The NBA2015 Draft was held on June 26 at Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets.

This year's draft is not a big year for drafts compared to last year, but it is generally recognized that the quality of players is better than last season.

Not to mention anything else, the number of interior centers alone is very impressive, including the top hit Karl. Anthony. Downs and Jalil. Okafor, Kristaps. Porzingis, Wiley. Crawley. Including high-quality big men such as Stan, the media predicts that at least eight or more inside big men can enter the lottery pick, which is really commendable compared to previous drafts.

After all, in the league at this stage, there are fewer and fewer high-quality interior centers, and with Da Yao's official announcement of retirement, the feeling of the center withering has become more and more intense.

If you want to say that the happiest person in the draft, there is no doubt that the Los Angeles Lakers are the lagoon.

The butterfly effect allowed them to win the grand prize in the lottery ceremony, and the original list pick became the first pick, which is mainly related to the fact that the Timberwolves are no longer at the bottom of the league with a 16-66 record in the regular season.

The Lakers, who were supposed to win the list in the 14-15 season with a second-to-last record of 21 wins, got the bottom 18 wins in the West, and also the second-to-last in the league.

But as a result, the first-to-last Knicks only won the No. 3 pick, and the Lakers, the second-to-last pick, got the top pick.

With the champion in hand, the Lakers, of course, did not hesitate to select Towns as the champion.

Towns, who is 2.13 meters tall and has an arm span of 2.22 meters, although the draft template is Bogut, is full of talent and great development potential, especially in the Lakers, who have a long history of center, and the future is promising.

Downs, who was chosen by the wealthy family, also had a bright smile on his face, as the saying goes, all roads lead to Rome, but some people were born in Rome, and some people are just mules and horses.

Playing at a traditional giant like the Lakers is a completely different concept from playing at the Timberwolves.

Although Downs was later controversial because of his soft style of play and weak ability to lead the team, his personal ability and talent are undoubted, and he was able to average 18+10 data per game in the first season of his career, and the data in the subsequent seasons were stable 20+10, and he had 26.5 points, 10.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists at the peak.

Towns, who came to the Lakers, might actually have a better career.

The Philadelphia 76ers, who held the No. 2 pick, selected center Jalil. Okafor, and the No. 3 pick Knicks, as in the original history, chose Boshen, Kristaps. Porzingis.

D'Angelo, who was supposed to be drafted by the Lakers with the second pick. Russell dropped straight to the fourth pick and was drafted by the Orlando Magic.

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The draft was in full swing, but no one knew that in the Nets' own home box, general manager Billy Brown. A hint of hesitation appeared on Kim's face, and he looked embarrassed as he held the phone.

"Are you sure you really want to do this? In the long run, this is not an equivalent deal. ”

On the other side of the phone came Wang Chao's voice.

"Billy, who has been in charge of the Rockets' recruitment work in recent years should not be a secret in your manager circle, right? I've heard that you've also laughed at the general manager of Team Rocket, thinking that the other party is a good-for-nothing puppet, are you questioning my vision now? ”

Billy. The corners of Kim's mouth twitched.

Indeed, he used to laugh at the other party, although he was jealous that the other party won the best manager award twice, but he didn't expect that now he was about to become a good-for-nothing puppet.

Wang Chao continued: "To put it bluntly, the reason why the Nets now have room to operate is because no one knows that I have chosen you, and once I know, I will never want to achieve my goal just by paying such a small price!" ”

Billy. Kim: "...... I know. ”

In the stands, the draft is still going on.

The 11th pick in the draft, and the Utah Jazz, who hold the 11th pick, selected shooting guard Devin. Booker immediately reached a trade deal with the Brooklyn Nets to send Devin to the Nets. Booker, who received this year's first-round pick 19th from the Nets, a second-round pick next year and a 2017 first-round pick.

Three picks for one, such a deal, made the reporters on the scene quite puzzled.

The Jazz's No. 11 pick itself is not a particularly valuable pick, the Nets' first round this year and next year's second round are just that, the 17-year first-round pick is more valuable, after all, according to the current situation of the Nets, it will definitely become a fish belly team in two years, and the draft pick will rise, and there may be a chance to compete for the championship.

Although I don't understand why the Nets did this, the vast majority of reporters are only slightly confused and don't fully take this matter to heart.

The draft is still going on, and the Nets have two first-round picks this year, as well as a 28th pick in the first round.

This is already the last signing in the first round, and there are basically no particularly high-quality players to choose from.

The Nets used that pick to select Monteres. Harrell then used his last pick, the 11th pick in the second round, to select Norman. Powell.

The above three drafts, Nets general manager Billy . Kim was not satisfied.

Although after the draft, in an interview with reporters, he said with a smile on his face that these three players are potential rookies that the team continues to pay attention to and is very optimistic about, and will become the backbone of the Nets in the future.

But he kept muttering in his heart.

German. Booker's draft template is Klay. Thompson, who dominated off-ball offense in college, has extremely superb shooting skills, and has a very good three-point shooting rate, but his physical fitness is poor, his explosiveness is insufficient, his confrontation ability is weak, and his defensive awareness and enthusiasm are seriously insufficient, and there is a huge gap with Thompson, a top 3D player.

As for the other two players outside the lotto zone, Billy. Kim hadn't even remembered the names of these two guys before.

At least he didn't understand why Wang Chao would make such a choice, but except for Devin. Outside of Booker, the price to get paid by the other two is not too big in itself, so it doesn't matter.

Billy who got the draft. Jin, the most headache is how to free up salary space and facilitate the signing of Wang Chao with the highest salary.

The draft is over, and then the time enters July, the free market officially opens, and the demons dance begins!

In the free market in 2015, the number of big-name players was not particularly large in the strict sense of the word.

The more well-known one is the Rockets' Kewai. Leonard, Jimmy. Butler, Nikola of the Magic. Vucevic, Trailblazer's LaMarcus. Aldridge, and then Rajan. Rondo, Rudy. Gay, Paul. Millsap, Brooke. López, Drummond. Green and other players.

Of course, all the above players combined, the attraction is not as attractive as one person, that is Wang Chao.

After the free market opened, Wang Chao jumped out of the contract for the first time and officially entered the free market.

With his current value in the league, it is no less than that of Michael back then. Jordan, even surpassed, after all, Wang Chao, who has 7 crowns in hand, officially surpassed Jordan a week ago to become the recognized first person in the league.

It's just that because Wang Chao announced the conditions for joining the team early, nearly one-third of the teams in the league directly lost the opportunity to compete for Wang Chao, and the remaining eleven teams that have not yet won the championship are competing for Wang Chao in an extremely fierce competition.

Those teams that didn't have a chance to compete for the Super League were competing for other free agents for the Rockets.

Although the Rockets do not have Wang Chao and Da Yao, even if they retain the other original team intact, they are no longer the favorites to win the championship, but this does not prevent other teams from venting their anger with the Rockets, who let the Rockets suppress almost all the teams in the league in the past four years, and the Heat Big Three won once in 12 years when Da Yao was injured.

Leonard, Butler, Middleton, Whiteside were all offered by multiple teams at the same time.

Even though several players except Whiteside are restricted free agents, the Rockets are overwhelmed with contracts that can't match all of them.

In the end, the Rockets made a trade-off, they reached a contract extension agreement with Leonard for 5 years and 94.34 million US dollars, and then used 4 years and 65 million to re-sign Whiteside. Butler and Chris. Middleton's contract extension.

In fact, after Wang Chao and Da Yao both left the team, the salary space of the Rocket team dropped instantly, after all, the annual salary of both of them is more than 20 million, and the two of them alone occupy 45 million salary space.

Even if Leonard and others' new contracts are the highest salary, the starting salary is only about 16 million, and the four people together are only 64 million, and the Rockets can still afford it.

But the problem is that Butler and Middleton are not willing to stay with the Rockets, to be exact, after learning that the Rockets want to develop Leonard as the core of the team, neither of them has the idea of staying with the team.

Staying with the Rockets, they may be able to get a bigger contract with the Bird clause, but the problem is that they all want to have more power on the court in the future, especially Butler, who is in the same class as Leonard, who has always wanted to prove that he is capable of losing to Leonard.

After Wang Chao left the team, Butler originally saw the hope of being on top, but he learned from the Rockets management that the team was going to praise Leonard, and his heart suddenly became cold.

He can willingly assist Wang Chao, because Wang Chao is his Bole, the half master who brought him from a rookie who didn't know anything to the current level, and Wang Chao is also the only player so far who can't give birth to a player who can't go beyond his mind at all.

But Leonard is different, Butler feels that he is no worse than Leonard from the bottom of his heart, why should the team management regard Leonard as the core of the future team?

The unwilling mood made Butler directly have a showdown with the Rockets, and he will not continue to play for the team in the future.

As for Middleton, it's because the Rockets don't think he's worth the price of the cap.

In the 14-15 season, Middleton has become one of the important scoring points of the Bucks, although the average of 13.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game is not outstanding, but the potential and development prospects he shows have made the Bucks willing to offer him a five-year 70 million maximum salary contract.

But the Rockets are completely different, even with the blessing of Wang Chao's sparring potion, Middleton's real strength has far surpassed his own at the same time, but playing next to Wang Chao, Leonard, and Butler, Middleton's data has been greatly weakened, and his average points per game this season are only 10.3 points.

The management of the Rockets itself is a group of rubbish who are used to being super-incessant and can no longer analyze, taking it for granted that Middleton is not worth the maximum salary, and is only willing to offer him a five-year contract of 58 million.

Rockets management doesn't look down on Middleton, and some teams do.

Soon a team offered Middleton a four-year, 5,800 contract, the same as the Rockets' offer, but the contract was four years, which is more than 10 million.

After struggling for a moment, the Rockets chose to abandon the match offer and let Middleton go.

Wang Chao did not comment on this.

Although Middleton was always sprayed with the Bucks later, at least he was the most effective right-hand man next to Brother Alphabet, averaging 20+ points per game all year round, and assisting Brother Alphabet to win a championship All-Star level player, it is absolutely not too much to give him a maximum salary.

In just a few days, the Rockets were torn apart, and only a few people left in the original team, such as Leonard, Whiteside, and Gobert.

The Rockets, who still have plenty of salary space, can only bring in reinforcements from free agency, but they have very few players to attract at the moment, and it will be difficult to sign quality players unless they are offered a large premium contract.

Regardless, the Rockets' three-game winning streak lasted only a short time before they fell from the clouds and hit the ground hard.

The Rockets, built around Leonard next season, may still be a playoff regular, but it's hard to be a league powerhouse.

Just when the general manager of the Rockets was worried about a few more gray hairs, a trade request was quietly submitted to the Rockets management.

"The Brooklyn Nets are going to use Jarret. Jack and the 2017 second round plus some cash compensation in exchange for Nikolai. Jokic? ”

When he saw the trade request submitted by the Nets, the general manager of the Rockets was slightly stunned.

If the other party didn't mention it, he really forgot about the little-known center forward in the team.

At this moment, he hesitated a little, because Jokic was personally selected by Wang Chao, although he basically didn't play much in the past season, but in the daily training, it can be seen that Wang Chao attaches great importance to Jokic, and even has strict requirements for Jokic's weight.

Instinctively, the general manager of the Rockets felt that this Jokic should also be like Leonard, Butler and other players, there is a potential that is difficult for ordinary people to perceive, even if it is not as good as Leonard and Butler, you can also refer to Middleton and Chandler. Parsons and Whiteside.

"Should I let it go? Or do you want to stay and observe it a little longer......"

After struggling for a long time, the general manager of the Rockets looked at the Nets' offer and still felt a little moved.

Jarret. Jack was drafted in '05 and was born in 1983 and is 35 years old, but as a point guard, Jack has performed remarkably well this season. Williams played off the bench and averaged 12 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in 28 minutes per game.

The Rockets are now seriously short of guard talent, especially Wang Chao's departure. After Williams' one-year veteran base salary expires, there will be no players who can be in charge, and it is quite tempting to exchange Jokic for Jack to play the main control, plus some cash compensation.

Take 10,000 steps back, even if Jokic really has some potential, the Rockets are not capable of cultivating him, unless he gives up Whiteside, who has just renewed his contract with a maximum salary, Jokic can only stay on the bench forever, or even a substitute for the bench, after all, in this year's playoffs, Gobert's performance on the defensive end is also eye-catching, whether it is defending Embiid or Gasol in the Finals.

No matter how you look at it, Jokic can only be ranked behind Whiteside and Gobert, even if he has some potential, what can he do?

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"The Rockets have agreed to a trade."

Nets General Manager's Office, Billy. Jin rubbed his eyebrows and said to Wang Chao.

He didn't bother to ask Wang Chao why.

Jarret. Although Jack is not a star player, he is an important rotation player on the Nets' bench this season, and the 6 million contract is not taken for nothing, in order to change a soy sauce role, not only Jack was sent, but also a second round plus 4 million cash, what is the difference between this and giving it away for nothing?

But Wang Chao can't be questioned, especially when the other party has not officially signed a contract with the team, anything involving Wang Chao's signing will be a serious and huge problem.

Therefore, he will obediently do whatever Wang Chao says, in case Wang Chao is unhappy and gives up joining the Nets, the team owner will definitely fire him immediately to vent his anger.

After all, after the Nets' experience of being the No. 1 salary player in the past two years and paying the luxury tax and going home early in the playoffs, the Nets' Russian landlord doesn't have much patience for his general manager, and he has to do something to stabilize his position.

"The players who should be wanted are all available now, and the next step is to clear the salary space to facilitate future operations."

Sit Billy. Wang Chao in front of Jin said with a calm smile.

During his four years with the Rockets, he was a little tired of small-ball tactics, and although the era of small-ball was just beginning, he already wanted to play something else, such as the retro interior twin towers.

This is also the reason why Wang Chao is obsessed with getting Jokic.

The Nets themselves have an All-Star interior liner, Brooke. Lopez.

Although he is relatively low-key, Lopez's strength is still very good, with a height of 2.13 meters and an arm span of 2.27 meters, coupled with superb interior skills, he has an offensive ability that most interior players in the league do not have.

In the original time and space, Brooke. Lopez averaged 20 points per game in both the 15-16 and 16-17 seasons, and his career-long average of 16.4 points per game is not bad.

Limitations Brooke. The main shortcomings of Lopez as a top interior player are defense and rebounding.

Lopez is slow, weak in confrontation, unable to defend in the face of stronger inside, misplaced and small in the face of outside players can not keep up with the opponent's speed, and as a big center with a height of 2.13 meters, his career average of rebounds per game is only 6.3, which is enough to prove his weak rebounding ability.

In the future, Lopez will be the main player of the Bucks and win the NBA championship in the 2020-21 season with the team, but at that time, Lopez, who averaged only 12 points and 5 rebounds per game, could only claim to be the team's starting main player, far from being the core of the team.

Anyway, Brooke. Lopez's strength at this stage can definitely enter Wang Chao's eyes, and he is really looking forward to what kind of chemistry Lopez and Jokic will have when the two spatial interior lines appear on the court at the same time.

Nets General Manager Billy. Kim would never have imagined that the Nets have only made two trades so far, but Wang Chao has already built the team's championship-winning lineup.

Inside Jokic partnered with Lopez, although both are at the center position, the style of play allows both to swing to the power forward position, after all, both of them are interior players who focus on mid-to-long-range shooting.

On the outside, the guard position has the No. 11 rookie Devin who was acquired through a trade. Booker, Booker's scoring ability is strong, he can be called the strongest scoring guard after Kobe and Harden, and his average points per game in the second season of his career have remained stable at more than 20 points, and his performance has been rising.

In addition, the Nets themselves have a player that Wang Chao prefers, Bojan. Bogdanovic.

Bogdanovic, who joined the league in the 2011 draft, did not officially land in the NBA until last season due to a European contract.

Bogdanovic, who will join the Jazz in the future, averaged 20+ points per game in the 19-20 and 22-23 seasons, respectively, and his other seasons have also been remarkable.

Even next season, in the 15-16 season, Bojan of the Nets. Bogdanovic was able to contribute 11.2 points and three rebounds on 43 percent shooting from the field and 38 percent from three-point range as a bench rotation.

As a rookie with an annual salary of only 3 million, such a level can be described as inexpensive.

What's more, whether it is Booker or Bogdanovic, they are both standard players who focus on off-ball tactics, can run without the ball and shoot at fixed points, and the three-point shooting rate can also be maintained in the range of about 40%, which is very suitable for Wang Chao's needs as a ball-holding core.

In this way, the Nets' starting lineup next season can be tentatively set as Wang Chao, Devin . Booker, Bojan. Bogdanovic, Brooke. López, Nikolai. Jokic.

In addition, the strength of the team's bench is not bad.

The Nets drafted three players in the draft, and in addition to Booker, Monterey. Harrell & Norman. Powell.

Both players are well-known bench gangsters in the future league.

Harrell is 2.01 meters tall and plays as a power forward, although his height is not outstanding among interior players, he has strong athleticism, and he is a good player at scoring in the frame in bench time, and at his peak in the 19-20 season he averaged 18.6 points and 7 rebounds per game in the Los Angeles Clippers, and was elected the sixth man of the season.

As for Norman, who is 1.93 meters tall and plays as a defender. Powell is also a fierce player, averaging 19.6 points per game with the Raptors in the 20-21 season, and even if he was traded to the Trail Blazers in the second half, he still had a 17-point performance.

Although the explosive period of these two players is five or six years later, at least they have some potential, as long as Wang Chao gives them more opportunities to temper, plus the assistance of sparring potions, it is not impossible to play well in advance.

After all, both of them are just bench bandits, as long as they can play something during the time they come off the bench.

Just listening to these names, Wang Chao felt that he was not far from the championship.

"The task of the Champion Rescuer is really not very difficult......

Wang Chao actually knows that the difficulty of this career achievement task will become more and more difficult in the future, because as time goes by, Wang Chao's ability to foresee will gradually lose its advantage, and he cannot exchange high-quality potential players through a few simple drafts and trades as he is now.

The team he assembled with the Nets has the opportunity to create a three-pronged dynasty again, but because of the career achievements of the dynasty savior, as long as he wins the championship, he will choose to leave the Nets and join another team that has not won the championship.

Although this career achievement is not mandatory, it doesn't matter if Wang Chao stays with the Nets to win a few more championships, in order to make the ultimate prize more lucrative, he definitely still wants to let the career achievement module fly as many team flags as possible.

Now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

That's the question of freeing up salary space for the team.

On that note, Nets owner Mikhail. Prokhorov is really a rich man who is not bad for money, as long as he can guarantee the team's record and can compete for the championship, what is it to spend some money?

On July 11, the Nets officially announced that they had joined the team with star Deron . Williams reached a buyout agreement that would see Deron settle over five years on a two-year contract totaling $27.5 million.

Only one day later, the Nets officially issued an announcement again, with All-Star player Joe. Johnson reached a buyout agreement to settle the remaining $24.89 million for the remaining 1 year in 5-year installments, an average of 5 million per year.

Nets fans are stupid.

Is this a bump in the team management? Can't flip the table?

How can any team buy out the main core players of two teams in just two days?

Delong. Williams and Joe. Johnson is a serious All-Star player, and he has also been selected to the best team, although the performance has been poor in the past two years, Deron has averaged only 13 points and 6.6 assists per game this season, and Joe Johnson has only 14.4 points and 5 rebounds. Is it completely pushed to the point of reconstruction?

The Nets' two-day buyout of two stars looks very magical, but in the eyes of industry professionals, there is a sense of disobedience.

First, the Nets bought out Deron and Joe. Johnson's own case is understandable.

In fact, the Nets did buy out these two in the 15-16 season, but the time span was longer.

Deron reached a buyout agreement with the Nets in early July '15, and then after more than half a year, on February 26, 2016, before the trade deadline, the Nets signed a buyout agreement with Joe. Johnson reached a buyout agreement.

Now it's just a continuous buyout of the two, and there is not much difference in essence.

In the eyes of industry professionals, the Nets' abnormal move must have some intentions, and if you want to ask about the most important hot event after the opening of the free market this summer......

"Could it be ......?"

Some teams are starting to feel bad.

Before they could react, they bought out Joe. Three hours after Johnson, the Nets officially issued a new announcement again, reaching a contract extension agreement with free agent Wang Chao, who will join the Brooklyn Nets in the form of a contract of 1+1, 2 years and $44 million, with a second-year player option.

This contract is exactly the same as the contract signed by James when he returned to the Cavaliers, with great flexibility, and he can jump out of the contract and re-sign after one year, the only drawback is that the total salary will be reduced due to the short number of years, after all, the NBA league's salary is increasing year by year.

As soon as this news was announced, it immediately caused a sensation in the whole league.

Wang Chao actually joined the Brooklyn Nets.

After countless fans were surprised, thinking about it carefully, it seems to be reasonable again, no wonder the Nets are in a hurry to buy out two star players in a row, and they must free up salary space to sign Wang Chao as soon as possible so as not to have too many dreams at night.

Wang Chao has long said that he wants to join a team that has never won a championship in history and help the team win the championship.

The Nets fit that bill perfectly, and being in the New York metropolis has a natural advantage.

It's no secret that Wang Chao is a billionaire and richer than many NBA team owners. Wang Chao spent a lot of money to buy a luxury house in New York, and then bought a fashion brand company for Miranda and renamed it Miranda, and the company's headquarters is also in New York.

Wang Chao's joining the Nets is like going home, and he is naturally the preferred target.

Knicks fans all sighed when they saw this.

is also a New York team, the Knicks, as the league's largest ball city team, are not a little more competitive than the Nets, but the Knicks have won a total of two championships in history, and they are not within the scope of Wang Chao's precise poverty alleviation, so they can only watch with envy as the Nets pick up such a big bargain.

At the same time, many veterans began to have a strong interest in the Nets, after all, in the past ten years, Wang Chao has represented the favorite to win the championship, from the beginning of the 05-06 season to the just ended 14-15 season, Wang Chao has never missed the finals in ten seasons, and has a 7-3 record.

Garnett, Ray Allen, Kidd and many other veterans have successfully fulfilled their championship dreams by Wang Chao's side.

Therefore, even if Wang Chao chooses to join a team like the Brooklyn Nets this time, it can still make the Nets go from an ordinary team on the verge of the playoffs to a favorite overnight.

Like Deron and Joe, who just reached a buyout deal with the Nets. Johnson and the others expressed their willingness to take a salary cut and rejoin the Nets to help Wang Chao win the championship.

The two who eat the buyout bonus don't care about the amount of the new contract, especially since the two have completely lost the impression of their respective All-Star level stars in the past few seasons, and no team is willing to give them high salaries.

Knowing that the two stars wanted to stay with the team and were willing to accept low-salary contract extensions, Nets general manager Billy Brown. Kim's heart moved.

As the so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, Delon and Joe. No matter how bad Johnson's performance is, he was a player who averaged double-doubles per game last season, and with an annual salary of 20 million, both of them are indeed a burden to drag the team forward, but if it is re-signed with a base salary after the buyout, it is not too fragrant.

And when he told Wang Chao about this, Wang Chao was also quite surprised.

I didn't expect there to be an unexpected gain.

Just like Billy. Kim said that Delon and Joe. Johnson's annual salary of 20 million is a burden, but if it is a veteran's base salary, it is indeed cost-effective.

Wang Chao remembers very well that after being bought out, Joe Johnson joined the Miami Heat with a veteran base salary of $410,000, and then averaged 13.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game in 24 games for the Heat in the 15-16 season, and also had 12 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists in the playoffs.

With this season's excellent performances, Joe. Johnson regained the league's trust, and the Utah Jazz poached him on a two-year, $22 million contract, successfully completing the leap from 410,000 to 10 million.

As for Delong. Williams is also in the case with Joe. Johnson is similar, Deron who was bought out by the Nets joined the Dallas Mavericks for 1 year and $5.5 million, and played in 63 games in the 15-16 season, averaging 14 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists per game.

Of course, the state of the two veterans only lasted for two to three years, and they were soon eliminated by the league due to their age and competitive state when they could not adapt to the high-intensity games of the NBA.

But for Wang Chao, what he needs to consider now is such an excellent instant combat power, since they are willing to come and hold their thighs and lie on the crown, it doesn't hurt to fulfill them.

Wang Chao is reluctant to join forces with top stars like James who are in their playing years, but it is still good to bring these players who have passed the peak of their careers, have a certain amount of instant combat power and have a certain desire for the championship, at least they will definitely play hard for the championship, and there is no situation of fishing in troubled waters.

So in DeLong with Joe. After the clarification period of Johnson's buyout, the Nets announced for the first time that they had re-signed the two players. Johnson signed a one-year veteran base salary of $820,000 with the Nets.

DeLong vs. Joe. Johnson is younger, only 31 years old, although his form has declined significantly due to injury, but he is still a more sought-after player in the market, and the salary is relatively high, signing a two-year, $10 million contract, and having a player option for the second year.

Delon and Joe. Johnson's return to the Nets adds two more big players to the Nets' roster.

And with the Nets officially signing a three-year, $60 million contract extension, Brooke jumped out of contract. López, the number of players in the squad has reached 13.

In addition to the players mentioned above, there are three other role players who were originally on the Nets' bench role. Brown, Sergey. Karashev & Cory. Jefferson.

Wang Chao has never even heard the names of these players, they are all inconsequential roles, and they basically don't have playing time.

The current squad structure of the team has satisfied Wang Chao.

The first five tigers: Wang Chao, German. Booker, Bojan. Bogdanovic, Brooke. López, Nikola Jokic.

Substitutes: Delon. Williams, Joe. Johnson, Monterey. Harrell, Norman. Powell.

As long as this lineup is tempered a little, it is a proper dynasty-level team, and the team's salary space is also very well controlled.

Wang Chao's annual salary is 22 million, Brooke. Lopes is 20 million, Delong is 5 million, Bogdanovic is 3.43 million U.S. dollars, Booker is 2.13 million U.S. dollars, and the rest of the players are generally under 1 million salaries. Smith has a total buyout fee of 11 million, and the total salary of the Nets is only a little over 70 million.

With a salary cap of exactly $70 million and a luxury tax threshold of $84.7 million for the 2015-16 season, the Nets' salary is far from triggering the luxury tax.

Compared with the previous two seasons, the Nets ranked first in annual salary and paid a high luxury tax, and team owner Prokhorov simply felt tears in his eyes.

"Davaris, are you sure that with such a lineup, with only such a small amount of money, the team has any hope of winning the championship?"

At a private party held by the Nets to welcome Wang Chao to join, team owner Prokhorov confirmed this to Wang Chao more than once.

"Don't worry, there is a way that soldiers are more expensive than fine, I was in the Magic before, when the Rockets created a three-game championship dynasty, the team did not pay the luxury tax, not that you can win the game if you spend a lot of money." Wang Chao smiled and shook his head.

"I can promise you that the Nets will win the championship if it is as short as a year or as long as three years, and if I can't do it, I will sign a long-term contract with the Nets until I win a championship for the team!"

Nets General Manager Billy. Kim was on the side, the smile on his face already stiffened.

It's not that you can win by spending money, Wang Chao told the team owner in front of him, the general manager of the team, and it was no different from slapping him in the face.

But even if it was a slap in the face, he had to catch it with a smile, because he couldn't afford to provoke either Wang Chao or Prokhorov, no matter who it was, a word of effort could make him roll up and get out of the house immediately.

The general manager is really too poor to do this.

Billy, who was very upset. Jin didn't know that the general manager of the Rockets and the head coach of the team, Mike Hale, had been anxious for a long time in the past few days, and his eyes were full of tears, and he couldn't wait for Wang Chao, the guy who had put the power of the two of them in the air, to parachute back immediately.

It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.

In the past few years, when Wang Chao took care of everything, they were still a little dissatisfied in their hearts, thinking that Wang Chaoyue was too domineering.

But now that there is no Wang Chao, all kinds of problems have surfaced, and they know that Wang Chao is good.

What made the general manager of the Rockets speechless the most was that Wang Chao and the Nets actually teamed up to yin him once, and snatched Jokic away with Jack plus a second-round pick.

When he saw the news that Wang Chao announced that he would join the Nets, the general manager of the Rockets only felt that his eyes were dark, and he couldn't wait to look up to the sky and yell, "I'm really too upright." ”

If he knew that it was Wang Chao who asked Jokic, even if Jokic was useless to the Rockets, he would have to knock on a few first-round picks at least before he would give up, but now it was too late to say anything, so he could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

(End of chapter)