Chapter 300: Crazy Transfer Market
The offseason is the busiest time for every team's general manager, who makes countless phone calls every day and haggles over the phone with other team's general managers to get the player they want. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Even when they're not on the phone, they have to constantly sift through the computer or meet with their staff to see if there's a better alternative.
The transfer market is different every year, and in some years, there are a lot of big fish, and there are a lot of teams that want to bring stars under their command, which will heat up the whole market; In some years, there are two or three kittens, which is not enough for the general managers to worry about, and each team is a small repair, and there will be no big moves at all. In fact, the transfer market is a seller's market most of the time, especially first-tier or second-tier stars, who can always fetch a high price in the market, after all, each team has different needs, but their common needs are called stars.
This summer, the transfer market has been buzzing, with a number of stars changing doors after much bargaining. The first to say that he wanted to leave was Nuggets star Anthony, although next season is the last year of his contract, but due to the previous Nuggets failed year after year, the 2003 tanhua show believes that the future is completely hopeless, so he refuses to renew his contract with the Nuggets. Although the Nuggets appointed new general manager Ujiri and hoped he could convince Anthony to stay, Anthony was adamant that he didn't want to stay in Denver anymore. Anthony prefers to sign a contract extension with his new owner in the deal, much to the dismay of Denver management.
And one of the expected next players, the Knicks, have made their own offer, hoping to trade Eddie Curry, Gallinari and a future first-round pick for Anthony. At the same time, they did not forget to recruit other stars, and the top four "Little Overlord" Stoudemire, who partnered with Nash, defected to the Big Apple, and he received a five-year, $100 million maximum salary contract. Over the past two years, Stoudemire has been plagued by trade rumors, and his feud with the Suns has intensified. In fact, after jumping out of the contract, Stoudemire still negotiated with the Suns, but because the two sides did not reach an agreement in the end, he resolutely chose to sign directly to the Knicks.
But what shocked the league the most was not this, but the Heat's big spending. Last season, the Heat got 47 wins and 35 losses and ranked fifth in the East, but they were directly eliminated by the fourth Celtics in the first round, but under the persuasion of Riley, the team soul who once led the Heat to the championship continued to stay in Miami, and signed a six-year, 106 million contract with the team, the contract will expire in the summer of 2016, there is an early termination option in the summer of 2014, and a player option in the summer of 2015.
Wade's decision set off a ripple effect, as Bosh, the No. 4 pick and mammoth star in 2003, chose to jump out of his contract early and join his best friend. Before that, Bosh's fate was even more miserable than Anthony's, who had reached the Western Conference Finals, but Bosh's best Raptors had a 47-35 record and had only made the playoffs twice. In these two playoff trips, the Nets were eliminated 4-2 in the first round in the 06-07 season, and the Magic were eliminated 4-1 in the first round in the 07-08 season. Bosh felt confused about his future, so he simply joined the Heat and teamed up with Wade.
Wade teaming up with Bosh is actually not a blockbuster news, the real blockbuster news is still to come - James, the best free agent this summer, switched to the Heat, and Wade and Bosh formed a big three that made the whole league fearful! James' arrival in Miami was a big surprise. Compared to New York, New Jersey and Chicago, the Miamins have never had a head start in the battle for James, but the Heat have Riley. Riley has been working hard, and like the Knicks, the Heat have been waiting for the summer of 2010 after hoarding a lot of expiring contracts to make room for big-name free agents.
And for James, he was already tired of the endless failures that preceded him. Although this team has become a powerhouse in the East since he joined the Cavaliers, he has never been able to touch the O'Brien Cup, even though the Heat's management has prepared him with better helpers every year. James is also a human being, he can't always be indifferent to a hopeless future, he is the only star of the team in the Cavaliers, and the ball is always in his hands at the most critical moment, but he can't lead the team out of the East to win the championship alone, which is his sadness.
In fact, the gathering of the Big Three in Miami was discussed by the three of their close friends, but the time was just divided. But in any case, the Heat's big spending is beyond the expectations of the whole league, and this is not the previous Celtics! Pierce, Garnett and Ray Allen are indeed some of the league's top stars, but they were in their thirties when they assembled in Boston, and they were about to enter the end of their careers, and although the trio won two championships together, they also used up all their energy and were not ready to win next season.
But the Big Three of the Heat are different, Wade is only 28 years old this year, James and Bosh are both 26 years old, which means that all three of them are in the prime of their careers, which is more terrifying than the Celtics, and the relationship with the three of them by means of the Heat is obviously not broken up in one or two seasons. It's safe to assume that this team is a title contender every year, as long as management can have enough role players around them. Although they are in the East, both the East and West teams are privately scolding their mothers, after all, with such a team sitting on three superstars, the threat to others is too great.
Compared with the Heat's Big Three, the rest of the offseason trades didn't blow up at all, and the league's eyes were focused on Miami. Before that, the Heat were only 1-25 to win next season's championship -- a number that meant their championship hopes were slim. However, just after Bosh and Wade announced that they would join forces in Miami, the Heat's odds to win the championship have risen to 1 to 6, second only to the Lakers' 2 to 7, and after LeBron joined, the Heat's odds to win the championship have "plummeted" to 5 to 4, ranking first in the league. At the same time, the odds of the Western Lakers to win the championship have dropped to 1 to 5.
Obviously, this summer has been too crazy, and the pattern of the alliance is starting to change dramatically.