The draft is over and the free market is about to begin.
This year's free market is very lively because someone ran away again!
On July 2, LeBron James's agency team officially announced that James and the Lakers have reached a four-year, $154 million verbal agreement, of which the fourth year is a player option. The two parties will wait until the contract freeze period ends on July 6, local time, to officially
Signing. The biggest suspense of the 2018 offseason has been revealed. James has ended his cooperation with his old team, the Cavaliers, and moved to the Western Conference for the first time in his NBA career.
This news immediately shocked everyone in the NBA circle.
James runs away again!
In fact, we saw signs of James running away in the middle of last season, but everyone still didn't want to believe that this would actually come true.
Didn’t you say it was for your hometown? Didn’t you say you couldn’t leave?
The Son of Akron ran away after all!
Of course, analysis shows that James running away is inevitable.
The first is that he cannot see a future with the Cavaliers.
In the summer of 2017, the Cavaliers sent Irving to the Celtics in exchange for Thomas Jr., and also signed Rose and Wade. They thought that the team's strength would not decrease but increase, but it backfired.
From the start of the 17-18 season to the middle of the season, the Cavaliers fell into an unprecedented chaotic situation. The conflicts in the locker room were irreconcilable and James was in an awkward situation of being powerless. In the end, the Cavaliers management sent away Rose, Wade and Thomas.
The lineup has become fragmented.
Although they reached the finals, the Cavaliers' lineup has become much weaker and it is difficult to compete with strong teams, especially against the Warriors.
In this case, the only way to win the championship is to leave the Cavaliers!
Although you may not win the championship if you leave the Cavaliers, you will never win the championship if you don't leave!
So James must leave!
Where are you going?
Go to a team where you can be the boss and have a lot of chips!
Before James joined the Lakers, the Lakers had not made the playoffs for five consecutive years, and because the team was in the rebuilding stage, most of the Lakers were young people. With his status as the Lakers, he must be the absolute core and leader.
As a "rich team", the Lakers have never been a team that slowly cultivates new players to complete reconstruction. When they have a superstar, they will find every way to find other stars to join them, so as to directly hit the championship. This is also the case for many promising players.
The main reason why stars with championship goals are very willing to come to the Lakers.
When James returned to the Cavaliers, he sold most of the Cavaliers' young players and a lot of draft picks.
The same must be true for the Lakers.
The second reason is business reasons.
James is already 33 years old when he joins the Lakers. He knows that his peak period will not last too long. His time in the NBA has entered the countdown. But at this age, he is still in the golden stage of just starting in other fields. With James' business acumen, he must
Obtain more business resources before retiring to pave the way for his career after retirement.
Obviously, Los Angeles is a perfect place - there are already two successful examples among Lakers superstars, Magic and Kobe.
Furthermore, James is here for his son's education.
James's two sons are going to basketball schools in Los Angeles. The educational resources in big cities are obviously not available in small cities. Living separated from his family in two places, leaving him alone in the eastern United States, while letting his family go to the western United States, this
Obviously it's not appropriate.
Of course, the latter reason is secondary, the main ones are the first two, especially the first reason.
James joined the Lakers, and the Lakers immediately made a series of transactions:
Stephenson joins the Lakers for 4.5 million a year!
Warriors' McGee joins Lakers with one-year contract of 2.39 million!
Rondo joins the Lakers for 9 million a year!
Pope signed with the Lakers for 12 million in one year!
This series of operations made Lakers fans so excited that they began to shout the slogan "Lakers Championship".
However, these enthusiasms were immediately extinguished by the Warriors.
The Warriors didn't do much in the draft, but they caused quite a stir in the trade market.
Because Cousins joined the Warriors!
Cousins promised to join the Warriors, not for 30 million a year, nor for 20 million a year, but for 5.3 million a year!!!
You know, Cousins has always been called the top three centers in the league!
Cousins scored 41+23 when he played against the Kings. He was once a powerful center who was the first All-Star in the Western Conference. He averaged 25+13+5 in his career last season. Is Cousins only worth 5.3 million?
Almost everyone was shocked.
The Warriors have really become the Big Five this time!
The universe is invincible!
There is no need to play the regular season, and there is no point in the playoffs. Just give the Warriors a championship ring!
Besides, does Cousins ignore all the things that happened before? Doesn’t he care about his relationship with Brother Big Eyebrow, doesn’t he care about his relationship with the Warriors?
You know, when Kao Shen was with the Kings, he even used "F**k you Warriors" to spray Warriors fans...
Even last season, Cousins had a heated conflict with the Warriors when he was in the Pelicans, and once blocked the Warriors locker room and wanted to beat Durant...
Also, Cousins was absent from last season’s All-Star Game due to injury. The thick-eyebrowed brother came on the field wearing Cousins’ No. 0 jersey. Cousins tweeted with emotion. This deep brotherhood is touching...
Hearing the news that the test god will go to the Warriors, I can't imagine how big the psychological shadow will be on the Pelicans who were just eliminated by the Warriors... Unless Cousins is an undercover agent who uses thick eyebrows to penetrate the enemy???
Of course, pelicans and bushy eyebrows are not the only ones with big heads.
There are also the Lakers and James who have just seen hope...
Yesterday, the Lakers, who signed James, Finson, and McGee, and dominated the headlines all day long, signed Rondo just one minute before leaving for the Warriors. They were originally full of ambition...
As a result, the Warriors ended the battle in just one day...the rhythm of the NBA finale...
Two regular season MVPs, five All-Stars from last season, and a FMVP sitting on the bench who might stand up at any time... This lineup is something I wouldn't even dare to think about in 2K...
Defeat the Thunder and mention Durant.
Defeat the Pelicans, mention Cousins.
Universe Yong has become the public enemy of the alliance...
Almost everyone says so.
Only Deng Fang remained calm.
Because he knows that the Cousins now is not the Cousins before.
Even the previous Cousins was not that powerful!
Cousins' biggest problem is that he suffered a serious injury in the middle of the season and was reimbursed for the season!
On January 27, 2018, Cousins tore the Achilles tendon in his left leg during a game against the Rockets. After the game, he announced that he was out for the season and was expected to rest for about ten months.
This is a very serious injury, especially for a big center like Cousins.
Cousins deactivated the Pelicans' social media account in May of this year. Obviously, since then, the relationship between Cousins and the Pelicans has become worse and worse.
According to later news, the Pelicans offered Cousins a two-year, $40 million contract with a team option in the second year after Cousins was injured, but Cousins rejected the offer at the time.
Obviously, in Cousins' view, he still deserves a maximum salary contract, and the Pelicans are insulting his value by offering him this contract.
Cousins' idea is not wrong. Before the injury, he averaged 25.2 points, 12.9 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. Looking at these data alone, he definitely deserves a maximum salary. His mistake was due to wrong estimation.
The impact of one's own strength and injuries, as well as the overall situation of the free market.
