At first glance, the Lakers lost money on this trade.

But that's actually what Howard is worth right now.

In the past two years with the Lakers, his stats have declined significantly, and the impact of the back injury has been much greater than expected.

Coupled with the remaining 4 years of his contract with a maximum salary, the average team would not dare to take over.

The Knicks made this trade partly because they have always had a habit of chasing superstars, and partly because it was their bargaining chip to keep Anthony.

The Anthony + Howard combination is very competitive in the East.

The Lakers' trading intentions are even more obvious, trading Howard, who was at odds with Kobe, successfully got rid of the latter's big contract, and got Chandler and Shampert are also immediate.

When Kobe Bryant turns 38 soon, this is equivalent to Bo's last hand.

The Knicks and Lakers trade was earth-shattering.

But it was like a breach in the dam that broke the dam, and the fans were drowned out by subsequent signings before they could recover their strength.

Cuban took the lead, and after identifying Nowitzki and Embiid, the old and new interior pair, he began to grab the third big man.

Parsons of the Rockets became his target.

Parsons has performed well with the Rockets, but his strength has not yet reached the maximum salary, and Morey has always wanted to reduce the price.

That gave Cuban a chance, and he jumped in and quickly agreed a three-year, $46 million max contract with Parsons.

It's an obvious premium contract, but there's only three days left for Morey to think about it right now.

If he matches, then the Rockets' recruitment space is likely to be sealed.

You know, Morey is now bent on chasing Anthony.

When the two teams met not long ago, there was an incident of directly photoshopping Jeremy Lin's No. 7 jersey onto Anthony's jersey.

Now Anthony's next home is undecided, but Morey has been generalized by his old rival Cuban.

The outside world is watching to see what Morey will do.

If they don't do it well, they may end up with the same basket as they did in the offseason.

The free market is here, and everyone is mixed together.

James is waiting for the Heat to reinforce, the Heat is waiting for James and Bosh to make a decision, and the Rockets are aiming for Anthony, but they are cornered by the Mavericks.

One ring after another, interlocking.

Just as all this is entangled, the connection point of all this and the key person, Bosh, makes a decision.

He and the Rockets reached a 4-year, 90 million contract extension with a maximum salary!

In this way, the Rockets are equivalent to having Harden + Bosh, and as long as they dispose of Asik and Jeremy Lin's 8 million contracts each in the final year, they can still offer Anthony a contract with a maximum salary!

Harden + Bosh + Anthony, this is a proper championship lineup!

Bosh's decision directly brought Team Rocket from tormented hell to heaven.

And his departure caused the Heat to split up in an instant.

This time, the wave giants directly changed the pattern of the entire league!

Howard's trade didn't make fans fry the pot, after all, Kobe Bryant and Howard's feud in last year's playoffs was obvious, and Howard also ate the team's DNP, which was a foreshadowing.

But Bosh really blew up social media.

"Why? Why? Why?! ”

"I don't understand at all, the Heat just won the championship, and Bosh has no reason to leave at all!"

"Could it be that he is no longer willing to be the third giant? Or does Houston's exemption from state taxes give him more money? ”

"It should be possible, the Big Three teamed up to reduce their salaries, and now that everyone finally won the championship as they wished, it's time to have their own ideas."

"Team Rocket really has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity now, my melon, you must come!"

"Rocket Championship!"

"The price limit of rocket stocks, is the limit of heat stocks down?"

"Now the only one who can save Riley is Anthony!"

"Tsk, this is Brother Basketball 2.0? A brother is gone for a new one? ”

"Laughing, crying, crying~"

……

Howard was traded to make the free market explode, and Bosh's decision set off a storm after the explosion, and now the man who can escalate that storm is Anthony.

Anthony goes to the Rockets, the Rockets are the favorites to win the championship; Anthony goes to the Heat, and the Heat are the favorites to win the championship.

Even Anthony can go to the Bulls to join Rose, plus Butler, who is also the favorite to win the championship!

Anthony hadn't made a decision yet, and the pressure on Morey was unprecedented.

Because there are only 3 days to decide whether to match Parsons, if Anthony finally decides that after this time, the Rockets don't match and Anthony doesn't come, then the Rockets championship slogan will die.

The Kuban hand of the general really hit the nail on the head.

Now just wait for the three-day matchmaking time to expire.

The Rockets, Mavericks, Heat, Lakers, Knicks, these became the most active teams on the free market.

Howard, Bosh, Anthony, James, these are the most closely watched spots in the free agency market.

It was also in the process that Demps was also working hard for the Pelicans to strengthen the team.

But he hit a lot of problems in the process.

Hayward rejected him at the beginning, and Bradley declined later.

Not everyone is willing to come to a small city like New Orleans.

After some twists and turns, the target of the Pelicans' reinforcement finally came to the stage of choosing one or the other.

"Rul Deng, or Ariza."

Demps gave Tang Tian the result of his last effort.

Deng is a veteran and experienced, which will help the young Pelicans a lot, and he has 3 Ds, is physically strong, and can withstand James.

Ariza is at her peak, and she also has 3 Ds, but her consistency is average, and her body is thin.

"Deng's contract talks about 20 million for 2 years, and Ariza is 40 million for 4 years."

Demps then went on to talk about the contract between the two, and the annual salary is the same, but Deng is a veteran and the years will be shorter.

"Personally, I'm leaning towards Deng, and when our young players grow up, there can be a succession process."

Demps finally gave his opinion.

Tang Tian nodded after listening, there was nothing wrong with Demps's analysis.

"Pick Ariza."

Tang Tian said.

Demps took a mouthful of old blood, and Tang Tian's nod just now was a habitual action? Fool people!

"We're going to grow fast, and we're going to need a lot of time."

Tang Tian gave Demps a reason.

Temple's analysis is correct, but neither he nor Davis can afford to look at the growth rate with normal eyes.

Then there's Jokic and Whiteside, both of whom are among those underrated players.

In other words, the Pelicans' progress is beyond common sense.

So under this premise, they need Ariza as a player with long-lasting combat power, rather than letting Deng do the work of inheritance.

And a team needs veterans, young players, and role players like Ariza.