The invincible kryptonite of basketball

They are short of small forwards now!

And because Cousins' contract is not big and Paul's contract expires, Morey has a lot of room to operate.

Originally, Paul jumped out of the contract and got very close to the Spurs, coupled with Cousins' reimbursement for the season, the Rockets were in a dead end, but Butler's sudden appearance brought everything back to life.

On the first day after the opening of the free market, one big event followed another, making people dazzled.

By the time this day passes, the fans already feel a little unbearable.

I thought that the situation would be better on the second day, but no one expected that the next day would only begin, and two consecutive big news made them unable to sit still.

The Cavaliers explored Irving's value in the trading market, and Irving submitted a trade application to the Cavaliers!And also gave the next team he wants to go to, the Spurs, Nets, Lakers, Clippers!

The most worrying problem of the management of each team appeared. After George became the first person to eat crabs, everyone else followed suit!

This time, the management of each team really wanted to hate George to death.

But the happiest people at this time are the Lakers fans.

Because the next team designated by Butler and Irving has the Lakers!

"Come on, come on, come to the bowl, Irving + George + Butler + Simmons + whoever, this lineup can return to its peak!"

"The Lakers championship, this time it's real!"

"Maggie, magic, please quickly perform your magic and bring them all to Los Angeles!"

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Chapter 32 The Age of the Three Giants

After this day, the number of Lakers fans queuing up at the hospital increased significantly.

George, Irving, Butler, the three All-Stars have turned the free market upside down.

However, their situation is similar, and it is impossible to have results all at once, the kind that is destined to send fans to the hospital.

While the fans were waiting for the final result, the Thunder took the lead!

They reached a three-way sign-and-trade deal with the Clippers and Nuggets!

After the Clippers and Griffin reached a five-year 5 million maximum salary contract, he was then sent to his hometown team Thunder in exchange for Gallinari and Doug McDermott.

The Nuggets signed Gallinari to a three-year, $3 million deal, then sent him to the Clippers for Kanter and the Thunder's 6500 first-round pick.

The Thunder sent Kanter, Doug McDermott, and the 2018 first-round pick to get Griffin!

This super popular star in Oklahoma is back home!

The Thunder formed a dual-core lineup of Westbrook and Griffin!

The news caused a shock in the alliance.

Although Westbrook was hacked by many people last season, the triple-double and the best first team are real. Although Griffin suffered a wave of injuries, he is still a top five power forward in the league. The combination of waves is a blast.

Especially the Thunder fans, they were about to climax on the spot.

Griffin's performance during the NCAA period is unique in the local area, and his popularity is not lower than that of Westbrook. This wave is really explosive.

Tang Tian was also very surprised when he saw this.

The Clippers have lost Paul, and now they have let go of Griffin. The only remaining Big Three in the past is Jordan. This is about to enter the reconstruction mode!

But this is also expected. After Griffin was injured, his performance declined, and the Clippers management was hesitating whether to give him a maximum salary.

No, I'm sorry for Griffin's contribution to the Clippers, and there is obviously a premium for giving.

It's all right now, it's a double win, the reputation is still there, and I've got what I want in return.

On the contrary, the strength of the Thunder team has increased significantly compared with last season.

Coupled with the original Oladipo Robertson and others, they will be a spoiler in the Western Conference next season.

But this is not the end.

Just when the fans were wondering how much of a threat the Thunder could create to other teams next season, another piece of news broke out from Woj's disciple shams.

George, who had been silent before, finally got some news.

The Pacers will not send George to the Pelicans of his choice, and they are now very close to both teams.

One is the Lakers, George is a Kobe fan, and the new president of the Lakers "Magic" Johnson likes George very much.

According to Shams, they were trying "very, very hard" to get George.

Another team is surprising, the Thunder!

The Thunder can provide the chips that the Pacers want.

The Thunder are obviously not satisfied with getting Griffin, and the spoiler is not the role they want to be, they want to be the favorites for the championship!

As for George's previous designation of the next home, it doesn't seem to bother them that the non-Pelicans don't renew the contract. They seem to have enough confidence to keep him.

No one knows whether this confidence is true or not, but even if they only play in the Thunder for one year, the lineup of Westbrook + George + Griffin is enough to compete for the championship!

And once they really succeed, the West will have six super teams at once, which is worse than hell!

The Rockets two years ago, the Knicks last year, and possibly the Thunder this year.

Starting from the Big Three of the Celtics, the Big Three of the Heat have flourished, and now it is embarrassing to talk about the championship without the Big Three.

The NBA is ushering in the era of the Big Three.

Except that the Pelicans are a breath of fresh air, which already seems irreversible.

The dust settled on Griffin, and James quickly reached a 1+1 contract extension with the Cavaliers again. Lowry also renewed his contract with the Raptors for 3 million in 1 years.

The big-name players in the free market gradually settled, and only Hayward and Walker remained among the remaining players.

On this day, Tang Tian was reading the news about the free market.

He didn't care about Demps' operation on George and Butler. He expected that no trade would happen, and he made minor repairs like last season.

Now big-name players have signed, but there are still a lot of small fish.

Tang Tian is now focusing on a player that no one else cares about, Fred Van Vleet.

This is a very amazing player. He was nicknamed Van Jordan by fans in his previous life, and he played a huge role in the Raptors winning the championship in the future.

But if you don't know this person, you won't know that he was the undrafted pick in the draft last season, and he has only played for the Raptors for a year.

This kind of player is good at scoring explosively. Now that Forbes has been traded away, it would be a very good choice to sign as the third point guard.

Just as he was thinking, the phone rang suddenly.

He thought it was Dempsey who called, but when he picked it up, he was a little surprised that it was Stevens who called.

The season is over, including the draft, and the coaching staff is now on vacation.

"Don, what do you think of Gordon Hayward?"

When Stevens asked, he was a little confused.

But after some communication, he probably knew what Stevens wanted to do.

In the NCAA finals, Tang Tian defeated Butler University led by Stevens.

There were no stars in that Butler University team. The strongest was Shelvin Mark, a second-round pick who is now playing as a backup point guard for the Jazz.

However, there was the only star in the last team. When Tang Tian played in the NCAA finals, that star also came to the scene to help Butler University.

That star was Gordon Hayward.

Stevens was his university mentor.

Now that Hayward has not confirmed his next home, Stevens asked Tang Tian at this time, naturally asking him what he thinks of Hayward joining the team.

Hayward is a free agent. If he wants to come to the Pelicans, the Jazz are not willing to lose him in vain, and they will definitely be willing to sign and change.

Compared with George and Butler before, this should be the most likely to succeed.

And Stevens has been with the Pelicans for several years, he knows who the Pelicans have the most say.

After Tang Tian figured it out, it wasn't too strange. In history, the main reason for Hayward to go to the Celtics was also Stevens.

However, like George and Butler before him, he has no clear attitude, neither providing help nor blocking.

Stevens didn't get a clear message from Tang Tian, ​​so he could only discuss it with Dempsey.

After hanging up the phone, Tang Tian's emotions were indescribably complicated.

Even though the Pelicans have completed consecutive championships, almost everyone feels that they still need reinforcements.

The Big Three is really already a kind of ethos in the league, not the tendency of individual players.

Chapter 33 Walker's Situation

However, Tang Tian didn't like the Big Three, and it wasn't just because he personally didn't like cliques, he was more worried about the future of the team.

The Big Three need to run in. Whether it is the Big Three of the Heat, the Big Three of the Cavaliers, or even the Big Three of the Rockets and the Big Three of the Lakers, there will be problems in the process of running in, all of which are the result of 1+1+1<3.

Because everyone is a super giant, someone must sacrifice the ball and status. After the sacrifice, not only personal data but also money will be lost.

The NBA is a business league, and the players' playing money must come first, and money cannot be lost for nothing.

So no matter how gimmicked the group is, it will definitely be broken up in the end.

To put it bluntly, this is drinking poison to quench thirst, eager for quick success.

Of course, Tang Tian had his reasons for not objecting. He had been giving advice to the management before, not really being the general manager of the Pelicans.

The team has the opportunity to strengthen, and he will not stop it.

And the most important thing is that he has absolute confidence in his own strength. After all, Jordan is still Jordan with Pippen around him.

On the fourth day of free agency, even those rotation and role players, most of them have already been settled.

At this time, Woj's disciple Shams exposed a piece of news that Hayward and the Pelicans were very close, and the Pelicans and the Jazz had a great chance to reach a trade before and after. The reason is the head coach of the Pelicans, Stevens, and the two sides are likely to cooperate again after the NCAA.

In February of this year, Adrian. Wojnarowski, the most well-known sports reporter in the NBA, also known as Woj to fans, switched to ESPN.

Yahoo's number one reporter has also changed from Woj to his former disciple Shams.Charania.

Like the fierce free market, the news wars are raging.

Although Woj has slammed shams for most of the year, this time shams took the lead.

After the news was exposed, it immediately attracted another wave of heated discussions among fans on social media.

"George, Butler, Hayward, these are the three top small forwards competing for the starting small forward of the Pelicans?!"

"The temptation of the dynasty is too great! And if the Pelicans can get one of them, the confidence of the dynasty will increase dramatically!"

"I don't think George and Butler have great chances. The Pacers will not do what George wants, and the Mavericks will not be able to make their main competitors stronger. On the contrary, Hayward, a free agent, can directly change one."

"Holiday + Don + Hayward + Davis + Jokic, this lineup is scary enough! I think this league is really coming to an end!"

"Isn't Tatum the shadow of Stern! Hurry up and stop this deal! If this succeeds, the NBA is completely finished!" A speech from a Harrell fan.

"Agreed, no one wants to watch the NBA without suspense!" A statement from a Forbes fan.

"It's okay! Didn't you say that when Durant went to the Warriors? There's no big ending!"

"I think it's hard to stop this. George and Butler have a reason to get it done, but Hayward basically has no chance."

"It's over, it's over, the alliance is over!"

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When one star after another jumped out and said they wanted to go to the Pelicans, fans increasingly felt that the Pelicans' dynasty was irreversible.

Even because the Pelicans completed consecutive championships and replaced the Warriors as the public enemy of fans, most fans began to be dissatisfied with Tatum.

Just like Stern was to James and Silver was to the Warriors, fans now feel that Tatum is no different from Tang Tian and Pelicans.