If Deng Fang does not participate in the draft, there will be no changes in this year’s draft, which will be exactly the same as in history:
No. 1 pick: Cleveland Cavaliers draft Wiggins
No. 2 pick: Milwaukee Bucks draft Jabari Parker
No. 3 pick: Philadelphia 76ers select Embiid
Pick No. 4: Aaron Gordon, Orlando Magic
Pick No. 5: Utah Jazz’s Essam
No. 6 pick: Celtics’ Smart
No. 7 pick: Randle of the Los Angeles Lakers
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Pick 25: Capela of the Rockets
Pick 33: Joe Harris
Pick 41: Jokic
Pick 46: Jordan Clarkson
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Generally speaking, the quality of this draft class is pretty good. If Deng Fang is given a chance, he can definitely pick out a few good players, one or two of whom are of immediate fighting ability.
However, the system did not allow it, so Deng Fang had to give up.
The draft is held as scheduled, and at the same time, a rumor is getting bigger and bigger - James is leaving the Heat!
In fact, during the finals, an insider revealed that regardless of the final outcome of the Heat finals, it would not affect LeBron's decision on whether to jump out of his current contract and become a free agent this summer.
In an interview during the finals, James also said: "Everything cannot be carried on my shoulders. This is not my business alone. I know that I always become the focus in press conferences. I understand things like this, but
Not everything should be on my shoulders. I shoulder a lot and I do it for my teammates and I hope they put pressure on me."
After the finals, the betting company's odds index did not stop there, but the subject of their bets changed from the championship to LeBron's new club.
Of course, according to the odds given by the famous Bovada.lv website, the Heat are still the most likely to keep LeBron.
The top three odds for which team LeBron James will play in the first game of the 2014-15 season are:
Heat 1/3
Knight 7/2
Bull 13/2
Of course, no matter what the outside world says, the Heat management will not let go.
At the end of the season press conference, Heat President Pat Riley answered directly questions about the Heat's summer plans and the possibility of the Big Three staying on the team. Riley is very confident that he can continue to maintain the core lineup. He said that he no longer needs to be like 2010.
Lobby them the same way.
"We don't need to lobby Chris (Bosh), Dwyane (Wade) or LeBron anymore," he said.
Riley said that he has officially met with the Big Three this week. He and team owner Mickey Arison are willing to retain them "at all costs" and continue to preserve the championship strength for the Heat. The management has made plans for the future.
He doesn't believe the Heat will go downhill from here.
Riley also said: "It is difficult to win the championship. We must unite as one, and only cowards who have no guts will run away. ("This stuff is hard. And you got to stay together, if you've got the guts. And
you don't fi door and run out of it,") Everyone should understand what it takes to win a championship by now, players, management, fans and media, everyone already knows what a great team looks like."
Riley confirmed that both Wade and Bosh are willing to stay on the team. Regarding LeBron, who has not expressed his opinion, he said: "He has the right to do whatever he wants. But I didn't decide to come to South Beach 19 years ago because I wanted to show off more.
Basking in the sun, I believe they are the same."
On June 25, LeBron James officially informed the Heat that he would opt out of his contract and become a free agent.
Interestingly, the Heat's official website also changed the navigation map on this day, replacing the original photos of the Big Three with three other people.
According to the contract signed four years ago, the Heat's Big Three have the right to opt out before June 30, local time. James informed the team one week in advance that he would become a free agent, while Wade and Bosh have not yet made a decision.
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The navigation map on the Heat's official website has always displayed a composite photo of the Big Three standing together. Today, it was suddenly replaced by three others. From left to right, they are Beasley, Ray Allen and Udonis Haslem.
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Beasley's contract has expired and he has actually become a free agent, but he expressed that he wants to stay with the Heat. Insider sources in the Heat say that Allen is prepared to play for at least one more season. As for the Harbin team, he also has an option to opt out and has expressed his willingness before.
Take another pay cut to stay on the team.
Some American media have speculated that the reason why the Heat's official website temporarily changed the picture is probably a prelude to all three giants breaking out of their contracts.
Of course, Melo is also attracting as much attention as James. He is also a big fish on the free market this summer, but under the halo of James, Melo is slightly less eye-catching.
In order to welcome back James, the Cavaliers are also making various efforts.
As we all know, after LeBron James transferred to the Heat in 2010, Cleveland fans and Cavaliers management slandered and insulted him in every possible way. Team owner Dan Gilbert personally wrote an open letter and cursed him, writing in the letter, "I
Guaranteed that the Cavaliers will win the championship before LeBron," and "he will bring the curse of not winning the championship to Miami." This letter has also been saved on the team's website.
But this summer, the Cavaliers began to court LeBron, and the Cavaliers' official website also removed the letter today and replaced it with another page.
Harper, the Cavaliers communications manager, said in an interview with the media: "The letter was removed a few years ago, but last week we found that someone still pulled it out of the history page. That was all the team in 2010
system used.”
The Cavaliers are currently treating this letter as if it never existed, but they must apply to the league website department to eliminate the old version of the CMS system.
Harper also explained: "To be honest, we didn't deliberately look for that letter at all, because it was indeed deleted. It's not like we deliberately deleted it now. If we had found it a year ago, we would have deleted it."
As for whether this letter will be completely deleted from LeBron's heart, it is beyond the Cavaliers' control.
On July 9, the Cavaliers conducted a three-way trade with the Nets and Celtics. The Cavaliers sent Jarrett Jack, Sergei Karasov and Tyler Zeller, and the Nets sent Marcus Thornton to acquire Jack.
With Karashov, the Celtics received Zeller, Thornton and a future first-round pick from the Cavaliers.
The Cavaliers received nothing in this deal, but they cleared their salary space and have the conditions to sign LeBron James to the maximum salary.
Through this deal, the Cavaliers will clear out about 9.5 million in salary space, and the team has nearly 24 million in total space. The price of James's maximum salary in the first year will be 20.76 million, and the Cavaliers can already buy the team's former hero.
Signed back in again.
On July 11, the Cleveland Cavaliers officially announced a contract extension with Kyrie Irving.
The Cavaliers announced in the first hour of the free agent market on July 1 that Irving had reached a five-year, $90 million contract with the team. Due to NBA rules, the Cavaliers were unable to sign Irving at that time.
, they had to wait until after July 10, local time. Sure enough, when the NBA signing period arrived, the Cavaliers signed Irving as soon as possible.
This means that Irving will theoretically play for the Cavaliers until the 2019-20 season.
"We are excited that Kyrie will be with the Cleveland Cavaliers for the long term," Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert said. "The future has never been brighter. We are building our team and continuing to achieve success. Kyrie
It's clearly an important piece of our future plans."
Irving played 71 games for the Cavaliers last season, averaging 20.8 points, 6.1 assists and 3.6 rebounds per game. This is his third season with the Cavaliers.
The reason why owner Gilbert is eager to lock Irving is because they feel that Irving's long-term contract will help increase their attraction to James. Irving averaged 20.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 5.8 assists in 181 games with the Cavaliers. He is now
The only problem is the lack of a brilliant playoff performance. But the Cavaliers believe that as long as they can get a core player - such as James - the Cavaliers can return to the top of the Eastern Conference.
