Of course, there's so much more to the NBA free agency than that.

There is such fanfare as big as the Lakers, there is a surprise victory like the Wizards, and of course, there are those who make a lot of money.

The Timberwolves got two All-Star level players in one go.

"Alien" Sam Cassel and "Madman" Sprewell.

New fans' impression of these two people may be more about their nicknames, looks and even hairstyles.

But in reality, both of these are the kind of players whose strength is greater than fame.

When Cassel entered the league, he followed the Houston team to complete two consecutive championships, and then when the Bucks formed three musketeers, he averaged 18+ per game all year round.

In the past two seasons, Glenn Robinson and Ray Allen have been traded away, and he has become the team's main scorer, and his personal data has reached the 20+5+6 level.

Sprewell is even more obvious, this "madman" who helped the Knicks complete the Black Eight and played against the Spurs in the Finals, because of his off-court personality, has not been very popular.

But in fact, he entered the league as a star player, was selected as an All-Star 4 times in his career, peaked at 24+5+6, and was still able to contribute 16+4+5 data last season.

The reason why it is called muffled and rich is because of the age of these two people, one is 34 years old and the other is 33 years old, and most people will think that they have reached the end of their careers.

But only Sun Hao knew that the Timberwolves used a series of 58 points to defeat and summoned the strongest combination in team history, "Three-Headed Monster".

In addition to these teams, other heroes also continue to make small repairs and steadily improve their strength.

The Kings signed Brad Miller, the original starting center for the Pacers, and as Divac aged, Kings management wanted Miller to take over, and in fact they did find the right person;

The Spurs let go of Stephen Jackson because of Ginobili's growth, and then completed three operations in a row in one go:

signed Slovenian Nesterovic, who started with Garnett last season, Robert Horry, who was considered to be able to retire, and Hill Turkoglou, who entered the NBA in the same class as Sun Hao from the Kings, and was considered to have no potential.

That's right, Turkoglu also played for the Spurs.

Then there are the Lakers, after the F4 is formed, those veterans sharpen their heads and want to drill in, wanting to follow F4 to mix a championship ring.

This includes the team's three leaders during the first Bulls dynasty, and the main power forward "Cobra" Grant who won the Lakers championship in 2000.

It can be said that F4, with Fisher, Fox, Devin George, Grant and others, such a lineup is not even just luxurious.

Perhaps O'Neal's phrase "my grandmother can win championships" is the best fit for this team.

The Lakers, the new season is the only one.

Then there are the Mavericks, the Spurs, the Kings, and the Timberwolves.

Plus the Pistons, Pacers, Wizards, Celtics, Nets.

This may be the strongest year in the league after Sun Hao entered the alliance.

The Mavericks, well, the Mavericks' free-market reinforcement this summer can be described as nothing.

This looks strange, but if it is from the future like Sun Hao, you will find it from a historical perspective...... Actually, it's normal.

Dallas is a city where very few players really want to come.

This should be best known as Niu Mi, every year before the start of the offseason, the A/B/C plan is full, but in the end, only Plan D can be executed.

Even look at the reinforcements of the Mavericks in recent years, Bell, Curry Sr., and Bodi Loga are all here because of Sun Hao, Dampier was exchanged by the Mavericks for Nash, and Lafrenz was exchanged for Uncle Huo......

The term free agent doesn't have much to do with Dallas.

Nelson Jr. finally sat down to talk to Collins, and after promising him more scenes for the new season, he finally kept him on a two-year mid-level contract.

Then, he went on to sign players on the free market who didn't have much competition.

For example, the signing of evergreen veteran Willis, Daniels, who performed well in summer league, and Rice, a veteran who wants to hug his thighs but no one wants anymore......

Oh yes, and perhaps the most successful thing Nelson Jr. has done is to persuade Calderon to land in the NBA two years earlier than he is in history.

In this way, the Mavericks' roster for the new season has basically taken shape after the door to free agency closed.

Point guards: Sun Hao, Van Exel, Calderon;

Quarterbacks: Bell, Adrian Griffin, Marquis Daniels;

Zen: Finley, Josh · Howard, Glenn Rice;

Omae: Nowitzki, Lafrentz, Nahoola;

Centre-forwards: Dampier, Collins, Kevin Willis;

Looking at it now, the Mavericks' lineup is a bit bleak, with three fewer rotations than last season's, filled with all newcomers and veterans.

But looking at this team with the eyes of the future, Howard and Daniels, the two "Dallas Three Uglys", have entered the team as in history, plus Calderon and "old and strong" Willis, the Mavericks still have a lot of hope of defending their title.

The problem now is that it takes time for these newcomers to show their strength, and the opponents are all getting stronger.

What will happen to the Mavericks in the new season depends on Nelson Jr.'s coaching ability in the new season.

If he can lead the team to defend the title, it will really be comparable to the Houston team that made Tomjanovic shout "Don't underestimate a championship heart" in the 1994~1995 season.

Of course, it's still early.

With the free agency doors closed, the long grass for NBA players has just begun.

Sun Hao continued to train with Nowitzki in the "House of Evolution".

Just two days later, two more people were added to the training camp, Calderon and Yi Jianlian.

Needless to say, Yi Jianlian officially signed a rookie contract with the Bulls, and he came to Sun Hao to train together.

His rookie season is crucial for the players, and he wants to start the game in great shape.

There was a point before, when Yi Jianlian was selected by the Heat team, Sun Hao was also worried about whether Yi Jianlian would be destroyed by Riley, the "training maniac" who had trained O'Neal in history.

Now it seems that the Heat team has not succeeded, but Yi Jianlian is one of the most diligent practitioners even without Riley.

As for Calderón, although he lamented fate and suffering, life had to go on.

In the past, he and Sun Hao's past in the Champions League were regarded as tickets to the "House of Evolution".

Sun Hao, after a week of training, took a few days off to take a trip to Greensboro, Virginia, and then took another two-and-a-half-hour drive to Oak Hill High School.

Although there was a period of time in the past, Sun Hao still remembers what Wanda Pratt asked him to do.

What has been promised is a promise, and a promise needs to be fulfilled.

Oak Hill High School is located in a small suburban town in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and when you arrive, you'll find it in the middle of America.

The famous Oak Hill High School is in such a place, and if you don't really get there, you probably wouldn't have thought of it.

Sun Hao followed Wanda's guidance to her place.

It was a country cottage and was supposed to be rented temporarily.

The stuff inside looked very old and a little cluttered.

It seems that Durant's current family conditions are not good.

Wanda greeted him warmly, saying that Durant was still working on it, that he had already called and would be back soon.

Sun Hao was also sitting and waiting, drinking Wanda's coffee to greet him, and chatting while drinking Wanda's this.

It was in this process that Sun Hao learned some information about Durant.

That's what he didn't know before.

Durant's father is Wayne Pratt, but he abandoned them when Durant was 1 year old.

Such a background can be said to be very American, just among the NBA stars, James, Jimmy Butler, and Harden all have such family backgrounds.

It's no wonder that Durant's family conditions are not so good now, and their life should be difficult.

After chatting for a while and waiting for a while, Durant hadn't come back yet, and Sun Hao simply asked Wanda to take him to the basketball hall.

It's not a big town, but Oak Hill High School is not small.

It took nearly twenty minutes to walk from Wanda's place to the basketball hall.

When they arrived, they saw Durant training alone.

At this time, Durant was only 15 years old, a few months younger than Curry.

However, he is already more than two meters tall, and his talent is already visible to the naked eye, especially in shooting.

The biggest talent that makes Durant a superstar is his shooting talent at that height.

In the words of a popular saying in the future: change direction is to give you respect, and what can you do if you are directly removed.

The two of them sat and watched for a while, and the training was over.

Durant didn't find out about his mom and Sun Hao until this time.

looked at her mother's eyes full of tenderness, and looked at Sun Hao's eyes full of surprise.

It seems that Pratt wanted to surprise his son and did not tell him in advance.

It's no wonder they waited so long before, if they knew that it was to see their idol, Durant would probably have trotted back.

“sun？”

Durant is still a little unsure.

After seeing Sun Hao smile and nodded, his face flushed, smiled a little nervously, and reached out to shake Sun Hao's hand.

Durant now feels like the big boy next door, sunny and shy.

After Wanda told her son to learn from Sun Hao, she left first, knowing that her son would not be able to let go here.

Sun Hao and Durant didn't sit down, but went directly to the court, chatting and communicating with basketball.

In the process, Sun Hao knew the story of Durant falling in love with basketball.

He has an older brother named Tony Durant, and the two used to love watching sports.

He was living in Washington, D.C. with his mom at the time, and soon became a Wizards fan.

Then Jordan's comeback made him even more fanatical, and then there was the game between the Wizards and the Mavericks that would be broadcast almost every time.

He was quickly impressed by Sun Hao's shooting skills, which in his opinion is the most beautiful art of basketball.

At the end of the conversation, Sun Hao found something that he didn't expect at all.

Durant, love basketball!

But Wanda came to him because Durant wanted to give up basketball, which ...... Isn't that right?

Or was Wanda just lying in order to fulfill her son's desire to meet her idol?

It's quite possible.

At the end of the conversation, Durant didn't know where to find the pen and asked Sun Hao to sign it.

Sun Hao also felt that he liked Durant very much.

Compared with James, Durant is really much simpler, a bit similar to Yi Jianlian, but more extroverted than Yi Jianlian.

Had a light meal at Durant's house, Durant rested for a while after eating and went to the arena to practice.

Sun Hao chatted with Wanda again at this time.

"I feel like Kevin loves basketball and he doesn't want to give up."

Sun Hao said this, if Wanda lied before, then he should admit it at this time.

"Really? But Taras previously said that Kevin himself said that he didn't want to play basketball anymore, and Taras was Kevin's basketball godfather. ”

However, Wanda's answer surprised Sun Hao a little, and that reaction did not seem to be a lie.

Sun Hao was also puzzled.

"Did Taras say it for something? If not, you can ask. ”

Sun Hao continued.

"Oh yes, I'll ask now."

Taras seemed to remember something, turned around and called.

Don't be surprised, when people are in a panic, their IQ drops a lot.

When she came back after calling, she also told Sun Hao the result of the question.

The reason Durant doesn't want to continue basketball is ...... He felt that his place of residence was too far away from where he was training, and that the training at Oak Hill High School was too rigorous right now, which made him feel lost.

Sun Hao couldn't help but laugh after hearing this.

It's just a child's temper.

That's right, children generally don't talk about this kind of temper with their parents, but only with others.

No wonder Wanda is so nervous.

However, Sun Hao has seen a lot of this kind of thing, and he told Wanda a solution.

In the afternoon, Sun Hao accompanied Wanda to school again.

……

Durant had just finished training and was resting when he saw his mother push the door and walk in.

"Coach Taras told me you want to give up basketball?"

Wanda came in and asked.

Durant's eyes looked a little evasive, but he nodded in the end.

He had said before that he would let his godfather keep it a secret first, but paper couldn't contain the fire after all.

"Smack!"

When Durant didn't react at all, he directly received a slap from his mother on the left side of his face.

He looked up in confusion.

"Smack!"

He received another slap on the right side of his cheek.

Align left and right.

Durant was completely stunned.

"Do you know what basketball means to you and to us? That's the thing that changes our fate, the only thing! ”

Wanda was also distressed when she fought, and she couldn't stop crying when she said it again.

"Mom, I was wrong."

Feeling the burning pain on his face, Durant's idea of giving up basketball was fanned away in an instant.

Wanda followed and hugged Durant and cried.

Women are weak, mothers are strong, and it is really not easy for him to raise Durant alone.

However, at this time, she really thanked Sun Hao for the advice she gave her, which was simple and effective.

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