Stephen Corey and Pau Gasol joined the Pelicans, and the defending champion squad was propped up all of a sudden, but the team is still seriously short of people, Al Jefferson, Henson, Gasol, Thornton, Li Feng, Corey, Pelicans only 6 people, the team's salary space has also been compressed, there is a middle class and an injury exception, as well as a biennial clause, and other players can only be signed with a base salary, which means that at least 6 people in the Pelicans' 15-man roster next season are on the base salary, and Liu Qiyu's task is still very heavy.

With the addition of Pau Gasol, the Pelicans' next focus is on the perimeter, and for the players who may be signed on the mid-level clause, the forward players are Lore Deng, Paul Pierce, CJ Myers, Marvin Williams, Evan Turner, Vince Carter, Nick Young, Isaiah Thomas, PJ Tucker and others.

The first goal of Lore Deng's Pelican C plan is certainly the most difficult task to accomplish.

Lore Deng's identity is well known, and a large part of his money is not enjoyed by himself, so even if he can win the championship when he comes to the Pelicans, he may not be able to accept the Pelicans' mid-range offer, and bringing in Lore Deng to strengthen the outside line is an impossible task.

But Lore Deng is also the Pelicans' most desired target.

In the 13-14 season, Lore Deng played a total of 40 regular season games for the Cavaliers, averaging 14.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals in 33.8 minutes per game. The 29-year-old has played in the league for nine years, playing a total of 677 regular-season games for the Bulls and Cavaliers, including 631 starts, averaging 16.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals in 35.8 minutes per game.

Although he can't become Grant Hill, Lore Deng, like Andre Iguodala, is a player that any coach likes, and his all-round skills allow him to enrich the Pelicans' tactics and allow the Pelicans, who are short of people, to have more combat effectiveness.

However, bringing in Lore Deng is just a subjective desire of the Pelicans. They also have a strong enemy, that is, the Miami Heat, because of LeBron James**'s attitude, the Heat did not have substantial contact with Lore Deng, but the vague offer was more than 10 million, if compared from the contract, the Pelicans are not competitive, because the Charlotte Bobcats still have an outrageous salary space of 40 million after the introduction of Arenas, and Michael Jordan also gave an offer of more than 10 million, at the same time. The Bobcats have made a cap salary offer for Jazz free agent Gordon Hayward.

Of course, Lore Deng is like a goddess in the eyes of Dick Si at this time, even if she can't marry, she has a small jasper family that can live, and this little jasper is the "truth" Paul Pierce.

If Mr. Truth is 3 years younger, then the Pelicans will not have any "illusions" at all, and now the PP is 36 years old and was injured last year, and the Pelicans may not need to be completely middle-class to win the PP.

Although Paul Pierce is about to retire at his age. But his strong body and "down-to-earth" floor-flowing style of play made him the Pelicans' second target for sending Marvin Williams and Nick Young.

Despite being the second target, PP is still in demand, with teams such as the Spurs Wizards also competing for Pierce. The Pelicans don't necessarily attract the other side either.

To that end, the Pelicans have a third target, and that's Evan Turner.

Evan Turner is one of several potential rising stars that the Philadelphia 76ers have ruined in recent years. In the first two seasons, he couldn't even start, the third season improved a little, and in the fourth season, he encountered the "blowing fake" McCarvey to steal the core position of the rebuild. In fact, in the first two months of last season, Turner even averaged 23.1 points per game, faintly playing an All-Star level table, who knew that the brain-pumping 76ers were afraid of affecting McCarvey to trade Turner to the Pacers, the Pacers had George and Stephenson, and Turner played off the bench again, and fell into the abyss all of a sudden.

Last season in the 76ers stage, Turner played the shadow of Brandon Roy, the style of play is calm, very general-like, if it weren't for the Pelicans now have Corey Li Feng and others, Rose's injury would not be completely ruined, the Pelicans will list him as the first target, after all, the Pelicans' record is difficult to get a good draft pick, the team can't be all an age match, the team should store some young players as a reserve force, especially Liu Qiyu "accidentally" got Oladipo away, If Lore Deng and Pierce are hard to come by, the Pelicans won't hesitate to sign the youngster.

Jeff Van Gundy also likes Turner's character, as long as the Pelicans give him a chance, he is not more worried that Turner will not be able to play.

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The Pelicans are being brought in, as are other teams.

On July 5, NBA free agent Spencer Hawes joined the Clippers with a salary of $23 million over four years, forming a luxury interior group with Jordan Jr. and Griffin. The final year of the contract is a player option with a 15% trade margin.

Hawes has previously made it clear that he wants to join a competitive squad. Hawes missed the playoffs in five of his seven seasons in the NBA, and he's tired of constantly losing. The Clippers already have Griffin, who ranked third in the MVP rankings last season, and DeAndre Jordan, the rebounding king, and now Hawes, who can be inside and out, has joined to make the Clippers' interior more luxurious. With the addition of coach Rivers and point guard Paul, the Clippers will be a strong contender for the championship in the new season.

The Clippers are currently paying more than the salary cap, so signing Hawes is using a mid-class exception for a non-luxury tax team. The starting salary for this exception is $5.305 million, with annual increments of 4.5% of the first-year salary, and a maximum four-year contract, for a total of $22.65 million, which is equivalent to about $23 million.

According to the rules, since the Clippers used the full non-luxury tax middle class exception, the hard salary cap will be triggered in the new season, which means that the team's salary cannot exceed the local budget line (luxury tax line plus $4 million) at any time. This year's luxury tax line will not be announced until July 10, after internal sources said it would reach $77 million, meaning that the local tyrant line is likely to be $81 million.

The NBA is currently in a freeze period in July, so the signing will not be officially completed until the 10th local time. There is a player option in Hawes' contract, which allows him to jump out of his contract three years later, in the summer of 2017, and become a free agent early. The contract also has a 15% margin on the trade, which means that if it is traded, Hawes's salary will increase slightly.

Hawes is 26 years old, 2.14 meters tall, and plays as a center forward on the court. Hawes was the No. 10 pick in 2007. He spent the first three seasons of his career with the Kings, and his style was similar to that of Brad Miller, with strong shooting ability and playmaking ability. Hawes was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in 2010 and to the Cavaliers in the middle of the 2013-14 season.

This past season, Hawes played a total of 80 games with the 76ers and Cavaliers, averaging 30.9 minutes per game, 13.2 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.2 blocks, and averaged 3.9 three-pointers per game while shooting 41.6%, including 27 games since being traded to the Cavaliers. He shot 44.8 percent from three-point range, making him one of the best players in the league.

Now the league likes to hoard the interior, the Bulls have Okafor and Howard and compete with the Pelicans for Gasol, the Warriors have Chandler and Smalls are also chasing Channingfree, and the Clippers have managed to take Hawes.

If it weren't for Pau Gasol, or that the Pelicans need reinforcement more on the outside than on the inside, the Pelicans would have pursued a well-rounded big man like Hawes, but unfortunately the Pelicans can only focus on the outside now.

On July 6, a report from the Dallas Morning News reported. According to well-informed sources, the Mavericks have reached an agreement with point guard Devin Harris to extend their contracts for another three years. And according to ESPN Dallas reporter Tim McMahon, Harris's new contract will be worth more than $9 million. There is no certainty at this time. After the end of the second year of the new contract, whether to include a player or team option.

In a trade with the Knicks late last month, the Mavericks sent Jose Calderon to New York. So after the free agent market opened on July 1, local time, keeping Harris became the Mavericks' top priority. Harris gets a new contract with an annual salary of about $3 million. That's close to the deal it originally reached with the Mavericks last summer.

One year ago, the Mavericks agreed to a three-year contract with Harris worth $9 million. But then, Harris needed surgery on his toe. So the Mavericks pulled back the offer. After signing Monta Ellis and Samuel Delham Porter, Harris signed a one-year, $1.3 million veteran base salary contract with the Mavericks.

Harris, 31, missed the first half of last season due to injury, and in '13-14 he played in 40 regular-season games for the Mavericks, averaging 7.9 points, 4.5 assists and 2.1 rebounds in 20.5 minutes per game. In the first round of the playoffs against the Spurs, Harris deserves to be recognized, averaging 11.4 points, 3.9 assists and 2.4 rebounds in 25.1 minutes per game, while shooting 44.0% from three-point range.

A first-round pick and the No. 5 pick in 2004, Harris has been in the league for 10 years. Throughout his career, Harris has played 641 regular season games with the Mavericks, Nets, Jazz and Hawks, including 442 starts, averaging 12.5 points, 4.8 assists, 2.4 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 27.3 minutes per game.

Prior to that, the Mavericks reached a contract extension with Dirk Nowitzki, which will give them a three-year contract worth a total of $30 million. In addition, the Mavericks are also actively recruiting Carmelo Anthony, and it has been revealed that they are pursuing LeBron James. It's just that judging by the current news, the chances of Anthony and James coming to Dallas are slim to none.

Then PJ Tucker, Josh McRoberts, Boris Dior and other players also had results.

But that wasn't enough to shock the league, and it wasn't until July 12 that LeBron James told Sports Illustrated that he would be returning to the Cavaliers. Immediately afterwards, James tonguò confirmed the news on his personal social networks. Yes, the emperor has gone home!

In the 1415 season, James will re-wear the Cavaliers jersey, which means that the Big Three of the Heat's four-year-old team will collapse.

After seven years with the Cavaliers as the 2003 No. 1 overall pick, James made the decision to move to Miami in the summer of 2010, when he became the subject of criticism from Cleveland media and fans. After playing in the Heat for 4 years, James encountered Li Feng's New York Knicks in the playoffs in a row, and was swept and abused into a dog in a row.

James, a four-time regular season MVP, announced half a month ago that he would jump out of his remaining two years of contract worth $42.7 million and become a full free agent.

At that time, the outside world agreed that the Big Three, including him, would choose to take a salary cut, so as to help the Heat bring in reinforcements. But a source revealed. James was not happy with the addition of Heat president Pat Riley this summer, and the two met once in Las Vegas on Wednesday local time, but James did not make any commitments at the time.

James returned to Miami by private jet from Las Vegas with Wade 1 day ago. LBJ's plan was to fly to Brazil this weekend to watch the World Cup final, and before that he finally made the final decision. The Cavaliers completed a three-way deal with the Nets and Celtics earlier this week, which freed up enough salary space for them to offer James a max contract. After returning to Cleveland, James will join Kyrie Irving, the 2011 No. 1 pick, Andrew Wiggins, and last year's No. 1 pick Anthony Bennett.

The 29-year-old James played in 77 regular season games for the Heat in the 13-14 season, averaging 27.1 points, 6.9 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 1.6 steals in 37.7 minutes per game. Throughout his career to date. James played a total of 842 regular-season games for the Cavaliers and Heat, including 841 starts, averaging 27.5 points, 7.2 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 1.7 steals in 39.5 minutes per game.

James was the 2004 Rookie of the Year, a two-time All-Star Game MVP and Finals MVP, a total of eight All-Star selections and 10 All-Star selections.

Just after LeBron James chose to return to the Cavaliers, Heat fans at least had some comfort after the outrage, and Chris Bosh agreed to a five-year, $118 million contract extension with the Heat. And this news is a very big blow for the Rockets, who have been preparing for a long time in the hope of signing Bosh with the maximum salary. It's just that this time the superstar battle for the Houston is just a void.

The "Emperor" has been reluctant to reveal his intentions, which has led many teams to be very passive when it comes to operation, and when he officially announced his return to Cleveland in the early hours of this morning, he also pushed the Heat into a desperate situation. Without James's Heat, I am afraid that it will directly mean that the championship will drop by one percent, let alone for Bosh. It's also the best excuse he can find to choose to leave the Heat and go to another team - after all, he has always had his heart set on winning a championship. In the end, Bosh chose loyalty, and he finally accepted the Heat's offer of a five-year, $118 million contract extension, leaving his last peak in the city of Miami.

In fact, if Bosh wants both money and a championship, he can negotiate with the Heat to send it to the team he wants in a sign-and-trade manner. This can be regarded as some compensation to the old club while protecting his own income. It's just that unlike James's unpredictable moves, Bosh chose to stay with the Heat even though he was always in the blamed link during the Big Three period.

Bosh averaged 32 minutes per game in 2013-14, the lowest of his NBA career. He averaged 16.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, shooting 51.6 percent from the field and 82 percent from the free-throw line. It is worth mentioning that Bosh averaged the lowest points of his NBA career in points, rebounds, shots and free throws per game in the past season. If you look at the number of individuals alone, Bosh doesn't seem to be worth such a high contract, especially when he plays against the top insiders, Bosh's body obviously can't bear it. But he endured the humiliation of James and Wade, and this kind of selfless spirit of making such a big sacrifice for the team is hard to come by.

In the United States, where individual heroism is worshipped, players like Bosh are well suited to play in a team full of supergiants, which is the basis for the integration of top superstars. Maybe the Rockets will chase Bosh so frantically, that is, they like this quality, but when the Heat is without James, they can only start the second step of the plan, and when they have enough salary space, they will not hesitate to give Bosh a five-year $118 million super contract. This is probably the new core that the Heat have established after the absence of Christian, hoping to fully ensure that the team will not fall immediately.

The news of James and Bosh is enough to make the league pay attention, but the Pelicans are not concerned about this, but James leaving the Heat, the Heat have increased their pursuit of Lore Deng, and the Pelicans' middle class is still not attractive enough, after all, Lore Deng is only 29 years old, not 36-year-old Gasol.

13th. Adrian Wonarowski, a well-known reporter for Yahoo Sports, revealed on Twitter that a well-informed source revealed that full free agent Lore Deng reached an agreement with the Heat to sign a four-year contract worth a total of $42 million. And in the summer of 2017, Deng had a player option.

LeBron James announced his return to the Cavaliers a few days ago, which led to the official collapse of the Heat's four-year-old Big Three. After that, Heat president Pat Riley quickly kept Chris Bosh on a five-year, $118 million max contract. And on Saturday local time, Riley communicated with Deng's agent, Ron Shard. It has been reported that Shad rejected Riley's offer of four years, $42 million, because Deng wants the new contract to be $14001500 million a year.

Surprisingly. Deng changed his mind on Saturday morning local time, and the two sides reached a signing agreement. It's reminiscent of last week's meeting with Riley and Heat coach Alex Polstra in Chicago. According to sources, Riley was very "charismatic" at the time, and the meeting was very much like a university recruitment.

Interestingly, Deng agreed to an annual salary of about $10 million, much to the surprise of many reporters. Bulls reporter KC Johnson tweeted, "Deng agreed to go to Miami for four years and $42 million. Just last season, Deng turned down a three-year, $30 million contract extension from the Bulls...... "precisely because he rejected the contract extension." The Bulls traded Lore Deng to the Cavaliers.

With Deng agreeing to join, Riley's main next job will be to negotiate new contracts with Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem and Anderson "Birdman" Anderson. It is reported that all three veterans are inclined to continue playing for the Heat. ESPN commentator Bill Wharton said, "Deng became a stand-in for James. Next season, the Heat will form a new Big Three of Wade, Bosh and Deng, and I believe Riley's team can score 50 wins in the 1415 regular season. ”

In the 13-14 season, Lore Deng played a total of 40 regular season games for the Cavaliers, averaging 14.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals in 33.8 minutes per game. Deng, 29, has played in the league for nine years and has played a total of 677 regular-season games for the Bulls and Cavaliers, starting 631 of them. He averaged 16.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals in 35.8 minutes per game.

The Pelicans are still mentally prepared for Lore Deng to join the Heat, especially when LeBron James arrives at the Cavaliers, the Pelicans are ready to sign Paul Pierce at any time, and when Lore Deng has the result, the Pelicans decisively signed Mr. Truth.

On the afternoon of the 13th, the Pelicans lost the battle with the Heat's Lore Deng, but had the last laugh in the battle with the Wizards.

Pierce became a free agent this summer. Despite being 36 years old, he is still in good shape.

During his time with the Nets in '13-14, Pierce averaged 13.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, in addition to 1.1 steals, shooting 45.1% from the field and 37.3% from three-point range. Previously, many teams, including the Wizards, Trail Blazers, Bulls, Rockets, Lakers and others, were interested in bringing in Pierce.

According to sources, Pierce has reached a franchise agreement with the Pelicans, and the two sides will sign a two-year contract worth about $10 million.

At the same time, according to sources, there is a player option included in the contract, which also means that Pierce has the option to become a free agent next summer.

For the Pelicans, after losing Arenas and Caron Butler, the arrival of Pierce can clearly fill the void left by the departure of the two. Arenas went to the Bobcats, and Caron Butler returned to the Wizards.

Not only that, but Pierce's contract with the Pelicans has a lot of flexibility, and in some ways, it won't affect the Pelicans' future recruitment plans.

Previously, sources said Pierce wanted to get a contract with an annual salary of around $9 million to $10 million. Judging from the above, Pierce chose to join the Pelicans, and it is very likely that he will compromise on contract salary.

It is worth mentioning that in the eyes of many industry insiders, Pierce is likely to choose to join the Clippers this summer, after all, the team's coach Rivers has had a good cooperation with Pierce.

In an interview with the media, Pierce has said that he did communicate with Rivers. However, Pierce ultimately chose to join the Pelicans. In Pierce's opinion, he hopes to be able to play in the league for at least a year or so.

From the current point of view, Pierce's arrival, in addition to filling the void left by Arenas and Caron Butler, and his rich game experience will also be of great help to the young Pelicans. (To be continued......)