Build a Dream Dynasty

Harrison Barnes extended his contract with the Timberwolves for 4 years and 94 million!

Wade left his old club, the Heat, who had never been willing to give him enough respect, and returned to his hometown of Chicago with a two-year contract of 47.5 million.

Courtney Lee left the Knicks to join the Lakers in a four-year, $50 million deal.

The Heat didn't save money on Wade either. They first signed former Nets player Tyler Johnson with a four-year contract of 50 million yuan, and then used a four-year contract of 52 million yuan to win Waiters. Choose to use the form of scratching the lottery to find Wade's successor.

The more chaotic the players in the free agent market are fired, the better it is for the Nets. With multiple "child labor" contracts, the Nets have obvious advantages in the lineup, and their salary is not even up to the standard of the poor. This means that the team can even fight for the draft pick by swallowing junk contracts as it did when it was just rebuilt, especially the 2018 draft pick, to increase the probability of getting Doncic. And the child labor contract in hand, once it enters the trading market, its value will definitely increase to a certain extent.

Dinwiddie's contract temporarily stayed in the hands of the Nets because the Mavericks didn't want it. Originally, after the Nets selected Brogdon as an immediate combat power, perhaps the value of this contract was going down, but in this crazy situation After the free agent market, it is more worthwhile for some teams to bet on him.

The Eagles, who intend to rebuild the team around LaVine, have taken a fancy to Dinwiddie, who has a steady style of play. From the perspective of adaptation, Dinwiddie seems to be more suitable for LaVine than Teague. The Eagles proposed a deal that seemed to be a bit of a loss, using former All-Star guard Jeff Teague to trade the Nets' Dinwiddie plus a 17-year first-round pick.

Hawks general manager Schlenk made a good plan. Teague's immediate combat power is roughly in the top ten among point guards in today's league. The 28-year-old is also in the golden stage of his career, but there is only one year left on his contract. Years, and there is a high probability that he will not stay in the Eagles who are aiming to rebuild. It is a good choice to send to the championship team or partner with Curry in the backcourt, or serve as the sixth man.

However, Teague's breakthrough ability and singles are useful for most teams in the league. Only in the Nets, he is too addicted to dribbling to find rhythm and unstable shooting is completely unsuitable. Jiang Mingliang rejected this deal on the spot.

The Eagles are indeed interested in Dinwiddie, and Dinwiddie is also on the Nets' tradable list. Based on this situation, Jiang Mingliang proposed his own trading plan, using Dinwiddie plus the Nets' 17-year The first-round pick in exchange for the Eagles' 18-year first-round pick.

In terms of strength, the Nets' 17-year first-round pick must be at the end of the first round. For most teams, the pick in this position can only be a lottery. But on the other hand, Dinwiddie Garravin With Gamill Sapp's lineup built, the Eagles may not necessarily be weak. The team will reinforce weak positions, and the 1718 season is still very sure of hitting the playoffs.

However, if Dinwiddie can be traded, it is inevitable for the Eagles to send Teague away. The Eagles put forward a request to pull three parties to further discuss the transaction, and directly asked the Nets to add Nurkic to the transaction!

"..." After all, not any deal can be done according to Jiang Mingliang's intentions. Considering that the Eagles' draft picks may really play a role, Jiang Mingliang struggled repeatedly and discussed with Stevens for a long time , Finally agreed to send Nurkic away when there is a way to supplement the inside line.

The Eagles are willing to trade Teague, and there are still many teams interested in Teague. Teague's style of play is not suitable for the Nets, but it is still useful for other teams. And his contract expires in one year. If he uses it well, he can renew his contract with a high salary. If he doesn't use it well, he will be sent away after one year. a good choice.

The Bulls chose to join the trade. The team's master Reggie Jackson's ability is not bad, but it is still a lot worse than Teague. The Bulls are willing to send the team's 17-year first-round pick to trade Teague. The proposal was approved by Schlenk.

The details of the transaction were re-drafted. The Nets sent Nurkic, Dinwiddie, the team's 17-year first-round pick, and got the Eagles' 18-year first-round pick, and the Bulls' 18-year second-round pick. , The Bulls' Brazilian insider Cristiano Felicio. The Bulls sent Felicio, the team's 17-year first-round pick, and the team's 18-year second-round pick, and got the Eagles' Teague, while the Eagles sent Teague, the team's 18-year first-round pick. Signed, including Dinwiddie, Nurkic, the Bulls' 17-year first-round pick, and the Nets' 17-year draft pick.

The conclusion of the deal, with the goal of competing for the championship, seems to have to admit that the strength of the Nets has declined. But the Nets' ability to discover new players is top-notch in the league, and Dinwiddie and Nurkic are not the core players of the team. Nets fans are a little worried about this deal, but they are not afraid.

The technical characteristics of Cristiano Felicio, who joined the Nets through a trade, were also familiar to Nets fans for the first time. This is a typical blue-collar insider.

He started his career in Brazil and was discovered by the Bulls through his performance in the summer league. He has excellent athletic ability among players at the same position and is more active on both ends of the offense and defense. The downside is that on the offensive end, there are no other means except eating cakes at the basket and the second offense. The height of 206 is considered short among centers, and it is easy to be blown up against some big men.

Even if Jiang Mingliang is good at tapping the potential of players, it seems that Felicio can't satisfy the fans. It seems that he is still reluctant to match O'Quinn last season, and it seems that Nurkic really can't do it.

Why did Jiang Mingliang accept Felicio? He also wants to add Portis on the Bulls' bench in the trade, but isn't this impossible? The Bulls are not stupid, and they are unwilling to send out the team's potential insiders. Felicio's contract is only 700,000 US dollars a year, and he will use it first, and then Jiang Mingliang will continue to search for treasures in the player market. No matter how bad it is, there will be the Olympics next. Through the stage of the Olympics, some international players can still be discovered.

ESPN gave the Nets a B- on this deal.

The ratings of the Nets believe that the Nets have lost too much blood in the process of improving the draft pick. ESPN also believes that the pick sent by the Nets in the trade must be at the end of the first round, and the Eagles' 18-year first-round pick is very likely to be a lottery pick. This upgrade is very important for the Nets. It may be that Jiang Mingliang has taken a fancy to a rookie who cultivates value. But even so, the important rotation players sent to the two teams still lost too much blood. After all, the performance of substitute players has always been a very important factor on the way for the Nets to compete for the championship.

In fact, every time Jiang Mingliang made a very controversial transaction, he could prove his vision afterwards, and ESPN gave this fair transaction score with dignity. If someone else made this transaction , I'm afraid it will only end up with a C or even worse evaluation!

How can a championship team choose to actively weaken the team's strength and plan for the future in advance? Isn't this a mess!

And Jiang Mingliang's next operation seems to confirm ESPN's evaluation of him as a future move. In 3 years, 2 million, the Nets signed Christian Wood, who served as a substitute insider for the Rockets last season, and the nature of the contract is 3 years full guarantee .

A day later, Jiang Mingliang made another effort, another three-year 2 million fully guaranteed contract, and the team signed this season's undrafted pick Van Fleet.

For two consecutive days, with two consecutive contracts with full basic salary guarantees, Dinwiddie and Nurkic's replacements seem to have been settled by this understatement of 4 million. Even the media and fans have not yet reacted. Finish. You don't know whether Jiang Mingliang was prepared or had a sudden inspiration. Anyway, these two signings came very suddenly.

Counting Royce O'Neal, who the team signed last season, and Covington, who was traded, the Nets now have the characteristics of a concentrated camp of undrafted picks. The terrible thing is that as long as these undrafted picks reach the Nets, they can all grow into qualified role players!

Faced with ridicule from fans on the Internet, Jiang Mingliang also took the initiative to post a complaint on Twitter: "The league punished the Nets for 15 years, 16 years and two years of first-round picks. The team can only dig out these dusty pearls Reinforcing the strength of the team.”

The terrifying strength of the Nets last season made many people forget that they continued the strength of the team without draft picks. Brogdon's draft pick this season was also traded from the Spurs at the expense of assets. As a fan, what everyone sees is the brilliance of the core players, but as a management team, the work to be done is often completely different.

After completing these two signings, the Nets' main lineup list is full again:

Point guards: Curry, VanVleet, Brogdon

Shooting guards: Royce O'Neal, Joe Johnson

Small forwards: Kawhi Leonard, Covington

Power forwards: Dreaming Green, West

Centers: Porzingis, Felicio, Wood

At the shooting guard and small forward positions, there are not enough manpower, but several players have the ability to swing positions. Leaving aside Curry's ability to play at the second position, Brogdon is a combo guard. Joe Johnson also played small forward for most of the Celtics last season. Covington has the ability to play at the fourth position. With the addition of an athletic wing, the Nets' lineup is still very comprehensive. In Jiang Mingliang's view, maybe the team will be a little more difficult at the start of next season, but when the team is fully formed, it will not be much worse than the Nets this season.

After missing out on Durant, Jiang Mingliang's strategy for the team is not to sign junk contracts indiscriminately. The team is already strong enough, and the vacated salary space, even if it is used to renew the core players in the team, high-quality assets, It is good to waste words on outsiders.