Chapter 263: Join Together!
The free agent market officially opened, and the league made its first signings. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The Los Angeles Lakers signed Timofey Mozgov to a four-year, $64 million contract, and as a former Cavaliers champion, Mozgov is a brilliant young man who is a tough defensive player and has been an important member of the team during his time with the national team.
On this day, the more popular signings, Batum stayed with the Hornets for 120 million in 5 years, DeRozan renewed his contract with the Raptors for 139 million in 5 years, and the Wizards renewed Beal for 128 million in 5 years.
At this time, Li Dong and his teammates had been practicing together in Orlando for a week, and the two rookies were gradually becoming familiar with the Magic's regular tactics with the help of the assistant coach.
This is a complex and long process, aside from the NBA public's tactics, the Magic's own tactical system has a lot of unique styles, such as helping the core player Li Dong to contain and the bottom corner ambush to attract and so on.
"Li Dong's improvement on the defensive end is too obvious." Assistant coach Weiss excitedly pulled out a week's worth of training data sheets and said to head coach Skells.
Skels took the list, glanced at it, nodded, and had an irrepressible smile on his face, "This kid has really improved a lot in the summer, in fact, when the season was almost over last season, that is, when the playoffs, the defensive end already had an NBA average level, but now it seems that he has great potential on the defensive end, and attitude determines everything." ”
"I heard that I trained with Andrew Wiggins in the summer, and this guy always has unexpected moves, and he is obviously more comfortable and well-rounded on the offensive end." Vess said with a smile.
"We have a lot of hope for the new season, and if we can sign that player, we can definitely wrestle with the Cavaliers or the Raptors." Skeles is ambitious and full of confidence.
"That player ......" Weiss naturally knew who the manager was talking about, and followed Skels's gaze and looked into the distance......
The next day, the day after the free agency market opened, the league's trades and signings became more frequent.
For example, Wade, which Chinese fans are concerned about. Joining the Chicago Bulls with a two-year contract worth a total of 47.5 million is embarrassing, and it is recognized as the soul of the Heat.
Second, the Thunder sent Serge Ibaka and Victor Oladipo and Channing Frye from the Magic trade. The Bucks signed Jason Terry, and the Los Angeles Clippers signed Luke Bamot for 2 years and 4.5 million, and it is said that Bamot will serve as the Clippers' starting small forward in the new season.
The free agency market continues to heat up, with a contract extension just signed here and a new teammate brought in over there.
Last season's champion Cavaliers also made a big move, signing free agent Anderson with a veteran base salary, and then lightning finalized the signing of Mike Dunleavy to bolster the team's interior line.
Shortly thereafter, Sports Illustrated's reporter Amic broke the news on his Weibo account, claiming that the Atlanta Hawks had offered former No. 1 center Dwight Howard a three-year, $70.5 million contract, and was now waiting for the interior super defender to nod.
Orlando fans couldn't sit still. Why is there news about teams all over the world, but our own team seems to have forgotten, and it doesn't matter if we don't go to the free market to catch big fish, and the players whose contracts have expired have no intention of renewing them.
What the heck?
Hannigan himself is going crazy, the Rockets offered a 4-year 55 million contract, and his own side offered a 4-year 57 million contract, according to reason, he surpassed the Rockets, and it should be a sure win, but an "old friend" in the Celtics manager's office told him that the Grizzlies are very determined to keep Bradley. It is highly likely to match Magic's offer, although this price is already more than Bradley's current market value.
Howard is infinitely close to signing with the Hawks, and there is no choice among the major interior lines that he is most eager to strengthen. Hannigan took a deep breath, his mind very confused.
"Li Dong is eager to win the championship, if there is no reinforcement operation and determination, I am afraid that he will not be able to keep him in a few years, and the boss's meaning is obvious......"
Hannigan dialed the secretary's number, "Help me check how much salary space is left in the Celtics." ”
It didn't take long. Hannigan received a data sheet on his desk, and the salary price of all the Celtics is on this paper, and it is clear that there is only 3 million salary space from the salary cap of $58.04 million, but Bradley has been with the Celtics for seven years and meets the Bird clause.
Hannigan scratched his messy hair, how much should this be officially quoted?
The current situation is obvious, Bradley will not stay with the Celtics, but the psychological price of the Celtics is not clear, if it is just a little higher than the psychological price of the Celtics, then the Celtics will definitely match, if it exceeds too much, the Celtics luxury tax plus the loss will be relatively large, then they will not match.
The advantage of Magic over Rockets is that Magic still has a lot of space to get to the salary cap, and the Rockets are capped at 55 million in 4 years, while Magic can be higher.
On Dec. 11, Magic and Jeff Green reached a verbal agreement that the two sides would sign a one-year, $15 million contract. Around the same time, the Clippers announced that they would match the Golden State Warriors' one-year, $1.4 million base salary contract for Maris Speights.
Then in the Howard scramble, the Hawks got the center on a three-year, $70.5 million contract, and the Rockets gave the monster away, and no one could understand what kind of medicine was sold in Morey's gourd.
Dedmon suddenly announced on Weibo that he had decided to sign with the San Antonio Spurs, and the center forward, who has maintained a very good form, has been given a two-year contract of 5.93 million. And he said on Weibo that he didn't get an offer from the Magic after the season, and maybe the Magic no longer need him.
The fans in Orlando were furious, and the fans who shouted for Hannigan to leave class all popped up overnight, some left messages on the official website, some called directly to the magic office, and even ran directly to the Amway Arena.
Li Dong and others, who were training in a closed camp, were taken aback.
"What's going on? Hannigan this guy gambled and lost his panties? Li Dong and the others all thought maliciously.
The outside world was arguing, and it didn't take long for Brandon Jennings to announce that he had reached a contract extension agreement with the Knicks, worth 5 million yuan for 1 year!
Another main player has left, are the Magic ready to mess up this season?
The fans are on fire, and even many experts who are optimistic about the Magic are puzzled, and they don't understand how the Magic gave up the two main forces.
At this time, everyone was disturbing and everyone was crusading against the magic uniform group.
The Magic officially announced that they had reached a contract with Celtics point guard Ivor Rybradley for a total contract of four years and $65 million, and the Celtics decided not to match.
The Magic, Pacers, and Hawks officially announced a three-way deal today, with the Magic getting guard George Hill, and as part of the deal, the Hawks got the signing rights of Rookie Stephen Zimmerman from the Magic, and the Pacers got Jeff Teague.
As soon as the news came out, everyone was in an uproar......