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Chapter 66 The Lively Transfer Period
"The new season is going to be exciting!"

In the waiting hall of the airport, Li Sheng and his brother met the reporter brother, who was reading a sports newspaper.

The above uses an entire page to expand the outlook for the new NBA season, mainly to take stock of the lineup changes of each team, then evaluate their transfer operations, and look forward to the performance of each team in the new season.

The most important part of this is the summer transfer period, and this transfer period is actually much more lively than the new season if you look back and forth.

Although it has nothing to do with Lei Ting, Li Sheng is also happy to watch the excitement, so he has been paying attention, and he can understand the old brother's sigh.

I believe that most people on the market at this time are looking at the results of this transfer period with the mentality of the disputes between the powerhouses in the new season.

In fact, after the finals, NBA teams have already begun to make a fuss about the draft and the free market.

There are teams like the Thunder that have a relatively stable lineup and only need to make minor repairs to develop rookies. Of course, there are also teams that make drastic reforms.

Among them, Texas Xiaoqiang and Brooklyn Nets should be the two most watched so far. Both teams have involved big deals. The transfer of a star is naturally more impressive than other deals. As for what happens after that, that is another matter.

The first is the Brooklyn Nets. At the end of June, the deal with the Celtics broke out. The former Big Three of the Celtics finally ended completely, and Rondo became the only king of Boston.

Both Garnett and Pierce were sent to the Nets. The deal was an expiring contract and a draft pick. After all, due to age and injuries, Pierce's physical function and state have declined sharply.

In the eyes of the outside world, this transaction is actually a matter of getting what they need.

The Celtics need to think about the future. With this lineup having difficulty making breakthroughs, they naturally sell their star players in exchange for future draft picks.

Later, it proved that they did. The Celtics became a frequent visitor to the Eastern Conference Finals and entered the finals again in 22 years, becoming the biggest favorite to win the championship.

After Zijin completed its 17th championship and tied the number of championships, the Celtics obviously wanted to take the lead again and continue to occupy the first place.

For the Nets, with a rich boss, they obviously pay more attention to living in the present. After Garnett and Pierce were traded, Deron, Joe Johnson and Lopez were added to form the so-called "big five lineup".

If you don't consider age and lineup adaptability, the paper strength of this starter is definitely the best in the league, which also makes the Nets instantly one of the favorites to win the championship.

However, if the lineup is only based on popularity, then the Warriors will not fail in the finals in 19, the Heat of the Big Three will not stumble, and the Lakers in F4 twice will not become a pain in the hearts of fans.

Later, the facts also proved that this was another failed combination after the Lakers' two F4s, and it failed completely, because they failed to get involved in the Eastern Conference Finals, and because of aging and injury problems, they soon completely sank, and then did not make the playoffs for years, and the boss bought the team.

After that, the Big Three were formed again, which became a joke again, like a curse.

In fact, even if the Nets are not a joke, in the East that is the first thing James has to consider. The Thunder are in the West, and Li Sheng and the others will naturally pay more attention to their opponents in the West.

In addition to the Thunder, the defending champion Spurs are only minor repairs, and the main lineup has been maintained, so they are very hopeful to defend their title next season.

However, the Spurs have never won consecutive championships, and so far they have won the championship in odd-numbered years, 99/03/05/07, and this year.

They have broken through in history, lost this year and won the championship next year, but because of the butterfly effect brought by Li Sheng, they are still continuing the "curse", which will somewhat cast a shadow on their way to win the championship.

After all, there is still a lot of metaphysics in the NBA, and everyone is actually quite superstitious.

The only one left to contend for the championship is the Clippers. The combination of Paul, Griffin and Jordan can indeed give people unlimited imagination, but their weaknesses are also obvious.

Although the Grizzlies and Trail Blazers are also good, but there are no superstars in the team, it is always not optimistic.

As for the Warriors, they are still struggling to break through the second round. The Splash Brothers and Green have not yet started to make a name for themselves.

At this time, on the contrary, a team quietly rose through the trade, and strongly inserted into the public's attention, that is Texas Xiaoqiang.

On July 7, when the Orlando Summer League started, the league broke out. Howard of Warcraft decided to join Texas Xiaoqiang.

In fact, as early as mid-to-late June, there were rumors of a trade between Howard and Texas Xiaoqiang. At that time, it was reported that Houston was clearing space for signing Howard.

The column of TNT Insider also had a special program discussion at that time, and because the result of Howard's joining Houston was not unexpected, so he was robbed of the limelight by Xialian's Thunder and Li Sheng. It is estimated that Happy Beast will be depressed when he finds out.

This time, following the signing of James Harden, a certain Ray introduced another star to Houston, and as long as the spark at this time remains healthy, he is still the double-double monster and league superstar, and his position is much higher than that of Harden.

After leaving the Magic, Howard spent a less than happy season with the Lakers, because the attendance rate was too low due to a back injury, and then fell out with the competitive Kobe because he was too happy.

As a result, he came to Texas Xiaoqiang, but he met "Nightclub Deng".

In the future, everyone will say that when Howard wanted to play, he met Kobe, and when he wanted to play hard to win results, he met Nightclub Deng, so these two combinations failed and failed to replicate the success of OK.

In the future, Howard will enter the palace for the second time or even the third time with the Lakers. The happiest thing is probably the second return, helping the team win the championship, and finally fulfilling his championship dream.

It's a pity that Warcraft is old and can be bullied by anyone. After being displaced and his ability dropped, his spirit was gone, and he didn't even put in the 75th.

Is he not as good as Lillard?
It can only be said that the media understands everything, and it is impossible not to be subjective.

Some players can even say that their reputation may be affected by whether they have a good or bad relationship with the media, so there is no need to give examples one by one.

But just like the Nets, because Harden, who has just made a name for himself, and Warcraft, who has returned from injury, this combination makes it easy to think of OK back then, and people have great expectations for them.

What's more, there are new stars and veterans such as Jeremy Lin, Camby, and Asik Parsons in Houston's team lineup. If they can have a good chemical reaction, there are indeed unlimited possibilities.

However, Li Sheng is very bearish on all of this. He knows that the real opponents of the Thunder in the West in the future are actually the Spurs and the Warriors. In the East, it is James.

The reporter brother obviously knows some inside information, and is worried that his future team performance will be affected. If the regular season drops compared to last season, he will probably be pulled out to criticize, "Li Sheng, how is your team's Westbrook recovering from his injury?"

"Well, keep it a secret for now."

In fact, the reporter brother knew that something should not be done when he asked this question. This is a sensitive topic, but after listening to Li Sheng's answer, he was even more at a loss. He could only look at Li Sheng's smiling face and sigh secretly.

"I'm notifying, let's go..."

Hearing the friendly "calling machine", Li Sheng stood up, suddenly full of anticipation for this journey.

(End of this chapter)