NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 101 When the dust settles, the Suns trade Wang Chao
There is no problem with the salary space of the Cavaliers. After the end of the 06-07 season, the contracts of many people expired, including the rookie contracts of James, Anderson Varejao and Sasha Pavlovic. , a new contract is about to be signed.

James has no suspense, it must be a maximum salary extension. In Wang Chao’s impression, James and the Cavaliers finally signed a 4-year 6000 million contract. Because the contract was only signed for 4 years, the increase in the salary of Bird Rights did not increase. Enjoy the maximum value, but the four-year contract can give James more options in the future, paving the way for decision 1 in advance.

Before renewing James, the Cavaliers have enough salary space to sign another player with an annual salary of less than 500 million, and then renew James through the bird rights. Although this will require some luxury taxes due to the total salary, But for the Cavaliers, as long as they can introduce outstanding players, paying a luxury tax is nothing at all.

What's more, Larry Hughes, whose annual salary is as high as 1300 million in the team, was a pure undercover during the playoffs and even the finals, and his contribution was almost negative. The Cavaliers are already trying to get rid of this cumbersome garbage contract through trades.

As long as Larry Hughes can be traded, the Cavaliers don't need to pay too much luxury tax.

It's a pity...

Wang Chao shook his head, and turned the page directly.

"The Cavaliers are out of my consideration."

Wang Chao is really not interested in going to Cleveland, a place where nothing shit happens, to serve as a spot-up shooter for James. Although the Cavaliers will definitely have the strength to win the championship if they have him. After all, in the next few seasons, even if only Mo William In the case of James and Big Z, James can also lead the team to win 66 wins and 61 wins in the regular season respectively, which is indeed terrifying.

The specific reasons have been mentioned earlier, and there is no need to talk about it. In short, as long as there is a choice, Wang Chao is definitely not willing to run to partner with James.

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After the Cavaliers, there are several other teams that can give a maximum salary and are willing to provide a maximum salary contract to Wang Chao, including the Seattle Supersonics, Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves and other teams.

The Supersonics have always had the habit of hoarding shooters. The three Musketeers of the Supersonics, Ray Allen, Lewis and Radmanovich are all representative figures of long-range shooters. As far as Wang Chao knows, Durant was selected in 07. Afterwards, the Sonics decided to overthrow and rebuild completely, let go of the All-Stars Ray Allen and Lewis, built a team around Durant as the core, and moved to Oklahoma a year later, officially changing its name from the Sonics Thunder.

It’s just that the Supersonics are not suitable for Wang Chao. This is a team that needs to be overthrown and rebuilt. In the next two seasons, that is, before the two high-ranking picks of Westbrook and Harden are selected, the team Durant is the only one who has combat effectiveness, and Durant is also a rookie who needs a growth cycle and a lot of shooting power training in the early stage.

To put it simply, joining the Supersonics, the first two seasons can not be expected in terms of regular season victories.

Even if Wang Chao and Durant both scored more than 25 points, the lack of overall strength of the Supersonics could not be made up for. Neither Wang Chao nor Durant, a rookie, could not lead The degree to which the team wins.

However, Wang Chao's style of play conflicts with Durant's. Both of them are the end point of scoring. What's the difference between being in the Suns or going to the Cavaliers?
As for the Warriors and Timberwolves, they couldn't satisfy Wang Chao either.

Before the Warriors got Curry, they would never be able to get rid of the name of a weak team. The black eight miracle in the playoffs of the 06-07 season was their biggest highlight moment, but due to the appearance of Wang Chao, this highlight was not enough. re-existed.

As for the Timberwolves... Garnett is ready to pack up and run away. Even in the 22 years since Wang Chao crossed over, the Timberwolves are still recognized by the league as a bad team, and no amount of champions can save them.

"Why are all the bottom teams bidding?" Wang Chao was a little speechless, but after thinking about it, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

But for teams with stronger league strength, the salary space is basically saturated, even if they want Wang Chao, they can't give the maximum salary.

It seems that the Cavaliers are already the best choice under the maximum salary conditions.

At this moment, Wang Chao's eyes suddenly paused, and his eyes stayed on the last team.

"Orlando Magic..."

The Magic team actually offered him a proposal to renew his contract with a maximum salary.

Wang Chao's eyes gradually lit up.

He really didn't expect this. In Wang Chao's memory, the Magic made some big news this summer. By signing first and then trading with the Supersonics, they signed a contract with Supersonics All-Star forward Rashad Lewis. A 6-year contract worth 1.18 million yuan. So far, Lewis has a new nickname, Mr. Billion. After all, he is the tenth player in NBA history to win a contract of [-] million yuan.

As a player who has only been selected as an All-Star substitute once before, has not been selected to the best team, and has a lackluster honor book, many people did not understand the brain circuit of the Magic management at the time.

This contract has become a typical garbage contract without any accidents. Lewis’ performance in the first season of joining the Magic is not bad. He averaged 18.2 points and 5.4 rebounds in the regular season and 19.5 points and 7.2 rebounds in the playoffs. Although it can't be said how strong it is, at least it can barely match his salary.

However, Lewis, who got a big contract, declined very quickly. In his third season with the Magic, his average data per game has dropped to 14 points and 4.4 rebounds, but his contract of 1888 million US dollars at the time was among the best in the league.

What is the situation now?How can the Magic give Lewis a [-] million yuan contract after they offer themselves a maximum salary?Could it be that he replaced Lewis and became the target of the Magic's introduction?
This is quite possible. Lewis averaged 22.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game this season, and Wang Chao averaged 20.9 points and 3.7 rebounds. With the same statistics between the two, Wang Chao is better than Lewis in terms of three-point shooting percentage and overall scoring efficiency. outstanding.

When the two players have the same style of play, Wang Chao is younger, has greater potential, and is more efficient than Lewis, and it is cheaper when they both have a maximum salary.

Even Wang Chao, who has entered the league for three seasons, has more personal honors than Lewis.

Lewis had only one All-Star substitute in the 04-05 season. Not only was Wang Chao selected for the All-Star this season, he also received the Best Sixth Man and Most Improved Player awards. It is also a proof of the player's strength, don't use bean buns as dry food!

"Replace Lewis and become the Magic's forward shooter..."

Wang Chao's eyes became brighter and brighter, this is possible, it is really possible!

The reason why the Magic are willing to give Lewis a [-] million yuan contract is because of his precise range as a power forward outside the three-point line.

In the next few seasons, the Magic under the guidance of Stan Van Gundy will also have a standard one-star tactical system.

But unlike the Cavaliers James' one-star four-shot, the one-star of the Magic's one-star four-shot, that is, center Warcraft Howard, is definitely not a point that requires a lot of ball-holding.

Strictly speaking, Howard at his peak is still just a super blue-collar, but his athletic ability is too strong, and in this era when the top insiders are dying, he can play the performance of a top center.

As a center player, Howard has the mobility comparable to a guard, and his defensive radius is terrifying. The Magic's basket is almost completely a no-fly zone.

In the years when the Magic were strongest, Howard was basically squatting inside alone, and the four outside shooters shot a lot of three-pointers.

From the 07-08 season, after the Magic acquired Lewis, the Magic's average number of three-point shots per game has always been at the forefront of the league, and the regular season record has never been lower than 50 wins.

In this way, Wang Chao's three goals: the team's victory, that is, the points are guaranteed, there is no top star in the team except Howard, the ball and shot rights are also guaranteed, the opponent is willing to give the maximum salary contract, small money There are also guarantees.

"It's pretty lucky..."

At this moment, Wang Chao had already made a decision in his heart.

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"Wang, these are all the teams in the league that are willing to offer you a maximum salary. In addition, there are some teams that are willing to offer an average annual salary of about 1000 million. Instead of joining those teams, it is better to stay in the Suns, at least the tactical system here is more suitable for your performance."

Bill Duffy, who was sitting in front of Wang Chao, saw him looking at the file and bowed his head in silence, thinking that there was no team Wang Chao was interested in.

"I also have a plan. You can pretend to agree to one of the team's offers to put pressure on the Suns. According to how much the Suns value you, there should be a [-]% chance of forcing the other party to give a maximum salary to stay. you."

"No need." Wang Chao shook his head and said, "Contact the management of the Magic team and make an appointment in a few days."

Bill Duffy was slightly taken aback, and looked at Wang Chao. "Have you decided?"

"Yeah." Wang Chao nodded and said, "The Magic are a team with great potential, and I think that team may suit my style better than the Suns."

Speaking of this, he thought for a while and said: "If the Suns choose to match the Magic's contract, it is best to communicate with the Suns and express my attitude. I don't want to stay with the Suns in the new season. .”

Bill Duffy was a little dazed for a while, why did Wang Chao's attitude suddenly change so much, and he has become so determined? Are the Magic really that good?Why didn't he see it?
This season, the Magic entered the playoffs with a record of 40 wins and 42 losses, and then were swept out by the Pistons 4:0 in the first round.

In the entire Magic team, the only one worth mentioning is Howard, who averaged 17.6 points and 12.3 rebounds per game in the regular season.

The rest of the players, Grant Hill, was destroyed by injuries and has long since ceased to be Jordan's successor. The Magic may not renew his contract this summer.

As for the other starting players, including Turkoglu, Nelson and others, in Bill Duffy's view, they are just ordinary role players. Both of them only had 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in the regular season. According to the data, the shooting percentage is only in the early 40%.

Such a team, even after Wang Chao joins, will not become a strong team in the league, and it is not much different from other teams that give top salaries such as the Warriors, Supersonics, and Timberwolves.

That's why Bill Duffy puts the Cavaliers at the top.

Looking at all the teams that offer top salary offers, the Cavaliers are undoubtedly the team with the strongest overall strength. After all, this season has reached the finals, and there is only James as a top superstar in the team. From a rational point of view, it is the most suitable team. Wang Chao's.

Bill Duffy couldn't figure out why Wang Chao chose the Magic, but as an agent, he could only give Wang Chao advice, and it was Wang Chao himself who made the final decision.

And Wang Chao's own reasons are naturally quite sufficient.

As a traveler, Wang Chao knows that in the next four years, Howard will become the strongest center in the league, averaging 20 points and 14 rebounds per game, and winning 3 best defensive players, 5 rebounds, 2 The first block leader, and never missed the best team and best defensive team until 2012.

He also knows that Turkoglu, who performed similarly to a role player this season, will usher in a career highlight after changing his position in the new season. He averaged 19.5 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game in the regular season, becoming a representative figure of a point forward.

He also knows that in the next three years, the Magic will be the only team other than the Lakers and Celtics to reach the finals.

Of course, these things don't have to be known to outsiders.

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The public announcement period in the first few days after the opening of the free market has become the busiest few days.

The Sonics traded Ray Allen to the Celtics is the biggest news recently, and some other scattered transactions are ignored.

The contract extension of Wang Chao, the champion of the Suns, has become the focus of recent heated discussions.

With the Suns and Wang Chao's contract extension at an impasse, other teams began to move around. On July 7, there were news reports that Wang Chao and his agent Bill Duffy flew to Orlando to meet with the Magic. In-depth communication with management.

One day later, the Magic officially offered Wang Chao a four-year, $4 million maximum salary contract, with player options for the fourth year.

Once this news was announced, it immediately caused a shock in the alliance.

Although Wang Chao is not a top star, his season average of 20+ points per game is enough to prove his strength, especially for the Suns who have just won the championship. He is definitely an important puzzle for the team to continue defending the championship and the cornerstone of the future team.

If the Suns lose Wang Chao, it will be a great thing for other teams in the league that are aiming to win the championship. After all, the Suns have Nash, Stoudemire, Wang Chao and Marion at the same time. The strength is indeed too foul.

But before that, among the teams that could snatch Wang Chao, the most popular team was the Cleveland Cavaliers, the opponent of the Suns in the finals. opportunity.

However, after the Magic officially made an offer, the Suns responded immediately a day later. They chose to match the offer of the Magic and offered Wang Chao a five-year, $5 million offer contract.

As Wang Chao's home team, the Suns, which have the right to renew the bird rights, not only can renew the contract for one year more than the Magic, but the total contract value is even larger.

The average annual salary of the Magic's 4-year 5800 million is 1450 million US dollars, and the average annual salary of the matching contract offer given by the Suns is as high as 1560 million.

According to league rules, as long as the Suns match the offer, Wang Chao can only stay with the team.

Therefore, when the Suns matched the Magic's offer, other teams in the league could only sigh.

It seems that in the next few years, the Suns will be the biggest stumbling block for all teams to win the championship.

No one expected that two days later, the situation would be reversed again.

The Magic sent a first-round and two second-round picks in the future, plus a special case of about 900 million transactions, and traded forward Wang Chao from the Suns!
This time, everyone was stunned.

What is this ghost?

The Suns obviously got Wang Chao, why did they trade him away, and they only changed one first round and two second rounds.

The first round of the Magic is not too valuable. After all, they are not the bottom team in the league. Based on the record of this season, there is a high probability that it is a draft pick other than the lottery pick.

For this little thing, Wang Chao, who is only 24 years old and can score 20 points per game from the Suns, has a bright future, is simply a shady scene!

Was the Suns management brain kicked by a donkey?

But soon, the Sun team official made an announcement conveniently. This in itself was a sign-and-trade deal. The reason why the Suns matched Wang Chao's offer was that they didn't want to let Wang Chao go for nothing, and wanted to exchange for some valuables. chips.

In other words, the Suns are equivalent to prostitution for nothing in the first round and two second rounds of the Magic, plus a special case of 900 million transactions, and the Magic paid more than normal salary to get Wang Chao.

As for why the Suns chose to give up Wang Chao, this is a good explanation.

If Wang Chao is really retained according to the five-year $5 million matching contract, there will be four players in the Suns team with an annual salary of more than 7800 million in the new season, Sean Marion with $1644 million, and Star Star with $1376 million. Demire, Nash with 1138 million US dollars, and Wang Chao with a new contract starting salary of 1304 million US dollars.

In addition, Dior renewed his contract in advance in 06, and the contract reached 900 million in the new season, and Barbosa, Bell and other mid-level contracts of about 500 million, the Suns' salary next season will be no less than 8000 million US dollars!
Calculated according to the luxury tax threshold of 07 million US dollars in the 08-6786.5 season, the Suns will have to pay close to 2200 million US dollars in taxes alone.

After all, the Suns are not the rich and powerful New York Knicks, who can pay tens of millions in luxury taxes every year, and then watch the team's belly bottom every year without blinking.

In order to avoid such a high luxury tax, there is no way for the team to lose part of its competitiveness even if Wang Chao is let go for nothing.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in the league. In fact, if Wang Chao hadn’t intervened, the Magic would have used the same method to sign Mr. Lewis, the billionaire. Lewis was traded from the Supersonics with an extra round of 900 million trade exceptions.

The only difference is that the Supersonics have already planned to overthrow and rebuild. Except for the second-best rookie Kevin Durant who has just signed, the other players in the team are basically trading chips.

Furthermore, as a player born in 79, Lewis is now 28 years old. Although he is at the peak of his career, there will be a period of decline after the peak. If the 6-year 1.18 million contract is fully fulfilled, it will be 34 years. Years old, no one can guarantee whether this contract will become a garbage contract in advance.

In fact, everyone is clear about the result. This [-] million yuan contract is really bad.

Wang Chao and Lewis are fundamentally different. When the two performed similarly last season, Wang Chao is younger and has more development potential than Lewis. More importantly, unlike the Supersonics who want to tear down and rebuild, the Suns are not at all. He didn't want to let Wang Chao go, because the maximum salary contract cost too much, so he had to do it.

Therefore, in order to get Wang Chao, the Magic paid a higher price than they originally got Lewis, one first round plus two second rounds.

Although the price was not small, the management of the Magic was very excited.

Magic general manager Smith said in an interview. "Wang Chao is a young and energetic player. He seems to be tireless on the court, and his three-point shots with no misses deeply attracted me. We all feel that Wang Chao's arrival will bring great benefits to the team. Bringing about a qualitative change, he will become the offensive core of the Magic outside. Now we have Howard on the inside and Wang Chao on the outside. Under the leadership of these two rookies in 04, we will definitely get better and better!"

When Wang Chao joined the Magic, some people were happy and some were worried.

The Suns are obviously the most unhappy one, but other teams are not necessarily happy because the Suns failed to keep Wang Chao and his strength has decreased.

For example, James of the Cavaliers is very unhappy.

Under his instruction, the Cavaliers management has already offered Wang Chao a maximum salary. If necessary, it is not impossible to give Wang Chao a bigger contract in the same way as the Magic.

But what the general manager of the Cavaliers told him was that Wang Chao's agent told them that Wang Chao himself was not willing to play in Cleveland, and he didn't think about it at all.

They don't even have a chance to compete.

This is also the dilemma that the Cavaliers have always faced during the offseason. The market is too small, so many players don't even consider them when considering the team.

Not to mention the introduction of players, it would be nice for the Cavaliers to keep their own players.

Needless to say, James must renew his contract with a maximum salary. Varejao and Aleksandar Pavlovic will also stay on the team. In other words, no matter what conditions any team offers them, the Cavaliers will choose to match.

This sentence was originally used to deter other teams, but the agents of Varejao and Pavlovic both made up their minds and began to sit on the ground and raise prices.

In Wang Chao's impression, the starting salaries of the contracts of the two are around 500 million US dollars, which means that the Cavaliers will spend 1000 million to keep the two, plus James' contract extension...the Cavaliers will not How much salary space is there for signings.

In other words, in the new season, James must continue to drag this bad lineup to fight in the Eastern Conference, and the road to the championship is nowhere in sight.

Also unhappy, and the Houston Rockets.

When the free market first opened, the Rockets were also one of the teams that really wanted to get Wang Chao.

But the Rockets have no salary space at all, and a certain dog who just took over as the general manager of the Rockets is so shameless that he wants to use the relationship between Dayao and Wang Chao who are both Chinese players and their agent is Bill Duffy. Dayao persuaded Wang Chao to accept a short-term mid-level contract, and promised to give Wang Chao a lucrative contract when the team's salary space is vacated next year.

Dayao directly rejected this kind of shameless suggestion, and Wang Chao's manager, Bill Duffy, didn't even mention it in front of Wang Chao.

A player who can get a top salary of tens of millions goes to your house to get a middle-class contract. I think you really drink too much Sanlu milk powder.

But this is really not nonsense. If there is no Wang Chao, the Rockets' most inclined target in the summer of 07 is the supersonic Rashad Lewis. The famous Drexler also revealed that he had breakfast with Lewis every day during that time, and tried his best to persuade Lewis to join the Rockets and sign a short-term middle-class clause.

Everyone knows what happened after that. Lewis had the nickname of Mr. Billion in the Magic, and the Rockets who tried to use the middle class to win Lewis became a clown, and they got nothing during the offseason.

However, it is precisely because of Wang Chao that things may have turned around a little bit. Without the magic team, who took advantage of it and offered Lewis a contract of [-] million yuan, was eager to send Lewis out to provide room for Durant's growth. It may be possible for the Sonics to trade with the Rockets.

It's just that no matter how much the salary is cut, Lewis' annual salary can't be less than [-] million. If the Rockets want to get Lewis, they will have to bleed a lot. This will test the Rockets' owner Leslie Alexander's ability to bear.

The Rockets currently have the two largest contracts in the team, McGrady with an annual salary of 1900 million and Dayao with an annual salary of 1376 million. In addition, there are a group of players with an annual salary of about 500 million, such as Battier, Alston, Juwan Howard etc.

If Lewis is acquired with an annual salary of tens of millions, the Rockets will inevitably face the situation of paying a high luxury tax.

Of course, this is not something Wang Chao needs to consider.

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One day later, the Magic announced again that they had reached an early contract renewal agreement with Dwight Howard. The contract lasted for 5 years, with a total amount of 8500 million US dollars and an average annual salary of 1700 million.

Howard's contract will come into effect in the summer of 08, and because of this, the starting salary of the contract refers to next year's salary cap, combined with the Bird clause and Howard's four-year NBA resume, which makes his contract The maximum salary renewal is 700 million US dollars higher than that of Wang Chao.

In this way, the two operations of the Magic team directly determined the development direction of the team for at least four years in the future.

The news that Wang Chao joined the Magic and Howard renewed his contract in advance only grabbed the headlines of the league for a few days, and was immediately brushed off.

No way, the offseason in 07 was really lively. Wang Chao and Howard are just players who have just been selected as All-Stars in the final analysis, and their status is far from enough to attract too much attention from the league.

In early August, the trade that really caused a stir in the league was born.

The Boston Celtics used Al Jefferson and other seven players, plus two first-round picks as bargaining chips, to trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the wolf king Kevin Garnett.

This is the shocking deal that really shocked the entire league, because the Celtics who got Garnett officially formed the Big Three combination of Garnett, Pierce and Ray Allen.

Last season, Garnett averaged 22.4 points, 12.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game, won the rebounding crown, was selected to the best third team, and the best defensive second team.

Paul Pierce averaged 25 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4 assists per game.

Ray Allen averaged 26.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game.

Three top superstars who are at the peak of their careers join forces, even if you look at the history of the league, it is extremely rare.

The Celtics have thus become the biggest favorites to win the new season, leaving the Suns, Spurs and other teams far behind.

Under pressure from the Celtics, the Rockets finally made a decision.

On August 8th, the Rockets officially reached a trade agreement with the Supersonics, sending Juwan Howard, Sean Battier, two future first-round picks, plus a part of cash compensation, from the Seattle Supersonics. Forward Sharad Lewis.

Lewis did not get a billion-dollar contract like the Magic did. After some haggling and pandering, the Rockets got Lewis with a five-year contract of $5 million, with an average annual salary of $8000 million.

Although it has not reached the 6 million 1.18 million yuan contract in 5 years, but 8000 million in 6 years, in fact, if it is 1 years, it can reach the [-] million standard. For the All-Star who has only been selected once, there is no best team Lewis and other honors are also acceptable.

It's just that the Rockets owner Alexander's wallet is a bit stressed.

Lewis' starting salary for the new season will be as high as $1370 million, which is comparable to Dayao.

The Rockets also have Tracy McGrady with US$1901 million. The total salary of the three is US$4650 million.

Wang Chao did not expect that Alexander, who had always been stingy and was known as the owner of the poorest team in the league a few years ago, would suddenly be so arrogant. If he can make a difference in the playoffs or even win the championship, the rewards for him may be even greater!

Following the Celtics, the Rockets also formed their own Big Three combination, following the Celtics to the forefront of the winning odds list.

While the entire league and the whole world are arguing about this series of transactions that could change the trend of the NBA, Wang Chao has already started his training plan.

With Bill Duffy as his agent, Wang Chao really has a lot of peace of mind.

He can no longer use the training hall of the Suns, and there is no time to report to the Magic. Bill Duffy helps Wang Chao to use the arena for training, the trainers who accompany him, and other details. solved.

Bill Duffy, who also works as an agent for several players, is actually very busy, but Wang Chao is one of his major clients in the future, and Duffy naturally attaches great importance to Wang Chao.

There is no way, after all, Dayao only signed a 5-year contract extension of 7500 million yuan last year. As Dayao’s junior, Wang Chao signed a 5-year 7800 million yuan higher than Dayao this year. Considering the year and salary cap increase, Wang Chao, as an outside player, is theoretically more popular than Dayao and has a wider market.

Bill Duffy is very optimistic about Wang Chao's future development prospects, especially after he personally watched Wang Chao's training, this idea became more firm.

To be honest, it is the first time that Bill Duffy has seen such a hard-working player in training since he has been in the industry for so many years. Wang Chao’s daily training volume is simply jaw-dropping. Is this the amount of training that normal people can bear? ?

What's even more exaggerated is that Wang Chao was exhausted from training every day, but he was able to devote himself to training vigorously the next day, as if he hadn't accumulated fatigue at all from the previous day's training.

At the beginning, Wang Chao's crazy training method scared even the most professional trainer in the league invited by Bill Duffy. He bluntly said that Wang Chao's desperate training method would only make himself Practice waste, this is not a scientific and sustainable training method at all.

But a few days later, Wang Chao was as usual, and his body was not in any bad condition. The trainer was speechless, and he was amazed, thinking that Wang Chao's physique was very rare, and his recovery speed after fatigue was different from ordinary people.

In the NBA, this kind of genius is not uncommon. For example, James and Howard are more exaggerated monsters than Wang Chao, so it is not surprising.

But at this moment Bill Duffy realized that as long as Wang Chao doesn't experience serious injuries in the future and continues to grow like this, he will definitely become a top star in the league!

……

It is naturally best that the matter of systematic training potions can be prevaricated with physical fitness, which saved Wang Chao a lot of trouble.

Wang Chao's training direction has already been decided before. Ball handling ability, speed, agility, strength, etc. are related to his ability to break through power. He needs to continue to train and strengthen. Work out to the point where you can use it on the field.

The Magic and the Suns are completely different teams. Wang Chao may be able to get more ball and shot rights there, but at the same time, he does not have the right pass assists from the top pass master Nash, and there is no Suns. The opportunity for the team to take an easy shot on the offensive end brought by the team's 7-second extreme running and bombing.

For Wang Chao, this is both an opportunity and a challenge.

If in the new season, Wang Chao's personal data does not rise but drops because of his weak offensive ability with the ball, it will really be a joke.

If you want to become a blockbuster and become stronger in the new season, you must work hard during the offseason!

Thanks to the release of the season evaluation rewards, Wang Chao has more than 600 points, which is enough for him to make another qualitative leap in his strength within three months of the offseason.

What Wang Chao didn't expect was that Howard called him when his training was in full swing.

"Hey, buddy, it's me, Dwight!" Howard was extremely excited on the phone, "Welcome to the Magic, I wanted to call you the first time the transaction happened, but I happened to be pulling Vacation in Las Vegas and no contact information for you."

Howard's enthusiasm on the phone made Wang Chao a little uncomfortable. When he was in the Suns, he had casual acquaintances with other players. The only one who could be regarded as a friend, Dion, had also left the team for a year and a half. Occasionally, they still call. After Dion went to play in Europe some time ago, the two have not been in touch for a long time.

Wang Chao really didn't expect that Howard would look so happy and excited about his joining.

But it's normal to think about it carefully. Howard has always been an image of a big boy, laughing and joking every day, and he doesn't have any scheming.

As a 04 rookie who entered the league in the same year as Howard, Wang Chao was selected as an All-Star substitute with him last season. From Howard's point of view, they naturally have a lot in common.

The two are one inside and one outside, and there is no conflict in their playing styles, and they can even complement each other to become stronger. Howard has no reason not to welcome Wang Chao.

"Wang, I'm still playing in Las Vegas now. Do you want to come over and let's have fun together for a few days and get to know each other well? You can come anyway, and I'll cover all the expenses."

Howard, who just signed a big contract, looks very grand, even though Wang Chao's contract is not much smaller than him.

"Thank you, Dwight." Wang Chao said with a tactful smile, "But I'm training now. This summer, my agent and trainer have made a series of training plans for me. Better performance, so sorry, but have a great time in Las Vegas."

"Not long after the finals, you actually started training?" Howard was a little surprised.

Unlike the Magic, which was eliminated and swept out in the first round, Wang Chao's Suns went all the way to the finals and won the championship.

This also means that the Suns played nearly a month and a half longer than the Magic.

Howard is also planning to stay high for a while, wait until the end of August to resume training, and then conduct intensive training throughout September to prepare for the new season.

The professional attitude of World of Warcraft is still good. I will keep exercising every year during the offseason, otherwise I will not have such strong muscles, but as a well-known little prince of nightclubs, Howard has both training and chaos, otherwise I will not be in There are so many illegitimate children in the future.

But after hearing that Wang Chao started training early, Howard also felt a sense of urgency.

Wang Chao has already signed a 5-year contract worth 7800 million US dollars. He was selected as an All-Star, but he is still working so hard. As the No. 04 pick in [-], how can he lag behind him?
After thinking for a while, Howard said: "Wang, you are training there. I will fly to you tomorrow. How about we train together?"

"Are you coming?"

Wang Chao was very surprised. He didn't expect Howard to want to train with him.

This is a good thing. If Wang Chao and Howard's two partners in the next few years can train together in advance and develop some tacit understanding, the new season will definitely have a very good cooperation. For example, Howard will use his mobility advantage to pull out the outside line After the pick-and-roll for Wang Chao, he went down the lob, and with Wang Chao's super deterrent power outside the three-point line, as long as there is a tacit cooperation, it will definitely be an extremely effective move.

(Joining the Magic is the most suitable choice after I have considered it again and again. There were very few teams suitable for three-point shooters in that era. The Magic is obviously the most suitable one, and Howard does not occupy the ball. Compared with the Suns and Cavaliers, the protagonist There is room for better development. Of course, the protagonist will definitely not stay in Magic forever. You can continue to look forward to the following stories,)

(End of this chapter)