Chapter 261: The Knight Who Keeps Trading and Strengthening, Rocket Is No Longer an Opponent?
After the news that Wang Chao is a billionaire was exposed, it was difficult for many people to look at Wang Chao with the eyes of a player when they watched Wang Chao again.
It is said that the NBA is a game of billionaires and multimillionaires, but as a working boy, Wang Chao is now worth even more than his own team owner, and his miraculous operation in the field of bitcoin is regarded as the bible by the elite of Wall Street, and it has attracted countless speculators to flock to it, but the bitcoin market has been ...... for 14 years I'm afraid there will be a lot more desperate people on the rooftops.
But Wang Chao can't be blamed, after all, he didn't encourage others to speculate in coins, he didn't have a little bit of his own thinking and considerations, and the speculators who blindly followed others and dreamed of making a fortune can only say that they deserve it.
Although basketball is the second largest ball game in the world, it has a wide range of influence and popularity, but it is still not a hot thing in the strict sense, after all, for the vast majority of people in this world, running around for survival is a more important thing, in addition to fans who really like basketball, people who pay attention to things in the basketball circle are a minority after all.
It's like every World Cup, there will always be a large group of female fans who say: "My favorite star is Da Yao, come on for the Chinese men's football team, strive to win the championship!" ”
Not many people know that Wang Chao has won several championships in recent years, and in contrast, there are more people who are interested in how Wang Chao became a super-rich man worth 3 billion in his early 30s.
Tall, handsome and handsome, young and golden.
Wang Chao, who is a top star in China, has become a well-known national husband in a very short period of time when his worth was exposed.
It is now 14 years, with the continuous development and popularization of the Internet, the fan circle culture has begun to rise gradually, and a group of national husbands who are loved by the majority of female friends have also appeared on the Internet, such as Wang Tearing Onion and other well-known "successful people" who are handsome and golden.
With the exposure of Wang Chao's worth, his female fans in China have grown geometrically at an extremely astonishing speed and replaced tearing onions to become a new generation of national husbands.
There is no way, tearing onions is not as high as Wang Chao, not as handsome as Wang Chao, and not even as rich as Wang Chao.
Tearing onions' father Jianlin became the richest man in China with 15.1 billion US dollars in 14 years, richer than Wang Chao, but the problem is that the money is Jianlin, not Torn onions, and most of them are calculated in the form of equity and fixed assets, if you just talk about cash, it is definitely not as much as 3 billion.
The most important thing is that Jianlin's money is not equal to the money of tearing onions, the national husband is sure that he is richer than having a rich father, and besides, 3 billion and 15 billion are not much different in the eyes of most ordinary people, anyway, they can't be spent, since this is the case, it must be the more handsome one.
Wang Chao, who snatched the identity of the national husband of the onion, has a large group of die-hard female fans in China, all of whom are clamoring to marry Wang Chao and give him a monkey.
But apparently they have slowed down.
As Wang Chao's influence and popularity rise, the exposure around him also skyrockets every day, and the news of his purchase of a mansion in New York and Miranda's pregnancy and childbirth also spread.
The ambiguous relationship between Wang Chao and the two Victoria's Secret angel supermodels has long been no secret, but when the news was broken by a reporter, many people were surprised.
No wonder Miranda has rarely appeared on the Victoria's Secret stage in the past half a year, it turns out that she secretly gave birth in New York!
It is no wonder that Wang Chao went to New York immediately after the season, did not participate in the Men's Basketball World Cup, nor did he attend any interviews, commercial endorsements and other activities, and almost disappeared.
I see!
After all, this is a country of rice, free and open-minded, and it is not uncommon to have children before marriage, and it can even be said to be the norm, to put it mildly, more than half or even more of the current players in the NBA are from single-parent families, including top superstars such as James.
Wang Chao is not a ruthless scumbag, although he and Miranda are not married, but in order for her to deliver the baby with peace of mind, he spent tens of millions of dollars to buy a luxury villa in New York, and hired the most professional medical team, taking care of everything.
Just a few pieces of information that have broken out intermittently from the media are enough to make people imagine the luxury of living with money and silver.
It's just that the "wives" of many national husbands on the other side of the ocean are very disappointed.
"Wang Chao, we misjudged you, I didn't expect you to be such a scumbag!"
"What's so good about a foreign girl? Isn't it just a better body and a better look? We're no worse than them! ”
"It's okay! They are not licensed to get married, they are not real husband and wife in law, and even if they are married, they can be divorced, we all still have a chance, and Chaochao is our !! ”
There are endless remarks of brainless female fans in the domestic fan circle, but Wang Chao, who is far away on the other side of the ocean, will not pay attention to these, even if he knows it, he will not take it to heart, he has crossed over from 23 years, he knows too well the horror of the fan circle culture, even if there is no way to stop it, he will avoid having a relationship with these things as much as possible.
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All kinds of sensational news, although it caused a lot of repercussions in the league, but it did not affect the operation of the league, and the teams should be traded to strengthen or reinforce, and the most active of them is undoubtedly the Cleveland Cavaliers who already have James, Irving, Embiid.
It can be seen from their lineup and salary space alone that this Cavaliers will be the team with the best chance to win the championship, of course, provided that the team can also use nearly 20 million salary space to sign another All-Star level player, after all, even if Embiid has high expectations, he is a first-year rookie after all, and he can't really be regarded as a giant to measure combat effectiveness.
And the Cavaliers' current lineup is indeed full of temptation for many powerful players who have championship pursuits.
The Rockets are undoubtedly the best solution on the road to winning the championship, but everyone knows that the Rockets can't offer high-salary contracts, and they have given up their home-bred Chandler for this reason. Parsons and Thomas Jr., not to mention other players, and among other teams, the Cavaliers with James are naturally the first choice, after all, in the past three years, James, as the absolute core of the main force, led the Heat team to the Finals three times, although two were swept out by the Rockets very faceless, but after all, they still won a championship, which can be regarded as the strongest under the league today.
The Cavaliers' ample salary space, championship prospects, and increased exposure to partner James have attracted a lot of players to pitch, and among the players, the Cavaliers have made an unexpected choice.
With the team's salary space of about 18 million, the Cavaliers divided it into three and signed three players respectively.
The Cavaliers first signed Lakers champion Paul on a three-year, $20 million contract. Gasol.
Gasol's departure from the team after the expiration of his contract has long been a certainty, and the Lakers management has put Gasol on the trade shelf many times, which has made the veteran who has made great contributions to the Lakers feel cold, so when the contract expired, Gasol rejected the Lakers' three-year $29 million contract extension and chose to switch to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Although the Cavaliers give a lower salary, at least they don't need to be disgusted by the Lakers anymore, and more importantly, the Cavaliers have the ability to win the championship.
Also persistent about the championship is All-Star small forward Paul Brown, who just had a not-so-stellar season with the Nets. Pierce.
Pierce's form with the Nets last season began to decline across the board, averaging 13.5 points per game from 18.6 points in the previous season with the Celtics, but as a former All-Star, Pierce, who has a typical floor-flow style of play, is still considered to have some quality despite being 37 years old.
Therefore, the Cavaliers offered Pierce a two-year, $10 million contract, and the other party readily agreed.
In this time and space, the Celtics and the Heat are not mortal enemies, because the strongest seasons of the Green Army were all stumbling with Wang Chao and Howard's Magic, and the relationship between the two sides can be described as the same as water and fire, but the Heat Big Three did not play against the Celtics many times in the playoffs.
And when Garnett and Ray Allen ran to the Heat, and the other ran to hug the Rockets' thighs, he Pierce has not won a championship so far, so what's wrong with lying down for a championship at the end of his career?
The last player the Cavaliers signed was Danny, who was signed for 3 million a year. Granger.
Granger is also a former All-Star player, averaging 24 points and 5 rebounds per game at his peak, but unfortunately with the injury in the 12-13 season, Granger's form has plummeted like a high platform diving, and more importantly, Paul. George's rise quickly seized the starting and main core position of the team that originally belonged to Granger.
Last season, Granger was traded to the Clippers by the Pacers in the middle of the season, and has been injured and sidelined during this period, playing in 41 games throughout the season, averaging 8 points, 3 assists per game and shooting 37% from the field.
It's just that he is a former All-Star player after all, and the decline in form is mainly due to the impact of injuries, assuming that the injury is healed, the 31-year-old Granger is still worth looking forward to.
Compared with the first two, Granger's salary is only 3 million, which can be described as cheap, if Granger really has no way to recover his previous combat effectiveness due to injury, a contract of only 3 million is not too much of a loss.
The Cavaliers' three trades are wonderful, and although Gasol, Pierce and Granger are all past their prime, they are no longer All-Star level players in the league, but they all have their own characteristics, and they are just right role players to support the Cavaliers' Big Three.
Compared with using 18 million to sign an All-Star in the year of play, this is obviously a more significant improvement in the overall strength of the team, and in the current free market of the league, there are a lot of big-name players whose contracts expire, but there are actually few star players who can really participate in the bidding.
Anthony, Kobe, Wade, Paul. George and others have signed contract extensions with their respective teams, and the Cavaliers can't afford to offer contracts to any top stars other than George, a restricted free agent, with a measly $18 million in salary space.
After signing three veterans, the Cavaliers continued to strengthen one after another, successively signing James's former guard with a sword. Jones and Michael. Miller, of course, both joined with base salaries.
As the Cavaliers continue to sign and strengthen, the strength of the team is still improving, and the league's evaluation of the Cavaliers has also risen, directly jumping to the biggest favorite to win the championship in the new season, and even temporarily suppressed Wang Chao's Rockets.
It's no surprise that the Rockets have done nothing in the offseason compared to the Cavaliers, who are constantly making trade signings and reinforcements.
They were in addition to following the selected rookie Nikolai. Jokic didn't make any moves other than to complete the signing.
Garnett, Chandler. Parsons, Thomas Jr. and many other championship-winning players have left the team, although the team still retains the main lineup that started last season, but there is no one available on the bench.
What's more, Da Yao, who is the core of the team's interior line, is one year older, and the hidden danger of injuries is getting bigger and bigger, and the problem is that the Rockets have always been unable to avoid.
It is completely foreseeable that even if Da Yao is not injured in the new season, it may be difficult to show a dominant performance under the basket like in the previous season, and according to the current lineup, the Rockets are likely to use the super five-forward lineup as the team's main starting lineup as they did at the beginning of last season.
This lineup is dominated by Wang Chao as the center, but it played quite a good effect during the regular season, and it also directly prompted Wang Chao to win last season's rebounding king.
But with the second half of the regular season, the playing time of this lineup has decreased, especially in the playoffs, after Da Yao's return, the Rockets have sent this lineup less and less, which proves that even the Rockets have a conservative attitude towards this super five-forward lineup, and only use it with a surprise effect.
Especially if the Rockets' super five forwards face the current Cavaliers, I am afraid it will be difficult to take advantage, because the Cavaliers' interior level is already very high. Gasol plus center forward Joel. Embiid, both of whom are 2.13 meters tall, Gasol has an arm span of 2.30 meters, and Embiid has an arm span of 2.28 meters, and when the two stand under the basket, the terrifying arm span is long enough to block the entire inside line.
Even if the super five forwards use super mobility to play run-and-bomb tactics, Gasol may not be able to keep up because of his age, but Embiid is completely different, although not as fast and explosive as Howard at his peak, but Embiid's speed is also the top among interior centers, relying on the advantage of leg length and arm span, the defensive area can be fully expanded to the three-point line.
To sum up, according to the analysis of experts, the Rockets' super five-forward lineup is restrained by the Cavaliers, and I am afraid it will not be the opponent of the Cavaliers.
Of course, in Wang Chao's view, such a point of view is completely shit, pure nonsense.
(End of chapter)