Based on Oladipo's current performance with Middleton, if traded in the offseason, it should be possible to trade for some high-ranked draft picks, or package for a quasi-All-Star caliber star.

But that's just the normal going situation.

It's impossible for the Bucks to trade for draft picks, and it's been a few times, how can any team be stupid enough to trade the top draft pick to Wang Xiao?

If Wang Xiaoken uses Antetokounmpo or Thompson as a bargaining chip, it may still be attractive, but Oladipo and Middleton are not enough to make people excited.

Under this premise, Wang Xiao felt that trading Durant to the team in advance, although it may seem that he lost two good players, could allow the team to have the capital to win the championship a season in advance, which is not a loss.

After the offer was made, the Trailblazers quickly agreed.

This is also expected by Wang Xiao, Oladipo Middleton, this is already a very good offer, and he believes that it is difficult for other teams to make offers with the same conditions.

There are still some minor issues with the deal in terms of salary, with Durant currently earning a whopping $20 million a year, while Oladipo and Middleton are both on rookie contracts, and the two are just over $10 million combined.

However, this is not a big problem, because the Bucks' salary space is very healthy, the team does not have a big contract except for Thompson, and those larger junk contracts from last year have already been dealt with.

is a terrifying place, not to mention eating Durant's contract, even if he renews his contract in the future, there will not be much pressure to renew Embiid Jokic!

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On January 30, 2016, both the Bucks and the Trail Blazers went into action.

The Trail Blazers first completed an early contract extension with Durant, and the two sides reached a five-year contract of 160 million, which caused a sensation as soon as the news was announced.

It's not because of Durant's contract extension with the Trail Blazers, after all, anyone in the know knows that it's just a sign-and-trade routine.

The shock is the 5-year contract amount of 160 million, which is a super contract with an average annual salary of 32 million, and the largest contract in NBA history!

Prior to this, there were only two players in the NBA with an annual salary of more than 30 million in a single season, namely Jordan's 30.14 million in the 96-97 season and 33.14 million in the 97-98 season, and Kobe Bryant's 30.45 million in the 2013-14 season.

Durant will become the third player with an annual salary of more than 30 million, and it is also an average annual salary!

With Durant's strength, of course, he deserves this contract, but even so, the largest contract in the history of the league still makes people talk.

Of course, in Wang Xiao's opinion, this contract is not a big deal.

This year, the NBA reached a new broadcast agreement with the TV station, 24 billion in 9 years! This has also skyrocketed the league's salary space in the coming years, and without Durant, Grizzlies point guard Mike will be able to do so this summer. Conley's upcoming five-year 153 million will be the first to break the record, and that's the real exaggeration.

Conley is a good player, but that's about it.

A player who has never been selected as an All-Star in his career can get 153 million for 5 years, with an average annual salary of 30 million, which is crazy.

And that's just the beginning.

In another time and space, as of 2020, a total of 5 people have received contracts with a total salary of more than 200 million, namely Curry's 5-year 201 million in 17, Harden's 6-year 228 million in 17, Wall's 6-year 207 million in 17, Westbrook's 5-year 205 million in 17, and Lillard's 6-year 256 million in 19.

The follow-up salary cap exploded year by year, and the players' contracts were also exaggerated one by one, compared to Durant's 5-year 160 million contract, which was actually nothing, and he suffered a little loss when he renewed his contract a year earlier.

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Just one day after the Trail Blazers and Durant completed their contract extensions, the Bucks also reached contract extensions with Oladipo and Middleton respectively, renewing their contracts worth $84 million over four years and $70 million over four years, respectively.

The Bucks and Trail Blazers didn't trade immediately after reaching a contract extension.

Because All-Star Weekend is here.

On February 13, 2016, the NBA All-Star Weekend officially began in Toronto, Canada.

The Bucks have two players in the All-Star Game, Antetokounmpo and Thompson, both of whom are on the bench.

Previously, Wang Xiaolayer helped Oladipo and Jokic brush up the data, hoping that the two could also be selected for the All-Star Game, but they did not succeed, there are too many stars in the East, and these two cannot meet the standard of the All-Star bench in terms of fame and performance.

The five All-Star starters in the East are Curry of the Wizards, Wade of the Heat, George of the Wizards, Leonard of the Wizards and James of the Cavaliers.

The bench lineup is Jeremy Lin, Antetokounmpo, Thompson, Cheng Jie, Wall, Howard, Irving.

The Western Conference All-Star starting five are Westbrook of the Thunder, Kobe Bryant of the Lakers, Harden of the Kings, Durant of the Trail Blazers and Davis of the Pelicans.

The bench lineup is Butler, Cousins, Paul, Griffin, Aldridge, Bosh.

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Before the start of the main game, the NBA will still hold the Rookie Challenge, the Shooting Stars, the Skills Challenge, the Three-Point Contest and the Slam Dunk Contest in turn.

In the Rookie Challenge, the world team led by Cheng Jie and Wang Meng slammed the American team, and Cheng Jie, who scored 31 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, was elected MVP.

In the three-point contest, the two who entered the finals happened to be Curry and Thompson, and the two staged a three-point battle in the finals, and in the end, Thompson played better and scored 27 points to defeat Curry to win the three-point contest championship trophy.

In the slam dunk contest, Pistons forward Wang Meng signed up for the game and became the first Chinese player in the league to participate in the dunk contest.

However, in the game, Wang Meng was the first to be eliminated.

This can't be helped, Wang Meng's dunk action is not simple, and the degree of completion is also very high, but he is still the first of the four players to be eliminated, which has a certain degree of unclear reasons.

To put it simply, Jeremy Lin gave up the United States to return to Chinese nationality to prepare for the Olympic Games, so that Chinese players are not particularly popular in the NBA, and Jeremy Lin and Cheng Jie can be selected for the All-Star Game because of their excellent performance and the contribution of their respective teams behind the scenes.

It was not only Wang Meng who was treated unfairly, but in the subsequent All-Star Game, Jeremy Lin and Cheng Jie only got 5 minutes and 3 minutes of playing time respectively, the former only had 2 points and 2 assists, and the latter had 0 points and 1 rebound.

Wang Xiao understands why, obviously, the United States is feeling the pressure.

When Jeremy Lin, Cheng Jie, Wang Meng, Hao Peng and others gathered in the Chinese men's basketball team, the American men's basketball team, which has been dominating the world basketball world, finally found that their unbreakable transcendent status was about to usher in a violent impact!