Pre-season is just around the corner.

It was at this time that the Pelicans officially announced the news that Stevens had joined the Pelicans.

The two sides signed a six-year, 24 million contract.

The annual salary of 4 million is absolutely in the upper middle of all coaches' salaries.

Now there are only a few people with higher salaries than this year, such as Popovich, Rivers, Stan Van Gundy, Carlisle, etc., who are higher than George Carr, the coach of the thousand wins, and Blatter, the head coach of the Cavaliers, and are on the same level as Kerr.

And Popovich, Rivers, and Big Van Gundy, who are holding tens of millions of levels, are all concurrently serving as the team's president of operations.

This speaks volumes about how much the Pelicans value Stevens.

It also validates the causal relationship between results and investment, and although the Pelicans didn't win the championship last season, they are so close that there is no reason why Benson shouldn't throw money at it.

This wave of official announcements has also attracted a lot of heated discussions among fans on social media.

"Stevens led the Celtics to the playoffs last season. Note that they traded away Rondo last season, and he played 22 games before leaving;

They also traded away the team's leading scorer, Jeff Green, who played 33 games;

Their final core was Thomas Jr., who played 21 games at 1.75m.

Avery Bradley, Jared Salinger, Brandon Bass, Taylor Zeller, Jay Claude, Marcus Smart, ......

Perhaps the most familiar of these people is Bradley, a rookie who has lived through the Celtics' Big Three, which is really a team that has always been a role player, but Stevens led them to the playoffs and won two games against the Hawks, who are the first in the East.

So when he coaches Don Sky, Davis, Jokic, Holiday and Ariza, guess what? ”

"If the Pelicans don't win the championship this year, I eat! o(≧ mouth ≦)o"

"Haha, brother, you're setting up a flag for yourself, you can't say that! However, with Stevens in charge, the Pelicans' new season is really exciting! ”

"Think about the Warriors, what Kerr made that team become, I'm not belittling Kerr, but Stevens is really better than Kerr as an NCAA legend coach, and referring to his coaching with the Celtics!"

"You're blowing too much, aren't you?! But I'm so cool to blow it! ”

"Let's start the new season soon, I can't wait to see the Warriors and Pelicans play each other!"

……

Kerr's Warriors are second-rate powerhouses, but Stevens' Pelicans are the first-class team that reached the Western Conference finals last season.

This expectation of the fans is really expressed between the lines.

However, just when fans were talking about Stevens joining the Pelicans, a news broke by Woj that pulled their attention away.

After a long summer of negotiations, the Clippers and Rockets reached a final deal!

And in this deal, the Grizzlies will be involved as a third party.

The specific transaction plans of the three parties are as follows:

The Rockets sent Chandler Parsons, Beverley, Louis Williams, Sam Decker and three future unprotected first-round picks and one future second-round pick to Paul and Chris Anderson;

The Clippers sent Paul to get Beverley, Louis Williams, Decker, Lance Stephenson, 3 unprotected first-rounders from the Rockets and 2 lotto-protected first-rounders from the Grizzlies;

The Grizzlies sent Lance Stephenson and Chris Anderson, two lottery-protected first-rounders, Chandler Parsons and future second-round picks from the Rockets.

The deal sent a flurry through the league.

The Grizzlies strengthened their all-weak No. 3 spot with the trade.

Parsons, although not an All-Star, is also a close player, and they are even stronger in the new season;

The Clippers also got their best reward when they couldn't keep Paul.

Beverley can be the starting point guard, Williams is the bench bandit, there is young rookie Decker and, most importantly, five first-rounders!

They got a future and kept the team competitive.

Of course, this is within acceptable limits.

What really shook them up was the Rockets, who got Chris Paul, the league's No. 1 point guard!

Plus Harden, who was fourth on the MVP list last season, and Cousins, a center in the league's top three.

The strength of these three giants is the closest to the existence of the original Heat triumvirate!

And they also kept Capela, the big man who did well last season, in the trade!

And this season they also brought in the famous coach D'Antoni!

"Please call Mo Leishen, his operation this summer is simply superb!"

"No amount of words can describe Morey's magic, I'm really convinced, I think this is the strongest lineup in the history of the Rockets!"

"This new season is more fun, the Warriors, Pelicans, Spurs, Rockets, is this not a way for other teams in the West to live? Oh yes, there's also the Grizzlies, Clippers, Mavericks, tsk, the other teams don't have to play, just put it in place! ”

"And the Thunder." Statements from fans of The Godfather.

"Yes, yes, and the Trail Blazers, it's over, it's nine teams......"

"It's going to be a crazy season!"

"As a Lakers fan, I'm trembling, what should I do?"

"There's no way, it's just cold dressing, these nine teams have to grab 8 places, and the rest of the teams can really only have cold dressing."

"I feel sorry for my department."

……

Tang Tian was also very surprised when he saw this news.

Even this is more than an operation that is not at all Morey-esque.

You must know that although the Rockets kept Capela, the Beverley, Louis Williams, and Parsons sent out were all important.

And more importantly, they also sent three first-round picks and one second-round pick to eat Anderson's garbage contract.

This is an overdraft of the future and a lock of the present, a real gamble.

But it seems worth it when you think about it.

The Rockets haven't been on the roster for many years, and Harden's growth into a superstar is their best chance since their Yao Mai years.

But because Harden has played in the Thunder for 3 years, he is the kind of supergiant who is relatively old, and they can't afford to delay.

In fact, the moment they got Cousins, they became the only way to go except to form a Big Three.

And really speaking, role players such as Beverley and Williams can be found slowly, but there may only be one chance for the Big Three.

It's just that in this way, the Pelicans have one more main competitor for the new season.

However, the more Tang Tian thought about it, the more excited he became, the crazy season, the team that finally won the championship from the west, the gold content is definitely leveraged.

It is no exaggeration to say that the gold content of this championship can even surpass the two in an ordinary season.

Such a championship, when it comes to competition, it is really exciting!