The chain reaction after the Lakers trade is not over yet.

On the day Li Liang came back, the Golden State Warriors couldn't hold back anymore, and pulled the Celtics and Trail Blazers to make a three-way deal. The main players in the deal were David Lee, Gerald Wallace, Barbara Thum and some picks.

The Warriors got Batum and a garbage contract, the Celtics got David Lee, and the Blazers got Gerald Wallace and draft picks.

David Lee's role in the Warriors has not been played and reflected, and Batum has further strengthened the Warriors' striker, adding another weapon against Li Liang.

However, if the general manager of the Warriors and Kerr saw Li Liang's muscular arms, they would probably be shocked. Can Batum's noodle-like figure really be used against Li Liang?

Also, in the 2014 playoffs when the Trail Blazers played against the Clippers, it's not that Batum never played against Li Liang. It's obvious to all who was beaten. It can only be said that the Warriors have the mentality of giving it a try, and the accumulation of 3D is over, regardless of whether it is useful or not. ,

Li Liang now feels a bit like O'Neal in 2000. At that time, in order to limit the shark, the whole league tried desperately to accumulate height and muscles in the interior, which can be regarded as the last afterglow of the center era. At that time, the New York Knicks had a bad contract, and it was hard to say that it had nothing to do with this inertia.

The Warriors, Spurs, Lakers, and Rockets have all improved their strength to a certain extent. Of course, no one knows how they are playing after the start of the season.

Others like the Grizzlies continue to mend, they left Marc Gasol, let the black and white bears continue to serve in Memphis, but Randolph's energy is getting less and less. The Blazers are completely liquidated, Aldridge is gone, Batum is gone, Matthews is gone, and Robin Lopez is gone.

In 2014, Lillard was the only one left among the five Blazers who played quite sensually.

reconstruction.

The Clippers tried their best to find the hole left by Li Liang's departure in the free market. Unfortunately, the hole was too big, and the broken boards couldn't be repaired anyway. Of course the Clippers wanted to welcome back their captain, but after arriving in Los Angeles on the 28th, Li Liang rejected Ballmer's dinner invitation and went to have dinner with friends Wei Dazhi and Bai Xiaoting, making Ballmer, the number one fan, Very sad.

There are also teams like the Suns and Kings that have been rotten for several years, and they pin their hopes on Li Liang's favor, but Li Liang didn't consider these teams in the past. It is true that he wants to help the poor, but more of it is to get rich quickly, not to save the poor, like the sun and the king, to be honest, it may not be possible to move.

Timberwolves... Li Liang didn't know there was such a team in the NBA.

Among the strong teams in the Western Conference in recent years, there is a team that has not moved much so far, and that is the Thunder.

In 2012, they ushered in a bumper harvest in the draft and entered the finals at a young age. Although they lost, they reaped the future.

It's a pity that the deal in 2012 ruined everything, ruined the future, and ruined many, many things.

General manager Presti may regret for the rest of his life why he made such a deal in the first place and why he was so anxious.

After that, things started to go wrong for them. They only relied on Wang Zha to support their appearance. The usage rate of the two cores was too high, and they began to suffer frequent injuries.

There are no big names in the free market who are willing to come, and the miracles in the draft cannot happen again and again. It is already impossible for a perfect trio to reproduce.

Last season Durant ended up being reimbursed due to injury, and they wasted another year.

This summer, Presti still hopes to do something, so as not to waste the peak state of Durant and Westbrook.

The youth of every player is very precious. The average age of a player in the league is only four years, which can be said to be fleeting.

The careers of star players are of course longer, but their peaks are generally only four to five years. They are rising in the front and declining in the later stage.

There are only a few players with long standby times like Duncan, Kobe, and James. Durant may be able to, but it's hard to say whether Durant has the patience.

As the so-called instigator has no heirs, James has taken a good lead, and Li Liang has carried forward to the peak. If Durant has not won the championship in the Thunder, then he may choose to leave when the peak has not receded. Go to a place that is more likely to win a championship.

But a small place like Oklahoma is really not attractive to big-name free agents, and when it comes to signings, the Thunder has been holding back, and there is no big deal.

Presti studied under Popovich, basically the same kind of thinking that the new three years, the old three years, the old three years, and the three years.

Now, the Spurs are letting go of their hands and feet, fishing for big fish in their own market, and making big deals, but the Thunder still don't make any moves.

If you have to do something, you really can't.

When Harden was traded as an important bargaining chip, what he finally got was Steven Adams.

Now they have no good bargaining chips in their hands, let alone the Lakers, who have a long history, empty-handed, and let other players take the initiative to vote.

The Thunder moved to Oklahoma City in 2008 to complete the team building and change its name. The most loyal young fans probably haven't grown up to be able to enter the league yet.

Presti's biggest operation was to pick Cameron Payne in the draft.

As always, you have long hands and long legs. Anyway, the Thunder draft, pick the one with long hands-so sorry for Griffin, although you are from Oklahoma City, you can't come to the Thunder.

Now the biggest operation Presti can do in the free market is to renew Singler!

In February of this year, the Thunder exchanged Reggie Jackson from the Pistons for Singler. It can only be said that for the balance of the ball and the locker room in the team, the Thunder can only do this.

After Singler came to the Thunder, he averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds per game. He played very enthusiastically, but it was useless.

In July, seeing that there was nothing left to earn in the free market, the Thunder gave Singler a $25 million contract in May with a swipe of the pen.

So far, the biggest signings of the season have been completed.

Then Presti began to worry, and began to miss Li Liang like many teams.

Since June, team managers have been suffering from "Bruce-Lee Syndrome".

At the beginning, everyone kept silent, and secretly contacted Bird and Zhu Shu, hoping to get a promise to join.

But Bird said to listen to Li Liang, Zhu Shu said that Li Liang didn't listen to anything, and Li Liangwo didn't go anywhere in his hometown in China and didn't say anything, so everyone was anxious.

In private, as long as they meet each other, they will say, "Hey, have you heard about Bruce Lee?"

"No, did you hear that?"

"Oh no, I didn't. If I heard about it, why would I ask you?"

"Ham, I heard your tone and thought you had heard of it."

Later, everyone stopped using "Bruce Lee", and simply said "the-man", that man!

"What about that man?"

"I don't know, I'm still alive."

"Any news about him?"

"It's like participating in a training camp, Yao's."

"By the way, is there anyone close to Yao, please ask?"

"I asked, and said that I want to join the Chinese national team."

"Oh shit, I'm not the manager of the Chinese national team."

In this way, with the passage of time, some teams gradually lost the opportunity and idea of ​​​​acquiring Li Liang.

The Thunder, on the other hand, are waiting for luck to come, because Li Liang always likes to directly announce his whereabouts on Twitter, but he doesn't tell the team's management that he is going to the team in advance, which feels like a lottery.

As soon as Li Liang returned to the United States, various media began to pay attention to Wei Dazhi's Twitter. If there was any trouble, they would be too excited.

Including Presti, who has become a Twitter addict. If he has nothing to do, he takes out his mobile phone and checks it. Going to Wei Dazhi's homepage, he is more diligent than watching fitness bloggers.

Finally, on August 31, the last day of August, Presti saw that Wei Dazhi's Twitter was updated. It was a picture, a blue picture with a shield!

Thunder team logo!

Presti suddenly felt the blood rushing to his forehead, Thunder, Thunder was chosen!

But if you take a closer look, it's not right...it's not Thunderbolt, it's...it's Safeguard's logo?

Fuck, why did Wei Dazhi put a Safeguard icon on Twitter.

Presti gets discouraged all of a sudden. Are you kidding me? Heart disease is about to come out.

But two minutes later, Wei Dazhi deleted the previous tweet and reposted it. This time, it was finally the blue shield logo, Oklahoma City Thunder.

Immediately afterwards, Presti's cell phone rang, and it was Larry Bird.

The speed is really fast.

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