After Garnett decided to join the Rockets, he invited Ray. Aaron's.

But Ray. Allen ended up choosing the Heat.

In fact, his choice is understandable, the Rockets are not short of three-point shooters, whether it is Courtney, whose contract expires. Lee, or Korver, Leonard and others, are all shooters with a three-point shooting rate of more than 40%, and Wang Chao has developed the three-point shot to the extreme, which is already a phenomenal existence in the league, far surpassing Ray. Allen, the current three-point king.

In this case, Ray. Even if Allen joins the Rockets, he is just one of a group of outside shooters, and it is not worth mentioning at all.

But in the Heat, it's different, and the Heat, who lack an outside shooter, are not the same for Ray. Aaron's desire and attention are definitely far greater than those of the rockets.

Moreover, the Heat is still the defending champion, and compared with the Rockets, who have Da Yao, who is over thirty years old and has injury risks, the Heat team has a greater probability of continuing to win the championship.

Whether it's Ray. Allen is still Garnett, and the behavior of smearing oil on the soles of his feet and running away has made Celtic fans scold.

And you guys can run, the ones who join are still the sworn enemies of the Celtics.

During the Eastern Conference Finals, the Green Army and the Heat fought seven bloody battles, which almost knocked out all the brains, and the contradictions between the fans of the two sides became extremely acute. Allen turned around and went to the enemy after losing the game, which is tantamount to throwing in the eyes of Celtic fans.

Celtic fans certainly don't bother with Ray. Allen's feelings also selectively ignored the Green Army's management's response to Ray. Allen, the old giant, was disrespectful enough and made a humiliating contract extension offer and Ray Brown. Aaron and Rondo are at odds with many other factors.

Garnett's situation wasn't much better.

Although the Celtics and the Rockets have no grudges, they have a long-standing grudge with Wang Chao, after all, in the four years of the Magic team, Wang Chao and Howard have kept the Celtics out of the Finals for four consecutive years.

The resentment of Green Army fans against Wang Chao is no less than that of the Heat, James Wade and others, but Garnett chose to join the Rockets and join Wang Chao to win the championship, which is also a damn traitor.

But the Green Army fans have no way but to scold and vent their dissatisfaction.

The era of the Celts ended before it came.

The Rockets and the Heat have significantly improved their strength by absorbing the two giants of the Green Army, becoming the favorites to win the championship in the new season while leaving other teams far behind, and the league has officially entered the stage of two superpowers and many strong.

Other teams are not willing to be separated by the Rockets and the Heat, and are vying to trade to strengthen the team, but they can obviously not do as much as these two teams.

Just when everyone thought that next season would be the Rockets and Heat competing for the championship, in early August, a trade detonated the league again, and even caused a far more significant shock than the Rockets and the Heat!

On August 10, the NBA officially confirmed and approved a mega deal involving four teams.

The four teams involved in the trade are the Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers and Denver Nuggets.

The Lakers sent Andrew. Bynum, McRoberts, Ayngar, 2015 second-round pick and 2017 first-round pick, got super-center Dwight Brown. Howard.

The 76ers sent Iguodala, Vucevic to the first round in 2015, and got Lakers All-Star center Andrew. Bynum.

The Nuggets sent Harrington and several other players, as well as second-round picks in 2013 and first-round picks in 2014, to get Iguodala.

Finally, there is the Magic, and when Howard is sent, the Magic team has gained a lot, with a total of 6 players, three first-round picks, and two second-round picks.

But even so, the loss of Howard is still a heavy blow to the Magic team, the departure of the Magic team, announcing the complete disappearance of the former super magic combination in the history of the Magic team, Orlando fans in regret, can only recall the glory of the dynasty that just won the triple championship a year ago.

In the four-way trade, the biggest winner is obviously the Lakers, the arrival of the monster Howard, so that the Lakers' existing roster has completed a huge upgrade, as early as the beginning of July, the Lakers traded from the Suns with two first-round and two second-round to point guard Steve. Nash, it's just that the deal didn't get much praise.

Nash is indeed very strong, two-time regular season MVP, has a championship and FMVP, but Nash was born in 1974 and is 38 years old, and he will be 39 years old in the middle of next season, and it is hard to believe that he is still the chic and elegant son of the wind on the court.

Is it appropriate to trade four draft picks for such a veteran? At least the vast majority of people have reservations about it.

But that's no longer the case.

The addition of Howard has allowed the Lakers to directly form the F4 aircraft carrier combination of Nash + Kobe + Gasol + Howard. Jamison, the quality of the Lakers' main players is simply terrible!

Regarding Howard's desire to leave the team, it has begun to ferment in the playoffs, when the Lakers were the most powerful contenders, but at that time, the media generally believed that the Lakers wanted to get Howard, at least they had to send both Gasol and Bynum out to have a chance, who would have thought that through a four-way trade, the Lakers just sent Bynum and a first-round pick to get Howard, and this deal looked like it was not far from the Lakers robbing Gasol back then.

The formation of the Lakers' F4 aircraft carrier instantly broke the existing situation in the league and evolved into a triwizard competition, and the Lakers are obviously half the way up to the Rockets and the Heat.

Kobe Bryant was very happy and said in an interview: "It's my partner's second super center, although he has a different style from Shaq, but he has his own dominance in the court, we have played against each other many times in the Finals in the past, we know each other very well, we can definitely create a new triple crown dynasty!" ”

Howard is also full of confidence in this.

"I was devastated by the injury season in the final stages of the regular season, but now we have a fresh start and the Lakers are a team with a tradition of center, and I hope to learn more here, grow further and win more."

At this time, I'm afraid no one would have thought what the Lakers would do in the new season by spending a lot of money and not hesitating to overdraft the F4 supercarrier that they will build in the future.

Although none of this has happened yet, considering Howard's personality that has not changed because of the championship and the same injuries as the original history, I am afraid that the outcome will not change much.

Therefore, Wang Chao maintains a very calm attitude towards the super trade of the Lakers that shocked the league or the operation of the Heat to strengthen Ray Allen, after all, these things themselves are what will happen in the original historical process.

In contrast, it was Garnett who joined the Rockets to have a more significant impact.

Garnett, who is also not young, is already 36 years old, and will be able to maintain a high level of competitive form for at least the next season.

In Wang Chao's impression, Garnett in the 12-13 season was still able to average 14.8 points and 7.8 rebounds in 29 minutes per game during the regular season, while still ranking in the top ten in the league in defensive efficiency.

The annual salary of 8 million is definitely worth the money, and even if he later moved to the Brooklyn Nets, Garnett's state declined not as fast as he imagined, although there were only 6+6 data in both seasons, but considering that the average playing time is only 20 minutes per game, adding some playing time can still reach the level of an average of two doubles per game.

Wang Chao didn't expect to rely on Garnett two or three years later, at that time Leonard, Butler and others had fully grown up, and there was no need for two veterans, Da Yao and Garnett.

But next season, considering Da Yao's injury concerns, Garnett is still quite important.

After signing Garnett, the Rockets continued to work on reinforcements.

After the 11-12 season, the Rockets had a number of players out of contract, including Courtney at the guard position. Lee, Aaron. Brooks, Chase at the forward position. Bardinger, Jordan at center. Hill, Omir. Asikh as well as Hashem. Thabit.

Although the Rockets failed to win the championship this season, the performance of a group of players was quite remarkable, which still attracted the attention of many teams and made offers for many players.

This is something that can't be helped, the NBA league has always been like this, the highest price gets, according to the original history, the Rockets will do the same thing this season, a disgusting Mo Dog used two typical poison contracts to snatch Jeremy Lin and Asik.

The first to strike was the Celtics, who were robbed of Garnett by the Rockets, and they made direct offers for two Rockets players. Lee 4 years 26 million, Jordan. Hill 30 million in 4 years.

Both players are clearly premium contracts, but the spillover is not particularly large, and based on this season's performance, Courtney Brown. Li should be worth 500 annual salary, and 26 million for 4 years is only 6.5 million annual salary, which is 1.5 million higher. Hill, as the main interior rotation player of the Rockets when Da Yao was absent, played more time than Asik, and his value naturally rose, and the annual salary of 7.5 million was also acceptable.

The Rockets did not match the Celtics' offer, and two players were snatched away.

Immediately afterwards, Omir Asik was also snatched by the New Orleans Hornets for 3 years and 26 million.

Seeing that many players on the team were constantly poached, and the Rockets were indifferent throughout the whole process, many Houston fans were a little anxious, although they were very excited to get Garnett, but if the team's rotation was dismantled like this, how would they play next season?

The Rockets management is also a little panicked, but the price of these three players being poached is indeed a bit high, especially Asik, who is more expensive than Garnett.

In fact, it's not that the team can't keep one or two, such as Courtney for 6.5 million. Lee, in the eyes of the Rockets' management, has the option to stay on a matching contract.

Although the Rockets' salary space is occupied by Wang Chao and Da Yao, it is just a salary cap, they are still far from the bottom line of the luxury tax, and the team owner Alexander also decided to invest a little more to help the team win the championship after seeing the team break into the Finals, he knows very well that if the Rockets can win the championship, he will make more money.

But the willingness of the Rocket management to renew the contract was vetoed by Wang Chao.

"If they want these players, they're going to go, it doesn't matter, they're not the main rotation players for next season anyway."

If Courtney. Lee, Jordan. The annual salary of Hill and others is controlled at about 2 million to 3 million, and in Wang Chao's opinion, he is an excellent player with good quality and low price, and he can easily have an annual salary of six or seven million...... It's too expensive.

The Rockets will re-sign Leonard, Butler and other players in the future, how can there be so much salary space to support these role players? Besides, how could Wang Chao, as a traverser, lack role players?

The Rockets' first signing after Garnett's contract extension was the signing of center Hassan Brown, who had just been cut by the Sacramento Kings. Whiteside, the two sides signed a four-year contract with a total amount of $6 million, with an average annual salary of 1.5 million.

It's not a very expensive contract, but compared to Whiteside's total salary of $1.49 million in two years with the Kings, it is enough to make the other party ecstatic and sign without hesitation.

Next, the Rockets signed former All-Star interior Mejerne with a veteran base salary of 1.36 million a year. O'neill.

O'Neal, 34, is two years younger than Garnett, but his form has declined much faster than Garnett.

Last season, O'Neal Jr. only played 25 games with the Celtics due to injury, averaging 5 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, and has completely been reduced to a role player. first signed a rookie rookie who the Kings couldn't look down on, and then signed an old-fashioned veteran, what combat effectiveness do these two have? How can it help the team?

The Rockets' third signing is to sign point guard Jason for two years, $5.8 million, an average of $2.9 million per year. Kyd.

After the three signings, Wang Chao informed the Rockets management that the team's summer recruitment work has been completed, and the management can then play freely and sign some low-paid players to fill the team's roster, but the team's main roster is the current 12 players in the team.

Hearing Wang Chao's words, the Rockets management was a little stunned again, and it felt so familiar, as if it was like this last season.

They couldn't understand what Wang Chao did at all, and the only player who looked good in the three signings was Kidd, and Kidd didn't perform particularly well with the Mavericks last season, averaging 6 points, 4 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, shooting only 36.3% from the field.

As for O'Neal Jr. and Whiteside, what is the difference between signing and not signing?

But with this lineup, Wang Chao is satisfied enough.

The current 12-man roster of the Rockets has two point guards: Jason. Kidd, Isaiah. Thomas.

Three Shooting Guards: Jimmy. Butler, Kyle. Korver, Chris. Middleton.

Three small forwards: Wang Chao, Ke Huai. Leonard, Chandler. Parsons.

Two power forwards: Kevin. Garnett, Jermaine. O'neill.

Two center forwards: Da Yao, Hassan. Whiteside.

This lineup, only the traverser can see the gold content, the only drawback may be the lack of strength in the point guard position, but Wang Chao was originally the main point forward position, when necessary, he can be like Magic Erwin. Johnson played directly as the team's starting point guard, and Kidd and Thomas Jr. were not that important.

With this lineup, as long as the team does not have a large-scale injury wave next season, Wang Chao is ninety percent sure that he will lead the team to win the championship!

(End of chapter)