Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 300 The Crazy Transfer Market

For the general manager of every team, the offseason is the busiest time. They have to make countless calls every day and bargain tirelessly with the general managers of other teams on the phone in order to get their favorite team. players.Even when they are not talking on the phone, they have to constantly screen on the computer, or hold a meeting with their staff to determine if there is a better alternative.

There are differences in the transfer market every year. In some years, there are a lot of big fish, and there are many teams who want to recruit stars, which will heat up the entire market; in some years, there are only two or three small cats It's just that it's not enough for the general managers to worry about. Every team is just making small repairs, and there will be no big moves at all.In fact, the transfer market is a seller's market most of the time, especially first-tier or second-tier stars, who can always command high prices in the market. After all, each team has different needs, but their common needs are Called a star.

This summer, the transfer market was very lively, and many stars changed teams after much bargaining.Nuggets star Anthony was the first to say that he wanted to leave. Although next season is the last year of his contract, the 2003 No. [-] pick thinks there is no hope for the future, so he refuses to join the Nuggets. Renew.Although the Nuggets appointed a new general manager Ujiri and hoped that he could persuade Anthony to stay with the team, Anthony's attitude was very firm and he no longer wanted to stay in Denver.Anthony also hopes to sign a contract extension with the new owner in the transaction, which discourages the Denver management.

The Knicks, one of the expected next buyers, has already made their own offer. They hope to trade Anthony with Eddie Curry, Gallinari and a future first-round pick.At the same time, they did not forget to recruit other stars, and Nash's top 5th position "Small Overlord" Stoudemire defected to the Big Apple City. He won a five-year contract with a maximum salary of 1 million US dollars.In the past two years, Stoudemire has been plagued by trade rumors, and the conflict between him and the Suns has intensified.In fact, after jumping out of the contract, Stoudemire still negotiated with the Suns, but because the two parties did not reach an agreement in the end, he resolutely chose to sign directly to the Knicks.

But what shocked the league the most was not this, but the Heat's big money.Last season, the Heat scored 47 wins and 35 losses and ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference, but they were directly eliminated by the Celtics in the first round. However, under Riley's persuasion, the team spirit that once led the Heat to the championship continued to stay. Miami, and signed a 6-year 1.06 million contract with the team, the contract will expire in the summer of 2016, there is an option to end the contract early in the summer of 2014, and the player option in the summer of 2015.

Wade's decision triggered a chain reaction. Bosh, the No. 2003 pick in 4 and the top Raptors star, chose to jump out of the contract early and go to his good friend.Prior to this, Bosh's fate was even more tragic than Anthony's. Anthony had reached the Western Conference Finals anyway, but the best record of the Raptors led by Bosh was only 47 wins and 35 losses, and they only entered the playoffs twice.Among these two playoff trips, they were eliminated by the Nets 06-07 in the first round of the 4-2 season, and were eliminated by the Magic 07-08 in the first round of the 4-1 season.Bosh felt very confused about his future, so he simply joined the Heat and joined forces with Wade.

Wade teaming up with Bosh is actually not a big news, the real big news is yet to come - James, the best free agent this summer, switched to the Heat, and two good friends with Wade and Bosh formed a team that made the whole league frightened Big Three!James came to Miami, it is far beyond people's expectations.Compared with New York, New Jersey, and Chicago, the Miami people have never taken the lead in the battle for James, but the Heat have the magician Riley.Riley has actually been working hard. Like the Knicks, the Heat have been waiting for the summer of 2010. Before that, they hoarded a large number of expiring contracts in order to make room for big-name free agents.

For James, he is tired of the endless failures before.Although after he joined the Cavaliers, this slender team became a powerful team in the East, but he never got the O'Brien Cup, even though the Heat's management is preparing better helpers for him every year.James is also a human being. He cannot remain indifferent to a hopeless future forever. In the Cavaliers, he is the only star of the team, and the ball is always in his hands at the most critical moment, but he alone cannot lead the team out of the Eastern Conference. Champion, this is his sorrow.

In fact, the meeting of the Big Three in Miami was discussed by their three close friends, but the timing was different.But in any case, the Heat's big money is beyond the expectations of the entire league. This is not the Celtics before!Pierce, Garnett and Ray Allen are indeed top-notch stars in the league, but they were already in their 30s when they assembled in Boston, and they were about to enter the end of their careers. The championship, but it also exhausted all their energy, and it is already beyond their capabilities to win the championship next season.

But the Big Three of the Heat are different. Wade is only 28 years old this year, James and Bosh are both 26 years old, which means that these three people are all in the golden period of their careers, which is more terrifying than the Celtics. The Heat's means and the friendship between the three of them obviously won't break up in one or two seasons.We can definitely think that this team is a strong contender for the championship every year, as long as the management can equip enough role players around them.Although they are in the East, both the Eastern and Western teams are scolding in private. After all, there is such a team with three superstars, and the threat to others is too great.

Compared with the formation of the Big Three by the Heat, other deals during the offseason have not exploded at all, and the eyes of the entire league are focused on Miami.Prior to this, the Heat won the championship next season at only 1 to 25-a number that means that the hope of winning the championship is slim.However, just after Bosh and Wade announced that they would join forces in Miami, the Heat's winning odds have risen to 1 to 6, second only to the Lakers' 2 to 7, and after LeBron joined, the Heat's winning odds are even more "Slumped" to 5 to 4, ranking first in the league.At the same time, the winning odds of the powerful Lakers in the West dropped to 1 to 5.

Obviously, this summer has been too crazy, and the pattern of the league's strong west and weak east has begun to undergo drastic changes.

(End of this chapter)