While the men's basketball competition at the Olympics was in full swing, a small piece of news appeared in an inconspicuous corner of the sports section. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Not to mention the majority of fans, even most NBA practitioners have not noticed this information.

But after Wang Yuanfei saw the news, he was in a daze for 10 minutes.

A very inconspicuous backup point guard who averaged 13 minutes per game in his rookie season and only scored 5+1+1. Poor shooting, thin body, no professional-level confrontation ability, and no NBA-level passing skills. The Jazz are glad to have signed the second-round pick with a one-year salary, and when his contract expires this year, the Jazz have no intention of keeping it.

The 47th pick in the 2003 class. Williams signed with the Los Angeles Lakers on a three-year, $5.5 million contract. Most of the media only made a brief report on this, because this second-round show is so inconspicuous. If there are still people who are willing to analyze this, it can only be said that the Lakers team has too much face, after all, it is a giant.

Yuanfei doesn't need to read it at all to know how to write an analysis article. Chuck. Atkins is a qualified starting point guard who has proven himself on multiple teams, and it is clear that he will sit firmly in the Lakers' dominant position in the new season, and Williams' contract is too long and a bit expensive to simply serve as Atkins' backup. There's nothing wrong with betting on young players, but it's irrational to bet on a player who played badly in his rookie season on a three-year contract.

In Yuanfei's view, this is a very correct signing. Atkins averaged only 8+3 per game last season, and only 12+4 at his peak, and he has 2 years left on his contract, up to 8.7 million. His level is obviously not enough to be a starter for a championship-caliber team, so instead of wasting salary space and time on him, it is better to simply find a young player to develop. And the Lakers bet right this time. Williams was selected as an All-Star in his previous life, and his shooting ability has improved significantly in the future, making him a fairly reliable firepower point. However, he was very puzzled, in his previous life, Xiao Mo obviously signed with the Bucks, why did he suddenly transfer to the Lakers? The butterfly effect of self-crossing is inevitably too much of an impact. In this way, it seems that the Lakers' rebuilding may rise faster than expected.

However, Yuan Fei never resisted the results of the alliance's development beyond his expectations, and he felt very excited. Competitive sports are fun when there are a little more unknowns.

The Rockets still haven't made much moves during this time, and on September 16 they announced a team option to continue Yao Ming's contract, and Yao Ming will continue to play for the team until the summer of '06. This kind of thing is completely expected by the fans.

On September 28, the Mavericks signed veteran Avery Avery back to a one-year, $1.1 million contract. Johnson. Although this veteran is only 180cm tall, he does things in the style of a big brother. When he played for the Spurs, even the team's boss Robinson respected him, and the young Duncan could only call himself a junior brother. This also earned him the nickname "Little General". Johnson only played 2 seasons and 65 regular season games with the Mavericks late in his career, and he was not considered a veteran of the team, but Cuban just valued his excellent leadership skills and insisted on poaching him back. Even Mavericks head coach Don. Nelson also took up his love for talent, personally writing a letter inviting the former disciple to join the coaching staff, hoping that he would become an assistant coach.

One month later, on October 28, Johnson decided to retire after careful consideration, and Cuban directly announced the hiring of him as an assistant coach. The little general took up a new post. Often, it is difficult for retired players to get their wages for the current season after negotiation, or only a small amount. But the owner of Cuban is stupid and has enough money to be righteous, and with a big stroke of the pen, Johnson's salary that season was also included in the team's total salary. Of course, the little general is also grateful to Dade and has done a good job as a teaching assistant wholeheartedly.

On September 30, the Celtics announced the layoffs of veteran Rick Brown. Fox, on the same day Fox announced his retirement. On October 5th, Bulls veteran Scott. Pippen announced his retirement. The founders of these two dynasties also ended their illustrious careers.

Starting on October 1, the recruitment of each team will be preliminarily completed. This day of the year is the last day for a restricted free agent to accept an offer, and those who still haven't been contracted after this date are mostly marginalized on the periphery of the teams, and usually have to make up the numbers. Of course, the trade market is still open, and teams can still adjust their lineups through trades.

2004 was also a big year for Chinese basketball, and other Chinese players also got attention from the NBA due to the great results of the Great Wall trio in the NBA. Mavericks selected Xue Yuyang in this round as early as 03, but the Basketball Association did not pass the approval. In '04, the Mavericks and Pistons sent people to inspect Moko of the Bayi team, but Moko felt that he was not qualified for an NBA-level confrontation and refused to participate in the draft. Next, Liu Wei, the Chinese main controller, participated in the trial of the Kings and represented the Kings in the NBA preseason, but unfortunately failed to sign a contract. At the end of October, the teams announced the termination of their summer contracts and the deadline for the new season's squad to be set to 15 players or less. On October 24, the Kings announced the end of Liu Wei's contract, and his NBA journey came to an end.

There is only one month left until the start of the season, and the remaining period of time is usually for teams to renew their stars early, especially those with Bird's clause. On October 29, the Jazz signed a six-year mega contract with Kirilenko (whose contract expired in the summer of '05) with a starting salary of 10 million. Soon, Tinsley of the Pacers, Collins of the Nets, and Randolph of the Trail Blazers also renewed their contracts. Randolph also followed Kirilenko's lead and signed a huge contract with a starting salary of 10 million and a total of $84 million over six years. He is currently in the final year of his rookie contract, with a salary of only 1.5 million. The contract will be effective from next season.

It is precisely because these young players have signed big contracts that it has triggered a crisis within the Rockets. The negative effects of hoarding young talented players finally exploded, and in the summer of '05, a number of major rotation players were due to expire under contract. Despite the management's prescient abandonment of Joe. Johnson, but Richard. Jefferson, Tony. Parker, Heaton. It is already a headache for the four important rotations of Tekoglu and Wang Zhizhi to renew their contracts at the same time, not counting Battle, who basically fell out of the rotation.

At the critical moment when this internal contradiction was about to erupt, the team's core superstar added fuel to the fire and really lit the fuse.