king of defenders

Chapter 1140 The Lively Free Market

"Jimmy Butler?" Meng Yun was taken aback, and then his heart moved. Jimmy Butler is indeed a candidate. He has not had a good time in the Timberwolves this season, and his relationship with Towns and Wiggins in the team Not very good, he thinks that Towns and Wiggins are not aggressive and lack the desire to win, and Downs and Wiggins can't stand him looking like a boss, so the relationship has become very tense.

Butler and the Timberwolves only signed a one-year contract. It is said that the Timberwolves offered him a four-year $4 million offer to renew his contract, but he rejected it.

That’s why it’s clear to leave, so this summer’s NBA free market is extremely lively, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Paul George, Carmelo Anthony, Jimmy Butler, all of them are All-Stars Players, in addition to players such as Kawhi Leonard who may be traded, can you not be lively?

Among these people, James, Durant, Anthony, and George all missed the Heat, and it seems that only Jimmy Butler is left.

And when Butler left the Bulls last summer, he considered the Heat and wanted to talk to Meng Yun. Although he failed in the end, at least he was interested in the Heat.

Now that the Heat have won the championship and Wade is back, recruiting Jimmy Butler seems to be a good choice.

"Yeah." Meng Yun nodded, and said: "Indeed, Jimmy is a good choice. He plays tough, has outstanding strength, and is full of competitive spirit. He is also a very comprehensive small forward who can both attack and defend. If he Being able to join will greatly enhance our strength.”

Wade said: "I think so too, and Jimmy will definitely be interested. The only problem is how to coexist between you and him, so you need to have a good talk with him."

Meng Yundao: "Okay, I will contact him and find a time to talk to him before returning home."

Team reinforcement may not have much to do with general role players, but it is definitely not the case for the core players of the team, especially for teams with championship potential.

For example, for the Heat, Meng Yun must pay attention to the team's reinforcement, unless he doesn't care about the championship at all.

The NBA has a time limit for the opening of the free agent market, usually at 7 o'clock in the morning on July 1st, and after July 12st, the period in early July is the time when the free agent market has the most news and the most news, and it is precisely because of this , LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Jimmy Butler have announced that they have become free agents.

Of course, the free agent market after these three is not completely over, and it can even be said that it has just begun.

Before Meng Yun had time to talk to Jimmy Butler, there was another news that Jimmy Butler had reached an agreement with the Philadelphia 76ers and would join the Philadelphia 76ers.

Upon hearing the news, Meng Yun could only smile wryly, and Wade was also depressed. He didn't expect the 76ers to be so fast. Didn't they still chase James before?James just announced to join the Lakers, they immediately adjusted their goals and reached an agreement with Butler, which was too fast.

And just one day later, Paul George announced that he would join the Lakers and join forces with James.

This is naturally another shock. Although there have been rumors for a long time, no one thought that George would make a decision so quickly to join the Lakers and join forces with James.

At the beginning, the two played against each other a lot in the East. Now they have joined forces and become teammates. There is no doubt that the Lakers have become a strong team. Leaving aside other people, James + George is enough.

Now the Heat's management, president Pat Riley is also depressed.

Last summer, I wanted to sign an All-Star striker. I chased George, but George went to Oklahoma. This time I was targeting George, but George went to Los Angeles.

Now several All-Star strikers in the free market, James and George went to the Lakers, Jimmy Butler went to the 76ers, Carmelo Anthony went to the Rockets, leaving only Kevin Durant, but Will Kevin Durant come to the Heat?That is impossible.

After all, the Warriors lost to the Heat. If Durant came to the Heat, he would be scolded as a dog. It is enough to surrender to the enemy once. Are you crazy if you want to do it again?
So although Durant hasn't made a decision yet, he can go anywhere, but it's impossible to come to the Heat. Pat Riley didn't even think about calling Durant because it was completely meaningless.

Suddenly, Pat Riley found that the goal of the team's reinforcement was gone.

Although there are still some good forwards in the free market, such as Trevor Ariza of the Rockets, Aaron Gordon of the Magic, Michael Beasley of the Knicks, Rudy Gay of the Spurs, the Nuggets Wilson Chandler, Cavaliers, Jeff Green, Cavaliers
But none of these people has ever been selected as an All-Star. Not to mention the comparison with George and Butler, even the comparison with Anthony, who has reached the late stage of his career and has declined sharply.

These are not the candidates the Heat want.

"Damn it." Pat Riley cursed angrily. The Heat are not short of money. Whiteside has the highest salary in the team with an annual salary of 2300 million U.S. dollars, followed by Monroe with an annual salary of 1600 million U.S. dollars. The annual salary of other players from other teams does not exceed 1000 million US dollars.

So the Heat have money, their salary is far below the salary cap, they can afford a maximum salary, and they just won the championship. They are a championship team, but they can't sign anyone. Are you angry?
This summer can be said to be the best opportunity. If we wait until next year, first of all, there may not be so many card strikers appearing in the free market. In addition, Meng Yun will reach the contract year next year. If he renews his contract, he will definitely be given a maximum salary. With a contract worth over [-] million yuan, the team's salary space will be compressed. Meng Yun, Whiteside, and Monroe's salaries are all over [-] million yuan. If you want to sign another All-Star striker, you must It's hard.

At this time, Pat Riley thought of Andy Ellisberg again, and couldn't help but scold him. This guy has more success than failure, what a delay.

If it weren't for the grievances between him and Meng Yun, he might have succeeded if he had asked Meng Yun to recruit George early on.

There are also Butler and Anthony, they have a good relationship with Meng Yun, even if they can't recruit George, it would be good if they can recruit one.

But now
Pat Riley doesn't know how to explain to the boss. This year's free market has so many All-Star forwards, which is the most in history, but in the end they didn't get anything. Is it justified?

(End of this chapter)