With three points at the start, Nash begged for a maximum salary to renew his contract

Chapter 352 The Brave Lakers and the Clippers Expecting a Miracle
Under the sensational event of James switching to the Lakers and forming a super aircraft carrier again, Lopez joined the Clippers with a full mid-level contract of 770 million a year, which hardly caused even a wave in the free market.

No one cares about the future of this player who averaged only 12+5 per game last season. His position is too small.

On the contrary, the Clippers' center Jordan joined the Dallas Mavericks with a one-year contract of 1 million, which attracted a little attention.

Although Jordan was abandoned by the Clippers for nothing, as the league's top inside defender, he still averaged 12 points and 15 rebounds per game last season, ranking No.2 in the league's rebounding list.

Originally, the Lone Ranger team had 3500 million Harden and 2300 million Harrison Barnes, the salary space was relatively full, but just after the end of this season, the contracts of many players in the team expired, and the There is relatively sufficient salary space. After all, the team's soul-like figure Dirk Nowitzki's current salary has been reduced to 500 million a year.

The Lone Ranger who signed Jordan can be considered to have the configuration of the Big Three. Although the configuration is slightly worse, considering the super offensive firepower that Harden showed last season, with Jordan to strengthen the team's defense, the Lone Ranger's new season Strength should not be underestimated.

As for the Clippers, after losing Jordan, it seems to the outside world that they are basically in the stage of complete overthrow and reconstruction, even if there are Harris, Gallinari, Louis Williams and other good players in the team, But without even an All-Star, what kind of fighting power can such a team have?
Even the players on the Clippers team don't have any hope for this.

As a result, many players on the team left one after another.

Avery Bradley switched to the Memphis Grizzlies for 1 million in one year, and Norman Powell was also poached by the Rockets with a contract of 1200 million in 4 years.

4 million in 5800 years, with an average annual salary of 1450 million. In this era of billion-dollar contracts flying everywhere, it is not a big deal, but referring to Powell's current performance of less than 10 points per game, this is definitely a premium contract.

Even in Wang Chao's view, it is no exception.

Powell's rise time is after the 19-20 season.

But even in his strongest and peak period, he was only one of the main players of the team, not strong enough to be the core of tactics, and had obvious shortcomings.

Not only that, but Powell's subsequent attendance rate was also very average, averaging only about 40 games per season.

Wang Chao chose him when he was in the Nets because Powell was considered to be of high quality and low price during the child labor contract period.

At the beginning, his plan was to let the Clippers control the amount of renewal Powell to just over 1000 million, which is barely acceptable.

1000 million is still enough to survive, and 1500 million is a bit too expensive.

In this way, it is not useless for the Clippers to select Shai Gilgeous Alexander. Let Alexander fill the vacancy left by Powell. Even though the first-year Alexander is much less experienced than Powell, but in The bench can still make a difference.

When the Rockets made an offer to Powell, the Clippers management immediately contacted Wang Chao.

As early as the end of June, Wang Chao had arranged for his agent to communicate with the Clippers. The latter had long known that Wang Chao would choose them. Naturally, Wang Chao's opinions would be emphasized in the trading and signing operation.

The current general manager of the Clippers is Lawrence Frank, a manager with a big picture. It is he who single-handedly planned the joining of Leonard and Paul. It only took a total of two years to set sail, and even in these two years, the Clippers made it to the playoffs once, strictly speaking, it is not a complete rebuilding.

It's a pity that people are not as good as God. Who would have thought that Leonard, who was as fierce as a tiger in the Raptors, started to play after he came to the Clippers. In the four seasons of the Clippers, he averaged less than 40 games per game in the regular season. The situation in the playoffs was not much better. Even Paul was infected. The two were injured and stopped, and they never even played a full season together.

Of course that's all for later.

Now that Wang Chao intends to join the Clippers, it is definitely impossible for these two to join. If the Clippers win the championship under the leadership of Wang Chao and then leave the team, leaving behind a championship team, the team will have a strong team in the 19-20 season. It may attract superstars of this level to join.

And now, after the Clippers signed Brook Lopez and then let go of Jordan, Avery Bradley and Powell, they finally left another substitute for 3 million in three years Titan Montrezl Harrell.

Harrell, like Powell, both came out of the Nets. Wang Chao hand-picked the players, and his performance on the bench during the Nets period was remarkable. However, it was not until this season with the Clippers that Harrell finally averaged Scored in double figures and scored 11 points and 4 rebounds.

Originally according to this kind of performance, Harrell was at most the same as in the original history, signing a 2-year 1200 million contract, but due to the superposition of buffs that Wang Chao’s products must be high-quality goods, all players selected by Wang Chao will be worth less. There are different levels of premiums. Powell, who was previously poached for 4 million in 5800 years, is the best example.

Therefore, in order to keep Harrell, the Clippers can only offer a contract that exceeds the normal market price, which is also acceptable to Wang Chao.

In his opinion, Harrell's combat effectiveness in the next two to three years will definitely be stronger than Powell.

As a beast forward, Harrell is extremely impactful and very suitable for scoring points on the bench.

In the original history, the 18-19 season was the season of Harrell's rise. In the Clippers, he played 82 games and only started 5 games. He averaged 26 points and 16.6 rebounds in 6.5 minutes per game, entering the playoffs. The game data has increased to 18 points and 5.5 rebounds.

The Clippers were able to break into the playoffs with a mediocre lineup. Louis Williams, who averaged 20 points and 5 assists on the bench, and Harrell, who averaged 16.6 points and 6.5 rebounds, contributed a lot.

Of course, Harrell has a limited ceiling.

With a height of 2 meters, he plays in a power forward style and relies heavily on speed and explosive power.

This makes it difficult for him to compete with the main insiders in the league. After all, the height of 2 meters is too low inside, and the defensive end can only defend the outside. The bottom and the second offense are mainly attacking the frame. These technical characteristics are also doomed that Harrell can only be active on the bench, and it is difficult to make a difference against the starting players of the strong teams in the league.

In any case, keeping Harrell ensures the strength of the Clippers' bench lineup.

The combination of Louis Williams + Harrell is definitely one of the strongest substitutes in the current league.

On this basis, the quality of the Clippers' starting lineup is not bad.

Danilo Gallinari, who currently holds the largest contract in the Clippers, is 2 meters tall and good at shooting. In the next two years, he will be able to contribute 08+ points steadily, and his three-point shooting percentage can be maintained at High-quality scorers above 19%.

尤其是接下来的18-19赛季，加里纳利场均可以得到19.8分6.1篮板2.6助攻，投篮命中率46%，三分命中率43.3%，这份表现是绝对配得上其2100万年薪的。

Under Gallinari is Tobias Harris with an annual salary of 1480 million.

This is also a striker who can stably contribute 20+ points per game. In the 18-19 season, his shooting percentage from outside the three-point line can also be maintained at around 40%.

In the original history, after Harris made it clear that he was unwilling to renew his contract with the Clippers, he was traded to the Philadelphia 18ers by the Clippers in the middle of the 19-76 season, and then became the main reason for the 76ers to give up Butler's contract extension. From the human point of view, Harris, who is also a striker, is younger and has better physical fitness, has a brighter future.

This also makes Butler still mutter indignantly after leading the Heat to eliminate the 2023ers in 76, "What? Choose Harris instead of me?"

其实哈里斯绝对不算差，从18-19赛季开始到20-21赛季，哈里斯都能稳定贡献20+7+3的数据，投篮命中率和三分命中率也维持在48%和37%左右。

But in the future, he will hold a super contract of 5 million for 1.8 years, which is a bit like a poison contract.

在不考虑想要顶薪合同的情况下，18-19赛季年薪1480万，可以稳定贡献20.9分7.9篮板2.7助攻的哈里斯绝对也是超高性价比球员的代表之一。

Of course, when it comes to cost performance, no one in the league can match Louis Williams.

The contract signed by Louis Williams and the Clippers is 3 million yuan for 2400 years, with an average annual salary of 800 million.

But Williams, who has a salary of 800 million, is doing a job of 2000 million.

In the 17-18 season, Louis Williams averaged 22.6 points and 5.3 assists per game.

In the 18-19 season, he can still contribute 20 points and 5.4 assists.

By the 19-20 season, Leonard and George joined the Clippers successively. Even with the shrinking of the ball and shooting rights, he was still able to contribute 18.7 points and 5.7 assists, becoming the most powerful player around Leonard and George.

The above three, plus Brook Lopez, who just joined the Clippers, constitute the Clippers' basic set at this stage.

The main starting players include Wang Chao, Gallinari, Harris and Lopez. As for the remaining starting position, Brog can reach the top.

18-19赛季的布罗格登也算是开始初现峥嵘，在原本历史中为雄鹿队征战，场均也可以贡献15.6分4.5篮板3.2助攻。

The two main players on the bench are Louis Williams and Harrell.

The Clippers under this lineup are a standard team with extremely strong offensive capabilities, and their strength will definitely not be worse than the previous Nuggets.

Unlike the Nuggets' strong defense and weak offense, neither Mitchell nor Murray has fully grown up and played unstable enough. The offensive end relies heavily on Wang Chao's Nuggets. The Clippers are truly excellent both offensively and defensively.

On the offensive end, there are Gallinari, Harrison, Louis Williams and others. On the defensive end, Brook Lopez is not as strong as Gobert in protecting the basket, but he is also a good defensive player who can be selected to the best defensive team in the future.

Coupled with the parachute of a super core player Wang Chao, the Clippers' competition for the championship in the 18-19 season is by no means a dream!
"It's almost time."

Wang Chao thought silently in his heart.
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In the days following James' announcement that he was joining the Los Angeles Lakers, Lakers fans were in a state of bravado.

No way, the Lakers are really going to take off in the new season!
The fantasy combination of James + Cousins ​​+ Towns makes people feel extremely excited just thinking about it, and besides these three, the players in other positions of the Lakers are not bad, such as Jason Tower, who was selected in 17. Tem, although his rookie performance was mediocre, averaging only 12.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2 assists per game, it can be seen that this 2-meter-tall shooting guard overflows with talent.

People have every reason to believe that given enough time for Tatum to grow, he will become the most powerful right-hand man around the Big Three of the Lakers.

But this is not the end.

After getting James, the Lakers' attraction to many veterans in the league instantly improved to a higher level.

After all, compared to the Nets and Warriors who can't squeeze out a little salary space, the Lakers only have James and Cousins ​​​​with two top-salary players. There is still a little room for salary, and there is a lot of room for manipulation.

The Lakers chose to sign former All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo with one year and 1 million.

Since leaving the Celtics, Rondo's career has dimmed a lot. His overly arrogant temper and poor offensive playing style make it difficult for him to gain a foothold in a team.

But even so, Rondo averaged 8 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists per game in the Pelicans last season. As a traditional point guard, he can send 26 points in only about 8 minutes. assists, it can be seen that its strength is still there.

Being able to get such a starting point guard with an annual salary of 900 million has successfully completed the Lakers lineup.

Not surprisingly, the Lakers can form a luxurious starting lineup in the new season, point guard Rondo, shooting guard Tatum, small forward James, power forward Towns, and center Cousins.

Just thinking about it feels like this lineup is exaggerated.

Towns and Cousins ​​are not the kind of clumsy inside centers. They both have good mid-range and long-range shooting capabilities, especially Downs. Last season, his three-point shooting percentage was as high as 42%, which is comparable to top three-point shooters on the outside. Cooperate well with James who holds the ball and breaks through.

The Lakers fans can finally shout the slogan of the Lakers championship again, and by the way, mock the current lineup that is messed up. There is not even an All-Star player, and the Clippers have been completely ruined.

"This is called Feng Shui turns!"

"Hehe, I can't figure out where the self-confidence of the Clippers fans came from before? Paul Griffin led the team to the best result and never made it past the second round of the Western Conference. He dared to show off in front of our wealthy Lakers. We are bad. How about a few years? A wealthy family will always be a wealthy family if it falls down. In the blink of an eye, we will stand up again, and look at you again? Laugh!"

"Judging from the current situation of the Clippers, if we want to regain the level of Paul's period, I am afraid that we will have to struggle for more than ten years. Wait slowly."

The Lakers fans gloated and made all kinds of ridicule, which left the Clippers fans speechless.

Indeed, looking at the current situation of the two teams, it is really a big difference. They can't even do a basic counterattack. After all, it will be difficult for the Clippers to enter the playoffs next season, but the Lakers will be One of the biggest favorites to win.

"I'm so mad, if only we could get Wang Chao."

The aggrieved Clippers fans couldn't help but have such thoughts in their hearts.

After many superstars in the league signed contracts and traded to confirm their next home, Wang Chao, the biggest star in the free market, still did not make any moves.

According to the conditions that Wang Chao set for himself before, he will only join a team that has never won a championship in team history. In this regard, the Clippers are fully in line, and the team's current salary space is enough to sign Wang Chao with a maximum salary.

But would Wang Chao really be willing to join this seemingly hopeless Clippers?
Although the Clippers look much better than last year's Nuggets, it is also possible to become the Waterloo of Wang Chao's career, especially under the premise that the Lakers, the rivals in the same city next door, have such a luxurious lineup.

The entire league is paying attention to Wang Chao's movements.

A few days later, a local paparazzi reporter in Los Angeles took photos of Wang Chao and Candice getting married and entering a mansion in Beverly Hills.

(End of this chapter)