Chapter 442: Trading James (1/4!) Ask for a commuter pass! )

After wrapping up the press conference, Don asked Jones to send the final decision to James' team.

After that, Tang Tian and Cole talked about the details of the transaction.

After negotiations, the parties reached a final deal.

The Cavaliers sent James and Frye (for a tie trade), Vince Carter, Markieff Morris, Robin Lopez (5.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, fourth year of rookie contract), a 2012 Suns first-round pick, and a 2013 second-round pick.

The Cavaliers cut Peja Stojakovic, who was on a non-guaranteed contract, to make room for a new trade player, and the latter officially announced his retirement immediately after being cut.

After the Suns traded, they also formed a lineup of Nash, Jared Dudley, James, Frye, and Gotetet to start, and Grant Hill, Shanon Brown, Hakeem Varick and other substitutes.

The lineup of Nash and James, with two three-point shooters and an excellent blue-collar team, such a lineup is not small even in the West.

Not to mention that Cole has just made a move, and the follow-up reinforcements will definitely not stop.

And after the Cavaliers traded, the roster also changed a lot.

Point guards: Paul, Jeremy Lin, Thomas Jr

Shooting guards: Green, Stephenson, Butler

Small forwards: Carter, Battier, Parsons

Power forwards: Artest, Vallejo, Markieff Morris

Centre-forwards: Yao Ming, Whiteside, Robin Lopez

James' departure is a big loss to the Cavaliers, but Tang Tian has also strengthened the team's roster depth through this deal.

Robin Lopez played for the Suns for four years without improvement, but Tang Tianke knows that the starting center has been a qualified starting center since then, and he has more experience than Whiteside, and he will definitely come in handy in the playoffs.

With the final conclusion of the deal, the original noisy James incident has finally come to an end for the time being.

James, who recovered from the "injury", also traveled to Phoenix with his team.

The transfer turmoil has already taken a toll on his reputation, and all he has to do now is fulfill his contract as a professional player.

After the deal was officially concluded, the two cities were as in Tang Tian's previous life, and the reaction of fans was not small.

After Cleveland fans learned the truth, many fans burned James' jersey on social media.

Phoenix fans, on the other hand, expressed an unprecedented welcome to James' arrival on social media and city signs.

Cole also greeted James and his team at the airport, and the wise general manager was full of excitement.

At this point, the deal has been completely settled.

Carter, Morris and Lopes will also undergo medical examinations before they can report to the team.

And Tang Tian also ushered in the first game without James with a 12-man lineup.

Coincidentally, their opponent is the Miami Heat, who have been mentioned the most before.

The match took place at the American Airlines Arena, home of the Heat.

The match also received unprecedented attention.

The Heat fans present were full of "malice" towards Tang Tian, if it weren't for Tang Tian and his management's decision to trade James to the Suns, then they would have formed a 03 generation triumvirate of Wade, Bosh and James.

This lineup, in their eyes, is completely comparable to the previous Big Three, and the Cavaliers lost James's strength declined significantly, and the East, and even the whole league are their world.

But all this was ruined because of Tang Tian's decision.

It's strange that they can have a good impression of Tang Tian!

When the Cavaliers were introduced to the game at the opening ceremony before the game, there were a lot of boos from the audience.

The bond between these two teams is completely settled.

The opening ceremony ended, and the starting lineups of both sides were also released.

It's completely different from the pre-season, this time both sides are playing with full force.

On the Cavaliers' side, Tang Tian sent a starting lineup of Paul, Green, Battier, Artest, and Yao Ming.

On the Heat's side, the combination of Chambers and Wade on the outside, Beasley and Bosh on the front, and Eric Dampier as the starting center.

Yao Ming easily beat Dampier to take the lead for the Cavaliers.

Paul advanced with the ball, went to the frontcourt, and played with Yao Ming to block and dismantle.

Heat head coach Spoelstra is also a capable coach, and he directly instructed the Heat to shrink their defense and block and pick-and-roll.

James is not there, the main attack points of the Cavaliers are Paul and Yao Ming, and if these two points are locked, it will be difficult for the Cavaliers to open up the situation.

Paul sensed the Heat's defensive strategy and chose to break the score directly to Green in the corner.

The Heat shrink their defense, the defense on both wings is definitely weak, and Battier and Green are standard 3-and-Ds, and they obviously take care of one or the other in their defense.

Green catches the ball and takes a shot before Bosh can help get in place.

"Huh!"

Green's three-pointer went into the net.

The Cavaliers opened the game with a three-pointer.

James' departure has weakened the Cavaliers' independent offensive ability on the wing, but after Battier was promoted to the starter, it has liberated the space problem on the offensive end to some extent.

You contract, the two three-point points on the outside are very strong, you don't shrink, Paul and Yao Ming's blocking is definitely enough for you to drink a pot.

On the offense of the Heat, Wade burst with the ball to the outside Bosh, who also hit a three-pointer against Artest's defense.

Bosh is the perfect No. 5 for a small lineup, and his steady three-point hand and defensive coverage make people drool.

"Danny, limit Wade's passing, Sean, wrap the clip early!" Tang Tian got up at this time and shouted at Green and Battier.

This Heat team, without James, is Wade the only strong point to break through on the court, strangle Wade, and the Heat's offense will be wasted.

Paul dribbled to the front court and also played a pick-and-roll, this time in the bottom corner Battier.

Both Bosh and Beasley turned and pounced.

"Bang!"

Battier's three-pointer hit an iron, but he managed to pull the basket empty.

Yao Ming pressed Dampier to grab the offensive rebound, and the turning hook hand sent the ball into the basket.

The Heat's offense, Wade received the ball in the front court and borrowed Bosh to block and break again, this time the Cavaliers contracted completely, directly blocking Wade's passing route.

Wade made a layup against Yao Ming's pull-up and missed the rebound, and the rebound was accepted by Yao Ming.

Paul pushed back and the Heat dropped back quickly and didn't get too many chances.

When he arrived at the frontcourt, Paul did not call Yao Ming to block and dismantle again, but directly signaled his teammates to pull away, and then handed the ball to Yao Ming in the low post.

Yao Ming turned his back to Dampier, glanced at the Heat team, and directly chose to play with his back to the single, and the continuous footsteps shook Dampier a little dizzy, and the turning board was firmly in the frame.

Dampier was left with a wry smile on his face.

used to call himself the "second center in the west" in the west, and he was beaten up when he met Yao Ming, but now at the end of his career, he went to the east again, but he didn't expect to escape the life of being beaten in the end.