Duncan's retirement was embarrassing, and while fans were still immersed in grief, another incident quickly attracted their attention.

Previously, in order for Durant to successfully complete the contract extension with the Thunder, Westbrook has jumped out of his player option.

But Durant and his team didn't respond positively.

According to Woj's latest report, Durant has stated that he is open to returning to the Thunder, but he will also test the waters of the upcoming free agent market!

This sentence seems familiar, Anthony said something similar at the beginning, and finally returned to the Knicks.

But Durant and Anthony are clearly not the same.

The fundamental reason why Anthony chose to return to the Knicks was because of money.

But Durant obviously doesn't care so much about money, which can be seen from the contract extension with the Thunder.

On the contrary, the message given by this sentence may be exactly the opposite of what Anthony originally said.

With the relationship between Durant and the Thunder, if you stay with the Thunder, you don't have to go through so much trouble, and you can reach an early contract extension before the end of the season like the last contract extension.

broke the news, which means that he is likely to leave the Thunder team.

The free agency market hasn't opened yet, and the news of Woj has already made the teams ready to move.

It's no exaggeration to say that except for the Pelicans, the other twenty-nine teams want to get Durant.

Durant is now the league's top two small forwards, and everyone must be rushing to get a supergiant of this level.

Time flies, and it's July 1st.

The 2016 NBA free agent market opened as scheduled.

Because the new collective bargaining agreement went into effect this season, the league's salary cap skyrocketed by more than 20 million, which became an opportunity for many free agents.

The skyrocketing salary cap has raised the poor line, and many teams will naturally give him a lot higher in order to fill the poor line.

Coupled with Durant's previous rumors, this year's free agent market has become particularly interesting.

On the first day of opening, there were many contracts signed with him, and the contracts were all amazing.

DeRozan signed a five-year, 139 million max contract with the Raptors after jumping out of his original contract.

DeRozan is only in his seventh year of career, and under the previous collective bargaining agreement, the maximum starting salary is only $19 million.

But after the salary cap skyrocketed, his starting salary increased to $26 million, and the total contract value also increased by more than 40 million.

DeRozan's contract is a prime example of this year's free agency.

The Pistons' Drummond just ended his rookie contract, and he also agreed to a five-year, 130 million contract with the team, and also took more than 40 million.

Similarly, Brad Beal and Batum have contract extensions for 5 years and 128 million for 5 years and 120 million for 5 years, respectively.

These used to be contracts that only superstars could get.

After the salary cap skyrocketed, the money in the free market was like a bunch of numbers, squandered by the general managers of each team.

As a result, there are a lot of contracts that are clearly at a premium.

Tyler Johnson, who had a brief stint with the Pelicans, did well with the Heat last season, averaging 8.7 points and three rebounds per game.

As a result, he received an offer of $50 million for four years from the 76ers on his first day on free agency.

The same goes for Ruel Deng and Mozgov, who were offered 72 million for 4 years and 65 million for 4 years by the Lakers, respectively!

Even Solomon Hill, a small forward who averaged only 4.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per game with the Pacers last season, got an offer of 52 million for the Kings over four years!

The offer in this range is jaw-dropping.

And the situation did not decrease by the next day, but intensified.

The Trail Blazers signed a four-year, 75-million-dollar contract extension to Aaron Crabbe, who averaged only 10.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game last season.

The Hawks signed a four-year, $70 million extension to Kent Bazemore, who had 11.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists last season.

The Magic signed a five-year, $85 million extension to Evan Fournier, who averaged 15.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game last season.

One of the main themes of this year's free agent market is that it seems that as long as you play well, you can get a contract with tens of millions or even the highest salary!

Money, it's really not worth it!

Among the free agent signings, the reinforcements of several heroes are also particularly noteworthy.

The Spurs renewed Paul Gasol's contract for 2 years and 30 million, and with Duncan's retirement, the Spurs' interior line will be Gasol and Aldridge.

Because of Harden's relationship, the Rockets are a hot candidate for Durant's next home.

Cousins' contract is small (80 million for 5 years signed in 2013, and the salary for the new season is only 17 million), and they now have more room to eat the Big Four!

This upset the rest of the league, and if Morey did form the Big Four, the rest of the league wouldn't have to play at all.

The Warriors have also suspended contract extensions for Barnes and Ezeli in an effort to lobby Durant to join.

The Cavaliers are also actively chasing the Heat's Whiteside in an effort to bolster the interior.

The three teams that were defeated by the Pelicans last season are hell-bent on revenge in the new season, and all they do is continue to make up for it!

And not only them, according to Woj's revelations, the Mavericks and the Grizzlies' free agent Conley are very close!

The Knicks are chasing the Hawks' Al Horford with all their might!

The military competition in the new season is even more ferocious than last season!

When the giants are competing to make up for it, the Pelicans are the most stable team.

After the free market opened, they agreed to a five-year, 130 million salary extension contract with Davis similar to Drummond.

This was to be expected, and the subsequent early contract extensions were unexpected.

After they renewed Davis's contract, they then reached a 3-year 70 million early renewal contract with Tang Tian.

The contract is valid from the start of the following season, with a player option for the third year.

Not only that, they immediately reached a 5-year 75 million early renewal contract with Holiday and a 3-year 30 million early renewal contract with Bojan Bogdanovic.

All of a sudden, the Pelicans kept the championship core roster until at least 2018!

That's the biggest reinforcement!

And the team also exercised the $9.5 million team option in Stephenson's contract for next season, leaving them just around $5 million from the poor line.

And signing a point guard on a short-term contract, their summer reinforcements look like they're more than half done.

But neither these signings from other teams nor the Pelicans' steady play are the most eye-catching in the free agent market this year.

On the third day of the free market opening, Durant announced one of his decisions.

He has narrowed down his next team to seven: the Knicks, Rockets, Warriors, Clippers, Spurs, Heat and Thunder.