Chapter 996 [High Salary and Low Ability, No Way Out]
The new NBA season is about to begin, and the last few big names in the free agency market have been settled.
Rashad Lewis, who became a free agent, joined the Clippers with a base salary and became teammates with Chris Paul, and he still has good catch-and-shoot ability.
The Clippers' most important signing was the four-year, 21.7 million signing of shooting guard Jamal Crawford, which enhanced the outside attack. Because of his average defensive ability, "Keliu" is only suitable for playing as a substitute and cannot sign a big contract.
The Knicks added three-point firepower by signing NBA forward Chris Copeland and three-point power forward Steve Novak, who entered the NBA out of the draft.
The Knicks signed two veteran guard players, Chauncey Billups and Nate Robinson, to a base salary. With the addition of Darren Collisson, the strength of the No. 1 position is not weak.
The Lakers and Hawks completed a sign-and-trade deal, trading a $7 million trade exception, a 2013 first-round pick, and a 2013 second-round pick plus some cash for All-Star point guard Steve Nash. Nash's new contract is three years and $20 million, and he has not won an MVP, which is also a premium contract.
Nash couldn't pick No. 13 with the Lakers because that number has retired with Chamberlain. Nash decisively chose the number 10, he is known to have a love for football, and the purpose of choosing the number 10 was "to pay tribute to Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi".
It is inevitable that Nash will also compare "Ronaldo and Messi who is the world's No. 1 football star". To this question, Nash answered positively: "Ronaldo does 6,000 sit-ups a day? On the field, it is not about anyone's waist and abdominal strength, but about comprehensive quality, even if the Portuguese does more sit-ups, he will never be able to surpass Messi. ”
Unfortunately, Nash may be slapped in the face in the future, and Ronaldo has one more national team title than Messi.
In addition, the Lakers also signed Ray Allen for 3 years and $9 million.
Ray Allen is in good shape, and he chose to take a pay cut to join the Lakers to compete for a championship. He believes that the Lakers' poor play last season was due to injuries, and the two interior stars will have a promising future if they are healthy, and the bench is not weak.
Judging from the card lineup, the Lakers are really strong enough, and the main rotation is Nash, Ellis, Ray Allen, Joe Johnson, Battier, Bosh, Bogut, Jason Smith, Jordan Hill.
The Lakers also signed point guard Mike James as a backup, plus Darius Morris, with a variety of styles of No. 1 spots.
The Thunder and Bobcats made a six-man deal in which the Thunder sent DeMar DeRozan, Lazar Hayward and DaQuan Cook to the Bobcats in exchange for Kevin Martin, rookie Cole Aldridge and a first-round pick and a second-round pick.
A few days ago, DeRozan rejected the Thunder's four-year, $50 million contract offer, hoping to get a four-year contract extension with a maximum salary, which made the Thunder management gradually lose patience.
Their main purpose is to save money, and they already have the trident of Westbrook, Durant and Al Horford on the team. Martin has one year left on his contract, and another year can be used to forgo a contract extension and free up salary space.
The Thunder manager doesn't think DeRozan has the potential to become a superstar. Management has explored where DeRozan's ceiling is, believing he will become a sixth man like Jamal Crawford.
Joining the Bobcats may be the best place for DeRozan, as his style is much like that of Michael Jordan, relying on breakthroughs and mid-range shots as the main means of scoring. As long as he is given enough possession, he can also play beautiful statistics to attract fans. As for winning, he's certainly not a good team builder, and the Bobcats probably don't care, they haven't even made the playoffs yet.
Childis joined the Nets with a salary at the end of the year, which further strengthened the wing strength of the Nets, and more and more people are optimistic about the Nets winning the championship.
Childis is an odd guy who turned down a mid-level contract in the NBA at his peak to join a European team. He made a mess, and when he came back, he would only have to get a basic salary. Most players are in their prime at the age of 29, but he has slipped to the point where he can't keep up with the pace of the NBA game, making it curious what he has experienced in Europe.
The Suns signed the 15th man with a one-year salary to Jason Kidd. In the final years of his career, Kidd wanted to mix a championship ring, and he played on the edge at the No. 2 spot in the Suns to teach the newcomers.
The signing was a win-win, with management feeling it was a good deal, while Kidd wanted to learn something from the Suns and lay the groundwork for a future coach.
There are also stars who have been worried about the team's trade, and the three heroes have encountered this embarrassment.
Carmelo Anthony is very dissatisfied with the Magic's lineup, but the team will not give him face to poach stars, and he can't dig if he wants to.
Dwyane Wade's form has declined significantly, and second-in-command Granger still has a tendency to become a glass man. The Heat put Wade on the shelf in the summer, and he stayed because he couldn't get back to the strongman.
The most depressed is LeBron James, the Cavaliers failed to find him a good partner in the summer, not a single one. He wants to win the championship more than anyone else, but looking at the lineup, it is almost impossible for him to reach the finals next season, and there is no chance of fighting for the overall runner-up.
Boozer signed a five-year contract extension with the Cavaliers in 2010, and the big contract doesn't expire until 2015. Even if it is exchanged for a garbage contract, it will have to wait another year to sell.
Even Boozer, who was in his prime, had flashy stats and was not good as a short interior defense. Many Jammy said that Boozer was the main reason why the little emperor could not ascend to the throne, although Boozer had a much higher shooting percentage than James in several finals.
The Cavaliers have more than one big hole, and Anderson Vallejo has also been reduced to a high-paid and low-energy representative. He defended well, but there has been a trend towards glass men in the past two years, and he was reimbursed for a serious injury after only 25 games last season.
A player with an annual salary of tens of millions who can't play is not wanted by other teams, and the Cavaliers can't trade him.
The only person with trade value is Williams Mo, who signed a six-year, $51.5 million contract with the Bucks in 2007 with only one year left, and can play some attractive roles on the court, but can't get back the star.
James wants to leave but has nowhere to go, and the Nets were an option before, but now they can't go.
James has been a brother to pop star Jay-Z since his debut, and the two have participated in many events together. Because of their close relationship, James considered joining the Nets in the summer of 2010. Jay-Z was a Nets owner at the time and had been persuading James to join the Nets.
However, James gave up in 2010 when he felt that the Nets had no future, and he did not expect the Nets to poach strongmen like Dwight Howard and Deron Williams two years later.
The most terrifying thing is that as a "superstar", James can't fight to pick a potential high-pick rookie. If he continues to play like this, the Cavaliers still have no future next season, and he feels that he might as well go to the Lakers in 2010, at least with super high commercial value in Los Angeles.
It's too late to say anything, and James will have to waste his time in the new season, waiting for Vallejo and Mo Williams' contracts to expire next year, and then the team will poach big-name stars in the free market.
The management comforted James and said that Guo Xu would continue to play next season anyway, and waiting for him to retire next year would be the best chance to compete for the championship. That's true, but James sounds awkward.
On the side of the sun, he has already begun to promote Guo Xu's last season during the Olympic Games, and is ready to arrange a retirement tour for him. Guo Xu has shown talent in many fields, and everyone believes that he will retire next year.
On September 28, Sun Media Day was held.