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Chapter 628 Chapter 626: The last two laps

The Indiana Pacers signed PJ Tucker. This incident caused Morey to be very irritable, but it did not attract any attention.

Although Tucker has gained a firm foothold in the league today, his status is really insignificant in the entire league.

Moreover, there are too many other transfer news that are more exciting than this these days, and the fans are dumbfounded.

First of all, the Warriors, in order to get revenge next season, they used a 5-year 2.01 million NBA highest-priced contract to keep Stephen Curry in Oakland.

After winning the championship for the team with a child labor cabbage price contract in the past few years, the Warriors owner's actions this year have no intention of treating Curry badly.

In the eyes of everyone's expectations, he handed Curry a five-year 5 million contract, the largest contract in history. While making Curry feel respected, he also preserved the future lifeline of the team.

However, after the Warriors signed Curry for 5 million in 2 years, Durant wanted to reduce the burden on the team.In the case of being able to sign a contract with a starting salary of 3500 million, in order to allow the boss to pay less luxury tax, he took the initiative to sign a 1+1 contract with the team, of which the first-year salary is only 2500 million US dollars.

To build a championship team, someone has to make concessions.And Durant became the one to make concessions this summer.For him now, the championship is the biggest obsession.Durant will not be reconciled to running to hold a group and not even winning the championship.

So even if he gets a little less money, Durant will keep the Warriors' lineup intact.

In addition, both Iguodala and Livingston have completed contract extensions with the Warriors.While retaining the core members of last season's finals, the Warriors also won "Israel Jordan" Casspi and Nick Young, who became popular because of the failure of emoticons and pretending.There is no doubt that the strength of the Warriors next season will continue unabated.

Plus, the Spurs landed Rudy Gay, as Henson got wind of.The Nuggets won Millsap with a three-year, 3 million contract, leaving the East with one less All-Star player.

It can be seen that the teams in the West are actively preparing to fight against the Warriors.The same thing is actively happening in the east, but the teams in the east need to fight against the Pacers.

The Celtics finally held back their big move. After they selected Jayson Tatum, they announced on July 7 that they had signed Jazz star Gordon Hayward for $5 million over four years.

While people were still fantasizing about what sparks Hayward and "The Strongest 175 on the Surface" Thomas could create, Danny Ainge announced that Kelly Owen and Isaiah Thomas would swap clubs!

As soon as this news came out, it immediately aroused heated discussions.After all, Isaiah Thomas has devoted himself to the Celtics and has become the representative and spiritual leader of the Celtics.Moreover, such a transaction between two direct competitors as a head star is also unprecedented.

But now that he had the opportunity, Danny Angie couldn't wait to sell Thomas.In other words, even though Isaiah Thomas ranked third in the MVP list last season, Danny Ainge never believed in Thomas Jr.'s talent.

His height of 1 meters made it difficult for Danny Angie to accept.Now that the Cavaliers have such an intention, Angie once again made a cold-blooded decision.

In this way, the Celtics formed a luxurious lineup of Horford + Hayward + Irving.Coupled with their wise young coach Stevens, the Celtics next season will undoubtedly bring huge troubles to Henson.

On the other side, the Cleveland Cavaliers' actions are not small.Since last season's disastrous defeat to the Pacers, James is very clear that he needs more helpers.

After the team acquired Isaiah Thomas, Wade announced that he would join the Cavaliers on a one-year, $230 million contract.
No one thought that Wade, the first of the "Four Heroes" to win a championship ring, would end up in this situation now.What is the concept of 230 million a year?This salary level is the same as Channing Frye.

But the reunion of James and Wade in Cleveland will undoubtedly make the fans very excited. How big a storm can "Janeway Connection" set off in Cleveland?Everyone is looking forward to it.

Well, except Henson.

Because even during the Heat period, "Janeway Connection" did not cause trouble for the Pacers.What's more, what about Wade now?

After Wade, Derrick Rose, who failed to revive in New York, announced that he would join the Cavaliers with a one-year contract of 210 million US dollars.Well, a lower price tag than Wade.

Seeing the two contracts of Wade and Rose, people can't help feeling that life is impermanent.

Once, Wade and Rose were so beautiful.But one was abandoned by the home team because of old age, and the other was abandoned by the home team because of injuries.

But now, these two guards who were once the most popular in the league can only live on the veteran's basic salary.Of course they can sign a bigger contract, but for the sake of the championship, they can only compromise.

But having said that, the lineup of Thomas Jr. + Wade + Rose + James still makes the people of Cleveland have infinite reverie.

However, Henson was not bluffed. If this lineup appeared five or six years ago, the Cavaliers would have won the championship.But now it's 2017, are Wade and Rose really considered giant players?

This lineup is probably a typical representative of fame over strength.

In this way, the chaos of the summer of 2017 came to an end for the time being.Henson didn't expect the Cavaliers and Celtics to exchange star players, nor did he expect James' appeal to be so powerful.

Compared with these transfer news, the Pacers' signing of PJ Tucker really has nothing to talk about.

But the Pacers are the league champions after all, and even if they don't make major changes, they are still the best team in the league.

What Henson is most afraid of now is that major changes will come to them. I hope that next summer, no one will come to trouble Chris Paul.

At this time, what Bird is most concerned about is not the contract extension of Paul and George next summer, but Henson's idea of ​​retiring again.

"There is really no room for negotiation?" In early August, when Henson and his wife and daughter were preparing to travel to Europe, Bird once again discussed with Henson about his work plan.

"I've made up my mind to go, Bird. But don't worry, I will do my best for the next two seasons!"

Hearing Henson's answer, Bird didn't ask any more questions.In the future, he will not ask any more questions.He's the Pacers' chairman of basketball operations, but he can't force anyone on his team to do anything.

And I looked at the calendar, it's already 2017!Before we know it, the 21st century will usher in the third decade.

Looking at today's league, Bird is already very strange.Once Henson is gone, what is left of him in this league?

That Chinese coach is his last pride.

"Well, I respect your choice. And I think" Byrd looked at his hands, he had never thought about such a thing before, but today he thought about it very seriously.

"I think if you're going to retire, I'm going to retire too. I can't believe it, I'm in my 60s. Life is as fast as a car in the Indy 500."

"Hahahaha, you are right. But in the Indy 500, we will always be the leading car." Henson smiled, he understood Bird's choice.Both in their 60s, Bird has basically been playing basketball all his life.It's time for a change of lifestyle.

"That's right, we'll always be Pacers!"

The two men looked at each other and smiled. Although they were about to leave, they still wanted to continue to lead in the last "two laps" of the race!
(End of this chapter)