Chapter 548: The Regular Season Ends (4/4!) )
Jones handed Tang Tian a list.
Tang Tian swept from beginning to end, but he didn't find anyone suitable.
Iverson, this is the last year of his contract with the Rockets, it seems that he will retire at the end of this season, and he can't play in the NBA at his current age.
Not to mention the others, which are basically role players who don't have much immediate combat power.
Putting down the list, he remembered someone.
"Corey Margetty, how's he doing in the Pistons?"
"Margety?" Jones didn't expect Tang Tian to suddenly ask him.
"yes, if I'm not mistaken, he was okay with the Bobcats last season." Tang Tian continued.
"He's not scoring very efficiently now, he's not getting stronger when he was at his peak, and his defensive problems haven't been solved." Jones spoke.
"We couldn't have a better choice." Tang Tian thought for a while and said.
This statement is true, compared to others, Margeti can at least look forward to it, after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse.
And the signing is just a backup, and the team didn't think about letting him play for twenty or thirty minutes.
"Then I'll try to get in touch."
Tang Tian nodded, and when Jones left, he suddenly missed the kind of two-way contract player in his previous life, a team of 17 people, if there is really an injury, he can immediately come up, and if he plays well, he can sign a formal contract at any time.
It seems that he can find an opportunity to mention it to the league when he goes back, after all, his current identity is not only the head coach and general manager, but also a high-level president and a senior manager.
Jones is still very efficient, and he replied that Margeti was interested in playing for the Thunder.
This is not too surprising, most of his career has been the core of a bad team, he played a playoff game in 14 years of his career, this resume is a little heart-wrenching, and now he suddenly has the opportunity to join a championship team, and there are really not many reasons to refuse.
Tang Tian then asked Jones to go to Turyaf.
When Margeti also got the buyout done, it was also carried out at the same time, and the final signing was soon reached.
A base salary, because there are only a dozen games left in the season, is actually only a few hundred thousand dollars, and it has no impact on the salary structure of the Thunder.
When signing the contract, Tang Tian also met the veteran in the conference room.
To be honest, it's still not the same as on the field, because there are few opportunities to play, Tang Tian didn't pay much attention to him before, but this will be close contact, and I found that this guy's muscles are really not ordinarily developed, and the arm is as thick as his thigh, and it feels like a punch can smash people out.
Remembering what he said in the news before, he said that he wanted Harden to gain muscle and fight, and it seems that he definitely has the qualifications.
After signing Margety, the Thunder's playoff roster is actually completely out of the box.
Point guards: Westbrook, Kidd, Livingston
Quarterbacks: Harden, Soflosa, Margetty, Bazemore (season reimbursement)
Small forward: Durant, Middleton
Omae: Ibaka, Tucker, Collisson
Centre: Brown, Dio, O'Quinn
This lineup, with the toss of the season, will definitely be able to kill all sides.
At this time, there is only one month left until the end of the regular season, and there are only a dozen games left in the regular season.
Bazemore's injury reminded Tang Tian that although the Thunder team's lineup is young, it still has to be rotated at this time, and the record or something is secondary compared to the neatness of the lineup.
When the time comes to the end of April, the 2012~2013 regular season officially comes to an end.
In the East, the Heat finally beat the Cavaliers to take the first place in the East, and their 66-win record is also the best in the league.
In second place is the Cavaliers, who have 63 wins, and despite the departure of Don and the mid-season trade of Artest, the roster is still there, and with Butler's growth, they will be the Heat's strongest opponent in the East.
In third place is the Knicks, who have 54 wins, and if they want to challenge for a championship, they will have to find a way to cross two mountains overhead.
In fourth place is the Pacers, who managed to squeeze out the Nets in the final minute to reach the top half of the conference and get home-court advantage in the first round, and Paul George's growth has given this team a better future and present.
The teams ranked five through eight are the Nets, Bulls, Hawks, and Celtics.
In the West, despite the last dozen games of rotation, the Thunder still won a 62-20 record, ranking first in the West.
The Thunder were followed by the Spurs, with Leonard growing rapidly and GDP going from strength to strength, and they ended up with 58 wins, second in the bottom.
In third place is the Nuggets, the biggest name in this team is probably Iguodala's team at the end of the peak, playing the pinnacle of civilian basketball, they have 57 wins, and they are third in the West.
The Clippers, who make up the trident of Irving, Griffin and Jordan Jr., are fourth and have won just one less game than the Nuggets.
The teams ranked five through seven are the Grizzlies, Warriors, and Jazz.
In eighth place is the Lakers, and the suspension of Artest and Howard has affected this team much more than the Thunder.
But compared to his previous life, there is good news that Kobe Bryant is not reimbursed for the season due to a torn Achilles tendon, and F4 is expected to make an appearance together in the playoffs.
It is precisely because of this that the first round, which did not attract much attention in the past, has become completely different because of this set of matchups.
Thunder VS Lakers, which in previous years would only appear in the division semifinals, or even the division finals, is now staged in the first round, which is simply touching the G spot in advance.
"It's going to be a crazy matchup, and no one thought the Lakers were going to fall to this position before the season, but now it's happening, and they're going to play the Thunder! The Thunder have a young four, while the Lakers have a more powerful F4, oh my! What a crazy series it would be! ”
"The Thunder were the better team in the regular season, but man, it's the playoffs! The four cores of the Lakers have played in the playoffs several times more times than the Thunder! If the Lakers end up black-eight, really, I don't think it's strange at all! ”
"I think the winner is the Thunder in the end because they have Tang Tian, who has never lost a series, but their opponents are strong and it's going to be a tough and exciting series for sure."
"Yes, buddy, it's definitely going to be a thrilling round of the playoffs, and you may all forget that the reason why the Lakers fell to eighth had a lot to do with that brawl, in other words, the brawl that ended up making them meet together in the playoffs."
"Yes! As soon as you say it, we all remember, and I think that in addition to the normal competition, this round of the series will definitely be full of some other factors, which is exciting to think about! ”
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