There will also be some awards at the end of the summer league, but these awards are meaningless, and Lee Sung-long, who averages 8.8 points per game, also missed the award, and he is very satisfied with his smooth signing with the Celtics.

Lee returned to New York, and Hammer was still negotiating a contract with the Celtics in Boston, but Lee had long learned from Hammer that he, as a second-round pick, could only get a base salary contract, which is also an old practice in the NBA.

Five days later, the Celtics announced that they had signed Bruce Lee, a shooting guard selected with the 32nd pick this year, on a two-year, $1.4 million contract, with a team option for the second year.

For a newcomer like Li Chenglong, who is not famous, he only needs the Celtics to unilaterally announce it, and he doesn't need Li Chenglong to be present in person, let alone any live broadcast decisions.

Compared with the champion Oden, Li Chenglong's salary is indeed very low, only more than 600,000 per year, and there is no fraction of the other party, Oden's rookie contract with the Trail Blazers is 21 million for four years, of course, these are all fixed ranges in the league for a long time, and the range that can be changed is very small.

Li Chenglong thinks about it on the best, he only has a two-year contract, and he can jump out of the contract after two years, which is the only benefit.

At the end of the summer league, the Celtics' personnel inspection was almost underway, and Celtics manager Danny Ainge began to say: "The goal of the new season is for the Celtics to win the Eastern Conference. ”

Eastern Conference Champions? That is, to reach the finals and compete for the championship, the current configuration of the Celtics Pierce Garray Allen is definitely not enough, and the current Cavaliers led by the little emperor in the East are when they are strong, and they reached the finals for the first time last season, although they were swept 4-0 by the Spurs, and they were touched by Duncan and said The future is yours', but no one can deny that the Cavaliers have become stronger, at least with the strength to break through from the East, coupled with the aging but still powerful Pistons, and the fast-rising Magic, the Celtics are obviously not strong enough to say the Eastern Conference champion.

Anyone who cares quickly noticed that the Celtics continued to seek a trade, but no one expected it to be related to Garnett.

The time quickly advanced to August 1, and in the early hours of that day, the Boston Celtics announced that they were close to completing a trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves, and the Green Army sent Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomez, Gerard Green, Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff and two first-round picks in '09 to get Kevin Garnett from the Timberwolves.

The deal immediately shocked the entire NBA, and the Chinese side was also in an uproar, and became a topic of conversation on the Internet for several days.

In addition to forming a Big Three lineup, this deal is also a huge gamble***, for Garnett, the Celtics sent most of the team, if it can't be successful, the Celtics don't know how long it will take to recover.

Al Jefferson is the Celtics' original starting power forward, and he is also one of the league's star power forwards, with an average of 16 plus 11 per game last season, Ryan Gomez and Gerald Green are the team's two important swingmen, Gomez started Green off the bench, Gerald Green also won last year's Star Game dunk title, are considered to be young people with great potential, Telfair and Ratliffe are also important substitutes for the team.

As soon as the deal was completed, various experts in the United States came out to speak, mostly criticizing the Celtics' gambling ***, believing that the current Celtics are completely empty except for the Big Three, and it is completely wishful thinking to win the championship.

ESPN expert John Hollinger expressed his pessimism on the Celtics: "With Ray Allen and Garnett, the Celtics have almost emptied their bench, and the only ones who can be used are Rondo, Davis, Leon Powell and Tony Allen, and the lack of bench players will become the biggest obstacle for the Celtics in the new season." ”

As for Lee Chenglong and Glenn Davis, the two second-round shows this year, they are completely ignored by experts.

Hollins also used the example of the Rockets to prove that in 96 the Rockets did something similar to the current Celtics, emptying the entire team to get the 'flying pig' Charles Barkley and 'Glider' Clyde Redxler, and the Rockets' original star Hakeem Olajuwon formed a triumvirate lineup, although the three were not young at that time, they were not yet in their prime. The Gliders are still averaging 18 points per game, Barkley is averaging 19 points per game, and Big Dream is averaging 23 points per game, and the Rockets are counting on these three to lead the team to two more championships.

They played well in the regular season, finishing second in the West, and in the playoffs, the lack of quality on the bench became a big concern, and opponents will always target that. In the Western Conference semifinals, the SuperSonics led by star point guard 'Glove' Gary Payton fought seven games with the Big Three Rockets, and the SuperSonics grabbed the fact that the Rockets did not have a qualified point guard and almost eliminated the Rockets.

When it came to the Western Conference Finals against the Utah Jazz, the Utah twins were not vegetarian, John Stockton, one of the Utah twins, was inspired by the supersounds, as the point guard with a series of assists in NBA history, he grabbed the point guard of the Rockets and couldn't fight to the death, 4-2 to send the Big Three Rockets home.

Hollinger believes that the Celtics will follow in the footsteps of the Rockets back then, and it will be difficult to win a championship by being caught in an important game in the playoffs.

Hollinger is a well-known basketball expert in the United States, and the player efficiency value in the NBA data was invented by him, and has now become one of the important indicators for the NBA to measure players.

However, there are not so many worries on the Chinese side, most fans think that such a strong lineup is also unstoppable to take turns to play singles, and the fact that the Celtics have a Chinese player in the team has also spread quickly with the formation of the Big Three.

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Lee Chenglong is working out in the gym, and through the summer league he knows that his body is still too weak, so he needs to exercise, he needs to build muscle.

On the side, Tom Hammer was gushing: "Bruce, the Celtics have a strong squad now, but there are also many people who think that the Celtics will fail, are you confident of getting consistent playing time?" ”

"Don't worry, Tom, I think I'm lucky to play in a big city like Boston, and now the Celtics don't have enough depth on the bench, and it's time for me to get my chance and win a championship by the way, it doesn't get much better than that." Li Chenglong said lightly.

"You really think the Celtics can win the championship, and now there are a lot of people who think the Celtics are going to lose."

"Don't worry, they're not just the Big Three."

Of course, Li Chenglong knew that the Celtics traded this time, except for one Al Jefferson, all the players who failed to play in the future, and not all the potential players as those experts said, but most of the potential players left behind.

Sending away a bunch of really unpromising ones in exchange for Ray Allen and Garnett, plus the rest of the ones who really have potential, this is definitely the championship lineup.

Maybe the Celtics management has a vision, maybe it was luck, but in short, the Celtics' bench players are not as bad as they say.

However, some experts say that the injury hidden danger is true, Pierce only suffered a serious injury last season, so the Celtics only won the league's second-to-last record, Garnett often attacked and defended during his time with the Timberwolves, leaving a small problem, these small problems may become a major injury at any time, which is one of the reasons why experts believe that the Celtics failed.

Those pundits are not bad at saying that the Celtics won the championship in the first year of formation, and then quickly slipped down, which was caused by Garnett's form decline after a serious injury in the second season.