Chapter 918 [Active Reconstruction, Expanding Ambitions]
After the game, a lot of media was talking about the summer breakup of the two Finals teams.
The Celtics triumvirate is clearly a failure, with the other two giants falling sharply except for Pierce. Garnett has been a stat for role players this season, and Ray Allen has been inconsistent with a little more scoring.
This season, Ray Allen and Rondo also had conflicts, and as Rondo's possession gradually improved, Ray Allen's tactical position with Celtic declined. The Green Army put Ray Allen on the shelf last summer, and now the other two may not stay, without the 2008 championship and FMVP Pierce, the cold-blooded general manager Angie has no pressure to let him go.
Pierce is a free agent this summer, and without a stellar record, it will be difficult for him to get a big contract.
The Suns successfully defended their title but were forced to break up because there were too many free agents.
In an interview, Xiao Si has made it clear that he will jump out of the final year of his contract and want to go to a team with potential as the core.
The commercial value of a player as the boss of the team is far better than that of the second leader, and the annual salary of playing may not be much different, and it will actually open up the grade in terms of endorsement contracts.
In Guo Xu's previous life, Xiao Si, who did not have a championship, went to the Knicks just to make money, and now he has won six championships to tie Pippen, and it makes little sense to stay in the Suns. If the Knicks or the Lakers offered him a cap salary, he would happily accept it.
Lowry, Millsap, Morrow, Kyle Korver, Gerald Green, and Haslem are also free men. It's hard for them to stay, and with the championship, eighty percent of the teams that give them the most money will play wherever they go.
The only one who is sure to stay in the team is Guo Xu's hardcore younger brother Haslem, this kind of person can't be poached by other teams.
In the past two years, Haslem has been the vice captain of the Suns, and he has been with the Suns since he entered the league in 2002. With little playing time and averaging just 17 minutes per game, he's been fit and has played all of the season.
He averaged just 4.7 points and 5 rebounds per game while shooting 51.2 percent from the field, a statistic that would not have gotten a big contract without the Suns.
The Suns have plenty of salary cap space for the summer to sign another All-Star, which sends chills down the spines of the league.
They can choose the way the Heat's Big Three build a team, three with high salaries, one in the middle class, and the rest of the players are all low salaries or base salaries. In this way, the final salary of the team is more than 60 million, which is more than the salary cap, but there is no luxury tax.
The Suns have the ability to offer LeBron James a salary cap, and Brian Colangelo has had that idea too. Many team executives feel that it is better to spend time developing young players than to poach ready-made stars, and the success of the Suns to defend the title next year is another dynasty.
Guo Xu chatted with Brian, made it clear that he didn't want James, he didn't need this kind of striker who had to attack with the ball, and recommended his buddy Jason Richardson.
Richardson is the type to play fast-break, catch and shoot, and not possess the ball, and he is cost-effective to sign in the middle class. He's still very physical, and while he's not a defensive specialist, he's stronger than Korver, who also wants a mid-level job, and he's strong enough to take on James.
This time, the Suns have to sign a few more people in the free market, and they can't rely on the draft to significantly strengthen the roster.
The 76ers won the lottery again at the lottery in May, which made Guo Xu believe that the draft was manipulated, and the butterfly effect appeared so much, and the top three teams in the draft did not change.
The league doesn't want the Suns to pick up on this bargain, even if the overall rating of this rookie is mediocre.
If the 76ers are seventh, the Suns will be 100% searchable, and Guo Xu will propose to draft "Pickled Pepper" Paul George, and now this draft pick can only be transferred to the next year.
Iverson left the 76ers in March, saying he was going to take care of his seriously ill daughter and would not return. The 76ers' record next season is not bad, and it will be difficult for the Suns to get another lottery pick.
At the championship party, Guo Xu and Xiao Si chatted a lot, and sang and danced together.
Unlike the stars of other teams who broke up, the two of them worked together very happily, just like Stockton and Ma Long, and there were no conflicts from beginning to end. 8 years and 6 crowns, they are the golden partners who will go down in history, what is there to be dissatisfied with? If it was in the 90s, when players mainly relied on playing to make money, Xiao Si would have stayed with the Suns for the rest of his life.
The Internet era is different, and who doesn't want to be a little more popular among star players? Merchants will rush to deliver money to them.
The two are the same agent, and Harpy suggested that Xiao Si jump out of the contract Guo Xu already knew that not only because he received a call from the alliance, but also because he could maximize his interests by jumping out this year.
The 28-year-old signed a five-year maximum salary this year, and if he maintains his form well, he will jump out of the final year of his contract at the age of 32 and become a restricted free agent, and there is a chance to sign another long-term contract with a high salary. If all goes well, he will retire as one of the league's highest-paid players.
Whether or not this can be done depends on luck in addition to Xiao Si's own efforts, and he cannot be seriously injured. Xiao Si is much healthier than in his previous life, he only plays about 30 minutes per game in the Suns, and the Sun Doctor helps to maintain his knees, and the attendance rate is very high.
The way Xiao Si plays has also changed a lot, in the past two seasons he has increased his mid-range three-point shots, reduced mid-range shots, and eliminated oversized mid-range shots. After he cuts to the basket, he doesn't dunk through people like in the past, and his jump is usually when the front is empty. As long as he keeps this style of play, he may be able to play for another three or five years.
With a boss like Guo Xu who likes "health", his teammates have gradually learned to play health basketball, Guo Xu's attendance rate makes them envious, and he has not been seriously injured except for the time when he was maliciously fouled.
Brian's biggest headache is that Millsap has also said that he is ready to leave, no matter how much contract the Suns offer him. If the Suns match other teams' contracts, he's also eager to sign and trade.
Millsap has been training hard for two offseasons in a row, making noticeable improvements, and his ambitions have swelled.
He wants to get more balls, and he wants to be a dazzling All-Star in the future. He knows better that if he stays with the Suns, even if Smalls leaves, he will only be a role player.
Roy has renewed his contract with the Suns in advance, and the Suns' main tactics must revolve around two guard stars and an interior who is good at blocking and dismantling, the two guards switch between having and not having the ball, helping the other team create opportunities, and the interior line is used as a cover, receiving and shooting.
This tactic has been imitated by many teams, but it is not as effective as the Suns. There aren't many full-fledged quarterbacks in the league, and now the new four-point quarterback Roy is sure to be selected. Because of the Suns' impressive orange jersey, he is now known as the "Orange Mamba" by Chinese fans.
Millsap is self-aware, and he doesn't want to be a role player forever and just leave. His strengths lie in his versatility, strength and mobility, and he also strengthened his ability to break through with the ball in the rim last season, but his size is not suitable for pick-and-roll play.
In the 2009 Finals, people saw Millsap's true height, and he and James were both 203CM at the time of the draft, but James was significantly taller when the two faced off.
The management didn't want to let Millsap go, and he was already better than Haslem at No. 4. At the party, Brian chatted with Guo Xu and wanted him to persuade him to stay.
Guo Xu shook his head and smiled: "I support Paul's decision, a person wants to work hard to become an All-Star, we shouldn't stop him." He really can't be the offensive core in the Suns' system, and I can imagine the pain of his strength and nowhere to go. ”
"But then our squad will be weaker......"