The 2014 draft ended without a hitch, with the Spurs taking Nikola Jokic with the No. 28 pick and Kyle Anderson with the No. 30 pick in this year's draft.

This result made Popovich very satisfied, yes, everyone who should have taken it has been obtained, so that's it.

Of course, he first has to solve the contract of the little fat man named Jokic in Europe, otherwise, the Spurs will be a little tight next season, and the tall ones are only one year older Duncan and Whiteside, although the exchange for Tucker, Barnes and the selected Anderson can also make a cameo in the No. 4 position, but the lack of height is unavoidable, which makes the pressure on Whiteside a little great.

Therefore, Jokic must be on the Spurs' lineup next season, otherwise he will have to sign an inside lineman, which would be too bad.

Because of the fourth-year option in Leonard's rookie contract, Leonard does not need to renew his contract this summer, waiting for next year, and Popovich is now just short of giving Whiteside a reasonable contract.

To be reasonable, when he was fished out of the NBDL, the Spurs only used a two-year contract of more than two million, which was indeed a bit low compared to his performance later.

But there is no way, after all, it was fished out from the NBDL, and it is already very good to be able to give a two-year guaranteed contract in one go, and look at others, it is at most a ten-day short contract or an unguaranteed contract.

Moreover, who would have thought that the guy who didn't average a double-double per game in the NBDL would now be able to make a name for himself in the NBA, averaging 15+11+3 (blocks) per game, so that Whiteside has entered the top ten among the active centers!

Moreover, by Qin Yan and others, this is not the limit of Whiteside, he can do better, and when Duncan retires, Whiteside will be the Optimus Prime of San Antonio's inner line!

Well, of course, Jokic will be the same in the future, but now the little white fat man is just a rookie.

Popovich prepared a four-year long-term contract for Whiteside, $60 million for four years, which is not a low annual salary, $15 million a year, and Yao Ming's rookie contract ended that year, and the second contract was at this price.

But, in a league where prices are generally inflated, Popovich is honestly not 100 percent sure that Whiteside is willing to take it.

After all, it's not for nothing that the team offered him a better price, not to mention far away, just the Mavericks next door who are ready to dig the foot of the wall, Cuban directly smashed the 5-year 85 million contract out!

It's not that the current Spurs can't afford this price, the Spurs are not bad now, it's just that in Popovich's eyes, Whiteside can't reach that price, so he only signed a four-year contract, and after four years, if Whiteside can be better, then there will definitely be a bigger contract waiting for him.

Whiteside, who was born in 89, is only 25 years old now, and he will be 29 years old in 4 years, according to the center growth theory, at the age of 28-33, it is the most golden age for a center, because at this time, the experience, technology, and meaning of the center have been honed to the peak, far from those young centers who can only rely on their bodies can be compared.

The most typical is Olajuwon, the champion of 84 years, and only won the championship after 10 years in the industry, and it was the outstanding performance of 94 and 95 years that officially established his position as the first of the four centers.

Therefore, as long as Whiteside is willing to work hard, it is not a dream for the Spurs to end up in the future, and it is not a problem to get more money.

And just after the Spurs officially announced the signing of Whiteside, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who had long been eye-catching because of James' statement, finally made a move!

This move is like a shocking cry of ghosts and gods!

Even Qin Yan, who knew the general situation, was frightened.

The knight's movements are much earlier than in the original history!

First of all, in order to find a suitable helper for James, the Cavaliers dismantled their own No. 1 combination, yes, they dismantled the No. 1 combination, and the new No. 1 Wiggins, who had just been drafted and had not yet made a familiar face in front of the Clevelands, plus Ben Nate, the parallel No. 1 from the previous year, and a 15-year draft pick.

The Cavaliers directly took out these three things and exchanged the super power forward in the West from the Western Timberwolves - Kevin Love!

Although Kevin Love led the team to a bad result, but in the position of power forward, he is really strong, the range has been extended to the three-point line, and the rebounding skills are first-class, as a floor flow player, he can actually beat a bunch of jumping men on rebounds, which is enough to show Lefou's talent and strength.

What's more, as of 2014, he is still the only person in the new century who can get 30+30!

James lost to the Spurs for the second year in a row, where did he lose? It's not the outside line, he can make a draw with Qin Yan if he shoots by himself, and the most important reason why he loses is that the inside line is much worse than the Spurs.

The entire Heat team, just Bosh is a big man, Bosh's style of play is still soft, the team basically belongs to the situation of no rebounds and frame protection, in the regular season, James They can still rely on their personal ability to blow up the opposite outside line and win the game, but the finals, I'm sorry, those who can reach the finals are not weak, you are not lame inside and outside, what do you want? It's nice to win a championship in 12 years.

Therefore, this time, the Cavaliers directly won LeFou, and took out two champions and a draft pick, which is to give James an inside partner of Niu X, and see who dares to say that James's team is weak inside!

This time it's not over, and I don't know if I made up my mind on the inside, the Cavaliers uniform team actually made it clear to the Pistons' Monroe to defect, Monroe jumped out of his contract directly, refused the Pistons' contract renewal, and joined the Cavaliers as a free agent!

No way! Is this still not going to let people play?

What is Monroe, he is also the hope star of the young generation of centers, although he is not good defensively, but the offense is very stable, and he has height and weight, and the rebounds are not bad.

However, the knight uniform team is actually a bit regrettable, they originally wanted Drummond, who was the same year as Qin Yan, this professional rebounder, but unfortunately people were unwilling, so they could only retreat to recruit Monroe.

Of course, this kind of thing will not rely on Monroe.

Tsk, it's terrible, like this, the Cavaliers' starting interior lineup next season is almost Lefu + Monroe, this is definitely a very strong interior combination, plus the outside team composed of James and Irving after his return, and I don't know if the reinforcement is over, I damn it, are the Cavaliers so ready to be invincible in the East!

For a while, the Eastern side was full of mourning, and it was over, and next season it looked like it was going to be ready to accompany the Cavaliers.