Zhiba NBA

Chapter 186 (180) Construction of a New Formation

Unlike Okur, who was poached before, Turkoglu is a restricted free agent who has played for the Rockets for 4 years and has a Bird clause.After he accepted the invitation contract of other players, the Rockets had a period of time to consider whether to match the contract.If it does not match, Turkoglu will become a Bucks player; if it matches, Turkoglu will still be a Rockets player, and the basic terms of the contract must be consistent with the contract proposed by the Bucks.

On September 9, the Lakers made another move and signed guard Eddie House in the free market.However, the Lakers point guard Smush Parker, who flew far from his previous life, was not favored by the Lakers management. Obviously, Jason Buss made another move.Smush Parker performed poorly during his time with the Lakers, so that Kobe later criticized him for "not having the strength to play in the NBA."And now the Lakers already have two Williams and House three qualified point guards.

On September 9, Parker accepted a 5-year 6 million offer from the Hawks, and also entered the stage of waiting for the Rockets to match.The goal of the Eagles this season is to rebuild with young Joe Johnson and Josh Smith as the core, and they urgently need a young and capable point guard.And Parker performed very well in the playoffs, which fully meets this condition.Johnson got along well with Parker back then, and he also strongly recommended this old teammate to the management.The Eagles traded to Joe Johnson the year before, and they are very handy. They feel that the Rockets have good players and can continue to do so.However, the first-round pick that was handed over is really painful. There is a chance to poach corners in free agency this year, so naturally I won't miss it.

The salary cap of the league this year is still not high, only $4950 million, a slight increase from the previous year.But no matter how low the salary cap is, the Eagles don't have many high salaries.Joe Johnson, who has the highest salary in the team, has just renewed a five-year 5 million contract with the Eagles, and the first year is only 6980 million.The highest of the remaining players is Al Harrington's less than 1200 million, and Zaza Pachulia's 700 million.In this way, the Eagles can still easily accept Parker's big contract.

After intense discussions, Yuan Fei and Dawson finally made a decision.

On September 9, the Rockets announced that they would match the Bucks' offer, leaving Turkoglu behind and giving up the offer to match the Eagles.In this way, Parker officially joined the Hawks and left the Rockets.

On September 9, Wang Yuanfei funded and completed a Tony Parker documentary "Goodbye, Tony" in just a few days, which introduced Parker's basketball career in detail and highlighted Parker's indelible contribution to the Rockets' championship.When it was played in the center of Hugh City, many onlookers were in tears.

On September 9, Parker, who was far away in France, was also very moved when he heard the news.He personally hopes to return to Houston at the end of his career and repay the starting point of this basketball dream, his second hometown.

On September 9, the signing of Amir Johnson's basic salary was completed.

On September 9, Gortat announced that he would fight in Europe for another year and would not join the NBA for the time being.

9月19日，斯潘诺里斯和火箭签约完成。合同为3年500万美元。同日火箭1年底薪签回巴瑞特。

In this regard, the Rockets' roster for the new season is initially completed.

Player/Position/Age/Salary (US$[-])

McGrady/shooting guard/26/1569.4
Jefferson/Small Forward/25/660
Billups/Point Guard/29/640.9
Redd/shooting guard/26/600
Yao Ming/Center/25/559.5
Turkoglu/Small Forward/26/490.3
Bosh/Power Forward/21/303.2
Przybilla/Center/26/200
Roy/shooting guard/21/198.8
Spanoulis/Point Guard/23/180
Varejao/Center/22/89.8
Johnson/Power Forward/18/39.9
Barrett/Point Guard/23/39.9
In this way, the total salary of the Rockets exceeded 5500 million, which was obviously more than a part of the salary cap.But barely within the luxury line of 5672 million, avoiding the luxury tax.Of course, this is still temporary, and it will be settled at the end of the season.

On September 9, the Spurs signed guard Steve Blake with a one-year short contract.Yuan Fei couldn't help secretly admiring Popovich's vision, Blake can be called a legacy in the current league.The Spurs were not in the strongest state after being poached by Parker. Popo probably felt that Arenas was not as easy to use as Parker, so he added a guard to adjust.

On September 9, the Lakers made another move and exchanged two future second-round picks for the 30ers' second-round pick Louis Williams.The bench lineup has been further strengthened.Lu Wei is known as Georgia's talented scorer. He often scored 76+ in high school games. He is very suitable to serve as Kobe's substitute when he is off the court to ensure the firepower of the bench.

Soon the media discovered an interesting problem. The Lakers' backcourt was too congested. Apart from Kobe, they also hoarded a lot of young guards with potential. An ESPN columnist wrote an article entitled "Love in Williams? "The article pointed out the problem of the Lakers' excess backcourt.The three Williams of Deron, Mo, and Louis together, plus House, are really difficult to allocate.

On October 10, the Bulls and the Knicks completed a big deal. The Bulls renewed Eddie Curry with a 4-year 6 million contract, and sent him to New York with Antonio Davis and a draft pick in exchange for 6000 players, 3 draft picks and the right to a draft exchange.The Knicks will grieve over this decision for years to come.Houston's junk contract has not yet been resolved, and Curry's big contracts are coming one after another. It is really driving the wolves at the front door and entering the tiger at the back door, which will seriously affect their future reconstruction work.And the Bulls made a lot of money. After they sold out the tasteless Curry, they completely began to rebuild at a high speed around young players such as Ben Gordon, Tyson Chandler and Luol Deng.

On October 10, the Lakers signed free agent Matt Barnes with a basic salary contract, and also completed the construction of the new team.

The Lakers for the new season consist of the following players: Kwame Brown, Dikembe Mutombo, Andrew Bynum, Chris Mim at No. [-]; Lamar Odom, Andre Blatche, Brian Cook at No. [-]; Devin George, Matt Barnes, Luke Walton at No. [-]; Kobe Bryant, Lou Williams at No. [-]; Deron Williams, Mo Williams, Eddie House at No. .Judging from the strength and depth of the lineup, it can be called the league's first-tier level. Although most of the young players are unknown and not widely known by the league, Yuanfei naturally knows their strength and potential.In his opinion, the strength of this Lakers team is completely comparable to the Suns Spurs Mavericks.

Here we can see that the strategies of the two Jasons are different.Jason Wang is the type to slowly build a team by hoarding draft picks. It is slow to take shape but has strong sustainable development capabilities.The Rockets have won two championships in a row, the players are still very young, and a lot of future draft picks have been hoarded, and the development prospects are promising.Jason Bass, on the other hand, spent a lot of money in the free agent market, quickly accumulating strength by selling draft picks.This is a strategy based on the huge influence of the Lakers giants and the huge wealth of the Bass family. It is effective quickly, but the ability to continue to develop in the future is weak.Both have pros and cons.

Whoever wins and who loses will see the truth in the new season.

(End of this chapter)