NBA: James wants to team up with me

The 2014 draft was held on June 6 in Brooklyn, New York.

The overall draft process went smoothly. The Cleveland Cavaliers, holding the No. 1 pick, selected Andrew Wiggins as the No. 1 pick in the NBA.

Wiggins, who is 2 meters tall and plays the role of shooting guard/small forward, is extremely talented and can almost keep pace with Joel Embiid, another top pick. However, when Embiid was injured, he chose surgery, which determined his rookie season. With the reimbursement, it is only natural that Wiggins becomes the No. 01 pick in the NBA.

Embiid's draft pick fell to the third pick as originally, which shows how talented he is. Even if he suffered a serious injury before landing in the NBA, there are still teams willing to help him. Its adventurous.

During the draft, the league has begun to gradually become turbulent, and many teams are ready to make a move. After all, this summer's free market is full of superstars, and there is huge room for maneuver.

After the draft, all teams in the league have already begun active operations. They are just waiting for the free market to open on July 7. They should contact free agents as soon as possible, and they should act immediately to free up salary space through trades.

On July 7st, the first to take action was the Cleveland Cavaliers. They reached a five-year, 1 million maximum salary contract with star Kyrie Irving.

This is an early renewal contract. Irving's rookie contract is only in its third year, and next year will be the fourth year of his rookie contract. Therefore, the Cavaliers' signing will not affect the team's salary space. Irving's annual salary next season It's still only about 700 million for a rookie contract.

The purpose of the Cavaliers' move is to stabilize Irving, and to reveal a message to the outside world through this move to demonstrate the current development potential of the Cavaliers.

They have Irving who can play for the Cavaliers for at least six years, Wiggins, who was just selected as the No. 1 pick, and young potential players such as Tristan Thompson and Dion Waiters, even last year’s No. 1 pick Anthony Bennet. Even if Te accidentally made a mistake, they still had a lot of chips.

In the eyes of Cleveland fans, the Cavaliers' move is obviously a way to show sincerity to James through practical actions.

The Cavaliers currently have ample salary space. The largest contracts in the team are Varejao with 900 million and Irving with 700 million. The salary space is as much as 3400 million. With such good conditions, it is reasonable for James to return.

At this time, Cavaliers fans still didn't know Wang Chong wanted to join the Cavaliers, so they tried every means to get James back to Cleveland.

They shouted slogans and appeals on social media and various platforms. There were even fanatical fans marching on the streets of Cleveland holding up signs such as "LeBron Go Home". The noise was very loud.

At the same time, James chose to jump out of his contract as soon as he became a free agent, and his attitude was ambiguous. He did not immediately renew his contract with the Heat. The meaning was actually very obvious.

Many people can't help but start to speculate, if James wants to leave the Heat, where will his next home be?

Will he return to the Cleveland Cavaliers as he hinted at in previous interviews?

But no one knew that James himself was confused at this time.

Before the start of the free market, although the league stipulated that players could not communicate with the team, this rule could not be strictly enforced. No matter how powerful the league was, it could not install a monitor on James' mobile phone.

Therefore, James has already communicated with the Cavaliers management to a certain extent. Although he did not say anything to death, I believe that the Cavaliers management will not understand his implicit attitude.

In fact, just as James thought, when he revealed his intention to return to the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers immediately became excited and worked very actively on this matter, looking forward to welcoming back their runaway king.

But what makes him a little strange is that in recent days, the attitude of the Cavaliers management seems to have suddenly cooled down. Even after the free market opened on July 7, the Cavaliers management did not immediately contact their agent to discuss signing. It was as if he had completely forgotten about it.

James is also a bit down here. He definitely doesn't plan to stay in the Heat anymore. It is impossible to beat Wang Chong's Bulls here, and his dream of winning the championship will never be realized.

But James is the league's top superstar after all. It would be too cheap for him to lower his face and ask the Cavaliers if they want him. He definitely can't do it, which leads to a stalemate at this very embarrassing point, leaving James Some can't get off stage.

"Hmph, the Cavaliers management is too arrogant. They actually asked me to wait for news from them. I want to see how long you can keep calm."

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The free market in 2014 is full of superstars. You only need to take a brief inventory of the players whose contracts have expired to understand what it means.

Those who became free agents include Wang Chong and Marc Gasol of the Bulls, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade of the Heat, Carmelo Anthony of the Knicks, Kobe Bryant of the Lakers, Chris Bosh.

These players alone are enough to form an All-Star team. Other players such as Paul George, John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins ​​and other restricted players are not included.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as any one of these superstars can be won, it can directly drive the strength of a team to take off.

Among these players, the one who attracts the most attention is undoubtedly LeBron James.

Although Wang Chong has completely surrounded James in terms of honor and strength and is worth more than him, everyone's consensus is that Wang Chong will definitely renew his contract with the Chicago Bulls.

The Bulls have just won their sixth championship. The team has a complete lineup, good chemical reactions, and no news of conflicts. The management will definitely offer Wang Chong a super-maximum contract. No matter how you think about it, Wang Chong has no reason to leave the Bulls.

On the other hand, James has a strong desire to leave the team and is very likely to leave the Heat without renewing his contract after breaking out of his contract.

Therefore, James' attention is much greater than that of Wang Chong. Almost everyone is looking at James, wanting to know where he is going.

But just a few days after the free market opened, on July 7, a piece of news caused a stir across the league.

The Cleveland Cavaliers officially issued a statement that they will sign free agent Wang Chong, and next season will usher in a strong competitor for the number one player in league history.

At the same time, the Chicago Bulls also issued a statement thanking Wang Chong for his great contributions to the Bulls over the past nine seasons and wishing Wang Chong all the best in his future career.

The two teams spoke out at the same time, leaving no suspense at all about Wang Chong joining Cleveland. It was confirmed and successfully caused an uproar in the league.

In nine years, Wang Chong has brought six NBA championships and nine Eastern Conference championship trophies to the Bulls. In terms of honors, he can keep pace with Jordan. As long as he continues to stay in the Bulls, even if he wins one more championship, he can completely surpass Jordan. , while becoming the first person in league history, he will also replace Jordan as the new totem and symbol of the Bulls.

Considering the Bulls' roster, that's not even remotely difficult.

But Wang Chong actually chose to leave the Bulls at such a critical moment, and he joined the Cleveland Cavaliers, which is recognized as a small ball market!

No one understands what Wang Chong thinks, and they can't guess the motives and reasons at all.

Could it be that Wang Chong had a serious conflict with the Bulls management and chose to leave Chicago? But even so, Wang Chong can still choose a big team with good strength. There is no need to go to the Cavaliers, which is known as the village. Wouldn't this ruin his great future?

After all, Wang Chong is now 29 years old. He will celebrate his 30th birthday next season. He is considered a veteran. There are only a few years left in the peak period of his career. There is no need to waste his prime period on On a bad team like the Cavaliers.

Of course, the Cavaliers are actually not that unbearable. Although the team's current record is mediocre, it is still thriving, otherwise James would not consider coming back.

But this kind of thing needs to be compared. Compared with the Bulls, the Cavaliers' lineup is scrappy.

Compared with the Bulls, the Cavaliers really don't have any advantage at all, and even the city is far inferior to a metropolis like Chicago.

But no matter how absurd and unbelievable the situation is, it has become an established fact that Wang Chong joined the Bulls.

The Cavaliers also became one of the favorite teams to win the championship in the new season because of Wang Chong's joining! No matter how bad the Cavaliers' regular season record is this season, as long as there is Wang Chong, no matter how rigorous the media is, they will think so.

The fans in Chicago were stunned. The news came too suddenly and was hard for them to accept. They didn't understand why Wang Chong left Chicago. The angry Bulls fans could only explain Wang Chong's departure from the team. The reason comes down to management.

"The Bulls management must have made Wang Chong dissatisfied. Otherwise, how could Wang Chong leave suddenly and quietly?"

The Bulls management, which was under inexplicable pressure, could only hold an emergency press conference to announce to the outside world the so-called reason for Wang Chong's sudden switch to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

"It's a pity that Wang Chong left the team. We were shocked when we learned about Wang Chong's choice and didn't understand why he left. Then Wang Chong answered me like this." Bulls general manager Paxson shook his head and said: "He said: Even if I continue to stay in the Bulls, there is no point in it. Winning here has become a matter of course and it is too easy, so I want to challenge my limits and join a team that is in the playoffs in the new season. team outside and help them win the championship.”

When reporters and fans heard this explanation from the Bulls, their first reaction was nonsense.

This reason is too ridiculous, just like a millionaire saying that he is tired of eating big fish and meat and wants to eat some chaffy vegetables after two days of hard life. Who is looking for trouble when they have nothing to do?

But later, when a reporter blocked Wang Chong for an interview, he got confirmation from Wang Chong.

"Yes, what Paxson said is true. I have no conflicts with the Bulls management or the team. I just wanted to jump out of my comfort zone when I joined the Cavaliers, put myself back into challenges, and force myself to become better. powerful."

Wang Chong's words finally sealed the matter completely, but they also made more people feel that Wang Chong was a little too arrogant.

Even if Wang Chong has won seven championships, it does not mean that he is truly invincible. The Bulls' strong lineup in recent years is obvious to all in the league. Wang Chong may be the one who deserves the most credit for winning the championship, but by no means all the credit belongs to him. One person, does he really think he can lead his team to win the championship on his own? Isn’t this too underestimated of the world’s heroes?

"Wang Chong is very likely to make the worst decision in his career, and he is very likely to miss the opportunity to completely surpass Michael Jordan and become the first person in the history of the league! If Wang Chong never wins a championship again, he has achieved the most Let him sit on an equal footing with Jordan and share the throne of the number one player in the history of the league, and he cannot truly monopolize the number one position in the league."

"It's obvious that if you stay with the Bulls, it's only a matter of time before you surpass Jordan. Why do you have to cause trouble for yourself?"

Of course, some people admire Wang Chong's courage.

"Everyone knows how difficult it is to leave the comfort zone, but Wang Chong did it. He left the Bulls, where he could win steadily, and chose to put himself back into challenges. Everyone was questioning it. What if Wang Chong can never win a championship after leaving the Bulls, but no one thinks about it. What if Wang Chong can still win the championship in Cleveland? What about the cup-winning team that brings the championship?”

"If Wang Chong really does it, then he will undoubtedly surpass Michael Jordan and take the position of the number one player in the history of the league. And I am afraid that no one will be able to threaten his position in the future. After all, this will not change. To make it possible, to turn decay into something magical can really be described as a miracle.”

"No matter what others think, I am full of expectations for Wang Chong's development with the Cavaliers next season, and I can't wait for the start of the new season!"

Wang Chong, who was in the eye of the storm, acted very calm from beginning to end.

The sensation from the outside world was something he expected, and he does have such a status now.

Rather than paying attention to the reaction from the outside world, Wang Chong is more concerned about the subsequent adjustments to the Cavaliers' lineup.

It is definitely impossible to lead the Cavaliers to win the championship next season with the current lineup, but Wang Chong will not let the Cavaliers overdraw their future in exchange for immediate combat capabilities like Kevin Love when James returned to the Cavaliers. .

For him, a time traveler, it is not a problem at all to build a championship team through patchwork, and he even has a preliminary idea in his mind.

In the Cavaliers' current lineup, there are two players who are suitable to continue to stay in the team as starters next season. These two people are naturally the Cavaliers' two No. 1 picks, Kyrie Irving and Andrew Wiggins.