Zhiba NBA

Chapter 107

July 7 is the first day of the new season by definition.Players whose contracts expired officially became free agents on this day, and the teams immediately started to move.

7月2日，掘金率先以一份6年6500万美元的大合同续约了首发中锋马库斯.坎比。坎比作为96黄金一代的榜眼，在这一时期名气还远远小于同期的艾弗森、科比、雷阿伦等人。

Rookies have also started their careers. Andre Iguodala, Al Jefferson, Tony Allen, JR Smith, Kevin Martin, Josh Smith and other rookies have successfully signed contracts with their home teams.

On July 7, the Lakers announced the hiring of Jeff Van Gundy as the team coach (historically Tomjanovich).And Jeff's brother, Stan Van Gundy, successfully renewed his contract with the Heat and continued to serve as the head coach of the Heat.

7月14日，东部冠军活塞出手了。他们以5年2900万的合同签下了经验丰富的30岁大前锋安东尼奥.麦克戴斯。接下来他们又以5年5700万续约了拉希德.华莱士。看来他们铁了心要囤积内线，继续打击假想敌火箭的弱点四号位了。

On the same day, a big fish was poached, and Steve Nash signed with the Phoenix Suns for 6 years and 6600 million.Cuban, the Mavericks' generous boss, was also stingy this time. He was very dissatisfied with the team's performance last season and decided to reshuffle the starting lineup. Nash was one of the targets.But what Cuban didn't expect was that the entire league structure had changed because of his decision.

On July 7, Sean Battier renewed his contract with the Grizzlies for 15 years.Yuan Fei still had illusions about this great god and tried to make an offer, but the Grizzlies showed little interest.After all, they have just achieved the best record of 6 wins in team history, so they definitely don't want to change the lineup casually.Sure enough, the Grizzlies succeeded in renewing the top star Paul Gasol with a 50-year contract.

On the same day, a big deal was made, and Kenyon Martin went to Denver in a sign-and-trade.After the Nets dominated the Eastern Conference for two years, they were finally crushed by the Pistons.The Nets management saw that the team was no longer as strong as the Pistons, or even the Pacers and Heat, and finally made up their minds to rebuild.They got three first-round picks in this deal.

On July 7, the Hornets signed Chris Anderson, who was given up by the Rockets, with a two-year contract. In the future, they will have headaches due to off-court problems.

On July 7, Okur officially signed a contract with the Jazz.

On July 7, the Sun, who was unwilling to fall, made another shot and signed free agent Quentin Richardson for 29 years and 6 million.The Suns' first-round draft pick for the coming year is basically destined to be sent out, and the team is already in a last stand to achieve good results.

On July 7, the Jazz made another big deal, signing the Cavaliers' free agent, power forward Carlos Boozer, with a 30-year 6 million contract.The incident caused an uproar.The reason is that Boozer's contract was originally 6800+2, with a one-year team option.Boozer's agent verbally promised that as long as the Cavaliers give up the team option, they are willing to renew the contract at a price of 1 million in six years.Unexpectedly, after the Jazz offered a bigger contract, Boozer broke his promise and chose money without hesitation.For a while, he was stigmatized as a "traitor".Of course, this is another case where the parent team only had an early bird exception and could not match the contract to keep players.This kind of incident occurs repeatedly, forcing the alliance to study the Arenas clause.

On August 8, the Pistons continued to strengthen the inside line, sending Collis Williams in exchange for 4ers veteran Derek Coleman.And the head of the trade, McCaskill, was quickly laid off by the Pistons.

On the same day, the Eagles, who were determined to lose, and the Mavericks, who were determined to strengthen, hit it off.In a 3-for-2 deal, the Eagles sent the only star Jason Terry and received Antoine Walker, the burden that the Mavericks wanted to send.

On August 8, the Rockets reacted quickly and reached a sign-and-trade deal with the Hawks.The Eagles re-signed center Przybila for 5 years and 2 million, and then sent him to the Rockets, and took the Eagles' first-round pick for the next year.The Rockets sent Joe Johnson and two first-round picks from the Sun and Rockets in 400.

Przybilla was a rookie in 00 and was selected by the Rockets that year, but unfortunately he was sent to the Bucks immediately.He was traded to the Eagles in the middle of last season, and then played in all 12 games. He averaged 26 points and 4 rebounds in 8.4 minutes per game. He is a solid inside player.With his tall stature, he is very suitable to serve as Yao Ming's substitute.What Yuanfei values ​​more is the first-round pick of the Eagles. In his opinion, the Suns and Rockets will be among the best in record next season. The two first-round picks must be very low. Together, they are definitely not as valuable as the first-round picks of the Eagles.After the Eagles sent Terry, they are destined to become a bad team.

For the Eagles, Pulzbila's upper limit is not high enough to lead weak teams to turn around.Although Joe Johnson averaged only 6 points per game last season, he scored them in very few 11 minutes per game.With solid shooting skills and good physical fitness, the 23-year-old has great potential and may become a first-line star in the future.The Suns ranked poorly last season, and the value of the first round in the future is very high. Coupled with the Rockets' first round, this time 2 for 3 is not a loss.

Although Johnson and Pulzbila are not well-known, but because the Rockets are the new champions, this small deal still attracted the attention of the media.Many media questioned the Rockets' choice, and some experts pointed out that the Rockets might as well use the special case of the middle class to sign Przybilla directly in the free market.Now a young player was sent for nothing, and a first-round pick was lost.

After Woking learned of Jason Wang's identity, he didn't dare to provoke the Rockets too blatantly, but he still mentioned in the transaction summary in a weird way: "It seems that the Rockets' management is very pessimistic about Joe Johnson's future. This young player who showed potential in the Celtics and Suns became a drag on the team after serving as McGrady's Wannian substitute. The Rockets even got a draft pick in order to sell him."

This year's Western Conference is much calmer than last offseason. The veteran Spurs didn't do much, they just signed Ginobili, Bowen and other old Spurs players; the Kings also had a peaceful summer, they let go of veteran Divac, helped Brad Miller, and only signed rookie Martin and a few other role players, determined to use the new version of the Five Tigers to fight for the new season; the Timberwolves also had a similar idea, they kept the core three-headed monster.Re-signed role players such as Hassel and Hudson, and signed supporting roles such as Anthony Carter and Eddie Griffin.

The Rockets players are relatively young and do not need much change, while the Lakers have completely announced that they will enter reconstruction.Of the top six in the West, only the Mavericks are still recruiting. On August 8, Cuban, who woke up, finally understood the importance of the center.He managed a 24-for-7 sign-and-trade that landed the Warriors' starting center Eric Dampier.The Mavericks finally got a qualified center who could unleash Nowitzki at power forward.Dampier was able to sign a 3-year 7 million contract, and he was also satisfied.

At this time, who would have thought that this seemingly peaceful summer would cause earth-shaking changes in the alliance structure!
　The summer of 04 actually created three future MVPs, Nash who left, Dirk under the new system and Kobe who was independent.

　　
　
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