Chapter 669: Summer Drama (4)
On July 12, the Zen master made another move, and this time the Nets didn't make much of a move, they just signed Jeremy Lin, a draft pick who graduated from Harvard University. This is a Chinese-American, and although his school is famous enough, it is not well-known in the NCAA, and Jeremy Lin can be regarded as the best basketball player in the history of Harvard University.
Jeremy Lin is not favored by various teams, not only because his school is not strong, but also because he is a senior player.
Few NCAA fourth-year rookies are ranked highly, and no team selected Jeremy Lin in the 2010 NBA Draft.
The American media believes that the Nets signed Jeremy Lin to fill the lack of the team's third point guard, which is insignificant.
Whether Jeremy Lin's contract is a one-year salary or a non-guaranteed contract, and if he can't show his ability to convince Zen masters in the preseason, he could face being cut at any time, and the American media believes that this deal is not worth paying attention to.
The Chinese media is very concerned about the signing of the Nets, because they found that the Nets now have three Chinese, should the pandas get Sun Dasheng to guard the water cooler next?
On July 13, Carmelo. Anthony and Amare. Stoudemire, and DeLong, who everyone didn't expect. Williams announced that he would join the New York Knicks, instantly stealing the limelight from the Miami Big Three and Chicago F4, and the media flocked to New York again.
The New York Knicks' first choice was James, but immediately after the failure of the "pilgrimage", they activated the second contingency plan and chose another Big Three combination.
Xiao Si, Little Melon, Little Fat Man, no one has ever associated these three guys with one piece. No one ever thought they would be on a team. But now the Knicks have really put the trio together. For a while, all the media didn't know what to say about the deal.
Does the Knicks have a Big Three now?
There is no doubt that these three are all top stars in their respective positions, but the Knicks are not related to the word "champion", no matter how good the players they trade, the media and fans subconsciously feel that any deal completed by the Knicks must be shit and will fail!
So now the Knicks' Big Three. The media and fans also felt that they would not succeed.
As for why? Because they're the Knicks!
New York's space this season is actually higher than that of the Heat and Bulls, and they still have 36 million salary space after trading Williams, which is why they have the confidence to form a big three. If you count the middle-class regulations in hand, the Knicks have a lot to do this year.
The Knicks in order to trade DeLong. Williams, will Wilson. Chandler, Nate. Robinson, Daniro. Gallinari was sent to the Jazz in exchange for what the New York media considered to be the league's top three point guards. The other two superstars all joined as free agents.
Delong. Williams, signed with the New York Knicks, original contract amount: 4 years and $62.6 million. Expires in the summer of 2013.
Amare. Stoudemire, signed with the New York Knicks. Contract amount: $111 million over 6 years, option to terminate the contract early for 5 years, veto rights.
Camero. Anthony, signed with the New York Knicks, contract amount: 6 years, $120 million, with an option to terminate his contract early in the fifth year, with trade veto power.
The Knicks are made up of the Big Three, and the Jazz don't have a big loss, and they get enough good players, plus the newly drafted Hayward, to start a rebuild right away.
But the Lakers on the other side are really tragic, the Thunder snatched Tyson. Chandler, Bulls snatch Kobe. Bryant, the Nets snatched the Zen master, the Lakers were stabbed three times this summer, and the Purple and Gold must be the most injured team this year.
In the next few days, it was basically news of the contract renewals of each team. Nowitzki jumped out of his final year of his $22 million contract and then extended his contract for four years for just $74 million. Although the German jumped out of his contract, it was clearly for the sake of the Mavericks, and he even gave up his high salary in the last year in favor of a pay cut. As compensation, the Mavericks prepared the Alliance Overlord clause for him: not tradable.
Nowitzki's salary cut is entirely to clear enough space for the team to sign a star center, and at the moment all managers in the league are envious of Cuban, and it is really lucky to have such a player.
On July 14, the Rockets and the Mavericks staged a big trade, and Yao Ming's personality certainly couldn't do the defection of James and Kobe, so the Mavericks had to sign first and then trade, using Cuaron who only had one year left on his contract. Butler traded for Yao Ming.
Yao Ming, signed to the Dallas Mavericks, contract amount: $50 million for 4 years, with a fourth-year player option.
The contract of the little giant is not big, the Rockets have completely lost their Chinese giant, at this moment Alexander is still with Guy for millions of annual salary ink, see Yao Ming said to leave, the Rockets are also worried that other teams will offer Guy a more terrible contract, decided to start first.
Rudy. Gay, contracted team: Rockets, contract amount: 82 million over 5 years.
Paul of the Celts. Pierce also opted to jump out of his contract, also only staying with the team for a pay cut, and the only argument in Pierce's negotiations with the Celtics was whether he needed full coverage in the fourth year. From here, it can be seen that the Green Army is indeed not as humane as the Mavericks, they only know how to make the players sacrifice.
On July 18, the Clippers signed another player, and this player instantly touched the hearts of countless Chinese fans, because the Clippers signed Tracy Lee, who no one cared about. Mcgrady.
Maddy, who was injured again in New York last season, is now in the same predicament as Iverson, and no team will give them a high salary this year, and Maddie will not accept a long-term contract with a low salary, and a one-year short-term contract is most suitable for Maddie. The picture-shooting former superstar wants to prove himself again and then fight for his retirement contract next year.
The Clippers offered Maddy a $1.5 million veteran base salary, positioning him as Ray Murphy. Allen's bench, if he can show six or seven percent of his peak form, the Clippers will make a lot of money.
As soon as the Nets saw that the Clippers had a trade, they immediately made a move, and they signed pure shooter Steve with a base salary. Novak, which is again a mobile turret for Brother Panda; Then they re-signed Jason with a veteran base salary. Collins, found a good center forward replacement for the team.
However, the Nets' interior personnel are still too small, and there are still only Lopez and Collins at this time, and the Nets' No. 5 personnel reserve is seriously insufficient.
On July 20th, they signed Ben with a biennial exception. Wallace, once again prepare an emergency crew for the inside line.
Big Ben is about to turn 36 years old, and he has always relied on explosiveness to make up for his lack of height, and now his form has dropped badly, but he can still provide quite good help defense and blocking, and it is still a good choice if used as a reserve force on the inside.
The Zen master is more interested in Ben Zhong's rich Finals experience, which is important for the newly restructured Nets, who need veterans with major tournament experience.
At this time, the Nets have been rebuilt in all positions, except for the second position for the time being, there is only one Matthews. So, two days later, the Zen master poached the defensive stalwart Tony from the Celtics who became a free agent. Allen, the Nets offered him a contract of $10 million for three years.
At the end of July, the old Dunleavy in the west and the Zen master in the east patched up, the Clippers and Nets were basically reorganized, and the reorganization of the entire league also came to an end.
Clippers: Head coach - Dunleavy Sr.
PG: Billups, Golan. Dragic, Patrick. Beverley.
SG: Ray. Aaron, Tracy. McGrady, Grevis. Vasquez.
SF: Andrey. Iguodala, Grant. Hill.
PF: Ji Guoyi, Joel. Anthony, Jared. Jeffries.
C: Shaq. O'Neill, DeAndrew. Jordan.
Nets: Head Coach - Zen Master.
PG: Nash, Eric. Bledsoe, Jeremy Lin.
SG: Wesley. Matthews, Tony. Alan.
SF: Kyle. Korver, Paul. George, Steve. Novak.
PF: Ji Guoqiu, Chris. Humphries, Yi Jianlian.
C: Brooke. López, Jason. Collins, Ben. Wallace.
If you haven't paid attention to NBA news for a month, then at this time, I'm afraid you won't recognize many teams.
Heat - LeBron. James, Dwight. Wade, Chris. Bosh.
Bulls - Kobe. Bryant, Derek. Rose, Rohr. Deng, Carlos. Boozer, Joaquin. Noah.
New York - Delong. Williams, Amare. Stoudemire, Cameron. Anthony.
Thunder - Kevin. Durant, Russell. Westbrook, Tyson. Chandler, Serge. Ibaka, James. Harden.
Maverick - Dirk. Nowitzki, Yao Ming, Ma Sin. Gortat, Jason. Kidd, Sean. Marion, Jason. Terry.
Spurs - Tim. Duncan, Antoine. Jamison, Tony. Parker, Manu. Ginobili, Ronnie. Brewer.
Celtic - Kevin. Garnett, Paul. Pierce, Rajan. Rondo, Jermaine. O'Neill, Rashid. Wallace.
Rocket - Rudy. Guy, Stephen. Marbury, David. Lee, Louis. Scola, Caron. Butler.
Grizzly Bear - Blake. Griffin, Gasol Jr., Mike. Conley, Sean. Battier, Trevor. Ariza, Al. Harrington.
Wasp - Kerry. Spy, David. West, Andrew. Bynum.
Lakers - Paul. Gasol, Byron. Davis, Lamar. Odom, Brandon. Haywood.
Eagle - Joe. Johnson, Josh. Smith, Al. Horford, Mike. Beebe. (To be continued......)