Almighty Athlete Chapter 40: Complete the puzzle
There is a July freezing period in nBa from July 1 to July 8. This period is the period during which nBa conducts audits to derive basketball related income, and then calculate the salary cap for the next season, etc. . ΔWWW. LieWen. CC is not determined due to salary cap and other restrictions. This period of time is a short period of trade freeze. Although the free market is opened during the freeze period, the team can contact the players, but the transaction will not be approved until 8 days later.
The July freezing period is also the most active period in the free agency market. There will be more frequent contact between the team and the free agency, so those who choose to jump out of the contract to test the free agency market will choose July 1. Jump out of the contract a few days ago.
James chose to jump out of the contract on June 25th, and his original contract has two years left, worth $427 million. Wade and Bosh chose to jump out of the contract on June 29, two years left, with a total value of 4.18 million US dollars and 4.27 million US dollars. Next, James's stay will be the focus of the entire nBa's attention. There has been news that James hopes to return to his hometown of Ohio and return to the Cavaliers. The Heat will definitely try their best to retain James.
The Heat's Big Three are falling apart, leaving free agents who are preparing to hold their thighs missing a place.
Taking the thighs in nBa is also very particular. Only a team that has proven its ability to win the championship is a "real thigh." The so-called proof is at least to win a playoff title in the Eastern Conference or Western Conference. . For example, the Los Angeles Clippers, each year's regular season record is very good, the team's Paul, Griffin and Jordan Jr. are also regarded as the "Big Three", the Clippers' coach is also a famous teacher Rivers, but he can't always score. The Western Conference finals, so it has always been a "pseudo-strong team", not a real thigh.
In addition, teams like the Spurs are not "good thighs." Although the Spurs have higher odds of winning the championship each year, the Spurs are a team that pays attention to tactical cooperation. If the players cannot be integrated into the tactical system, there is basically no room for swing, and they may not even hit the ball. .
Before that, the Heat had the existence of the Big Three, of course, "true thighs", but now, James may leave, the Heat is no longer a hot thigh, but the Lakers who just won the championship, became a lot Where free agents aspire.
Vince Carter, the half-human half-god, came first to hug his thighs. Carter wanted a championship, something the world knows. Joining the Mavericks that year was for a championship ring. Now that the three-year contract signed by Carter and Mavericks has expired, so look for a new owner.
But Carter made two requests. The first is not to accept the veteran's base salary. His annual salary in Mavericks is $30 million, so he also asked the Lakers for this price. Starting with Carter's performance last season, averaging 11.9 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists, 4o.7% field goal percentage and 39.4% three-point field goal percentage, the annual salary of 30 million is really worthwhile.
Another condition proposed by Carter is playing time commitment. Obviously Carter does not want to sit on the bench after coming to the Lakers. The Lakers can also agree on this point. Anyway, the Lakers play run-and-run, as long as they can run and shoot three-pointers, there is a chance to play, not to mention Carter also has a good three-point shooting percentage.
The Lakers and Carter quickly reached an agreement. The Lakers awarded Carter a two-year mini-middle-class contract. This is the Lakers’ first move in the free market.
In addition to Carter, Sean Marion, another player who also played for the Mavericks last season, also accepted the Lakers’ one-year veteran base salary.
Compared to Carter, Marion’s signing was much smoother. In an interview, he made it clear that the purpose of joining the Lakers is to get another championship ring, which is equivalent to saying that he is "thighs".
Marion was a player last season in the Mavericks, averaging 1o.4 points and 6.5 rebounds. Although it is nothing compared to his peak period, 48.2% shooting rate is much stronger than many guys. .
In the history of Marion, after leaving the Mavericks, he fled to James and spent the last year of his career with the Cavaliers. Now, for Marion, the Lakers are obviously a better choice. The Lakers coach D'Antoni used to be Marion's mentor. When he was in the Suns, Marion also proved with strength that he was good at playing D'Antoni's running tactics.
At the same time, the Lakers' contract renewal work is mixed.
The Lakers awarded Gasol a five-year, 850,000 contract. Although not a top salary, for 34-year-old Gasol, it is also a fattening contract for the elderly. After winning the championship this season, Gasol is also planning to end the Lakers, so he decided to accept the contract. However, the two sides will formally sign the contract after the Lakers signing, so that the Lakers can free up salary space to sign free agents.
Nick Young also accepted his contract equivalent to being middle class. Nick Young is a Los Angeles native and the Lakers are naturally his choice.
Bezmore and Whiteside also agreed to renew their contract. Although the four-year contract is somewhat long, and the annual salary is only more than 20 million US dollars, but for them, it is already a rare fat contract, at least in the next few years can continue to play in nBa.
In addition, Ci Shiping and Wesley Johnson, both continue to receive the veteran base salary for one year.
Among the other players, Kaman knew he would not be renewed and had already started to negotiate contracts with other teams. Meeks insisted on a large contract with an annual salary of 80 million or more, and Farmar hoped to get a middle-class contract. After Kupchak made it clear that it was impossible, the two also began to look for other homes.
As for Jordan Hill, there is a lion's mouth, asking for 10 million annual salary!
Nash retired and Kobe’s salary was also reduced by 50 million compared to last season. In addition to the normal contract extension, the Lakers can theoretically free up 150 million in salary. Jordan Hill’s agent is exactly right This salary space, not to mention the departure of Kaman, the Lakers inside only left Gasol and Whiteside, this is also the capital that Jordan Hill relies on. ,
The Lakers’ newcomer Jokic in the second round obviously did not make Jordan Hill’s agent feel pressured. Whether an overseas player can stand in nBa is still a problem, so the agent believes that it will not Threat to Jordan Hill.
The renewal of Jordan Hill was in a stalemate, and Kupchak also made another move. He used the one-year veteran's base salary to sign the former All-Star center Jermaine O'Neal.
O'Neal played for the Warriors last season, averaging 7.9 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, and also became the team's center while Bogut was injured. Although the current O'Neal is not as good as before, he can basically ignore it on the offensive side, but he is still there in the body, and can also deal with the top inside players in the league in low post defense.
The Lakers chose O’Neal Jr. to a certain extent, they are also ready to give up Jordan Hill. For this bombardment team, there will not be a three-pointer inside. Whiteside and O'Neal are enough. There is no need for an additional Jordan Hill.
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"The Los Angeles Times reporter Brad Tournell revealed that informed sources revealed that the Kings and defender Darren Collison reached an agreement. Collison left the Clippers and will sign with the Kings. A three-year full-protection contract worth US$160 million. Many people speculated that the Kings signed Collison, meaning Isaiah Thomas will leave Sacramento?"
After seeing the news, Zhang Guan immediately dialed Kupchak's phone.
"Did you see the King's signing of Collison?" Zhang Guan asked.
"Well, I knew it two days ago. When Collison jumped out of the contract, the King had already started to contact him. In Los Angeles, nothing could hide us." Kupchak said. .
"Can we quote Thomas?" Zhang Guan then asked.
"Thomas? What's the use of him, he's too short." Kupchak said.
"He has a strong scoring ability...Forget it, let's interview for details, I'll go to your office." Zhang Guan finished putting down his phone.
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There are also several "big fish" in the free agency market this year. In addition to the Heat's Big Three who jumped out of the contract, such as the Mavericks Nowitzki, the Knicks' Anthony, the Spurs' Duncan, and the Bulls' Ruhr -Deng, Grizzlies Randolph, and Lorry of the Raptors will all become free agents. In the restricted free agency market, both the first-round rookie in 2o1o and the second-round rookie in 2o11 will become restricted free agents.
Many of the rookies in 2o1o have already renewed their contracts with the team in advance, such as Wall, Cousins, Paul George, etc., and they have all received a major contract of ten million levels. And some players have not been renewed, such as Bledsoe and Hayward, they are now restricted free agents, allowing other teams to offer, their owners obviously want to lower prices.
The second-round rookie in 2o11 still has less than half of his face in nBa. Among them, only two players are worth quoting from other teams, one is the Rockets Parsons and the other is the Kings. Thomas.
The Rockets Parsons had a one-year contract, but the Rockets did not implement Parsons’ last year’s contract, and actively turned Parsons into a restricted free agent. The Rockets originally wanted to free up salary space to sign Bosh, but Bosh chose to stay in Miami, and Parsons was stolen by a Mavericks contract.
And Thomas of the Kings, the real contract expired.
Thomas was drafted 6th in the second round, the penultimate pick. There are two main reasons why the team is not optimistic about him. The first is that Thomas is only 1.75 meters tall. This height is a bit too short to play nBa; the second is because he only participated in the election after graduating from Thomas University. The rookie, which also lowered his draft pick.
However, Thomas proved himself. He performed very well in the Kings last season, averaging 2o.3 points and 6.3 assists per game, just like the performance of an All-Star guard.
But even so, the Kings still have no intention of leaving Thomas, they still use Cousins as the core of the team, so as early as December last year, Thomas had been put on the shelf.
In the offseason, Collison was signed in the past. Collison's technical characteristics are similar to those of Thomas, and his shooting percentage is also comparable to that of Thomas, but it is 8 cm higher than Thomas. This is obviously telling the entire league that the King is not going to leave Thomas anymore.
The Kings obviously made a mistake. Cousins did not bring good results to the Kings. In the end, they were traded to the Pelicans. The King also completely entered the reconstruction period, but at the same time, Thomas Jr. led Celtics. He finished second in the Eastern Conference, averaging 29.4 points per game in front of Harden, which is the only one with Wei Shao, and he is also a popular candidate for the regular season mVp.
The most important thing is that Thomas’ salary is not high. Although Thomas performed well last season, because of his height, it is difficult for him to get a big contract. In the eyes of many team managers, Thomas even Not a qualified guard. In the nBa with excessive point guards, Thomas' average of 2o+6 per game is also difficult for him to get a tens of millions of contracts.
Zhang Guan knows the potential of Thomas. He feels that Thomas should be dug up for the future of the Lakers.
Kobe Bryant’s contract is still two years away, and Zhang Guan is preparing to play nSea again before leaving nBa, because he will be preparing for the Rio Olympics in 2o16, when someone needs to support the Lakers guard line, Thomas obviously It's a good candidate.
When Zhang Guan leaves and Kobe retires, the Lakers have Gasol and Whiteside inside, Thomas outside, and Jokic potential stocks. The lineup is still very strong, and then sign a level. Superstars, such as Durant, the Lakers will be another lineup to win the championship.
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Zhang Guan persuaded the management of the Lakers, the Lakers offer Thomas Jr. for 5 years, 4 million.
To be honest, this is somewhat out of the current value of Thomas. In history, Thomas has only got a contract of 270,000 yuan for 4 years this season, on average, even 70,000 yuan a year. And now the quotation of 40,000 yuan in 5 years makes many people think that the Lakers are stupid and have more money.
"The Lakers are really generous, 5 years 4ooo million offer Thomas Jr.! Such a short player, at most the second Nate Robinson! No, Thomas Jr. is not as good as Nate Robinson. Nate- Robinson can fly over Howard to dunk. Thomas is afraid that it is difficult to complete the dunk!" Someone on the Internet immediately said.
The Kings have seven days to consider whether to match this offer. There is no doubt that the Kings will not match. They have signed Collison to replace Thomas, so Thomas has long been out of the King's plan.
As for Thomas, he has long wanted to join the Lakers. Thomas's father was a Californian, and a hard-hitting Lakers fan. Influenced by his father, Thomas always wanted to go to the Lakers to play. When the draft was drafted, Thomas also participated in the Lakers rookie training camp. However, because of his height and age, the Lakers didn't care about Thomas at the time.
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With Thomas, the Lakers list has reached 14 people, which means that they have one seat left. In terms of salary space, the Lakers can also sign a contract of about 40 million, and can also sign a good role player.
The Lakers originally intended to give Rashad Lewis a contract. As a big man who can shoot three-pointers, Lewis was an important helper for the Big Three last season in the Heat. However, Lewis did not pass the final medical examination. His knee has hidden dangers and needs surgery. It will take six months to recover. The Lakers obviously could not wait for half a year, so they could only give up signing with Lewis.
Finally, the Lakers and free agent Chris Humphries reached a three-year contract of 110 million.
Humfries has just concluded a two-year contract of 240 million. He was in Celtics last season, averaging 8 points and 6 rebounds in 2 minutes per game.
This player has a high sense of presence outside the court. In the past few years, he often appeared in the entertainment news of the United States and was often stolen by the paparazzi, because he married American entertainment celebrity Kim Kardashian. However, the marriage lasted only more than two months, Kardashian also generously gave Humphries a break-up fee of $1 million. Humphries was also very sturdy and didn't need a penny.
However, this player's presence in the field is very low~IndoMTL.com~ Even sometimes the playing time is unstable. As a power forward, his height of 2 meters and 6 o'clock is a loss in the match, but if he is placed in the position of small forward, he can't keep up with his opponent. His strength is good, he has a good mid-range shot, and he has a three-point range, but his offense is almost zero. In terms of strength, I'm really sorry for the annual salary of 120 million.
However, if calculated with 40 million annual salary, Humphries is worth it. His three-point shooting ability is also what D'Antoni needs.
In fact, the Wizards also fancy Humphries. He gave Humphries an annual salary of 1.3 million for 3 years, more than 20 million for the Lakers. However, Humphries finally decided to join the Lakers. The championship ring and the appeal of Los Angeles are not something that can be exchanged for 20 million.
Then the Lakers signed the 5-year contract with Gasol using the Byrd terms. At this point the Lakers' salaries have passed the luxury tax threshold. But for the Lakers, it is normal to pay luxury taxes.
At this point, the Lakers have also made up the roster of 15 people next season, namely Zhang Guan, Kobe, Gasol, Nick Young, Batesmore, Whiteside, Ci Shiping, Johnson, Carter, Ma Lyon, Thomas, Rodney Hood, Jokic, O'Neal and Humphries.