Within a day, the matter of the transfer of the eldest cousin fell into the dust.

The Golden State Warriors, who were originally in the absolute championship group, were significantly stronger than their competitors after gathering the Big Five of DeMarcus Cousins, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, and Kevin Durant.

The opponents who were surpassed naturally included Yang Yiming's defending champion Houston Rockets.

If the Rockets want to continue to be competitive, now is the time to force them to come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible!

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Fortunately, the Houston Rockets' response was immediately available.

Carmelo "Melon" Anthony, who has been in a scandal with the Rockets all summer, officially confirmed his arrival on August 14.

Anthony waived his trade veto last month, giving the Oklahoma City Thunder a chance to send him to the Hawks in a three-way deal. Although the Hawks eventually kept releasing news that they would buy out Anthony's contract and make him a free agent, and Anthony also interacted with his friend Chris Paul on social media many times to secretly send a surprise to the Rockets, the real buyout was not really made until Cousins joined the Warriors.

It can be said that the sudden escalation of armaments from the strongest competitors disrupted the rhythm of the rocket's step-by-step order.

In the early morning of August 13, the Hawks officially announced that they would buy out the contract of Carmelo Anthony, a ten-time All-Star, and the annual salary of $25.4 million in the final year of the original contract will still work, and the Hawks will pay in the future.

On the morning of August 14, the Houston Rockets officially announced that they signed free agent forward Carmelo Anthony less than 12 hours after the Hawks bought out Anthony. Details of the contract were not disclosed, but according to rumors circulating in the market, Anthony will enjoy a one-year, $2.4 million veteran base salary contract.

Anthony, Paul, and Harden will form the Big Three to compete with the Warriors.

But Team Rocket's action isn't over yet.

Swiss center Clint Capela, who was previously at an impasse in negotiations, has announced that he will stay in Houston. This news was first broken by Yang Yiming on his personal Weibo again, and the rhythm is no different from Cousins' transfer to the Warriors. It seems that Capela may also have finally chosen Yu Xiaochun as his agent. And so it is! The Rockets officially announced that Capela will stay in Space City for five years and sign a five-year, $90 million contract extension.

The contract negotiated by Yu Xiaochun for Capela includes a guarantee amount of $80 million and an incentive bonus of 10 million yuan. The incentive bonus is also obtained on a five-year cycle, with a maximum of 2 million per year: 1 million for entering the Western Conference Finals, 500,000 for a 30% rebounding rate in the backcourt, and 500,000 for a 65% free throw shooting rate.

Capela has completed a four-year rookie contract, and the Rockets have previously made a qualifying offer for him, making him a restricted free agent. What Yu Xiaochun won for him was indeed the best treatment available in the market, and Cousins' choice of "hugging his thighs" made Capela firm in his determination to stay.

Every athlete has a competitive heart

Not to mention the "championship" heart that should not be underestimated?

Capela stayed in the Rockets, in addition to the salary, wrestling with the league's strongest center and defeating the opponent, proving his worth, Capela also held his breath in his chest. And the best destination that can defeat the Warriors is undoubtedly the Rocket, which already has the Big Three!

After Capela's successful contract extension, the Houston Rockets finally had the confidence to show their cards:

On the opposite side, the Warriors released a poster of the Big Five with No. 0 DeMarcus Cousins in the center, and the Rockets did not show weakness. Clint Capela is in the center, two forwards Carmelo Anthony and Yang Yiming are on the left and right, while the team's duo James Harden and Chris Paul are on the outermost side of the composite photo – this is the Big Five of Space City!

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Inside Los Angeles Airport in California.

Yang Yiming was on the toilet in the men's bathroom, "making a big fuss". The toilet cubicles at the airport are undoubtedly a bit cramped, but they are much more spacious than the facilities on the plane, so he chooses to solve personal problems before boarding each plane.

What's more, this is an international flight across the ocean.

Los Angeles to Shenzhen.

After implementing Capela's contract extension, he and Yu Xiaochun will next fly to Shenzhen to join the Chinese men's basketball team to meet the challenge of the American men's basketball dream team.

Yang Yiming sat on the toilet, flipping through basketball news and social media. The big thing that has happened in the basketball world in recent days is undoubtedly the arms race between the Warriors and the Rockets, and it seems that it has set off a lot of discussion among fans on the Internet. Some people think that the Warriors' roster next season is too inexplicable to lock up the championship. The Rockets are short-sighted to offer high salaries to Paul and Capela in order to defend their titles, after all, even if Paul and Capela are added, the Rockets may not be able to compete with the Warriors.

But another wave of lineups took the opposite view. They feel that the Warriors have strengthened Cousins, whose talent is unquestionable, but it is unclear how much he will be able to do after suffering an Achilles tendon strain last season. Moreover, Cousins' style of play with the ball is also incompatible with the Warriors' fast passing, and it is unknown whether Cousins will be included in Coach Kerr's consideration at the decisive moment of the game. Because in terms of the nature of the big center, Cousins and the Warriors' most threatening "Death Five" have an essential conflict, and the Warriors have given up McGee, David Lee and other big centers at the decisive moment, and it is difficult to see how Cousins' fate will be different.

On the other hand, the rocket, on the premise of leaving Capela, the speed and strength of the rocket's interior line when using the "Death Five" can be guaranteed. Although the loss of outside giants such as Ariza and Bamot, the addition of Anthony, a strong scoring point, and Yang Yiming in the second season, are expected to bring more changes to the outside of the Rockets. The only question about this lineup may be: whether Anthony, who had an unfavorable run-in with the Thunder and Wei Shao and George last season, can make sacrifices and play without the ball with his friend Paul's side under the tutelage of the Rockets de Shuai; And Yang Yiming, who became the team's wonder soldier and almost won the best rookie, how high is the ceiling. His maturity will have a direct impact on the hardness and scoring ability of the Rockets' outside line.

Yang Yiming nodded or shook his head while swiping his phone.

In his own opinion, even if the Warriors are strong, the Big Four have become their underdogs last season. The strength and hole cards of both sides are actually very clear to each other. Although the Warriors got Cousins, they took the same route. But the Rockets, as champions, still put themselves in the position of challengers, and bringing in Anthony is undoubtedly the riskiest and most threatening change. Seeking change is the countermeasure of the rocket!

What's more, the world hasn't seen the changes in him Yang Yiming this summer!

We'll see.

He was about to get up, but suddenly heard the door of the men's toilet being pushed open and three male voices walking in. Their voices were very low, like the common voices of basketball players, and Yang Yiming, who was in the cubicle, couldn't really hear their conversation.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, Yang Yiming looked at the gap under the partition, and suddenly saw a few big feet wearing Nike shoes flashing in turn!

The size of the shoes is only available to basketball players!

What happened here?!