James entered sage mode because of Xiao Si's words.

In addition to the Knicks, the Lakers and the Heat also threw olive branches to James, and the two teams are also located in big cities, but James began to hesitate, unsure whether he wanted to leave the Cavaliers.

If it weren't for teaming up with the top 10 players in the league, James wouldn't have the confidence to beat the Suns and win the championship, even if the Suns had let Stodammire go for nothing. In 2006, Guo Xu independently led the team to sweep the Cavaliers in the finals, and Guo Xu has brought too much psychological shadow to James in recent years.

Wade called James again and again to invite him to join the Heat, full of sincerity, willing to share the ball with him.

As early as March, Wade had no qualms about saying in an interview that he would talk to a few free agent friends this summer and invite them to join the Heat, provided that he would stay.

Wade's statement is not a tranquilizer for the team, and their salary can make a championship team. With the formation of the trident of Wade, Odom and Granger, there is still room for them to sign a mid-range player and trade a star for a small luxury tax.

Wade has a lot of affection for the Heat, and he is reluctant to leave this team in the hope of bringing a championship to the Heat.

On this day, he called James again. "Man, don't hesitate, you can't win against the Suns in the Cavaliers four times in the finals, and ordinary lineups can't beat Jason, let's try it together, I think it's possible."

James sighed: "I don't think so, the Heat lack a good interior defender, there is a weakness in the center position, and you also said that the Cavaliers have reached the Finals four times, and if you join the Cavaliers to find me, you have a better chance of winning the championship, right?" ”

Wade smiled wryly. "Is Cleveland a good place to be a group? How do we attract role players? ”

“……”

Unlike Guo Xu's previous life, the two brothers couldn't convince each other this year. Unless Wade is in a serious decline in form and reaches the end of his career, he can't look down on the city of Cleveland, and the price for him to join the Cavaliers is too great.

James is also not optimistic about the Heat winning the championship because he missed the championship in 2006. Wade hasn't been supernatural in the playoffs, and Pat Riley hasn't proven that his team-building model works, especially now that the head coach has been replaced by his protégé Eric Spoelstra?

Although Odom joined the Heat for a lower price, he never helped the Lakers win the championship, and received a much lower rating than when the Lakers won two championships, and the No. 4 position also worried James, Boozer can't do it, can Odom do it?

In addition, James and Granger's positions overlap a bit, if he plays small forward, Granger is too wasteful to be a substitute, and if he plays power forward...... That's impossible.

James joining the Heat will also offend Cavaliers management and Cavaliers fans, and join a competitor in the Eastern Conference, isn't this an enemy under the guise of "brother basketball"?

Even if James is willing to go to the Heat, the management of the two teams will have to fight for a long time, plus James will force the palace. Because the Heat have to sign and trade, Riley is only willing to send a low draft pick and a trade exception.

This kind of robbery-style trading method, Jammy will call it "the Heat sacrificed the future", as if James left a great benefit to the Cavaliers, but the Cavaliers owner must hate it.

James doesn't think about the Lakers at all, unless he makes a big deal and poachs a star, Joe Johnson is a good second-in-command, selfless and has not signed a contract extension with the Lakers. Battier is also a good role player, and others James doesn't look down on him.

In particular, Bogut's type of interior line is not suitable to partner with James, he lacks range and can't open up space.

After thinking about it, James could only wait, and decided to announce it later.

The Cavaliers management was not idle, first renewing Carlos Boozer with a 5-year, 80 million contract, and the "anti-bone boy" became "Boozer loyalty".

Boozer, who was born on November 20, 1981, has the same birthday as Guo Xu, is 29 years old this year, and his agent is also Harpy Waters, who suggested that he jump out of his contract and sign a long-term contract in case James leaves the team in the summer.

If James leaves the Cavaliers, the team's record will inevitably decline next season, and the Cavaliers management may choose to rebuild and give up on renewing the 30-year-old Boozer to develop young players, and he will be very passive. Now the Cavaliers must renew Boozer's contract, and if he is let go, James will definitely be dissatisfied and decide.

The Suns' free agents went more and stayed less, and they quickly found their next home, and they are all "championship puzzle pieces" that will attract the attention of more teams.

Anthony Morrow joined the Nets for 12 million in 3 years, and the Suns didn't keep anyone. Morrow's defense is too poor and his role is single, and the annual salary of 4 million is already a lot.

The Raptors offered backup point guard Kyle Lowry a four-year, $24 million mid-level contract, and the Suns didn't match it. It is too extravagant for the mid-class to renew a substitute, and he has made it clear that he does not want to stay with the Suns anymore, and he wants to sign and then leave.

The Raptors don't have players that the Suns management can look up to, and there are a lot of garbage contracts, if DeRozan is in the Raptors, Guo Xu will definitely propose to change it, but unfortunately DeRozan was selected by the Thunder in this life.

As a result, the sun could only let Lowry go for nothing.

The Bulls dug two Suns in a row, Korver 15 million for 3 years, and Millsap 50 million for 5 years.

Both contracts are premium, and both were proposed by head coach Thibodeau, who is betting that Millsap will play better in the future.

Thibodeau, who previously served as an assistant coach with the Suns, admired Millsap's defense, which could withstand most of the interference shots at the No. 4 position, protect rebounds, and quickly switch pick-and-rolls. On the offensive end, he has a good shooting percentage from the middle range of the ball, and occasionally shows off his under-frame breakaways and low-post back-to-back shots.

In the past, teams felt that short big forwards were weak, and they didn't want to do it unless they were super offensive. Nowadays, the short big forward, who is highly mobile and good at blocking and dismantling, has become a sweet tooth. Because the overall offensive pace in the NBA has become faster, most teams will use cover to look for opportunities outside the three-point line, and the number of times power forwards attack the low post has been greatly reduced.

Suns management felt that Millsap was too outrageous to take this kind of contract, and they didn't think about matching it at all.

Guo Xu felt that it was a good deal, Millsap was worthy of an annual salary of tens of millions, but after thinking about it, he did not call Brian.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Millsap received a 4-year 32 million contract extension with the Jazz in 2009, and he became a first-round pick in this life, and the time to get a big contract was a year late. They've been teammates together for four years and it's time for him to get the ball.

Brian received the list of free agents provided by Guo Xu and began to sign the teammates he wanted.

It was easy to sign a job in the summer of the Suns, because Guo Xu proposed to sign all his friends, and he wanted to play brother basketball.

The Suns' first sign was to forward Jason Richardson on a four-year, 25 million contract, and he came to replace Korver as a starter, who can catch and shoot three-pointers, play fast breaks, and have outstanding ability to grab rebounds.

The second signing of the Suns reached a two-year veteran base salary contract with "Big Shark" Shackle O'Neal, and his salary next season is 1.4 million, which is a world away from the 20 million salary of O'Fat in the 09-10 season.

O'Neal is happy to take a pay cut, he is 38 years old, and no team will give him a big contract. He also made enough money early, and at the end of his career, he wanted to play with Guo Xu.

"For me, this decision doesn't require a very serious thought process." O'Neal said in an interview: "I'm going to have a great time in Phoenix, and Jason and I have the opportunity to build a dynasty together again, and it will be the perfect curtain call." ”