I’m Really Playing Basketball

After completing the defending championship parade, the NBA's defending champion Warriors had to come down from their peak and consider facing real problems.

Now, the most realistic problem is that Bill and Lopez are leaving.

Now that the Warriors have completed two consecutive championship defenses, for the Warriors, a three-peat dynasty must be the only goal.

But as two important players of the Warriors, such departures will definitely have a huge impact on the team.

Although the two of them and Chen Xiao privately promised that they were willing to make final contributions to the team in exchange for chips for the Warriors to win three consecutive championships, to be honest, it is not that easy to exchange these two for chips.

Bill, who has the largest trade value, is a restricted free agent. Many teams are willing to provide him with a maximum salary of US$130 million over five years. After these teams provide Bill with such a maximum salary, it is difficult for them to pay. More chips to trade Beal.

After all, everyone knows that this season, the Warriors’ biggest offseason task is to renew the contracts of Nongmei and Chen Xiao. Needless to say, Chen Xiao will definitely have a maximum salary of US$260 million in five years, while Nongmei will be a rookie for four years in four years. Selected to the All-Stars for the first time, starting twice, triggering the Durant clause. The contract extension with the Durant clause is 160 million in 5 years. Plus Klay, who renewed his contract with the maximum salary last year, only Chen Xiao, Klay, The annual salary of these three people with thick eyebrows exceeds 110 million US dollars.

Let's put it this way, if Bill really wants to renew Bill's maximum salary for five years, the Warriors will be exploded by the super luxury tax in the future.

In this case, other teams will politely leave some chips for the Warriors. If they really want to leave too good chips, they are really thinking blindly.

And if the chips are not good enough, it is actually meaningless for the Warriors.

However, the better news for the Warriors is that Bill said that it is very important for him to cooperate with the Warriors to gain chips.

Many teams want Bill, and Bill's wishes are very important. For Bill, it doesn't matter where he goes. Anyway, it's the boss status plus the maximum salary. Whoever offers the higher price will go wherever he goes.

It can only be said that Bill is indeed an open-minded person who knows how to repay kindness. In fact, he has no such obligation.

And this also allowed the Warriors to take the initiative out of passivity.

Of course, Lopez is also very open.

The two players who are leaving the Warriors are very loyal. This cannot be said, but useful chips cannot be conjured out of thin air because of their loyalty.

If the team that hopes to get them can't provide the chips the Warriors want, there is really no way, and time is very tight. The free market will start on July 1.

And just when Jerry West was very busy, a piece of news came that shocked Jerry West.

"The Chicago Bulls want to trade Wade!"

Yes, after Jerry West released the news that Lopez and Bill would be traded, the Chicago Bulls actually sent an offer to the Warriors, and the player who made the offer was actually Wade!

Not long after the Bulls made an offer to the Warriors, Chen Xiao received a call from Wade, who told him that he was being traded by the Chicago Bulls.

"Why?!"

Chen Xiao was really shocked, because after the Heat and Pat Riley didn't want Wade, the Bulls gave Wade respect. This hometown team gave Wade the maximum salary of 250 million for five years. At that time Wade said he is ready to retire with the Chicago Bulls after this big contract ends.

But, after only two seasons, why would the Chicago Bulls trade Wade?

Could it be that Wade is causing trouble with the Chicago Bulls?

Although Wade is a great brother, to be honest, his character is also very prickly, and it is not impossible if he really wants to cause something.

So Chen Xiao was very curious about what happened between him and the bull.

"There are not so many reasons. It's simply that the Chicago Bulls want to rebuild, and my age and contract are too big, not suitable for the Chicago Bulls' rebuilding. The Chicago Bulls' management is very concerned about the fact that the Bulls were eliminated from the playoffs in the first round last season. The exit result was very unsatisfactory.”

"And it's not just me, veterans in the Chicago Bulls such as Ben Gordon will also be traded or sent away by the Bulls."

If that's the case, that's understandable.

Wade is now 34 years old, and he still has three years left on his five-year, $250 million maximum salary contract. To be honest, this is indeed too long.

Although Wade is a contender for the top ten stars in history, if you are like Chen Xiao every year, at least you are guaranteed to be in the conference finals, that's okay, but if you lead the Bulls in the playoffs, it will get worse and worse. If you pass the second round in one year and go directly to the first round in the second year, will you have to win the lottery every year from now on?

Co-authored by me: The Chicago Bulls pay the luxury tax every year, so they won’t even be able to make the playoffs in the future?

The Chicago Bulls spent a lot of money on bringing in Wade and giving him the highest salary.

In the end, two years later, the Chicago Bulls failed to complete the revival they wanted. This definitely disappointed the Chicago Bulls management.

Of course, there are many reasons why the Bulls have not revived in the past two years. The biggest reason is definitely not Wade. The Bulls used to be one of the best young guards in the NBA, but now, those young people who used to be high-spirited and energetic , they are all a group of people in their thirties who have been worn away by the terrifying competitive atmosphere in the East and are waiting for death with garbage contracts.

To be honest, Wade took the Bulls to the second round last season. This was the Bulls' best record since Jordan left.

In any case, the Chicago Bulls had communicated with Wade about trading Wade, and it was not considered a breach of trust. Wade said he was willing to come to the Warriors, and the Chicago Bulls submitted a trade request to the Warriors.

Wade hopes to come to the Warriors, will Chen Xiao refuse?

Of course it’s impossible to refuse!

Not only did Chen Xiao not refuse, but he also raised his hands to welcome him!

After all, after leaving college, Chen Xiao has been wondering whether the three former college brothers will still have the opportunity to play together in the NBA.

And now, finally there is such an opportunity.

Of course, if Wade wants to come to the Warriors, Chen Xiao can definitely decide.

However, Chen Xiao also has to respect Jerry West’s opinions and Bago Wang’s opinions.

Because Wade's big contract is indeed very big.

If Wade is really acquired, in the next three years, the contract between him, Wade, Clay and Big Eyebrow, the four-person contract, will be worth 160 million US dollars per year! Not counting others, four people earn $160 million per year.

The NBA's salary cap and luxury tax line for next season are US$122 million and US$149 million respectively. The contracts of the four of them will exceed the luxury tax line by more than 10 million.

This is indeed too scary.

Although the Warriors are now one of the most profitable teams in the NBA, it is obvious to the naked eye that the Warriors will definitely lose money in the next three years.

As the owners of the Warriors, Wang Ge and Ba Ge naturally care about their opinions.

What surprised Chen Xiao but not surprise was that Brother Bage and Brother Wang quickly gave Chen Xiao the answer.

"The Warriors are not only our team, but also your team. You have the final say on everything about the team. You don't need to consider our difficulties. We will keep all the money you have earned in the past few seasons since you came to the Warriors. If you still have No, let’s borrow money to pay the luxury tax!”

It can only be said that Brother Bage and Brother Wang are also very open-minded.

However, for Brother Bage and Brother Wang, it was Chen Xiao who opened the door. To be honest, the fact that they were able to go from fringe players in the NBA to become NBA champions, bosses, and legends was all because of Chen Xiao. of.

Besides, isn’t it just losing money?

The Warriors' current market value exceeds 4 billion US dollars. As long as this team is here, can they still lose money?

Since this is the case, there is no problem.

As for Jerry West, Jerry West is also very supportive.

For the Warriors, although Wade is indeed older, Wade is still very strong now. He has been a contender for the NBA scoring title in the past two seasons.

Lopez aside, Lopez + Bill for Wade will definitely strengthen the Warriors' starting lineup.

The Warriors' lineup has always lacked a reliable second single RBI point, and isn't Wade the perfect second single RBI point?

Especially after Chen Xiao decided to focus on the inside starting from next season, the Warriors need a core outside player like Wade to control the game.

Therefore, as for Wade's arrival, as long as Chen Xiao and the team's two owners do not object, West will definitely support it with both hands.

After the Warriors decided to agree to the Bulls' trade request, everything became very simple.

The Warriors and Bulls negotiated a deal between the two teams in exchange for Beal and Lopez for Wade.

Of course, Bill and Lopez must have signed first and then traded.

Bill will sign a five-year, 130 million contract with the Warriors, while Lopez will sign a six-year, 150 million contract with the Warriors.

Bill has a limited maximum salary. Putting aside this, the Bulls agreed to Lopez signing this 6-year contract. It can only be said that the Bulls are very optimistic about Lopez.

The Bulls are also really preparing to rebuild the team with Bill and Lopez as the core.

The Bulls and Warriors have not announced Wade's deal yet, so there is no news around the league yet.

It can only be said that Jerry West is still very good at keeping secrets.

After dealing with the expiring contracts of Bill and Lopez, Chen Xiao flew from Oakland to New York to prepare for this year's draft.

Chen Xiao has not gone to the draft for many years.

The reason why I came to the draft this year was mainly for the 2016 Little Green Room player, Chinese insider, Chen Xiao’s disciple at Chen Xiao Basketball School, and disciple of the national team, Zhou Qi.

Zhou Qi, who turned 20 this year, finally decided to participate in the NBA draft.

As the starting insider of the Chinese team for the past two years, Zhou Qi's performance in the World Championships, Asian Championships and CBA these years is obvious to all.

Considered one of the most talented players in China.

So the NBA has paid close attention to it a long time ago.

In fact, due to the rise of Chinese basketball, Chinese players have always participated in the NBA draft in recent years. However, NBA scouts are really not just for free, although there are parallel imports in the NBA draft every year, and there are a lot of parallel imports.

But if you want to impress NBA scouts, it won't work without a little bit of talent and ability.

Therefore, those players with average talent who participate in the draft due to the rise of Chinese basketball basically have no chance of entering the NBA.

Don't say that Chinese players have commercial value.

Let's put it this way, as a food person, even if you are a Tianlong person, you have no commercial value.

Therefore, even players like Ding Yanyuhang can only be second-round picks, and you can see the standards of NBA teams and scouts.

Therefore, in recent years, most Chinese players who participated in the NBA draft were actually unsuccessful.

Even now that the status of Chinese basketball is at its peak, it is not easy to produce a lottery pick who can enter the Little Green Room.

Moreover, Zhou Qi's prediction for this year's draft is quite high, second only to Ben Simmons and Ingram. Most draft prediction agencies and media have ranked him in the top five.

Therefore, Zhou Qi definitely has no chance with the Warriors.

The Warriors have three first-round picks in this year's draft, but they are all relatively late.

The No. 17 pick in the first round from the Suns, which was the pick used by the Suns to trade Livingston.

The other one is the 25th pick in the first round from the Raptors (Raptors 16th, Dragic in the 18th first rotation)

and the Warriors' own first-round pick at No. 30.

For a team like the Warriors striving for a dynasty, such a draft pick is embarrassing, so with Jerry West preparing to trade up these days, the top five may be difficult.

This year's top five rookies are Simmons and Ingram, Jamal Murray, and Zhou Qi are in the same group.

The rest, this year’s No. 1 point guard, Kris Dunn, No. 1 power forward Marquese Chriss, No. 1 shooting guard Buddy Hield, No. 2 power forward Bender, No. 1 center Sabonis Jr., The three small forwards, Jaylen Brown, and the second point guard, Dejounte Murray, are almost the same.

But it is possible to exchange these three picks for a pick with the 10th pick or so in the first round.

Of course, this depends on Jerry West's connections.

Therefore, Zhou Qi has no chance with the Warriors in this year's draft, and the Warriors have no need for Zhou Qi.

In this year's draft, Houston's No. 1 pick finally chose Ben Simmons between Ingram and Ben Simmons. This young all-around forward is known as the second best to James and Magic. In addition to not being able to shoot, he has a good personality. Some problems are indeed no problem in terms of potential.

As for the personality issue, the NBA is a melting pot and you can always train it. As for shooting, you should also be able to train it, right?

Relatively speaking, Ingram is slightly worse. Although Ingram's shooting is excellent, his dynamic talent and golf intelligence are indeed slightly worse.

This model is the small forward of Durant and Chen Xiao. He is not as strong as Chen Xiao, but he likes Chen Xiao's tank-like rushing style. Obviously he can make a living by shooting, but he always wants to kill with the ball. .

In the end, the template was that the small forwards of Durant and Chen Xiao went to the Nets with the second pick.

Just like the Celtics like to pick Larry Bird second, now the Nets also like to pick Chen Xiao second.

Now the Nets are very obsessed with players whose template is Chen Xiao.

After this year's two favorites were selected, Chen Xiao focused on Zhou Qi. In the end, Zhou Qi ended up with the New Orleans Hornets with the third overall pick.

Although the Hornets are rubbish in strength and the location of the team is not good, they are suitable for low-key development. I hope Zhou Qi can also get the career he wants in New Orleans just like the Arab League quietly developed in Salt Lake City.

When a player enters the NBA, whether he is a dragon or a worm in the future depends entirely on him.

After Zhou Qi was selected by the Hornets, the Warriors finally used this year's first-round picks 17, 25, and 30 to trade up from the Grizzlies for the eighth pick and selected small forward Jay Rembrandt.

Jaylen Brown has excellent athletic ability and body. If you only look at talent, he can even enter the top five picks. However, due to the rise of Chen Xiao and Durant, forward players with poor shooting skills are no longer popular in the NBA.

However, his athletic ability is very good. If he can practice shooting, he can even play the 4th position in a small lineup in the NBA. After playing in the finals against the Bucks, the Warriors lack such an all-around forward. .

Jaylen Brown is one of the two major gambling players in this year's draft. He can make money with practice but lose money if he can't.

The other one is Dejounte Murray.

Many people say that if Murray had played at Duke or Kentucky, he would have been a top-five pick.

His size, agility and toughness are all excellent qualities for a point guard.

But like Jaylen Brown, he doesn't shoot very well and occasionally loses control.

However, it is obvious that although this draft has a lot of gambling and controversy, the endings of Dejounte Murray and Jaylen Brown are naturally different.

Jaylen Brown was selected with the eighth overall pick early and went to the Golden State Warriors.

Dejounte Murray was not selected by the Spurs until the 28th overall pick.

When the rookies in the little green room were selected one by one, Dejounte Murray could be described as sitting on pins and needles.

However, fortunately, Dejounte Murray ended up in the first round. Although he was a little behind, the first round was still the first round.

This year's draft was basically uneventful.

But the draft ended and the free market opened. When the Bulls and Warriors completed Wade's deal, the entire NBA became a storm.