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Chapter 295 2006 Summer Trading Market

At the same time, the collapse of the Heat's super battleship gave hope to all teams in the league.

After two years, they finally had a chance to compete for the championship.

Teams have engaged in an arms race.

Of course, because of the rules of the super luxury tax, many strong teams are also extra cautious when making transactions.

The super luxury tax restricts the Heat, but it doesn't affect other teams.

The Bucks sent TJ Ford to the Raptors for power forward Villanueva and some cash.

The Clippers signed Tim Thomas of the former Suns for $4 million in four years.

The Hornets have reached an agreement with three-time All-Star Peja Stojakovic.

The Mavericks signed Jason Terry to a six-year, $6 million extension.

The Nuggets signed a six-year extension with Nene.

The Bulls traded center Chandler for PJ Brown and JR Smith of the Hornets.

The Pistons signed free agent Nazr Mohammed, who belonged to the Spurs last season.

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade have completed a 3+1 contract extension with the Cavaliers and the Heat respectively.

Carmelo Anthony signed a five-year, $5 million contract extension with the Nuggets.

The Grizzlies officially completed the deal with Houston, using Sean Battier in exchange for this year's No. 8 pick Rudy Gay and Swift.

The Clippers signed veteran Cassel, and the Lakers signed Radmanovich.

Veteran Fisher defected to the Jazz.

The Pistons were unwilling to give Ben Wallace a big contract. Big Ben switched to the Chicago Bulls and signed a four-year, $4 million contract.

The Celtics re-signed Paul Pierce for three years and $3 million.

The Wizards signed Sangueira to a five-year, $5 million deal.

The Suns signed Banks to a five-year, $5 million deal.

The Nuggets traded to the Hornets for JR Smith.

The Mavericks signed Davin George for 2 years and 420 million.

The Suns renewed Barbosa's contract for 5 years and 3200 million.

Mavericks sign Monza Abangsu.

Cavaliers re-sign Drew Gooden.

The Mavericks signed Josh Barea, Pat Carroll, Ndudi Abby, and Darius Washington, all of whom are non-guaranteed contracts.

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This offseason, the Mavericks, Suns, Pistons, Magic and other favorites to win the championship have taken action.

The Mavericks have news of signings and trades every day, and it is obvious that they are bound to win the championship.

Instead, the Spurs barely moved.Just some minor fixes.

In addition, the Cavaliers, Nuggets, Bulls, Hornets, Jazz, and Clippers are also unwilling to be lonely, and they are recruiting one after another.

On the contrary, after the Lakers failed to compete for Li Lei and Yao Ming in succession, they made almost no moves, which made Kobe very dissatisfied.

It is foreseeable that the next season will be a real war of fierce and chaotic battles.

The Heat, 76ers, Mavericks, Magic, Pistons, Spurs, and Suns are all determined to win the championship.

The Cavaliers, Hornets, Nuggets, Bulls, and Grizzlies should not be underestimated, and they are likely to come out to disrupt the situation.

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After a period of time, the trading market gradually cooled down.

Li Lei has limited mobility, so he stayed in Los Angeles to recuperate.

Sometimes I also play ball with Avril Lavigne.

I didn't feel it before, but now that I am free, Li Lei feels that his body is seriously overdrawn.

But fortunately, he is young, he just needs to rest and recuperate.

The ancients said, one piece is one piece.Today people say, combine work and rest.

It still seems sensible.

On July 7, Li Lei celebrated his 27nd birthday.

At the end of August, the Men's Basketball World Championships kicked off.

Another month later, with the permission of his personal doctor, Li Lei started recovery training while watching the game.

But at this moment, bad news came from Japan.

The second head of the Grizzlies, the Spanish core player Pau Gasol was injured.

In the semi-finals between Spain and Argentina, Gasol fractured his left foot bone and will miss the subsequent finals.

After the game, there was more detailed news. Gasol was seriously injured and will miss the finals after the game, and he will be sidelined indefinitely next season.

Li Lei: "..."

This tm... The leak in the house happens to rain all night, and the boat is late and the wind blows.

The two cores are injured, the Grizzlies will still play next season?
……

At the end of September, the Grizzlies training camp opened.

Li Lei appeared in a suit at the FedEx Arena.

Remarkably, he was the first.

General manager Jerry West and head coach Rick Carlisle greeted them personally.

Just this summer, the Pacers, who were determined to rebuild, sent Carlisle away, and the old man West connected seamlessly.

Carlisle looked at Li Lei's body shape and said with satisfaction, "Stone, you didn't gain weight during the offseason!"

Li Lei smiled: "I injured my shoulder but not my foot. I started training a long time ago."

Carlisle was more satisfied.

Look, there is a reason why people are progressing so fast.

In fact, when Carlisle coached the All-Star Eastern Conference in 2004, he had a lot of exchanges with Li Lei.

He likes Li Lei's tactical execution, as well as his humble attitude and active defense.

So it's not the first time the two have worked together.

At this time, Mr. West took out the list for the new season.

Center: Darko Milicic, Hakim Warik.

Power forwards: Pau Gasol, Stromile Swift, Lawrence Roberts, Alexander Johnson.

Small forwards: Li Lei, Rudy Gay, Zhu Fangyu, Brian Cardinal.

Shooting guards: Eddie Jones, Terrence Kinsey.

Point guards: Kyle Lowry, Zhu Nio Harrington, Will Conroy.

Seeing this big list, Li Lei went blind.

Apart from himself and Gasol, is there anyone on this team who can play?

Memphis, it's hell mode!

The second to arrive at the team was Milicic.

Seeing that Li Lei was already cycling, Milicic joined the training by himself.

Last season, the Pistons traded Milicic.

米利西奇在魔术队打了30场比赛，场均20.9分钟的时间能砍7.6分4.1篮板1.1助攻0.4抢断2.1盖帽。

After wasting two and a half seasons with the Pistons, Milicic's spirituality was gone.

Li Lei still remembers the trial training in the summer of 03. Milicic can make three-pointers, dribble, and organize in high positions...he is an all-around big man.

But now, Milicic can't find these at all.

But everything has two sides.

Milicic lost all his spirituality and gained something else.

The current Milicic is much stronger than in 03, with rough muscles.

In addition, among defensive players such as Big Ben, Rasheed, Billups, and Prince for a long time, Milicic's defensive ability is very strong.

In less than 21 minutes, he averaged 2.1 blocks per game, which is terrifying.

Milicic was still reticent, he just said hello to Li Lei, and started training with Li Lei.

(End of this chapter)