NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 264 The Cavaliers who are constantly trading for reinforcements, the Rockets are no longer their opponents?

After the news that Wang Chao is a billionaire was exposed, it was difficult for many people to look at Wang Chao as a player.

It is said that the NBA is a game played by a group of billionaires and multi-millionaires. As a wage earner, Wang Chao is now worth more than the owner of his own team. The Bible has attracted countless speculators to flock to it, but in the 14-year bitcoin market... I am afraid that there will be many more desperate people on the rooftops.

But that can’t be blamed on Wang Chao. After all, he didn’t encourage others to speculate in coins. He didn’t have any thoughts and considerations of his own. A speculator who blindly follows others’ dreams of making a fortune can only say that he deserves it.

Because of this incident, Wang Chao directly became a hot topic in the world, and his popularity soared rapidly. Although basketball is the second largest ball game in the world and has a wide range of influence and popularity, it is still not a hot thing in a strict sense. For the vast majority of people in this world, running around for survival is more important. Except for fans who really like basketball, after all, there are only a small number of people who pay attention to things in the basketball circle.

This is like every World Cup, there will always be a large group of female fans saying: "My favorite star is Dayao, come on Huaguo men's football team, strive to win the championship!"

Not many people know that Wang Chao has won several championships in the past few years. In contrast, there are more people who are interested in how Wang Chao became a super rich man worth 30 billion when he was only in his early 30s. a bit more.

Tall, handsome, young and rich.

Wang Chao, who was originally a top star in China, became a well-known national husband in a very short period of time after his net worth was exposed.

It is now 14 years. With the continuous development and popularization of the Internet, the fan circle culture has gradually begun to rise. There are also a group of national husbands who are admired by the majority of female friends on the Internet. person".

With the exposure of Wang Chao's net worth, his female fans in China have grown geometrically at an astonishing speed and he has replaced Scallion as the new generation of national husbands.

There is no way to do this, Tie Cong is not as high as Wang Chao compared to Wang Chao, not as handsome as Wang Chao, and not even as rich as Wang Chao.

Tiecong’s father, Jianlin, became the richest man in mainland China with US$14 billion in 151. He is richer than Wang Chao, but the problem is that the money belongs to Jianlin, not Tiecong, and most of it is in the form of equity and Calculated in the form of fixed assets, if you just talk about cash, it must not be as much as 30 billion.

The most important thing is that the money of Jianlin is not equal to the money of tearing green onions. The national husband is sure that he is richer than having a rich father. Besides, 30 billion and 150 billion are not much different in the eyes of most ordinary people. Anyway, I can't spend it all, so the more handsome one is definitely better.

Wang Chao, who has taken away the identity of Tie Cong Guomin's husband, has a large group of diehard female fans in China, all clamoring to marry Wang Chao and give birth to him.

But obviously they have been slow.

With the rise of Wang Chao's influence and popularity, the exposure around him is also increasing day by day. The news of his purchase of a mansion in New York and Miranda's pregnancy and childbirth also spread like wildfire.

The ambiguous relationship between Wang Chao and two Victoria's Secret angel supermodels has long been no secret, but when the news was revealed by a reporter, many people were still surprised.

No wonder Miranda has rarely been seen on the Victoria's Secret stage in the past six months. It turns out that she secretly gave birth in New York!

It is no wonder that Wang Chao went to New York immediately after the end of the season. He did not participate in the Men's Basketball World Cup, nor did he attend any interviews, business endorsements and other activities, and almost disappeared.

That's it!

After all, this is the country of rice, with free and open minds. It is not uncommon for unmarried children to have children first. It can even be said to be the norm. To put it harshly, more than half or even more of the active players in the NBA are from single parents. The family includes top superstars such as James.

Wang Chao is not a ruthless scumbag. Although he and Miranda are not married, in order for her to deliver the baby with peace of mind, he spent tens of millions of dollars to buy a luxury villa in New York and hired the most professional medical team to take care of her in every possible way.

Just the intermittent news from the media is enough to make people imagine the luxury of living with money.

It's just that the "wives" of many national husbands who are far away across the ocean are very disappointed.

"Wang Chao, we misunderstood you. We never thought that you are such a scumbag!"

"What's so good about foreign girls? Isn't it that they have a better figure and look better? We are no worse than them!"

"It doesn't matter! They didn't get a marriage certificate. They are not a real couple in law. Besides, even if they are married, they can get divorced. We all still have a chance. Chaochao is ours!!!"

All kinds of comments from the brainless female fans in the fan circle in China emerge in endlessly, but Wang Chao, who is far away across the ocean, doesn’t pay attention to these, even if he knows, he doesn’t take it to heart. He has traveled from 23 years, and he knows the fan circle too well The culture is terrifying. Even if there is no way to stop it, he will try his best to avoid having any relationship with these things.
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All kinds of sensational news, although they caused a lot of repercussions in the league, did not affect the operation of the league. The teams that should trade and strengthen will still strengthen, and the most active among them is undoubtedly It is the Cleveland Cavaliers who already have the top three champions of James, Irving, and Embiid.

It can be seen from their lineup and salary space that this Cavaliers will be the team with the best chance to win the championship. Of course, the premise is that the team can use nearly 2000 million salary space to sign another All-Star Level players, after all, even if Embiid has high expectations, he is still a first-year rookie and cannot really be regarded as a giant to measure combat effectiveness.

The current lineup of the Cavaliers is indeed full of temptation for many powerful players who have the pursuit of a championship.

The Rockets are undoubtedly the best solution on the way to the championship, but everyone knows that the Rockets cannot offer a high-paying contract. They have given up Chandler Parsons and Jr. Thomas, not to mention other players, and among other teams, the Cavaliers with James is naturally the first choice. After all, in the past three years, James, as the absolute core force, has led the Heat to the Finals three times. He was swept out of the game by the Rockets twice, but he still won a championship after all. He can be regarded as the strongest player in the current league under Wang Chao.

The Cavaliers have ample salary space, good prospects for winning the championship, and the exposure rate of partnering with James will also increase, so many players have come to vote. Among the players, the Cavaliers made an unexpected choice.

The team's salary space of about 1800 million, the Cavaliers divided into three, and signed three players respectively.

The Cavaliers first signed the Lakers champion insider Paul Gasol with a three-year, $3 million contract.

Gasol's departure from the team after the expiration of his contract has long been a certainty. Previously, the Lakers management put Gasol on the trading shelf many times, which has chilled the veteran who has made great contributions to the Lakers. Therefore, when the contract After the expiration, Gasol rejected the three-year $3 million contract extension offered by the Lakers and chose to switch to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Although the Cavaliers pay less, at least they don’t need to be disgusted by the Lakers anymore, and more importantly, the Cavaliers have the ability to win the championship. Although Gasol already has a championship trophy in his career, he wants to The desire to continue to win the championship has not weakened.

The same persistent attitude towards the championship is also the All-Star small forward Paul Pierce who just spent a not-so-good season with the Nets.

Pierce's state in the Nets last season has begun to decline in an all-round way. His scoring average has dropped from 18.6 points per game in the previous season with the Celtics to 13.5 points. Already 37 years old, but still considered to have a certain strength.

Therefore, the Cavaliers offered Pierce a two-year $2 million contract, and the other side readily agreed.

In this time and space, the Celtics and the Heat are not mortal enemies, because in the strongest seasons of the Celtics, they all clashed with Wang Chao and Howard's Magic. There are not many times against the Celtics in the playoffs.

And at the beginning, Garnett and Ray Allen ran to the Heat, and the other ran to hug the Rockets' thighs. He, like Pierce, has no championship so far. What happened to lying on a championship at the end of his career?
The last player the Cavaliers signed was Danny Granger, who was signed for 300 million a year.

Granger is also an All-Star player who averaged 24 points and 5 rebounds per game at his peak. Unfortunately, after suffering injuries in the 12-13 season, Granger's state plummeted like a high platform diving. The important thing is that the rise of Paul George quickly seized Granger's starting lineup and core position of the team's main force.

Last season, Granger was traded to the Clippers by the Pacers in the middle of the season, and he has been injured all the time. He played 41 games throughout the season, averaging 8 points and 3 assists and shooting 37%. Excellent.

It's just that he is an All-Star player after all, and his decline is mainly due to the impact of injuries. Assuming the injury recovers, Granger, who is only 31 years old, is still worth looking forward to.

Compared with the first two, Granger's salary is only 300 million, which can be described as good quality and cheap. If Granger is really unable to restore his previous combat effectiveness due to injuries, a mere 300 million contract is not too much. deficit.

The three transactions of the Cavaliers are very wonderful. Although Gasol, Pierce and Granger have passed their peak period and are no longer All-Star players in the league, they each have their own characteristics. The role players of the team's Big Three can be described as just right.

Compared with signing an All-Star in his prime with 1800 million, this will obviously improve the overall strength of the team more significantly. Moreover, in the current free market of the league, there are a lot of big-name players whose contracts have expired, but they can really There are not many star players participating in the bidding.

Anthony, Kobe, Wade, Paul George and others all renewed their contracts with their home teams one after another. The Cavaliers' salary space of $1800 million can't afford any other top stars except for George, a restricted free agent.

After signing three veterans, the Cavaliers continued to strengthen one after another, signing James Jones and Michael Miller, James' guards with swords, and of course both of them joined with a basic salary.

As the Cavaliers continue to sign contracts and strengthen their teams, the team's strength is still improving. The league's evaluation of the Cavaliers has also risen, and it has been directly promoted to the biggest favorite to win the new season. .

This is not surprising. Compared with the Cavaliers who are constantly signing deals and strengthening, the Rockets did nothing during the offseason.

They didn't take any action except to complete the signing with the selected rookie Nikola Jokic.

Garnett, Chandler Parsons, Thomas Jr. and many other players who won the championship have left the team one after another. Although the team still retains the main lineup that started last season, it seems that no one is available on the bench.

More importantly, Dayao, who is the core of the team's inside line, is one year older, and the hidden danger of injuries is also getting bigger and bigger. The problem is that the Rockets have never been able to avoid it.

It is completely foreseeable that even if Dayao is not injured in the new season, it may be difficult to show a dominant performance at the basket like in previous seasons. According to the current lineup, the Rockets will most likely still be like the beginning of last season. , with a super five-forward lineup as the team's main starting lineup.

This lineup, with Wang Chao as the main center, played quite well during the regular season, and it directly contributed to Wang Chao winning the rebounding title last season.

However, with the second half of the regular season, the playing time of this lineup has decreased, especially in the playoffs. After Dayao came back, the Rockets used this lineup less and less. Even the Rockets have a conservative attitude towards this super five-forward lineup, and only use it with a surprise effect.

Especially if the Rockets' super five forwards face the current Cavaliers, it may be difficult to gain an advantage, because the Cavaliers' inside level is already very high. Power forward Paul Gasol and center Joel Embiid, Both of them are 2 meters tall, Gasol has a wingspan of 13 meters, and Embiid has a wingspan of 2 meters. When the two stand under the basket, the length of the terrifying wingspan is enough to block the entire inside line.

Even if the super five forwards use super mobility to run and bomb tactics, Gasol may not be able to keep up because of his old age, but Embiid is completely different. Bede's speed is also top-notch among interior centers. Relying on the advantages of leg length and wingspan, the defensive area can be expanded to the three-point line.

To sum up, according to the analysis of experts, the Rockets' super five-forward lineup is restrained by the Cavaliers, and I am afraid they will not be the opponents of the Cavaliers.

Of course, in Wang Chao's view, such a view is completely bullshit, pure nonsense.

(End of this chapter)