NBA: James wants to team up with me

July 2010, 7, is a day worth remembering for both James and James.

Because on this day, James chose to use the most high-profile way to publicize his behavior of running away and joining a group.

In a certain ESPN live TV program, James pondered for more than half an hour, and after inserting interviews with many experts, he finally made his choice at 9:30.

"I chose to take my talents to the South Coast and I'm joining the Miami Heat."

As soon as this statement came out, it immediately caused a violent uproar in the alliance.

Although there have been various signs that James is likely to form a Big Three with Wade and Bosh, before James officially announced it, many people still couldn't believe it.

Three stars in their prime actually joined forces to compete for the championship. This is a unique event in NBA history!

Of course, the reason why it is said to be unique is because Wang Chong destroyed the fact that the Celtics formed the Big Three in 07, resulting in the Heat's Big Three becoming the league's first Big Three combination without Yuzhu, the Green Army's Big Three. .

The league is not without super teams. Whether it is the Lakers' Super F04 in 4 or the previous confrontation between the Lakers and the Celtics in the Magic Birds era, they are all super teams formed by the partnership of multiple stars.

But this is still a little different from the Heat's Big Three. At least the lineups of these teams were not directly formed suddenly. They were all achieved through active management operations and transactions after a long period of training and waiting.

But the Heat's Big Three are different. They simply acquired Wade, James and Bosh in the free market at the same time, paying almost no price.

The combination of three superstars will have a completely devastating impact on the current situation of the league, especially for the teams in the Eastern Conference, which have been suppressed by the Bulls. Suddenly, there is another super team. , competitiveness has surged, making it more difficult to mix.

When Wang Chong learned the news, he was slightly disappointed.

James' previous actions and the changes in the league situation made Wang Chong think that James might join forces with Wade and Anthony. It is still unknown whether James will join the Heat.

Unexpectedly, in the end, it turned out to be the Heat's Big Three consisting of James, Wade, and Bosh.

As a time traveler, Wang Chong really knows the Heat's Big Three very well. He is very aware of the team's future strength changes, technical characteristics and style of play. It is almost not difficult to challenge them.

Even when playing games, many players like to challenge difficult opponents so that they are challenging.

The same is true for Wang Chong now. He feels that he knows the Heat's Big Three too well. Even if he wins, there will be no sense of achievement. On the contrary, if James forms a new Big Three lineup, it will make him more successful. Desire for challenge.

But if you think about it carefully, Wang Chong can probably guess why Anthony didn't team up with his banana boat brothers in the end.

Most likely it's because of salary.

In the formation of the Heat's Big Three, all three of them made sacrifices. In order for the team to sign all three at the same time, they all had to cut their salaries. The starting salary of 1700 million US dollars was reduced to 1450 million US dollars in contract renewal. In the case of a four-year contract, That's a full 1000 million U.S. dollars missing. This is just white money, not blown by the strong wind.

Anthony's reluctance to make sacrifices is understandable.

The subsequent facts also prove the correctness of Anthony's move. Although the honors he has received in his career are mediocre compared with James and even Wade, Anthony's cumulative career salary exceeds 2.6 million, while Wade only has 1.97 million.

For the players themselves, what’s the use of having a higher historical status? After retiring, what determines their quality of life is how much money they earn.

Anthony makes 5000 million more than Wade, that's a fact.

Of course, it is also possible that Anthony thought about it and couldn't accept this weak behavior of teaming up to compete for the championship at the top, so he chose to withdraw. Only the person involved knows the truth.

No matter what, the formation of the Heat's Big Three has become an established fact, and free market activities are continuing.

Durant reached an early contract extension agreement with the Celtics and stayed with the Celtics for 5 years and US$8500 million. His new contract will not take effect until the summer of 2011, so next season will still be the salary of the rookie contract. The difference between Gasol and Gasol in the same period is huge.

Dirk Nowitzki renewed his contract with the Mavericks for 4 million in four years.

The Mavericks in the 10-11 season should be very strong. After all, they crushed all the way through the Western Conference and defeated the Heat's Big Three 4:2 in the finals. Although there was an important factor in James' performance, it is undeniable that the Mavericks' The strength is indeed quite strong.

But the Mavericks are different now. Although most of the main players in the lineup are there, Jason Kidd is missing. Despite his poor personal performance, Kidd is still very important to the Mavericks. So whether the current Mavericks can stand out from the Western Conference like they originally did, Wang Chong doesn't know.

Joe Johnson renewed his contract with the Atlanta Hawks with a 6-year maximum salary of 1.2 million.

Carlos Boozer signed a five-year, $5 million contract extension with the Utah Jazz.

Boozer, a well-known rebel in the league, should have left to join the Bulls at this time, but the existence of Wang Chong has made the Bulls do not need him at all. The result is that after Boozer tested the free market, he discovered that the Jazz The team was still the team that suited him best and he chose to stay.

In addition, Phoenix Suns star Amar'e Stoudemire chose to join the New York Knicks for $5 million over five years as originally planned.

The current New York Knicks are not the original Knicks.

The butterfly effect brought by Wang Chong allowed them to select Rose with the second pick in 08.

There is no doubt about the strength of the youngest regular season MVP in history. In his rookie season, he defeated No. 22 pick Beasley and successfully won the Rookie of the Year. Although he still failed to lead the Knicks into the playoffs this season, his personal data has reached 4 points per game. With 7 rebounds and assists, he is definitely qualified to be included in the first-line point guard discussion.

The Knicks, who own Rose, now have Stoudemire. As long as they randomly select a few powerful players in the free market, they will surely become one of the strongest players in the Eastern Conference.

Don't forget, in the original 10-11 season, Carmelo Anthony chose to actively apply for a trade, and was subsequently packaged and traded by the Nuggets and Billups to the Knicks, forming the Knicks' Big Three.

Now that Billups is with the Bulls, even if Anthony is traded to the Knicks, the lineup of Rose + Anthony + Stoudemire, as long as they stay healthy, will be second only to the Bulls and the Heat in the Eastern Conference. There are two teams, even the Celtics with Durant and the Magic with Howard are no match.

The more Wang Chong looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong.

The intensity in the east seems to be a bit too high. The Bulls, Heat, Magic, Celtics, Knicks, if you include the Hawks and the Indiana Pacers who will rise strongly in the next two years, there are at least 7 strong teams in the East. This is still the strong west and the weak east. Script?

"Haha, this alliance is getting more and more lively."

After a series of contract renewals, the turbulent alliance in the huge waves finally settled down a little.

A few days later, the last big fish in the free market, Ray Allen, chose to join the Oklahoma City Thunder for 3 million in three years.

The predecessor of the Thunder is the SuperSonics, which is also the team that Ray Allen once played for. This move can be regarded as a return to roots.

But there is a saying that Ray Allen is quite unlucky. He joined the Cavaliers during his peak period. In the three years with the Cavaliers, he had no results. He was completely reduced to the role of a fixed-point shooter on the court. His statistics shrank and his net worth plummeted. He is currently 34 Years old, he still has a good competitive level, but he can only sign a contract worth just over million.

And choosing to join the Thunder is basically equivalent to giving up the pursuit of the championship. Everyone knows that the Thunder will never have a chance to get involved in the championship. This is not the Thunder team with the three young Thunder players, Westbrook + Griffin's combination, the highest ceiling in the Western Conference is only a second-round level.

But there is no other way. Even if Ray Allen wants the championship, he is not willing to sacrifice so much for the championship.

At present, several of the league's most popular teams are all full of salary space. If he wants to join, he can only accept a mid-level contract.

A $600-a-year mid-level contract is simply humiliating to Ray Allen, who is still an All-Star. It is impossible for him to accept it.

After all, this season for the Cavaliers, Ray Allen is averaging 18 points per game, and there is nothing to say about his personal strength.

With Ray Allen returning to the Thunder, all that's left in the free market are some inconsequential small roles, and the signings and recruitment work for each team has basically been completed.

The Heat, who successfully introduced the Big Three and formed a super team, are undoubtedly the biggest winners in the league.

Not only the Big Three, but after acquiring the Big Three, the Heat took full advantage of the attraction brought by the Big Three's championship competition and continuously signed several powerful role players to fill the team's lineup.

Udonis Haslem, James Jones, Mike Miller, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Juwan Howard and other players have signed with the Heat. It is completely possible to see Miami compete for the championship in the new season. The intensity of purpose.

In contrast, the Bulls have made no moves since renewing contracts with Gasol and Wang Chong.

Although everyone knows that as long as the Bulls keep their current lineup healthy, they will definitely be the strongest team in the league, and they don't even need to add one.

However, the Heat's recruitment work in full swing still makes Chicago fans anxious.

"The Bulls should also use winning the championship as a bargaining chip to accept one or two capable veterans to join. If they only sign veterans with a minimum salary, the team does not need to pay much salary."

Wang Chong did not consider signing several veteran players with the veteran's minimum salary, because there was no need.

The Bulls' current lineup is very complete. The starting five are Curry, Billups, Wang Chong, Garnett and Gasol, and the bench includes Danny Green, Marcus Thornton and Ty. Tom Thomas, that's enough, there's no need to mess around.

Besides, in the current league, there are really not many players who can be used on the veteran's minimum salary, so there is no need to waste that time.

However, what Wang Chong didn't expect was that the Bulls were reluctant to take action, but someone couldn't hold it back and chose to come to the team to recommend themselves, and directly found Wang Chong.

There were two people who took the initiative to come to the door. One was Tracy McGrady, also known as Tracy McGrady to Chinese fans.

McGrady contacted Wang Chong through Dayao, hoping to find a job with the Bulls, and said that he was willing to accept the status of a substitute and the veteran's basic salary, and just wanted to win a championship before officially retiring.

This attitude is very low, but it is true that McGrady's skills in his peak period are very poor and cannot be regarded as an effective combat power on the court. Signing him will not be particularly helpful to the team.

But considering that the Bulls themselves have to assemble a 15-man roster before the start of the new season, who should they sign if the veteran's minimum salary is not available?

Moreover, in Wang Chong's impression, in the 10-11 season, after Tracy McGrady joined the Pistons with a minimum salary, he played well. He played 72 games and was not unable to play due to injuries like in previous seasons. He averaged 23 minutes per game. He can get 8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists. This level can be used in the rotation.

As for O'Neal's call to join the Bulls, it was completely unexpected by Wang Chong, because O'Neal said in the middle of the season that he would retire after the season. Wang Chong also felt that with five championships in hand, he was a bit unbeatable. O'Neal, it's not surprising that he retired.

But in the offseason, O'Neal has yet to officially announce his retirement.

Originally Wang Chong was still wondering why, but he didn't expect that O'Neal had changed his mind.

"Hey, I originally planned to retire after this season, but when I saw LeBron running to the Heat, I suddenly didn't want to retire. If I can personally prevent Miami from winning the championship, that would definitely be a happy thing."

Listening to O'Neal's tone, Wang Chong knew that O'Neal also had a grudge with Pat Riley when he was playing for the Heat.

So the question is, is O'Neal still useful?

The answer is of course yes. Even the Late Shark is still quite lethal in the penalty area.

In the original 10-11 season, O'Neal chose to join the Celtics with a minimum salary. Although he was reimbursed for the season due to injury in the middle of the season, he played in 37 games. O'Neal started 36 games, averaging 20 minutes per game and contributing 9 points and 5 points. 1 rebound, 66.7 block, and a shooting percentage of %, which is quite efficient.

After all, the tonnage is there, no matter how old O'Neal is, no one can withstand that big ass thrust inside.

The main problem that troubles O'Neal is his body. As he grows older, his body becomes heavier and his physical strength decreases, unable to support him running back and forth on the court. At the same time, the slow-footed O'Neal can only stand under the basket on the defensive end, which is very useful. Small.

But these problems will disappear completely as long as O'Neal's playing time is controlled to about 10 to 15 minutes.

To put it simply, it is definitely a very cost-effective choice to let O'Neal play during the substitute time and serve as the team's main offensive point in the penalty area to grab points. (End of chapter)