On July 8, the door to free market signing officially opened.

With LeBron James staying in Cleveland, the biggest variable is settled.

Pat Riley's dream of building a Big Three was shattered, and his carefully prepared two-year plan fell through with a tweet and a conversation.

Of course, the Miami Heat didn't get nothing, they got Chris Bosh, and Wade formed a very strong inside and outside combination.

Now that they are still short of a small forward, Riley naturally has his B plan.

On July 9, the day after James' decision, the Heat and Grizzlies completed the trade.

The Heat sent Michael Beasley to Rudy Gay from the Grizzlies.

Two talented young No.3s swapped places.

Gay's rookie contract this season just expired, and the Grizzlies used a sign-and-trade approach to a five-year, 80 million contract.

Acquired Beasley, 2011 2 draft picks, 2013 first-round picks and a 10 million trade exception from the Heat.

The deal caused quite a bit of controversy, especially in Memphis, where the local media considered it a risky trade to trade Rudy Gaye, who had already played a game, for the unstable Michael Beasley.

And doing so is obviously to promote the Heat team to form a strong championship-level lineup.

The Heat, who have Wade Bosh Gay, have become a strong contender for the Eastern Conference championship and even the championship.

ESPN and some team management have criticized the Grizzlies for providing assists to other teams.

They had already done the same thing once in 2008.

"In 2008 they sent a Pau Gasol, in 2010 they sent another Rudy Gay, is the Grizzlies a reserve academy for a league championship team?"

"A team like the Grizzlies who trade indiscriminately should be kicked out of the league, and they're disrupting the market by doing so."

"Chris Wallace deserves to be removed, his bad trades keep making opponents."

In the face of these controversies and doubts, Wallace said in a brief interview that he is taking a longer-term view of the team's squad development.

He thinks "Michael Beasley is a more talented player, and now that our team is full of talent, which is the most important thing for the Grizzlies, I look further ahead." ”

It was not long before a reporter pointed out that Wallace's deal may have been inspired by the Clippers' Smart manager.

Because the Clippers just sent Eric Gordon, who played well, away from the Thunder in exchange for James Harden, who was a higher pick.

According to Clippers employees, Smart often emphasizes the need to take a long-term view within the team.

And Chris Wallace had a closer contact with Smart during last year's Summer League.

In the middle of the season, the two teams completed a deal for Kaman and Gasol Jr.

It's obviously possible that Chris Wallace was instructed by Smart, or that he could learn from him.

On the same day, the day after James made the decision to stay with the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers offered James a six-year, $120 million super-max contract.

Among them, the final two years are player options, and the signing of this contract is completely reassuring to Cleveland fans.

Even if James wanted to leave, it would have to be until the summer of 2014, when he would be 29 years old.

The Cavaliers have another four years to continue chasing the championship.

Immediately after July 10, the Cavaliers made a series of trades.

They first used JJ Hickson as the main body and got Robin Lopez from the Suns with draft picks.

Then, on July 11, he sent away Mo Williams to get a 2011 first-round pick, Karl Landry and Omile Kasby from the Kings.

With the Kings sitting on more than 30 million contract spaces, the free agency market has nothing to gain in the summer, and the small ball will not appeal to the superstar.

In order to give the fans an explanation, the Kings management can only get a third-rate All-Star like Xiao Mo to support the team's backcourt.

These two deals did not cause much repercussions in the media, because neither Robin Lopez, nor Carl Landry, nor Kazby are any strong or star players.

And the Cavaliers also lost Mo Williams, the Cavaliers' only effective point of possession other than James.

Not only Williams, but the Cavaliers then cut Gibson and West one after another, sweeping away the team's small guards.

Instead, they announced on July 12 that they had signed the team's second-round pick Danny Green to a new contract and had signed outside shooter Mike Miller with a midranger.

Miller came to the Cavaliers specifically for James, and the Cavaliers are gradually rebuilding their roster.

According to Leon Rose, an agent who just terminated James' contract, the reason why James stayed with the Cavaliers has a lot to do with the Clippers.

"LeBron decided to stay in Cleveland after that conversation in Los Angeles, and I'm sure James has a bigger say in the Cavaliers now, and a lot of the management's actions have to be agreed to by him. As for who he listened to, I don't know, in short, I think he is a player who lacks his own opinions and ideas, and is always led by the nose by such and such voices. ”

Because of being fired by James, Leon Rose was very angry, and he quickly broke the news in the media.

But it also didn't cause much turmoil, the attention of the fans is still on the players, and an agent likes to say what he says.

Rich Paul, James' new team agent, said: "LeBron is a man who has a clear plan for himself, and Cleveland will always be his first choice. He went to other cities just to learn more about the alliance and listen to some useful experiences. In Los Angeles he got some designations, firmed up his choice, and that's it. Now his goal is to do his best and win a championship for Cleveland. ”

The sound immediately earned him praise in Cleveland, where James is already a hero in the city, with only one championship trophy away from him.

In fact, he was not the only one left behind.

In the summer, Pierce also stayed with the Boston Celtics.

Of course, the Big Three have just reached the Finals, and they will have to continue to fight for the championship next season.

In the West, Dirk Nowitzki announced that he was out of contract on the first day of free agency.

Mavericks' management immediately flew to Germany to negotiate the next contract agreement with Nowitzki.

They didn't want to give up the 32-year-old Nowitzki because of the crushing defeat of the Black Seven in the '10 playoffs.

Of the other teams, only the Houston Rockets seemed to politely call Dirk and ask if he would like to come to Houston.

After all, they are all in Texas, and it is easy to move.

Nowitzki naturally politely refused, even if the Rockets were willing to pay the highest salary.

The Mavericks said that for the championship, they hope that Dirk can take a salary cut from 96 million in 4 years to 86 million in 4 years.

Reduce it by 10 million so that the team has more salary space to sign other free agents.

Nowitzki agreed very happily, not only signing a contract, but also cutting his salary more, directly by 16 million.

With a salary of 80 million for 4 years and a contract extension with the Mavericks, he continued to fight for the championship in Dallas.

The slamming of several teams in Texas may be a big tradition to reduce the salaries of core players.

With all the free agents in charge, another Texas team is struggling to sign them.

That's Popovich, he never expected that someone would rob him of Matt Bonner.

(End of chapter)