Chapter 486: A small broken ship turns into a space battleship
When this lineup came out, it simply shocked the league. If the Paul-Kobe combination that was rumored before is the strongest combination on the outside, then the combination of Nowitzki and Yao Ming is definitely the strongest combination on the inside.
Everyone can imagine the joy of Dallas people.
"Brother Yao, congratulations!"
When the deal was concluded, Lian Dao called Yao Ming.
Although it is a bit regretful not to be teammates with Yao Ming.
But the Mavericks are definitely a good place for Yao Ming. Cuban has been committed to recruiting Yao Ming. Whether in history or now, the Mavericks' offer to Yao Ming is the most sincere.
Historically, when Yao Ming was injured, only the Mavericks offered Yao Ming a big contract. The Rockets even only offered a basic salary pension contract, while other teams, including the Lakers, offered him short-term contracts.
From this aspect, the Mavericks really respected Yao Ming.
Moreover, Nelson Jr., like his father Nelson, has a soft spot for Chinese players.
Even to show sincerity, the Mavericks immediately completed the signing of Yi Jianlian.
For a time, the Mavericks had two Chinese players, which made the Mavericks' status among Chinese fans equal to that of the Knicks, and even slightly surpassing the Knicks.
The Mavericks' official website and Nowitzki's social account posted updates at the same time, both of which expressed a warm welcome to Yao Ming for joining the team.
Nowitzki even described Yao Ming as "the strongest center in the league" on his social account.
This title gave Tyson Chandler, who had just left the team, a lot of trouble.
It is worth mentioning that after the Mavericks, Rockets and Kings completed a three-way deal, the Lakers, New Orleans Hornets and Rockets also proposed a three-way deal.
According to the deal, the Lakers got Chris Paul and sent Pau Gasol to Houston, and Lamar Odom was sent to the Hornets. The Hornets will also get Kevin Martin, Luis Scola and
Goran Dragic, plus a first-round pick.
However, this deal was rejected by David Stern for "basketball reasons" to allow the Los Angeles Lakers to acquire Chris Paul.
If this deal is completed, the Lakers will form the strongest backcourt in history.
Peak Chris Paul and peak Kobe, this backcourt combination is very powerful and can put the Lakers into the championship ranks in one fell swoop.
Unfortunately, this transaction was stopped by the league.
For this reason, Buss Sr. protested to the league. Not only that, Kobe and Paul also raised questions on social media, and they even swore directly, but Stern still insisted on disagreeing.
Stern may not be able to veto the Mavericks and Knicks trades, but Stern has a strong say in the Hornets trade.
There's no way the Hornets don't have an owner. They're under the trusteeship of the league.
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Although Paul's dream of going to the Lakers was shattered, he still went to Los Angeles, but not to the Lakers but to the Clippers.
After the league rejected the Lakers and Hornets trade, the Clippers immediately contacted the Hornets to apply for a trade.
On the same day, the league approved the Clippers-Hornets trade request.
Clippers trade Al-Farouq Aminu, Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman and 2012 first-round pick to New Orleans Hornets for Chris Paul, $350,000
Cash and a 2015 second-round pick.
Immediately afterwards, the Clippers once again initiated a three-way trade that shocked the league, involving the Nuggets and Timberwolves!
This trade allowed the last big fish of the free market, Carmelo Anthony, to move to Los Angeles.
Since then, the Clippers have formed a super lineup of Chris Paul, Randy Foye, Carmelo Anthony, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan.
This lineup is not too luxurious at all, it is not inferior to the Heat's Big Three last year, and even the lineup ratio is more reasonable than the Heat.
But no one thought that Donald Sterling, who was always stingy and known as a miser, could actually make such a huge deal a year before the luxury tax tiers were levied.
Of course, the happiest person here is of course Chris Paul, who previously scolded the league for not being able to join forces with Kobe Bryant.
Now after turning around to form the Big Three with "big brother" Anthony and Griffin, he immediately praised Anthony and Griffin on social media as his best teammates.
However, according to rumors, Stern did not agree to the deal before, after all, he had just had a phone call with the Knicks.
The Knicks are not allowed to trade Yao Ming for reinforcements, but the Los Angeles Clippers are allowed to form a space battleship?
It's hard for Stern to explain to the Knicks.
But it couldn't be stopped. Adam Silver interfered and his eloquent analysis actually made Stern agree to the deal.
After the deal was reached, the Lakers were probably the ones who were the loudest to oppose it. Old Barnes almost lost his temper and vomited blood.
They are definitely losing their wives and players this year. Since Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom were used as trading chips before, these two people are now completely disappointed with the team's cold-bloodedness.
Gasol is okay, the Spaniard has always had a peaceful mentality. Although he feels hurt to some extent, he is still willing to get along with the Lakers management.
But Odom couldn't accept the team's betrayal. In order for the team to win the championship, he was willing to be demoted to the bench and become the team's sixth man, but in the end he ended up being a trading chip.
The Lakers later traded Odom to the 76ers.
Since then, the Lakers have become the biggest losers in this season's trade. Not only did they not get Chris Paul, but they also lost the team's best sixth man Odom.
Although the subsequent trading market was still active, most of the scattered deals were for team reinforcements.
Some restricted players have chosen to stay with the team, such as Marc Gasol, who chose to renew his contract with the Grizzlies.
With the Knicks, Wilson Chandler's contract expires this season and he is still in the CBA. However, it is said that the management of the Nuggets is contacting Wilson Chandler. He will probably complete the contract with the Nuggets when he returns to the NBA.
David Lee joined the Warriors, and he still returned to his original historical trajectory.
After the Knicks lost these two players on the bench, they were supplemented by new players, Jimmy Butler, who was selected in the draft, and Chuck Hayes, who was signed in free agency.
Subsequently, the Knicks traded a second-round pick from the Kings to acquire Hassan Whiteside.
The current Hassan is not ready to fight, he still needs to grow.
Although Downey didn't understand Lian Dao's high opinion of Hassan, he still traded him because according to his previous judgment, Lian Dao was even more accurate than the Knicks scouts.
Since then, the Knicks' 12-man roster for the new season has been officially released.
Point Guard: Jrue Holiday, Tony Douglas.
Shooting Guards: Danny Green, Tony Allen, Jimmy Butler.
The Heat are also actively reinforcing. They signed Shane Battier in free agency.
This is actually a veteran that Lian Dao is relatively optimistic about, and he is also the best player as the leader of the locker room.
It's just that he was a step too late. When he called Battier to recruit him, he found that the other party had already agreed to sign with the Heat.
Although Battier is a 33-year-old veteran, his role on the court is still very obvious, especially the dirty work, which he has done very well.
Historically, after he joined the Heat this season, Battier played in 16 of the 23 games in the playoffs, averaging 33.4 minutes per game.
This is 6 more games than he played in the regular season.
Although he only averaged 7 points and 3 rebounds per game, and even averaged 23.1 minutes per game in the playoffs, this was even better than his data in the regular season.
Moreover, he did a very good job on the court in assisting defense, creating collisions with the ball, and focusing on defending the opponent's stars, but these are things that cannot be reflected in the statistics.
In the finals, Battier's restriction on Durant and his extraordinary three-point shooting helped the Heat win the championship.
In Game 5 of the 2012 Finals, Battier made five of five three-pointers, and the Heat won five games.
In the five games against the Thunder in the Finals, Battier averaged 11.6 points per game on three-pointers, the most points scored by anyone other than the Big Three.