And that's not all.

After completing the trade, the Mavericks signed Lafrentz to a seven-year, $45 million contract with a starting salary.

True to the beginning of the century, the length of the contract never disappoints.

However, after this contract is signed, it is foreseeable that when Sun Hao's rookie contract expires, there will inevitably be a wave of operations.

Otherwise, when the time comes, Finley, Nowitzki, Lafrentz, Van Exel, and Sun Hao will be squeezed together, and the Mavericks' salary space will be blown up.

In fact, Cuban really has nothing to say about his investment in the team, and the Mavericks have been paying a lot of luxury taxes in recent years.

One might ask why management would act in such a way when such a situation could have been foreseen.

It's the same reason why there are so many garbage contracts in NBA history.

Because, there is no better option.

There are only a few free agents this summer, and if you don't give a contract like that, the other teams will.

Let it go in vain, and you can't get better reinforcement, so renewing the contract is basically an operation that must be there.

For the Mavericks, the most important thing now is to strengthen the roster and then challenge for the championship.

And at the same time, the management also got Sabonis, who will sign a one-year contract with the team.

Sabonis also bluntly stated after signing his contract that this will be his last season in the NBA.

The all-powerful veteran on the international stage, who has not been able to win a championship ring in his previous NBA career, will also be his last dance.

But that's enough.

The lineup that the Mavericks can foresee next season: Sun Hao, Bale, Finley, Nowitzki, Dampier, and bench Van Axel, Nahoola, Lafrentz, Sabonis.

Strengthen the depth of the outside bench, and the configuration of this team is not low at all!

The Mavericks are also more to look forward to next season.

But it was at this time that Battle also told Sun Hao that he would go to the Spurs next season.

The Mavericks traded for Dampier and Sabonis, plus Lafrentz and Collins who is still on the team.

This content, not to mention the wheels, is already overcrowded.

If he stays with the Mavericks, playing time will be a big problem.

While the Mavericks are interested in keeping him on a base-salary contract, he also has to think about his NBA career.

As for the Spurs, David Robinson is getting old and he has a chance to play more.

Sun Hao didn't say anything, everyone has their own ideas.

Historically, Battle went to the Spurs, and more often than not, like the Mavericks, he played O'Neal's role in training.

It's just that in this way, they will be opponents in the NBA in the new season.

Wang Zhizhi went to the Warriors, Battle went to the Spurs, the Mavericks had three Chinese players last season, and only Sun Hao was left next season.

That's a good thing for Chinese fans, because the teams they can keep an eye on next season have gone from two to four.

More fans means more attention, bigger market.

David Stern, it's time to laugh more often.

Of course, those are all things for next season.

Now several NBA players in the Chinese team have stable contracts and can concentrate on preparing for the next World Championships.

This time, the Chinese team is still in charge of the Asian Championships head coach Wang Fei.

He has been with the Mavericks and knows Sun Hao's ability, and basically the tactics revolve around him.

This gave Sun Hao unprecedented dominance.

Not to mention the record or anything, Sun Hao's data at the World Championships will definitely explode.

Take Battle at the same time, it is also the national team, and when given football rights, Battle can score 23 points in the game against the United States.

After continuous running-in training and warm-up games, the time has unconsciously come to mid-August.

The Chinese team will leave for the United States to participate in the World Championships in a period of time.

The World Championships were held in Indianapolis.

Before that, Sun Hao took leave and went home.

He is now a wanderer in a foreign land, and it is rare to have time to go home.

So no matter how busy you are, going home once a year is a must.

I haven't seen him for a year, and when I see my son, my parents are very excited, and my mother has red eyes.

With the increase in age and the increasing number of separations, it is more and more easy for parents to touch their emotions after a long absence.

After chatting for a while, Sun Hao felt that he should arrange for his parents to go to the scene next season to watch him play a few times.

This is also an opportunity for parents to travel.

However, just as he was thinking so, the familiar routine came again.

Mom and Dad, I'm ready to hurry up and arrange a blind date for him again!

Sun Hao suddenly felt that his head was big.

He was hesitant to tell his parents about Scarlett.

The protagonist in it casually picks up foreign girls, but in reality, it is difficult for most parents to accept this.

Looking at his parents' anticipation and excitement for the blind date, he finally chose to say it.

"I already have a girlfriend, but I'm an American, Danish and American to be exact."

Sun Hao confessed.

"What did you say?"

Sure enough, even my father's reaction was great.

"That's, that's a long story......"

Sun Hao originally wanted to talk about the matter with Scarlett briefly.

"You're a good boy."

But before he could speak, his father was full of joy.

"I ......"

Well, Sun Hao feels that his father is not a serious father from beginning to end.

And look at his look with a little envy, ahem.

Mom also looks very happy, and her parents seem to be really open.

Of course, this is just the beginning.

What happened next was beyond Sun Hao's expectations.

Mom and Dad, I'm going to move to the United States to live with him for a while.

Mom's words were that she was afraid that he would not be used to eating in the United States, so she could cook food for him in the past.

"I have a chef, and I have a nutritionist, and I eat everything every day."

"What kind of chef, quit, I'll be your chef."

But from his mother's words, Sun Hao can hear it.

This is to cook for himself, this is to test his future daughter-in-law.

Dad also nodded in agreement.

There was no way, Sun Hao could only agree.

Moreover, they do have to get along with Scarlett.

It's the same as he said before that he would have a chance to meet Scarlett's parents later.

The influence of parents in family life is very significant.

As a result, Sun Hao went to the United States this time and took his parents directly.

And after settling their parents' belongings in Dallas, they also went to Polis together.

The World Championships, the right to travel.

And with his parents present, Sun Hao will definitely be more motivated.

After all, except for the one in Spain, this is the second time that my parents have come to play after two years.

The World Championships are about to begin, and teams are arriving in Polis.

The World Basketball Championships, which has been held since 1950, has a history of more than 50 years, basically once every four years, and this year's edition is also the 14th.

This World Championships is also the most watched ever.

Held on the doorstep of the United States, and as more and more international players appear on the NBA stage, the strength of the national teams has also increased.

Before the tournament, more than half of the teams were considered to have at least the quality to reach the semi-finals of the World Championships.

The world hegemon, the United States, with Nowitzki's Germany, with Pau Gasol's Spain, with Divac and Peja, Bodiloga's Yugoslavia, with Ginobili's Argentina......

Brazil, Puerto Rico, New Zealand, and China are all the strongest teams in history.

This is also the most predictable and anticipated event in the history of the World Championships.

In order to allow fans to have a more intuitive understanding of the strength of each team, FIBA also used the scoring method to directly digitize it this time.

This rating is not only for the team, but also for the players.

Among the teams, the highest-rated team is the host team, the United States, with an overall rating of 90 points.

The Dream Team has been formed since 1992 and is also known as the Dream Five.

However, because the previous games have been won too easily, even if it is a home battle, there are not many superstars in the United States who are willing to play for their country.

Final 12-man squad: Brand, Antonio Davis, Baron Davis, Finley, Lafrentz, Marion, Andre Miller, Reggie Miller, O'Neal Jr., Pierce, Ben Wallace, Jay Williams.

Among these 12 people, the highest overall personal rating is Pierce, with a score of 88.

Then there were Brand and O'Neal Jr. with 86 points, Miller with 83 points and Ben Wallace with 81 points.

The rest are basically around 80 points.

Jay Williams is this year's star of the list, and he is considered a college player, and his rating is the lowest, but he also reached 72.

As with the overall review, although there are not many All-Stars, the Dream Five team is already the most favored team.

In second place is Yugoslavia with an overall rating of 89.

That's right, it's 1 point behind the U.S. team.

In this Yugoslav team, several core players have received low ratings.

The highest is Bodi Loga, who, although not in the NBA, has a whopping 89 overall, which is higher than Pierce.

Then there were Divac 85, Peja 83, Radmanovic 76.

The rest, basically, are between 70~80.

From this, it can be seen that the score of FIBA is not exactly the same as that of the NBA, and the main reason is naturally two different basketball rules.

In FIBA, projection and organization are more important.

Moreover, FIBA is not just a simple mathematical formula, he takes into account the team's tacit understanding, system, and off-field factors.

Needless to say, this Yugoslav team is a team.

And even more importantly, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is on the verge of disintegration for political reasons.

This may also be the last time fans will see them perform at the World Championships.

So in terms of morale, the team has a big bonus.

This is also the reason why the overall rating of the players is much lower, but their overall rating is not as good as that of the American team.

Players from other teams that are more watched.

Nowitzki's overall rating of 90 was the highest of all the players in this year's class, and he was the only one to have passed 90.

Argentina's Ginobili has a rating of 82.

Spain's Pau Gasol has a rating of 81 and Navarro 79.

New Zealand's James Cameron has a rating of 80.

……

Then, the Chinese team.

The Chinese team scored 74 points in the end.

The 12-man squad of the Chinese team for this World Championships:

Defenders: Sun Hao, Guo Shiqiang, Liu Wei, Hu Weidong;

Forwards: Du Feng, Li Nan, Zhu Fangyu, Liu Yudong;

Center: Yao Ming, Battle, Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian;

In terms of personal ratings, Sun Hao got a score of 85 points.

This score has a bonus from the FIBA system, and it ranks high among all the participating players.

Yao Ming's rating is 81 points, the same score as Gasol grand.

Wang Zhizhi's rating is 71 points, Battle's rating is 68 points, and Hu Weidong's score is 66 points.

The rest of the big-score players are between 60~65.

Yi Jianlian's rating is 63.

This rating basically sums up the team.

This is indeed the strongest Chinese team ever, but the strongest ones are Sun Hao and Yao Ming.

That scene, put in the king, is probably two gold, with a group of bronze points.

In FIBA's view, the overall strength of the Chinese men's basketball team is between 5~8.

From this point of view, this is also a relatively fair score.

After all, before this, the highest ranking of the Chinese men's basketball team in the World Championships was only the 8th place created in 1994.

As long as the predicted result can really be played, it has already created the best result in the history of the men's basketball team.

The game was about to start, and Sun Hao also chatted with Yao Ming about this FIBA rating.

This kind of scoring thing, just like when you play a game, is the part that is the most concerned, and it's hard for them not to pay attention to it.

They don't have much of an opinion on the rating given by FIBA.

Let's just say that Sun Hao has a similar score in 2K, and his playing style will have a slight advantage in the FIBA system.

But invincibility or anything definitely doesn't exist, even Jordan, there is no such thing as invincibility in the international arena.

Yao Ming's words, Yao Ming, who has just finished his rookie season, it is unrealistic for you to expect him to kill all sides like in the future.

However, their ambitions are greater than their strength.

'I think we can make it to the last four.'

Yao Ming swallowed when he said this.

If you want to talk about them, they have been difficult brothers in the past season.

Originally, after Yao Ming won the best rookie, he said to Sun Hao that he would enter the finals together.

As a result, both of them lost in the semi-finals of the division.

Sun Hao said that he didn't want to lose anymore, and Yao Ming also wanted to win!

The gathering of the champions in this World Championships is also an opportunity for the Chinese team.

If you can play well enough in such a competition, it will be a huge encouragement for the entire Chinese basketball.

"I think...... We have a chance to reach the final. ”

Sun Hao's ambition is bigger than Yao Ming!

Of course, he didn't say this purely YY.

As a traverser, he is quite familiar with this World Championships.

The weakest dream team in American history, well, ended up finishing sixth on their home turf.

Sun Hao felt that the members of that team were lucky not to be killed when they went back.

Then, finally, Yugoslavia won the gold medal, Argentina won the silver medal, and Germany won the bronze medal.

Yugoslavia showed super strength in the knockout round, while Argentina only lost the final championship game, which was still lost in extra time.

The current strength of the Chinese team is not realistic to win the championship, but if it can avoid the two teams of Yugoslavia and Argentina and fight other teams, it is not a dream to enter the final.