basketball task

Chapter 344 Roaring Heavenly Venerable
The Cavaliers introduced the old Shaquille O'Neal, and the Magic sent Turkoglu to sign Vince Carter. In addition, there is another team in the East that is very special, and that is the Detroit Pistons.

The Pistons collapsed at an accelerated rate in the past two years. They first dismantled the winning lineup of the five civilians and sent Ben Wallace to Cleveland. Then they decided to strengthen Rodney Stuckey as the core of the team last year, even at the expense of joining the three teams. During the transaction, Billups, the backcourt commander, was sent out. It was officially because of the Pistons that Philadelphia was able to smoothly trade Yao Ming from the Rockets. Speaking of it, Channing also has to thank the Pistons.

After the actual combat last season, Rodney Stuckey finally proved his mediocrity. His average data per game was not even as good as Iguodala who joined halfway. Pistons President Dumars finally admitted that he was wrong and tried to make a comeback It’s impossible, Dumars just kept on doing nothing, and continued to dismantle the former Pistons. The old Rasheed Wallace did not get an invitation from Dumars to renew his contract after the contract expired, which also means that With the Pistons officially withdrawing from the ranks of the strong team.

However, two strong teams are eyeing Rasheed Wallace who has just become a free agent. They are the Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers. Around the Roaring God, the two teams competed.

The 35-year-old Rasheed Wallace is a very passionate inside player with outstanding defensive basic skills. He was selected to the All-Star team four times during his peak period and can contribute about 15 points and 8 rebounds per game. At the same time, he can serve as both a center forward and a power forward. Although he has not been very happy with the Pistons in recent years, coupled with the growth of age and the deterioration of his competitive state, Rasheed Wallace's average data per game has dropped significantly. , Last season, he represented the Pistons in 66 games, averaging 12.0 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game.But the introduction to be a qualified supplement for the fourth and fifth inside positions is perfect.

This is what Philadelphia thinks. After Mutombo retired, there were only two purebred centers in Philadelphia, Yao Ming and Jason Thompson, two power forwards, Birdman Anderson and Ibaka, and Channing Frye, the kite guy. , There is no improvement in confrontation and defense. Last season, he was completely reduced to a drinking fountain player, basically without any valuable playing opportunities, which means that only four people are available inside Philadelphia. 82 regular season games, plus the playoffs so After many rounds, once someone is injured or a foul problem occurs, he will face a situation where no one is available.

So Channing told Coach Cheeks that the introduction of insiders is the top priority of the Philadelphia team. Coach Cheeks has gone through rounds of screening, and there are really no suitable candidates in the free market. Rasheed Wallace The Warriors are the only reliable inside option.

The Celtics also locked on Rasheed Wallace for the first time. Their inside line has a tough starting center Kendrick Perkins, and the team soul starting power forward Kevin Garnett has just returned from injury. The contract extension of the big baby center Glenn Davis has just been finalized, and there is also a young player who swings at the fourth and fifth positions, Brian Scalabrine, who is of average strength, so the Celtics also urgently need a qualified player. inside player.

Danny Ainge deeply understands the importance of the inside line, especially in the middle of last season, Kevin Garnett was reimbursed for the season due to injury, which made the Celtics' inside rotation stretched and fell to the second round of the playoffs, so now Although Garnett has fully recovered from injury, Danny Ainge still wants to add another inside player just to be on the safe side.

Around Rasheed Wallace, the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics have a tight rivalry, opening up a head-hunting battle in the East.

The advantage of the Philadelphia 76ers is that they have plenty of salary space, and there is still nearly 2000 million US dollars left before the luxury tax threshold. In order to gain an upper hand in the competition with the Celtics, Coach Cheeks directly offered 800 million US dollars. Although Channing thought it was too crazy, it was definitely a crazy gamble, but Coach Cheeks was very persistent, and it was very rare that he didn't listen to Channing's opinion, and really took the official contract of 800 million US dollars to Lashi. In front of De Wallace, and it is still a two-year fully guaranteed contract with a total price of 1600 million US dollars.

"Crazy, absolutely crazy!"

Channing shook his head in pain. Although Rasheed Wallace is a rare good insider, but he is aging, his condition is doubtful, coupled with his fiery personality and restless gene in his bones, it goes without saying whether he can adapt to Philadelphia's tactical system. It would be lucky not to become the fuse in the locker room. Channing believes that Rasheed Wallace is worth at most a middle-class contract, which is 600 million.

"Hey, this Cheeks is really floating. I don't worry if I don't spend some money in my hand. With so much money, can't I keep it and give me a maximum salary contract next year? Really!"

Channing cursed and exited the conference room. Before that, Cheeks revealed that he wanted to sign a big-name star in the free market with a maximum salary and introduce a third superstar to Philadelphia, but Channing tried to push him over. Unexpectedly, Cheeks is still so sloppy when it comes to signing role players. It's really a bit of a waste of money.

"It doesn't matter, he can do whatever he wants. Anyway, I can't delay my maximum salary contract next year. If Philadelphia doesn't give me the maximum salary next year, then I will leave. I have to find a way to pull Dayao away and give them a bomb. Look!"

Qian Ning was thinking secretly, he didn't care about signing people, Cheeks loves it, anyway, Coach Cheeks sold Qian Ning to sign Zhu Fangyu, and Qian Ning took it as such Give Cheeks some face for the first time, and the two are even.

Money did its omnipotent magic immediately when Cheeks slapped a formally guaranteed $1600 million two-year contract on the table in front of Rasheed Wallace, whom Rasheed Wallace had previously received The offer from the Celtics, they are only willing to give a two-year mid-level contract close to 1200 million US dollars. After all, the Celtics have a big contract with the Big Three, and the salary space is already very difficult, and they can no longer offer more quote.

No one could resist the temptation of money. Rasheed Wallace threw the Celtics contract into the trash can on the spot, patting his chest and expressing that he would sign with Philadelphia.

However, Rasheed Wallace kept an eye out. He only verbally promised to sign the contract, but he didn't sign it on the spot. He just read the contract carefully, confirmed that there was no problem, and then said that he would come over tomorrow to formally sign the contract.

Cheeks originally thought that everything would be fine, and that the Philadelphia team's free market reinforcement work this summer had been basically done. Unexpectedly, it was this delayed night that caused a big problem.

(End of this chapter)