Six Hundred and Twelve: One Step Away From Becoming a Giant?
While Link and Rachel witnessed the happiness of others in Spain, the NBA summer transfer market was in full swing.
As soon as the market opened, the Brooklyn Nets and the Celtics brewed a seismic deal involving eight players and three first-round picks.
The Nets sent three future first-round picks in 2014, 2016 and 2018, and added the expiring contracts of Gerald Wallace, Marshan Brooks, Chris Joseph and Humphries, in addition to them Also used the sign-and-trade to send out Bogans in exchange for the Celtics' Garnett, Pierce and "Jets" Jason Terry.
This means that the era of the Celtics' Big Three has come to an end.
Two years ago, when Ray Allen chose to leave the Celtics, Garnett and Pierce were full of abuse and accusations against him. But now, they themselves have left Boston.
Don't say anything, the trade is out of the player's control. In fact, Garnett's contract has a veto power, however, he still agreed to the transaction.
After the two old men of the Green Army were traded, the Nets' lineup became extremely luxurious. They have All-Star-level players at five positions: Garnett, Pierce, Deron Williams, Joe Johnson and Brook Lopez. There is no doubt that this gives the Nets a chance to challenge the Heat and the Grizzlies in order to challenge the championship.
But at the same time, the Nets' total salary of only five starters has reached a staggering $82 million, and the new season will inevitably pay a high luxury tax. But for the Nets' Russian tycoon owner, this luxury tax is not worth mentioning. As long as the Nets can win the championship, he's willing to spend as much as you can.
This blockbuster deal completely detonated this frenzied summer. Of course, the Nets' lineup also made NBA owners look ashamed.
It's too expensive!
But is expensive necessarily equal to the championship? Competitive sports are not that simple.
After the Celtics traded with the Nets, Dwight Howard, who was unhappy in the Lakers last season, finally found his new home.
88 million in 4 years, Howard settled in Houston, settled in this city with a traditional center. How far he and James Harden can make the Rockets play is undoubtedly the most concerned thing for fans.
The new season has not yet started, and people are full of curiosity about the situation next season. Under the circumstance that the Heat, Spurs, Thunder and other powerful opponents were already eyeing, now the Rockets and the Nets have joined the battle.
People have said that it is extremely difficult for the Grizzlies to successfully defend their title next season!
In addition, personnel changes such as Josh's joining the Pistons, Mayo's joining the Bucks, and Millsap's joining the Eagles have really whetted the appetite of the fans.
Under the bombardment of so many transfer news, the news of the Grizzlies' consecutive victories in the summer league was not eye-catching.
"Win again?" Link, who was still on vacation in Spain, was still very happy after seeing the news that the Grizzlies had won four straight games in the summer league.
Indeed, the results of the Summer League cannot represent the true strength of a team. This kind of game is more like a show for high-ranked rookies, as well as opportunities for some bottom players to find jobs. It's not a pity to lose, and there's nothing to be happy about winning.
But seeing Jimmy Butler, Tobias Harris and Snyder playing smoothly in the summer league, Link was still very excited.
These three people will directly enter the team's main lineup next season. Needless to say, Butler and Harris, the Grizzlies also signed a one-year contract with Snyder a few days ago. This guy with the German name and the villain look will be the Grizzlies' chief assistant next season!
Therefore, they can show excellent performance in the summer league, which also indicates that they are very worth looking forward to in the regular season next season.
Butler played well in the summer league in Harris, and it was a superstar in the summer league. And Snyder's performance in summer league is also very good,
It can be seen that he does have a good coaching foundation.
A more mature Butler and Harris, plus a fully capable Snyder on his own. Link believes that the Grizzlies' strength will be greatly improved next season.
"Are you still watching the news of the transfer period?"
Just when Link fantasized about a better performance for the Grizzlies next season, Rachel in a swimsuit appeared in front of Link's eyes.
Link's eyes were instantly attracted to Rachel. As expected of a high school girl's basketball star, her figure was really good.
"Does it look good?" Rachel turned around in front of Link's eyes.
Today, Gasol and Link made an appointment to go to the island by boat, so Rachel happily tried on the newly bought swimsuit after lunch.
"Well...you are definitely the brightest star on the whole ship today."
"Haha, when did you have such a sweet mouth? By the way, when are you going to start training this year?"
"About August, I feel like I'm getting rusty." Although he is still in Spain, Link has actually started planning this summer's training. Like last year, Link plans to set up a training camp by himself. Find a group of like-minded people to work with.
The trainer must be Chris Brickley who didn't run, and they had a great time working together last summer. As for training partners, Link also plans to add some fresh blood on the basis of last year.
After all, he is now a champion and an FMVP. The appeal of the alliance is more than one level greater than before. Link believes that those who receive his invitation will definitely be very happy to join the training camp.
This year, there is no Dream Team scrims to train Link. Therefore, starting from the formation of the training team, it is necessary to choose the highest level.
The vacations of NBA players seem to be long, but for players like Link, it is very short.
From the end of June to the end of July, Link can rest during this month. But since August, preparations for the war have basically been in progress.
Training from August to September, at the end of September, the NBA new season training camp will start again. So, Link really doesn't have much free time.
"It's so early... You've only just rested for half a month." Rachel's tone was a little disappointed, she thought she could be with Link for a longer time.
"Don't think like that, you have to think about it, we still have about a month left to relax." Link laughed. He didn't reject training at all.
While the trip to Spain was tempting, the days of living with Rachel every day were sweet. Although Link signed a $300 million contract this summer, he has become the most high-profile player in the United States.
But Link knows very well that if he trains hard this summer, he will be one step away from the peak of Hill, which is more attractive than anything else.
Because last season, Link has already got the ability of Grant Hill in the 02-03 season. So if he is upgraded again this time, Lin will be able to get the ability of Grant Hill in the 2001-02 season!
The 01-02 season was Hill's second season with the Magic. Although in the past year, McGrady has successfully replaced him and became the Magic's signature player, Hill has performed well after his comeback.
In the first game of the season, Hill scored 22 points on the twilight "Dream" and made Carter and Peterson 4 for 24 combined. After that, 28 points against the Sonics and 17 points and 16 rebounds against the Spurs seemed to declare that the "Devil Mountain" of the past has returned, and his bounce is still as fierce as ever. Against the Lakers, Hill had 21 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists, almost a triple-double. For the Nuggets, 23 points and 11 rebounds, it seems that the one-year blank period has no effect. Hill is still the same Hill, or the super small forward.
But everyone knows what happened after that. Hill's fourth operation completely changed the trajectory of his career.
But Link doesn't need to worry about the injury. Hill's near-peak state before the injury is enough for Link to kill the Quartet in the new season!
And as we all know, Hill's peak was in the '90s. However, after 2004, the league revised its defense rules, canceled the famous handcheck, and did not allow defensive players to make any hand and forearm contact with offensive players outside the penalty area, which means that they can only rely on sliding and walking. Determine the opponent's attack direction.
Three years after that, Nash won the MVP in a row, Wade and Parker two breakthrough guards won the finals MVP, Manu Ginobili made great achievements, Kobe won two scoring titles... The NBA officially entered the offense as In the era of Wang, a number of perimeter players began to rise.
After the rules were revised in 2004, the true shooting percentage of perimeter players soared, the number of free throws soared, and perimeter players began to dominate the game in place of big men.
But when this rule was introduced, Hill no longer had the ability of the year. If Hill doesn't get hurt and catches up with the nohandcheck era, can he rise like other perimeter players?
Link believes that he will soon get the answer.
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