With Irving submitting a trade request, the Cavaliers' most important job in the summer is to find a way to keep Irving, and when management has an in-depth conversation with Irving, and understands that Irving has made up his mind and will not continue to play with the Cavaliers anyway, they can only find a suitable next home for the Cavaliers as much as possible.

However, Irving's condition is not just to ask to be traded, he also has to be traded to a strong team, otherwise he will not play for that team, and Balabala said a lot, and actually named him to join the Celtics.

As soon as those words came out, the other teams that were interested in Irving flinched.

Although they could impress the Cavaliers with more chips than the Celtics to get Irving, if Irving is unwilling to play for them, they won't be able to keep Irving when his contract expires.

As a result, the trade evolved into a one-sided bargain between the Cavaliers and the Celtics.

With Irving's words, the Celtics certainly want to keep the price as low as possible and get Irving at the lowest cost.

But the Cavaliers are not easy to mess with, too much of an offer, would rather break the net and forcibly keep Irving on the Cavaliers for two years, and it will not be cheap for the Celtics.

The two sides bargained for a month and a half, from the beginning of July when Irving announced that he was leaving the Cavaliers to the two teams officially reached a trade agreement, it was August 23.

The Celtics eventually sent Thomas Jr. to Jacks, as in their original history. Claude, Ante. Three players, plus a first-round pick and a second-round pick, got Irving from the Cavaliers.

Even if it's a three-for-one plus a first-round pick and a second-rounder, this deal is still a loss for the Cavaliers.

Thomas Jr. averaged 29 points and 6 assists per game in the regular season last season, but in the playoffs, the shortcomings of his height were immediately exposed, and his average data dropped to 23 points and 6.7 assists per game, and his shooting percentage dropped to 42.6%.

Irving isn't the best point guard either, but his height of 1.88m at least makes him not a complete burden on the defensive end like Thomas Jr.

As for Jay. Crowder averaged 13.9 points and 5.8 rebounds per game last season, which is a decent boost as the Celtics' fourth-scoring point.

All in all, the Celtics were happy to make a deal for them, as they traded the Jazz's All-Star small forward Hayward with a salary cap in early July, and then acquired Irving through a trade, plus a potential new star Jason through the draft. Tatum, the basic plate of a championship team has been successfully established.

On the other hand, the Cavaliers, the three-top combination fell apart, leaving only James and Embiid as the two champions, and although they added Thomas Jr., who ranked fifth on the MVP list last season, the team's strength was still affected.

The only good thing is that since the Celtics and Cavaliers met in the division semifinals in the playoffs last season, a series of butterfly effects caused Thomas Jr. to not cause the recurrence of old injuries in the Eastern Conference finals with the Cavaliers.

So in theory, Thomas Jr. will be healthier next season than he was in his history, and he should be doing better.

Of course, this is something that the Cavaliers themselves don't know.

After the deal with the Celtics was reached, Cavaliers management began to look for reinforcements in the free market, and their first target was Wade, who had already begun negotiations with the Bulls for a buyout.

The Cavaliers aren't the only teams in the league that are constantly looking for trade reinforcements.

At the beginning of September, the Brooklyn Nets finally made a move.

After Wang Chao left the team, the Nets have been in a state of silence, except for the 3-year 45 million contract renewal swingman Bojan. Outside of Bogdanovic, there was no action.

At this stage, the Nets, even without Wang Chao, have a very strong roster structure, and in the eyes of the outside world, they are still a powerhouse in the East, especially when the Cavaliers lose Irving and their strength plummets, the Nets are still the favorite team to enter the Finals next season, but it is quite difficult to defend the title.

The Nets were obviously not satisfied with this, so in early September, the Nets finally started to act, and they sent Bogdanovic, Harrell, Powell, and Brogdon to the Los Angeles Clippers in a package trade, along with a future first-round pick, 4-for-1, to get All-Star guard Chris from the Clippers. Paul.

As soon as the deal was announced, it immediately sent shockwaves through the league.

The point guard god Paul joined the Nets to join Durant, and the team also retained Jokic and Booker, the two most potential players, although many potential players on the bench were traded out as trading chips, and the team's bench lineup was unprecedentedly empty, but the basic plate of Durant + Irving + Jokic + Booker made the Nets the favorite to win the championship again.

The conclusion of this deal made Durant very happy, when interviewed by reporters, Durant couldn't hold back his joyful expression, and said happily: "This feeling is amazing, I have never teamed up with a top point guard like Paul in my career, Wang Chao's organizational strategy is very strong, and the main point guard position in the team is also the point guard position, but he is more like a point forward like LeBron than a traditional point guard, I believe that Chris's mature and experienced organizational strategy can make our scoring easier, Although we lost Wang Chao not long ago, the addition of Chris has given us the strength to defend the title again! ”

Westbrook: "??? ”

Paul's joining the Nets is really the best result of the summer for Durant.

If Wang Chao doesn't leave the Nets and let Durant continue to be his second child, Durant himself will not be able to stand it.

Join the Warriors as an old 1.5, and he can also grab Curry's FMVP in the finals, proving that he is the strongest player in the Warriors, in the Nets he is a pure old 2, not only tactical status, data will always be below Wang Chao, and even in the finals, Wang Chao was publicly PUA because he wanted to grab Wang Chao's FMVP.

Therefore, when he learned that Wang Chao really left the Nets to join the Nuggets, Durant's first reaction was to breathe a sigh of relief.

Wang Chao is gone, and he Durant is the boss of the Nets! Paul's joining is a big boost for him, as a traditional point guard, Paul will definitely not be able to steal his position as the leader of the Nets, as long as he can lead this strong Nets team to win the championship in the new season, then the shame of the Finals will also be washed away.

Paul joined the Nets, but Wang Chao never expected.

Originally, in the 17-18 season, the Clippers, who were determined to tear down the rebuild, traded Paul to the Rockets, and the transaction was 7 for 1, and the Rockets took 7 players and also sent a first-round pick and a second-rounder, which can be described as a bloody investment.

Paul did not disappoint the Rockets, the Rockets partnered by him and Harden played a league-best record of 65-17 in the 17-18 season, and fought seven games with the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals, and even won the match point 3:2, if it weren't for Paul's accidental injury in the battle of Kings Mountain, which led to G6 and G7 not being able to play, the Warriors staged a reversal surprise attack when they trailed by 17 points in the first quarter to level the score to 3:3 and win the final victory in the tie-break battle, The Rockets are highly likely to win the championship in the 17-18 season.

After all, what broke through from the east side was a camp full of remnants, and the Cavaliers who James single-core led all the way up against the sky had a huge gap in strength.

Now, the management of the Rockets has undergone a major change because of the conditions at the beginning of Wang Chao's joining, and the core of the team is Kehuai. Leonard, not Harden, naturally did not have the courage to go 7-for-1, but the Nets took the lead to get Paul.

The lineup of Durant + Paul + Jokic + Booker, in Wang Chao's opinion, may have surpassed the two major aircraft carrier teams of the Cavaliers and the Warriors.

After all, in the 17-18 season, Jokic has been able to contribute 18.5 points, 10.7 rebounds and 6 assists per game, and Booker has averaged 24.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game.

Considering that both of them have the effect of Wang Chao's sparring potion assisted training, and their strength is stronger than that of the same period, the strength of the Nets can be imagined.

"I didn't expect that I would really make myself a strong opponent......"

sighed, but Wang Chao didn't care too much.

Today, how strong his strength has become, in fact, he doesn't know very well.

Wang Chao's overall evaluation of ability value has already reached the full value of 99 in years of training, and many abilities have even reached the promotion conditions, upgraded to 100, and unlocked more powerful abilities.

In terms of natural skills, Wang Chao's previous natural skills have as many as 23, and with this championship, his talents have increased by 2 to 25.

Two new talents, Wang Chao chose to use them in defense and long-lost offense respectively, and got the two talents of defensive vanguard and fantasy footwork respectively.

The effect of the Defensive Vanguard talent is that the talent carrier takes the lead in defending on the field, bringing an encouraging effect to teammates, which can increase the enthusiasm of teammates to defend and increase the defensive ability value by a small amount.

This talent is obviously similar to the defensive core in the 2K badge, which can improve the defensive ability of teammates, and it is extremely cost-effective.

The ability of the fantasy footwork talent is to make Wang Chao's movements more realistic when he performs fantasy footsteps on the inside, making it easier to shake off the defenders.

To be reasonable, this is still the first interior offense-related talent that Wang Chao has obtained, as an outside player, Wang Chao's offensive talent is almost all outside projection bonus type, and the only one that can be used on the inside is the air walking talent.

Although Wang Chao's current offensive ability is also extremely strong without talent to assist the interior offensive ability, this icing on the cake can make his interior offensive skills more threatening talent is definitely valuable, especially now that there are fewer and fewer high-quality centers in the league, the efficiency of the interior offense is sometimes not inferior to outside shooting.

The self-confidence that personal ability brings to Wang Chao is one thing, and the strength of the Nuggets' lineup is not as weak as imagined is another reason.

Wang Chao + Mitchell + Murray's offensive end, the firepower is not necessarily much worse than the Nets, the main thing is that Wang Chao's firepower on the offensive end alone is enough to be comparable to Durant + Paul, Mitchell + Murray is not as good as Booker + Jokic's offensive ability, but it will not be too inferior.

What's more, what this Nuggets team is really strong is its defensive ability.

Wang Chao + Gobert + PJ Tucker, now has the defensive attribute bonus brought by the defensive vanguard.

Imagine Gobert guarding the basket while Wang Chao and Tucker use their mobility to help defend and complement the defense, what kind of terrifying defensive system is this?

In the 17-18 season, the Jazz only relied on Gobert + Derrick. Favers' interior combination has created the strongest defense in the league, conceding the lowest points per game in the entire regular season.

The Jazz team is still like this, and the current Nuggets have got together the defensive combination of Wang Chao + Gobert, and it is completely conceivable how strong the Nuggets' defensive ability will be in the new season.

In comparison, the Nets are indeed stronger than the Nuggets on offense, but on the defensive end, Booker and Jokic are not the kind of players who are good at defense, and Durant is no different.

Someone once analyzed that Durant's defensive ability is actually greatly underestimated, and the monster-like height and arm span make Durant quite high in defensive radius and defensive efficiency as long as he is serious.

But the question is, when will Durant get serious on the defensive end?

Physical fitness has always been Durant's weakness, and it will already cost him ninety percent of his physical strength to fully display his offensive ability in the game, and if he wastes his physical strength on the defensive end, his offensive efficiency will inevitably be seriously affected.

This is also the reason why Durant is obviously good at defense, but he has never been selected to the All-Defensive Team in his career.

Offense and defense can only choose the same situation, it must be the choice of offense.

This is the same as the future elderly James will always be criticized for eye defense, forked waist defense is a reason, physical limitations doomed the aging James to be unable to be as offensive and defensive as when he was young, passionate and galloping, and the situation is even worse.

As for Chris. Paul, as a player who has been selected to the All-Defensive Team 9 times, his defensive ability is very strong, but his height of 1.83 meters is destined to only reflect his defensive ability when he is defending a small guard.

Even if it's Jimmy. Butler, as a top star known for his mediocre talent, his so-called mediocre talent is only related to Kawai. Leonard's talent is in contrast to the case.

Among ordinary players, Butler's talent is also at the top level.

Moreover, the talent is divided into static talent and dynamic talent, Butler's static talent is mediocre, but the dynamic talent is quite good, and the data on the body side such as jump, speed, and strength are better than Leonard.

The topic is off the hook and goes back to the free market in the summer.

Paul's joining the Nets has caused an earthquake in the league, but the "strong earthquake" has not ended.

Fast forward to mid-September, and the league is once again making a big deal.

The Oklahoma City Thunder reached a trade deal with the New York Knicks to send Brooke. Lopez and N'Golo Kante, got superstar Cameron from the Knicks. Anthony.

In this way, the Thunder got their wish and formed the Big Three combination of Westbrook + George + Anthony!

No matter how disappointing the performance of the Thunder's triumvirate in the upcoming 17-18 season, at least for the moment, the combination of these three is the top level in the West and even in the league, and the Thunder has also become one of the top favorites in the league, second only to the Nets, Warriors, Cavaliers and other teams, and even the evaluation is above the Spurs and Rockets, not to mention that there is only one out-of-gas All-Star Rose Nuggets in addition to Wang Chao.

The successive birth and formation of many league super teams have made many basketball commentators sigh that the league has unconsciously entered this era of multi-star teams to win championships, and many of the league's top superstar-studded teams have been overwhelming.

From this point of view, Wang Chao, who ran to the Nuggets and didn't join forces with any stars, was like a clear stream.

However, not two days after such an exclamation was issued, on September 25, Wade, who had just reached a buyout agreement with the Bulls, and Wade, who became a free agent, joined the Cleveland Cavaliers with a 1-year, 2.3 million veteran base salary contract, which once again caused a strong aftershock.

That's Wade! Along with James and Anthony, he is one of the strongest players in the 03 class.

In the case of James, Anthony and even Bosh, who has been away from the league for a year because of blood clots, are still on a contract with a maximum salary, Wade, who is not inferior to them in any way, actually joined the Cavaliers for only $2.3 million?

Last season, that is, in the 16-17 season, Wade in the Bulls can indeed see the decline in personal ability, but even so, in the absence of Butler in the Bulls, Wade, as the team's first scoring point, can still contribute 19.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game.

Such a personal performance, at the moment when the salary is inflated, even if you take into account the problem of age, you can't get an annual salary of 20 million, and 15 million is definitely no problem.

In fact, after Wade reached a buyout agreement with the Bulls, a number of teams offered him a good contract, but Wade did not accept it.

There's no point in making a little more money in his already dying career, but it's better to take advantage of the final minutes to compete for a championship.

For this reason, after careful consideration, he decided to choose the Cavaliers of his good brother James.

Even if they fell to the Eastern Conference Finals last season, and even if the team weakened due to the departure of Irving in the new season, the Cavaliers are still one of the favorites to win the championship, after all, they still have James and Embiid.

The Nuggets also contacted Wade as soon as he bought out with the Bulls, and promised to give the other party an offer for a mid-level contract, but Wade still did not consider joining the Nuggets at all.

After all, what else does the Nuggets' current lineup have besides a Wang Chao that can get it?

What Wade wants is to win the championship, not to make money, and even if it is, the Nuggets' mid-level contract is not as tempting as other teams.

failed to sign Wade, and Wang Chao will not be too disappointed.

Originally, the signing of Wade was just to improve the depth of the team's bench, not a necessity for the team.

And the Nuggets already have Rose and Kuzma on the bench, which is completely adequate.

Wade and the Cavaliers reached a signing agreement on September 27, and the preseason season is about to start, and the teams in the league have already assembled.

The Nuggets are no exception.

Back in early September, the Nuggets called all the new players for makeup photos.

Wang Chao, as always, chose the No. 1 jersey as his team number.

This summer, he spent a relatively long vacation, from the end of June to the beginning of September for more than two months, Wang Chao stayed in New York, and did not hold a personal training camp as usual.

In the past two months, Wang Chao has been at home with his daughter.

Joining the Nuggets next season, Wang Chao has no plans to move his family to Denver.

Miranda and Little Kerr will stay in New York, after all, Little Kerr is still young, if he was born in Denver, it would be fine, and now he has adapted to the environment of New York, and running to a highland climate city like Denver is a bit unfavorable for the growth of children.

Besides, Wang Chao doesn't plan to stay in the Nuggets for a long time, in his plan, he will lead the Nuggets to win the championship this season, and then he will leave here, just a year, and then where he will go is another matter.

If it is a prosperous place with a pleasant climate such as Los Angeles, you can buy a luxury house in advance and arrange for Miranda and Little Kerr to move in.

Wait until next year, that is, in 2018, Wang Chao will also be 35 years old, with the blessing of steel and iron talent, he does not know how long his peak can be maintained, 40 years old or longer, but in order to complete the ultimate task goal of the system and win the mysterious award, Wang Chao still plans to play at least six to seven years to help those uncrowned teams win the championship as much as possible.

This can be regarded as a feeling of a keen player of all kinds of stand-alone games.,Before you are about to clear a game,If you don't get all the achievements in your hands,It always feels like something is almost something.,Even if it's later,The process of the game is just a simple brush.,There's no fun at all.,But for the goal of collecting all the things will still be done with all your might.。

Wang Chao can be sure that when he chooses to officially retire, he will become a legend in the league and even the entire basketball world. (End of chapter)