The draft has come to an end, but the new season is already in a state of readiness.

As the Emperor did on Twitter, the biggest fish on the free market is none other than LeBron James.

LBJ, who chose to jump out of contract two days after the finals, is undoubtedly the focus of each team's pursuit.

In order to leave room for the Heat to renew James' contract, Pat Riley even interviewed D. Wade, hoping that the cheeks would take a salary cut to save salary space for the team, and the cheeks agreed.

But on July 12, James, who had been in free agency for 18 days, finally made "Decision Two."

Saying "decision two" is actually a very ironic statement, because it corresponds to James's "decision one".

If you look at it on a positive note, you should say, "James: 'I'm home!'"

Yes, James chose to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers as a free agent!

This time, there was no grand press conference, and the team of agents led by Rich Paul gave James a good idea, and a touching article titled "I'm an Akron Kid" instantly spread around the world.

In the article, James elaborates, "Before no one cared where I played, I was a kid from Northeast Ohio.

This is where I came out, this is where I run, this is where I cry, where I bleed, and it will always have a special place in my heart. "I have more connection to Northeast Ohio than basketball, and I didn't realize that four years ago, and now I do." ”

Don't you feel familiar?

The whole "Imperial Capital, Imperial Capital" of the whole Wangfuzi!

James continued: "I always thought I was going to come back to Cleveland to finish my career, I just didn't know when.

At the end of the season, I didn't even think about becoming a free agent.

But I had two children, and my wife, Savannah, was pregnant with a girl, so I started thinking about what it would be like to let my family live in my hometown?

I'm looking at other teams, but I'm not going to leave Miami to go anywhere but Cleveland.

With more time, I feel more and more that this is the right thing to do. ”

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Well, the article is somewhat touching, but there is one sentence to say, and this is something that Stephen Curry can also say.

Because he, like James, was born in the same hospital in Akron.

In the final analysis, James left Miami and returned to Cleveland because he thought that the Heat's reinforcement in the summer was not good, while the Cleveland Cavaliers, who were signed three times in four years, had ample trade capital.

D. Wade, who just signed a reduced salary contract not long ago, was undoubtedly cheated, and James was actually ready to leave, but his "good brother" didn't know.

Fortunately, the cheeks are very open-minded about this, although James did not say goodbye, he still defended James in front of the media, and the brother did his part, what more could the husband ask for.

In a certain time and space, the two later had an interesting conversation about peanut butter and jam, which is not unreasonable.

Or is Mr. Yi of the Three Kingdoms said it well, Liu Guanzhang and the three of them are in a good relationship, and they even sleep on a collapse, but they don't know where their wives went?

Hehe, no matter what, the popular "Jenway Connection" has finally been broken, and the knights have ushered in a revival in an instant, and the next step is that they need to immediately exchange the high-quality resources in their hands for instant combat power.

As you can imagine, this is something that James and Cavaliers owner Daniel Gilbert have been discussing for a long time before he returns to Cleveland.

The much-anticipated deal didn't make fans wait too long, and in early August, OJ announced the latest transfer news.

The Timberwolves and Cavaliers have reached an agreement in principle that the Timberwolves will send Love to the Cavaliers for two No. 1 picks, Wiggins, Bennett and a 2015 protected draft pick.

At the same time, Love will also sign a five-year contract extension with the Cavaliers.

Having just said goodbye to the Heat Big Three, James soon ushered in a new Big Three in the Cavaliers.

Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving plus LeBron James, which is significantly younger and more impactful than the Heat Big Three.

The league naturally fried again, which means that the Heat has just declined, and a new super team over there has been born in an instant!

James is the uncrowned king of the Finals, but in the East, he is indeed the unquestioned superpower.

In the offseason, Nguyen Erniu was also asked about his thoughts on the Clippers' Big Three, and Manniu smiled: "Of course it's a good thing, I'm already looking forward to meeting James again on the Finals stage next season." ”

The Clippers' new season is almost complete.

The people of the Celestial Empire have the confidence to say this, and naturally they still maintain full confidence in the lineup of the new season.

Even with veterans retiring and championship puzzles being pried away, the overall framework of the Clippers remains intact, which ensures their competitiveness.

After Shaun Livingston was eventually kidnapped by the Warriors, the Clippers quickly found a replacement on the free agency.

It's said to be a free market, but in fact, the scope doesn't extend beyond Los Angeles.

Yes, the Clippers' target is none other than their championship champion in 11-12, Nick Young, who played with the Lakers in the first two seasons.

Nick Young has proven himself in the Clippers system, and he has also received a lot of criticism due to the Lakers' poor record, and the Clippers have managed to get Young with a three-year mini-mid-class......

Well, maybe it's time to call him Lao Yang!

With the addition of Nick Young, the Clippers have completed the final additions to the roster for the new season.

Leaving aside Nikola Jokic, who can't be in the NBA this season, the Clippers' 15-man roster for the 14-15 season is roughly as follows:

C DeAndre Jordan, Hassan Whiteside, Spencer Hawes

PF Nguyen Er Niu, Draymond Green, Chris Anderson

SF Kawhi Leonard, Matt Barnes, Hildo Tekoglu

SG JJ Redick, Nick Young, Ray Allen

PG Chris Paul, Isaiah Thomas, Seth Curry

Some of the veterans' playing time will be further compressed as the Clippers' young players are getting stronger.

For the Clippers, their real big problem is next year.

By then, there will be multiple players whose contracts have expired, including Jordan Jr., Kawaii, and Little Assassin.

For a team that has built a dynasty, there must be countless pairs of greedy eyes waiting to carve up the main members of this team.

Before the start of the new season, Erniu said to Nell O'Hill: "It's best to complete the contract renewal of Kehuai in advance this season, he is a person who misses the old, and I think it is most appropriate to renew the contract at this time." ”

O'Hill overfulfilled this task before the start of the season, 94.34 million for 5 years, and solved the problem of Leonard's contract extension.

If Kawaii doesn't choose to jump out of his contract in '19, he'll be with the Clippers until 2020.

This contract will be said to be a serious squeeze on Kawaii's value in the future, because it won't be long before contracts with an annual salary of 30 million start to fly, and at that time Kawaii was already a veritable third big man on the Clippers, ranking even above Paul.

Why has the value of players risen so much?

Looking at the 14-year offseason, Adam Shaw has done the most important year since he took office - renewing his broadcast contract.

At the beginning of October, the website of the Wall Street Journal first reported the news that the NBA had reached a new TV broadcast agreement with ESPN and TNT, saying that NBA commissioner Xiao Hua would announce the matter on the 6th local time.

The new contract will be for nine years, starting with the 2016-17 season and expiring at the end of the 2024-25 season.

The Wall Street Journal also said the new contract would cost more than twice as much as the current one.

Then a journalist named Rich Saint-Domir tweeted the price of the new agreement.

"The NBA will announce broadcast deals with ESPN and TNT on Monday for $24 billion over nine years," he wrote. The average price is close to 3 times what it is now. ”

The average annual price of the new contract is $2.67 billion, compared to about $900 million per year under the current contract, and the new contract is 2.96 times the price of the old contract, a net increase of $1.77 billion.

Why did Han Lei dare to spend 2.5 billion meters to buy the Clippers?

Ruan Erniu's appeal as a partner is certainly one thing, but as an employer, after a detailed discussion with Xiao Hua, a thorough understanding of the future of the NBA is also an indispensable factor.

Clean the house before you have a treat!

The reason why Adam Shaw is so anxious to get Donald Sterling out is that he doesn't want this pesky madman to be eligible for the next wave of dividends.

The early renewal of the contract, but the turmoil of the free market is not over.

For example, Kuban, who is desperate to return to the top, has started.

The Mavericks took Parsons on a three-year, $46 million premium contract. The name "Gao Fu Shuai" is now no longer watery at all.

The Rockets waived Parsons because they got Ariza in free agency, and they also added a first-round pick to trade Jeremy Lin to the Lakers.

The deal was supposed to free up salary space to sign Chris Bosh, but in the end, Bosh chose to stay with the Heat, so the Rockets can only continue to wait for the arrival of the next big man.

Modern alone is not enough for the Rockets to challenge for the championship.

In fact, there are quite a few big and small movements in the free market.

For example, the Suns acquired Eric Bledsoe with a maximum salary, and I don't know how the Phoenix people are going to adjust the distribution of the ball between the blood cloth and the claw machine.

Steve Kerr had made strategic mistakes in the past as Suns general manager, but he made a quick decision the following season.

But now looking at what the Suns management has done, it's confusing no matter how you look at it.

Therefore, no matter how bad the order is, it is better than no order!

The unorderly Suns management was also dug into a corner, and in a corner where no one noticed, the Golden State Warriors used a three-year mid-range contract to get PJ Tucker.

With the addition of Leandro Barbosa and Sean Livingston, who they signed on the free market this season, the Warriors have unknowingly completed the work of reinforcement.

Ruan Erniu said to Paul in private: "Look, I think in the next two or three seasons, the Warriors must be our henchmen!"

Erniu's prediction is a little more conservative, because after the start of the new season, the biggest impact on the Clippers is the Golden State Warriors.

The dust settled on the trading market, and in the preseason after that, the teams were also in full swing for the final run-in before the game.

On October 28, US time, the NBA regular season of the 14-15 season officially kicked off.

The Clippers narrowly beat the Mavericks in the opener by three points, meaning their journey to the new season won't be too smooth.

It's not that the Clippers themselves don't work hard, it's that they have won 70+ games for two consecutive years, which really makes the founders of the Clippers dynasty not interested in the regular season.

In other words, in the regular season, the Clippers have begun to consciously close their play, and only in the playoffs will they burst into real strength.

As a result, the Clippers found that the situation of the past two seasons of dominance has become no longer there, and in the West, the Golden State Warriors posted up!

Before the All-Star break, the two teams played each other twice, and the two ended up playing 1-1.

The number of wins of the two teams actually reached 42 wins and 9 losses at the same time, and in the end, through the win-loss relationship and small score calculation, the Warriors beat the Clippers to become the first in the league.

At the beginning of the season, David Lee's injury made everyone not optimistic that this team could do much in the new season.

But I didn't expect that PJ Tucker, who had just joined the Warriors, not only instantly made up for David Lee's role on the court, but also had a wonderful chemistry with the team.

Steve Kerr didn't change the defensive tricks left by Mark Jackson, he just added the team's open cut and three-point shot, and then the Warriors suddenly completed the metamorphosis.

But if you are a fan of the Warriors, you will find that their rise was decided from the moment the logo man - Jerry West was introduced.

In the summer, the old West even threatened to resign, vetoing the soon-to-be-formed plan to trade Klay Thompson for Kevin Love.

In a sense, the Cavaliers were able to form the Big Three, thanks to the contributions of the Warriors.

The 2015 All-Star Game was still quite interesting.

The format of the rookie game has changed again, and the way in which players are selected by celebrities to form teams has been abandoned.

It seems that the Celestial Empire table tennis team has received the method of playing the world with the Celestial Empire, and the NBA also played such a hand in the rookie game.

Well, it's a pity that the result was a bit embarrassing for the people of the United States, and the first rookie tournament of the United States to play the world ended with the victory of the international team.

The 14-year rookie champion, Andrew Wiggins of the Maple Leafs Country had the last laugh and won the MVP of the rookie game.

The championship of the skills competition was won by Patrick Beverley of the Rockets, and in the three-point competition, Steve Curry, who has already broken the N three-point record, finally succeeded in winning the championship.

As it turns out, the uncertainty of the three-point contest is too great indeed!

The slam dunk contest has become extremely exciting because of the addition of rookie fierce Zach LaVine, and this rookie's dunk pose is definitely a representative of the picturesque level.

The final highlight was the All-Star Game, which resulted in the Western team defeating the East 163-158, and the total score of 321 points between the two teams also broke the all-time record.

Russell Westbrook came off the bench to score a game-high 41 points and secure his first career AMVP trophy.