NBA bench saves national team

Time passes day by day.

The entire free market fell silent, and everyone seemed to be waiting for James' decision.

at last.

On July 7, James made his own decision and published an open letter in "Sports Illustrated", announcing his return to the Cavaliers!

Suddenly, the whole of Cleveland boiled again.

After James left, the Cavaliers became the Eastern Conference team for four years and won 3 No. [-] picks, which did not usher in a revival for the team.

And now that James returns, the Cavaliers will once again become a top team.

soon.

Yahoo Voshen broke the news about the contract details of James' return to the Cavaliers, and did not sign a four-year 4 million maximum salary contract with the Cavaliers.

Instead, he signed a two-year short contract of $2 million, and he also has player options in the second year.

This also means that James can jump out of his contract next season and become a free agent again.

I have to say that James' operation is very high-end.

If you sign the contract in this way, you can maintain your freedom to the maximum extent.

In other words, his future career is no longer in the hands of the team, but in his own hands.

It can be adjusted flexibly at any time.

For such a contract, the Cavaliers agreed without any hesitation, because they did not want to lose James again.

With James and without James, the Cavaliers are completely two different teams, not only in terms of strength, but also in terms of market attention.

After welcoming James back now, the Cavaliers have once again become one of the most watched teams in the league.

Statistics show that in less than half a day, the price of the Cavaliers' home game tickets has doubled, and the sales of season tickets and monthly tickets are several times that of previous years.

It is conceivable that the Cavaliers, whose home attendance was less than 50% last season, will be full next season.

This is the influence of James, the second player in active service.

Of course, everyone knows that the Cavaliers' reinforcements have not stopped, because the current Cavaliers lineup cannot meet James' requirements at all.

Irving can be used a lot, Ben Nate is already the No. [-] pick in parallel imports, and the newly selected No. [-] pick Wiggins is too young, so the Cavaliers still need to adjust the lineup.

In addition to the Cavaliers' next operations attracting attention, the Heat who lost James also attracted attention.

In order to make up for the loss of James, the Heat also attacked quickly, and they got rid of Wade and Bosh in less than half a day.

It's just that the contract signed by the two superstars has caused huge controversy.

Bosh's contract extension is a five-year maximum salary of 5 million.

Wade sacrificed himself again and only signed a two-year, $2 million contract.

This contract level is only the treatment of an ordinary All-Star player in the league.

As a result, Wade has not signed a maximum salary contract so far in his career.

It's a little outrageous.

Later in the interview, Wade also expressed that he was willing to cut his salary so that the team could introduce competitive players so as to continue to compete for the championship!

In this regard.

Wade's fans were also very upset and asked soul questions.

Why is it always you who cut your salary?

In the next few days, the Heat also quickly signed in, signed Dragic, traded for Luol Deng and so on.

The media also commented that although the Heat lost James, this wave of operations during the offseason can still keep it among the powerhouses in the Eastern Conference.

Look at the Cavaliers again.

The management has always wanted to strengthen and continue to improve the competitiveness of the team.

The media also gave suggestions one after another, such as trading Anthony, trading Chris Paul and so on.

Anyway, it's as outrageous as it wants to be.

And from these trading rumors, it can be seen that the Cavaliers' goal is actually very clear, that is, to use the existing chips in their hands to trade for an All-Star player to assist James.

In this way, the Cavaliers can also form a Big Three lineup.

The Cavaliers' signing targets are also placed in the inside players. After all, Irving and James are both outsiders. If there is another All-Star player outside, the team's lineup will not be very reasonable. against.

soon.

There are rumors that the Cavaliers are interested in the Timberwolves' All-Star insider Kevin Love.

The reason why there are such trade rumors is also because the Timberwolves were the first to be exposed by the media that the team's locker room was not harmonious.

The main reason is that the Timberwolves' penalty area is too crowded.

Howard has joined the Timberwolves for two seasons, but he has never been able to have a chemical reaction with Love, which makes it impossible for the team to go further in the playoffs.

This gave the Timberwolves the idea of ​​trading.

Their striker is one of the weakest strikers in the league, so trading a strong striker can make up for the team's shortcomings in the lineup.

In this context, rumors are flying everywhere.

A few days later, Yahoo reporter Wo Shen broke the news of a blockbuster deal. The Cavaliers completed a three-way deal with the Timberwolves and the 76ers. Love and the No. [-] pick Wiggins swapped clubs!

thus.

Wiggins also became the first No. [-] pick in NBA history to be traded without playing a game.

This also left a deep psychological trauma for the young Wiggins.

But for James, it doesn't matter.

If you want to create a championship team, you can't be indecisive, you must be decisive.

Wiggins is very good and very talented, but obviously James can't wait for Wiggins to grow up. He now wants the team to have the strength to compete for the championship.

Now after the trade to Love, the Cavaliers have this strength.

At least on paper, the Cavaliers are very strong.

The eastern pattern has undergone tremendous changes because of James' change of ownership.

There hasn't been much change in the West. The high-profile Lakers didn't have too much news. They just signed two rookies, and then very low-keyly renewed Kobe's contract at a price of $2 million for two years.

Then he renewed Gasol's contract at a price of $2 million for two years, maintaining the team's core lineup.

Although Gasol's state is not as good as before, as long as he stands on the court, he still has a certain effect.

And as the Lakers play more and more small lineups, Gasol will be used less and less.

The rest of the players are under contract, with only Morris and Butler coming into the final year of their rookie deals.

Whether the Lakers will renew the contracts of these two players depends on their performance in the new season.

In the end, the Lakers amnesty power forward Ryan Anderson.

The operation of the offseason ends here.

So the Lakers lineup is:

Center: Gasol ($1000 million), Taj Gibson ($120 million), Jokic ($100 million);

Power Forward: Giannis Antetokounmpo (200 million), Markieff Morris (210 million);

Small forwards: Qin Feng (1900 million), pj Tucker (100 million), Butler (120 million);

Shooting guard: Kobe (2700 million), Clarkson (50);

Point guard: Lowry (700 million), Jordan Farmar (150 million);

The team's salary expenditure for the new season is about 7350 million US dollars, which is nearly 1700 million less than last season.

In this case, the Lakers will not have to pay the luxury tax in the new season, and the salary space will become more reasonable.

But this is only temporary.

Next season, as the Lakers will renew the contracts of Morris, Butler and others, as well as Qin Feng, the salary space of the Lakers will continue to explode.

But the good news is that after Kobe signed this big contract, even if he wants to extend his career two years later, he probably won't be able to get such a contract.

Moreover, the league will start a new labor agreement, and the nba will also get a new broadcast contract in the 16 season, which may lead to a skyrocketing increase in players' income.

This gives the Lakers more opportunities to operate!