On May 14, 2010, the final awards of the NBA season were announced.

Best Defensive Player, Howard won the Best Defensive Player for two consecutive years without any suspense.

However, Howard, who was already unhappy, was going to be unhappy again.

won the best defensive player, but it didn't make the headlines!

Just last night, a deal was reached for a deal involving at least four teams and possibly many more!

The current tentative deal is for the Rockets to send Yao Ming to the Mavericks for an unprotected first-round pick in 2013, second-round picks in 2010 and 2012, a non-guaranteed contract with Eric Dampier, and Francesco Garcia for the Kings.

The Bobcats sent Tyson Chandler and Theo Ratliffe to a combined $14 million contract for air, and got the Mavericks' Matt Carroll to a last-year contract with only 80 partial guarantees and Mavericks backup forward Edondo Nahura, which is basically equal to two contracts totaling $14 million for air.

The Kings sent Francisco Garcia to get Caron Butler from the Mavericks.

The Mavericks will send a first-round pick and two second-rounders, as well as a high-quality contract with Caron Butler, a high-value expiring contract with Eric Dampier, a sign-and-trade Yao Ming, and two backup centers for the Bobcats.

This is just a preliminary agreement, and the Mavericks still have some contract issues to deal with.

Like what...... Nowitzki announced that he jumped out of the player option of 21.6 million next season and took the initiative to reduce his salary to renew his contract......

According to a report by Google Sports columnist Wojkina Wowski, if given the opportunity, the Mavericks will pull in more teams, use draft picks to clear more one- or two-year contracts, and create a higher sign-and-trade salary for Yao.

Bill Duffy is already stationed in Dallas to discuss with the Mavericks about Yao Ming's new contract.

Yao Ming's trade was like a depth charge for the frighteningly calm trading market of the past ten days, immediately stealing all the attention, even the upcoming East-West Finals, James winning the MVP and going fishing, Howard's Defensive Player of the Year...... All of them have stolen the limelight!

was also robbed of the limelight, as well as Sun Ce......

Sun Ce became the second rookie in history to win the Sixth Man of the Year award, which should have been celebrated by the whole world of domestic basketball, but now ......

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Sun Ce didn't expect that he would overtake Jamal Crawford and Jason Terry to get the best sixth man!

Sun Ce became the second rookie in history to be the best sixth man, but ...... It's not the right time! There were only a few dozen reporters who came to the press conference, which was too different from the crowd of reporters when they won the best rookie award.

Even some reporters from Memphis and Tennessee went to Dallas and Houston.

It's heartbreaking!

But who made things so exciting for the Mavericks and Rockets?

Team Rocket's head is iron-clad and wants to squeeze Yao Ming again, but it is purely because he is used to squeezing, and he thinks that Yao Ming will definitely agree.

But Yao Ming is so decisive this time, anyway, there is a little overlord to take the blame......

And the Mavericks' internal stubbornness over the years has been completely solved, even if Yao Ming is only in good shape for more than 20 minutes per game, the bench is also supported by Chandler, and the two can alternately play, one main offense, one main defense, and Yao Ming's basket defense is among the top few in the league, and the center position has changed from the bottom of the league to the top three in the league!

Except for the Magic with Howard and Gortat, and the Lakers with Gasol, Bynum, and Odom, no team is stronger than the Mavericks at center!

Even if the Grizzlies are expected by the media to improve Gasol Jr. and Jordan Jr. next season, the center position has no advantage in the face of the Mavericks, at most they rely on their youth to play half a pound or two, and even Jordan Jr.'s fast break, Chandler, who is at his peak, can keep up!

Kidd + Marion + Nowitzki + Yao Ming + Chandler ...... This core lineup explodes!

Of course, there are also media doubts about the Mavericks' dismal performance in the playoffs in the past four years, but the super lineup is accompanied by huge doubts...... It's so good for hype that all the media is concentrated in Texas.

On San Antonio's side, Popovich was speechless, they were silently preparing to change their style of play, from slow-paced dead defense to brisk passing attack + defense, and suddenly received a call from Bill Duffy, asking them if they wanted to get Yao Ming, he hesitated for a night, and the opportunity was lost!

He really didn't hesitate to get Yao Ming, he had the opportunity to get a 30-year-old Yao Ming, and he followed Duncan to practice Yao Ming, who lost nearly ten kilograms in two summers, he would refuse if he was stupid, and in the future, the 37-year-old Gasol will have to wait for 31 million for two years.

Popovich just suspected that Bill Duffy was joking with him, and who knew it was true!

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Seeing that others are making a fortune, the Grizzlies can only envy it, and then take care of the players they already have.

There's no way they're going to get Yao Ming, and Chris Wallace and Robert Pera are well aware of that.

They already have Sun Ce, and their commercial potential is not lost to Yao Ming, but their rookie season has raised their ticket prices from the bottom of the league to the middle and upper reaches of the league, although this market value is not as good as the value that Yao Ming's rookie season brought to the Rockets, after all, Yao Ming's entry into the NBA at that time was equivalent to opening the Chinese market.

However, the increase in the commercial value that Sun Ce brought to the Grizzlies was close to that of James in his rookie year, when the Cavaliers went from the third-to-last ticket price in the league and the second-to-last live broadcast in the league in the 02-03 season to the tenth ticket price in the league and the league's first live broadcast tied with the Lakers.

As for the Knicks...... The owner has his own TV station, and he also formed the top three live sports leagues in North America with Canada's Colombian Radio and Television, which was not counted in the live broadcast ranking at all.

In this case, they traded Yao Ming...... It is estimated that it will be rejected by all other teams in the league.

It's not that the grizzly bear is good, it's a waste!

Just as the Cavaliers can't fully exploit James' commercial value, the Grizzlies' commercial value of accommodating Sun Ce is already the limit.

The Grizzlies are honestly hooking up with role players who have finished their seasons, just like in the regular season, licking their faces everywhere, interested in this and interested in that......

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On May 16th, the Grizzlies had a real end-of-season celebration, not like at the end of the regular season, when many players and management were drunk, and local tyrant fan owners Pera and Randolph fought together to pick soft persimmons.

It's just that Sun Ce is still forbidden to drink, after all, this is a public occasion, and there are some local dignitaries, celebrities and season pass holders, in case Sun Ce is photographed drinking, he will have to be fined and community labor.

However, Chris Wallace and Coach Hollins didn't drink, and the two have been busy with quality role players whose contracts have expired in the league since the end of the No. 12 Grizzlies season.

Sun Ce, who can't drink, sat with the two of them and listened to the two of them talk about cleaning up the salary space.

Chris Wallace and Coach Hollins didn't carry Sun Ce behind their backs, Sun Ce wanted to listen, so they let Sun Ce listen, anyway, it's not a big deal, and it can still get closer.

The only players under contract on the Grizzlies are Randolph, Sun Ce, Conley, Gasol Jr., Battier, Jordan Jr., Anthony Parker, and Guy's bird rights, adding up to 34.72 million US dollars, according to the projected salary cap of at least 57 million next season, there is a salary space of more than 22 million US dollars this summer.

When Sun Ce heard that the team had such a large space, he thought to himself that if the Lakers didn't want Kobe Bryant, they could eat it directly, and they could go head-to-head with the Mavericks.

However, listening to what the two said, Chris Wallace left enough salary space and was actually waiting for James to make a decision!

If James changes teams and retains the right to sign and then change, as a 7-year veteran, according to the predicted salary cap, the highest starting salary is 16.45 million US dollars, and the contract extension for the Cavaliers is 17.15 million US dollars.

The Grizzlies eat James raw, and they still have room for a bonus of 6 million US dollars...... Sun Ce suddenly felt that the teams in the Southwest Division were so stubborn, and there was always space.

But...... Listening to the two chatting for a long time, why did Sun Ce feel so strange?

When Chris Wallace went to the bathroom, Sun Ce finally couldn't help but ask Coach Hollins, "Coach, are we waiting for James?" ”

"That's right." Coach Hollins responded.

"Do you think it's possible?" Sun Ce complained.

"No way."

"So what are we going to do?"

"Fight for it, say we really like James, what if he's just trying to partner with our two spatial interior players?" Coach Hollins responded.

There's another thing Coach Hollins didn't say – what if my next team has a chance?

Except that he is the owner, or the status of the team has reached the height of Popovich, no management or coach can guarantee that he has been working for the same team.

But...... Looking forward to James, it must be expected, more than 22 million hard space, and if it is possible to sign James, you have to give up Guy's bird rights, then you can free up millions of US dollars, and you can also sign a pitcher guard of 10 million......

After the Cavaliers went out 2-4 last night, Sun Ce saw a lot of news early this morning that teams were interested in James, and there are currently more than 10 teams in the entire league that have freed up at least 17 million space to eat James.

Now their own team is also ready to pursue James......

Not to mention, except that the city is a little smaller...... It's too small, and they can be considered James' perfect next home.

But the issue of the city, for a player of James' commercial value, is the most critical factor when making decisions.

Sun Ce thinks he's still looking forward to the recruitment of role players from his own team!

He also saw that his team had become an intentional team, and there were so many people who were interested, so there had to be a few, right?