Chapter 830 [Three swingers, forming a dunk team]
As soon as the free market opened in July, two controversial signings occurred, with the protagonists being the Clippers and the Warriors.
Warriors star point guard Byron Davis chose to give up his annual salary of 17.8 million in the last year and became a restricted libero, and then chose to join the Clippers for 65 million in five years.
What puzzled the fans was that the Warriors did not match the contract and let the former star go for nothing. They could completely renew Davis, sign and then exchange, or use a 5-year contract to keep Davis, so that the team can gain something.
"I was surprised. I think the amount of contract he was going to give up was so huge that he was unlikely to jump out of the contract. He must have changed his attention, or something else happened, but that's the business."
Kobe, who participated in the Olympic training camp, was caught in the shooting. As soon as he joined the Warriors Davis and Murphy left the team one after another, some experts believe that it has a direct relationship with him. He and Davis had conflicts last season's competition for the ball.
Davis's idea is to surrender to Brand, and it seems promising to form a dual core, one inside and one outside, and there is also a second-largest rookie Michael Beasley who is in the NCAA.
However, Brand also jumped out of the last year's contract. He told the boss to sign up in the free market first and then discuss contract renewal. After the Clippers won Davis, the contract was 70 million for five years, on the grounds that Brand had a potential injury for reimbursement last season and his condition was doubtful.
The Captain was furious, and the Clippers then increased the contract to 75 million, and then 81 million, but Brand had decided to leave, and he accepted the Warriors' revenge five-year, 90 million contract.
The player the Warriors want most is Wizards point guard Gilbert Arenas, but the Wizards provide Arenas with a six-year maximum salary contract with a total of $111 million. The Warriors' plan to poach Arenas is basically bankrupt. It has to be said that the Warriors manager is very imaginative. The scene of Arenas with Kobe is so beautiful. He will probably point a gun at Kobe's head in the locker room...
The Warriors turned to Brand to strengthen the inside line. He could play power forwards or play small ball tactics with Al Harrington. The Warriors' No. 1 position became very weak, and the rest of Barbosa was not an organizer.
After seeing the news, Davis vomited blood and felt as if he was so angry that he was so angry that he had broken up with Brand in an interview and gave him a malicious curse: "Let's see, he will soon find that joining the Warriors with a contract with a large number is not as beautiful as he imagined. He is just taking the blame for losing."
The Clippers then traded from the Nuggets to strengthen the inside, with the price of a second-round draft pick and trade exception.
Many fans exclaimed that this was a free gift to the Clippers star center, but the Nuggets management did not hesitate at all. They knew very well that this was a brush that seemed to be a good defense and could not be replaced by a strong man. Next season, the Nuggets thought that Cambi's salary was too high, so they wanted to throw it out and free up the salary space. It was not worth paying luxury tax for such people.
The Suns have many players left the team, and they failed to defend their title last season and still have many teams poached.
Eddie Jones, Collis Williams, and Shamond Williams retired directly.
The Cavaliers do not have a huge pit contract with Ben Wallace and have room for salary. They poached "Brazil's Best Actor" Anderson Valaijo in 5 years and 40 million. This contract is similar to the ones that Valaijo signed with the Cavaliers in his previous life. He has average data, but he has rich experience in the playoffs and has three championship rings.
Tim Thomas joined the Bobcats for 15 million in three years, and the contract was a bit premium. He was strong in offense and weak in defense. The Bobcats lacked power forwards and often allowed Gerald Wallace to play the No. 4 position. This strengthening is beneficial to the team.
Anthony Parker jumped out of his third-year contract, and the Raptors scored 23 million in four years. He had accurate three-pointers and could also break through and pass the ball. He was a little older, but the Raptors believed that his condition could remain in a few years and wanted to achieve results next season.
Of course, the Suns management will not match this contract, which makes Grant Hill not worse than Parker at the No. 3 position, but he almost doesn't shoot three points.
The Hornets offered 23 million yuan in annual salary for 32-year-old Laga Bale in four years, strengthening the weakest No. 2 position. Rasu Butler was playing before, and they wanted experienced players.
In Guo Xu's previous life, the Hornets dug out the Celtic swingman James Percy. Percy was 203cm tall and more inclined to play as a small forward. There were too many tall small forwards in the team, so they dig out Bale instead.
Players' value will increase after having a championship. Percy did not win the championship at the Heat, and in the Celtics, he only entered the Eastern Conference Finals with the team and had average data. He did not have the outstanding performance of defending Kobe alone in the finals, and it was impossible to sign a middle-class contract.
This is a cheaper Rockets. They won Percy for 4 million in two years and served as a substitute for Prince. Percy's purpose was to compete for the championship. He played for the Rockets for a season before, and both sides were quite familiar with each other.
The Suns' first pick directly chose a rookie shooting guard in the summer league and a rookie named Anthony Morrow, who is 196cm tall and weighs 95kg.
Morrow averaged 14.3 points and 4 rebounds per game in his fourth year of college and was selected for the Atlantic Coast League All-Squad, but he is a 23-year-old rookie who is ignored. He is indeed the second-round candidate provided by Guo Xu to Brian Colangelo. If the team misses Dragic, he will choose him because he is good at shooting three-pointers.
Brian invited Morrow to represent the Suns in the summer league. After playing, he signed a two-year minimum salary contract with him. The second year was the team option, giving him the treatment of several rookies after the second round.
In the summer league, Morrow's performance was very eye-catching, averaging 22.7 points per game and became the Utah Division MVP, with a three-point shooting percentage of 44.6%, and averaging 2.8 goals per game.
The second signing was still a swingman. The team had to make up for three after leaving three, and they chose Gerald Green.
Green is much worse than Guo Xu's previous life. He has played for three seasons in total and has changed four teams. He has not been able to find the feeling of the game for a long time. The best season averaged 5.1 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
Green's physical fitness is top-notch, with his jumping power exceeding Vince Carter. His head is overframed when dunking, and his extreme bounce is 117cm.
He was once called the "Nine-finger dunk king". When he was a child, Green bet with his friends to touch the upper edge of the door. When Green touched the upper edge, the ring on his hand was stuck by the nail on the door, and finally cut off the part above the second knuckle of the ring finger. In addition, Green was also called Texas No. 1 shooter and McGrady II at university. His speed was also very fast, and his shooting range was beyond the three-point line.
Green's poor teamwork is because of his poor team awareness and unstable shooting, but the Suns don't need him to have much awareness. Just come up and rush for a wave when playing a quick counterattack.
Guo Xu was very impressed by him. In 2018, 32-year-old Green's slam dunk head was able to flat frames. Now, he is 22-year-old with a beast body and is very suitable for an empty-collection city.
The Suns' third signing is even more alternative, and they chose a Harlem basketball team named Jamario Moon, 27 years old, 203cm tall and weigh 93 kilograms.
Moon has never participated in the NBA draft, has never played NCAA, and has struggled in the minor league half a year ago, earning up to 1,000 yuan a week. After the summer league, Guo Xu signed him into the team by name. This is also a physical expert, who can play fast breaks and dunks, and is the same type as Green.
As long as Roy is not injured, he will definitely be in the No. 2 position. The substitutes Suns are good at running and jumping. They only need to play fast attacks and defense, and they will not have much ball rights. It is absolutely right to look for good physical fitness.
The Suns' fourth sign was a two-year final salary renewal, Polish Hammer Gott, who is also a jumping man.
Chapter completed!