At this moment, the general managers of other teams in the league were a little unable to sit still.

Especially the general managers of other teams in the East, like Danny Ainge.

Although the Celtics signed Hayward, they failed to take Irving, and now the Nets have also acquired George.

"A few ignorant hairy boys, they don't know what they did!" Angie couldn't help but be rude in private.

The Cavaliers and Pacers, two new young general managers, single-handedly helped the Nets complete a roster upgrade.

After completing these two trades, the Nets' current roster:

Point guards: Kyrie Irving, TJ McConaughey, Dejounte Murray

Shooting guards: Jimmy Butler, Donovan Mitchell, Brogdon

Small forwards: Paul George, PJ Tucker, Gerald Green, Dillon Brooks

Power forwards: Yi Jianlian, Markkanen, Kuzma

Centers: Jokic, Oden

The 15-man lineup, Irving, Butler, George, Jokic...... It's definitely going head-to-head with the Warriors.

After the failure to chase Hayward, the Nets were once faced with the dilemma of potentially returning empty-handed in the free market, but the next two trades saved them from the brink and gave the team the greatest reinforcement.

This is really a mountain and a heavy water, and there is no way out, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village!

The current 15-man roster, Irving's contract is 18.87 million, plus Butler's 19.3 million, plus George's 19.51 million, plus Yi Jianlian's 12 million and Tucker's 10 million, as well as the salaries of other role players, all add up to a total of about 97 million.

This salary is still 2 million away from the salary cap, and 22 million is still 22 million away from the luxury tax.

Now there are two options in front of the Nets, either to reach a contract extension with Jokic in advance, maintain the roster or sign a regular role player, or not to renew Jokic's contract, so that they can use the exception to sign a role player with enough ability.

If he renews Jokic's contract in advance, Jokic does not meet the Thunder clause (that is, the Rose clause), and if he signs a five-year contract with the Nets with a maximum salary, he will get a contract with a starting salary of 24.75 million and a five-year contract of 132 million.

Counting this salary, the Nets have exceeded the luxury tax by more than 2 million in total.

Under this premise, the signing of people in the free market, because it is already very close to the salary cap, can only use the middle-class exception and the biennial exception, the former has a salary of 8.4 million, and the latter has a salary of 2.26 million.

Oden, Tucker, and Mitchell are the main rotations in the new season, and with the renewal of George's contract next season, the team is likely to let go of Yi Jianlian or Tucker, so Markkanen or Kuzma must also be given playing time, so the only one left to strengthen is the No. 1 position.

Murray's growth has been slower than expected because of his lack of playing time, and Mancona's performance last season was good, but his defensive ability was still more evident in the game against the Warriors.

At this time, there are not many point guards left in the free market, and only Rondo and Rose are left without contracts and a certain amount of immediate power.

Of course, if you don't renew your contract with Jokic first, the options will obviously be much larger.

After discussion, Tang Tian and Jones decided to give Jokic a contract extension with a maximum salary first, so that at least next offseason, they can devote all their energy to renewing George's contract.

Other role players can be replaced, but the core lineup of Irving, Butler, George and Jokic is the capital they are now competing with the Warriors, and none of them are missing.

After the two settled, Jones negotiated with Jokic's agent.

The Thunder's terms stipulate that a player who is named MVP during his rookie contract, or who has been selected twice as a starter in the All-Star draft, or who has been selected to the All-Star team twice (regardless of the number of teams) can get a contract that is 30% of the team's starting salary cap (5% more than the average maximum salary).

Jokic was selected to the All-Star Game as a starter last season, so he still has that opportunity in the future.

If he chooses to continue to execute his rookie contract and is successfully selected in the new season, he will get the super cap salary stipulated in the Thunder clause, but that also means that he will have to execute more than 1 million yuan of contract for one more year.

This choice is actually quite simple, he will get more than 20 million less this year, and even if he signs a super maximum salary, the money he gets in the new contract is not as much, which is why more and more super newcomers will renew their contracts in advance.

With 132 million for 5 years, the Nets showed enough sincerity and reached an early contract extension with Jokic.

After signing this contract, the Nets also reached $122 million in salary space, which is $3 million more than the luxury tax.

To bolster themselves in the free market, they would have to pay more luxury tax.

Tang Tian naturally won't stop because of the luxury tax of millions, since he has traded for Irving and George, that is, he wants to go head-to-head with the Warriors.

In the previous trade, they gave away all of the draft picks for next year in a row, so a trade must be made.

Jones has found the 76ers, and the two teams have become great partners in the past few years with frequent trades.

The two sides quickly reached a deal that saw the Nets send TJ McConaughey to the 76ers' 2018 second-round pick.

After the Grizzlies showed interest in Dillon Brooks, the Nets traded Brooks to the Grizzlies for the 2018 second-round pick.

McConaughey was traded to sign point guard on free agency to make room, and Bucruz was traded purely to acquire draft picks.

Brooks has good talent, and his excellent performance in the summer league has earned him some attention, but the Nets have too deep a roster to stay on the team and not play time, and it is estimated that they will not be able to play in the second round.

After completing these two follow-up trades, the Nets dropped to 13 personnel and the total salary came under the luxury tax.

However, this does not mean that it is the final reinforcement of the Nets, in fact, these two transactions are made for the follow-up signing.

They need to expand their squad to at least 14 players before the season begins.

"Rondo, or Rose?" Jones asked Tang Tian to make a choice.

The situation of Rondo and Rose is a bit similar, the former still has the ability of tens of millions because of personality problems, but now he can't even get a 5 million contract, and the latter is even more difficult to get a base salary contract because of injuries.

Because of the system, Ross is obviously a better choice, and if you exchange an iron knee, Ross will make Tang Tianshuang fly.

"Rondo." However, Tang Tian finally gave up on Rose, not because of ability, but because the Nets already have Mitchell, they don't need a breakout, but a real playmaker, and Rondo is obviously more suitable than Rose.