No matter what the outside world thinks about Wang Chao's joining the Nuggets, it has been concluded at this time, and the Nuggets have also become one of the strongest teams in the West because of Wang Chao, although the prospect of winning the championship is not optimistic, but the strength must be recognized, after all, it is the eight-time champion Wang Chao!

Signing Wang Chao's Nuggets, the recruitment work continues.

After all, he gave up renewing his contract with Gallinari this summer and sent away Farid and Wilson one after another. Chandler, cut Darrell. After Arthur, the Nuggets' lineup is not neat, although Wang Chao, Gobert, Mitchell, Murray and Tucker can already put together a starting five Tigers lineup, but the bench lineup is dwarfed.

In the past, Wang Chao's team basically not only had a strong starting lineup, but also a good bench lineup. Parsons, Middleton and others, the Nets also had Powell, Harrell, Brogdon.

But now the Nuggets, there is no one on the bench who can play.

For Wang Chao, who aims to lead the Nuggets to win the championship, this is obviously unacceptable.

So the deal continues.

On July 10, the Nuggets reached a trade agreement with the Utah Jazz, using the 2020 first-round pick plus a trade exception worth $5 million to get forward Kyle Brown, the Jazz's 30th pick in the first round this year. Kuzma.

(It was supposed to be traded directly at the draft, but I forgot about it before, so I can only make up for it now, and forgive me for the unreasonable.) ）

The Jazz management is actually quite hesitant about this deal, who knows whether this is the meaning of the Nuggets management or Wang Chao's meaning.

If it's the Nuggets management, it's okay, this year is a recognized draft year in the league, and there are not many players worth cultivating and excavating, not to mention that it is still the 30th pick in the first round, which is not much different from the second round in essence.

The Jazz will choose Kuzma because of the star Gordon. Hayward has shown a reluctance to stay in Utah and wants to join a league powerhouse.

As a result, Hayward chose to join the Boston Celtics on July 5 for 4 years and 128 million, and the Jazz lost their only star, and the road to rebuilding was far away.

From the perspective of Jazz management, trading Kuzma, a worthless first-round pick at No. 30, for a first-round pick three years from now is not a loss.

Indeed, with Wang Chao, the Nuggets' regular season record will not be too bad, and the draft picks in the past two years will not be particularly high, but this does not mean that in 2020, three years later, the Nuggets will be so strong.

From the very beginning, Wang Chao's purpose was very clear, that is, to win the championship, once he found that there was no way to win the championship in the Nuggets, there were only two options in front of Wang Chao, the first was to ask the team to bring in reinforcements, and the second was to leave the Nuggets and seek another way.

Considering Wang Chao's annual salary of more than 35 million, and there are 16 million Gobert and nearly 10 million PJ Tucker in the team, the salary space of the Nuggets is simply not enough to sign in exchange for some powerful star players, so it is more likely that Wang Chao will leave the Nuggets.

Once Wang Chao leaves the Nuggets within these three years, then the team's record will definitely plummet, and it is very likely that they will go straight to the lottery or even compete for the top spot.

That's what the Jazz gambled on, and even if they took 10,000 steps back, Wang Chao was still in the Nuggets in 2020, and led the team to win the championship all the way, the worst result was that the Jazz team exchanged for this first-round pick to become the 30th pick in the first round, which is no different from the pick they selected Kuzma.

But...... If the deal is made at the behest of Wang Chao, then the Jazz will have to think carefully.

It is no secret that Wang Chao's eyes are like a torch in the league, but there is basically no player he values that he can't play.

From Leonard, Butler, Thomas Jr. and others, to the current Jokic, Booker, and Wang Chao almost never missed.

The Rockets now regret letting Gobert go so easily, if they get the news that Wang Chao is going to join the Nuggets first, they will definitely not ignore Gobert, and the Nuggets will poach Gobert with 4 years and 64 million, even if Whiteside does not need Gobert, they have to make a symbolic offer to increase Gobert's value and bleed the Nuggets.

But the Nuggets and Wang Chao are very chicken thieves, and they waited until everything was settled before officially announcing the news of joining, and it was too late to regret it at this time.

The Jazz don't know exactly who wants Kuzma, and they can only trust the judgment of their own coaching staff and scouts.

Kuzma, as a striker, is 2.08 meters tall, although it is not bad, but his weight of only 100 kilograms is too weak, and his athleticism is also ordinary, and his offensive skills are relatively simple.

If it weren't for that, his draft pick wouldn't have dropped to the bottom of the first round.

In the original history, Kuzma was also picked up, and was supposed to be selected by the Nets with the 27th pick in the first round and then sent to the Lakers as a trade chip, but he didn't expect to play well in the Lakers' first season, averaging 16.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, which was not inferior to Ingram, who was pinned on by the Lakers.

In the 18-19 season, Kuzma's personal data went further, averaging 18.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, and he was James' most powerful assistant, and in the 19-20 season when the Lakers won the championship, Kuzma was also the third scoring point in the team, second only to James and Davis, the two core players with thick eyebrows.

Kuzma is indeed a player who can surprise people, with average talent, he learns and improves quickly in the NBA, and he can have a good mentality and can put himself in a position.

Wang Chao found a way to exchange Kuzma for him, allowing him to share playing time with Tucker in the forward position, two people with one main defense and one main offense, no matter who serves as a substitute, they can become the main force of the team during the bench time.

Of course, this is not enough, and in addition to Kuzma, the Nuggets need at least one big player who can take advantage of the team in his bench time.

Wang Chao has long had the best candidate in his heart.

In the 17-18 season, there were still some good players in the league's free market, especially in the low-end free market.

For example, former All-Star Derrick, whose contract with the Knicks expired. Rose, for example, played a season with the Bulls, both the team's performance and his own performance was not satisfactory, and the Flash Dwayne is currently negotiating with the Bulls to buy out. Wade, both are good candidates.

In the original time and space, Wade and Rose both chose to join the Cavaliers with a base salary, but both of them did not live well with the Cavaliers.

Rose played in only 16 games for the Cavaliers in the 17-18 season, averaging 9.8 points and 1.6 assists per game, and was sent to the Jazz as a trade chip in February before being cut to join the Timberwolves.

Wade was in a slightly better situation than Rose, but after foreseeing the Cavaliers' lack of championship hope, he chose to part ways peacefully with the Cavaliers and his good brother James, allowing the team to send him back to the Heat through a trade, and retired with dignity after the Heat finished the 18-19 season.

From the perspective of Wang Chao, a traverser, whether it is Wade or Rose, there is obviously gas in the tank, but it is only the reason for playing time, tactical position and ball distribution that leads to their poor performance.

Especially Rose, in the 18-19 season, when the Timberwolves played an average of 27 minutes per game, he could contribute 18 points and 4 assists, and played extremely efficiently, and after joining the Detroit Pistons in the 19-20 season, the playing time was reduced to 26 minutes, but he could still get 18 points and 5.6 assists, and the shooting rate was as high as 49%.

This is enough to prove that even if he loses the explosiveness he relies on because of injury, as long as he stays healthy, Rose can still be qualified for the starting point guard position of a team, and he is more than enough to serve as a backup sixth man.

The Nuggets' next main targets are these two players, especially Rose, who has become a free agent.

When he learned from his agent that the Nuggets, to be exact, Wang Chao was interested in him, Rose was quite surprised.

Since his family knows his own business, after the big contract with the Knicks, Rose knows that it may be difficult to get another big contract in his career, so his goal this summer is to join a team with championship quality and try to get a championship ring before the end of his career.

In this regard, if Wang Chao recruited him with the Nets, he would be more than happy to go, even if it was just a base salary.

But now it's the Nuggets...... There is no room for Ross not to hesitate.

As most people in the outside world know, no matter how strong Wang Chao is, leading such a poor Nuggets team has no chance of winning the championship.

While Nuggets management contacted Rose, the Cleveland Cavaliers in the East were also actively persuading Rose to join.

In Rose's view, the Cavaliers' allure is significantly higher than that of the Nuggets, and the strong combination of the three champions is the strongest team configuration in the league without the Nets Super League.

But just when he was about to join the knights after some careful consideration, Wang Chao called him specifically.

"Derek, I don't know if you've made a decision about where to go, but before you do, I'd like to talk to you about it."

On the phone, Wang Chao didn't have too many polite words, and his meaning was straightforward.

"I can't give you much, and the Nuggets can only give you a base salary in terms of salary, but I can still give you some promises, if you join the Nuggets, I have absolute confidence that I can win the championship in two years, in fact, the probability of winning the championship this year is more than 90% in my opinion."

"In addition to the championship promise, I can also promise you that you will play at least 25 minutes per game, and although you will not be a starter, you will be the tactical core of the team in the bench time, and the team will try to help you compete for the best sixth man award as much as possible to help you play again."

Hearing Wang Chao's promise, Ross was moved.

For him at present, Wang Chao's commitment is too valuable.

Averaging more than 25 minutes per game, being at the tactical heart of the team in his bench time, and helping him compete for the Sixth Man of the Year as much as possible, promises that appeal even more than championships.

At this moment, his favorite family has already been decided.

After the phone call with Wang Chao, Rose got in touch with his agent and Cavaliers management to consult about his tactical position and role in the team after joining the Cavaliers.

A day later, the Nuggets announced that they had reached an agreement with Rose to sign the former Windy City Rose with a one-year, $2.1 million veteran base salary.

Although Rose failed to become the youngest MVP in NBA history due to Wang Chao, the lack of this honor did not affect Rose's own strength and playing style, and he still has a large number of fans who like that unique style of play.

Rose's injury and fall have always been a matter of regret in people's hearts.

In the 10th year of his career, Rose, who was just 30 years old, could only get a base salary contract, which made people sigh and at the same time, they sincerely hoped that Rose could get a championship ring during the Nuggets and Wang Chao to realize their dream.

The signing of the Nuggets and Rose has not received much attention from the league.

Rose is no longer the Rose of the past, and the value of the veteran's base salary proves that the Nuggets' signing of such a player with serious injury concerns is not enough to improve the current situation of the team's poor roster.

The only disappointment was the Cavaliers, who had been pursuing Rose.

In fact, the Cavaliers' pursuit of Rose is not because of Rose's personal ability, but because the team management cares more about Rose's identity as the NBA champion in 08.

The Cavaliers currently have a three-top lineup, and if they can sign Rose again, they can form an unprecedented four-top combination, full of gimmicks, as for Rose's own ability, the Cavaliers have not considered it at all, whether it is James or Irving, they all have the ability to hold the ball, and the Cavaliers really don't have much demand for point guards.

This is also the reason why it is difficult for both Deron and Rose to play after joining the Cavaliers.

The failure to sign Rose shattered the Cavaliers' idea of forming the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse".

But Rose was just a gimmick for the Cavaliers, so the impact wasn't particularly great.

But the Cavaliers couldn't even imagine that the Cavaliers' recruitment work had not yet begun in full swing, and the team's backyard was on fire first.

As with the original space-time process, Irving suddenly jumped out without warning to do something, submitted a trade request to the team, made it clear that he did not want to continue playing with the Cavaliers, and asked to trade him to the Celtics.

Irving's reason for wanting to leave the Cavaliers is actually very simple, after playing next to James for 3 years, he has had enough of the ball and the spotlight all focused on James alone.

He wanted to change the environment and be the boss of a team himself, instead of being a green leaf next to James year after year.

Owen was right, but he was a little self-conscious.

As a offensive player, Irving, who has outstanding offensive skills, is indeed quite good, but as a team leader, whether it is in the Cavaliers, the Green Army or later the Nets, he has never proven himself, and even often misses the game for some strange personal reasons, affecting the team atmosphere, no matter what the reason, this lack of professional attitude should not appear in a professional player.

Irving's choice to leave the Cavaliers is definitely a lose-lose choice, no matter where the Cavaliers trade Irving, there is no way to exchange for a second-in-command who can match James' style so well, and after Irving leaves the Cavaliers, it can be said that there is nothing to be gained in terms of individual honor or team honor, and what can be mentioned until 2023 is still the key three-point shot in the Finals during the 15-16 season of the Cavaliers.

It's the last day of the end of the month, and I ask for a wave of monthly tickets to thank you

(End of chapter)