Gordon alone is certainly far from the goal of Wang Chao leading the Jazz to win the championship, and it needs to continue to operate, and the free agency market will open on November 21, two days after the draft.

Although the timing of the shortened season was not the same as before because of the mask, as always, the league immediately became lively on the day the free market opened.

But looking at the poor roster structure of the Jazz team, Wang Chao only felt a headache.

If he could, he would like to add Mike. Conley gives the deal away.

This product occupies nearly 35 million salary space, doing the work of an ordinary starting point guard, which is really a garbage big contract.

The Jazz team has such a big contract, and then they will prepare a maximum salary contract for Wang Chao, which naturally starts at 35 million, plus Gordon's 20 million and Jordan. Clarkson and Ingles' 10 million, salary space is directly at the top, and it is simply not enough to make a profit in the free market.

In the free market in 2020, there are still good players.

Wang Chao prefers Sabonis, the center of the Pacers.

Sabonis is also a space-based center that is a rare occurrence in the league these days, with mid-range and three-point shooting ability that can open up space.

What's more, his contract extension with the Pacers in 2020 is not too big, 74.9 million for 4 years, which is far from the level of the maximum salary.

Wang Chao thinks about whether it is possible to use the high salary to poach Sabonis from the Pacers, so that at least the Jazz team has a good offensive scoring point on the inside, and has a certain long-range shooting ability, which is also convenient for Wang Chao, the ball-holding offensive core, to open up space.

But if Conley can't send it away, this plan is destined to be unrealized, unless the Jazz give up providing Wang Chao with a maximum salary, which Wang Chao will not accept anyway.

Mi Lijian's money, how much he should earn, Wang Chao will not back down a penny, even if it will affect his plan to win the championship, it is really not good, he can also think of ways from other aspects, but the money must not be less, even if this money is not as much as a fraction of his donation.

Since there is no possibility of intercepting and Sabonis, Wang Chao will find another way.

Anyway, it's 35 million, so why not add some points and change to a player who can play a little better than Conley?

The Jazz aren't the only team looking for a pick-up.

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A day after the opening of the free market, a deal involving nearly 100 million yuan was announced.

The Utah Jazz sent Mike. Conley, Joe. Ingles and the '21 and '23 first-round picks, traded from the Thunder for star Russell. Westbrook.

As soon as the deal was announced, it immediately caused a lot of reactions.

The Thunder have been working on a rebuild since the breakup of the Big Three, but because the Rockets' players are not Harden, there was no swap of owners between Paul and Westbrook last season.

The Thunder have been selling Westbrook to the outside world, but both the players and the team management have some affection for each other, and Westbrook wants to leave some assets for the team, and the team is willing to send Westbrook to a team capable of winning championships.

However, Westbrook's 17-year contract extension with the Thunder for 5 years and 206 million yuan in advance has become the biggest obstacle.

In the 19-20 season, Westbrook's salary was $38.18 million, and a team with championship strength couldn't come up with a player who could match Westbrook's contract unless they traded their main star as a bargaining chip.

So Westbrook played another season with the Thunder, but without Paul. George, with only one Adams by his side, Westbrook was unable to continue to make the playoffs for the Thunder, although he averaged 27 points, 10.1 rebounds and 10.5 assists per game to achieve a triple-double in the season.

What's even more of a headache for the Thunder management is that Westbrook's annual salary will increase to $41.01 million in the 20-21 season, making it more difficult to trade.

At this time, the Jazz took the initiative to find the door.

When they heard that the Jazz were willing to trade Conley and Ingles for Willis, the Thunder were a little moved.

They had planned to fight for some high-pick picks in the past two seasons to rebuild, Conley's big contract only has one year left for next year, and Ingles' 10 million contract only lasts until 2022, which is much more cost-effective than Westbrook's super big contract that will expire in 2023, plus this deal also comes with two first-round picks, which is simply not too profitable.

But Thunder management is still a little hesitant about the deal, because the Jazz obviously don't fit Westbrook's idea of joining a championship-contending team.

Thunder management is grateful to Westbrook for staying with the team during the most difficult times, so they are quite entangled.

Then the Jazz revealed a little secret that couldn't be easily told.

Thunder, who learned the off-court information, finally didn't hesitate and nodded and agreed to the deal.

Westbrook and Conley swapped clubs and will play in the Jazz jersey next season.

For the league, the deal involved an earth-shattering amount of money, but the impact on the alliance was minimal.

Mike. Needless to say, Conley went to the Thunder, it was to highlight a bad champion.

Westbrook didn't get much better when he went to the Jazz.

The famous triple-double macho man, with the increase in the number of consecutive triple-double seasons, the wind rating has continued to decline steadily.

When Westbrook averaged a triple-double in the first year, the league was shocked, and as the third player in NBA history to achieve this feat after Big O and Wang Chao, Westbrook was about to be praised to the sky.

But with the second season and the third season averaging a triple-double per game, fans began to realize that something was wrong.

Wang Chao's average triple-double per game is what the team needs to win.

But Westbrook's triple-double average is like playing for a triple-double, and sometimes even sacrificing the game to pursue a triple-double.

When the Thunder formed the Big Three, George and Anthony, the team's poor record performance and Westbrook's poor performance in the playoffs with a shooting rate of less than 40% for several consecutive years gradually made his image gradually collapse.

Data brushes, fake three-pair macho men, Wang Chao's ridiculous imitators and other evaluations are all buckled on Wei Shao's head.

The current Wei Shao, although he can still get an average of 27+10+10 triple-doubles per game, can't even get into the best three formations, which is the best proof.

The Jazz, who are the bottom team in the league, get a Westbrook, what waves can they make? There is a high probability that it is just a fight with the Thunder.

That's how the outside world sees Westbrook now.

But Wang Chao doesn't see it that way.

How to say it, since the period of the Thunder Big Three, Dawei Shao's strength is indeed Wang Xiaoer's New Year, and every year is not as good as a year.

But even so, Wei Shao's strength is still much stronger than Conley's.

Including in the original time and space, in the 20-21 season, Wei Shao, who came to the Wizards from the Rockets, still averaged 22.2 points, 11.5 rebounds and 11.7 assists per game, and his 43.9% shooting rate was also remarkable.

You must know that no one on the Wizards team is as accustomed to power as the Thunder, and there is no Adams nanny-style escort, and this average triple-double per game still has the gold content.

Wei Shao's strength must be there, there is no doubt about this, his problem is that the technical characteristics are too simple, and the lack of three-point shooting makes it too easy to target, especially in the playoffs, the shooting percentage will always drop sharply as the opponent shrinks the defense and strengthens the interior defense.

At this point, Wang Chao is not worried at all.

Will Will's offensive end be targeted? It doesn't matter, won't he just come to attack when the time comes?

Will Less only attack with the ball? That's okay, Wang Chao will be without the ball!

See, isn't the problem solved at once?

Of course, if he can, Wang Chao very much hopes to replace Wei Shao with Curry, which will definitely be easier to fight.

But the problem is that the trade application will not be ignored when it is submitted to the Warriors, and they may even point their noses at the Jazz management and scold them.

Not to mention Curry, even if the Jazz want to trade Conley for Chris, who is the Rockets. Paul couldn't do it.

Although Paul and Leonard still failed to make further breakthroughs in the playoffs after pairing, they still retained some hope after all, and exchanged Paul for a Conley, how to drop? The Rockets are also ready to fight for the top spot?

With Conley as a bargaining chip, the only player that can be exchanged for it is Westbrook, so don't pick and choose, Wei Shao is good.

And taking 10,000 steps back, Wang Chao's partnership with Westbrook is actually quite dramatic.

Because there has been a rumor in the league a few years ago, that is, the only one who can let Durant go, is Westbrook.

The meaning of this sentence is that Westbrook was reckless and did not pass the ball to Durant at all, and as a result, after a whole game, Durant, who had the ability to attack, could not receive the ball, but Wei Shao made a large number of shots and frequently hit the iron.

It is also rumored that Durant left the Thunder because he could no longer stand Westbrook.

Wang Chao and Durant have had a grudge for a long time, so why not continue to sprinkle salt on the other party's wounds?

Isn't Wei Shao able to guard against Durant? Then let's try to see if you can prevent Wang Chao, if Wang Chao really wins the championship with Wei Shao next season, a new formula may be born.

When Wang Chao was in the Nets, he was once criticized for saying "I was the champion before you came." The classic has been crowned as the formula of Wang Chao.

This formula successfully closed the loop after Wang Chao won the championship with the Nuggets a few years ago.

"I'm still the champion when I'm gone."

Now, there may be a new twist on this formula.

"Not only can I win the championship, but I can also win the championship with a partner who you couldn't win with before."

Shrimp pork heart! It's really shrimp and pork heart!

Just thinking about it, Wang Chao thinks it's a bit too bad for him to do this?

However, Wang Chao did not mean to target Durant, he can only say that this is fate.

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The news of Westbrook joining the Jazz has been silent in the league for only a few days, and not many people really care about the outdated combination of Westbrook and the Jazz.

Because of this year's free market, there are a lot of teams that make big moves.

The first to bear the brunt is of course the traditional giants Los Angeles Lakers.

The Lakers had a terrible season last season, and although the team managed to reach the Western Conference finals, they lost a big player.

Cousins, who ruptured his Achilles tendon ligament, not only missed the Western Conference finals, but this injury made him likely to miss next season's games, and even if he returned from injury, his form would be greatly reduced.

As a result, the Lakers are naturally reluctant to continue to keep Cousins dragging down the team's championship prospects, after all, James is not young, and there are only a few years left in his prime, so he can't delay it any longer.

Therefore, the Lakers made a relatively cold-blooded decision to trade away Cousins and use it as a bargaining chip to trade All-Star center Andre from the Cavaliers. Drummond.

The brutalist center was the rebounding king last season when he averaged 17.7 points and 15.2 rebounds per game between the Pistons and Cavaliers.

Towns' performance on the interior in the playoffs made the Lakers realize that they needed a player who was tough on the inside, so trading the scrapped Cousins for Drummond was a very good deal for them.

It's a pity that the Lakers don't know that if they don't make this deal, the Cavaliers will also cut Drummond in the middle of next season, and then the Lakers can use a veteran base salary to prostitute the All-Star center.

It's just that James's playing style is destined to be reduced to a blue-collar center without projection ability.

Drummond, who averaged 17.5 points and 13.5 rebounds per game in the first half of the season in the Cavaliers, dropped sharply after joining the Lakers in the second half of the season, averaging only 11.9 points and 10.2 rebounds per game in 21 games for the Lakers.

Wang Chao doesn't think that the James + Towns version of the Lakers will be fundamentally different from the version of James + thick eyebrows Davis, so there is a high probability that Huaishen will still hit the street as a result of joining the Lakers.

It's just that other people don't have the ability to have the foresight of Wang Chao, and the media is still praising the Lakers for the exquisite operation of this deal, and they didn't even pay for the draft pick, so they used the abolished Cousins to prostitute an All-Star center with good combat effectiveness from the Cavaliers.

As a result, the Lakers will continue to be competitive, and the dominance of the interior will be even higher, and with the growth of Tatum on the outside, the championship prospects are bright.

The only unstable factor in winning the championship is Wang Chao.

Now the whole league is paying attention to whether Wang Chao will stay with the Clippers.

This will directly determine the direction of the league next season.

According to the current lineup of the Clippers, as long as Wang Chao can be retained, he will still be the biggest favorite to win the championship and a strong rival of all teams in the league.

The Clippers also want to keep Wang Chao, but unfortunately, the initiative in this kind of thing is not in them.

At the end of November, the Clippers officially confirmed that Wang Chao would not renew his contract with the team, and expressed his gratitude for Wang Chao's contributions to the Clippers in the past two years, wishing Wang Chao smooth sailing in the following season.

Clippers team owner Ballmer personally promised that the Clippers will retire Wang Chao's jersey and cast a statue of Wang Chao after he retires.

Retiring jerseys and casting statues are the team's highest level of respect for a player, and those who have this treatment are the soul of the league's teams.

Wang Chao, who won the first and second championships in team history for the Clippers, definitely deserves this honor.

Almost at the same time, the Jazz officially announced that they would sign Wang Chao with a salary of 82 million for 2 years, and Wang Chao will wear the Jazz jersey to compete in the league next season.

The alliance is shocked!

(End of chapter)