Chapter 15: A Disturbing Offseason (Part II)
The Rockets' deal, which should have been completed at the time of the draft, has been postponed until now, and the emergence of Huang Jun has changed the trajectory of many historical trajectories.
When the Rockets and Cavaliers trade was completed, the Rockets completed another trade, and this time the deal was a three-way deal, the Trail Blazers, Grizzlies and Rockets.
The Trail Blazers sent this year's No. 27 rookie, Darrell Arthur, a draft pick that was bought for money from the Hornets. The Rockets sent Batum, who is also a rookie this year, the No. 25 rookie. The Grizzlies sent this year's No. 28 rookie Green, No. 33 Dorsey and next year's second-round pick.
The Rockets got Green, Dorsey and next year's second-round pick from the Grizzlies from the deal. The Trail Blazers got Batum. Grizzly gets Arthur.
This is more than a three-way deal has been officially reached, and the Rockets regret this deal very much in the future, of course, this is in the future.
In addition to this deal, there is another deal that Chinese fans are also very concerned about or shocked.
That is, the Bucks traded Chinese player Yi Jianlian, and the target was the Nets.
In this deal, the Bucks sent the Nets' Richard Jefferson to kill Simmons and Yi Jianlian.
Why did the Bucks trade Yi Jianlian? Chinese fans are very puzzled, although Yi Jianlian did not meet his expectations in the Bucks, but you must know that Yi Jianlian is just a rookie, you can't ask too much of him, but should give him more time. Apparently the Bucks didn't do that.
No matter how dissatisfied and incomprehensible the Chinese fans are, the deal happened and it happened.
There is no doubt that the Rockets and the Bucks are very concerned by Chinese fans, just because both teams have players from China, and after this deal, the team that will be concerned in the future will be changed from the Bucks to the Nets, but the Bucks also have this year's No. 8 pick, known as the "Beijing Boys" Joe Alexander.
Also related to the Rockets is a signing, that is, Spurs free agent veteran Barry joined the Rockets on a two-year 3.9 million base salary contract.
There is no doubt that the depth of the Rockets' roster has been improved again, and this signing can be said to fill the void left by Battier's departure.
The week that followed was a flurry of trades that officially headed for the peak of free agency, and the biggest trade of the period was undoubtedly a near-free deal between the Nuggets and the Clippers.
Nuggets complete deal with Clippers: The Nuggets sent former Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Camby in return for the right to trade each other's second-round draft picks with the Clippers in 2010. With this "free" Camby deal, the Nuggets could save more than $15 million in salary expenses over the next two years and pay at least $8 million less in luxury taxes.
The deal was undoubtedly a "giveaway" deal, allowing the Nuggets to clear space and save on luxury tax.
There is also a signing related to the Clippers, that is, Davis, who played for the Warriors last season, officially joined the Clippers and joined the Clippers with a five-year contract of 65 million.
From these two transactions, the Clippers obviously don't want to fish every year, but can this really change the Clippers?
At least the Clippers don't know that they're just trying.
The Cavaliers were quiet during the week, and since the trade was completed, the Cavaliers have been in a state of silence, and the Cavaliers have completed the offseason reinforcements.
The owner of the Cavaliers is very satisfied with the performance of the team's manager Ferry, and in this lineup, Gilbert smells the championship from it, although it is a bit exaggerated, but it can be seen that Gilbert is obviously very satisfied.
About a month has passed in the blink of an eye, Huang Jun spent all his time in training, and now most of the players are still living a happy offseason life, and only a small part of them have spent time in training.
Generally spend time training are superstars, they are working hard for the championship, and Kobe Bryant's training is also crazy, he has always been known for training freaks, how can he waste offseason time?
Bryant spends most of his time in training, except for the occasional trip to travel with his wife and daughter, and such a player is a player that every coach loves.
Kobe Bryant has always wanted to prove that he can win a championship without O'Neal on his own, proving that the Lakers were obviously the right decision to trade O'Neal instead of Kobe Bryant in the first place.
It's just that after so many years, Kobe Bryant has never been able to win the championship, and recently reached the finals this year with Gasol, but he finally lost to the old rival Celtics, and the Celtics with the Big Three are very terrifying, and the chemistry is very good.
However, Kobe Bryant did not give up on himself because of this, but trained harder, hoping that he could win the championship next year, and the heart of the championship was extremely hot.
James also spent time in training, mainly training on jump shots, and he also knew that he was really bad at jump shots, and the Finals against the Spurs were 07.
The Spurs just let him shoot, and he put it far away, James just couldn't shoot, and it was very difficult to break through, and in the end he could only be eliminated by the powerful Spurs, so James also began to train his shooting hard, hoping to play a huge role in the new season, so that the opponent no longer dared to let himself shoot casually.
Some people see the surface of the superstar's scenery, but ignore the efforts behind the superstar, how can they become a superstar without hard work? You don't have to get something for nothing, not only to have talent, but also to train that kind of death, so that you can succeed and finally get a foothold in the league.
Only when you stand firm can you have a chance to become a superstar, otherwise where is the chance?
Beijing Olympics.
Huang Jun was not selected for the national team, which is incredible to many people, why did Bangyanxiu not be selected for the national team? And Sun Yue entered?
Obviously, in this comparison, many Huang Jun's fans are very dissatisfied, dissatisfied and dissatisfied, and can only reluctantly accept it.
After the men's basketball competition at the Olympic Games, the Chinese team finally finished eighth, which is also the best result in China's history. The U.S. team won the event unsurprisingly, and if the U.S. doesn't win the championship, I'm afraid the whole world will be surprised. For the United States, the kingdom of basketball, there is no doubt that it is a failure or a shame, and superstars joining the national team to participate in the Olympics are undoubtedly aiming for the championship, and they will not say that we are just here to have fun or to see or something.
With the Olympics over, the NBA regular season is about to begin, and there are still a little more than a month or so before the start of the regular season.
And this will bring all the players who traveled back to the team for training, and all the players of the Cavaliers will also come to the team to report.
The Cavaliers have a lot of young players this year, and these young players also want to conquer the coaching staff in training to get more playing time, so it can be said that this year's Cavaliers are very competitive.
The inside big z is undoubtedly the starting center in the new season, and there is no pressure on Huang Jun to be the starting point guard, so it goes without saying that James is of course.
Shooting guard has always been started by Deron West before, but this season since the addition of Battier and others, it is obvious that West's starters have also been unstable, Battier can play small forward, is a swingman at the guard, and occasionally makes a cameo as a power forward.
There is also a Szczebiak at shooting guard, but Szczebiak's injury is a big problem, so he is expected to be difficult to get a starter.
The big forward is not surprisingly Carl Landry, who has just joined the Cavaliers, and last season was his rookie season, and his performance was undoubtedly worthy of the Cavaliers' starter, but there is competition.
This year's rookie Asik is also performing very well, and it is not impossible to form a twin-tower lineup with Big Z as the starter, depending on how the Cavaliers coach arranges it.
At the same time, the Rockets and Cavaliers officially announced that they will come to China to play the China game, which is the preseason game before the regular season. There is no doubt that Chinese fans want to see how this year's Huang Jun and Yao Ming of '02 will compete together.
This game will be Huang Jun's debut, a normal debut, both sides are full lineup to play in China, although they may not use their full strength in the game, mainly performance, but the highlights are also very sufficient. The alignment between the two superstars, James and Maddy, certainly caught everyone's eye.
There are two races in China, namely Beijing and Shanghai.
For the NBA, going to China to play in China is undoubtedly a good way to open up the market and make the NBA more international, as the most populous country, China is undoubtedly the first choice of the NBA.
Also the first choice of superstars, James and Maddy certainly won't miss the opportunity to play in China and negotiate several advertising endorsement deals from China.
"Huang, you definitely didn't expect you to return to China so soon, did you?" James looked at Huang Jun and said with a smile.
"I really didn't expect it, I thought I would be able to go back to China next year, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly." Huang Jun said with a smile.
"Huang, it's the first time I've come to China to play as a player, and I'm very excited, in previous years, it was the Rockets and other teams with Chinese players, but I didn't expect that it would finally be our Cavaliers' turn to play in China in a few years," James said.
"Hehe, James, how much strength are you going to put up for the game? The China Tournament is mainly performance-based, delivering exciting games for fans. Huang Jun looked at James after speaking, expecting James's answer.
"Hehe, it depends, but I don't want our first China tournament to end in failure, if necessary, I will give it my all" James thought for a moment and said, he has never been a person who likes to lose.
Huang Jun didn't speak, and after thinking about it, this is indeed the reason, who likes to lose? Even if it's just an exhibition match, you can't lose. In this respect he is exactly the same as James, no wonder the two can come together.