The invincible kryptonite of basketball

The Cavaliers ended in failure in the first year of forming the Big Three last season, and team owner Gilbert is also fulfilling what he said at the beginning, and has continued to spend a lot of money.

They first reached a 5-year 1.1 million maximum salary extension contract with Love, and then kept Tristan Thompson with a 5-year 6000 million contract.

Counting Thaddeus Young, who was signed for 4 million in the previous 5000 years, the Cavaliers have already spent 2.2 million US dollars at the beginning of the free market.

It really is a big deal.

However, their reinforcements are not over yet.

They then signed JR Smith with a one-year contract of 500 million, and signed Iman Shumpert with a three-year contract of 3 million.

After that, they signed a new 1+1 contract with James with a total maximum salary of 2 million for 4700 years.

Signed 6 people in a row and spent 3 million. After the first year of the James Cavaliers failed to win the championship, Gilbert and the management of the Cavaliers told everyone in this way that they will be the champion next season. !

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Chapter 7 The Rockets Trade Bosh Gets... (Third update!)

In addition to the Cavaliers, because of Duncan, Tang Tian also paid attention to the relevant developments of the Spurs.

Duncan finally chose to continue the campaign.

However, he jumped out of the original contract and signed a new 2-year 1000 million contract with the Spurs.

The second year of this contract is a player option and includes a trade denial option.

Moreover, after the Spurs left Duncan, they successively completed two very critical signings.

They first reached a five-year 5 million with Leonard, with a maximum salary extension contract for player options in the last year.

Immediately afterwards, they signed Aldridge among the three first-tier big fish from the free market and reached a 4-year 8400 million contract.

In this way, the Spurs' lineup has an additional All-Star Aldridge compared to last season, and their strength has greatly increased.

And they have a three-man rotation of Duncan, Gasol and Aldridge inside, absolutely top-level configuration.

Duncan, Ginobili, Parker, Aldridge, Leonard, Gasol...

Plus Green, Dior, Baines...

Although the average age of the Spurs lineup is a bit old, the luxury of this lineup is very exaggerated.

In the new season, they are the favorites to win the championship again.

But when Tang Tian saw this, he was not worried, but more excited.

Last season's playoff experience has shown that if you want to win the championship, you must be strong enough.

In addition to becoming stronger, another very important thing to become stronger is to have a strong enough opponent. The more you fight, the stronger you become.

But this summer, neither the Cavaliers nor the Spurs are the teams that attract the most attention.

Because the Rockets made a deal that shocked the league this summer.

The Rockets signed Bosh last season, creating a mini Big Three of Harden, Bosh, and Parsons.

Harden is fourth in the MVP rankings, and under his leadership, the Rockets reached the second round.

Although swept by the Warriors, the Warriors lost a total of 3 games in the playoffs, which is understandable.

But this doesn't seem to satisfy the Rockets management. Harden is ushering in his peak, and they are obviously not willing to run with him every year.

At this time, they made a deal with the Kings.

They sent Bosh and Motiejunas, as well as a future second-round pick, and got DeMarcus Cousins ​​​​from the national team!

The Rockets formed a super giant dual-core lineup of Harden + Cousins!

Cousins ​​had a quarrel with Carl last season, and there was news that Carl was about to resign after the season ended.

Cousins' violent temper is well known throughout the league. You said it would be fine if he could make it to the playoffs, but he missed the playoffs every year, and the management finally couldn't stand it.

This deal has also attracted heated discussions among fans, and the opinions are very different.

Rockets fans feel that the Rockets are making a lot of money.

Cousins ​​is a big man with an average of close to 25+12 per game, a top three center in the league!

Because Bosh was a free signing last season, this is simply an empty-handed Cousins!

Morey is really good!

And in this way, the Rockets with Harden and Cousins ​​also have the strength to really wrestle with the Warriors and Pelicans!

Kings fans also feel like they've made a lot of money.

Cousins' violent temper made the Kings a muddy mess, unable to play in the playoffs every year.

In the eyes of many fans, this is a replica of Randolph during the Knicks period, and it is still Randolph who is emotionally unstable and like a time bomb.

If the Kings want to make changes, they must break through and build up. The newly appointed general manager of the team, Divac, has shown this courage.

And this time the rewards they got from the deal were also high.

Bosh won the championship with James, and his average of 19+10 per game last season is not bad.

In addition, Motiejunas, who performed well last season and averaged 10 points and 5 rebounds per game, and a second-round pick.

They really make a lot of money.

And shortly after completing the deal, the Rockets signed Louis Williams from the free market with a 4-year 2400 contract.

Williams is a strong contender for the best sixth man, the bench bandit of the bench.

Morey knew that the team's substitute strength was not enough last season, so he directly grasped the weaknesses and strengthened them.

Beverly + Harden + Parsons + Cousins ​​+ Capela, plus Louis Williams and others on the bench.

The overall strength of the Rockets has improved significantly compared to last season.

After watching the Rockets' two consecutive operations, Tang Tian was a little surprised but not too big.

Morey is a data analysis madman, he must have analyzed the high-level data of Cousins ​​and Bosh.

In fact, although Bosh was selected as an All-Star last season, his inside dominance is not as good as that of Cousins.

The two All-Star insiders that James has partnered with, Bosh and Love, both lost weight and changed their playing styles in order to cooperate.

This thing is an irreversible process. After a few seasons of weight loss, it is almost impossible to change back.

Because his travel history has changed, it is not known whether Bosh will encounter blood clots.

But even a healthy Bosh is not in the same class as Cousins.

It depends on whether the Rockets can control Cousins' temper.

It has been more than half of the time in the free market, and the players in the first and second tiers have basically reached verbal agreements with other teams.

At this moment, Tang Tian received a call from someone.

Jimmy Butler, he's hesitating right now.

Last season, he and Rose led the Bulls all the way to the Eastern Conference finals, almost overturning the Cavaliers.

With such achievements, it is reasonable for him to sign a contract extension similar to Leonard's with the Bulls.

But many potential factors make the Bulls' management hesitate.

Both Butler and Rose are not capable of three-pointers, and they seem very incompatible.

Moreover, Butler has regarded himself as the core of the Bulls' team building, and he has great conflicts with head coach Hoiberg.

So now the idea of ​​the Bulls management is to sign Butler first and then trade him.

Tang Tian was a little stunned when he heard the news, even more shocked than the Rockets traded for Cousins.

Reached the Eastern Conference finals last season, and then immediately traded one of the team's dual cores?

This suffocating operation is comparable to the Thunder letting Harden go!

But after recovering, he seemed to understand.

In history, the Bulls also sent Butler away directly in this way. This thing just happened in advance.

Sometimes the thinking of some team management is really incomprehensible.

But Butler has only one purpose for finding Tang Tian at this time. If he can choose, he wants to play with Tang Tian.

Butler's defense is stronger than Ariza's, and his offense is more versatile. More importantly, he and Tang Tian are brothers and have a perfect understanding.

If he can really join the Pelicans, then the Pelicans will not only be able to play against the Warriors next season, but will have the opportunity to abuse them!

Chapter 7 Paul Applying for a Trade (Fourth update!)

Butler was greeting Tang Tian.

On the second day after their exchange, related rumors broke out.

At the moment of the explosion, more than a dozen teams rushed directly.

That's Butler in the second defense and second team, and he just finished his rookie contract.

The Bulls management lost their minds, but their IQ is still there!

After Tang Tian communicated with Demps, the Pelicans were also one of the teams interested in Butler.

But soon, many teams withdrew.

Because the asking price of the Bulls is too high!

The return they require is either an equal star or a super rookie!

Take the feedback from the Pelicans, the Bulls want either Jokic or Davis.

This is simply robbery!

Tang Tian also understood when he saw this, the Bulls management did not lose their IQ.

Because Butler is a restricted free agent, the Bulls can match any offers from other teams.

In other words, although Butler is a free agent, it is the same as having a contract, so the bargaining chip the Bulls ask for is like this.

After several rounds of negotiations, many teams withdrew one after another.

The Pelicans also pulled out.

Davis and Jokic are not for sale, and it is impossible for the team to trade them for Butler.

While Butler's trade negotiations continued, the free market completed several more signings.

Whiteside and the Heat reached a two-year 2 million contract extension, of which the second year is a player option.

Whiteside had two triple-doubles last season, the first of which was against the Heat, which impressed Pat Riley very much.

The Heat renewed Dragic's contract for 5 million in five years.

Dragic, Wade and Whiteside's mini Big Three, Riley's operations this offseason are full of magic.

The Grizzlies traded for Lance Stephenson from the Hornets.

The Mavericks signed Tobias Harris for 4 million in four years, which is a contract close to the maximum salary.

……

After these signings, the strength of the Heat and Mavericks has been significantly enhanced.

At this time, Butler's affairs had a new result.

After the Mavericks raised their bargaining chips, according to all the adjectives reported by Woj, the two sides are very close to reaching a deal, and it seems that it is only a matter of time before Butler joins Dallas.

The news made other players in the West worry for a while.

The Mavericks now have a lineup of Embiid + Nowitzki + Harris. If there is another Butler, the reconstruction will be completed in an instant.

Counting the Rockets that just got Cousins, the West is directly entering the military competition!