Chapter 367 [The Undead Calf, the All-Star Lynx!] 】

After coming back from London, Taylor also let go, the three of them were sweet and sweet at home every day, and the nanny Song, who watched it, was often in a daze, and she thought that the life of rich people in the West was like this.

During this time, there have also been quite a few big deals in the NBA league.

On June 25, the Phoenix Suns and the Cleveland Cavaliers reached an agreement to trade Shaquille O'Neal for Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic and the No. 46 pick in the second round of the year, as well as some cash. It's a lose-lose deal. O'Neal has been getting slower and slower as he gets older, and while he can bring a low-post offense to the Cavaliers, he's a big colander when defending pick-and-rolls. The Suns still play a run-and-gun tactic that requires interior players to shoot, and Ben Wallace is one of the interior players who can't shoot. He didn't have any room to play when he got to the sun.

On June 28, Rockets power forward David Lee joined the Magic as a free agent for 5 years and 52 million. In order to compete with the Bobcats in the East, the Magic did not hesitate to spend money. After the Rockets left Millsap, who jumped out of the contract, they no longer had enough salary to keep David Lee, and decided to put Scola and Millsap on the position.

The Magic also sent Tony Barty and backup point guard Anthony Johnson to trade the Nets' Ryan Anderson to bolster the weak interior.

The most shocking was the Mavericks trade, who first signed Nuggets free agent Andre Miller for 3 years and 18 million. Miller refused to renew his contract with the Nuggets, and he had enough of playing Arenas off the bench at the Nuggets. And he thought of a team with championship strength, and the Bobcats didn't look down on him, so he chose the Mavericks. Miller's signing of the Mavericks also means the Mavericks will give up veteran Jason Kidd.

At the same time, the Mavericks traded Josh Howard, the team's No. 2 scorer last season and averaged 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists per game, to trade the Grizzlies' Iranian center Hamad Haddadi and 12 rookie power forwards selected in the first round this year, plus the Grizzlies' first-round pick next season.

After that, the Mavericks offered Kobe Bryant a five-year, $120 million contract.

Mark Cuban's thinking has always been ahead of his time, and one of his biggest failures was not going all out to chase Hayes to become a free man in 2007, when he thought Nowitzki was the eternal core of the Mavericks. Now the Bobcats are almost invincible, and if they want to win a championship, the only way is to bring in big players and Nowitzki to team up, and next year there will be James, Bosh and Stoudeyere in the free market. However, many teams are clearing salaries and preparing for 2010, when there are too many competitors, and Cuban believes that 2009 is the best opportunity, so he aimed at Kobe.

If Kobe Bryant doesn't jump out of the contract, the Mavericks must use half of their team to exchange, so even with Kobe, the Mavericks are already injured, and no good bench players can also win the championship. Now that Kidd's contract is expiring and more than $20 million is free, the Mavericks are jumping into action.

They weren't worried about the coexistence of Kobe and Dirk Nowitzki, who has never been a selfish player, and who only made him stronger, and who lost his way in the Lakers' pick-and-roll defense last season because there was no one to share the offensive pressure with him. Imagine that Kobe Bryant and Nowitzki are on the same side of the court, who will the opponent cover? Two superstars will make the Mavericks' offense unstoppable.

In the past, it took at least two superstars to win a championship, and in today's NBA, it takes even three stars to deal with the Bobcats, Kobe Bryant and Nowitzki give the Mavericks the possibility of winning the championship, and after the trade, the team will also have no shortage of strong role players, such as Jason Terry and Andre Miller.

The Lakers did not follow up on the contract, and after the Finals, the Lakers changed dramatically.

"Zen Master" Jackson resigned, and Bryant, Ariza, Odom, and Anderson entered the free market. Lakers owner Buss suddenly wants to tear down the Lakers and rebuild, at least to avoid paying the luxury tax. He didn't think it was worth paying the luxury tax. Even if Kobe Bryant is left with a high salary, will they be able to win the championship next season? Kobe Bryant is getting older. When Jackson commented on the Lakers and Bobcats, he didn't think Kobe Bryant could compete with Hayes. Kobe Bryant can only score on his own, Hayes can make the whole team stronger, even if he averaged 35.4 points per game in 2006, Kobe Bryant, it is difficult to beat Hayes.

After listening to his son-in-law's words, Bass made up his mind that if Kobe Bryant wanted to go, let him go. Maybe Kobe Bryant should have been sent away a long time ago. According to insiders, Hayes and "Magic" Johnson were also teachers and friends, and they had a very good relationship, and they also talked to Odom, Hayes trained in Los Angeles but was reluctant to join the Lakers, the main reason was that the Lakers took Kobe Bryant as the core, and he couldn't be the boss when he arrived at the Lakers. Buss also regretted that he didn't send Kobe Bryant in time for other stars, as long as he signed Hayes, the championship must be won by the Lakers. It's a pity that there are no regret pills for sale, and they are destined to pass by Hayes.

The finals were swept, and Bass lost his ambition to compete for the title. If those free agents are going to go, let them go. Next season, the Lakers will have Gasol and Bynum at the core.

In mid-July, Kobe Bryant successfully signed with the Mavericks, and he finally left Los Angeles for the championship. The Mavericks suddenly became the favorites to win the championship.

At the same time, the Bobcats players have also changed, before Bagnani transferred to the Warriors, in exchange for a signing right, experts analyzed that the Bobcats because there was no salary to renew Bagnani, so he traded it out of the team, so that the outside line lost a three-point firepower.

After that, Marcus Camby signed with the Trail Blazers for 3 years and 31 million. Mike Miller joined the Clippers for 34 million in five years. The Clippers still can't make the playoffs with stars like Byron Davis, Michael Beasley, Emeka Okafor, Carman, and more, much to the disappointment of fans. Experts analyzed that the Clippers lacked a veteran who could stabilize the situation, so they took a fancy to Miller.

The Bobcats' lineup continued to attrition, and many teams aiming for the championship seemed to see hope, but unfortunately within two days of joy, the Bobcats took action. They first signed Lamar Odom for 5 years and 34 million, and then signed Timberwolves veteran Grant Hill for 2 years and 3.8 million to jump out of contract. Hill thinks the Timberwolves don't have a chance to win a championship anymore, and given his age, Hill wants to take a base salary to the Bobcats to win a few more championships. He played in 71 games last season, averaging 11.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.

As soon as these two players joined Bobcats, the media exclaimed that Bobcats were stronger. Odom is a quasi-All-Star, and Grant Hill is also more well-rounded than Miller. And the annual salary of the two of them is not high, and the Bobcat has also avoided the luxury tax.

Jordan and Higgins are also considering trading Billups as well, as Kidd has contacted the Bobcats and is willing to join on a mid-level contract. Kidd and Hayes, two people with excellent passing awareness, work together, and the offense is definitely more fluid. And Kidd is also recognized as a team player, very selfless.

It's not impossible for Kidd to get a bigger contract with his current strength, and he is willing to only take the middle class in order to win the championship. It's an opportunity that the Bobcats don't want to miss either.

If you want Kidd to come, you have to send a defender away. Billups played very well in the first two games of the Finals, but his contract doesn't expire until 2012, so it's hard to say how long he can stay in shape, so it's better to send him out of the team when he has the most trade value. And after watching Curry's shooting, the coaching staff is also ready to focus on developing Curry. With the addition of Rajon Rondo and George Hill, the Bobcats already have four point guards. The most valuable one is Billups.

Jordan asked Hayes for his opinion as usual. This time Hayes was against the deal.

"Michael, if Chauncey (Billups) is older, isn't Kidd older? Kidd's pace is getting slower and slower, and his ability to organize offense is really strong, but Chauncey shoots better and is now well integrated into the team, so I don't think it's appropriate to trade him out at this time. And when Kidd transferred to the Mavericks, he was also expected to be high, but he didn't fit into the team well. Hayes said, "If you send Chauncy out, who can you get back?" It's not easy to find a star who fits his value and suits us now, and if you change draft picks, you don't know what suitable rookies will be available next season, and if you just do a loss-making business to sign Kidd, the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Jordan said: "Now that we have four point guards, why do we have to send one person out, do you have any opinions? What about trading Rajon (Rondo) or George (Hill)? ”

Hayes still remembers a guy who, at the draft, thought about whether to trade a second-round pick for this guy, and said without thinking, "Trade George." Coming back with a shooting guard, Marcus Thornton, who was drafted by the Heat in the second round. This guy has no other characteristics, he is good at stealing points, and he will be a good substitute. ”

Thornton was a rookie at the bottom of the second round, but he scored 14.5 points in Hayes' first season in his previous season.

"Another second-round rookie? I'm sure you'll be able to see that this time. Jordan smiled, "I'll call Higgins first and ask him to get in touch as soon as possible." ”

Higgins reached out to the Heat. The Heat do need point guards, and with the exception of Derrick Rose, they simply don't have qualified benches, and they also have weaknesses at the shooting guard position. In order to bolster the roster, the Heat proposed a multi-player trade. Traded Dorrell Wright and Marcus Thornton, who played just seven games last season, for Bobcats' Van Weaver and George Hill.

The Bobcats felt that this trade was very unfair, Wright had not played for a year, and there was a history of serious injuries, and the strength was not very strong, and now it is impossible to estimate, although it is cheap, but the trade is useless. Although Weaver played few games with the Bobcats last season, it was because Durant started, Azubuike pressed, and Moreau's sudden rise to strength, so that other teams are likely to be the best sixth man. George Hill also had good breakouts and shots, was a qualified bench, and traded a badly injured Wright and second-round rookie Thorton, and the Bobcats looked to be losing a lot.

Later, after some negotiations, the Heat urgently needed two guards to strengthen the team, and decided to add next year's first-round picks. The Heat have no problem making the playoffs right now, and they won't be too far ahead of the curve with first-round picks.

The Bobcats coaching staff discussed it with the top management and felt that developing Morrow seemed to be better than Weaver, who already had a championship ring, and although he had a good relationship with Hayes, he shouldn't feel uncomfortable trading out. There are too many Bobcats guard informants, and a small forward Dorrell Wright is traded, with only one year left on his contract, and it is cheap to play badly, so he is abandoned. The main reason is that everyone believes in Hayes's vision and believes that Thorton is a talent. So the deal was promised.

Even Hayes didn't know that Dorrell Wright was not a wastewood, he transferred to the Warriors in the 2010-2011 season, averaging 16.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and also won the three-point contest that year

The Bobcats are already an All-Star cast

[Dedication]