Chapter 844 [Major Deals, Fleeing One After Another]
There aren't many big deals in the NBA summer free agency this year, and most of the big-name free agents have renewed their contracts with their teams, but there are still star swaps.
Maddie was traded by the Pistons after only one year in Detroit, and he was not very popular with the team, and many teammates felt that he played too alone. Against the 76ers in March, Maddie was knocked to the ground on a breakaway and limped to the free throw line, with no one from his teammates to care about him.
Obviously, he didn't fit into the team, and Maddy, the kind of team with no future, didn't want to stay and offered a trade.
With the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis, Detroit's economic situation is getting worse and worse, and under the dual pressure of the weak US economy and soaring oil prices, the performance of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, known as the "Detroit Three" of the US auto industry, is deteriorating and facing difficulties, and even the Motor City is about to go bankrupt.
Maddie was right to go at this time, but his value has dropped a lot, and he can't get back any strongman. Joe Dumas ruthlessly sent Maddy away, not seeking to get back a strong star, but only wanted to get rid of his big contract, fearing that his injury would worsen and be scrapped next season.
As a result, the Pistons sent Maddy, trading from the Wizards for guard Larry Hughes and center Brandon Haywood.
Hughes is scrap wood, and the only advantage is that the contract is a little smaller than Maddie's. Haywood, on the other hand, has been awkward in his position with the Wizards, overlapping with Kwame Brown, both of whom are defensive blue-collar players.
After the trade, some Wizards fans are optimistic about the team's prospects, believing that the Wizards have also formed a Big Three, and as long as Maddie finds his touch, he will be strong, can score and organize, and is much better than Hughes.
Guo Xu mourned for the wizard after watching the news, this is not to rise, but to be completely hopeless. Arenas and Maddy are two players with serious injury concerns, two super bad contracts, Jamison is weak in attack and defense, and his ability to lead the team is not strong.
Next season, the Wizards could hurt no one, and the beneficiary is the interior rookie Kevin Love, who was drafted by the Wizards with the sixth pick, who will probably get a lot of playing time and ball possession. After Heywood left, the competition on the inside line was not so fierce.
Veteran Rockets center Mutombo chose to retire after receiving a championship ring, and the Rockets signed Magloyer as a replacement in free agency. After winning the championship, the Rockets had the capital to attract big-name free agents to take a pay cut, and they signed an excellent blue-collar center with a base salary of only $1.9 million.
Magloyle, who was named an Eastern Conference All-Star in 2004 and has eight years of NBA experience, is an excellent rebounder with 8.6 points and 7.2 rebounds in 24.2 minutes per game. However, his form is not comparable to that of his peak, and he has suffered a serious decline after two serious injuries.
Among the title contenders, the Spurs have also strengthened their roster while controlling the total salary, signing shooting guard Roger Mason, rookie two-way guard George Hill, and veteran Kurt Thomas.
Coupled with Danny Granger, who still has a one-year rookie contract, and veterans Bruce Bowen and Michael Finley, who are about to retire, the Spurs are not weak in all positions, and the weakness is that there is still only Duncan as a strong man on the inside, and the others are blue-collar.
The Spurs' goal for the new season is only to win the championship, if they don't win the championship in 2009, they will have to wait for the championship to rebuild, Granger's performance is easy to be poached by other teams at a premium, and the Spurs owner never pays the luxury tax, and it is unlikely that he will match the contract to keep people.
The Spurs have done this more than once, and after winning the championship in 2003, they let Stephen Jackson go for nothing, ostensibly saving money, but in fact, they had to delay a lot of time in order to bring in a powerful small forward.
The Clippers sent "Skiman" Radmanovic and fringe center Paul Davis, and acquired diabetic Adam Morrison and guard Shannon Brown from the Bobcats.
As a high-pick rookie, Morrison was abandoned after two seasons with the Bobcats, traded to the Clippers for a bad contract, and hitched a ride with the super-physical Brown.
The Cavaliers sent Drew Gooden a packed role player and got the Bucks' starting point guard Mo Williams.
Gooden and Boozer overlapped and left little point, while Morehelms was the point guard the Cavaliers were eager to strengthen.
The Cavaliers' total salary has exploded, and owner Daniel Gilbert now just wants to win a championship, no matter how much money he spends. If they don't win the championship, it will be difficult for the future Cavaliers to keep James.
In fact, it is also difficult for the Cavaliers to keep James after winning the championship, and then he will gloriously fulfill the promise of leading his hometown team to win the championship, and he can go to the big city to pursue the maximization of commercial value.
There are also many experts who are optimistic about the Knights, believing that their strength has greatly improved. Williams' style suits the Cavaliers well, with the ability to break through with the ball, catch and shoot from the perimeter, and playmaking skills, averaging 17.2 points and 6.3 assists per game last season. Because he has not partnered with Yi Jianlian, he has not won the title of "Mo Buchuan".
The Heat sent Jermaine O'Neal and swingman Dorrell White from the Trail Blazers to guard TJ Ford and interior Milicic.
Milicic and Aldridge overlapped in the Trail Blazers position, and management decided to keep only one, and Milicic played for a few years, and although he was not called a "parallel trade eye", he also did not play to the level expected to become a star.
O'Neal Jr. has the advantage of only one year left on his contract, and the Trail Blazers can free up $21 million in salary space after next season, and there is a lot to be done in the free market.
The Heat are short of an interior and eager to send away O'Neal Jr., who is seriously injured, and Pat Riley feels that if Milicic is put in devil's training, he may have room to improve, at least as a qualified starting center.
The biggest failure of the summer recruitment was the Warriors, who didn't have any great players after signing Brand, and they also left two role players.
Defender Jascovysius, who led Lithuania to victory over the Dream Team at the 2004 Olympics, was named in the Team of the Year at the Beijing Olympics, and many are starting to look forward to his performance next season. However, he rejected the Warriors' contract extension and did not accept contracts from other teams, choosing to return to Europe.
Jasco Visius is understandably unaccustomed to leaving in the NBA, and the other is more bizarre.
Swingman Childis also rejected the Warriors' contract extension, opting to sign with the Greek Olympiacos basketball club. California's taxes are high, and Childis, who wants to make money, doesn't want to stay, and in the Warriors he can only be a backup for Kobe Bryant and Rohr Deng.
The Warriors don't have a good guard in the free market, and even second-round guard like Ramon Sessions doesn't let go of the Bucks, who played well in the second half of last season.
After another round of picking, the Warriors signed CJ Watson, who was strong in offense and weak in defense, and was undrafted in that year's draft, a guard who is 188CM tall and weighs 79 kilograms. He's a terrible playmaker, more of a shooting guard, and if he's a point guard with Barbossa this season, the ball will definitely work very poorly.
The Los Angeles media used the headline "Players flee the Warriors" as the headline, and they are not optimistic about the trident composed of Kobe, Brand, and Rohr Deng in the new season.
This news did not set off any waves, and there were not many people discussing it on the Internet, fans didn't care about the Warriors' life or death at all, most people just wanted to know if the Suns could win the championship next season, and Guo Xu would have seven championship rings to surpass Jordan if he won the championship again.
What stars are most afraid of is not being sprayed by fans, if there are many sunspots, one black top ten fans, it proves that there are many people who like you. In Guo Xu's previous life, Kehei Komi and Zhan Hei Zhanmi have always been opposing existences, one side is holding and the other is stepping on it, and the attention of the star has never been low.
Now that Kobe Bryant is starting to be ignored by fans, the impact of 81 points in a single game is fatal......