Chapter 1630 Unprecedented Alliance Earthquake
The first one to take action was the unexpected Bucks last season. After losing the Arab League and reusing Bogut, the Bucks have lost the Chinese market. Of course, their performance last season was still very impressive. In Germany, when Bogut was seriously injured, they relied on substitutes and rookies to reach the playoffs and performed surprisingly well, so this also gave them full confidence in the summer.
Of course, they also know that they can't get players like James and Anthony, so they didn't set their sights so big at the beginning. They locked their sights on second-rate players. After all, except for players like James, there are no high-quality players on the free market this summer. There are still many players.
For example, they are eager to strengthen the third position.
So, the deal was done.
On June 29, the Bucks traded center Gadsulic and guard Charlie Bell from the Warriors for swingman Maggette and the No. 44 pick in the second round.
Maggette played in 70 regular season games last season, starting 49 of them. In 29.7 minutes of playing time, he handed over statistics of 19.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists. The statistics are not bad, but Maggette is a famous brush player. Whether his playing style can adapt to the Bucks is absolutely uncertain. There needs to be a big question mark, especially since he still has three years of contract.
Therefore, the Warriors have become the absolute beneficiary of sending away Maggette. The Warriors' intention is obvious, which is to continue to clear salary space and make better preparations for the team's reconstruction work.
Therefore, the effect of this transaction seems to be to give people who are waiting and watching a shot in the arm, telling them to grab it quickly, otherwise it will be gone!
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On June 29, Nets president Rod Thorn officially announced that he had reached a deal with the Wizards, exchanging the United Arab Emirates and part of the cash for swingman Quinton Rose. At the same time, the Wizards also officially announced the acquisition of Yi Jianlian. The Arab League will become teammates with John Wall, the top pick in this year's new draft.
Ji Feng immediately sent blessings to the Arab League. To be honest, although going to the Wizards is not satisfactory, it is still much better than being on the bad team of the Nets. To be honest, I don’t know when the Nets will be revived. Where's the moon?
In fact, Ji Feng originally wanted Ah Lian to hang out with him, and the Lakers also needed a big man like him. However, funds were tight, so the trip failed in the end.
Then on the last day of June, the Timberwolves reached an agreement with Nikola Pekovic, a second-round pick in 2008 and known as Europe's No. 1 center. The center who plays for Panathinaikos will pay 13 million in three years. US dollar contract to join the Timberwolves.
At the same time, Ji Feng's old brother Milicic renewed his contract with the Timberwolves, a four-year contract worth 16 million.
On July 1, the Bucks made another move, and free agent Gooden accepted the Bucks' five-year, $32 million contract.
On the same day, Ji Feng's old club, the Grizzlies, renewed Gay's contract for 5 years and 60 million. This may be a better choice for both parties. Although Ji Feng will always be a pain in the Grizzlies' hearts, compared to what he lost, in What you have in your hands obviously needs to be cherished more. If you want to make a difference next season, Gay is really indispensable.
Then, the Lakers, who had been sitting back and watching the fight, also took action. Former Clippers point guard Steve Blake has agreed to sign a four-year contract with the Lakers worth a total of US$7.8 million. Blake is obviously coming. To fill the vacancy left by Walton's retirement, the old Walton retired contentedly after winning the Triple Crown, and joined the coaching staff of the Lakers and became the assistant coach of Jackson.
The veteran fisherman Fisher also announced that he had completed a contract extension with the Lakers, a two-year veteran contract worth 4.5 million, and the contract extension of Jackson Da Phil was also finalized, and Jackson renewed his contract with the Lakers for two years.
In this way, the Lakers' championship team will still be retained, and at the same time, a qualified backup point guard will be added. The Lakers will still be strong next season.
After this transaction, the Lakers also retreated and temporarily withdrew from the market.
On July 2, after a week of little fuss, the first big fish in the free market finally appeared, but the result was not beyond people's expectations.
Pierce completed a four-year, $61 million contract extension with his old team, the Celtics, so that the Celtics' Big Three retained two players, Garnett and Pierce.
Four hours later, Dirk Nowitzki also chose to renew his contract with the Mavericks. The Mavericks performed poorly in the playoffs last season. When they finished second in the Western Conference regular season, they were "blackballed" by the Spurs in the first round. "Seven Myths", Nowitzki was very disappointed. He once said that he would reconsider his future. However, Cuban still used real money to impress the old driver. A four-year, 80 million contract allowed Dirk to play for the Mavericks. to 2013.
In the evening, the Hawks also announced that they would renew the team's core Joe Johnson with a 6-year maximum salary contract, and the Knicks were once again beaten.
After these three big fish signed contracts with the team, many people thought that this summer would be full of thunder but little rain. However, just one day later, the big deal came!
The Phoenix Suns have always been considered to have nothing to do with the trade. After all, they reached the Western Conference Finals last season, which was considered a very successful season. As long as they retain the team and add a few strong reinforcements next season, there is still a lot to do next season.
At the beginning of the summer, they made good deals, first renewing Channing Frye, and then signing a four-year, $18 million contract with forward Hakeem Warrick, which was considered a positive move. signal, but on July 3, everything changed.
On July 6, the famous basketball expert David Aldridge pointed out in an article on the official website that Stoudemire had reached an agreement with the Knicks on the signing issue, and New York finally captured the little bully for a sky-high price of about US$100 million over five years. !
On the same day, D'Antoni officially took office as the head coach of the Knicks!
The league was shaken overnight, the Suns were completely shattered overnight, and the Knicks suddenly stepped onto the stage.
This seemed to change the trend of trading all of a sudden, with more transactions overwhelming people.
In the early morning of July 8, according to the English Yahoo Sports website, sources revealed in advance that the Bulls had signed a five-year contract with former Jazz player Carlos Boozer totaling US$80 million. .
On the same day, David Lee signed and traded to join the Warriors, and the Knicks also introduced power center Mozkov.
In the early morning of July 14, the Bobcats reached a trade agreement with the Mavericks. Chandler and Ajinza came to Dallas, while the Mavericks sent Dampier, Najera and Carroll.
On the same day, the Celtics' Tony Allen joined the Grizzlies as a free agent.
On July 15, the Suns sent Brazilian defenders Leandro Barbosa and Dwayne Jones to acquire Turkoglu from Toronto.
On the same day, Robinson, an unrestricted free agent, agreed to sign a two-year contract with the Celtics, with an annual salary of approximately US$4 million.
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"Wow, it's really crazy!" Ji Feng, who was on an Asian tour in Japan at the moment, looked at the transaction summaries one after another on the TV and secretly said, "The NBA has never seen such a crazy summer in so many years." Even two years ago, the level of madness was far less than it is today.
After all, the transactions mentioned above are only a quarter of all transactions... This is simply too exaggerated.
But soon, Ji Feng's mouth became O-shaped.
ESPN, James' figure suddenly appeared on the TV...