July 10.

On this day, news finally came from Prostie, to be precise, it was good news!!

After multiple invitations from Prosty, Hamilton and O'Neal, Ben Wallace, who was eventually bought out of the contract, agreed to join the Thunder in the new season.

While being able to continue to fight side by side with Hamilton, it is also an attack on the championship.

Since Ben Wallace's contract was bought out, he does not need to wait until the free market opens in August, and only needs to reach an agreement between the two parties, so the signing can be completed at any time.

But as long as Ben Wallace is willing to join the Thunder, the rest is Prostie and Big Ben's agent.

As for the specific amount of the contract, Yang Fan didn't ask much, he didn't have to pay the money anyway...

In one, today's big money can only sign a veteran's basic salary, and no matter how expensive it is, it's not much more expensive.

The two parties are mainly discussing the issue of the contract's length. I believe Daben definitely hopes to sign a two-year contract.

Prosti naturally wants to sign one year for this. After all, Da Ben is already 35 years old and will be 36 next year. For a short center like him, his role in his late career is far lower than that of a player like O'Neal.

Yang Fan has never participated in the process of discussing the contract because this was Prostie's strength.

Yang Fan only made a proposal to Prostie. If it really doesn't work, then sign for two years. Anyway, signing a contract is not a favorite of his football skills.

Compared with his contributions on the court, Da Ben's contributions on the court and in some aspects are definitely higher.

In the end, after the joint coordination between the two sides, the Thunder officially reached a veteran's basic salary of $2.4 million worth of two years, of which the second year was the team option.

With Ben Wallace joining, the Thunder already had 14 players.

As for this last position, of course, Yang Fan left it to Beverly, but if you want to win Beverly's signing rights, you have to wait until after the Summer League.

Only when Beverly messes up his performance in the summer league will the Heat take advantage of his signing rights.

It can be said that Yang Fan was not in a hurry at all, because Beverly's joining was only a matter of time.

In this way, the Thunder's 15-man roster in the new season has been completely confirmed, among which the back lines are:

Stephen Curry, Westbrook, Livingston, and Beverly.

The swaying man:

"Martial Saint" Jackson, Hamilton, Danny Green, and "Hitter" Mason.

Frontline:

Durant, Jamison, Jeff Green.

Inside line:

O'Neal, Ibaka, Ben Wallace, and "Soul" Collison.

The 15-man rosters were listed, and even Yang Fan himself widened his eyes because this lineup was really exciting.

If all of these players were at their peak, then Yang Fan felt that it would not be exaggerated to guarantee a five-game winning streak.

It’s just a pity that Thunder’s current age can be said to be polarized, with older people particularly old, and younger people particularly young.

Only "Martial Saint" Jackson, Hamilton, and Jamison are truly golden ages.

But even so, this still cannot cover up the luxury of this Thunder team.

The most important thing is that with the joining of "Big Shark" O'Neal, this undoubtedly completely makes up for the Thunder's shortcomings in the offensive end.

At least in the round of series against the Mavericks this year, if the team has a "big Shark" O'Neal, then Yang Fan will be confident to lead the Thunder to kill.

Unfortunately, in this playoffs, the Thunder's inside players are Ibaka, Jordan Jr., and Collison, who are not good at offense.

So in the end, the Thunder could only lose 1:4 to the Mavericks in the Western Conference semi-finals and missed the playoffs early.

Now with the Thunder's operations in the offseason, Yang Fan is really looking forward to the arrival of the new season...

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July 28.

After the summer league, the Thunder bought Beverly's signing rights from the Heat for $900,000 at the first time and recalled Beverly to the team.

With Beverly's successful joining, this means that the Thunder's lineup has been completely formed in the new season.

What Yang Fan needs to do next is to use the rest of the offseason to formulate some specific plans for the players.

For example, let Danny Green mainly practice three-pointers at the bottom corners on both sides and awareness on the defensive end.

Let Curry practice using the quick move after pick-and-roll, so that O'Neal...

Well... O'Neal doesn't need to practice, as long as he doesn't cause any trouble for Yang Fan during the offseason. As for other aspects, it's not important to O'Neal today.

Anyway, O'Neal no longer has a flexible figure now, and can only rely on his body to force himself to eat alone at the basket.

Coincidentally, this is what Yang Fan needs O'Neal the most.

As for Beverly, who joined the Thunder in the first year, Yang Fan did not have much demand for him, but just asked him to practice three-point shooting more.

After all, Beverly's "mad dog" ability on the defensive end is completely stubborn, and this really doesn't require practice.

Yang Fan could not tell Beverly in person: "You are a dog..."

Beverly: "???"

"You're a mad dog..."

Beverly: "Please turn on the microphone to communicate!"

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August 1.

With the opening of the NBA free market, just after 12 a.m. that day, various teams broke out with major signings.

Of course, there is no Thunder in the free market this year, after all, the Thunder's lineup list is already full.

Even if Yang Fan is so envious of these big free brands, Thunder really has no room to sign these big fish.

Therefore, after the free market opened, Yang Fan was also willing to act as a spectator to see which competitors will strengthen this year, so as to arrange targeted defense in advance.

As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy will win every battle. Since the Thunder intends to attack the supreme championship trophy in the new season, it is definitely not a bad thing to prepare in advance.

With the opening of the free market, the first thing that caught my eye was Marion went to the Heat and Tekoglu went to the Raptors.

The Rockets signed Ariza and the Lakers signed Artest.

In a sense, these two people can be considered interchangeable bosses, but so far, Artest's personal ability is still slightly higher than Ariza, so if we really say it, the Lakers will make a small profit.

In other people's terms, Rashid Wallace, who was once one of the "Five Piston Tigers", joined the Celtics.

"Canadian Flying Man" Carter was traded by the Nets to the Magic and will join forces with Howard to launch an impact on the championship in the new season.

Deng Tai Jones, who was beaten by Mason in the playoffs last year, signed with the Pacers.

It seems that if nothing unexpected happens, Jones will finally not have to face beating in the West this year. As for whether to get beaten in the East or not, it is really hard to say.

After all, Deng Tai Jones has a head for being beaten, and with the one who owes his mouth, Yang Fan feels that his chance of getting beaten is quite high...

In other words, no one bets with Yang Fan, otherwise if there is a market opening for Jones whether to get beaten up or not, Yang Fan will have to find someone to beat him up.

If it really doesn't work, I will take all four of Beverly, Martial Saint, Mason, and Da Ben on the court.

As the saying goes, you can lose the game, but Jones must beat it up!!
Chapter completed!