On September 3rd, 2007, Western Time, almost all large-scale transactions across the league have come to an end, and each team is basically just making minor repairs to the team by selecting players from the free market. Los Angeles
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First, the Lakers took the lead in releasing the news that they had re-signed Chris Mihm, the old Lakers player who was traded to the Nets last year and then waived. Then they announced that the Lakers would use Kwame Brown to add Turiafu, whom the Lakers picked in the second round.
In exchange for the signing rights of Spanish player Pau Gasol and Trevor Ariza for four and one plus some cash, the Grizzlies got their star player, All-Star power forward Pau Gasol!
As soon as the news came out, the alliance was shocked again
In this transaction, the Lakers paid a much higher price than in history. Kwame Brown Gaturiaf's inside lineup is enough to support the inside line of a weak team. Trevor Ariza is also a player with unlimited potential.
Small forward. Marc Gasol, who will not enter the NBA until next year, is still not sure what to do, but he performed very well in the Japanese World Championships partnering with his brother Pau Gasol, and the Spanish team even won the final
The World Championship champion, obviously if he grows up, he will also be a strong inside player. What's more, the Lakers once reached the Western Conference finals last season. Although the partnership of Kwame Brown and Turiaf is not the absolute main force in the inside, it is
Also performed well.
Naturally, no one would say that the Lakers were robbing such a deal. But it could still shock the entire league.
"Kobe, Gasol, Adrian, another Big Three! The NBA is entering the era of great monopoly." The front page of the Basketball Pioneer reported the new lineups of the Houston Rockets, Boston Celtics, and Los Angeles Lakers.
The composition is compared to the establishment of a monopoly company. It means that superstars will become more and more frequent, and the living space of small teams will become increasingly thin. More fans will only pay attention to those teams that have a large number of superstars in the team.
.And for ordinary teams, they will no longer pay attention.
"This will transform the NBA from a competition of thirty teams into a game between three or five monopoly teams!"
"The arms race, the basketball world war is about to break out!" Sports newspapers looked at the positive side. The team-up of superstars will definitely make the games between strong teams more exciting and suspenseful, and the playoffs can also be more exciting.
Get more fans' attention.
Major media outlets have also commented on who will win and who loses in the arms race between NBA teams this summer. Unsurprisingly, the Boston Celtics occupied the top spot for just one summer. They first acquired Ray Allen.
, and then acquired Kevin Garnett. Almost overnight, it transformed from a weak team that could not even make the playoffs to a strong playoff team that is qualified to compete for the championship.
If there is any problem with such a team, first of all, because almost all the bargaining chips they can get are given away to trade two big stars, their substitute lineup has become very weak. It can be said that they are sacrificing the future for the present.
Whether it will rise again or fall into the abyss depends on this. In addition, whether the three giants can work well together is also a topic of concern to the media, especially the distribution of ball rights among the giants.
However, from the perspective of division of labor, the conflict between the Big Three is not big. Garnett has always appeared in front of everyone with a serious attitude, and he will definitely become the Celtics' interior defense gate. Although Ray Allen has made many shots
, but as a three-point assassin, Ray Allen actually plays very few singles. Among the Big Three, only Paul Pierce uses singles as his main scoring method. Therefore, among the Big Three lineup formed this summer,
Among them, the Celtics' Big Three can be said to be the team with the least conflict.
The Rockets' signing of Artest followed closely in the second place. In addition to the fact that Artest is powerful and a top perimeter defender, the more important reason is because the Rockets acquired Artest almost
Nothing of value was given. This deal looked like the Kings were eager to get rid of Artest, and the Rockets were willing to take it, so Guoguang just took away something symbolic and traded Artest.
It's been dealt with.
No one can imagine how this deal was reached. It can be said that no news was revealed before the deal was reached. After it was reached, everyone looked at it and found that this deal was a robbery deal in the true sense. The Rockets had almost nothing.
After paying hard, he got Ron Artest, a top outside defender. Although this is the reason why Artest's contract is about to expire, and the Kings don't want to keep this thorn in their team.
, but whether it is robbery or robbery, the price paid by both parties is completely different.
Ranked third is the trade between the Lakers and the Grizzlies. Because they reached the Western Conference Finals, the trade value of Kwame Brown and Turiaf has naturally increased to a certain extent. The media unanimously believes that this is a deal.
In a win-win deal, the Grizzlies got two big players and a potential small forward, as well as Marc Gasol, who may have great potential. They also got All-Star power forward player Pau Gasol.
Er, a championship lineup was instantly formed.
ESPN has ranked the league's probability of winning the new season on its official website. The New York Knicks, Charlotte Bobcats and Minnesota Timberwolves are at the bottom, and are considered to have almost no possibility of winning. And the first one is
Last season's champion San Antonio Spurs, this summer, the Spurs' lineup has made small adjustments, but
Thanks to the successful signing of Oberto, the Spurs also successfully retained their championship lineup. Although the Spurs have never successfully defended their title, compared to the three teams that have recently formed the championship lineup, the Spurs' lineup has been in tune for a long time.
Compared to the Lakers, Celtics, Rockets, and Mavericks, their lineup is undoubtedly better integrated and can produce a stable chemical reaction.
Relatively speaking, whether it is the Lakers, Celtics or Rockets, there are various problems. The cost of the Celtics forming the Big Three is the weakness of the bench lineup. The Rockets have always had big problems. Although Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady said
They are two All-Star level players, but
There have always been problems with the cooperation between them. On offense, the Rockets have always had the problem of choosing between Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady. Adding Artest only once again strengthened their already good defense.
Tackling their offense won't be of much help.
The Lakers lost Turiaf and Kwame Brown, and the defensive strength of the interior dropped instantly. Although they re-signed Chris Mihm to fill the vacancy in the interior, last season, Chris Mihm
Mim has proven that he can't hold up the inside.
As one of the four teams that made big trades this summer, the Mavericks received the lowest evaluation from the media. The trade of half the team for Jason Kidd is the most incomprehensible. This is what Mark Cuban has always said.
The 'classic' trading method is to treat a headache and treat a sore foot. Since you all say it was a mistake for me to let Nash go, I will bring back a more powerful point guard. No one knows what effect such a trade can have.
It’s hard to say.
Subsequently, some peripheral news continued to come out.
Related to the Lakers is Derek Fisher. After discussions, Derek Fisher and the Utah Jazz reached an agreement to terminate the remaining contracts between them. Then Derek Fisher announced that he had signed with the Lakers.
After initially learning that Pau Gasol would finally join the Lakers this summer, Adrian, who was well prepared, silently accepted the news and then worked harder on his training.
Pau Gasol is here after all. He has no way to change the Lakers' transaction, nor can he influence the Lakers' management to let them retain their possession of the ball. In this case, he can only use his own power to change his own possibilities.
The situation we are facing.
Just become stronger. If the changed Lakers want to win and if they want to win more easily, the first choice is to give the basketball to themselves!
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