615 Mad Dog and Lone Wolf (new week, support it)
The Magic was swept by the Warriors, and this scene has greatly stimulated the Eastern team. They all know that the reputation of being strong in the West and weak in the East is weak, but they can't be so weak, right? So, this summer, the Eastern teams are shameless and brave, and the top teams keep strengthening.
The Celtics are the most active ones. The three giants gather together and earn an annual salary of more than 60 million, not for a championship. Now with the emergence of the Cavaliers' Tsar combination and the Magic's new three giants combination, the Celtics feels huge pressure.
The Celtics are very good at finding bargains. They signed Rashid Wallace. Yes, the Pistons' signature power forward also left Detroit. The five Detroit Tigers at that time have finally disappeared completely. It is also a pity for old fans to mention it.
The decline of the Pistons made the Roaring Tianzun completely sad. From the championship to the Eastern Conference championship to the playoffs, the strong team finally became the current bottom. Tianzun experienced the decline of the Pistons. Since Billups left, the team has been constantly trading old players, but has not strengthened them. Tianzun was discouraged and simply left this summer.
Tianzun's annual salary last season was 1.36 million, and he averaged 2 points and 4 rebounds to the Pistons per game. Although as he grew older, Tianzun's offensive and defensive skills were not as good as before, as one of the best players in the league, he still plays an important role in the league, especially his long-range shooting ability is favored by many team managers.
This year's free market 3 first-level singer, the biggest names are Kobe and Nash, but these two will never leave the parent team. Iverson stayed with the Warriors. Among the remaining players, Rashid Wallace is the most famous one. He has clearly stated that he wants to join a championship team and a middle-class contract is enough, so among real free agents, he is the most popular.
The Warriors also want to get the Heavenly Lord. Although this guy has a more bad temper, he has strong abilities. There is no doubt that he is very adapted to the Warriors' system. If he plays power forward, the Warriors' inside line will be perfect - Chamberlain is in the penalty area, Rashid is also very good in defense, and he has a beautiful mid-range shot in the offense. If they combine, the league's inside line will be waiting to be exploded.
Other teams understood this truth and directly formed a joint force: It doesn't matter whoever we got the Heavenly Lord, but we just can't let him go to the Warriors. Rashid is not a fool. He knows his match with Chamberlain, but the two of them had a trick before and had attacked on the court.
In order to win over Rashid Wallace's franchise, the Bostonians launched a fierce "human favor" offensive. In order to reshape the glory of 26 years, they urgently need a veteran who is experienced like P Brown or James Percy and has the ability to turn the tide at critical moments. Now the lineup is old or young, Eddie House is easy to be very angry, and Mickey Moore is embarrassed by the great task.
So, on the day after Rashid showed that he would not stay in Detroit, the "Big Three" all came on the stage, Kevin T.Net, Ray Helun, Paul Pierce and general manager Danny Angie visited Wallace's residence in the suburbs of Detroit, and they were said to have a three-hour talk.
In the following time, Wallace also received inquiries from the Magic and the Spurs, and the Warriors also gave quotations. In addition, Billups also contacted him frequently. At that time, Old Nelson had a good plan. Iverson went to La Anthony to shoot, and Billups went to La Tianzun to La Tianzun. At that time, the team's lineup would be perfect.
As a result, the Warriors became miserable in the end and watched the Tianzun run to Washington. The latter told reporters: "I am very grateful to the Warriors for their kind invitation to me. They are good people, but I trust the old guys of the same era as me. KG will not have any more injuries next season. He is very healthy now. In that way, I think the Celtics will become the most powerful contender for the championship."
"You are so spicy next door." Old Nelson tore the newspaper apart, and the old man's heart was broken, "Why, why, I want to describe my mood in one sentence. I feel so uncomfortable now."
Chamberlain thought for a while and said, "I will be looking at the bright moon, but why does the bright moon shine on the ditch?"
After he translated this sentence, Iverson looked at Old Nelson with sympathy and said, "Old Tang does not shine on the moonlight, but on the sewer."
What made the old man even more sad was that the Celtics then took advantage of it and they signed Daniels at a low price.
Daniels, 2, is 6 meters tall and weighs 9l kilograms, and plays as a shooting guard on the court. In his first three seasons of the league, Daniels mingled with the Mavericks. Although he is a non-draft player, Daniels proved his strength with his performance on the court. In the UU07 season, Daniels switched to the Pacers. During the Pacers' three seasons, Daniels' personal data has been rising steadily. Last season, Daniels was reused to get a lot of playing time, and in 54 games he played for the team, he averaged a career-high 13.6 points and 46 rebounds per game.
This summer, his contract with the Pacers expired and he became a completely free agent. Previously, many teams were interested in competing for this fierce shooting guard, including the Rockets. The Rockets originally wanted to replace Weaver by introducing Daniels, but in the end the Celtics manager got what he wanted and snatched Daniels away, and the price was only a biennial special case with an annual salary of 1.9 million.
After signing Rashid Wallace, the Celtics won Daniels at a cheap price. Next, they only need to keep Glen Davis. The team's trading operations this summer have successfully completed the task. Judging from the books, the Celtics' configuration has the ability to win the championship. In the new season, as long as the Celtics can play steadily and stay healthy, it is not a luxury to win the 18th championship in team history.
The Warriors have been attacking continuously, but they have many favorites, basically not getting any hand. They don’t have much salary space. Although many good players have returned to their free agents this year, such as Sean Marion, Ron Hetest, Odom, Boozer, Oku, etc., but they can’t afford the other party’s contract, and these people are definitely above the tens of millions.
The Warriors' contracts now seem to be low. Chamberlain and West are at the level of 1.56 million, Billups and Jackson are at the level of 10 million, and the rest are veteran contracts or rookie contracts. However, things must be seen in the long run. Billups' salary will rise to 1.36 million next season, and Chamberlain's contract will have to pay the maximum salary for the new contract. Curry and Ibaka will also prepare the next contract, and Richard has to prepare a big contract for them.
In this way, if the Warriors want to get good players and save money, they have to participate in the transaction. The question is, who can trade? The Warriors have trading value are Chamberlain, West, Billups, and Curry and Ibaka with unlimited potential. But these people are not selling products. Old Nelson has always called them to be stingy, but he is the first stingy. The other general managers called him to ask him to ask him to give him to Morrow, and asked him to give him to him to give him to CI-Watson-Can they play together in the future?
So, the transactions of other teams were hot, and Old Nelson looked at him here, and Richard couldn't bear it anymore and told him that we could pay some luxury taxes and not short of money, just keep winning.
Old Nelson became energetic when he heard this. In fact, the Warriors' uniform team has always been generous. It is also to reduce Iverson's salary in order to prepare for the team to continue to sign stronger players. But Old Nelson is waiting for next year. There are not many big fish in the free market this year, and next year is the golden free market year.
Other teams are in hot trades. Old Nelson is impatient and can't wait, so he simply organized a group of people to let Nelson lead the team to play in the summer league.
The NHA usually takes a vacation time for big-name stars and main players every summer, but free agents or rookies cannot rest at this time. In order to gain the trust of the team and attack the team's roster, they have to conduct some confrontational training, and the NHA Summer League was born.
There are three main types of players participating in the summer league: one is the marginal players of each team, the second is some free agents who want to enter the league, and the third is those rookies. These people have only one goal, which is to use the summer league to win trust and strive to have a good performance next season.
The Summer League is not an official NHA organization. It is usually a team that leads a line to bridge the teams. The nearby teams are organized to play each other. The participating teams are generally 4 to 10, and the time is about one to two weeks. The rules of the game are the same as the NH 7th Games. The tickets for the Summer League are very cheap and are usually $10. Although it is a game for low-level players, this is another opportunity for young people who usually look down on the regular season because they are short of money.
This year's Long Beach Summer League started on July 2, and was held by the Clippers. Long Beach is in California, and the Warriors are very close to each other. Originally, Nelson did not intend to let his players go to Long Beach to play games, because the Long Beach Summer League is not only NHAI players, but also some talented high school students and college students will also play. Generally, the Warriors participate in the Las Vegas League in mid-July.
This time the Warriors set off temporarily. Last year, the three rookies Curry, Moro and Ibaka participated, and the new three rookies Blair and Gibson also participated. In addition, Marbury, Evans, CI Watson, and Coleman Collins also participated, and the Warriors sent 10 people to form a lineup.
There are now 17 people in the Warriors, and by the beginning of the regular season, they will only leave 15 people. In this way, two people will be eliminated or transferred to the NHDL. There is no doubt that these two places will be born among these ten people. Considering that Evans, Curry, Morro and Ibaka cannot be eliminated, the scope will be further narrowed and the six people eliminated two. This competition is already cruel.
Of course, this is a place where the NHA seems to be glamorous and actually prey on the weak.
Not only that, because of Ibaka's Congolese identity, he also brought a small fellow villager to Long Beach to play games. This was asked by one of his friends to bring him out to see the world.
Curry is the captain of the team this time. Before leaving, Chamberlain came to support him. This kid will take over the Warriors' outside power in the future. If he has no ability and potential, his personality is just a little too shy. Old Nelson asked him to lead the team to hone his personality and enhance his confidence.
Chamberlain was worried that Curry could not suppress the ball, so he came to Curry early before leaving. However, after arriving at the scene, Ibaka hurried over with a tall and dark young man.
"Is this your little fellow villager?" Chamberlain asked curiously.
Ibaka hurriedly introduced: "Yes, his name is Bismarcke, and his family is from Lubumbashi City. My uncle is his uncle's college classmate. At the beginning of this year, like me before, he also went to Spain and played there, but in the fourth league. It's not interesting, so I want to try it in the summer league."
Chapter completed!