Chapter 4 The Eastern Giants

When LeBron James announced that he would be returning to Cleveland, everyone began to speculate about Wade and Bosh's next stop. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Bosh was fiercely pursued by the Houston Rockets, and for the sake of Chris Bosh, the Rockets even shelved the contract extension with Chandler Parsons, and even Evan Turner let him go for free.

However, Chris Bosh has been waiting for LeBron James' choice, and now, LeBron James's choice has also been released, LeBron James has chosen to leave Miami, and now it is Chris James' turn to make a choice.

Before Bosh chosen, Wade also made a deep self-reflection, and the Bulls' offer to him made him very excited, but Wade always thought that he had not yet left Miami and went to other teams to hug his thighs, he still believed in his own strength, and after LeBron James left Miami, Wade felt that he should stay in Miami, and persuaded Bosh to stay, even without LeBron, they had to prove that they could gain a foothold in the East.

So, Dwyane Wade first reached an agreement with the Heat, renewing his contract with a low-cost contract of two years and $34 million.

Wade then began to persuade Bosh to stay.

Wade left plenty of salary space for the Heat, so Pat Riley appeared confident when it came time to negotiate a new contract with Bosh.

All kinds of conditions were promised, but Bosh was finally moved by the Heat, completed the contract extension with a big contract of 5 years and 118 million US dollars, and announced that he would stay in Miami!

Wade Bosh has stayed with the team, and the Heat have retained a decent core lineup, and next season is still expected.

And LeBron James, who returned to Cleveland, has also begun to enter his role.

LeBron James returned to his hometown, saying that he wanted to make up for the mistakes of leaving, but in fact, he still valued the Cavaliers' youth and operability in the transfer market.

He asked the team's new general manager David Griffin to trade according to his ideas, the Western Timberwolves' Kevin Love failed to make the playoffs for several seasons in a row, and is seeking a transfer at this time, LeBron James has set his sights on Kevin Love, but if you want to get Kevin Love, the Cavaliers will have to pay for the first-round pick Andrew Wiggins, who has just been selected.

Therefore, such a deal still makes David Griffin scratch his head, because he is very optimistic about Andrew Wiggins' potential, but LeBron James at this time needs more immediate combat power.

And for the Cavaliers who have brought back LeBron James, the most important thing for them now is to let the Cavaliers have the strength to compete directly for the championship, and now, the core lineup of the Cavaliers is Kelly Irving plus LeBron James, a combination that looks like a copy of Janeway, and for the Cavaliers, if they can trade for Kevin Love, they are equivalent to replicating the Big Three in Cleveland.

And it's likely to be a strengthened version of the Heat Big Three.

Kelly Irving is younger, and Kevin Love is likely to be a better big man shooter, last season in the Timberwolves, Kevin Love averaged 2.5 three-pointers per game, shooting 37.6% from three-point range, which is considered an extremely strong three-point shooter.

And LeBron James's four years in Miami have also made many people understand that LeBron James needs teammates who preferably have a three-point range, so as to perfectly fit LeBron James's own system.

So, if the Andrew Wiggins trade for Kevin Love deal can go through, it may be a pretty good deal that will greatly improve the Cavaliers' current combat power.

But David Griffin's hesitation lies in Andrew Wiggins' potential, before Andrew Wiggins entered the league, there were a lot of praises pouring to him, new LeBron James, new Kevin Durant, new Paul George, in David Griffin's view, if Andrew Wiggins can realize his potential, then this Wiggins for Kevin Love deal is likely to be a loss.

But there is no way, LeBron James is here, he can only pay more attention to the immediate interests, and as for the future, he can only abandon it.

Timberwolves general manager David Kahn is also a manager who has been criticized in major magazines and newspapers in the past two years, because he has been in the Timberwolves for five seasons, countless lottery picks, but he has failed to select even one excellent rookie, even if it is Kevin Love, it is also the wealth left to him by his predecessor Kevin McHale.

In short, David Kahn is still sitting on his general manager's throne, but the criticism he has suffered should have made him ouster a long time ago.

Now, after failing to make the playoffs for three or four seasons in a row, Kevin Love came up with the idea of a transfer away, and the Cleveland Cavaliers made a decent offer, and just like that, the two teams hit it off, and the deal was made while the transfer market and free agency market were in full swing.

In August 2014, Kevin Love's deal to the Cavaliers entered the final stage.

The 76ers' recruitment in the transfer market and free agency market this season has been a little quiet, except for the contract extension with Pau Gasol completed at the beginning of the transfer market and free market, and the re-signing of Evan Turner.

The main lineup of the 76ers last season included McCarvey and Shaun Livingston at the point guard position, Anxi, James Anderson and Troy Daniels at the shooting guard position, Jack Crowder and Francesco Garcia at the small forward position, Pau Gasol at the power forward position, and Noren Snoll, Cole Aldridge and Henry Simms at the center position.

Plus draft picks Joel Embiid and guard swingman K.J. McDaniels, as well as free agent Evan Turner.

Now the 76ers have 14 players on the roster, Antoine Jamison announced his retirement after winning the championship last season, he didn't expect that he could unexpectedly win a championship after transferring to the 76ers, this championship was a surprise for Jamison, he directly chose to retire, because after this championship arrived, his career has been completed.

Joel Embiid has already been reimbursed for the season, and I think the 76ers will give Joel Embiid an injury exception this season, just like last season, and will not occupy the team's 15-man slot.

Therefore, the 76ers still have two vacancies available this season, and these two vacancies, point guards have to fill one, and power forwards have to fill one.

This time it's different from last year, the 76ers are the defending champions, and there are many veterans who want to come and hug their legs and fight for a championship ring in the final stage of their careers, and the 76ers only need to choose two of the most suitable players for the team from among the many veterans to complement it.

Therefore, this season's summer league of the 76ers did not prepare and treat it seriously, but just let rookie K.J. McDaniels lead the way and go to Las Vegas Summer League for a walk.

K.J. McDaniels will be the only rookie of the season for the 76ers, and his summer league performance has been somewhat complementary, with extreme physicality and aggressiveness on the defensive end, which is kind of satisfying head coach Brett Brown for the time being.

He will remain as the fourth substitute in the team's No. 3 position.

The 76ers currently have 14 players, only Pau Gasol's contract is more than 10 million, Anxi's contract is in the second year of the contract period, because of the restrictions of the Arenas clause, his salary this season is only 5.4 million, which is a super value contract.

For this reason, the 76ers have a lot of salary space, but the 76ers are not pursuing those All-Star level players, because Sam Singki is clear that the 76ers need not a third All-Star at this stage, but more excellent role players.

Shaun Livingston proved his worth last season with a coquettish back-to-back shot, so he stayed, and James Anderson and Troy Daniels proved themselves with their three-point accuracy, so he stayed.

Francisco Garcia is the same, his three-point accuracy and intimidating perimeter are considered a pretty good role player, not to mention Cole Aldridge on the inside, and Henry Sims is more of a supplement to the team.

Evan Turner transferred to join, he will become the 76ers sixth man, although Evan Turner did not perform well in the Rockets last season, but as Turner's former teammates, Anxi still believes in Evan Turner, they believe that after Evan Turner returns to the parent team 76ers, he can get back to his former form.

The 76ers' transfer operation has continued, and they have a lot of salary space, which also diversifies Samsinki's options in the free market, and he can go for a free agent that could be expensive, thus helping the 76ers further strengthen the team's bench depth.

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On August 8, US time, the trade between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Minnesota Timberwolves was completed, and the two teams jointly announced that the Cleveland Cavaliers sent Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and a protected first-round pick in 2015 from the Timberwolves in exchange for Kevin Love.

As soon as the deal was completed, North America was shaken.

The Cleveland Honest News became very active the moment LeBron James returned, and after the Cavaliers traded Kevin Love this time, they even put on the front page of the newspaper the next day, announcing that the Cleveland era is back in the world!

"LeBron James, Kevin Love, Kelly Irving, it's a very competitive triumvirate combination, if you add Andre Vallejo, Dionwitters and Tristan Thompson, this team is strong enough, satisfying enough, Cleveland is going to rise again, new season, our goal is to win the championship!"

At the moment when the Big Three came together, the Cleveland people once again shouted the slogan of winning the championship.

The Cavaliers' recruitment has not ended, under the leadership of LeBron James, McMiller, James Jones two protectors have joined one after another, as well as Brandon Hywood and Louis Armondson, who are seeking championships at the end of their careers, the Cavaliers quickly formed a competitive lineup, but the effect still needs to be tested in the regular season of the new season.

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On the Heat's side, with Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade staying on the team, the Heat successively used the salary space left by James' departure and Wade's salary cut to make some transfer operations, including signing Ruhr Deng with a 10 million contract to fill the vacancy of LeBron James, and signing veterans such as Danny Granger and Josh McRoberts to enhance the team's bench strength.

Pat Riley has also poached several players who look good from the summer league, including Taylor Johnson, Justin Hamilton and Hassan Whiteside.

The prototype of the main lineup of the Heat for the new season was also roughly determined at the end of August.

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The New York Knicks, who missed the playoffs last season, welcomed the addition of KFC Phil Jackson this season, under the leadership of Phil Jackson, Carmelo Anthony successfully stayed on the team, Phil Jackson also signed Andrea Banyani, and exchanged Tyson Chandler for Jose Calderon to strengthen the team's point guard.

Phil Jackson also tried to sign Steve Kerr as the team's new head coach, but was eventually cut off by the Warriors, and Phil Jackson finally chose the old fish Fisher to become the team's new head coach.

For the Knicks, their goal for the new season is only the playoffs, but with Melon Anthony staying, they certainly want more......

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While other teams were bringing in or retaining their core players, the Pacers continued to lose their core players, and Lance Stephenson eventually reached a deal with the Hornets and left Indiana.

Then, the worse news came, Paul George suffered a serious right calf injury while participating in the United States team match, and was eventually lifted off the field, and the subsequent injury report showed that Paul George suffered a broken leg injury that the athlete did not want to encounter, and the season was reimbursed......

Paul George's season reimbursement, for the Pacers, is equivalent to the next season they completely lost the core players of the team, and next season, they will even have to consider whether they are rotten.

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As the days go on step by step, the situation in the east of the new season is becoming more and more obvious.

The 76ers, who retained the core lineup of the championship and even brought in reinforcements, and welcomed back LeBron James, and traded to get Kevin Love to form the new Big Three Cavaliers will be the two strongest teams in the East in the new season, and although the Miami Heat retained Bosh and Wade and signed Ruhr Deng, how competitive the new season is depends on the state of Bosh and Wade in the new season, and whether Ruhr Deng can fill some of the vacancies caused by the departure of LeBron James.

Therefore, the Heat are temporarily classified as the second pot in the East, with their strength, they have a good chance to break into the first pot, and the teams in the same gear as them for the time being include the Bulls who are about to welcome Derrick Rose's comeback, the Toronto Raptors who further strengthen the depth of the bench, and the Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks who have retained the Big Five, and of course, the Washington Wizards, the Milwick Bucks, the Charlotte Hornets and the Detroit Pistons also have a chance to compete for the playoffs.

In short, the east of the new season is full of strong and strong people, and the overall situation shows that there are two superpowers and many strong......

For the 76ers, their biggest opponent in the new season is none other than the Cavaliers.

In order to fight against the Cavaliers, Samsinki's reinforcements are also continuing, because the team has a huge salary space, so in order to defend the title of the new season, Samsinki's reinforcements are also sparing, and he has negotiated the last two signings when September is about to start......