super small forward

Chapter 267 267. New Pattern
Time passed quickly, and Liu Ren was looking for fun in the repeated training every day, and another month passed by.

An interesting thing happened in the league during this time.

On June 6, the Clippers were successfully auctioned off, and were bought by Ballmer, a colleague of the Blazers' local rich boss, a shareholder of Microsoft, and New York's super-rich tycoon, with an NBA transaction record of US$30 billion.

Sterling's struggle became futile, and the court ruled that he was incapable of acting independently and declared the transaction legal.

But at this time, the Clippers' heartache happened, and Jordan's contract expired! On July 7, the free market opened, and Cuban sent out a four-year 1 million contract, which successfully included Jordan in his pocket.

However, the league has a rule that the deal cannot be formally concluded until July 7, after the one-week trade buffer period ends. Cuban is too confident, and the agreement with Jordan was verbal, and no formal contract was signed.

After hearing the news, the Clippers team went to Jordan's hometown in Dallas to block the door, preventing Jordan from going out, and successfully lobbied Jordan to return to the Clippers!

Cuban went crazy all of a sudden, which player in the league will regret it after reaching an agreement?Only Boozer used to be in the Cavaliers, and later Boozer’s fate was also miserable. No team would believe his promise. After the season that just ended, the Bulls pardoned him. So far, no team is willing to claim him. .

The NBA is so big, the reputation of a person and a team is very important.

So Cuban never thought that Jordan would repent, and he only talked with Jordan on the phone without meeting him. He didn't even know where Jordan's home was, so he could only drive around various wealthy villas in Dallas. On the headlines of the major news.

It is said that the owner of the Nets is a local tycoon in Russia. In fact, there are bosses in the NBA who are much richer than him.
Ballmer is quite rich and let Rivers spend whatever he wants, as long as he can win the championship. Rivers gave Jordan a fat contract of 5 million in five years, plus the team owner has changed, and there is cooperation Paul and Griffin, who have had a tacit understanding for many years, have a much stronger lineup than the Mavericks. In addition, the entire Clippers team ran to his house, so he signed a contract with the Clippers halfway.

The signed contracts and verbal commitments are of course the signed contracts valid!In the early hours of July 7, the league must have recognized the signed contract and announced that Jordan would renew his contract with the Clippers for 8 years and 5 million!
This incident added a touch of fun to the boring rough period. People didn't care about where Jordan went. What they cared about was that the process was too fun, and Cuban became the protagonist of tragedy again.

For Jordan's return to the Clippers, Liu Ren has known for a long time, and he no longer cares about it. The most powerful part of Jordan is rebounding. Apart from blocking shots, the defense is a bit deterrent. In fact, the overall defense is very average. If you encounter good skills, you will stop. It's just that there are too few centers with good inside skills in the league now, so it seems that his defense is not bad, let alone offense. Obviously, Whiteside will be stronger in the future.

The official free market opened, and all teams began to officially operate.

The first is the Heat and the Knicks.

Wade announced that he would stay in the Heat with a substantial salary cut of 2 million in two years, and expressed his willingness to cut the salary to give James and Bosh a bigger contract extension.

James remained silent on this, while Bosh started a tour of negotiations with as many as ten teams.

Under the persuasion of the Zen master, Anthony agreed to stay with the Knicks and renew his contract with a fat 5-year contract of 1.2 million. He played 4 more years than Jordan, and his contract was relatively much larger.

On July 7, the Warriors announced that they had fired Mark Jackson because their record did not meet expectations, and Suns general manager Steve Kerr became their new head coach.

On July 7, Phil Jackson, president of the Knicks, fired current head coach Mike Woodson, and Derek Fisher became the new head coach of the Knicks with a three-year, $12 million contract.

7月13号，詹姆斯拒绝热火给出的5年1.2亿的续约合同，宣布“浪子回归”，以2年4000万的合同回到骑士！

On the same day, the Cavaliers and the Timberwolves reached a deal to exchange Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett for Kevin Love!

The Big Three of the Cavaliers are formed!The alliance structure suddenly changed!

James' return to the Cavaliers has blessings and irony, and the mentality of the fans varies.

The media's views on this are also inconsistent. The pro-James ESPN is naturally touting wildly, while the anti-James media is constantly ridiculing.

Liu Ren called James immediately to tease him, but he was more excited. After returning to the Cavaliers, James will return to the peak again. After losing weight, he will be stronger than in the past two seasons. powerful!

It's interesting to play against such an opponent. The Heat's method of draining the stars can only make the players reach the peak for a short time, but they will soon decline. Liu Ren understands James' choice very well.

As for Anthony staying with the Knicks, Liu Ren can no longer predict whether it is a good choice. From his memory, it is obviously not, but the strength of the Knicks at the end of the season has overturned his memory. Everything is very different!

The tragedy is Wade, who neither kept James nor got the contract he wanted, even less than what he should have gotten out of the contract.

On July 7, the Lakers officially renewed their contracts with Bazemore, Nick Young and Thackeray.

Bazemore got a 4-year contract extension of 1000 million, with an annual average of 250 million without a salary increase, and the team option in the last year. This contract is much higher than the 3-year 600 million that Bazemore got from the Hawks , so he is also willing to have a team option.

Nick Young got a 4-year contract of 1600 million decreasing year by year, up to 550 million in the first year, and only 350 million in the last year, obviously to prepare for the salary space in the future.

Thackeray got a 4-year 700 million contract extension with a starting salary of 123 million.

After the contract renewal of these three people, the general framework of the Lakers has basically been completed, the salary space is almost occupied, and there are not many positions. This summer, apart from the Big Four and Jordan Jr. in 03, there are not many big-name stars. , The Lakers already have the positions where these big-name players play, so the Lakers management finishes what should be done early, without delaying things, and can also do other things earlier.

……

Kupchak looked at the roster and began to feel depressed again.

He looked at the player list, point guards: Nash, LaVine, Jeremy Lin, Clarkson, shooting guards: Kobe, Nick Young, McCollum, Henry, small forwards: Liu Ren, Antetokounmpo, Bazemore, Power Forward: Gasol, Green, Center: Whiteside, Thackeray.

The lineup is full!

(End of this chapter)