Since the Hornets did not announce the news that Roy will join the Hornets after his recovery, in the eyes of the outside world, although the Hornets' reinforcements have done a good job, they have only added some firepower to the bench line, and there has been no earth-shaking change in the improvement of the strength of the entire team.

Compared with the Hornets' small fights, other teams are much more heavyweight.

The Knicks were the first to make a move, and in early October, the Knicks announced that they had officially signed a three-year, nine-million-a-year contract with free agent Steve Nash, and Nash would move from Phoenix to New York to reunite with his old partner Stoudemire. Not only that, but the Knicks also signed JR Smith, Felton and others, plus Anthony, the most versatile small forward they had before, and Tyson Chandler, who had super defensive ability, the Knicks finally got their wish to form the lineup they wanted.

As for Jeremy Lin, who played star-like data in the Knicks last season, under a poison contract issued by the Rockets, the Knicks had no choice but to let go, and the Rockets also got the second Chinese star player after Yao Ming, although only Chinese-American.

The Knicks brought in Nash and suddenly became a team capable of competing for a championship. Coupled with the strong news effect of New York itself, Nash immediately caused a great sensation when he arrived in New York.

But that's not the end of it.

Immediately afterwards, the Lakers also made a reorganization of their own team.

West, who is a power forward, has arrived in the same year as him, and rejected the Lakers' request for a contract extension, jumping out of the contract himself. This is also something that can't be helped, West's contract this year is as high as 9 million, although according to his performance and performance, 9 million annual salary is definitely not expensive, but the current Lakers, Paul, Howard and Kobe Bryant's salary combined, it takes more than 50 million a year, and when the season begins, the total salary of the three people has broken through the 70 million mark, of which Howard and Paul are about 18 million each, and Kobe Bryant alone has 27 million. The combined salaries of these three people are already comparable to the salaries of many teams, just like the current Hornets, all the players together are only a little over 50 million.

Although the salary is extremely high, due to their strong championship competitiveness, the Lakers are also the place where many veterans choose to chase championship rings. The first one to choose to join is the Cavaliers' power forward Jamison, this guy entered the All-Star many times when he was young, and his strength is very good, but he is already a little older, so for the championship ring, this guy chose to join the Lakers with a veteran base salary.

With the same idea, there is also the former Nuggets power forward, Kenyon Martin, the champion of '01, and the contract he chose is also only a base salary.

The addition of two big forwards instantly made up for the vacancy of West's departure, and also shortened the team's salary, which is really a good way to save money and make up for it, plus Paul Kobe and Howard After a season of running-in, they have a more tacit understanding, and if they meet the Heat again in the finals of this season, it is really difficult to say whether they will win or lose.

Also as a Big Three team, the Heat, who finally won the championship, chose to strengthen the Lakers, and the Lakers' interior line became more and more terrifying.

First of all, Celtics' sharpshooter Ray Allen announced that he would join the Heat with an annual salary of three million a year, and then Kidd, the Mavericks' leading core point guard, also announced that he would join the Heat.

Ray Allen, Kidd, these two veterans who have steadily entered the Hall of Fame announced that they will join the Heat at the same time, the intention is naturally obvious, they want to win the championship, Ray Allen is not satisfied with getting a championship ring, and Kidd has not won a championship ring in his life, of course, he is more eager for the championship. In addition, Lewis, who was the model of the original 100 million yuan garbage contract, was specially selected by the Wizards and also announced that he would join the Heat with a veteran base salary.

At this moment, the Heat's outside firepower has once again been raised to a higher level, James, Wade, Kidd, Ray Allen, Chalmers, Battier, Miller, Lewis, and the Heat's outside line has become the most terrifying outside line in the league.

What is laughable is that the Heat's interior line is still disappointingly poor, a Bosh who is not like the inside and out, a defensive clumsy Joel Dantoni, and a Haslem. Other than that, the Heat have no inside line.

Although the Heat's interior line is very weak, no one dares to underestimate him, because the Heat's outside line is too terrifying, even if it feels average, under the care of this group of shooters one by one, many teams have to kneel carelessly.

The style is similar to that of the Heat, and the Thunder are also playing a small-ball storm, and finally chose to send Harden out of the team for the sake of the salary cap.

After thinking about it for a long time, the Thunder finally chose to make a trade with the Clippers.

The contents of the transaction are as follows.

The Thunder sent James Harden and Perkins in exchange for Clippers shooting guard Eric Gordon and center Chris Kaman.

The total salary of Carman and Gordon is only about 15 million, of which Eric Gordon and the Clippers signed a five-year contract of 38 million last year, with an average of 7.6 million per year, and Carman's annual salary is only about 7 million, which is about the same as Perkins, but Carman's strength is undoubtedly much stronger than Perkins.

It was a win-win deal, with the Clippers finally getting a player who was good at passing and able to play with Griffin, while the Thunder got both a good interior player (Carman) and a sixth man (Gordon) who could replace Harden.

Although this deal is very good, but overall, the strength of the Thunder still does not have any qualitative leap, but also, the core players of the Thunder Durant and Westbrook are still in the growth stage, and now there are more Ibaka and Gordon, although the actual combat power may be slightly inferior to the Heat Lakers and other strong teams, and the potential is unlimited.

A few more days later, the biggest fish in the free market, Yao Ming, finally announced his choice.

After some hesitation and consideration, Yao Ming finally made his choice.

Spur! Yao Ming chose to sign a one-year contract with the Spurs with an annual salary of 5 million a year.

As soon as Yao Ming's choice came out, the entire league shook, the Spurs themselves are strong enough, the GDP is old and strong, even in the shrinking season, it still played a terrifying 50 wins, a total of 13 consecutive seasons of regular season wins 50+, and after Duncan joined the Spurs, the Spurs won four championships, although the average age of the team is now very large, but due to the problem of playing style, the veterans of the Spurs can get a good rest, and it does not affect the competitive state, and this slow system, It can be said that Yao Ming is the favorite, the slow pace means that the flat rate of running back and forth on the court is not high, Yao Ming will not be so tired, and with Duncan to attract firepower to Yao Ming, Yao Ming's play on the inside line will be more lethal.

Now with the addition of Yao Ming, the Spurs' firepower has instantly increased to the same level as the Heat Lakers, and it has also attracted the attention of many teams in the league who peep at the championship.

"Whew!" Looking at a string of transaction news, Liz couldn't help but have a headache, I thought that her recruitment this summer was already very good, Roy, Barnes, Fisher, Yi Jianlian are all very good players, but compared with the big moves of these teams, the Hornets are undoubtedly insignificant, no way, although the Hornets have a player like Wang Meng who has been recognized by the world as the strongest player, but the team's championship competitiveness is still worse than that of the giant teams of the Heat Lakers.

The championship competitiveness is poor, there will be fewer veterans who can attract, and the Hornets are not a wealthy team like the Knicks and the Nets, Liz begged for a long time, and his father refused to allocate a little more money to the team.

"Under the salary cap! There are a few players under the salary cap who are willing to come to this place in New Orleans! Liz was so angry that she picked up the papers on her desk and glanced at the Hornets' current player salaries.

Point guard: Wang Meng, with an annual salary of 12 million.

Derek Fisher, 1.2 million scoring post: Tony Allen, 3.3 million.

Brandon Roy, 5 million.

Small forward: Gerald Wallace, 10 million.

Barnes, 1.35 million.

Power forward Pau Gasol. 19 million Jason Smith, 1.5 million.

Yi Jianlian, 1.7 million.

Center Oden, 3 million.

At present, the total number of players in the Hornets is only 10, but the total annual salary has reached 58.05 million. The salary cap for the 12-13 season is only $59.044 million, and the luxury tax trigger floor is $70.307 million. Since the Hornets' total salary did not exceed the salary cap, they were given a 5 million mid-level contract, which has already been used by Liz to sign Roy.

That is to say, the next players, each player's salary cannot exceed one million, can only be found from the development league. And how can there be good players in the development league?

This means that this season, the Hornets can only play with the lineup they have now.

In fact, the Hornets' current lineup is already very good, although it is not as good as the super luxury triumvirate combination like the Heat or the Lakers, but each position is very good, plus Wang Meng, who is almost invincible in the point guard position, the Hornets' lineup time is not weaker than any strong team, whether it is a substitute or a starter.

But whenever she thinks of her father's miser-like face, Lis's teeth itch with anger, others may not know, but Liz is very clear that since buying the Hornets last year, her father has indirectly made hundreds of millions of dollars from the team due to Wang Meng and the Hornets' excellent performance.

After making so much money, he is still reluctant to allocate higher-level players to the team, you must know that there are many teams in the league that pay the luxury tax, and the Hornets can be said to be the most profitable team last year, and they are not even willing to pay the luxury tax.

"Old Scrooge, why do you like so much money? In the end, you must not pass it on to me? Liz thought indignantly.

(To be continued)