With the arrival of July, the NBA free agency officially opened.

The new TV contract has come into effect, and the league has announced the salary cap cap for the 2016-17 season, which is 94.143 million! That's a 25% increase from last season.

The skyrocketing salary space has sent the entire league into a frenzy.

On the first day alone, more than $1 billion in contracts were signed!

Eric. Gordon signed with the Rockets for 4 years and 53 million.

Harrison. Barnes renews his contract with the Mavericks for 4 years and 95 million.

Ma Simmy signed with the Wizards for 64 million in 4 years.

Al. Horford signed with the Celtics for 113 million in four years.

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A large and staggering contract is constantly being announced, shocking the league and even the whole world, this money is too exaggerated, right?

Especially Barnes and Horford, neither of them can be counted as top stars, but one gets 95 million, the other has a contract of over 100 million, and the average annual salary is more than 20 million!

At this time, no one would have thought that this is not the most exaggerated.

On July 2, the second day of the free market opened, it was even crazier than the first day.

Grizzlies' starting point guard Mike. Conley reached a contract extension agreement with the team to stay with the Grizzlies for 5 years and 153 million.

153 million in 1 year, with an average annual salary of 30.6 million!

This is the largest contract ever in NBA history!

Mike, who was previously unknown and had never even been selected as an All-Star. Conley instantly became the object of heated discussion in the league.

"A point guard who averages 15 points and 6 assists per game in his career deserves such a big contract?"

Not to mention being a top star in the league, even if Conley can be selected as an All-Star once, perform well, have the experience of being selected to the best team, or even lead the Grizzlies to a substantial honor in the playoffs, no one will say anything.

But why did Conley want such a big contract? Isn't this disrupting the market?

While doubts are rising, there are also people who are rationally analyzing. , the salary cap has skyrocketed, and the player's salary has increased, which is inevitable, although the Grizzlies feel a little stupid and have a lot of money, but in fact, it is also a helpless move.

There are rich teams everywhere, but they are strong, but there are very few stars in their playing years.

It doesn't make sense to have money but not sign a star.

Although the Grizzlies' five-year 153 million contract to Conley is a bit exaggerated, at least it retains the team's main point guard to ensure that the team's strength does not decline, and in the eyes of Grizzlies management, this is enough.

And Mike. Conley's all-time biggest contract is just the beginning.

Immediately afterwards, Howard joined the Atlanta Hawks for 70.5 million in 3 years, and he became more and more blue-collar center with the Rockets, and he couldn't stay anymore.

The Grizzlies have once again struck hard, signing Rockets forward Chandler for 94.8 million in four years. Parsons.

In fact, the Grizzlies really want to get Wang Feng, and at the same price, Wang Feng's strength is a world of difference from Parsons.

However, they took the initiative to contact Wang Feng's agent, Bill. After Duffy, the other party replied directly that Wang Feng was not interested in grizzly bears.

Wang did seriously consider the Memphis Grizzlies, but after Conley's biggest contract in history came along like another plane, Wang wasn't much interested.

Conley's annual salary is 30 million, and Mark. Gasol's annual salary is 20 million, plus the maximum salary that can be given to himself is about 22 million, just three players almost occupy more than 70 million salary space, leaving almost zero room for the team to strengthen.

Mark. Gasol's contract is a little better, and he has a few more years to go, so he's a good instant player.

But Conley's annual salary of 30 million is really a cheat, and this contract alone is doomed to the Grizzlies to have no chance of winning the championship.

Moreover, although Memphis is a big city, the Grizzlies are a standard small-ball city team, so Wang Feng refused directly without hesitation.

Knowing that they didn't have any chance to sign Wang Feng, the Grizzlies were no longer entangled, and signed forward Chandler for 94.8 million in 4 years. Parsons.

This contract, in the next few years, has been hailed as the most rubbish big contract in recent years. Parsons was also jokingly called "the money is got. What are you afraid of".

The Pistons with home-bred center Andre. Drummond renews his contract for 130 million for five years, which is not an exaggeration considering that the league is now withering centers.

Wizards with guard Bradley. Bill's contract renewal is also 130 million for 5 years, the highest maximum salary allowed under the salary cap.

The Hornets renewed Batum's contract for 120 million for 5 years.

Raptors renews DeRozan's contract, 5 years 145 million ......

The major teams have struck hard, the white money has flowed out like a flood, and the big fish in the free market have begun to dwindle.

After the end of July 2, there are only a handful of the more famous stars left in the league.

At the same time, Chinese fans who have been paying attention to Wang Feng's dynamics have gradually become anxious.

"What is Wang Feng doing? Why not sign a contract extension with the Warriors? ”

After the salary cap skyrocketed, the Warriors' salary space increased somewhat, and Bogut, who has an annual salary of 12 million, was also traded to the Mavericks a few days ago, freeing up a lot of salary space, and is fully capable of providing Wang Feng with a maximum salary of 95 million for four years.

However, it has been three days since the free market opened, and there has been no news from the two sides.

Even the information coming out of the various gossip paths is quite intriguing.

Wang Feng's economic team, Yao Zhi's team, has met with a number of teams in a few days, including the Lakers, Celtics, Knicks and other big ball cities, teams with ample salary space, according to people familiar with the matter, among them is the Warriors' rival, the Cleveland Cavaliers.

On the Warriors' side, many players, including Green, are actively communicating with Durant, seemingly trying to persuade Durant to join the Warriors.

This kind of behavior is incredible, Durant is one of the top stars in the league, how can a standard big name take a salary cut to join the Warriors, who have won two consecutive championships, shameless?

When many people see these news, they feel like they are seeing a joke, thinking who made up this news, do you understand the ball? I didn't take it seriously at all.

However, just one day later, reality told everyone who didn't know how to play.

On July 4, Durant issued a statement on his personal Twitter, officially announcing that he would leave the Thunder and join the Golden State Warriors for 54.3 million in 2 years, with a contract of 1+1 mode and a player option for the second year.

In the article, he thanked his old club for everything, and then described his decision as "a new chapter in my life" and "the most difficult decision".

As soon as this news was announced, it immediately caused an uproar in the alliance! Everyone was stunned by Durant's sassy operation.

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