Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 328 Extra Story 3: The Prosperity of the Nets!Bishop of the Abyss!

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, the time came to August, and the free market officially opened in 2010.

Prior to this, Luke had cleaned up the team lineup as early as July.

At present, except for Devin Harris, "Streetball King" Alston, Brook Lopez, and Paul George and Cousins, who were just picked by this year's draft, all other players of the Nets have been selected. Luke packs a deal or reaches a buyout.

If Luke wants the Nets to reappear in the public eye with a brand new look in the new season, the team's previous lineup background is too stretched, and Luke doesn't even bother to take a look at it.

This summer, the Nets have a very wide salary space, even if they give two top stars a maximum salary contract of over [-] million US dollars at the same time, it is more than enough.

What's more, Luke never thought about giving a maximum salary to any star. It is undoubtedly more difficult to get a maximum salary contract from Luke.

It is no exaggeration to say that Luke's name is a golden signboard that is more effective than any wooing method.

In the six years since he entered the league, Luke led his team to win the championship six times. This 100% championship rate can no longer be described as horror.

No player wants to play for Luke.

As long as Luke speaks, and the contract offered for the player is not much different from that offered by other teams, even if it is a few million dollars less, there are still a large number of players willing to give up the maximum salary to fight for Luke.

There is no doubt that after the opening of the free market, only the Nets choose players, and no players choose the Nets.

All players who want to win the championship hope that they can be a member of the Nets in the new season.

Even if the Nets are still the bottom-ranked team in the league this season, when Luke becomes the owner of the Nets this summer, the New Jersey Nets have become one of the league's biggest favorites for the new season.

Even after the opening of the free market, the Nets have not reported any signings, but the players still regard Luke as God and have full confidence in the Nets' dominance in the new season.

On August 8, local time in the United States, under the high-profile attention of the outside world, the Nets announced three signings at one time.

They used a three-year contract of 5400 million US dollars to sign Tim Duncan, the MVP of last season's finals, signed former favorite Allen Iverson with a basic salary contract, and signed nine players with the same basic salary contract. Five-year third overall pick Jerry Stackhouse.

Outside fans are not surprised that Duncan and Iverson will join the Nets in the new season.

After all, as early as last season, Duncan and Iverson played under Luke, and both played good personal performances.

In the case that the contracts offered by the teams in the free market are almost the same, defecting to Luke is undoubtedly the most sensible choice.

As for Stackhouse, he is a 36-year-old veteran. In addition to being cheap for Luke to sign him, the main reason is that Stackhouse still has oil in the tank that can be squeezed.

Last season, Stackhouse played for the Milwaukee Bucks, and he still maintained a good competitive state at the age of 35.

在场均登场时间不足20分钟的情况下，斯塔克豪斯场均可以交出8.5分2.4篮板以及1.7次助攻，且三分球命中率达到了37.6%。

There is no doubt that signing Stackhouse with a basic salary contract will definitely not lose money. After all, this guy is always full of confidence on the offensive end. Like Allen Iverson at this stage, he is very suitable as a chaotic grab breakup role.

After all, no matter how you say it, Stackhouse in his peak season was a top scorer who averaged 29.8 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 1.2 steals per game.

As the so-called skinny camel is bigger than a horse, the 36-year-old Stackhouse is no longer suitable to be the main offensive player of a team, but if he only comes off the bench, Stackhouse can still contribute well to the team offensive firepower.

On August 8, local time in the United States, before the outside world could discuss what level the Nets will grow into in the new season, the Nets released three depth bombs in a row!

And these three bombs are as powerful as atomic bombs, directly turning the muddy water of the alliance upside down!

In the early morning of August 8, the Nets officially announced that the team has officially signed a four-year $8 million contract with league star LeBron James.

The annual salary of this contract is about 1800 million US dollars, which is still far behind the maximum salary, but James still chose to join the Nets without hesitation.

And posted a dynamic on personal social media.

"It's a pleasure to join forces with Tim Duncan here. We have always been in touch with each other in private. It's just that we haven't had the opportunity to put on the same team jersey until today."

"Even if the Nets can't provide me with the top salary, I'm still willing to make sacrifices and bring my talents to New Jersey because I love basketball enough."

As the news spread, the entire league immediately exploded.

You know, LeBron James is the top star in the active league.

上个赛季，詹姆斯场均可以轰下29.7分7.3篮板8.6助攻1.6抢断以及1.1次封盖的全面数据。

If it weren't for the Grizzlies' team record being too monstrous, last season's regular season MVP would definitely be won by LeBron James.

In the new season, LeBron James will team up with Tim Duncan to play for the Nets. This news directly makes outside fans call, and the NBA has once again entered the finale series!

But before the outside world complained about Luke's off-season operations for not giving other teams a chance to survive, the next two signing news of the Nets directly made the team's management feel cold, and even raised a wave of emotion in their hearts. despair.

The Nets officially announced that while officially signing LeBron James, the team also signed former Celtics star Paul Pierce with a two-year $3000 million contract.

And a veteran's basic salary to sign Yao Ming, the "Chinese giant" who originally planned to retire, but was abruptly persuaded by Luke to come back and play for another year!
These three pieces of news undoubtedly announced from the side that the league will enter the finale stage again next season!

Just looking at the current lineup configuration of the Nets, fans really can't imagine which team can overthrow this star-studded Nets next season.

Paul Pierce played for the Boston Celtics last season, averaging 18.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game.

Although the dominance of the game is not yet at the level of LeBron James, Pierce is one of the best small forward players in the active league besides James and Durant.

Nicknamed "Truth", Paul Pierce is not only a very comprehensive playing style, but also a big-hearted player with a killer essence.

This summer, there were some conflicts between Pierce and the Celtics management because of the contract. Luke, who was well aware of this matter, directly took advantage of the situation and used a two-year contract of 3000 million US dollars to include Paul Pierce in the basket. net.

Pierce can play both small forward and shooting guard positions on the court. As of now, the Nets' striker configuration for the new season already has a combination of Pierce, James and Tim Duncan at the same time.

Thanks to the fact that the outside world still doesn't know the personal potential of the Blue Nets' two rookies Paul George and Cousins ​​in the new season, otherwise the league will definitely come forward and strangle Luke to death!

As for Yao Ming, who didn't play a game last season due to injury, he originally planned to announce his retirement this summer.

In the end, he was coaxed and tricked by Luke to sign him. In the new season, he will wear a Nets jersey for the last season of his career.

Although Yao Ming missed a game last season due to injuries, Luke knows better than anyone that Yao Ming still has strong personal strength.

As long as Yao Ming's playing time is strictly controlled in the new season, and Yao Ming is allowed to lose weight during the offseason, focusing on peripheral support and COSCO shooting, Yao Ming can definitely play a stat of 15+7+3+1.5.

The last time Yao Ming played was in the 20-10 season. In that season, Yao Ming averaged 2 points, 2 rebounds, 54.8 assists and [-] blocks per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as [-]%, setting a career high.

Even though Yao Ming has been away from the court for as many as a year, Luke is still full of confidence in Yao Ming's state in the new season.

It's not that Luke is blindly confident in Yao Ming's performance in the peak season, but that Luke is confident enough in his God's Eye and transformation direction!
In the next period of time, Luke signed four more players in the free market, making up the Nets' 15-man roster for the new season.

They are the signing of former All-Star center "Big Z" Ilgauskas with a basic salary of 200 million a year, the signing of former Lakers player "Old Fish" Fisher, and the signing of sharpshooter Kyle Kerr for 800 million in two years. Wall, and a one-year $500 million signing Luke's favorite player Luis Scola when he coached Europe.

Among these four players, the strongest is Luis Scola. He played for the Houston Rockets last season. Scola averaged 16.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 51.4%.

The soft shooting touch allowed Scola to quickly adapt to the arrival of the small ball era. He is one of the few excellent power forward substitutes in the league who can plug and play.

Among these four signings, the most suitable for the Nets' offensive system in the new season is sharpshooter Kyle Korver.

As a historical-level shooter with hundreds of steps outside the three-point line, Korver will definitely be at ease under D'Antoni.

You don't even need to run in with your teammates at all to be able to play your biggest offensive threat.

After all, no matter which team he is in, Korver's task is always to stand outside the three-point line and wait to receive the ball, and then from the moment he picks up the basketball, he will deliver a fatal blow to the opponent like a sword sealing the throat.

As for the other two signings, they also improved the depth of the Nets' lineup for the new season.

Although it is difficult for "Old Fish" Fisher and "Big Z" Ilgauskas to get too many appearances in the regular season, as members of the team's third team, the personal strength of these two It can be called off the charts, and it is more than enough to deal with a certain period of time after the main players are injured.

At this point, the Nets' 15-man roster for the new season is officially released.

Guards: Harris, Iverson, "Streetball King" Alston, "Old Fish" Fisher
Swingman: Pierce, Paul George, Stackhouse, Korver.

Forward: James, Duncan, Scola.

Center: Yao Ming, Lopez, Cousins, and "Big Z" Ilgauskas.

Official media predicts that the Nets' starting lineup for next season will most likely be: Devin Harris, Pierce, James, Duncan, and Yao Ming.

This set of starters is the highest level even if you look at the entire history. Except for Devin Harris on the point guard, the other four players are all Hall of Fame players. This configuration really makes other teams do not know how to do it to compete.

In addition, the depth of the Nets' bench is also terrifying!
Iverson, Alston, Fisher, Paul George, Stackhouse, Korver, Scola, Lopez, Cousins, and "Big Z" Ilgauskas.

I believe that a few years later, when people look back at this Nets in the "reconstruction period", they will definitely call out the Chinese quintessence of this casually pieced lineup!
"Fuck! Ruthless!"

"Fuck! It's so cruel!"

After the Nets completed a series of operations in the free market, the teams in the league have completely despaired.

I don't have any fluke mentality about competing for the championship next season at all.

Next season must be the season of the Nets.

In other words, in the next decade or so, the Nets' offense will surely sweep the entire NBA league like a tsunami!

The era belonging to the New Jersey Nets has quietly arrived, and the business empire belonging to Luke has also officially kicked off!

The continuation of the legend from coach to owner, Luke only took one short summer.

There is no doubt that the name Luke not only left too many historical records in the long history of the NBA, but also became the biggest abyss destroyer in the history of the NBA!
Note: Luke's six-year coaching career has a coaching record of 426 wins and 66 losses. Among all coaches with more than 50 coaching games, the coaching winning percentage ranks first in history.

He won the next four best coaches in his career, surpassing the three of the "magic operator" Riley and the old Nelson, and also ranked first in history.

Finally, since entering the league in the summer of 2004, Luke has played for the Timberwolves and the Grizzlies respectively, and won the NBA championship for six consecutive years, creating two dynastic teams without missing a goal.

Luke deserves the title of Bishop of the Abyss!

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