Kwame Brown's Freshman

Chapter 184 11. Crazy Summer

The impact of Garnett's eastward tour is quite huge.Even these big names who are participating in the training camp held by the country are affected,

Joe-Johnson, Stoudemire, and Marion all secretly contacted their agents. If their contracts expired and have not been renewed, they will immediately enter the same year. Needless to say, the purpose is.

Crazy Summer may be the name given to it now. August 8rd, um, is Kobe’s birthday, but Kobe is doing promotion in China now, and he is in a foreign land! Fortunately, his wife is with him.Chinese fans celebrate Kobe's birthday everywhere. Kobe is in China, it's like Kobe came here on purpose to celebrate his birthday with everyone.

Well, it's getting far.It was on Kobe's birthday that his childhood idol in Italy and the head coach of the Suns who won the regular season championship this year, Mike D'Antoni, was fired by the Suns!The Suns replace D'Antoni with former assistant coach Kim Terry as head coach!
Well, this is not the most explosive, just before everyone recovered from Garnett's transfer and D'Antoni's firing, the situation in the East suddenly changed. The Pistons, who were originally listed as the top team in the East There is a big earthquake!The management announced that it would not renew the contract with Larry Brown, who won the team's third championship trophy in team history, and let assistant coach Kufus act as the head coach.This is just an appetizer. They immediately announced that they would refuse to pay a five-year, 5 million contract for Ben Wallace, the soul of the team who has won four best defensive players in this team since the new century. Lace announced his departure from the Pistons!

As soon as this news came out, the world was shocked!Other teams are desperately looking for someone in their own team, but the Pistons let go of Ben Wallace who just won the best defensive player for free!
Maybe the management has its own ideas, but anyway, the Pistons can no longer be regarded as a top team, at most it is a playoff team.

Most of the training time is open, of course, in the next few days when everyone's condition has recovered.Of course, most of the reporters are around Stoudemire, and Hamilton, who is usually not a reporter, is surrounded by many reporters.Although Stoudemire is a bit of a dud, he was provoked by Kwame and became good friends with Kwame, but he is not stupid. At this time, he is always picking up good words from D'Antoni.

Unlike Stoudemire's Gu Zuoyou, Hamilton directly expressed his disappointment with the team, but a done deal, as a player, he can only accept this fact.

Now that someone has lit a fire, it is very difficult to extinguish the fire once it ignites.The Bulls thought they could get Kwame, and the Lakers and Pekarin proposed to sign first and then trade Kwame to the Bulls.But it was rejected. After the news was exposed, Chandler and Ben Gordon, who were trading chips, became angry. Chandler immediately asked to sign first and then trade himself, or he would not renew the contract.Big men like Chandler are very popular. If the Bulls don't agree to Chandler's trade request, they can only watch other teams offer a contract that the Bulls can't match, and lose this big man in vain.Chandler didn't leave the Bulls right away purely because the Big Bird contract can ignore the salary cap renewal.

After the news reached the training camp, Stoudemire knew the time had come!After dialing the agent's phone number, the two negotiated for a while, and decided to make a move at this time!
Stoudemire submitted a trade application to the general manager and traded himself to the Nets!And threatened that if he does not trade himself now, he will never renew his contract after the end of the new season, even if he goes to a bad team, he is unwilling to stay in the Suns.

In desperation, the Suns management compromised and found the Bulls and the Nets. The three teams negotiated and finally decided that the Suns sent Stoudemire to get Tyson Chandler and the 10-year first-round pick from the Nets. .

The Bulls sent Tyson Chandler to get the first-round picks from the Nets in 06 and 08 and Aaron Williams' 1400 million last-year contract.

The Nets sent Aaron Williams, 06, 08, and 10 first-round picks to Amare Stoudemire!Become the biggest winner of this transaction!
Aaron Williams is also one of a bunch of unreasonable contracts generated by the Garnett effect. After arriving in the Nets, he performed well. He was Kenyon Martin's great partner in the Nets, but he is too old now. After Carter and Hardaway came to the Nets, Aaron's main offensive method was to pick and roll with the two, but when it comes to the insiders who are most capable of pick and rolls in active service, who else is there besides Stoudemire?What's more, the Nets also have blue-collar insiders like Jason Collins to help Stoudemire as a meat shield. If someone is willing to accept this big contract, the Nets will certainly not refuse.

The announcement of this transaction was naturally another uproar.The Suns lost a super scorer, but fortunately they also got an insider with unlimited potential, which can be regarded as making up for some losses.

The Nets also formed their own lineup to hit the championship again after Kidd's two consecutive championships. The Big Three lineup of Hardaway, Carter, and Stoudemire has taken shape!
The biggest loss is the bulls, and they can only smash their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs.This time, it was calculated by the Lakers. Not long after the three-team deal was completed, the Lakers officially announced that they had renewed their contract with Kwame and signed a five-year 5 million maximum salary contract.It almost didn't make the Bulls manager, the guy who drove Jordan away in the first place, so angry that he vomited blood.

Not only that, but the team's super rookie Ben Gordon has been clamoring to leave after Kwame's deal was stranded. In desperation, they sent Ben Gordon to the Pistons and got the second place in parallel imports, Darko Millici Chi and Carlos Delfino.

Immediately afterwards, the Celtics completed the transaction with the Memphis Grizzlies and the New York Knicks. The Celtics sent Al Jefferson, who was originally trained as the cornerstone of the team, and this year's rookies Jeff Green and Ricky Davis. , Marcus - Banks, Tom - Goodliota, Delonti - West as chips, get "Bear King" Paul - Gasol and Stephen - Marbury!
After Francis arrived at the Knicks, Marbury's status was gradually compressed to the extreme. Francis was younger, had fewer injuries and other factors forced the Knicks to send him away cheaply.There is nothing to say about Marbury's ability. The average of 22+8 per game in his career so far is not covered.Although he is called a lone wolf, his playing style is not unique. When he partnered with Garnett, he was a representative of emerging forces in the West, but he was not satisfied with his team. I was wronged, and asked for a trade in a rage, and was criticized for being selfish, because the two of them had already played a feeling of dominance similar to Kobe's third year partner with O'Neal. Once Marbury left, this would have been possible. The lineup that created the dynasty fell apart.Anyone who has watched Marbury play knows that his style is actually passing the ball first. Although he shoots a little more, it is because he passes the ball more often to players in good positions. He is more willing to believe in himself when the position is not good, which is also an important reason why his assist-to-turnover ratio exceeds 3:1.And there is a reason for Marbury to take more shots. His career shooting percentage of 44% is among the best among point guards. Of course, he has a reason to take more shots. Would love to put myself in double digits in assists every night.

The Knicks get Ricky Davis to back up Francis, Marcus Banks and Tom Goodliota are just additions to the deal, and the Grizzlies get Al Jefferson and Jeff Green .The Celtics forced Gasol's 1100 million and Marbury's 1400 million contracts, and the team's total salary changed from 3300 million at the end of the season to 4900 million after excluding the expired contract.Fortunately, what Gasol signed last year was a 6-year 8000 million contract that took effect this summer, and Marbury is also a 4-year 7000 million contract that began this summer, so there is no need to worry about contract renewal in the next few years.The Celtics still have nearly 500 million in salary cap space, which is even farther than the luxury tax.Due to last year's hot ball market, this year's salary cap has reached more than 5400 million, and the luxury tax threshold has reached 7100 million.

Just after this deal ended, something that made the Suns want to cry happened. Joe Johnson, who was negotiating with the Suns management, suddenly signed a five-year starting salary of 5 million with the Celtics, a total of 980 million. Contract, join the green army!The jaw-dropping super lineup of Stephen Marbury + Joe Johnson + Paul Pierce + Paul Gasol + Kendrick Perkins!This lineup is not inferior to the Lakers and Heat!

From the Lakers finding Payton and Malone to trading to get Kidd and then easily winning the championship, this fast-track method of the championship has made the giants get together to become the latest fashion!

It can be said that the sun is leaking, but it is raining all night. Seeing his teammates get what he wants, Marion is not calm. Relying on his sixth place in the mvp ranking last season, Stoudemire also left the sun , so he asked for the status of a core player, instead of being a coolie player like last season, let him play wherever there are loopholes, and he is also the defensive leader. None of the best defensive second teams were selected.From the perspective of his cerebellum, which may not be fully evolved like his appearance, it is impossible for the sun to refuse his request.

However, the sun really refused!Due to the Stoudemire and Joe Johnson incidents, the general manager of the Suns has fallen into a "crazy" state. Don't you want a core position?If you don't rush to ask for it, the core of this team must be yours when it is fragmented, but if you actually threaten the manager, then I will not give you the core position.In a rage, he contacted the Mavericks, negotiated with the Mavericks for less than half an hour, and quickly completed the transaction. Marion and Josh Howard were swapped!Manager Sun was sneering, didn't you, Marion, take advantage of the fire to get a core position?Now go to the Mavericks and Harris, Terry, Nowitzki, Stackhouse to grab the core position!In exchange for a young player who is only 25 years old and can contribute 12+6 upward momentum, it is not much worse.

Although the Bulls lost a lot late, but the saying of "extreme joy begets sorrow, whether extreme prosperity comes" really came true. Ben Wallace finally chose to join the Bulls for 5 million in 6000 years, and finally recovered some losses. The contract is obviously not worth it, but if you miss this village, you won’t have this store. What you don’t pay is the team. Daben just wants to be in a strong team. Lost Chandler and replaced him with a better defender. The strength of the Bulls has not declined but increased. Although Chandler, who has great potential, has been lost in the long run, at least there is no need to worry about inside defense for at least 5 years.There have been no reported deals for two days in a row.

The impact of this transaction is quite huge, and the training camp has been greatly affected.Joe Johnson, Stoudemire, Marion, and Duncan withdrew from this training camp. The first three signed contracts, and the transferees were busy doing medical examinations.Duncan followed Popovich's arrangement and withdrew. This kind of competition is not very important. The top five in the America's Cup can all enter the World Championships. If the rest of the group can't even make the top five, they will all go to Somalia to catch pirate!There are three point guards left in the team: Paul, Miller, Arenas, three shooting guards: Battier, Hamilton, Wade, two small forwards: Anthony, James, and four power forwards: Kwame, Bosh, Brand, Jamison, two centers: Odom, Howard.Due to the coach's arrangement, in this lineup, Marion's dirty work was handed over to Kwame, so Kwame played the position of power forward.Odom was originally a small forward, but the center position is short of people, and Odom's outstanding inside line is very popular in FIBA.After a few days of training, these originally contradictory teammates have become familiar with each other, and the tacit understanding of playing has also improved. Although some people have left, the relationship between them has become much closer (these two sentences have little connection).Everyone finished training in Denver and headed to Brazil - Rio de Janeiro for the America's Cup!

When he left Denver, Kwame left his contact information and address for Irene, so that Irene could find him when she went to Los Angeles to play, and then left reluctantly. It feels good to be taken care of by a beautiful woman.

In the America's Cup, this group of people is not the team in 03 with only a few college students. These are all the backbone or absolute core of each NBA team!There is absolutely no problem with such a lineup to hit the Olympic gold medal.After eight days of fierce fighting, they easily won the Copa America. Brazil, Argentina, and Canada did not send their strongest players, nor did Ginobili, Nash and others.Team USA won fairly easily.

This trip to the Denver basketball management center was worth the fare. James, Anthony, Wade, Kwame, Odom, Paul and others all promised to participate in next year's World Championships. Kwame also promised to persuade Kobe and Kidd will participate in next year's World Championships and the next year's Olympic Games.

Paul and Howard shined in this trip to Brazil. Due to the weak opponents, Paul, Howard, Shane Bosh, Jamison, Brand and others played the most minutes. Paul played in James and Arenas When he is not on the court, he shows excellent control ability, and his organization of the team's offense is no worse than James, who is 20 cm taller than him, or even stronger!After several months of hard training, Howard looked extremely tough against the old fritter Varejao. When he finished the opponent, the insiders from other countries were not worth mentioning in front of him.

In 01 and 03, the resentment of not entering the qualifiers and America's Cup for two consecutive years finally dissipated this time.

August 8th.After the oldest old Miller won the championship trophy, everyone celebrated that night. After returning to Washington the next day to accept the award from Secretary of State Colin Luther Powell, everyone went back to their respective homes. As for Bush Jr.?This kind of small game can't disturb him.

Everyone here is someone who wants to win a championship, whether the team is good or not, is the kind of person who wants to make himself better.Everyone is stressed out after this crazy offseason, and everyone has gone to practice.Even if there is a sponsorship promotion to be done, it is to bring a basketball.

(End of this chapter)