Standing pretty old

Chapter 854 The transactions continue, the lineup is confirmed

Since the 11-12 season is a shrinking season, the trading market for next season will be opened long before the start of the draft.

This is also a summer destined to be full of various big deals.

A week before the draft, there was a trade between the Wizards and the Magic. The Hornets sent Okafor and Ariza to Washington, while the Wizards sent "Mr. Billion" Rashard Lewis and the 46th pick in the upcoming draft. Round pick.

The Wizards did not regret sending Nick Young away. From the moment they decided to rebuild, they were ready to build a team around the embarrassing wall.

As for the Magic, they also have to enter the rebuilding period, because Dwight Howard's contract has only the last year left, and no one knows when he will leave, maybe even this summer.

Another pre-draft deal was between the Pistons and the Bobcats. The Pistons traded Ben Gordon and a future protected first-round pick for Bobcats small forward Corey Maggette.

Gordon's performance in the Pistons was unsatisfactory, and it will be difficult to return to the 20+ scoring average performance of the year, and Maggette is old, and he is also not the omnipotent muscular man in his youth.

The Bobcats want a reliable sixth man, while the Pistons, which have Monroe and Drummond at the same time, need to rebuild the team on the basis of establishing a new core inside.

After the draft, the trading market is still turbulent.

The first to be affected is the Los Angeles Clippers. Nell O'Hill has not settled the contract renewal of Redick and Nick Young. There is news from Dallas that they want to trade Odom. Not enough chips, the Mavericks will also be responsible for contacting other teams for multi-party transactions.

"Are you kidding me? That Lamar guy has been basically hollowed out by Khloe Kardashian, right? Are we going to put a tens of millions of annual salary on the bench?" Ruan Erniu immediately gave a negative opinion.

Lamar Odom is shameless, and he wants to return to Los Angeles, which is full of attention, but judging from his current competitive state, it is really not a suitable piece of the championship puzzle.

For the Clippers, Paul is noncommittal, but Odom's annual salary of tens of millions is indeed a problem. Even if the Clippers want to trade Redick or Nick Young in a sign-and-trade approach, I'm afraid they won't be able to match the salary.

Osher hesitated again and again, but in the end he didn't make the deal.

Sterling did not give a death order to control the luxury tax line, but for the Clippers management, some things have become accustomed to nature.

The big deal is destined not to stop this summer. Just after the Clippers and Mavericks shelved the deal about Odom, in early July, the Nets and the Hawks broke out again.

The Nets exchanged five for one, and traded from the Eagles for their dynasty's second master-Joe Johnson, and the bargaining chips paid by the Nets were: Anthony Morrow, Jordan Farmar, Jordan Williams, Ty Sean Stevenson, John Petro and draft picks.

The Hawks changed their general manager in June, and the new general manager was Danny Ferry.

It is conceivable that Tony Ressler is preparing to completely rebuild this dynastic team.

The Nets, who moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn, will also usher in a new era, and the team's new owner Mikhail Prokhorov's big money has only just begun.

In the next season, the bear tycoon will use his actual actions to prove how real local tycoons spend a lot of money.

Also at the beginning of July, another heavyweight transaction followed, this time the targets of the transaction became the Lakers and the Suns.

It was also a sign-and-trade deal, the Lakers got Nash, while the Suns got two first-round picks (2013 and 2015), two second-round picks (2013 and 2014) , a trade exception worth $890 million, and $300 million in cash.

The Lakers, who failed to get Paul last year, snatched two-time MVP Steve Nash this year, but at this time Nash is nearly forty years old, and it is really doubtful how much Nash can still have left.

According to the news obtained by ESPN, Nash's new contract is 3 million US dollars in three years. For the championship, Lao Na also feels that the annual salary of tens of millions has dropped to the middle class. He wants to complete the last regret of his career with the Lakers.

Transactions are often a chain reaction. Solar let go of Nash because they have found a replacement-Goran Dragic.

At this time, Claw Machine is completely free. Without Kraft Nguyen and Jon Jonson, it is also meaningless to stay in the Eagles.

Of course, money is also an important choice point. The Phoenix City offered him a three-year contract of 3 million yuan, but the Eagles did not choose to match it in the end.

The chain reaction not only appeared with the Lakers, Suns and Hawks, but also with the Rockets, Raptors and Knicks.

The Rockets first sent the "Small Steel Cannon" to the Raptors, and then intercepted Jeremy Lin from the Knicks with a poison contract. The Knicks and the Eagles made the same choice at the last moment and did not match the contract.

Some choices are proactive, while others are forced.

The Los Angeles Clippers, who won the championship in one fell swoop last season, had to speed up their reinforcement rhythm in mid-July, because first they missed Nick Young in the free market.

The Lakers who just won Nash did not hesitate to throw out a one-year top mid-level contract of 800 million meters away.

Yang Shaoxia thought about it, and felt that he was also playing in Los Angeles, and it didn't matter if he changed teams, so he happily went to the Lakers to report.

Panicked, Osher hurriedly called Erniu and Sanpao, and Sanpao directly proposed to go to Nick Young's house to block the door together, forcing the team's sixth player to stay in the Clippers.

But Er Niu thought about it, and blocked Paul's thoughts. Man Niu said: "This is a business alliance, everyone has the freedom to pursue their own value maximization, we can't stop Nick from pursuing his own interests. "

It was beyond the Clippers' expectations that Nick Young didn't keep much, and Yi Jianlian's switch to the Rockets was as early as the management's expectations.

When the Houstonians with plenty of salary space offered a three-year, 2400 million-meter contract, the Clippers knew they couldn't keep Yi, the hero who won the championship.

The departure of Yang Shaoxia and Allen made the Clippers have to make the fastest decision. They completed the first renewal of the new season. They renewed JJ* Redick with a 5-year contract of 3300 million, guaranteeing the second The fire output on the position.

With the development of the NBA in the next few years, when tens of millions of contracts are flying all over the sky, the Clippers won Redick's contract at this time has become an extremely valuable existence.

The Clippers' reinforcements are far from over. If Nick Young and Yi Jianlian were poached by other teams, then Kenyon Martin, Reggie Evans and Solomon Jones are undoubtedly the original players of the Clippers. The guy who is ready to give up.

Ruan Erniu showed his network strength at this time. He found his old teammate Chris Anderson. With just one phone call, Chris Anderson, who was cleared out by the Eagles, packed his bags and came to Los Angeles. The basic salary contract of 200 meters won him.

Blue-collar players are so embarrassing. Even though Birdman is a player who proved himself in the playoffs, regardless of his age or offensive talent, he lacks competitiveness in the free market.

In fact, before coming to the Clippers, the Heat had proposed to give Birdman a one-year basic salary contract of 70 yuan, and Birdman, who was almost no one wanted, almost agreed.

Er Niu's network is not as good as this, and his next signing partner is also an old acquaintance of the Eagles-Matt Barnes.

Baye was not happy with the Lakers last season, so he finally decided to switch to the Clippers, seeking opportunities to continue to hit the championship.

Ba Ye, who was clearly here to hug his thigh, also didn't shout about the mountain price. A one-year contract of 120 million yuan won the defensive champion.

Erniu has connections, and so does Paul. He first urged Billups, who won the championship last season, to stay. At the same time, he also recruited free market veteran Grant Hill to strengthen the team's locker room culture.

Leonard, Thomas, and Malcolm Lee are all just sophomores, and Draymond Green is even a rookie. This group needs veterans to impart experience.

The Los Angeles Clippers, whose lineup was gradually completed, encountered happy troubles at the next moment. In the position of Nick Young, the sixth man, they had two high-quality options at the same time.

Ruan Erniu brought up his direct descendant in the Hawks - Jamal Crawford, but Paul proposed an unexpected name - Ray Allen.

For this sixth man's reinforcement choice, Erniu, Sanpao and O'Sir made a special appointment to have an interview together.

"What? Are you sure the green army is going to give up Lei?" Er Niu said in surprise.

In fact, Er Niu did not pay enough attention to Lukai last season. At the end of the 11-12 season, Ray Allen has gradually become the team's substitute from the unshakable main player. Avery* replaced him bradley.

The arrogant Allen was constantly involved in trade rumors last season. In the contract year, the shrewd Danny Ainge will not propose any decent contract to the aging Ray Allen.

This will inevitably make the former one of the Big Three feel disappointed, after all, Pierce and Garnett are both under big contracts.

As for the conflicts between the various Green Army players that the media will hype in the future, especially the various discords between Rondo and Ray Allen, it will be more or less embellished.

In fact, even Rondo, one of the protagonists of the incident, came out and admitted after the turmoil gradually subsided that the conflict between him and Ray Allen was not as deep as the media said. As for the problem of the main position, it was caused by Ray Allen's own level of decline.

Whether it is not enough money, respect for the players, or the vision of the team, no matter from any point of view, there is no need for Ray Allen to stay.

Ray Allen still doesn't have a ring because the two bulls blocked the Big Three's way to win the championship. Ray Allen at the end of his career naturally wants to join a team that can win the championship.

So there are only two options before him: the Los Angeles Clippers or the Miami Heat.

"I think Ray is a better fit for our system, Crawford is good, but he's the type of player who needs to have the ball in his hands, but don't forget, we already have Isaiah (Thomas), he also needs to have In this regard, Ray's off-ball ability is obviously better than Crawford's." Paul gave his own reasons.

It has to be said that Paul's reasons are quite good, and even Er Niu had to re-balance the pros and cons.

After some thought, Er Niu asked: "What about Lei's contract? How much do we need to give to be considered appropriate?"

Sanpao smiled and said, "In the end, what Lei needs is respect. I dare say that as long as we promise not to trade him during the contract period, we can win him with a small middle-class salary."

Er Niu smiled and said: "It seems that you and Lei have almost communicated. Well, I have no problem. The next thing will be handed over to Nell."

In less than a day, the Clippers announced on their official website that they had officially signed free agent Ray Allen. According to the information disclosed by the media later, Ray Allen's contract was only 3 million yuan for three years, of which the third year for player options.

Ruan Erniu made an apology call to Crawford later, Crawford expressed his understanding, and then the Heat extended an olive branch to him and won the former top star with a one-year contract of 500 million yuan. Good sixth man.

On the other hand, after losing the championship for two consecutive years, the Heat finally won Spoelstra, and the successor was none other than Mike Woodson, who had just been fired by the Hawks.

As the only owner of two consecutive COYs in the league, and also a meritorious coach who single-handedly discovered Ruan Erniu, the intention of the Heat's move is very obvious, and they are going for the Clippers.

The story of the July trades is pretty much told, but the biggest deal of the summer came in August:
This is a big four-team deal, the details are as follows:

Lakers get: Howard, Earl Clark, Chris Duhon.

Sending: Bynum, Mike Roberts, Ienga, 2015 second-round and 2017 first-round picks (both protected)

魔术得到：阿弗拉罗、哈林顿、哈克里斯、武切维奇、麦克罗伯茨、艾恩加，2013年次轮选秀权（从掘金获得）、2014年首轮选秀权（从掘金获得）、2015年首轮受保护选秀权（从76人获得）、2015年次轮受保护选秀权（从湖人获得）、2017年受保护首轮选秀权（从湖人获得）。

Send: Howard, Duhon, Clark, Richardson.

76 people get: Bynum, Richardson.

Send: Iguodala, Harkless, Vucevic and a protected first-round pick in 2015.

Nuggets get: Andre Iguodala.

Send: Afflalo, Harrington, 2013 second-round pick, 2014 first-round pick.

The Lakers finally made big news this summer, because they have a luxurious new F4 composed of Kobe, Howard, Gasol, and Nash. It is not enough to say that the Lakers are the Big Three, but counting the top middle-class Nick Young, The Lakers' luxury tax is about to explode.

This is Jim Buss's crazy gamble, and God only knows if he can win the championship.

There were also many deals in the league afterwards, but the one that attracted Er Niu's attention the most was undoubtedly the 6-man deal between the Thunder and the Rockets.

The Rockets sent Kevin Martin, rookie Lamb and three future draft picks for James Harden, Cole Aldridge, Lazar Harward and Daiquan Cook.

When Erniu heard the news, he was greatly relieved, because the Thunder is unlikely to pose a substantial threat to the Clippers in the next few years.

The above deal appeared before the start of the 12-13 season, and it can be described as the last big deal before the start of the new season.

Of course, we must not forget that the Grizzlies then traded Rudy Gay to the Raptors in a three-way deal and got Prince from the Pistons.

However, from the perspective of Er Niu, the Thunder's trade of Harden is the biggest good news for the Clippers.

The new season is about to start, and the Clippers' lineup is basically determined:

C DeAndre Jordan, Kris Anderson, Hassan Whiteside

PF Ruan Erniu, Drummond* Green
SF Kawhi Leonard, Shane Battier, Matt Barnes, Grant Hill
SG JJ Redick, Ray Allen, Malcolm Lee

PG Chris Paul, Isaiah Thomas, Chauncey Billups
(End of this chapter)