When it was determined that Wang Chao would continue to compete in the NBA, the question of which team Wang Chao would join next became the most concerned issue for everyone.

Because no matter which team wins the Super League, it will become the favorite to win the championship.

At this time, no one cares about Wang Chao's upcoming 38-year-old age, even if he is 38 years old, Wang Chao is still the first person in the league, and no one can shake it.

Even the Timberwolves, who are at the bottom of the league, will become a championship team as long as they can get Wang Chao, and even become the team with the highest probability of winning the championship.

Wang Chao is also struggling with his next home.

At present, the remaining six teams that have not won the championship, the Hornets and the Raptors are all strong teams in the East, with luxurious rosters and strong strength, but they also do not have enough salary space to sign themselves.

Of the remaining four teams, the Pelicans have Zion, who is known as the strongest physiography in history. Williams, but Zion here is the same as in the original time and space, the excessive weight caused a serious burden on the ankle, and I also like all kinds of leaps and dunks, which led to the injury of his own season reimbursement in the middle of the season, and he did not play a game in the 21-22 season, even in the 22-23 season, and only played 29 games.

Wang Chao is not interested in going to the Pelicans to be a medical care worker, and even in the Jazz, no matter how bad he is, there is a late peak Westbrook by his side, not really even a helper.

As for the Grizzlies Pacers and Timberwolves trio, the Grizzlies currently have Luca. Doncic, and managed to return to the playoffs this season, is not bad.

It's just that after a season with Westbrook, Wang Chao has little interest in joining a team with a big core with the ball, after he joins the Grizzlies, will he give up the ball or Doncic will give up the ball?

As for the only two remaining teams, it is not so difficult to choose.

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On July 30, 2021, the NBA Draft was held as scheduled.

It's just that 21 years is a typical draft year, and there are not many players worth mentioning, if you have to say it, the more valuable thing is that he later played in the 22-23 season, and the 21st draft was the undrafted Austin. Reeves too.

This player is also something that Wang Chao will never miss, after all, a high-quality player who can be prostituted for nothing, don't do it in vain.

The day after the draft, the free market opened.

Almost as soon as the free agency market opened, the Indiana Pacers officially announced that they would sign free agent Wang Chao on a two-year, $90 million contract, with a player option for the second year.

The news of Wang Chao joining the Pacers made the whole league boil!

Although they knew that Wang Chao was limited in the teams he could choose, after all, the conditions were limited there, Wang Chao still made the most uncomfortable choice for them.

The Pacers are stronger than the Grizzlies, Timberwolves, Pelicans and other teams, and their strength is second only to the Raptors and Hornets among the non-championship teams.

In the 20-21 season, the Pacers had a number of players who performed well, such as Malcolm, who averaged 19 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists per game. Brogdon, such as Domantas Sabonis, who averaged 20 points, 12 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game, and Miles Turner, a talented interior player.

Judging from the lineup alone, the Pacers are far better than the Jazz where Wang Chao was last season, as long as Wang Chao can maintain his competitive state as always, next year's championship may belong to him again.

It's just that the Pacers' current salary space is not enough to directly sign Wang Chao.

Brogdon 20 million, Sabonis 18.56 million, Myers. Turner's 18 million, plus 12 million TJ Warren and 10 million Jeremy Lamb, although the Pacers' salary space is still rich, Wang Chao's annual salary of 44 million in the first year is definitely not enough.

Therefore, in order to free up enough salary space, the Pacers had to package and trade TJ Warren and Lamb away, and in order to send the two away, they did not hesitate to take a first-round pick and two second-rounders, which freed up enough salary space to sign Wang Chao.

However, even so, the Pacers after signing Wang Chao, the salary space was directly filled, and there was no way to bring in other stars to continue to strengthen the team in the summer.

It's the only thing that has relieved the rest of the league.

And at this time, the Pacers signed Austin with a two-year salary, the 2021 draft pick. Reeves, too, did not attract anyone's attention.

What is the value of a guy who can lose in the draft in a young year? It's just scraps that the Pacers use to fill in the team's roster.

The Pacers' lineup for next season, in their opinion, should be Wang Chao + Brogdon + Sabonis + Myers. Turner too.

The strength of this lineup ......

All the teams in the league that have set their sights on winning the championship are feeling the pressure.

In order to defeat Wang Chao and win the championship, they can only continue to trade and strengthen.

The first to make a big move was the Lakers.

After all, it is the biggest team in the NBA, even if it is a salted fish, it can pounce twice and turn over.

Drummond's $28.75 million contract officially expired this summer, and the Lakers, who had enough salary space, immediately hit hard, signing point guard Jrue Holiday for four years and $140 million, and then signing a five-year, $160 million maximum salary extension with Tatum, whose contract expired.

Tatum played for the Lakers for four years, and met the cap-on-extension rules of the Bird clause, which made the Lakers have a competitive position. Holiday Capital.

After a failed attempt at a twin-tower combination over the past few seasons, the Lakers have clearly begun to make a new attempt to strengthen their perimeter strength.

The outside line has James, Tatum and Zhu. Holiday and Towns, who can pull the inside to shoot three-pointers from the outside, the Lakers have also begun to abandon the inside big man lineup and switch to a small-ball lineup to seek a breakthrough.

Considering Tatum's next growth, James will not decline too much in competitive form, and in the 21-22 season, he can steadily contribute 18 points and 6.8 assists per game, shoot 41% from three-point range and be selected to the All-Defensive Team. Holiday and the Lakers' strength has improved significantly compared to previous seasons.

But even so, no one thinks that the Lakers can be a threat to Wang Chao, and compared to the Pacers against Wang Chao, the Lakers' primary goal is to beat the Warriors and stand out from the West.

After all, from the perspective of the lineup, the Warriors with Curry, Thompson, Green and Ingram are no worse than the Lakers, and the lineup has been running in for a long time, and the tacit understanding and chemistry are better than the Lakers.

Compared with the teams in the West, the teams that feel the greatest threat are still the teams in the East, such as the Nets, Bucks, Raptors, Hornets and several other teams, because of the arrival of Wang Chao, they all feel a huge sense of oppression.

But the problem is that they are different from the Lakers, they have a complete roster and outstanding strength, and the salary space has long been filled by the players' big contracts, and there is no way to make large-scale reinforcements other than making big trades.

The only one who made a big move was the Milwaukee Bucks, who sent small forward, 14-year-old Goji brother Andrew. Wiggins, along with the Bucks' '22 and '24 first-round picks, was traded from the Cavaliers to get Joel. Embiid. (End of chapter)