612: One step closer to becoming supergiant?
While Link and Rachel are witnessing other people's happiness in Spain, the NBA's summer transfer market is already in full swing.
As soon as the market opened, the Brooklyn Nets and Celtics hatched a seismic trade involving eight players and three first-round picks.
The Nets sent three future first-round picks in 2014, 2016 and 2018 to join Gerrard. Wallace, Marchand. Brooks, Chris. Joseph and Humphries' expiring contracts, in addition to the sign-and-trade of Bogans in exchange for Celtic's Garnett, Pierce and Jason "The Jets". Terry.
This means that the era of the Celtic Big Three is completely over.
Two years ago, when Ray. When Allen chose to leave the Celtics, Garnett and Pierce were full of abuse and accusations against him. But now, they themselves have left Boston.
Don't say anything, trading is out of the player's control. In fact, Garnett had a veto on his contract, and he nevertheless agreed to the deal.
After trading to the second veteran of the Green Army, the Nets' roster book has become extremely luxurious. They have All-Star caliber players at all five positions: Garnett, Pierce, Delon. Williams, Joe. Johnson and Brooke. Lopez. Undoubtedly, this gives the Nets a chance to challenge the Heat and Grizzlies for a championship.
But at the same time, the Nets have a staggering $82 million in total salaries from just five starters, and the new season is bound to pay a hefty luxury tax. But for the Nets' Russian boss, the luxury tax is nothing to mention. As long as the Nets can win the championship, he is willing to spend as much as you ask him to spend.
This explosive deal completely detonated this frenzied summer. Of course, the Nets' lineup also embarrassed the owners of NBA teams.
It's so expensive!
But does expensive necessarily equal the overall championship? Competitive sports aren't that simple.
After the Celtics' trade with the Nets, Dwight, the "monster" who was depressed in the Lakers last season. Howard has finally found his new home.
4 years and 88 million, Howard settled in Houston, a city with a center tradition. He and James. What Harden can make the Rockets play is undoubtedly the most important thing for fans.
Before the start of the new season, people are full of curiosity about what will happen next season. In the case of the Heat, Spurs, Thunder and other strong opponents, now the Rockets and Nets are joining the battle.
People have said that it will be extremely difficult for the Grizzlies to successfully defend their title next season!
In addition, personnel changes such as Josh joining the Pistons, Mayo joining the Bucks, and Millsap joining the Hawks have really whetted the appetite of fans.
And under the bombardment of so many transfer news, the news of the Grizzlies' consecutive wins in the summer league is not eye-catching.
"Won again?" Link, who was still on vacation in Spain, was quite happy after seeing the news that the Grizzlies had won four consecutive games in the summer league.
Indeed, the results of the summer league do not represent the true strength of a team. This kind of game is more like a show for high-pick rookies and the opportunity for some low-level players to find jobs. It's not a pity to lose, and there's nothing to be happy about winning.
But see Jimmy. Butler, Tobias. Harris and Snyder were playing well in the summer league, and Link was still very excited.
These three people will all go directly into the team's main lineup next season. Butler and Harris needless to say, the Grizzlies also signed Snyder to a one-year contract a few days ago. The guy with the name of a German and the look of a villain will be the Grizzlies' head assistant next season!
So their ability to perform well in the Summer League is a sign that they are very much to look forward to in the regular season next season.
Butler played well in Harris in the Summer League and was simply a superstar in the Summer League. And Snyder's performance in the summer league is also very good, and it can be seen that he does have a good coaching foundation.
A more mature Butler and Harris, plus a completely capable Snyder. Link believes the Grizzlies will be much better next season.
"Still watching the news about the transfer period?"
Just when Link fantasizes about a better performance for the Grizzlies next season, Rachel in a swimsuit appears in Link's eyes.
Link's eyes were instantly drawn to Rachel, who was worthy of being a girl basketball star in high school, and her figure was really good.
"Is it pretty?" Rachel spun around in front of Link's eyes.
Today, Gasol and Link made an appointment to sail to the island by themselves, so Rachel tried on her new swimsuit after lunch.
"Hmm...... You are definitely the brightest star on the entire ship today. ”
"Haha, when did you get so sweet in your mouth? By the way, Link, when are you going to start training again this year? ”
"It's probably August, and I feel like I'm getting rusty." Although he is still in Spain, Link has actually started planning training this summer, and like last year, Link plans to form a training camp on his own and find a group of like-minded people to work together.
The trainer is definitely Chris. Brickley didn't run, and they had a great time working together last summer. As for the training partners, Link also intends to add some new blood on the basis of last year.
After all, he is now the champion and FMVP. The appeal of the alliance is more than one level greater than before. Link believes that those who receive his invitation will definitely be more than happy to join the training camp.
This year, there is no Dream Team training match for Link to practice. Therefore, from the beginning of the formation of the training team, it is necessary to choose the highest level.
The vacation for NBA players may seem like a long one, but for a player like Link, it's very short.
From the end of June to the end of July, Link can rest during this month. But since August, preparations have been basically underway.
Training in August runs into September, and at the end of September, the NBA New Season Training Camp will begin again. So, Link really doesn't have much free time.
"It's so early...... You've only just taken a half-month break. Rachel's tone was tinged with disappointment, she thought she could have been with Link longer.
"Don't think so, you have to think about it, we have almost a month left to relax." Link laughed, he wasn't at all averse to training.
While the trip to Spain was tempting, the days spent living with Rachel every day were sweet. Although Link signed a massive $300 million contract this summer, he became the most high-profile star in the United States.
But Link is well aware that this summer, if he trains hard, he will be one step away from the peak Hill, which is more attractive than anything else.
Since last season Link had already won the 02-03 season Grant. Hill's abilities. So if he upgrades again this time, Lin will be able to get the 01-02 season Grant. Hill's abilities!
The 01-02 season was Hill's second season with the Magic. Although Maddy has successfully replaced him as a signature player for the Magic in the past year, Hill has continued to perform well since his comeback.
In the first game of the season, Hill scored back-to-back points on the head of the twilight "Big Dream", cutting 22 points and allowing Carter and Peterson to shoot 4-of-24 from the field. The subsequent 28 points against the SuperSonics and 17 points and 16 rebounds against the Spurs seemed to announce that the "Devil's Mountain" of the past had returned, and his bounce was still as ferocious as ever. Against the Lakers, Hill had 21 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists, almost a triple-double. Against the Nuggets, 23 points and 11 rebounds, it seems that the one-year gap did not affect anything, and Hill is still the same Hill, or the super small forward.
But what happened after that is known to everyone, Hill's fourth surgery completely changed the trajectory of his career.
But Link doesn't have to worry about injury, Hill's near-peak state before his injury is enough for Link to kill all sides in the new season!
And it is well known that Hill's peak was in the 90s. But '04 later, the league changed the rules of defense, eliminating the famous handcheck, which did not allow defenders to make any hand and forearm contact with offensive players outside of the free throw area, which means that they could only rely on sliding and positioning to determine the direction of the opponent's attack.
In the next three years, Nash won the MVP, Wade and Parker, two breakthrough guards, won the Finals MVP, Ginobili made a big show, and Kobe Bryant won two scoring titles...... The NBA has officially entered the era of offense, and a number of outside players have begun to rise.
After the rule change in '04, the true shooting percentage of outside players soared, the number of free throws soared, and outside players began to dominate the game in place of big men.
But when this rule was introduced, Hill no longer had the ability to do so. If Hill doesn't get injured and catches up with the No Handcheck era, can he rise like the rest of the outside players?
Link believes he'll get the answer soon.