Chapter 791 [Sledgehammer!] The world is unpredictable]
Bryant's news has attracted a lot of attention, and the Suns' summer recruitment efforts have been completely ignored by the media and fans.
Guo Xu didn't make suggestions for reinforcements this time, he was busy making movies, and after looking at the list of free men, he found that there were no big leaks in the free market to pick up, so he didn't care.
The comments from the fans were interesting, with someone saying, "Does the Suns' lineup matter?" Just find a few players who don't want from other teams to come over, and next season will be the championship. ”
"Now it's time for the league to introduce a new rule that Jason Guo can only partner with rookies and base-salary players who have not been signed, forcing the Suns to trade all their stars and only get draft picks back. Only by doing so will other teams have a chance to win the championship. ”
"Just play the game casually, Jason don't waste time, make a few more movies and release a few new songs."
Everyone knows that the core of the Sun is a person who lingers in the entertainment industry, never practices during the holidays, and is always playing, and veterans who want to join the Sun still have to queue up. Veterans like Jalen Rose and Anfernee Hardaway don't want the Suns, and the boss refuses outright.
After sending Marion away, the Suns' total salary will drop again next season. There are only two top-paid players in the team, Guo Xu and Xiao Si, plus Haslem is a full middle class, and the others are all low-salary contracts.
The Suns currently have the second-lowest total salary in the league, just above the newcomers Bobcats, and they could have signed a star, but Brian Colangelo didn't do that, signing only the base salary.
Brian knows the truth that he is too late, the league doesn't want the Suns to sign another star, and if he digs up a powerful instant force with an annual salary of tens of millions, the president will probably go crazy and have to find a way to sanction the Suns in other aspects.
The Suns signed Grant Hill to a two-year contract, which is something that has long been promised, and he is one of the more powerful veterans in the free market.
THE SUNS' SECOND PICK SELECTED THE 34-YEAR-OLD VETERAN COLLIS WILLIAMS, A 201CM TALL AND 110-KILOGRAM FORWARD.
Collis was a bit unlucky, affected by the butterfly effect caused by Guo Xu, who neither won the Best Sixth Man award in 2002 nor won the championship with the Pistons in 2004, and had nothing.
He was reimbursed for a serious injury after only 37 games with the Kings last season and now only wants to earn a championship ring in the final years of his career. He averaged 9.8 minutes per game, 3.4 points and 1.8 rebounds while shooting 41.7 percent from the field.
The Suns' third pick is the well-known swingman veteran Eddie Jones, who obviously can't play anymore and will have to retire if he lasts another season. Suns management doesn't expect him to make much of a difference, just pass on his experience to the team.
The Suns' final pick was an inside rookie, Polish center Marcin Gortat, who did well in the summer league, and was an undrafted rookie in 2005.
Gortat was born in 1984 and is 23 years old this year, with a height of 211CM and a weight of 110 kg. No one thinks he can play a role, he is a marginal man when he comes, and Gasol Jr. can't land in the NBA for the time being, so let him make a supplement.
Very few media outlets have reported on the incident, and only a few words have been mentioned online. When Guo Xu knew, Gortat had signed a contract with the Suns for a week.
He was very surprised to see the news because he had forgotten about the man. After Gortat's loss, his name was not on the free agent list, but I didn't expect Bryan to find him.
In Guo Xu's previous life, Brian was very optimistic about Gortat, and selected him in the second round in 2005 with a total of 57 places. If Brian hadn't chosen him, maybe he would have said goodbye to the NBA forever.
At that time, Gortat was under a two-year contract and could not play in the NBA, and the Suns changed managers, and Gortat's signing rights were almost given to the Magic for nothing. He signed with the Magic in 2007 and spent most of the season with the Development League's Anaheim Arsenal, where he was occasionally recalled and played only six regular-season games and eight playoff games.
It wasn't until after leaving the magic that Gortat's statistics began to explode, averaging 15+10 per game in his peak season, he is a player who needs to be cultivated for a period of time, and his advantage is that he has a strong physical fitness, nicknamed "Polish Hammer"!
At the end of July, the Suns' 14-man roster for the new season was confirmed.
Centre-forwards: Amare Stoudamire, Anderson Vallejo, Marcin Gortat.
Power forwards: Udonis Haslem, Paul Millsap, Tim Thomas.
Small forwards: Grant Hill, Eddie Jones, Collis Williams.
Shooting guards: Anthony Parker, Raja Bell, Brandon Roy.
Point guards: Guo Xu, Kyle Lowry.
Without Marion, an All-Star, the Suns' lineup can still be called strong, but the small forward position is a little weaker, and the total salary has dropped by more than 10 million.
Even if you trade to become a famous star, you don't have the ball, and there are too many people who can play.
Parker can play as the starting small forward, the Suns will not have an Achilles' heel without Marion, Hill also has strength, and the Suns at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions mainly have four people in rotation, and they will not play for a long time.
There are also several major signings this month, with the Mavericks holding sixth man Jerry Stackhouse for 3 years and 15 million.
In recent years, the Mavericks have had a poor record, and Stackhouse's value has shrunk significantly. His stats have been declining, his shooting percentage has not been high, and he is good at shooting iron. If he hadn't been more active on the defensive end, the Mavericks wouldn't have signed him to a contract extension.
The Bulls poached 76ers power forward Joe Smith on a two-year, 5 million contract, and they also signed Yi Jianlian and second-round rookie center Aaron Gray to further strengthen their interior strength.
The Hornets, who have plenty of salary space, signed Rashad Lewis, the "big fish" of the free market, for 5 years and 85 million.
After the Magic acquired Marion through a trade, no team could make a sign-and-trade deal with the SuperSonics.
The SuperSonics chose to let Lewis go for nothing, there is no place for him on the team, and if he stays, it will not be good to develop Durant, and the contract will be big. The SuperSonics sent him and Ray Allen away in order to completely rebuild, with Durant and Horford as the core for the new season, waiting for the other garbage contracts on the team to expire and then swing them out, and strive to select a high-pick rookie next year.
Lewis, who lost his Bird rights, has a less horrible salary increase, but it will still be a bad contract in five years and 85 million.
The Hornets will have to bet on Lewis' performance in order to produce results, but he and Peja Stojakovic clearly overlap in position, and both are good at shooting and are not suitable for playing the No. 4 position, and they play together in a similar situation to their Magic partner Turkoglou.
The Hornets had suffered a huge blow before that, and the selection of champion Greg Oden disappointed management.
He played in the Summer League, and he was nowhere near as the media had blown it out, with the only highlights being ferocious blocks and a decent low post footwork on offense. His weaknesses were obvious, with a lack of range on the offensive end, a penchant for jumping and uncontrollable fouls on the defensive end, and he set a magical record with 10 fouls on his summer league debut.
After playing in the summer league, Oden suffered from knee discomfort, which was found to be severe, and he had to undergo minimally invasive knee surgery and was reimbursed for his rookie season. Template O'Neal's "Emperor", many people are waiting to see him dominate the penalty area with an average of 20+10 per game in the new season, but he has no dominance in the summer league, and his body is still brittle.
After a series of butterfly effects, the unluckiest player was Guo Xu's college teammate Maurice Peterson. He fell out with Raptors management, and after becoming a free agent, he wanted to join the Hornets in the middle class, but the Hornets had no room after poaching Lewis with a high salary.
Matt Carroll was able to sign a six-year, $26.9 million long-term contract with the Bobcats, and Peterson was unexpectedly unpopular for a month. The last thing the sun lacks is a swinging man, and Guo Xu can't save him.
That's how unpredictable things are......