The impact of the Heat's formation of the Big Three to impact the championship soon spread to the whole league, and many veterans chose to jump out of their contracts in advance, hoping to go to Miami to mix a championship ring, which is also the inevitable wave when every strong team is born. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The wave has also had an impact on the Trail Blazers, and while Miller and Camby have decided to stay with the team, another veteran of the team, 37-year-old Juwan Howard, is ready to jump out of his contract and join the Big Three in the East. For him, the Trail Blazers have great potential, but his days in the league are numbered, and he may retire after a season or two, so joining the Heat now is undoubtedly the best choice to challenge for a championship. Coupled with the fact that Heat general manager Riley personally called to recruit him to Miami, the veteran who contributed a lot to the Trail Blazers in the '09-10 season finally chose to leave.

The whole Trail Blazers team had no opinion on Howard's choice, and everyone was just a little reluctant to leave. It's true that Howard played off the bench for the vast majority of last season, but he has played even more so than veterans like Camby and Miller in stabilizing the locker room. In 73 regular season games for the Trail Blazers, Howard averaged 6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game while shooting 50.9 percent from the field, making him one of the most important rotation players for the Trail Blazers. But it's completely understandable that he's going to Miami to pursue a championship, and everyone has expressed their best wishes to him.

In fact, Howard's departure did not have as much impact on the Trail Blazers as expected, after all, Ayers has proven that he can be a qualified rotation player, and his style of play is complementary to Aldridge. Aldridge prefers a more technical style of play, and Ayers, despite his rough skills, dares to play physical confrontations and has a hand in rebounding, which can completely make up for the void after Howard's departure.

The most critical issue facing the Trail Blazers at the moment is to find a strong enough backup for Roy and try to be as young as possible. It's not yet time for the draft, and the Trail Blazers don't want to wait until the draft to go to Taobao, after all, their draft picks this year are only the 22nd pick in the first round and the 34th pick in the second round.

Ye Feng has also been keeping an eye on the team's movements, and soon the management finalized a candidate to supplement the shooting guard, and this player who was favored by Pritchard really surprised everyone, and it turned out to be Wesley Matthews, the Jazz's stable rotation player last season. A graduate of Marquette University, he was Wade's younger brother and was voted Wisconsin Basketball Mr. in high school. In his senior year, 2008-09, Matthews averaged 18.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, leading Marquette to 25 games and being named to the Second Team of the Great East Conference.

However, in last year's draft, Matthews was ignored, and in the end, the Jazz gave him the opportunity to invite Matthews to join the team's summer league roster, and then the two sides signed a training camp contract. Because of his outstanding performance in the preseason, Matthews ended up staying on the Jazz's official roster. Since the start of the season, Matthews has gradually become a regular member of the Jazz team, and the Jazz even did not hesitate to send away Ronnie Brewer before the trade deadline for him. Matthews played in 82 regular-season games for the Jazz last season, starting 48 of them, averaging 9.4 points per game while shooting 48.3 percent from the field and 38.2 percent from three-point range.

Matthews became a restricted free agent after the season, and Pritchard quickly made a five-year, $33 million offer for him, although the Jazz have not officially responded, but judging by Matthews' status on the team and the Jazz's total salary, the odds of them matching the offer are quite low. Ye Feng was a little surprised by the general manager's vision, of course, this was not because he discriminated against non-draft players, he just didn't know how the management looked at such a person, and the average score of 9.4 points per game was not very good! However, Pritchard has no obligation to solve his doubts, and Ye Feng did not break the casserole to ask the end, and the team must have his reasons for such an offer.

Soon the Jazz announced that they would give up the contract to match Matthews, which means that Matthews will wear the Trail Blazers jersey and play alongside Ye Feng and them in the new season. Although Matthews is still abroad on vacation with his family for the time being, the Jazz have called him to inform him that he can report directly to Portland after returning to China, and Matthews is a little reluctant for the Jazz, after all, they gave themselves a chance to gain a foothold in the NBA, but soon this reluctance was replaced by excitement, and he was going to join the overall runner-up last season, although the Trail Blazers did not win the O'Brien Cup, but it was more interesting after joining that way, isn't it?

With the exception of the departed Howard and the joining Matthews, the Trail Blazers basically retained all of the team's regular rotation players from last season, and under McMillan's insistence, the Trail Blazers did not participate in the battle for superstars, but seemed a little detached. It's not because the owner doesn't have money, Paul Allen is still ranked 37th on the Forbes list of the world's billionaires with $13.5 billion in 2010, and he's always been very supportive of the team, not the kind of person who is reluctant to spend money on the team. The only thing management has to think about is the atmosphere and chemistry of the team, and bringing in a superstar can really improve the overall strength of the team quickly, but sometimes it can also ruin the atmosphere within the team, which is not worth the cost.

And many teams are very active in the trade market, and every day the trade rumors that break out in the media can occupy almost the entire page, saying that such and such a star wants to go to this team today, and tomorrow it will be changed to another team, and the fans have no way of knowing what information is accurate. With the waters already muddy, the Trail Blazers are the best option, and they don't have that much desire for superstars anyway.

Besides, the 2010 draft has not yet started, and the Trail Blazers can find it difficult to find future superstars in the draft, but it is still possible to bring a few suitable rotation players to the team, which is also the favorite thing that most teams with some strength do in the draft.