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After the Warriors traded Rasheed Wallace, the roster was not actually weakened.

Byron Davis, Wally Szczerbiak, and Rasheed Wallace were also All-Stars at their peak.

There are also ‘Saint Wu’ Jackson, United Arab, Biedrins, Monta Ellis and others.

If this Warriors were in the West in the original history, it would not be a big problem to make it to the playoffs, or even the second round.

But in this history, the Lakers, Mavericks, and Nuggets have all been reinforced, and even the Grizzlies have become a Western powerhouse.

Even if the Warriors enter the playoffs, it is basically a first-round tour.

After the Celtics traded Diao, they also began to contact Rudy Fernandez.

Angie thought about it, but in the end did not help Rudy Fernandez to pay for the buyout.

After all, Rudy Fernandez's contract ends next season.

Rudy. Fernandez does not come, the Celtics need other players to supplement the roster.

The current Celtics 15-man roster.

Center: Okur, Perkins, Primoz Brezek.

Power forwards: Aldridge, Birdman, 'Big Baby' Davis.

Small forward: Pierce, Shane.

Shooting guard: Junzi Lei, Tony.

Point guard: Gu Yu, Lu guidance, Long guidance, Dasheng.

Here's a mouthful of Lu's guide.

Lu guides this kind of speed-type defender. When he gets older, after the speed drops, his role on the court obviously declines.

Instructor Long can also replace the role of Instructor Lu, which leads to Director Lu now becoming the water dispenser administrator.

Director Lu also greeted Gu Yu and others.

After the next season, he will retire directly and become an assistant coach for Rivers.

For this matter, both Angie and Rivers agreed, and Gu Yu had nothing against it.

In the original history, Director Lu retired at the end of the 2008-09 season.

This history is one season ahead of schedule, but it doesn't really matter much.

At present, there are 14 places in the Celtics' 15-man roster.

In fact, it can also be regarded as thirteen places.

Primoz Brezek, who was just traded from the Bobcats, is a dispensable player for the Celtics.

Whether it's a cut or a deal, it can be easily given away.

In fact, the Celtics are currently not interested in reinforcements.

Gu Yu, Junzi Lei, Pierce, Aldridge, Perkins, Okur, Birdman, Shane, Tony, Long.

Last year's regular season and playoffs were basically ten-man rotations. Next season, no surprise, it will be such a ten-man rotation one season.

But Angie, still worried about the Celtics.

Because, the Celtics have clearly shown signs of injury last season!

He has won 60+ games for three consecutive years and won consecutive championships.

Young players are okay, for veterans, whether it is a hidden danger of injury or physical consumption, they are all great!

The injuries of the Birdman and others last season were not accidental.

Why is it difficult for a team to maintain dominance for a long time in the NBA?

After winning the championship, players' worth has risen, and locking the salary space with the veteran's big contract is only one of the reasons.

Another reason is the invasion of injuries.

Before Gu Yu crossed over, how many championship teams did not encounter injuries?

The Heat's Big Three, Wade was a problem with dunks to the end.

After the Spurs won the championship in 2014, they suffered a wave of injuries in the 2015 regular season and finally fell in the first round.

The 15-year Cavaliers, in the playoffs, fought to the seven Jedi Knights.

After the Warriors have won the Triple Crown in five years, every Warriors fan is well aware of the wave of injuries they have encountered.

The Celtics made it to the Finals three years in a row and didn't cut staff in the playoffs due to injury.

To a certain extent, it has been very lucky.

But Ainge doesn't believe that luck can always be on the Celtics' side.

How to sign in the off-season, find some reliable substitutes, and reduce the playing time of the main force in the regular season.

It has become Angie's current primary problem.

But the Celtics' current salary situation makes it impossible to open a big contract.

It's cheap, easy to use, and has a strong bench. There are really not many in the NBA.

Under normal circumstances, the veteran who wants to mix the ring most likes to consider the Celtics.

But the competition for veterans is still fierce.

P.J. Brown and Hill signed with the 76ers.

Kurt Thomas, after ending his one-year contract, turned down the Hawks' contract extension and joined the Phoenix Suns.

Finley chose to renew his contract with the Spurs and continued to spend another year in San Antonio.

Antonio McDyess is a good choice.

As the No. 2 overall pick in 1995, Antonio McDyess was selected to the All-NBA team and All-Star team in his career.

After joining the Pistons, together with Big Ben and Rasheed, they supported the Pistons' inside line.

At present, he has the last season left in his contract extension with the Pistons, and he can choose to jump out of the contract.

The problem is the contract.

Antonio McDyess' contract this season is about $6.5 million.

Antonio McDyess is already a 33-year-old veteran, although because of the Pistons' rebuild, Antonio McDyess is ready to leave.

But Antonio McDyess isn't ready to take a base salary either.

After all, at this age, there is basically no fate with a big contract.

No one has a hard time with money.

Antonio McDyess also made it clear that he wants a two-year, $10 million contract.

Antonio McDyess averaged 21.1 minutes per game with the Pistons last season.

Averaged 8.1 points and 6 rebounds per game.

In terms of performance on the field, a contract of around $5 million is definitely not a loss.

But the problem is...

The Celtics' salaries are already full, and even a contract with an annual salary of $5 million, there is no way to give it to Antonio McDyess.

If you want to get Antonio McDyess, you can only choose to trade.

Ainge approached Pistons general manager Dumars and wanted to trade Antonio McDyess.

......

Dumars opened his mouth directly and asked for a first round.

Anji hung up the phone in anger.

Antonio McDyess is good, but if Ainge is sent out in the first round, then Ainge is the real fool.

Dumars actually didn't want to deal with Ainge at all.

Why did the piston disintegrate?

Isn't it just because the Celtics and 76ers are so dominant?

Disassemble the piston, or poach the piston.

It's weird that Dumas doesn't speak up!

After the Antonio McDyess trade fell through, Ainge continued to look for some solid backup.

He really found a suitable candidate.

Amy Uduka.

Before the start of the 2006-07 season, Uduka, who had previously played in the European league, waited for the opportunity to try out the Portland Trail Blazers.

Although he was hit by the death of his father during the preseason, he still impressed the coaching staff with his tenacious defensive attitude, professional quality and unexpected team cohesion.

Because the Trail Blazers did not select Roy in this history, there is a lack of perimeter players.

Uduka, who had only played 12 games in the NBA before, became a perimeter combination with Rudy Gay in the 2006-07 season. Uduka started 75 games.

He averaged 28.6 minutes per game, averaged 8.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game, and shot 40.6 percent from three-point range.

Uduka's problem is the first, his ball is really not good.

The defensive attitude is there, but the defensive end is generally not very good.

After all, defense often requires physical talent. Uduka did not enter the NBA through the draft, which is enough to explain the problem to a certain extent.

It is precisely because of this that in Uduka's original history, he could only join the Spurs with a basic salary.

But for Ainge, the defense is almost nothing.

Bi (Li Zhao's) actually had too many defensive elites for the Celtics.

Instructed by Tony and Long, Ainge still vividly remembers the things that were targeted in the playoffs last season because of shooting.

And you still want a player with both offense and defense?

Daydream didn't do that either!

So, Ainge let Uduka come to Boston from Portland with a basic salary.

Basically the Celtics offseason signings, here will end.

The NBA is big and big, small and small, there are only so many players in total.

A cheap and easy-to-use veteran, with just a few ambitions,

After the Celtics signings came to an end, the competition on the free market became more and more fierce.

Although the big fish such as Kidd, Shark, McGrady, and Big Hard Special have already decided to go home, it is not that there are no other big fish in the free market.

Richard Jefferson, Jason Richardson, and even singles Joe are on the Timberwolves' shelves at this time.

The Timberwolves don't actually want to trade singles Joe, who is an All-Star after all.

But singles Joe is at his peak at this time, let him play with the team and cultivate rookies.

It's odd that singles Joe can agree!

Ultimately, the Timberwolves also agreed to trade singles Joe.

Then a four-team 12-man deal happened.