.

The fans of the Lakers also insulted and cursed Howard in various ways, thinking that he is the worst star center in the history of the Lakers, even worse than Andrew Bynum.

Howard said that I can't bear your scolding, what kind of weirdness is Bynum, I am not as good as him?

As the main bargaining chip for trading Howard, after Andrew Bynum was sent to the 76ers last season, he completely let himself go, did not train seriously, and played bowling while recuperating, which caused his injury to worsen.

Now the 76ers have given up on renewing the contract with Bynum. I'm afraid the high salary contract is enough.

Although Howard has a joking personality, he never slackens in training. He plays seriously when he should be serious. Why use Bynum to insult him?
It's just that the Lakers fans who have become angry from embarrassment still care so much?

Howard's departure has already indicated that the Lakers are over.

Kobe’s torn Achilles tendon, this kind of injury that seriously affects the player’s career, is basically a death sentence for the 35-year-old Kobe’s sports career. Even if he recovers well enough, he will definitely not be able to reach his pre-injury state when he returns to the game .

In order to get Howard, the Lakers overdrawn their future, sent away draft picks, and sent away Bynum who had been trained for many years, but in the end they ended up with nothing left.

It is foreseeable that in at least three to five years in the future, it is impossible for the Lakers to have the strength to win the championship.

Looking at the big deal with the Clippers in the same city, they got outside shooters JJ Redick and Jared Dudley to further strengthen the strength of the front line, but they can only watch helplessly. The mood can be imagined.

On July 7, Andrew Bynum reached a signing agreement with the Cavaliers, and defected to the Cleveland Cavaliers for $11 million in two years. However, this contract is indeed a restrictive contract. Only 2 million of the 2400 million contract in the first year are guaranteed Yes, the remaining 1200 million is an incentive contract, and Bynum must achieve a certain level of performance on the field before he can get this money.

Although the conditions are harsh, Bynum has no choice. This is already the most lucrative contract he can get when his value plummets.

As a result, the Cavaliers have Irving, Bennett, the two top picks, and the All-Star player Andrew Bynum, and they have also begun to return to people's attention. The competitiveness of the playoffs, and even the voices that James will return to Cleveland after the end of next season are gradually increasing.

And James' current Heat team, after being swept 0:4 in the finals, is also actively carrying out signings and reinforcements. The purpose of their signings after being completely blown up by the Rockets' insiders is also very clear and direct. .

The Heat first renewed the contract of Birdman Anderson, and then signed a basic salary contract with Greg Oden, the No. 2007 pick in 2000, and Kenyon Martin, the No. [-] pick in [-]. The team has assembled three NBA No. [-] picks.

The reason why the Heat signed Oden and Kenyon Martin was naturally to target the Rockets, but with their current salary space completely occupied by the Big Three, they can only sign such low-paid players as a gamble. What if Oden's injury suddenly heals and he regains his strength?What if Kenyon Martin still has the power of his peak?
No matter how low the possibility is, the Heat also want to take a gamble. After all, all they can do now is to take a gamble.

Pat Riley, general manager of the Heat who was keen on this, then signed Michael Beasley with a basic salary. Riley seemed confident of turning the drug addict prodigal son back.

In the end, the Heat reached an agreement with Jermaine O'Neal to renew the contract with a one-year veteran's basic salary, and dug the inside player from the Rockets. It's just that it's not appropriate to describe O'Neal Jr. because O'Neal actually wants to stay in the Rockets. After all, the Rockets next year Still the biggest favorite to win the championship, wouldn't it be nice to have one more championship?

However, the Rockets did not provide him with an offer at all, so O'Neal could only switch to the Heat who offered him an olive branch.

Some operations were as fierce as a tiger, and I looked back at 0-5.

The Heat jumped around in the free market. After signing a few players, no annual salary exceeds 150 million US dollars. They are expected to help the team in the new season... Only Heat fans can lie to themselves.

Compared with other teams in the free market, the Rockets belong to the type of lying flat.

No way, who made the Rockets' current lineup really good?
As for the guards, there are Butler, Middleton, Thomas Jr. and Kyle Korver. Among them, Korver's contract ends in the summer, and many teams immediately offer olive branches, wanting to poach the three players with high salaries. A shooter with excellent distribution ability.

The most sincere of these is the Atlanta Hawks. They offered Korver a four-year 4 million offer contract, with an average of 3000 million US dollars per year.

To be reasonable, Wang Chao wants to keep Korver. After all, the next two seasons will be Korver’s peak period. In the original history, in the 13-14 season and 14-15 season, Korver’s The three-point shooting percentages were 47.2% and 49.2%, ranking first in the league, and even Curry had to bow down. For teams with small ball lineups, such a super three-point shooter is still very important.

But the offer of 4 million yuan in four years made Wang Chao discouraged.

What are you kidding, this is too expensive!
Korver is strong, but he is only a role player after all. He is seriously lacking in independent offensive ability. Even in the two peak seasons, his scoring average is only a little over 12 points per game.

The Rockets currently have two players, Wang Chao and Dayao, with an annual salary of 2000 million, and Garnett with an annual salary of 800 million. With other players, the salary has already gone straight to 6000 million.

If they pay another $750 million just for Korver, the Rockets will most likely have to pay a luxury tax next season.

Although Wang Chao is now in charge of the Rockets, he alone has the final say on the team, whether it is the general manager or the head coach, he must listen to him, but the money is ultimately paid by the team owner. .Alexander's picky character is definitely unwilling to pay the luxury tax, and it will inevitably lead to another round of wrangling.

Anyway, for Wang Chao, Korver is not necessary, and Middleton can completely replace his role, so one more thing is worse than one less thing, and it doesn't make much difference if you just leave.

At the forward position, there are currently the four kings of Wang Chao, Leonard, Garnett, and Parsons.

The center position is Dayao, Whiteside and the newly joined team Rudy Gobert.

Korver was poached with a high salary, Jr. O'Neal switched to the Heat, and Kidd chose to retire in situ, and then ran to the Nets to serve as the head coach of the Nets' new aircraft carrier after his request to join the Rockets coaching staff was rejected.

The Rockets, with only 10 players left on the roster, need to supplement the team roster to at least 12 or more before the start of the season.

Wang Chao only listed one player who could be recruited by the Rockets management, named Marco Belinelli, and the rest of the players were left to the management and the general manager of the team to make their own decisions. They were all sitting on the bench anyway. It doesn't make much difference who is signed as a substitute on the bench.

Belinelli, who is 1 meters tall and serves as a shooting guard, is also a three-pointer. Next season, he will hit 96% of his three-pointers. Although he is not as exaggerated as Korver, he is also an extremely stable fixed-point three-pointer. The important thing is that his price is much cheaper than Korver's. In Wang Chao's impression, the Spurs signed Belinelli for only 43 years and 2 million US dollars, with an average annual salary of 562 million.

If it can be cut from the Spurs and used by Belini to fill the vacancy that Korver left the team, that's fine. If you can't get it, it's okay, and it won't affect the overall situation.

(End of this chapter)