This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 326 The Opening of the Free Market
"What, Emeka was traded!"

When this news reached the ears of Bobcats players, they were undoubtedly shocked and questioned.

Emeka Okafor has witnessed all five years of the Bobcats' NBA history. With the arrival of injuries, his state has fluctuated, but Okafor is still a conscientious and stable player. Last season, he averaged 12.4 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game. Among them, he got double-doubles in 29 games. In the last season, the Shanmao team made it all the way to the playoffs. It has to be said that Okafor has contributed a lot, but in the NBA, there are too few owners like Cuban.

The matter of one person, one city is also too difficult.

In history, Emeka Okafor was actually traded by the Bobcats for Chandler of the Hornets, but this time the target of the trade was not Tyson Chandler, but the Fourth-year forward David Lee of the New York Knicks.

Except for the new point guard Stephen Curry, the current Knicks may all be available for purchase, even the team's potential player David Lee.

Last season, David Lee, with 16 points + 11.7 rebounds, can be said to be the top card of the Knicks team. Of course, David Lee's attributes are a bit of a brush, and the Knicks have been rotten for many years. , the data does not tell everything.

This news was also officially announced on July 7. Of course, in this transaction, Thomas Myers did a lot of homework. As his current player, he helped David Lee win a point The 19-year long-term contract of 4 million yuan is higher than his estimated market conditions, and in the normal historical line, David Lee only got a one-year contract with a maximum annual salary of 3200 million yuan.

Now, it can be said that all members of the Knicks can be sold, including several other main players of the team, and in the team, there are Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gary who are in the same position as David Lee Nali, 21-year-old Gallinari and 22-year-old Wilson Chandler are undoubtedly more worth looking forward to than the 26-year-old David Lee.

On the Knicks side, after sending Zach Randolph to the Los Angeles Clippers last season, there is really a lack of players inside who can protect the frame and grab rebounds.

Therefore, when the Bobcats set their sights on David Lee, New York really didn't hesitate too long.

Okafor, who is only half a year older than David Lee, is a high-quality insider in the Eastern Conference. The price of 1100 million, which is at its peak, is definitely not particularly expensive.

In addition, the Bobcats also took an extra 2012 second-round pick from the Knicks as a bargaining chip for trade balance.

After this wave of operations, the Bobcats have 300 million more salary space, and David Lee is also a player who is still on the rise. Although he does not have the width and thickness of Okafor, as the fourth position of the Bobcats, It is also sufficient.

And after this wave of operations, the most troublesome thing for the Bobcats was finally resolved. On July 7, Roy signed a five-year 30 million contract with the Bobcats, with an average salary of 5 million. Knowing that before, the Bobcats had always hoped to renew Brandon Roy's contract at 8000 million in five years or 1600 million in four years, and the trade of Okafor was also to satisfy Roy's extra 5 million annual salary increase.

As for Zhou Lin, almost with Roy, he signed an early renewal contract with a super-maximum salary of 5 million for five years. This contract starts from the 8200-2010 season, with an annual increase of 2011%. -In the 8 season, Zhou Lin's salary will reach a record 2014 million.

David Lee is here, Okafor is leaving.

The basic structure of the Bobcats has been completed. According to Zhou Lin, it is not necessarily a bad thing for David Lee to come to the Bobcats. David Lee's defensive ability can only be said to be average, but he definitely meets the standard of a space-type fourth position. , In the future NBA league, an annual salary of [-] points is definitely not too high.

Of course, free-market fishing continues all the time.

The No. [-] position on the Bobcats' side is still a very serious problem.

After Philadelphia got the high-quality point guard Tai Lawson from the University of North Carolina this summer, they did not immediately extend the contract to the team's veteran Andre Miller. In fact, three years after coming to the 76ers During the time, Karen Karen played well in the NBA, and even won his personal best of the week, but at the age of 32, he will definitely not be in the 76ers' future plans.

Veteran players like Andre Miller are still very popular in the free market. This summer, they have been recruited by the Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs... and the Bobcats. The seven or eight teams within are catching up.

Of course, most of these teams are strengthening to compete for the championship.

Especially the Lakers and Cavaliers, the Cavaliers are Andre Miller's old club, and the Lakers are even more championship-level teams.

The 32-year-old point guard is not particularly old. Whether he is used as a starter or a substitute, he is plug and play.

However, the old Miller still bowed his head like money, 3 million in 2100 years, is it expensive, it is not expensive.

上赛季场常规赛场均得到16.3分、4.5篮板、6.5次助攻和1.33次抢断，命中率高达47.3%。其中助攻、助攻失误比和抢断三项数据均位列联盟前20。

After entering the playoffs, Miller's data is even more gorgeous.He averaged 21.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.17 steals per game.

But among the championship teams, there is no salary space for Andre Miller. The five teams including the Bobcats can only offer short-term contracts with a salary of 500 million at most, a maximum of 2 years, and It is a team option. Among them, the Lakers and Cavaliers can only have a basic salary or a one-year contract for a small middle class.

Andre. Miller joined the Trail Blazers, but also let the Bobcats once again failed to reinforce the idea of ​​a position.

Even Zhou Lin didn't expect that Sun Yue, who had won a championship with the Lakers, would be taken home by the Bobcats in the free market in July. Of course, this is just a training camp contract. If Sun Yue can really Showing some potential, coupled with so many Chinese background elements of the Bobcats, perhaps it is not a whimsical thing to stay in the NBA.

Moreover, in the Bobcats team, which is short of No. 1, Sun Yue may still have some room to play.

The Bobcats, who have always been hard and simple, searched and searched in the free market again, and found Stephen Marbury, who was tried by the Celtics last season and was not very useful.

This is also Marbury's first invitation this summer, and the door to Lukai has been closed.

Mabuli is almost unemployed in the NBA, and he may go to Europe or even China to seek gold.

The lone wolf, who used to have an annual salary of 2000 million, now can only consider whether to accept a basic salary contract with a guaranteed amount of only 20 US dollars, and even compete with Sun Yue, an NBA water cooler-level player, for a player seat.

And what he is about to face is probably the NBA head coach he hates the most, Larry Brown. He made no secret of his dislike for Marbury.

At that time, Marbury was still the NBA All-Star, with the team's maximum salary contract, he could completely ignore Larry Brown, and even sparred with Larry Brown in front of the media.

But now Marbury is 32 years old, and he has already fallen from his peak. Last season, the Boston Celtics went to win the championship, but his worth reached the lowest point in history. In the second round of the game, in the regular season, he played 23 games for the team and only started 4 games. He averaged 3.8 points and 3.3 assists per game, and 3.7 points and 1.8 assists in the playoffs.

In fact, Larry Brown did not welcome this thorn in Charlotte.

However, Coach Larry Brown could not completely control the situation.

All the key points are on Mabuli himself.

If he is willing to condescend, perhaps his NBA career can still be extended.

But after more than ten years of ups and downs in the NBA, Marbury, who was once unruly, is finally about to bow to fate.

Yes, he came to Charlotte with his agent, for which he also turned down a bigger contract from across the ocean.

Despite being bought out by the Knicks, last season, he was still able to get a pre-tax annual salary of 2000 million U.S. dollars from the NBA, but now he has to compete with the Bobcats for a basic salary of 120 million U.S. dollars and only 20 U.S. dollars. Management interviews, and whether to sign a contract in the end depends on the results of the interviews.

In fact, since last season, that lone wolf is no longer a lone wolf.

His sincerity touched the management of the Charlotte Bobcats who had been worried that Marbury would spoil the atmosphere in the locker room.

Eventually, the deal was done.

Marbury also reassured again and again that he would respect the coach and teammates.

There is only a guaranteed amount of 20 in the contract.

And Marbury may also know in his heart that if he loses this contract again, he will disappear from the NBA, and there will be no second Bobcats team to offer him a contract.

And 32 years old?

If it is a position with an extremely long growth cycle, it is actually not too old.

He still has fuel in his tank.

The player in the same class, Kobe Bryant, just won his fourth championship in his life and reached a new height. He is in full swing, but he is only one year older than Marbury!

There is also Ray Allen, one of the big three gathered in the Green Kai, who is still fighting for the second championship, and he is 2 years older than Marbury.

Although Steve Nash's statistics have declined and the team's performance has declined, he still signed a two-year contract with an annual salary of 2 million. When the contract ends, he is 2200 years old, and he is taking the second regular When he was in the MVP game, he was already 38 years old.

All kinds of things inspired the 32-year-old Marbury, even if he couldn't become the second Nash, he had to prove himself once and prove that he was not a cancer player.

The Charlotte Bobcats, who were runner-up in the NBA last season, are his best springboard. This team is ready to win the first championship in history!

After signing, Stephon Marbury, the Bobcats' signing is almost complete.

Of course, what makes this lineup a little worrying is the defense and the offensive end. It can be said that looking at the East, there are almost no opponents.

And the turmoil of the free market continues.

In the early hours of July 7th, the Phoenix Suns had signed a contract with free agent and center Channing Frye. Channing Frye signed a two-year contract with the Suns. The annual salary of the season will be 14 million US dollars, but the second year is a player option. Frye can choose to continue to play for the Suns, or he can choose to jump out of the contract in advance.

On July 7, according to the Associated Press, the Cleveland Cavaliers officially signed free agent Anthony Parker.

Rockets general manager Morey officially announced to the outside world today that the team has exchanged some cash and future draft picks for the signing rights of Australian center David Anderson through a deal with the Eagles, David Anderson The Rockets will sign a three-year contract with an annual salary of 250 million US dollars. The contract model is 2+1, and the third year is a team option.

On July 7, according to the Associated Press, the Pacers officially announced the signing of a free agent Dengtai Jones. At the same time, Jones’ agent Aaron Mientes revealed that the Pacers and Jones’ contract is 15 years. 4 million.

On July 7, BJ time, according to a team manager in the Western Conference, the Pistons are about to sign a 19-year contract with Knicks forward Wilcox. According to news, the contract amount is about 2 million US dollars.

News on July 7, according to ESPN reports, the Magic's crazy reinforcements during the offseason have not stopped. 21 year contract.

In the early hours of July 7, according to ESPN, a well-known American sports media, an NBA source disclosed on Thursday local time in the United States that the Lakers had reached an agreement with free agent forward Lamar Odom to sign a contract. The season will continue to play for the Lakers, and strive to help the Lakers win another championship. The contract amount is a four-year $31 million contract, and the Lakers have team options in the fourth year.

On July 7, the Toronto Raptors and the Golden State Warriors announced a deal in the early hours of this morning. Warriors guard Marco Belinelli exchanged for Raptors swingman Devin George.The Warriors also received a portion of cash compensation as part of the deal.

On July 2009, 7, BJ time, the Dallas Mavericks announced that they had officially signed insider fighter Drew Gooden.

The first month of the free market has come to an end.

And on the first day of August 2009.

A deal that stuns the league is about to close.

Houston Rockets, New Orleans Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, five teams made big trades.

Among them, Clippers player Zach Randolph, Hornets player Chris Paul, Houston Rockets player McGrady became the main body of the transaction, and Memphis Grizzlies player OJ. Mayo became the subject of this transaction. The main players here.

after this transaction.

The Memphis Grizzlies will get: Black Bear Zach Randolph.

Los Angeles Clippers will get: Tracy McGrady

Hornets will get: OJ Mayo
Houston Rockets will get: Chris Paul
Of course, because the player's transaction value is not equal, the signed contract is not equal, so the contract needs to add various additions to achieve a balance, and the details of the contract have not been disclosed.

(End of this chapter)