Chapter 809: Smell the Wind and Move
The trade door hasn't opened yet, there are already big fish flowing out, Wade, Bosh, Durant have all packed up and gone home, they are the real big names this summer, but the uniform teams have not set their eyes on them.
These players are the backbone of a team, and unless the general manager of that team is crazy, it's too hard to get them.
General managers are eyeing players who have been caught up in trade rumors.
The most concerned thing is that the old Nelson is also eyeing Parker, and the Spurs seem to be determined to rebuild at the moment, because of Chamberlain's savings, the possibility of the GDP combination rushing to the Finals again seems unlikely.
Chamberlain's youth and dynamism have made the aging of GDP even more remarkable, and even the most loyal Spurs fans have begun to look forward to the team acquiring a new generation of superstars like Oden and Griffin.
The Spurs themselves know what the problem is, and since last summer, they've been looking for a way to solve it.
They have heard the word "old age" for a long time. So, the young Jefferson came, and so did the experienced McDyce.
But after a season, the situation of the Spurs has not changed at all, relying on the sprint at the end of the season and a healthy Ginobili, they only entered the playoffs as sixth, which is the worst result for the Spurs to enter the Duncan era!
It took Jefferson a year and still didn't find a way to play. Two years ago in New Jersey, he averaged 22 per game. 6 points, only 12 this season. 3 points, the worst since the rookie year.
In fact, relatively speaking, the Spurs don't have to reinvent the wheel, their roots are still there. Duncan managed to stay healthy this season, losing 20 pounds and playing in 78 regular season games while still maintaining an 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Ginobili had just signed a three-year contract with the Spurs, and after All-Star, he almost single-handedly brought the Spurs a playoff opportunity. They will be the foundation for the Spurs to move forward and move into a new era. The younger Hill is playing an increasingly important role, and Breel has made many teams secretly regret missing out on such a good interior player in the draft.
What's interesting now is the attitude of the Spurs' uniform team towards Parker, who has one year left on his contract, and he is also the youngest member of the GDP portfolio, speaking of which, he is the most valuable trade, and if the Spurs are going to change, they have to cut from him.
New York is crazy now, this once strong team, degenerate so fast, from Chamberlain, James to Parker, they are now waving checkbooks and not refusing to come, the trading market has not yet opened, "New York Sports News" has already made a trade speculation about the Knicks and the Spurs with the title of "Knicks throw an olive branch to Parker, French sports cars run to the Big Apple".
Due to the rapid growth of rookie George Hill and Parker's frequent injuries last season, the Spurs don't seem to need him much, and with his final year on a contract of $13.5 million, the Spurs could still sign a great role player if he is sent away.
Again, this summer is the NBA's biggest free agency market in more than a decade.
The Knicks have also targeted Parker, who has been looking for a good point guard in recent seasons, and the Knicks are said to have approached Parker's agent and offered to offer Parker a contract with a maximum salary.
However, the league's connoisseurs scoffed at the deal, and what did the Knicks do to trade Parker for the Spurs? The Silly Birds team has traded away first-round picks for the next two years, and unless they sell Gallinari or Chandler, they have no leverage to give.
Of course, if the Knicks can afford to pay Spurs forward Richard Jefferson, then San Antonio is also willing to consider a Parker trade.
The Hawks have made it clear that they are building around new people, Josh Howard, Horford, Teague, these are the foundation of their team, and others can be traded if they can be traded, as long as they can strengthen this new team.
Joe Johnson is in an awkward position now, he is a big name in this team, he is the big brother who leads the team, but he plays a very little role, especially when it comes to critical moments, and he has repeatedly dropped the chain.
Not only can't help the team enough, Joe Johnson is even worse is that he hinders the development of this team, as long as he is there, the team's young people have no way out, the Hawks have long wanted to put Josh Howard as the boss, so they are already planning to send Joe Johnson away, now see which one can give them a satisfactory price.
The Hawks don't just want to send away Joe Johnson, they want to send head coach Woodson away, according to the grapevine.
Woodson has been with the Hawks for six years and the team has been on an upward trajectory over the past five years. It's just that the playoff journey over the past two years has proven his limitations in the offensive system, and the team's basketball IQ is also a problem.
The Hawks are said to have planned to swap out the head coach, send away Joe Johnson, then use Crawford to start and re-sign Chaderis, and then get a fast point guard from the transfer market to boost the team's offensive tempo.
But if the Hawks trade Joe Johnson, it will be a big blow to them because they don't have the space to sign a replacement, and now there's the issue that the 29-year-old Joe Johnson is on a six-year max contract and will be 34 at the end of the contract, which is something that no team wants to accept.
Over the past few decades, the Jazz, who have always been known for their stability, have also been mired in turmoil, and it is said that there is an irreconcilable conflict between their ace core, Chubby Cheeks, and the Jazz iron Sloane.
In addition, another problem for the Jazz is the contract extension with Boozer, whose agent said that his owner wants a contract with an average annual salary of $15 million, which the Jazz cannot afford.
Boozer suffers injuries almost every season, and with the 28-year-old this year, a long-term contract with a high salary is risky, especially for a team in a niche market.
As we all know, Boozer is a guy who has a milk and is a mother, and when he fled Cleveland, it was the Jazz who offered a contract totaling more than five million.
The Jazz now have a rebuild that will depend on whether they choose to build around Delon or Sloan, and they're ready to package Kirilenko's contract along with this season's draft pick in exchange for a high-overall pick.
What the Jazz are waiting for now is the draft.
On May 19, the 2010 draft lottery began first, with the Washington Wizards winning 10. There is a 3% chance of winning the lottery, and the 76ers have won the spot, and the New Jersey Nets, who have a whopping 25% probability, will only win the lottery.
It's no secret that the worse a team's record in the regular season, the higher their chances of finishing as a top pick and top-three finish.
The Nets had played well this season, and Lopez + Harrison + Yi Jianlian's dish B version of the three-headed monster also set off a bloody storm in the league for a time.
However, their uniform team was bent on getting the top pick, so after a month of good play, the Nets began to mess up.
At the end of the season, the Nets finally got the long-awaited No. 1 spot, which puts the probability of them getting the top pick in this year's NBA Draft lottery to 25%.
The 1 in 4 chance is not small, and the Nets' new owner, Russian energy mogul Khai Rokholov, took part in the draw in person in hopes of continuing his good fortune in the Russian business community.
Rokhorov's wishful thinking is also crackling, and he is ready to take a top pick and then choose a favorite player to create a big era.
As we all know, although the NBA has always advertised their fairness and openness, the draft has been questioned, most notably in the 1985 draft, when Ewing had already booked the No. 1 pick, and whoever drafted him would rise.
As a result, the top three of the record at that time did not get the top pick, and this sign fell into the hands of the New York Knicks, so the rumors spread, it is said that Stern had frozen the letterhead containing Ewing in the freezer beforehand, and the Knicks were the first to come on stage and drew Ewing.
Rokhorov likes to play this kind of power-for-money trick the most, he has already sent a lot of gifts to the league's top brass beforehand, just waiting for the team to get a top pick, but he almost spurted blood after the draw: not first, not second, but third!
This year's draft is a special situation, except for the prospective champion Wall and the prospective Eye Turner, the candidates after the third place are all far behind the top two.
In other words, the Nets' flower picks are simply chicken ribs - tasteless food, and it's a pity to throw them away!
Looking at the number three in his hand, Rokhorov almost flipped the table and left, but fortunately, considering that this was the territory of the class enemy Americans, and even Stalin's and Khrushchev's Soviet Union were sinking in front of this country, how much storm could he set off?
The Nets are going to trade their own signing, because it's hard to do a lot of things in this position, and Chamberlain knows this because Rokhorov instructed Nets general manager Thorne to request a trade with the Warriors.
The Warriors got the 29th pick in the first round, and the Nets were willing to use the probe pick + Harris to trade for Curry and Hill.
Seeing this deal, the old Nelson directly disdainfully threw it to the back of his mind, if it was the champion signing, he really considered it, he felt that if he could choose Wall to cooperate with Chamberlain on the outside, the effect would not be worse than Curry, but the Tanhua pick could not get Curry at all, and all the rookies in this session were far away from Curry!
In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Magic and the Cavaliers were in full swing, and Howard finally met O'Neal.
O'Neal has been playing very badly this season, and the main problem is that in terms of stability, he may play a top center count of 30+10 in one game, and then play a 5+5 in the next game.
But in the playoffs, O'Neal played well all the way, which is also the characteristic of a veteran like him, who does not play in the preseason, plays small in the regular season, and plays big in the playoffs.
This time in the Eastern Conference Finals, O'Neal faced Howard, one of the top centers of the new generation, and he was very vigorous, he scored 28 points and 17 rebounds in the first game, while the monster opposite him only had 20 points and 12 rebounds, and was blown up by the big sharks.
On the Cavaliers' side, the little emperor didn't even have a strength, and they won 105-99.
Another reason for the failure of the Magic was that Carter also had problems with his play, he scored 22 points, which was not bad, but he shot 7-of-17 and wasted a lot of balls, which also shows that the little emperor is effective in his defense.
The team got off to a good start, and the little emperor didn't talk about his elbow pain, and immediately had high morale, saying that his goal was to win the championship.
Kobe Bryant also said at the same time that although they have lost one game, they will win the next games, and their goal is also the championship.
As a result, the media and fans began to look forward to the scene of 23vs24 again.
And for the Lakers to reach the Finals, they first have to cross the mountain of the Warriors.
The Lakers were also lucky, Artest elbowed Ibaka and was sued by Nelson Sr. to the NBA headquarters, demanding that Artest be severely punished and at least give him a ban.
But the Lakers probably found a relationship, and in the end, the NBA headquarters gently let go of this issue, so in the second game of the Western Conference finals, the two sides met again at full capacity, with a full lineup.