Chapter 844 [Major transactions, fleeing one after another]
There are not many big deals in the free market this year. Most of the big-name free agents have renewed their contracts, but there are still stars swapping.
McGrady was traded by the Pistons after only one year of playing in Detroit. He was not very popular in the team. Many teammates thought that his playing style was too unique. When he played against the 76ers in March, McGrady broke through and was knocked to the ground, limping to the free throw line, and no one came forward to care about him.
Obviously, he did not integrate into the team, and McGrady, a promising team, didn't want to stay, so he took the initiative to propose a deal.
With the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis, Detroit's economic situation is getting worse and worse. Under the dual pressure of weak US economy and soaring oil prices, General Motors, known as the "Three Detroit Big Three" in the US automobile industry, has shown a deteriorating performance, facing difficulties, and even the Auto City is about to go bankrupt.
McGrady was right to leave at this time, but his value had dropped a lot, and he couldn't get back any strong man. Choudhumas cruelly sent McGrady away, not asking for a strong star, but just wanted to get rid of his big contract, for fear that his injury would worsen and be useless next season.
As a result, the Pistons sent out McGrady, and exchanged the Wizards for defender Larry Hughes and center Brandon Haywood.
Hughes is a useless man, and his only advantage is that his contract is smaller than McGrady. Heywood is a big shot. He has always been awkward in the Wizards, overlapping with Kwame Brown, both of them are defensive blue-collar workers.
After the transaction, some Wizards fans were optimistic about the team's prospects and believed that the Wizards also formed the Big Three. As long as McGrady recovered, she would be very strong and could score and organize, which would be much better than Hughes.
After reading the news, Guo Xu observed the Wizards in silence. This is not about rising, but about no rescue at all. Arenas and McGrady are two players with serious injuries and two super bad contracts. Jamison has strong offense and weak defense, and has poor leadership ability.
Next season, the Wizards may hurt no one, and the beneficiary is Kevin Love, the inside rookie selected by the Wizards at the sixth pick. He will probably get a lot of playing time and ball rights. After Haywood left, the competition in the inside was not so fierce.
Rockets veteran center Mutombo chose to retire after winning the championship ring, and the Rockets signed Magloire as a replacement in the free market. After winning the championship, the Rockets had the capital to attract big-name free agents to join, and signed an excellent blue-collar center with only a basic salary of 1.9 million US dollars.
Magloire was selected as the Eastern Conference All-Star in 2004. He has 8 years of NBA experience, averaged 8.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, making him a good rebounder. However, his condition is incomparable to his peak period, and he declined severely after two serious injuries.
Among the championship contenders, the Spurs also strengthened the lineup while controlling the total salary, signing shooting guard Roger Mason, rookie double-seater George Hill, and veteran Cott Thomas.
In addition, Danny Granger, who has one year's rookie contract, veterans Bruce Bowen and Michael Finley, who are about to retire, are not weak in every position. The weakness is that Duncan is still the only strongman in the interior, and the others are blue-collar workers.
The Spurs' goal for the new season is only the championship. If they don't win the championship in 2009, they will have to wait for the reconstruction if they want to win the championship. Granger's performance is easily poached by other teams at a premium. The Spurs boss never pays luxury tax and is unlikely to match the contract to retain people.
The Spurs have done this more than once. After winning the championship in 2003, they let Stephen Jackson go for nothing. On the surface, they saved money, but in fact, they had to waste a lot of time in order to introduce powerful small forwards.
The Clippers sent out "ski man" Radmanovic and marginal center Paul Davis, and obtained diabetic Adam Morrison and defender Shannon Brown from the Bobcats.
As a high-ranking rookie, Morrison was abandoned after two seasons with the Bobcats. He gave the Clippers cheaply and returned a bad contract, and also got the physically strong Brown.
The Cavaliers sent Drew Gooden to pack the role player and got Bucks point guard Mo Williams.
Gooden and Boozer overlap, leaving little meaning, while Mo Williams is the point guard that the Cavaliers are eager to strengthen.
The Cavaliers' total salary has already exceeded the charts. No matter how much money the boss Daniel Gilbert now wants to win the championship. If he doesn't win the championship, it will be difficult for the Cavaliers to keep James in the future.
In fact, it is also difficult for the Cavaliers to keep James. By then, he gloriously fulfilled his promise to lead his hometown team to win the championship and could go to big cities to pursue the maximization of commercial value.
Many experts are optimistic about the Cavaliers and believe that their strength has been greatly improved. Mo Williams' style is very suitable for the Cavaliers. He can break through with the ball, catch and shoot from the outside, and his organizational ability is also good. He averaged 17.2 points and 6.3 assists per game last season. Because he has not been a partner with Yi Jianlian, he has not won the title of "Mo Bu Pass".
The Heat sent Jermaine O'Neal and Swinger Dorrell White, and switched from the Trail Blazers to defender TJ Ford and inside Milicic.
Milicic and Aldridge overlapped in the Trail Blazers position, and the management decided to leave only one. Milicic played for a few years. Although he was not called the "parallel stock second place", he did not reach the expected level and became a star.
O'Neal Jr.'s advantage is that the contract has only one year left, and the Trail Blazers can free up 21 million in salary space after the end of next season, and there is great potential in the free market.
The Heat lacked the inside and were eager to send O'Neal, who had serious injuries, away. Pat Riley felt that if Milicic was allowed to train in the devil, he might still have room for improvement, at least a qualified center.
The most failed summer signing was the Warriors. After signing Brand, there were no outstanding players joining, and two role players were also gone.
Defender Jaskovius once led Lithuania to defeat the Dream Team at the 2004 Olympics. He was selected for the Best Team in the Beijing Olympics. Many people began to look forward to his performance next season. However, he refused the Warriors' contract renewal and did not accept contracts from other teams, and chose to return to Europe.
It is understandable that Jascovius was not accustomed to the environment and left in the NBA, but the other one left was more bizarre.
Swingman Childries also rejected the Warriors' contract renewal and chose to sign the Greek Olympiacos Basketball Club. California has high taxes, Childries, who wants to make money, doesn't want to stay anymore, and in the Warriors he can only be a substitute for Kobe and Rollden.
The Warriors don't have a good defender in the free market, and even the second round defender like Ramon Sessions is not allowed. Sessions played well in the second half of last season.
After another round, the Warriors signed a strong offense and weak defense. CJ Watson, who was out of the draft that year, was 188cm tall and weighed 79kg. His organizational ability was poor, and he was more like a shooting guard. If he and Barbosa were point guards in the new season, the ball would definitely be very poor.
The Los Angeles media used the title "Players flee from the Warriors" as the title, and was not optimistic about the trident formed by Kobe, Brand and Roll Deng in the new season.
This news did not cause any storm, and there were not many people discussing it online. Fans didn't care about the Warriors' life or death. Most people just want to know whether the Suns can win the championship next season. Guo Xu won the championship with seven championship rings surpassed Jordan.
What a star is most afraid of is not being criticized by fans. If there are many black spies, one black spoiler, it is proven that there are many people who like you. In Guo Xu's previous life, Kehei Kemi, James and Zhanmi have always been opposing existences. One side holds and the other side tramples, and the star's attention has never been low.
Chapter completed!