Chapter 281 Wade and LeBron fall out

It is common knowledge in the league that Howard wants to leave the Magic.

He was originally sent to the Lakers during this period.

This time, the Lakers are still very interested in him.

But there are not enough attractive chips in the team.

Their original bargaining chip, Bynum, was sent to “City of Navigation” in the trade with Yao Ming, and he is no longer in existence. — For a player like Bynum, Kobe must be watching over him, otherwise he will easily lose himself.

It is worth mentioning that…

This guy is also a high school student!

This is what high school students are like!
The Lakers’ current situation does not allow them to come up with enough chips.

They can still have expectations this summer. If they can reach a buyout agreement with Yao Ming, they will be able to free up enough salary space to sign a completely free “superstar”, and together with Kobe and Paul, form a “new Big Three”.

But Howard and the others probably can’t get involved.

The Magic have made it clear that they need to rebuild.

The final team on the table was the Timberwolves.

They sent Pekovic, “Golden Boy” Rubio and a first-round draft pick next year to the Magic to get the current “No. 1 center” Dwight Howard.

This completes the combination of the “top scorers” from 03 and 04!

The entire league was shocked at this moment!

No one expected that these two people would get together.

The Minnesota media immediately published a post, first thanking Kevin Love and Pekovic for their contributions to the Timberwolves, and then excitedly said: “The era of the Timberwolves has arrived!”

No wonder they are so excited.

Judging from the data, there is absolutely no problem between LeBron and Howard.

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In terms of location…

Howard plays the five position, and LeBron can switch back and forth between the 1st and 3rd positions.

No conflict at all!
They wanted to directly give the Timberwolves management a “sss plus” operation.

They feel that this year’s “Best General Manager” has already been booked in advance by the Timberwolves management!
But the Timberwolves’ operation is not over yet…

It is reported that the Timberwolves management is trying to bring Kevin Garnett back to the Timberwolves from the Celtics to form the “Big Three” of LeBron, Howard and Kevin Garnett!
Minnesotans were particularly excited to hear the news.

And this is not a difficult thing. Kevin Garnett regained his free status this summer and can join the Timberwolves as a free agent.

When analyzing to this point, all the media in Minnesota believed that Kevin Garnett would definitely return to the Timberwolves.

This is their “Old Wolf King”!

Now he has the opportunity to return to Minnesota, and to compete for the championship with two “No. 1 picks” LeBron and Howard. How could he not be excited?

But actually…

Kevin Garnett is struggling.

Last season, Ainge sold Perkins and the team officially entered the rebuilding period.

This made Kevin Garnett, who had regained his free agency, consider leaving.

But he wasn’t going back to Minnesota.

he thinks……

Go New York Knicks!

After winning the championship this year, Suwan has achieved his personal “four consecutive championships”. Even in the past 8 years, he has won 7 of them. Currently, except for those famous players from the ancient Celtics, no one has more championship rings than Suwan.

Including Michael Jordan, he now has one less championship ring than Suwan.

Kevin Garnett knew that he had completely fallen from his peak, so he came up with the idea of ​​”clinging to someone powerful” to win the championship.

Therefore, he ignored the Minnesota management at first, but asked his agent to contact the New York management first to express his desire to join the New York Knicks.

Donnie Walsh was surprised by Kevin Garnett’s “voluntary surrender”.

He hasn’t forgotten how this guy criticized Ray Allen when he joined the New York Knicks last season.

Such a big thing…

He decided to report to Su Wan first.

Suwan, who was already in Paris preparing for the game, received a call from Donnie Walsh. When he heard that Kevin Garnett wanted to join the team, he was not surprised at all.

With his current momentum, he wouldn’t be surprised if anyone wanted to join the New York Knicks.

Not surprising!
But Su Wan said: “You should tell Ray Allen first, and then, the contract you give to Kevin Garnett must not be bigger than Ray Allen’s!”

Last year, Ray Allen signed a three-year, $3 million contract…

In other words, Kevin Garnett can only get a contract with an annual salary of 6 million at most.

It’s not that it saves Dolan money.

Instead, he was considering Ray Allen and expressing his respect for him.

Suwan is a person who can clearly distinguish between close and distant friends and inside and outsiders. His relationship with Ray Allen is not that good, but it is definitely better than with Kevin Garnett, so… and based on Kevin Garnett’s condition, he really does not deserve a bigger contract than Ray Allen.

Donnie Walsh immediately understood the key point, so the question he asked was also to the point: “What if Kevin Garnett doesn’t accept such a contract?”

“Then don’t sign it!”

“Okay, I get it!”

Donnie Walsh then called Ray Allen.

When Ray Allen heard that Kevin Garnett had surrendered and wanted to join the New York Knicks, he was speechless.

No, they scolded me so harshly last year, and then this year when they saw New York successfully defended their title, they also followed suit…

At this time, why don’t you say that your behavior hurt your Celtics teammates and fans?

Ray Allen now understands why he can’t play with this group of people.

He is indeed allergic to “double standards”!
However, he didn’t say much, just said lightly: “Don’t worry, I just do my own thing, so you don’t have to worry about me!”

Then Donnie Walsh officially contacted Kevin Garnett.

While waiting for the letter, Garnett was not idle. He had preliminary contact with the Timberwolves management.

The Timberwolves management showed great sincerity and offered Kevin Garnett a three-year, $3 million contract.

Seeing such a contract, not to mention others, even Kevin Garnett was a little moved.

It seems that these “vampires” still know what he contributed to the team back then!
only……

At this stage, his first goal is definitely to win the championship.

and so……

He was thinking of signing a one-year short-term contract with the New York Knicks. After winning the championship, he would return to the Timberwolves and end his career with a warm “return to his roots”.

That would definitely be the most beautiful story!
“Donnie, I only need a one-year contract for 8 million!” Kevin Garnett quoted a contract price that he thought was very sincere.

He even thought that Donnie Walsh would take the initiative to give him another 2 million after hearing the price he mentioned.

After all, the Timberwolves offered him a three-year contract with an average annual salary of 1200 million. Now he only wants an 8 million contract, which is a short one-year contract… Not to mention others, even Kevin Garnett himself feels that the sacrifice is too great.

But for the championship…

He endured it!
But when Donnie Walsh heard his offer, he did not show an excited smile as he expected. Instead, he said awkwardly: “Sorry, Kevin, the contract we can offer may be smaller than what you want… We can only give you a contract of about 550 million…”

“what?”

Kevin Garnett thought he had heard wrongly.

He asked Donnie Walsh to repeat what he had just said, and when he found out that he had not heard wrongly, he became a little nervous.

“Hey, man!” He slammed the table in dissatisfaction, “You are so disrespectful to me!”

After saying that, he stood up and prepared to leave.

Until this moment, he was still wondering if Donnie Walsh would call him over and start raising his price.

But unfortunately, Walsh didn’t stop him until he walked out of the restaurant where they met.

Kevin Garnett nodded angrily:

Row!
It works!

Donnie Walsh and the New York Knicks, just wait and see!
Kevin Garnett felt humiliated and immediately said to his agent, “Contact the Timberwolves right now and tell them that I agree to return to the Timberwolves!”

Don’t think that New York is the only one with a hope of winning the championship!

There was only one Suwan, but now I have two “superstar” teammates, LeBron and Howard. I still don’t believe that this lineup can’t win the championship!
Then the news that Kevin Garnett returned to Minnesota with a three-year, $3 million contract spread throughout the league.

The Timberwolves dropped a series of “bombs” at the beginning of July.

With their successive big moves, the Timberwolves were reborn, from a rebuilding team with only Kevin Love to a team with multiple “giants”.

LeBron James is also very excited.

When he heard that he was traded to the Timberwolves, he felt like he was struck by lightning.

That place is no different than Milwaukee!
Unexpectedly, in less than half an hour, the Timberwolves officially announced that Dwight Howard had joined the Timberwolves.

His eyes suddenly lit up!
This is the man who eliminated the Cavaliers in the 09 playoffs!
Although in LeBron’s opinion, the Magic can beat the Cavaliers because Howard’s teammates are stronger. But…

unimportant!
Over the years, LeBron has gotten used to bringing worse teammates to fight against those with better teammates.

For example, Su Wan.

If this guy’s luck was given to him, LeBron feels that the “God of Basketball” would have no chance of Michael Jordan!

the most important is:

LeBron recognizes Howard’s ability!

Needless to say, Howard’s pick-and-roll quality alone…

He had seen this in the Eastern Conference semifinals that year.

It is absolutely outstanding!

He is definitely not a loser like Chris Bosh and David Lee, who can’t even figure out a pick-and-roll.

This is the first thing he can think of on the offensive end.

As for the defensive end, it is even more…

Why was the Cavaliers’ outside shooting inaccurate back then?
Isn’t it because of Howard’s mobility?

He believes that their combination of one inside and one outside will definitely dominate the Western Conference!

west?

By the way, he is not in the East now, but in the West!

This way we won’t have to face the damn Suwan and the New York Knicks in the playoffs!

It’s not that he can’t beat Suwan, it’s just that LeBron feels that the suffering he has endured over the years needs a bigger stage to vent, such as the stage of the finals. On such a stage that everyone is paying attention to, he gave Suwan his first finals defeat in his career…

LeBron didn’t have any wine in his hand, but when he thought of this scene, he got drunk like a dog!

Howard was as excited as he was.

He can finally leave this damn cage in Orlando!

And he also has a teammate like LeBron.

As his former “defeated opponent”, Howard believes that LeBron will definitely pass the ball to him obediently.

The 03 No. pick has pretty good passing skills.

Howard could already imagine the scene when he gained a foothold in the paint and LeBron passed the ball to him in time.

That’s definitely not comparable to that trash Nelson Jr.!

Just wait and see, whether it’s Stan Van Gundy or the Magic’s management, I will definitely prove my ability to play strong under the basket and what heights I can take the team to!
I, Howard, am not someone whose presence is only on the defensive end, absolutely not!

And when the two of them were “running in both directions” and were excited about having each other, the news that Kevin Garnett announced his return to the Timberwolves made them full of other expectations for the new season. Now they are extremely sure that the new season will be their season to prove themselves!
While the Timberwolves were making major moves, outside media were also constantly making their own comments.

First is the news about LeBron James leaving.

When the news came out, the whole of Miami was filled with cheers.

This wimp is finally gone!

The Heat finally no longer need to have such a coward as their core!

For Heat fans:

Losing is not scary!
What I’m afraid of is being lax and cowardly, and ultimately losing!
Such a defeat is the most unacceptable!
So, when the news of LeBron James being traded was heard, everyone in Miami applauded.

Many reporters in the Miami media posted LeBron’s remarks that year: “I want to bring not one, not two… 8 championships to this city” to mock LeBron.

Of course, the media that posted these remarks were not limited to the Miami media. Other media also dug out the bold words that LeBron said when he made his first appearance after joining the Heat.

Now, two years later, looking at these remarks and then looking at the fact that the Heat were eliminated in the semifinals for two consecutive seasons in the past two seasons, and were swept 0-4 in the second year, it really makes people feel extremely funny.

Barkley’s speech was very direct: “Now it seems that the Heat’s peak Big Three is unprecedented in NBA history, but they are also the biggest joke in NBA history!”

There have been very few cases of teams banding together in the history of the NBA.

The Lakers’ “show time” was formed after they first got Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and then drafted Magic Johnson. There was no talk of forming a team at all.

The same thing happened to the Chicago Bulls, who also drafted Michael Jordan, Pippen and “Cobra” Granger.

If you insist, the later “Bulls Iron Triangle” can be considered a “grouping”, but Rodman was already 36 years old when he joined. At this age, it can’t be considered a “peak group” in any way.

It was a similar situation when Barkley later joined the Rockets. The three old guys who were about to be scrapped performed their “last dance” together.

If we really want to talk about teamwork, if we don’t count the biggest if of the Magic team in 00, then we really have to start from the summer of 07:

The Lakers got Yao Ming and then Pau Gasol; at the same time, the Celtics got Ray Allen and then Kevin Garnett.

The Lakers made it to the finals four times and won a championship; the Boston Celtics made it to the finals once but didn’t win a championship…

Their performance is better than that of the Heat’s “Big Three” who formed a group three years ago.

The result of being eliminated in the semifinals for two consecutive years seemed particularly embarrassing in front of these “grouping” teams.

Shaquille O’Neal said: “If there are still people who think that LeBron is a superstar who can be compared with Suwan, then I definitely disagree. Let Suwan go! LeBron has no reason to touch him at all. Even if the Cavaliers gave up Suwan for LeBron, it was stupid of the Cavaliers. It doesn’t mean that LeBron can continue to be compared with Suwan!”

“In my opinion, LeBron is just an ordinary All-Star now!”

“The reason why he is getting attention is the same as Vince Carter. He was the All-Star vote leader that year and a superstar in this league!”

“I don’t mean to disrespect Vince. In my mind, he is definitely one of the best players in NBA history at the three position…”

“But time has made him just an ordinary main player now!”

“LeBron is the same. Let’s take away his title of ‘the chosen one’. So far, he is just an ordinary All-Star player!”

“This can be seen from his trading value!”

“The Heat traded him for the 08 rookie Kevin Love. Kevin never made the playoffs in his entire career, only made the All-Star team once and the ‘Best Second Team’ once. He has superstar-level ability, at least that’s what the statistics show!”

“But he’s just an All-Star level player!”

“And this is LeBron’s current situation. He only got an All-Star in the NBA’s free trade market, because he is just an All-Star!”

“Let’s talk about why this deal still caused such a stir!”

“First, his departure from the Heat was so embarrassing. He betrayed the Cavaliers, and in less than two years, he was discarded by the Heat. Maybe even he didn’t expect that he would end up like this two years later!”

“Second, the Timberwolves management did a really good job this summer. They got LeBron and Dwight at the same time!”

“The No. 03 draft pick in 04 and the No. draft pick in became teammates. This gimmick is the root cause of all this popularity!”

“The reason I say this is because…”

“As an old teammate who spent a season with LeBron on the Cavaliers, I think I need to remind LeBron that you must have a sense of crisis, man. If you still fail in the Timberwolves, then next…”

“You might not even be able to trade for an All-Star player!”

“LeBron, you don’t want to be just an ordinary starter in the future, do you?” These words stung LeBron and also attracted the attention of the outside world. It was also at this time that everyone suddenly realized:

Yes!

Did LeBron only get Kevin Love this time?
Although Love’s statistics last season were impressive, he was only a rookie in 08 after all, and he has never made the playoffs… It’s like the summer of 07, when Pau Gasol and Kevin Garnett swapped teams.

Logically speaking, these two people should not be on the same level in terms of fame or external impression.

The Los Angeles media believes that the main reason why LeBron’s market has declined so significantly is due to his two failed years with the Heat: “If when he was with the Cavaliers, LeBron could still use the fact that his partners were not all-stars or that the team’s lineup was not strong enough to explain why he could never surpass Suwan, then what he has experienced in the past two years with the Heat has completely exposed his inadequacy!”

“LeBron James is not suitable to be the core player of a team, or in other words, a team with him as the core cannot challenge for the championship!”

Then the New York media angrily criticized some media that believed that the Timberwolves’ overall strength had surpassed the New York Knicks after this wave of trades: “LeBron, Chris Bosh and Wade, two teammates in their prime, failed to beat the New York Knicks even one game. Now partnering with Howard and the old Timberwolves king who has declined from his peak, can they actually beat the New York Knicks?”

“This is the funniest joke of the year!”

This statement directly silenced some media that praised the Timberwolves.

They really can’t say that the Timberwolves are stronger than the Heat on paper.

What the New York media said is correct. Kevin Garnett is now 36 years old and will be 37 next year. At this age, it is impossible for him to have more energy than 27-year-old Chris Bosh.

As for Howard, at most he can only tie with Dwyane Wade in the past two years…

The Minnesota media said confidently: “The reason why the Heat’s Big Three lost is that their positions overlap. All three of them need to hold the ball in their hands to play their roles, but the Timberwolves’ Big Three are different. They can have a clear division of labor!”

In the view of the Minnesota media, the Timberwolves’ “Big Three” will definitely be the most eye-catching “combination” in the new season!
When Suwan heard that Kevin Garnett finally signed a three-year, $3 million contract and returned to the Timberwolves, he showed an expression of “as expected”.

It’s not that he doubted Garnett’s desire for the championship and his enthusiasm on the court.

There is no doubt about the work attitude of the “Wolf King”, nor his fighting spirit. Even if he “fights and retreats”, it does not affect his status as a high-spirited warrior.

But Kevin Garnett is a person who clearly distinguishes between public and private.

A job is a job and a contract is a contract.

He is fighting for the championship on the court, but off the court, the “Wolf King” really only cares about money!

I will work for whoever gives me more money.

From the end of his rookie contract until he became a free agent this year, if Suwan remembers correctly, he has always been the highest-paid player on the team.

Especially in the early 00s, he had already reached a salary of 2 million…

Let’s just say, his sacrifice had nothing to do with money!

He took the initiative to contact Donnie Walsh, but that doesn’t mean he is willing to sign a minimum salary contract. He hopes to win a championship while getting a high contract.

Be greedy, it’s part of black people’s nature.

Su Wan didn’t say there was anything wrong with what he did.

But he doesn’t owe Kevin Garnett anything.

There is really no need to give him a big contract and lead him to win the championship!
Even if the money was paid by Dolan…

It’s not necessary either!

There were also some discussions about the Heat.

The “Big Three” of the Heat disbanded, and LeBron received the most ridicule, but Wade and Chris Bosh were also ridiculed a lot.

Therefore, even though the Heat have now acquired Kevin Love and Holiday, not many media are optimistic about them.

The reason is still the same:

Since LeBron and the other two only made it to the semifinals, can the transformation be completed by adding a third-year student and a fourth-year student?
They found it unlikely.

Wade felt very frustrated.

After losing the semifinals, many media outlets said that Wade might never win a championship again.

Now in his opinion, this is clearly a reinforcement, but there are still many media outlets that are not optimistic about them.

He couldn’t help but curse:
damn it!
It would have been great if the “Heat Big Three” had not been formed.

He wanted to say something to salvage some reputation.

People outside the team may not know, but they themselves are very clear that although they had a “three-year agreement” at the beginning, it did not come true in the end. LeBron asked him to go to Cleveland, but he did not agree.

Later, LeBron came to Miami completely on his own initiative, and they had no idea about this at all!
If this were made public, first of all, the fact that they had “agreed in advance to form a group” should be cleared up, right?

This could at least restore some of the reputation.

Many media outlets took advantage of their advance agreement and ended up getting beaten up, and they were mocking them.

But considering that LeBron is his good brother, Wade felt that he could not stab him in the back, so he did not mention this matter in several interviews.

But what Wade didn’t expect was that he was still thinking about covering up for LeBron.

LeBron suddenly said in front of the media: “I really regret joining Miami and forming a Big Three with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. At that time, I was eager to succeed and forgot some of the most essential things as a player. But fortunately, now I have found those things back. I believe I will succeed in Minnesota!”

These remarks caused ridicule from the Miami media.

At the same time, Wade was confused…

No!

I didn’t ask you to come in the first place!
It was you who suddenly announced that you would join the Heat!
Is it a mistake to join the Heat now?
So what did you do earlier?

Feeling hurt, Dwyane Wade quickly hit back at LeBron while recording a podcast: “We didn’t know LeBron was joining the Heat at the time. I discussed with Chris Bosh about playing together, and he chose to come to Miami. At this time, I had no contact with LeBron. I didn’t know what happened to him. He invited me to Cleveland, but I refused. We haven’t been in touch since then. Then I saw the news that he was going to join the Heat… At that time, I had the same expression as everyone else… God, why did he come!”

LeBron’s remarks have already caused quite a stir.

Now Wade’s words have pushed LeBron to the forefront.

Chris Bosh later confirmed this: “Yes, Dwyane and I didn’t know LeBron was coming. We all thought he would choose to stay with the Cavaliers, but he chose to join the Heat!”

and so……

There is no such thing as a “three-year agreement”!
There was no peak grouping that had been discussed in advance!

This is completely LeBron’s idea!
Barkley immediately expressed his opinion on LeBron’s behavior: “If what Dwyane and Chris said is true, then I have to say…OMG! This is really surprising!”

He could easily guess LeBron’s motives and actions at the time.

Because he still remembers the alliance structure at that time:

Suwan and the Pacers seem unbreakable. The Magic have defeated the Cavaliers before, the Boston Big Three are still at their peak, and the Cavaliers were just defeated by the Bulls!
The Cavaliers have four high mountains in front of them.

Then the Heat formed the “duo” of Chris Bosh and Wade, and the Cavaliers had another mountain to climb.

If it were Barkley, he would also have the idea of ​​running away.

However, the gap between him and LeBron was also reflected at this time:

He would not choose to join Wade and Chris Bosh’s team, because he knew very well that if he chose to join the Heat at this time, the three of them would be a “peak team”, and if this did not work out, then everyone would be ruined.

Barkley wouldn’t do anything like that.

He would never join such a team!

LeBron is a little too cruel.

He actually went straight to the Heat and turned Wade and Chris Bosh into leeches on a rope.

In this case, we will die together…

Barkley put Chris Bosh and Wade’s perspective into his mind and immediately wanted to fuck LeBron’s mother!
Especially from Chris Bosh’s perspective…

Tough luck!
Encountered such a “plague god”!
Other media were also extremely surprised. They had not expected that the “advance agreement to reach the peak” that had been criticized for two years actually had such a hidden story.

Normal media people put themselves in the perspective of Wade and Chris Bosh and felt sorry for them.

If it were just the two of them playing together, there wouldn’t be so much criticism.

LeBron was bombarded with another wave of public opinion and was about to hit rock bottom. He could only call Diddy at the suggestion of Rich Paul.

Diddy smiled ghostly, and a generous voice came out from the microphone: “Don’t worry, Raymond, we are good brothers, and soon there won’t be so many media attacking you!”

Sure enough, within less than a day, the media became much quieter.

LeBron feels Diddy is as good as his Nike dad.

No, even more amazing!
It was also at this time that LeBron received a call from Diddy again.

“How about it?”

“It’s solved, thank you, diddy!”

“It’s okay, Raymond. I’ve already said that we are good brothers! If you really want to thank me… then see you in Paris. We haven’t seen each other for a long time. You must have missed me too!” At the end, Diddy’s tone had a hint of a grin.

LeBron immediately felt his anus tighten.

But diddy really saved him this time and helped him a lot.

It is reasonable for him to thank diddy.

And he has been in desperate need of diddy recently!

The two agreed to meet in Paris.

After hanging up the phone, LeBron angrily unfollowed Wade on Twitter.

From now on, they are no longer brothers!

Wade made such a revelation just to torture him to death. It is better not to have such a brother!
What LeBron didn’t know was that many people were watching his every move. When they saw him unfollow Wade, there were a lot of comments on the Internet immediately.

So much so that “LeBron unfollows Wade” became a hot search on Twitter.

Su Wan was eating melons online.

He really didn’t expect that the drama of “LeBron unfollowing Wade” would happen so soon.

But think about it, the original Heat’s “Big Three” combination was quite successful, winning two championships in four years and reaching the finals all the time. Even if they split up, there was not much public opinion attacking their status.

This time it was different. After two years of cooperation, they were eliminated in the semifinals and didn’t even make it to the Eastern Conference Finals.

This has led to their abilities being questioned.

In the end, LeBron couldn’t help it and tried to clear the stain on himself.

Seeing LeBron did it, Wade naturally had to do it too!
The reason for the falling out is actually pretty much the same as before…

Originally, LeBron unfollowed Wade because of their respective status in team history. To put it bluntly, it was also a battle of status!

The melons here are almost eaten, and another “big melon” has appeared in the free market…

The Thunder and James Harden once again failed to reach an agreement on 6 million, so they chose to trade.

But this time James Harden was not traded to the Rockets!

Again, the Rockets are in a quagmire right now, and they don’t have the right chips at all…

James Harden was sent to the Warriors in exchange for Monta Ellis, a first-round pick and two second-round picks.

This is not much different from what the Rockets originally offered: Kevin Martin, Lamb, two first-round picks, and a second-round pick.

The main reason is that James Harden is now a “best sixth man” level player, and the upper limit of the level he can be exchanged for is right here.

When Su Wan saw the formation change, he immediately felt it was interesting:
Stephen Curry becomes James Harden…

The other four members of the “Death Five” remain unchanged.

Can this lineup replicate the “small ball miracle”?

Especially when the Warriors’ next trade was announced:
They signed Iguodala in the free market, and now four of the first generation of the “Death Five” are complete. – Actually, all five are here, because James Harden is Stephen Curry’s replacement.

At least judging from the Warriors’ intention in making this deal, they should want James Harden to become the “ball-holding core” of the Warriors!
However, other people do not have Su Wan’s “Sky Eye”, so they don’t know how critical the trades the Warriors are making now… Well, it is very likely that even the Warriors management themselves do not know how critical the trades they are making are.

Su Wan actually didn’t know either, because he was not sure how this lineup would perform with James Harden replacing Stephen Curry.

Otherwise he wouldn’t be looking forward to it!

Therefore, the outside world’s attention is more focused on the Thunder regarding this transaction.

Many media believe that this is the tragedy of small cities!

If it were in a big city, how could they give up a core player just for 6 million?

They are a “young army” that just made it to the finals!
However, some media stated that James Harden’s departure was inevitable, and it had nothing to do with whether the Thunder were in Oklahoma or not. More importantly, the Thunder’s management felt that James Harden was not worth the extra 6 million.

James Harden arrived in Southern California amidst the media’s voices. As he watched the plane slowly land, he slowly spoke to Armstrong, who was traded with him, and said, “Let’s change this city!”

Armstrong was stunned by this.

He had never seen such a serious expression on James Harden’s face.

Obviously, being abandoned by the Thunder deeply hurt James Harden’s self-esteem. He was eager to prove that the Thunder’s management was wrong!
At the same time, Suwan received a call from Vince Carter.

“I think I still need to tell you, Su Wan, I’ve made up my mind, I don’t plan to renew my contract with the New York Knicks, I’m going to go to another team!”

Su Wan was a little surprised.

But think about it, it’s already mid-July, if Vince Carter wanted to renew his contract with the Knicks, he wouldn’t have been silent until now. Obviously, he had the idea of ​​leaving at that time, but he was still struggling. Now that he has finished struggling, the answer has come out.

Judging from the result, Suwan was not surprised by Trump Carter’s behavior.

With the joining of Ray Allen last season, Vince Carter’s playing time has been greatly reduced. Coupled with the growth of Paul George, it can be expected that Vince Carter’s playing time will be further shortened in the new season of the New York Knicks.

The older generation of stars all have their own pride.

It’s not Vince Carter’s style to just sit on the bench and get a championship ring.

This can be seen from the fact that he originally rejected the olive branch from the Warriors.

Whether he is 20, 30, or 40 years old, Vince Carter will always have the pride of a “North Carolina native”.

More important than honor is his self-esteem!

Su Wan didn’t say much. He respected the choices of all his teammates because everyone had a different path to take and he couldn’t tie everyone to his side: “Man, make the choice you think is right!”

Vince Carter: “I know, but I still want to thank you…”

He didn’t say what he was thanking him for, but Su Wan understood what he was saying.

Vince Carter should be thankful for the two championships he won with Suwan.

From now on, he doesn’t have to think about the championship anymore, he just needs to enjoy basketball on the court until he doesn’t want to play anymore…

The news that Vince Carter would not renew his contract with the New York Knicks quickly spread.

The New York media is a little anxious.

no……

Other teams are trying to strengthen their teams, but Donnie Walsh, it’s ok if you don’t do anything, but can’t you even maintain the original lineup?
The Knicks just defended their title, haven’t they already won the “three consecutive championships”!
Is it that old problem again?
New York has never been so close to a “three-peat”. If the team fails to win the championship in the new season due to slackness this summer, these New York media people swear that they will launch a thorough “cyberbullying” against Donnie Walsh!
When Donnie Walsh saw the New York media coming towards him one after another, he quickly released the news that he was not without action, but was still looking for someone.

This summer, not only does Vince Carter’s contract expire, but Artest’s previous four-year maximum salary contract has also expired.

In addition, Gallinari has also ended his rookie contract…

With so many contracts expiring, the Knicks currently have a very healthy salary cap:
In addition to Suwan’s 1900 million, the team’s other players under contract are divided into two groups. One group is Ray Allen, Dio and Chandler, and their contracts add up to about 2500 million.

There is another wave of rookie contracts:

These include Stephen Curry and Isaiah Thomas, whose contracts expire next year, Paul George, whose contract expires in two years, and Jimmy Butler, who is about to enter the second season of his career.

The total value of their contracts is about 1000 million.

In other words, the New York Knicks’ current total salary is 5400 million!
There is still about 5800 million in salary space away from this year’s salary cap of 4 million.

This means Donnie Walsh can sign a free agent under the mid-level exception…

Players with middle-class contracts are often the main players of a team. If they are used well, the strength of the New York Knicks in the new season will definitely improve steadily.

This is also the reason why Donnie Walsh has not renewed Gallinari’s contract yet.

For teams with salary space below the salary cap, renewing contracts with rookies will take up salary space, so Donnie Walsh will not be able to use the middle-class contract provisions.

He talked to Gallinari about this matter, and Gallinari expressed his understanding.

I really can’t do it anymore, brother Meng. I went out for a trip these two days, and then went out to play in the morning until about 3 pm. I came back on time to write, and I had to write a little more in the middle of the night and save it for tomorrow.

Then I took a whole day’s car ride today and came back almost in the evening. I was so tired and sleepy that 1 words is probably not enough. I will update 6 words first, and then 1 words tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to make up for what I owe today.

Okay, I hope you guys can understand. Thank you very much.

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(End of this chapter)