NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 291 Joining the Nets to shock the league, making consecutive cuts to piece together the puzzle to win the championship.

The NBA Draft 2015 was held on June 6 at the Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets.

Compared with last year, although this year's draft is not considered a big draft year, it is recognized that the general quality of players is better than last season.

Among other things, the number of inside centers alone is very impressive, including the No. [-] pick Karl-Anthony Towns and Jahlil Okafor, Kristaps Porzingis, Willie Cauley. Including Stan and other high-quality big men, the media predicts that at least eight inside big men can enter the lottery pick. Compared with previous drafts, it is really commendable.

After all, in the league at this stage, there are fewer and fewer high-quality inside centers. After Dayao officially announced his retirement, the feeling of the center's withering became more and more intense.

To say that the happiest player in the draft is undoubtedly the Los Angeles Lakers.

The butterfly effect allowed them to win the grand prize in the lottery ceremony, and the original No. 16 pick became the No. 66 pick. This is mainly because the Timberwolves are no longer the bottom of the league with [-] wins and [-] losses in the regular season.

The Lakers, who should have won the second-to-last pick in the 14-15 season with 21 wins and the fourth-to-last record in the league, won the last-to-last 18 wins in the Western Conference, and are also the second-to-last in the league. Only the Knicks have lost more than the Lakers. The two giants can be called Xiong Da Xiong Er.

But in the end, the Knicks, who were number one from the bottom, only won the third pick, and the Lakers, who were second to last, won the No. [-] lottery.

With the No. [-] pick in hand, the Lakers of course selected Towns as the No. [-] pick without thinking twice.

Although Towns is 2 meters tall and has a wingspan of 13 meters, Bogut is the template for the draft, but he is full of talent and has great development potential, especially in the Lakers with a long history as a center. The future is promising.

Downs, who was selected by the wealthy family, also had a bright smile on his face. As the saying goes, all roads lead to Rome, but some people were born in Rome, while others were just mules.

Playing in a traditional giant like the Lakers is a completely different concept than playing in the Timberwolves.

Although Towns was later controversial because of his soft style of play and weak team leadership, his personal ability and talent are beyond doubt. He was able to average 18+10 per game in the first season of his career, and the subsequent seasons were all stats. A stable 20+10, with 26.5 points, 10.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists in the peak period.

Towns, who came to the Lakers, might really have a better career.

The Philadelphia 76ers, holding the second pick, selected center Jahlil Okafor, while the Knicks, as in the original history, chose the third pick, Kristaps Porzingis.

D'Angelo Russell, who should have been selected by the Lakers with the second overall pick, fell directly to the fourth overall pick and was selected by the Orlando Magic.
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The draft was in full swing, but no one knew it. In the Nets' own home box, general manager Billy King showed a hint of hesitation on his face, holding the phone and showing embarrassment.

"Are you sure you want to do this? From a long-term perspective, this is not an equivalent transaction."

It was Wang Chao's voice that came from the other side of the phone.

"Billy, who is responsible for the signings of the Rockets over the past few years? It shouldn't be a secret among your managers, right? I heard that you even laughed at the general manager of the Rockets, thinking that the other party is a worthless puppet. Are you questioning my vision now?"

The corner of Billy King's mouth twitched.

Indeed, he once laughed at the other party, although it was because he was jealous that the other party won the best manager award twice, but he did not expect that now he is about to become a worthless puppet.

Wang Chao continued: "To put it bluntly, the reason why the Nets have room to operate is because no one knows that I have chosen you. Once they know, it is absolutely impossible to achieve the goal by paying such a small price. !"

Billy King: "...I see."

In the stands, the draft is still going on.

The No.11 pick in the draft, the Utah Jazz with the No.11 pick selected shooting guard Devin Booker, and then reached a deal agreement with the Brooklyn Nets, sending Devin Booker, from the basket Wang here got the No.19 pick in the first round of this year, a second round pick next year and a first round pick in 2017.

Three draft picks were exchanged for one. Such a deal made the reporters on the scene quite puzzled.

The Jazz's No.11 pick itself is not a particularly valuable pick. The Nets' first round this year and next year's second round are nothing more than the first round pick in 17. After all, according to the Nets' current Under the circumstances, two years later, it will definitely become a weak team, and the draft picks will rise, and there may be a chance to compete for the No. [-] pick.

Although they didn't understand why the Nets did this, most of the reporters were only a little confused and didn't take this matter to heart.

The draft is still going on. The Nets have two first-round picks this year, and one is the 28th pick in the first round.

This is already the last pick in the first round, and basically there are no particularly high-quality players to choose from.

The Nets used this pick to select Montrezl Harrell, and then used the last pick, the 11th pick in the second round, to select Norman Powell.

Nets general manager Billy King was not very satisfied with the above three draft picks.

Although after the draft, when interviewed by reporters, he said with a smile on his face that these three players are potential rookies that the team continues to pay attention to and are very optimistic about, and will become the backbone of the Nets in the future.

But there was always a whisper in his heart.

Devin Booker's draft template is Klay Thompson. He mainly used off-ball offense in college. He has extremely superb shooting skills and a pretty good three-point shooting percentage. Weak ability, serious lack of defensive awareness and enthusiasm, and a huge gap with top 3D player Thompson.

As for the other two players outside the lottery, Billy King didn't even remember the names of these two guys before.

At least he didn't understand why Wang Chao made such a choice, but apart from Devin Booker, the price paid for getting the other two is not too big, so it doesn't matter.

Billy King, who has won the draft, needs the most troublesome problem, how to free up salary space to facilitate the signing of Wang Chao with a maximum salary.

The draft is over, and then the time enters July, the free market officially opens, and the dance of demons begins!
Strictly speaking, the number of big-name players in the free market in 2015 was not particularly large.

The more well-known ones are Kawhi Leonard of the Rockets, Jimmy Butler, Nikola Vucevic of the Magic, LaMarcus Aldridge of the Blazers, and Rajon. Rondo, Rudy Gay, Paul Millsap, Brook Lopez, Draymond Green and other players.

Of course, the combination of all the above players is not as attractive as one person, and that is Wang Chao.

After the free market opened, Wang Chao immediately jumped out of the contract and officially entered the free market.

His current value in the league is no less than that of Michael Jordan back then, or even higher. After all, Wang Chao, who has 7 championships in hand, officially surpassed Jordan a week ago to become the recognized No.1 in the league.

Just because Wang Chao announced his conditions for joining the team early, nearly one-third of the teams in the league directly lost the opportunity to compete for Wang Chao, and the remaining eleven teams that have not yet won the championship In order to compete for Wang Chao, they launched an extremely fierce competition.

Those teams that had no chance to compete for Wang Chao competed for the Rockets' other free agents.

Although the Rockets are without Wang Chao and Dayao, even if they keep the rest of the original team intact, they will no longer be the favorites to win the championship, but this does not prevent other teams from venting their anger with the Rockets. Suppressing all the teams in the league, the Heat's Big Three won by chance in 12 when Dayao was injured.

Leonard, Butler, Middleton, and Whiteside were all offered by multiple teams at the same time.

Even with the exception of Whiteside, several other players are restricted free agents, but the Rockets are still overwhelmed and cannot match all contracts.

In the end, the Rockets made a choice. They reached a contract extension agreement with Leonard for 5 million US dollars in five years, and then used 9434 million for 4 years to renew Whiteside, giving up the contract with Jimmy Butler and Chris M. Delton's contract extension.

In fact, after Wang Chao and Dayao both left the team, the salary space of the Rockets dropped instantly. After all, the annual salary of both of them is more than 2000 million, and the two of them alone occupy 4500 million salary space.

Even if the new contract of Leonard and others is the maximum salary, the starting salary is only about 1600 million, and the total of the four people is only 6400 million. The Rockets can still afford it.

But the problem is that Butler and Middleton are not willing to stay in the Rockets. To be precise, after learning that the Rockets hope to train Leonard as the core of the team, neither of them stayed. Thoughts on the team.

Staying with the Rockets, they may be able to get a bigger contract with the Bird clause, but the problem is that they all hope to gain more power on the court, especially Butler, who is in the same class as Leonard Under such circumstances, he has always wanted to prove that his ability is not inferior to Leonard.

After Wang Chao left the team, Butler originally saw the hope of being in the top position, but he learned from the Rockets management that the team was going to praise Leonard, and his heart suddenly became cold.

He can assist Wang Chao willingly, because Wang Chao is his bole, the half-master who brought him from the rookie who didn't understand anything to the present level, and Wang Chao is also the only one so far who he can't give birth to at all. Players who want to go beyond their minds.

But Leonard is different. Butler feels from the bottom of his heart that he is no worse than Leonard. Why should the team management regard Leonard as the core of the future team?
Unwillingness made Butler directly showdown with the Rockets, and he will not continue to play for the team.

As for Middleton, it is because the Rockets feel that he is not worth the price of the maximum salary.

原本时空中14-15赛季，米德尔顿已经成为雄鹿队重要的得分点之一，虽然场均13.4分4.4篮板2.3助攻的数据表现并不出彩，但是他所展现出的潜力与发展前景却让雄鹿队甘心为其奉上5年7000万的顶薪合同。

But it is completely different for the Rockets. Even with the blessing of Wang Chao's training potion, Middleton's real strength has far surpassed himself at the same time, but playing next to Wang Chao, Leonard, and Butler, Midleton Delton's data has been greatly weakened, averaging only 10.3 points per game this season.

The Rockets management itself is a bunch of waste that Wang Chao is used to and can no longer analyze. They take it for granted that Middleton is not worth the maximum salary, and are only willing to offer him a five-year 5 million contract.

The Rockets management doesn't like Middleton, and some teams like it.

Soon a team offered Middleton a four-year 4 contract, which was the same as the Rockets' offer, but the contract period was four years, which was more than 5800 million more.

After struggling for a moment, the Rockets chose to give up the matching offer and let Middleton go.

Wang Chao did not comment on this.

Although Middleton was always sprayed with hips in the Bucks, he was at least the most powerful right-hand man next to Antetokounmpo. He averaged 20+ points per game all year round and assisted Antetokounmpo to win a championship. A maximum salary for him is absolutely not excessive.

In just a few days, the Rockets were torn apart, leaving only Leonard, Whiteside, Gobert and a few other members of the original team.

The Rockets, which still have plenty of salary space, can only sign in from the free market, but their current situation can attract very few players. Unless a large premium contract is given, it is difficult to sign high-quality players.

In any case, the Rockets' three consecutive championships only lasted for a very short period of time, and then they fell from the clouds and fell to the ground hard.

The Rockets built around Leonard next season may still be regulars in the playoffs, but it is difficult to become a strong team in the league.

Just when the general manager of the Rockets had a few more gray hairs, a trade application was quietly submitted to the Rockets management.

"The Brooklyn Nets are going to use Jarrett Jack and the second round of 2017 plus some cash compensation to trade Nikola Jokic from us?"

When seeing the trade application submitted by the Nets, the general manager of the Rockets was slightly taken aback.

If the other party didn't mention it, he really forgot about this little-known center in the team.

At this moment, he hesitated a little, because Jokic was personally selected by Wang Chao. Although he basically didn't play much in the past season, it can be seen from the daily training that Wang Chao attaches great importance to Jokic. There are even strict requirements on Jokic's weight.

Instinctively, the general manager of the Rockets felt that this Jokic should have the same potential as Leonard, Butler and other players, which are difficult for ordinary people to detect. Even if it is not as good as Leonard and Butler, you can also refer to Middle Dayton, Chandler Parsons and Whiteside.

"Should I let it go? Or should I stay and observe it..."

After struggling for a long time, the general manager of the Rockets looked at the Nets' offer and still felt a little moved.

Jarrett Jack participated in the draft in 05. He was born in 1983 and he is already 35 years old. However, as a point guard, Jack's performance this season is remarkable, and he is a substitute for Deron Williams. Under normal circumstances, he can contribute 28 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists in 5 minutes per game.

The Rockets are currently seriously lacking guard talents, especially after Wang Chao leaves the team. After Mo Williams' one-year veteran's basic salary expires, there will be no players who can take the lead. Jokic can be exchanged for Jack to play the lead. With some cash compensation, it is quite attractive.

Taking a step back, even if Jokic really has some potential, the Rockets are not capable of cultivating him. Unless Whiteside, who has just renewed his contract with a maximum salary, is given up, Jokic can only stay on the bench forever. It's even a substitute for a substitute. After all, in this year's playoffs, Gobert's performance on the defensive end also made people shine. Whether it was defending Embiid or Gasol in the finals, he played well.

No matter how you look at it, Jokic can only be ranked behind Whiteside and Gobert, so what if he has some potential?
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"The Rockets have agreed to a trade."

In the general manager's office of the Nets, Billy King rubbed his eyebrows and said to Wang Chao.

He was too lazy to ask Wang Chao why.

Although Jarrett Jack is not a star player, he is an important rotation player on the bench for the Nets this season. The 600 million contract is not for nothing. The last second round added 400 million cash, what is the difference between this and free gift?
But he can't question Wang Chao, especially when the opponent has not officially signed a contract with the team. Anything involving the signing of Wang Chao will be a serious and huge problem.

Therefore, Wang Chao has to obediently obey what he says. If Wang Chao is unhappy and gives up joining the Nets, the team owner will definitely fire him immediately to vent his anger.

After all, in the past two years, after the Nets paid first in salary and paid luxury taxes and went home early to fish in the playoffs, the Russian rich man of the Nets no longer has much patience for his general manager. He has to make some achievements to stabilize his position.

"Now we have all the players we need, and the next step is to clear up the salary space to facilitate future operations."

Sitting in front of Billy King, Wang Chao said with a calm smile.

During his four years in the Rockets, he was a bit tired of playing small ball tactics. Although the era of small ball has just begun, he already wants to play something else, such as the retro inside twin towers.

This is why Wang Chao is obsessed with getting Jokic.

The Nets themselves have an All-Star insider, Brook Lopez.

Although he is relatively low-key, Lopez's strength is still very good. With a height of 2 meters and a wingspan of 13 meters, coupled with superb inside skills, he has the offensive ability that most inside players in the league do not have.

在原本的时空中，布鲁克.洛佩斯15-16赛季与16-17赛季都可以贡献场均20分，整个职业生涯16.4分的场均得分并不算差了。

Limitations Brook Lopez's main shortcomings in becoming a top post player lie in defense and rebounding.

Lopez's footsteps are slow and his confrontation ability is weak. He can't defend against stronger insiders, and he can't keep up with his opponent's speed when facing outside players. As a big center with a height of 2 meters, his career average There are only 13 rebounds, which is enough to prove his weak rebounding ability.

In the future, Lopez will serve as the main player of the Bucks and win the NBA championship in the 2020-21 season with the team. Self-proclaimed identity, far from being the core of the team.

In any case, Brook Lopez's strength at this stage can definitely catch Wang Chao's eyes. He is really looking forward to what will happen when Lopez and Jokic appear on the field at the same time. chemical reaction.

The general manager of the Nets, Billy King, never imagined that the Nets had only made two transactions so far, but Wang Chao had already built the team's championship lineup.

Jokic partnered with Lopez inside. Although they are both center forwards, their playing style allows them to swing to the power forward position. After all, both of them are insiders who mainly score mid-range and long-range shots.

On the perimeter, there is No. 11 rookie Devin Booker who was acquired through a trade at the guard position. Booker has a strong scoring ability and can be called the strongest shooting guard after Kobe and Harden. He averaged points per game in the second season of his career It has remained stable at more than 20 points, and the performance has also risen all the way.

In addition, the Nets themselves have a player that Wang Chao prefers, Bojan Bogdanovic.

Bogdanovic, who joined the league in the 2011 draft, did not officially land in the NBA until last season due to his European contract.

未来加盟爵士队的博格达诺维奇分别在19-20赛季与22-23赛季场均能得到20+得分，而其他赛季的表现也都可圈可点。

甚至就在下个赛季也就是15-16赛季，在篮网队的博扬.博格达诺维奇作为一名替补轮换球员便能以43%的投篮命中率，38%的三分命中率贡献11.2分3篮板。

As a rookie with an annual salary of only 300 million, this level can be described as high quality and low price.

More importantly, both Booker and Bogdanovic are standard off-ball players who can run off the ball and make fixed-point shots, and their three-point shooting percentage can also be maintained at around 40%. The range is very suitable for Wang Chao's needs as a big core with the ball.

In this way, the Nets' starting lineup for next season can tentatively be Wang Chao, Devin Booker, Bojan Bogdanovic, Brook Lopez, and Nikola Jokic.

In addition, the strength of the team's bench is not bad.

The Nets selected three players in the draft. In addition to Booker, there are Montrezl Harrell and Norman Powell.

These two players are well-known bench gangsters in the future league.

Harrell is 2 meters tall and serves as a power forward. Although his height is not outstanding among interior players, he has extremely strong athletic ability. He averaged 01 points and 19 rebounds per game, and was elected the best sixth man of the season.

至于身高1米93司职后卫的诺曼.鲍威尔同样是一员猛将，20-21赛季在猛龙队场均能砍下19.6分，即便后半程被交易到开拓者，依旧有17分的表现。

Although the explosive period of these two players is five or six years later, at least they have a certain potential. As long as Wang Chao gives them more opportunities to hone, coupled with the assistance of training medicine, it is not impossible to perform well in advance.

After all, both of them are just bench thugs, as long as they can perform well during the period when they come off the bench, it is enough.

Just listening to these names, Wang Chao felt that he was not far from the championship.

"The difficulty of the task of Champion Rescuer is really not that good..."

In fact, Wang Chao also knows that the difficulty of this career achievement task will become more and more difficult as time goes by, because as time goes by, Wang Chao's ability to foresight will gradually lose its advantage, and he cannot pass a few simple drafts and Trades can be exchanged for high-quality potential players.

The team he formed in the Nets itself has the opportunity to create another three consecutive championships, but because of the career achievements of the dynasty savior, as long as he wins the championship, he will choose to leave the Nets to join another team The non-championship team.

Although this career achievement is not mandatory, even if Wang Chao stays in the Nets and wins a few more championships, it doesn't matter, but in order to make the ultimate prize more generous, he definitely hopes to have as many career achievements as possible in the module. Fly some team flags.

Now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

That's a question of the team making room for cap space.

In this regard, the owner of the Nets, Mikhail Prokhorov, is really a local rich man who is not short of money. As long as the team's record can be guaranteed, they can compete for the championship. What is spending money?
On July 7, the Nets officially announced that they had reached a buyout agreement with the head star Deron Williams. The remaining two years of Deron's contract totaling US$11 million will be divided into five years and an average of US$2750 million per year will be settled.

Only one day later, the Nets officially announced again, reaching a buyout agreement with All-Star player Joe Johnson, and also settled the remaining US$5 million for the remaining one year in five-year installments, with an average of US$1 million per year.

Nets fans are all stupid.

Is the team management overjoyed?Can't lift the table?
How can any team buy out two main core players of the team in just two days?
Deron Williams and Joe Johnson are both serious All-Star players, and both have been selected to the best team. Although they have performed poorly in the past two years, Deron averaged only 13 points and 6.6 assists this season. Joe Johnson Johnson also only has 14.4 points and 5 rebounds. He is no longer as brave as before, but he still has a little fighting power after all. What is the purpose of being cut off for nothing?Is it completely pushed to rebuild?

The fact that the Nets bought out two stars in two days seemed very magical, but in the eyes of professionals in the industry, they saw a sense of disobedience.

First of all, it is understandable that the Nets bought out Deron and Joe Johnson.

In fact, the Nets did buy out these two in the 15-16 season, but the time span is relatively long.

Deron reached a buyout agreement with the Nets in early July of 15. After half a year, on February 7, 2016, before the trade deadline, the Nets reached a buyout agreement with Joe Johnson.

Now it's just buying out two people in a row, and there is not much difference in essence.

From the perspective of professionals in the industry, this abnormal move of the Nets must have a conspiracy. If you want to ask the most important hot event after the free market opened this summer...

"Could it be..."

Some teams are already starting to feel bad.

Before they had time to react, three hours after buying out Joe Johnson, the Nets officially released a new announcement, reaching a contract renewal agreement with free agent Wang Chao, who will join the Brooklyn Nets. The contract form is 1+1, $2 million in 4400 years, player option for the second year.

This contract is exactly the same as the contract signed by James when he returned to the Cavaliers. It is extremely flexible, and he can jump out of the contract and re-sign after one year. The only disadvantage is that due to the short period of time, the total salary will be reduced. After all, the NBA Salary increases year by year.

Once this news was announced, it immediately caused a sensation in the entire league.

Wang Chao actually joined the Brooklyn Nets.

After countless fans were surprised, after thinking about it carefully, it seems reasonable again. It is no wonder that the Nets are eager to buy out two star players in a row. They must make room for salary immediately to sign Wang Chao to avoid long nights and dreams.

Wang Chao said long ago that he wants to join a team that has never won a championship in team history and help the team win the championship.

The Nets fully meet this condition, and at the same time, being in the New York metropolis also has a natural advantage.

Wang Chao is a billionaire, richer than many NBA team owners. This is no secret in the league. Last year, in order to allow Miranda Kerr to have a quiet environment for childbirth, Wang Chao spent a huge sum of money to purchase it in New York. A luxury house, and then bought a fashion brand company for Miranda and renamed it Miranda, and the company's headquarters is also in New York.

Wang Chao's joining the Nets is like going home, so he is naturally the first choice.

Knicks fans all sighed when they saw this scene.

As the same New York team, the Knicks, as the team with the largest market in the league, are not more competitive than the Nets at 01:30. However, the Knicks have won two championships in history, not in Wang Chao Within the scope of targeted poverty alleviation, I can only look enviously at the Nets for taking such a big deal.

At the same time, many veterans have begun to have a strong interest in the Nets. After all, in the past ten years, Wang Chao has represented the favorite to win the championship. From the beginning of the 05-06 season to the just-ended 14-15 season, ten In this season, Wang Chao has never missed the finals and achieved a record of 7 wins and 3 losses.

Many veterans including Garnett, Ray Allen and Kidd have successfully realized their dream of a championship by Wang Chao's side.

Therefore, even if Wang Chao chooses to join a not-so-strong team like the Brooklyn Nets this time, it can still turn the Nets from an ordinary team swinging on the edge of the playoffs into a favorite to win the championship overnight. .

Just like Deron and Joe Johnson, who just reached a buyout agreement with the Nets, expressed their willingness to cut their salaries and rejoin the Nets to help Wang Chao win the championship.

The two who are enjoying the buyout bonus don't care about the amount of the new contract, especially in the past few seasons, the two have completely ruined the impression of their respective All-Stars, and no team is willing to give it to them. They are well paid.

Knowing that the two stars want to stay with the team and are willing to accept a low-salary extension, Nets general manager Billy King was moved.

As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even if Deron and Joe Johnson performed poorly, they were both players who averaged double figures per game last season. With an annual salary of 2000 million, both of them are indeed dragging the ball It is a burden for the team to move forward, but if it is a re-signing with a basic salary after a buyout, it would not be too sweet.

And when he told Wang Chao about this, Wang Chao was also quite surprised.

Unexpectedly, there were unexpected gains.

Just like what Billy King said, if Deron and Joe Johnson's annual salary is 2000 million, it is a burden, but if it is a veteran's basic salary, it is indeed cost-effective.

王超记得很清楚，被买断后，乔约翰逊以41万美元的老将底薪加盟迈阿密热火，随后在15-16赛季为热火队出战的24场比赛中场均贡献13.4分2.8篮板3.6助攻，季后赛亦有12分4.7篮板2.5助攻的数据。

With his excellent performance this season, Joe Johnson regained the trust of the league. The Utah Jazz poached him with a two-year contract of 2 million US dollars, successfully completing the leap from 2200 to 41 million.

As for Deron Williams, the situation is similar to that of Joe Johnson. Deron, who was bought out by the Nets, joined the Dallas Mavericks for $1 million in one year, and played 550 games in the 15-16 season, averaging 63 Points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists. With this performance, Deron successfully renewed his contract with the Mavericks in the second season, and his salary rose from 6 million to 550 million.

Of course, the status of the two veterans only lasted for two to three years, and soon they were unable to adapt to the high-intensity NBA games due to their age and competitive status, and were eliminated by the league.

But for Wang Chao, what he needs to consider now is such excellent immediate combat power. Since they are willing to hug their thighs and lie on the crown, it doesn't matter if they help them.

Wang Chao is unwilling to join forces with top stars like James who are in their prime, but it is good to bring these players who have passed the peak of their careers, have certain immediate combat power and have a certain desire for the championship mentality. At least they For the championship, he will definitely play hard and earnestly, and there is no such thing as fishing in troubled waters.

So after the clarification period for the buyout of Deron and Joe Johnson, the Nets immediately announced that they would re-sign with the two players. Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

Deron is younger than Joe Johnson, only 31 years old. Although his condition has declined significantly due to injuries, he is still a relatively sought-after player in the market, and his salary is relatively high. There is a player option for two years. Once Deron performs well in the next season, he can immediately choose to jump out of the contract and re-sign a new high-paying contract.

Deron and Joe Johnson returned to the Nets, adding two more generals to the Nets lineup.

With the Nets officially renewing the contract with 3 million US dollars in three years, Brook Lopez, who jumped out of the contract, the team's roster has reached 6000 people.

In addition to the above-mentioned players, there are three secondary role players who were originally in the Nets, namely Markelle Brown, Sergey Karashev and Corey Jefferson.

The names of these players, Wang Chao, have never even heard of them. They are all insignificant secondary roles, and they basically don't have playing time.

The team's current lineup structure has satisfied Wang Chao.

Starting five: Wang Chao, Devin Booker, Bojan Bogdanovic, Brook Lopez, Nikola Jokic.

Subs: Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Montrezl Harrell, Norman Powell.

This lineup only needs a little tempering, and it is a proper dynasty-level team. In addition, the team's salary space is also very well controlled.

Wang Chao’s annual salary is 2200 million, Brook Lopez 2000 million, Deron 500 million, Bogdanovic 343 million, Booker 213 million, and other players’ salaries are generally below 100 million. .Smith has a total buyout fee of 1100 million, and the total salary of the Nets is only a little over 7000 million.

The salary cap for the 2015-16 season is exactly 7000 million, and the luxury tax threshold is 8470 million US dollars. The salary of the Nets is far from triggering the luxury tax.

Compared with the previous two seasons, the Nets ranked first in annual salary and paid a high luxury tax. The team owner Prokhorov felt tears in his eyes.

"Davari, are you sure that with such a lineup, with such a small amount of money, the team has the hope of winning the championship?"

At the private party held by the Nets to welcome Wang Chao to join, the team owner Prokhorov confirmed to Wang Chao more than once.

"Don't worry, there is a saying that soldiers are more expensive than elites. When I was in the Magic and the Rockets created three consecutive championship dynasties, the team did not pay the luxury tax. It doesn't mean that you can win with more money. .” Wang Chao smiled and shook his head.

"I can promise you that the Nets will definitely be able to win the championship if it is as short as one year or as long as three years. If not, I will sign a long-term contract with the Nets until I win the championship for the team. Until the championship!"

The general manager of the Nets, Billy King, was standing aside, the smile on his face had froze.

It doesn't mean that spending money can win the game. Wang Chao told the team owner in front of him, the general manager of the team, that it was no different from slapping him in the face.

But even if it was a slap in the face, he had to catch it with a smile, because he couldn't afford to offend either Wang Chao or Prokhorov. No matter who it was, he could pack up and leave immediately with a single word.

The general manager is really too useless to do this.

Billy King, who was very unhappy, didn't know that the general manager of the Rockets and the team's head coach Mike Hale had been in tears for a few days, and they wished that Wang Chao, the guy who emptied them of power, would come back by airborne immediately.

From frugality to extravagance is easy, from extravagance to frugality is difficult.

In the past few years, when Wang Chao took everything, they were still a little dissatisfied, thinking that Wang Chaoyue was too domineering.

But now without Wang Chao, all kinds of problems surfaced, and they knew that Wang Chao was good.

What made the general manager of the Rockets speechless the most was that Wang Chao and the Nets actually teamed up to overshadow him once, using Jack to add a second round of picks to snatch Jokic away.

After seeing the news that Wang Chao announced to join the Nets, the general manager of the Rockets only felt his eyes darkened, and he wanted to look up to the sky and shout, "I'm really too straightforward."

If he knew that it was Wang Chao who offered Jokic, even if Jokic was useless to the Rockets, he would at least have to hit a few first-round picks before he would give up, but it is too late to say anything now, he can only smash his teeth. Swallow it down.

(End of this chapter)