I’m Really Playing Basketball

In the summer of 2005, because the Bobcats used up all the contracts of 15 people very early, and the team had no plans to lay off people, so the summer operation was completed early.

After the Bobcats completed their operations in the summer, they entered the state of watching the sea while sitting and watching the wind and clouds turbulent.

Chen Xiao began to look for his own place in Charlotte, while Michael Jordan started the summer league journey with these rookie players of the Bobcats this year.

As the greatest player in NBA history and the chosen one for the position of NBA general manager, Michael Jordan, head coach of the Bobcats, is basically deserted wherever he goes.

The NBA Summer League suddenly created a 'Michael Jordan whirlwind'.

Not to mention Jordan brought his assistants Dell Curry and Stephen Kerr to the Summer League.

Just talk about Chen Xiao.

Because Chen Ling is going to stay in Charlotte for a long time this time, and will bring his son here soon, so it's really not just looking for a place in Charlotte.

There is no need to invest, the key is to live comfortably. Fortunately, compared with New York's housing prices in Charlotte, it is really the difference between the drizzle and the sea. Chen Xiao's current income can be spent in the real estate market here. Indiscriminate killing.

While Chen Xiao was looking for another home in the United States, the 2005 NBA summer free market continued to advance.

On July 21, the Minnesota Timberwolves announced a peaceful breakup with the team's head coach Sanders, and the Timberwolves' head coach Sanders was invited by the Pistons to become the head coach the next day after the Timberwolves broke up peacefully.

Sanders was very dissatisfied with the team's decision to trade Cassell and give up Sprewell.

These two were the key to the Timberwolves reaching the Finals in 2004.

Although the performance of the two in the finals was mediocre, if the Timberwolves did not have these two, they would basically not be competitive in the West.

But really, Sanders' requirements for the Timberwolves are still too harsh.

Sprewell was not given up by the Timberwolves on their own initiative.

As someone who came from New York, Sprewell had no sense of belonging to Minnesota.

It is really not easy for Shanghai people to have a sense of belonging in Hegang. Without money, why should they stay in Hegang?

There is simply no way the Timberwolves can give Sprewell the huge salary he expects.

How could the Timberwolves do the salary lock thing they did in previous years?

The Timberwolves feel that the contract they gave to Sprewell is sincere, but this sincerity is not enough to make Sprewell condescend, so separation is really inevitable.

The alien Russell is indeed a problem for the Timberwolves.

Russell suffered a lot of injuries last season. Although he is good, his contract is still too big. The Timberwolves want to clear out all these big contracts.

In this case, the Timberwolves traded Russell and a first-round pick from the Clippers for backup shooting guard Caron Butler, who was not reused by the Clippers.

Speaking of Caron Butler, this rookie in the same class as Chen Xiao, Yao Ming and Wade is really miserable.

Historically, Butler was selected by the Heat with the tenth overall pick, and was immediately reused in the Heat, which was short of major generals. In his rookie season, he averaged 15 points per game. This is really good, let alone unable to brush up. Come on, this data is produced by a rookie, how can you criticize him?

But because of Chen Xiao and Wade's butterfly effect, the Heat certainly don't like Butler.

In the end, Butler was traded by the Clippers for draft picks.

Historically, the Heat were definitely not as strong as the Clippers in 2002, but in terms of employment, the Heat had Pat Riley, and Pat Riley was really good at hiring people. If you have the strength and potential, you will definitely. will use you.

But in the Clippers, the Clippers have been really chaotic these days.

And because they want to catch up with the Lakers, the Clippers are still typical of arrogance these years, and they really don't know how to use it for ordinary rookies.

In the end, Butler failed to soar with the Heat like history did.

Of course, there is no sinking.

After all, the strength is there. Last season with the Clippers, he averaged 29 minutes and 10.2 points per game. This data is actually acceptable.

After all, he is the substitute for the old cat Mobley. It is really good to be able to produce this data as a substitute.

The potential is still recognized, so the Timberwolves need to use a first-round pick and an All-Star like Cassel to trade for the Clippers. Cassel was the Western Conference All-Star last season.

In the transaction between Cassell and Butler, it is difficult to say who loses and who gains. The Clippers got their much-needed perimeter leader All-Star, and the Timberwolves also got a good future.

But for Timberwolves head coach Saunders, who has tasted the experience of the Finals, he does not want to accompany the Timberwolves in rebuilding. He is not Garnett, and he does not have the spirit of the Wolf King who is happy with poverty and waiting to rise again.

On July 28, after Sanders, the head coach of the Finals, left for the Pistons, another head coaching change occurred in the NBA.

That is the famous NBA coach, Larry Brown, who led the Dream Six team to play the worst performance in history in the 2004 Olympics, is back again.

To be honest, back in 2004 when the Dream Six team lost so miserably, Larry Brown was really considered to have a professional and basketball career that was over.

To be honest, based on Larry Brown's performance in 2004, the NBA was boxed by Rasheed and the Olympics was beaten by various world-class teams. At the time, it seemed that he was indeed not suitable to be an NBA head coach.

But a year later, when the events of 2004 began to slowly fade away, Larry Brown relied on his super connections to return to the NBA stage again and was invited by the New York Knicks to become the team's head coach. coach.

To be honest, there are not many teams in the entire NBA that have the courage to use Larry Brown, and the New York Knicks are definitely one of them.

After all, the Knicks have been really weird in recent years!

However, it is not incomprehensible that the New York Knicks want to invite Larry Brown.

After all, there is really no one more suitable than Larry Brown to run the army with iron and blood and change the Knicks' trend.

Of course, that was Larry Brown at his peak. Does Larry Brown still have the prestige to rule the army now?

This is going to be a question mark.

But for New York's front office, it's a dead horse.

So much money has been spent, and the salary is more than twice that of the championship every year, but you can't even make it to the playoffs. This money has been spent without even making a splash. Who can bear this?

Just like that, Larry Brown was resurrected by the Knicks with great fanfare.

After the Knicks resurrected Larry Brown, Chen Xiao, who was looking for a house, was asked his opinion on this.

Chen Xiao just said calmly: "I think many people will look forward to the game against the Knicks next season."

Well, Larry Brown's return will definitely give Meng Liu's group of stars who were tricked by Larry Brown a goal.

The New York Knicks games next season will be exciting.

At the very least, Xiao Tiantian, Xiao Tai and others will never let go of Knicks.

Have a moment of silence.

Larry among men and Bogut among beasts, both of them will be tested next season.

August 2, 2005, this day is definitely a day that can be recorded in history for the NBA.

On this day, 5 teams including the Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, and Boston Celtics completed a huge deal involving 13 people.

The Miami Heat sent away the team's star small forward Odom and acquired star point guard White Chocolate from the Lakers and small forward Antoine Walker from the Celtics.

The Lakers got Odom from the Heat.

Teams such as the Celtics either gained draft picks or acquired some expiring contracts or young players.

The most outrageous thing in this deal is Danny Ainge.

In order to deal with Pierce's emotions in the second half of last season, he traded Walker back, and now he's trading Walker away. This is simply piercing Pierce's heart again and again.

As the general manager of a team, there is no one like Danny Ainge who cares so little about what the team's players think.

It should be said that in Danny Ainge's mind, Pierce may really be as light as a feather.

Almost on the same day, the Lakers immediately announced a peaceful breakup with the team's head coach Byron Scott after acquiring Odom in the trade. They also issued a statement thanking Byron Scott for his contribution to the Lakers.

At the same time, the Lakers announced that they would welcome back the team's former head coach, Phil Jackson.

Phil Jackson makes second move to Los Angeles Lakers!

For a time, the entire NBA was shocked by this news.

In Los Angeles, as the current star power forward of the Los Angeles Lakers, the look on Boozer's face is truly resentful.

Boss Key is gone, Bugs is gone, and now even Coach Scott is gone.

He is now the only one left in the Lakers' Nets team.

It should be said that the current Lakers have no Nets ties at all.

Boozer feels that his future is also somewhat worrying.

Because he can feel that he is definitely not the power forward that Phil Jackson likes.

In fact, Boozer's guess was indeed accurate.

Byron Scott, who left the Lakers 'peacefully', announced that he would join the New Orleans Hornets two hours after Phil Jackson took over the Lakers.

To be honest, as the championship head coach Byron Scott is also at the level of casual killing in the NBA.

After becoming the head coach of the Hornets, the Hornets initiated a trade request to the Los Angeles Lakers. The Hornets used Baron Davis, one of the culprits of the team's boss competition and civil unrest last season, and the team's backup power forward David Weiss. Specially traded for Lakers All-Star power forward Boozer as a bargaining chip.

Baron Davis averaged 18.9 points and 7 assists per game last season, David West averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds per game, and Boozer averaged 20.1 points and 11.7 rebounds per game. The key is, Carlos Boozer is A two-time NBA All-Star, a championship player, the most popular power forward in the league, and a direct descendant of Byron Scott.

Baron Davis is good, but the current trade value is not great. David West is used to balance the Lakers' position. The Lakers have lost their main power forward, and you have to send a backup power forward to prevent them from being in the big team. No one is available at the forward position.

Therefore, the main subjects of this transaction are Byron Scott and Boozer. To be honest, if the Lakers hadn't traded White Chocolate now, they really wouldn't be interested in Byron Scott as a bargaining chip.

In fact, in history, when Baron Davis was sent to the Warriors, it was simply a bargain, and the chips X5 were not as good as the current Boozer.

However, the deal was finally reached, and the New Orleans Hornets also took over some junk contracts from the Lakers in this deal.

Of course, if these junk contracts are not accepted, the transaction will not be matched.

Therefore, the key point is that Phil Jackson really doesn't like power forwards like Boozer.

After all, Phil Jackson was the one who caught Boozer's defense in the 2003 Finals, and he didn't want his team to be caught and beaten in the same way.

In this way, the Los Angeles Lakers began a new era on August 2nd.

Kobe Bryant, Gasol, Odom, Baron Davis, David West...and Phil Jackson.

At the same time, on August 2, the Grizzlies and the Kings completed a deal. The Kings sent Bobby Jackson and Ostertag to the Grizzlies in exchange for Bunch Wells.

At the same time, on this day, the Minnesota Timberwolves, which had cleared their contract, announced that they had completed the signing of Wizards free agent Larry Hughes.

In history, Larry Hughes went to the Cavaliers, but the current Cavaliers obviously have no interest in Larry Hughes.

After leaving the Wizards to join the Timberwolves, Larry Hughes was asked in an interview why he wanted to go to the Timberwolves. Larry Hughes said: "This is not a question of money, this is a question of my personal future. Last season I was in The Wizards played very well, and I averaged more than 22 points per game, but I don't think that's all I have. I think I can be better. I want to tell the world that I'm not only good at offense, I'm also good at defense. , I need someone to guide me to go further on the road of offense and defense. Kwame told me that Kevin is such a person, and I came to the Timberwolves because of Kevin!"

It is worth mentioning that Larry Hughes was the steal leader last season.

Historically, last season Larry Hughes was a guard who led the defense, led the team in steals, and averaged 22 points per game. It can be said that he can combine offense and defense.

Because of Chen Xiao and the fact that Arenas went to the Spurs, these butterfly effects prevented him from getting the honors he deserved last season.

Now that he has established a foothold in the NBA and has become a star, he has no shortage of money, and he wants to get higher recognition.

And Kwame Brown told him that Garnett could make him stronger.

Therefore, he really didn't come to the Timberwolves for money. For him, it was a salary cut.

At the same time, on this day, facing the pursuit of the entire NBA, the Cavaliers' star power forward and championship player, Raheem, announced his retirement.

Although Rahim is not as popular as other star players after his contract expires, many teams are interested in him, including the Kings, Mavericks, Spurs, etc.

The contract price is not high, the strength is strong, the role is strong, the character is good, and the professional. Such a player is really the perfect role player.

But Rahim, who had accomplished all his career goals, fell into confusion.

Because he has already planned the next step in his career.

After Rahim announced his retirement, he immediately announced that he would serve as the vice president of the NBA Development League.

After Rahim announced his retirement, Chen Xiao also called to congratulate him.

"Raheem is a great player, he's a Hall of Fame caliber player and he's a great champion."

This is what Chen Xiao said about Rahim during an interview.

Chen Xiao knows that even if Raheem has a championship with the Cavaliers in his career, it is impossible for him to enter the Hall of Fame. He is a typical example of NBA honors not worthy of his strength.

The NBA's free market has slowly fallen into calm after a crazy day on August 2.

It wasn't until August 31 that there was another big news in the NBA's free market.

The Heat announced early contract extensions with Dwyane Wade and Yao Ming.

The Bobcats also announced that they had reached a 3+2 contract extension with a maximum salary of 75 million yuan over five years with Chen Xiao.

Regardless of Chen Xiao, Wade or Yao Ming, their contracts will expire next season, and this is an early renewal.

Renewing the contract in advance is to stabilize the morale of the army and sprint with all its strength!

When the NBA free market comes to an end, it is also a time for teams and players to set goals.

Chen, next season, we will definitely win the championship!

When Wade saw that Chen Xiao had renewed his contract with the Bobcats and wanted to go all the way, he clenched his hands into fists.

He felt that now was his chance to catch up with Chen!

I want to walk side by side with Chen!

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