Chapter 143: The Arms Race Ends

- "We have to do something, not watch, tell Jeff that guy, 4 years, 32.8 million, 3+1 final year player option is our biggest limit, if you don't agree to welcome him to a new owner, I don't think the Clippers are stupid." Kupchak snorted coldly.

"No problem, I'll communicate with Jeff Schmitz immediately." The assistant agreed, and Kupchak stopped him just as he was about to leave the door.

"To David. Lee, Nate. Robinson and Sessions made an offer, and I don't think there's any reason for them to turn down a championship-caliber call, we need fresh blood, and we're still going to be the last one to lift the championship next year. ”

The assistant nodded in agreement and turned around and walked out of the office, and the Spurs, Magic, and Clippers trade was like kicking off the arms race for the 2009-2010 season.

"Roaring Tianzun stays in Los Angeles, the new aircraft carrier is ready to go" -- the headline of Yahoo Sports officially confirmed the news that Rasheed Wallace has joined the Clippers.

According to the league's official information, former All-Star player Rashid. Wallace officially signed with the Los Angeles Clippers, the contract is unknown for the time being, and the Los Angeles Clippers, who are imperative to strengthen the interior line, have taken a practical step, although Rashid is no longer at his peak but his strength is still there, and it will be a strong addition to the Los Angeles Clippers.

Shortly after the news that Wallace officially signed with the Clippers, the NBA's official website officially announced a trade for Big Shark O'Neal.

"The Sharks Return to Los Angeles, the Clippers Carrier Group Luxury Interior" Just like the previous leaked trade, the final trade plan is almost no different from the leaked trade plan, the only difference is that the Clippers changed the 2010 first-round pick to the 2010 and 2011 second rounds, and the final plan is that the Clippers send Steve. Novak, Sam. Cassel, rookie Juan. Blair, a 2011 first-round pick, two second-round picks in 2010 and 2011 and a $10 million trade exception and $3 million in trade compensation cash in exchange for Big Shark O'Neal and a 2010 second-round pick.

At the moment of the deal's completion, the Suns announced a buyout of Kassel, while the Clippers announced the alien Sam Murphy for the first time. Cassel will be the team's assistant coach.

After the transaction was completed, the Clippers' interior line also completed a gorgeous upgrade, from the original Tyson. Chandler, Josh. McRoberts, Roy. Hibbert's three-man rotation has turned into a five-man rotation of luxury interior combinations, and even though Wallace and O'Neal are no longer at their peak, such a five-man interior combination would still be one of the strongest in the league.

"Originally we should have gotten Rashid, damn the L.E., the Clippers were as nasty as the Lakers, and we immediately quoted Lamar. Odom. "Danny in Boston. Angie was depressed after seeing the news and could only change his pursuit goals, but the team's salary space did not allow him to offer Odom a big contract, and he could only hope to lure Odom to join with favors and championship promises. A basic agreement was reached in Olshu.

And on the same day, the Phoenix Suns announced that they had entered into a partnership with free agent center Channing. Frye signed with the team's core Steve. Nash reached a two-year contract extension, and the Suns will continue to use Nash as the team to impact the honor, and with Frye and Novak, the two super high platform Suns' running will undoubtedly be even more crazy.

While the Clippers cut off Hu O'Neal's Cleveland Cavaliers under competitive pressure, he officially signed free agent Anthony. Parker, 34, is a swingman who can shoot and defend, played in 80 regular season games for the Raptors last season, averaging 10.7 points, 4 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 33 minutes per game.

The Celtics, who were also targeted by the Clippers for Wallace, made several signings in a row, first signing Daniels, a 28-year-old scoring guard who played well with the Pacers last season, with a two-year special contract of 1.9 million. You must know that Daniels could get a career-high 13.6 points and 4.6 rebounds in the Pacers last season, such a contract is undoubtedly worth it, and even caused dissatisfaction among other uniforms in the league, unanimously believing that the Celtics did not follow the regular market rules, but Daniels himself was willing to accept this contract, others could only complain, and the Celtics then signed free agent Sheldon Williams, the No. 5 pick in 2006 as power forward, and renewed the contract of Glenn Davis, the big baby who was selected in the second round of the playoffs, to further strive for a championship regain.

The Dallas Mavericks, the West's powerhouse, were unlucky, missing out on reinforcements and losing their important interior rotation, Brandon. Bass.

"There's no doubt they breached credibility and I can't say anything more, Orlando broke the rules and said we could get Gortat and they wouldn't match the contract, so we didn't match Brandon, but in fact they played us and we lost an important player for it, even if it's a commercial league, it's shameful to do that." Mavericks owner Mark. Cuban said this to reporters, and Magic became the object of criticism from other uniforms in the league.

In the end, the magic strengthened through the trade matched the Mavericks' five-year, 34 million fat contract for the Polish Hammers Gortat, and the Mavericks' interior titan Brandon. Buss took over and further upgraded his interior strength, and then signed Matt. Brown, who was outstanding with the Suns last season. Barnes, the heart of the championship, is well known to passers-by. However, in the end, they still lost the star and moon god of war Tekoglu, and the Torontoons offered the Turks a big contract of 50 million for 5 years, and the 30-year-old Tekoglu could not refuse such a contract, and the loss of Tekoglu was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Magic.

But Magic's general manager, Otis. Smith is confident in his own operation, believing that while keeping the team's three All-Star lineups Howard, Lewis and Nelson unchanged, he has recruited a series of powerful players such as Carter, Buss and Barnes to win a championship next season.

The Bull-Horse Wars have always been a classic battle in the West, and the San Antonio Spurs have been on a recruiting spree this summer, not only did the perfect trade get outside fierce Richard. Jefferson, again on the inside and front block king Theo. Ratliffe made a deal.

There are fewer and fewer good players on the free market, and only a few players are still being harassed by various teams, and the best of them is undoubtedly Lamar, who won the Lakers championship last season. Odom, Knicks' 05 double Jay David. Lee and Potato Slam Dunk King Nate. Robinson, these three men are stirred into the rumors almost every day.

"What? Rejected our contract? Why? Mark Cuban couldn't believe Odom would turn down a big four-year, $40 million contract from the Mavericks.

"Lamar. Odom's agent said they had reached a signing agreement with Los Angeles, and he didn't say the exact amount, but it shouldn't be worse than ours. ”

"Not worse than us? Is Mickey's miser so generous? "Mark. Cuban naturally thought of the Lakers.

That's when the NBA's official website updated the headlines.

"Odom signs to the Clippers, the Lakers suffer a heavy blow" Lamar, one of the heroes of the Los Angeles Lakers' championship last season. Odom became a free agent in the offseason and became a contention for teams across the league, and eventually the Lakers' city team, the Clippers, became Lamar. Odom's new owner, the specific contract is not known for the time being, the Los Angeles Clippers are where Odom's career began, the Los Angeles Clippers once again strengthen the interior line, and the six interior lineups are aimed at the championship.

When the news came out, Lakers fans were furious because they felt betrayal, naked betrayal.

"He's a liar, we'll never forgive him, and if he stands in front of me, I'll entertain him with my fist."

"He's careful when he comes home!"

"The Purple and Gold never need traitors, and the championship will always belong to us."

…… Lakers fans were understandably angry, and that's when Lakers general manager Kupchak updated his Twitter.

"I wish Lamar and hope he has a good start, it's our regret that we can't complete the contract extension, I understand the role of money, Lamar's departure from the Lakers will still move forward, we still have Bryant, Paul, Anzu and Phil ......"

The tweet undoubtedly directly described Odom as money and refused to renew his contract with the Lakers, and the anger of Lakers fans grew stronger and stronger.

Odom even received death threats, which made Odom feel uneasy, and he was not prepared to respond to anything, after all, he had a happy life and reached the peak of his career during the Lakers' years, but Kupchak's remarks undoubtedly caused him a huge serious injury and incited radical fans.

"I'm thankful for my Lakers years, I've had a great time with the Lakers, I got the championship ring I was looking forward to, I'm not one to leave for money, I want to find more challenges, I still have a long way to go, but there's no denying that my career has entered the countdown maybe five years or four years before I leave this league, where I started my career with the Clippers, he has never changed in my memory, Back here I hope to have a perfect ending like a fairy tale with a perfect ending, yes I rejected the Lakers' contract Mitch offered 4 years and 32.8 million, but I refused, maybe some people say I was in it for money, but the Clippers' contract is only 5 years and 35 million, I just want to end my career at the beginning of my career, I hope the fans look at it rationally, thank you Lakers fans, good luck to the Lakers. It was Odom's final expression of affection on a talk show in Los Angeles, and the leak of the video eased the minds of many radical fans, while Kupchak was criticized for being ruthless.

Kobe Bryant, the star of the Lakers, also expressed his opinion, "Lamar is grateful for everything he has brought us, and I wish him a good start and end with the Clippers." ”

The summer of 2009 slowly ended, and the free market movement became less and less, the Lakers, who lost Odom, announced on August 28 that they had officially signed David on a one-year 8 million contract, who averaged a double-double last season with outstanding performance in the Knicks. Lee, while the New York Knicks did not choose to match the contract offered by the Lakers.

On the same day, the Dallas Mavericks announced that they had officially signed interior stalwart Drew. Gooden, used to enhance the team's interior strength, has a good interior offensive strength will undoubtedly become a good helper for Nowitzki, which also slightly makes up for Mark. Kuban wounded heart.

The Celtics struggled to pursue Big Ben Wallace, who was bought out by the Cavaliers, when the number of interior players on the free market was decreasing, but in the end, the pursuit was fruitless. Wallace opted to return to the Detroit Pistons, where he was at the peak of his career, with a base salary of $1.3 million on a veteran contract.

"God decided that Memphis would be the place where I would continue my career. I've met Grizzlies owners Michael Hayes and Chris Wallace and my next head coach, Hollins. The text was written on Iverson's blog, and Ai Jr. made it clear that Hollins was his next manager. At this point, the rumors that Ain Jr. is going to play in Europe because no team is willing to accept it.

Three days later, Iverson joined the Grizzlies with Grizzlies owner Michael. Confirmation from Hayes, general manager Wallace and Grizzlies coach Hollins.

"We're done with our work, now it's up to you!" Olshu said with a smile.

"Yes, I think I'll be fired if we don't break through, and the fans won't let us go." Mike. Dunleavy said with a smile on his face.

On the day of the start of training camp for each team, the San Antonio Spurs, who have been moving constantly in the offseason, were once again reported to sign free return swingman Kees with a veteran's base salary. Bogans, further strengthening the squad

"Crazy 2009, The Great Arms Race" - ESPN Feature.

Before you know it, the offseason is coming to an end, and in this crazy summer, although the Magic and the Spurs and Celtics are constantly aiming for the championship, they have signed Roar Wallace, Big Shark O'Neal, Lamar. Odom's Los Angeles Clippers, who are three powerful insiders, have once again become the focus of media attention, with the Clippers' summer moves being given the highest A+ rating, while the Spurs and Magic have followed suit with A's.

But everything is a prediction, everything has to wait for the start of the season, and even if the regular season is perfect, it will have to be tested by the playoffs to prove who will emerge victorious in the arms race in the summer of 2009.

On September 20th, the Los Angeles Clippers training camp officially opened, Lin Fei was still the first to arrive, this summer Lin Fei returned from the Maldives and still threw himself into the training, when the new teammates arrived one by one, Lin Fei's idea of the championship became clearer and clearer.

It was undoubtedly the best year for Lin Fei, and this time he had no reason to fail.

(To be continued)