The Nets sent out point guard Patrick Beverly, center Brooke Lopez, next season's first-round draft pick and role player DeAndrew Liggins, and replaced Clippers point guard Chris Paul.

In order to keep LeBron James, the Nets did their best. As soon as James left, the Nets would definitely be finished and they would immediately enter the reconstruction period. Moreover, there were no young players who could rebuild around, making it even more difficult to attract big-name stars to join.

Nets general manager Sean Max is from the Spurs. He knows the rationality of the lineup and the importance of the player's relationship, and is more decisive in the move. Compared to poaching ordinary stars at a premium in the free market, it is much more cost-effective to trade Paul. The biggest problem for the Clippers now is the inside line, and they are very interested in Lopez.

Paul and James are best friends. They met each other as early as high school. In 2002, the two left each other with contact information after a game.

How good is their specific relationship? It is said that it has reached the point of "sending text messages regularly", until Paul went to college and James went to NBA later, they still kept in touch and often played together when there were no competitions.

Later, Paul joined the NBA in different teams, and he still thought of the other party at critical moments. For example, when James' second son was born, James was unable to go to the hospital because he had to prepare for the finals with the Suns. Paul was born in the hospital with James' son, who was the godfather of James' son. Similarly, James is also the godfather of Paul's son.

James decided not to leave during the finals and called Paul to invite him to join the Nets to play Brothers basketball.

The Nets are a New York team with a good geographical location and the boss is willing to spend money. Joining other teams, James is not confident of defeating the Lakers. He decided to form a team first. It doesn't matter if he can't win next season, but Guo Xu will have a chance to win the championship as soon as he leaves.

As soon as the deal was completed, the Nets immediately became very attractive. Two days later, they signed center Aaron Baynes and Norré in the free market to make up for the vacancy of Lopez's departure.

Noel is only 23 years old this year and has some value for training. He has a great physical fitness, but his disadvantage is that he is often injured. The Nets only spent 4.1 million yuan a year on poaching him. As long as he is healthy, he is a great contract.

Last summer, the Mavericks were willing to offer him a four-year, $70 million contract to renew his contract early, with an average annual salary of $17.5 million, but he was ruthlessly rejected by Noel.

Then Noel succeeded in his life. After suffering illness last season, his condition declined. The Mavericks manager did not provide him with a high salary offer. If he wanted to stay, he could only sign a low salary and short contract.

At the same time, Clippers power forward Blake Griffin confirmed the stay-at-home team and signed a five-year max contract renewal worth $173 million. The team needs a core, and the Clippers are ready to play the forward tactics next season.

Coach Doug Rivers believes that Lopez and Griffin are suitable for partnering. Lopez can pull to the outside to catch and shoot, creating space for Griffin to break through. There will definitely be many problems when defending, but the Clippers' goal is not the championship.

As long as the garbage contract between Mozgov and Rollden is not expired, it is a fantasy for the Clippers to compete for the championship.

There is also good news about Chinese players in the league.

First of all, Yi Jianlian renewed his contract with an annual salary of 8 million yuan for two years. Because of his poor performance on the defensive end, he failed to get a big contract, at least he stayed in the NBA.

The second is that Zhou Qi's contract with Xinjiang has expired. He and the Rockets signed a four-year league base salary contract worth $5.57 million, of which the fourth year is the team option. Two Chinese players will play in the NBA next season.

The Rockets also renewed their contract with outside star Kyle Lowry, who has a $100 million contract for three years.

The person Morey wanted to poach the most was Cameron Anthony, but Anthony looked down on the Rockets. Without big names, they could only choose to give Lowry a high salary.

Immediately, many Chinese media began to analyze how well Zhou Qi's style of play and Lowry matched. His shooting characteristics are far better than blue-collar center Capela, and he will definitely get a stable playing time in the new season.

Some people even think that Zhou Qi should replace Capela as the starting lineup and let the blue-collar work as the starting lineup. Zhou Qi's substitute is simply an insult to the "big devil" with range. Haha...

Magic star swingman Gordon Hayward switched to the Celtics and signed a four-year, $128 million contract, and the fourth year was a player option. Magic management felt that Hayward was not worth a super high salary, so he chose to let it go directly.

Zach Randolph signed the Kings for 24 million in two years, which is also a good signing and can provide rich experience.

The Raptors reached an agreement with Ibaka, and the two sides signed a three-year contract worth 65 million.

Paul Millsap renewed his contract with 76ers in three years and 90 million. The 76ers have team options in the third year of the contract. The contract is a bit big, but Millsap cannot let go. He can withdraw the air on the offensive end and is also good at defending pick-and-roll.

The Hornets and Hawks reached an agreement, and the Hornets sent Miles Plumley, Bellinelli and this year's No. 41 rookie Taylor Dorsey, and Dwight Howard and No. 31 rookie Frank Jackson.

The Warriors did not poach new players. They renewed Curry's contract with a maximum salary of 201 million yuan for five years and Iguodala's contract with a maximum salary of 48 million yuan for three years.

The salary cap of NBA is still growing, and the contract renewal of players this year is even larger, Curry has already received an annual salary of 40 million. Many fans lamented online that Guo Xu's annual salary is too low, so people like him should not set a maximum salary, and it is less than 60 million.

Many Lakers players left the team, Raymond Felton joined the Thunder, Mike Dunleavy and Jason Terry chose to retire.

Wade chose to jump out of his second year contract and returned to the Heat. With the championship, he no longer cared about money and wanted to play for the Heat until he retired. Although Pat Riley was unwilling to give Wade a high salary, Wade always felt that this was his team. In Miami, fans also like Wade.

The Lakers signed Spanish veteran point guard Jose Calderon with a basic salary. He shot accurately and was strong, and could play as a guest No. 2 position, but he moved slowly and could not defend a speed guard.

Then, the Lakers signed swinger Tyrek Evans for 3.29 million a year.

This is a player with serious injuries and is often injured, but he is also a player who can combine breakthrough points and shoots and has comprehensive skills. At this price, Evans will definitely make a profit and will not lose money. He can replace Wade to take charge of the offense in the second quarter.

The Lakers' third draw was given to Gerald Henderson in a year's minimum salary. He is 196cm tall and the main shooting guard can catch and shoot. He has rich experience in the game and takes the initiative to come to the door, hoping to win the championship with his legs before retirement.

Kupchek took a fancy to his shooting ability and fulfilled his wishes. He would definitely be a marginalist in the new season and his defense was poor.

The Lakers did not leave any quota, and the last draw was selected by the 32-year-old Brazilian inside player Thiago Split. Female assistant coach Becky Harmon recommended him. The Lakers' defensive system is based on the Spurs. Split can teach young players experience after joining.

The Lakers don't need Split to play for a long time in the new season. He must be a marginal person, just play for a while in garbage time.

In mid-July, the Lakers' lineup for the new season was confirmed.

Center: Ivica Zubac, Steven Adams, Split.

Power forwards: Davis Bellstein, Al Horford, Monterres Harrell.

Small forwards: Vince Carter, PJ Tucker, Kevin Durant.

Scoring guards: Evans, Devin Booker, Henderson.

Point guards: Guo Xu, Calderon, Fred Van Vreet.
Chapter completed!