Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 230: Start nomadic life?
No, there is another one.

Neither Wade nor Paul wanted to team up with him, but there were four members of the Banana Boat Brothers!

Windhorst soon wrote about James and Anthony's interest in playing together.

Theoretically, James and Anthony, a ball-handling core and a super scorer, have the most compatible technical characteristics among the four Banana Boat Brothers.

Of course, this article does not mean that James wants to go to the Knicks.

The loyal character that James' team has created for him means that he will not actively request a trade, so he would be forced to leave the team.

This news actually continues to put pressure on the Thunder management to trade Westbrook for Anthony.

In fact, this is not the first time.

Such news has been emerging one after another since the Thunder were swept out in the first round last season.

If James gets 100 points in terms of media power, then Westbrook can only get 10 points.

However, a large number of Oklahoma City fans spoke out for Westbrook on social media at this time.

They can tolerate the team losing Durant, but they cannot accept the team losing Westbrook again.

Such voices from fans also put a lot of pressure on the Thunder management.

They can't completely ignore the voices of the fans, after all, the team still has to sell tickets.

It was at this time that news broke that the Thunder management and James' team had contacted each other, hoping that James would announce the execution of his player option in advance.

Obviously, if it was simply a choice between James and Westbrook, the Thunder management wouldn't even blink an eye.

Last season the Thunder's revenue was their best since moving to Oklahoma City.

All achievements are bullshit, money is king.

There is only one reason why they have not made a choice yet, that is, James has a player option to opt out of the contract in 2014.

They all read Carlyle's report and agreed with it.

So as long as James agrees to exercise the remaining two years of player options, they will not hesitate.

But there was no follow-up to this news.

Because it was the Nike contract issue that Rondo and Hansen had discussed before.

James' contract with Nike expires in 2014. If James wants to renew his contract with Nike at that time, Nike will basically have the final say on where he goes.

So you ask him to exercise his player option early, and considering James' experience with the Thunder this past season, it basically means asking him to give up renewing his contract with Nike.

That is simply impossible.

So now things get interesting, because if Westbrook stays and James, who has one year left on his contract, stays, James might really go into nomadic mode.

There is no news about the Thunder yet, but there is a big news about the Warriors.

Iguodala, who was signed by the Nuggets at a high price last season, did not choose to renew his contract with the Nuggets, but announced that he would join the Warriors in a sign-and-trade deal.

And a 4-year, 4800 million contract is still cheap.

This made the Nuggets fans break down their defense.

Because last season the Warriors defeated the team in an upset and the team leader defected to the enemy team!
For a time, Iguodala was at the center of the storm.

Although he is not a big-name player in the true sense, he is still a big boss.

Under tremendous pressure, Iguodala chose to reveal the reason why he joined the Warriors.

He was impressed by Curry's performance with a closed injection. His feelings were basically the same as Han Sen's last season. The contrast of "skinny Curry with a closed injection" was surprising enough, and it was reasonable for him to be impressed as an opponent.

And Iguodala also revealed the reason why he chose not to renew his contract with the Nuggets. It was because the Nuggets were in an unfavorable situation in the playoffs, and the team's head coach George Karl asked him to step on Curry, but he chose to refuse and said he did not want to continue playing in such a team.

This is undoubtedly another big melon after another big melon.

Karl immediately denied it, saying Iguodala was looking for an excuse for his defection to the enemy.

The Nuggets also had players who stood up to defend Karl, saying they had never heard Karl say such things to Iguodala.

The authenticity cannot be confirmed, after all, when there is no recording, everyone has their own opinions.

The Grizzlies also began to strengthen their team at this time.

Jamison retired and the Grizzlies needed to add a power forward. The Grizzlies eventually gave the spot to veteran Rashard Lewis.

Lewis played for the Heat last season, but had few opportunities to play, so he moved to the Grizzlies this season.

On the back line, Livingston performed well last season and was signed directly by the Warriors for 4 million over four years to replace Jarrett Jack who left the team.

The Grizzlies eventually signed veteran Chauncey Billups instead.

In addition, they also renewed the contracts of James Johnson and Dahntay Jones with minimum salaries.

Basic salary, still basic salary.

After Hansen signed a super-max contract, the Grizzlies' salary this season has exceeded the rich line by $1500 million, and the luxury tax paid is as high as more than 4000 million.

Therefore, the team will try to save as much as possible when signing players.

However, for a boss like Heisley, the more than 40 million he can pay is already his limit.

As the Grizzlies' main competitor, the Heat's reinforcements in the free market have not been very smooth.

They had hoped to sign McRoberts back, but he chose to go to the Bobcats.

The reason is simple, he has the opportunity to compete for the starting position with the Bobcats.

For role players, what they always think about is how to get a better contract, not a championship.

In the end, the Heat chose to go back to their former team and signed Odom back with a minimum salary.

Odom has been in decline in the past two years with the Rockets. Last season, the most news about him was going to a nightclub with Harden.

In addition, they also signed their old player, Michael Beasley, who was selected as the second pick and is also Durant's good friend.

Just as each team was strengthening its roster, in the latest episode of TNT's show, O'Neal finally began to fulfill his bath water bet.

I guess he has been thinking about the best way to fulfill his promise over the past month.

And now it finally occurred to him.

The program crew came to an oversized swimming pool.

Then, while being filmed by the program crew, Kenny Smith jumped into the swimming pool wearing sexy shorts.

After a while, O'Neal picked up a cup from the pool and took a sip of bath water.

Just like talking about toxicity without considering the dosage is being a hooligan, O'Neal is being a hooligan in broad daylight.

Although it has been diluted countless times, you can still ask if this is Smith's bath water!
However, the most difficult part of this episode was O'Neal's finishing move at the last moment.

"If you want to drink Scarlett's bath water, it's not that difficult. All you have to do is hold a swimming party and invite her to attend."

This clearly means: KD, I can only help you up to this point!
Time flies to the end of July, and the free market signing period is almost over. It was at this time that ESPN broke the news that shocked everyone.

The Thunder and the Knicks reached a deal, they sent out James and traded Anthony and a future first-round pick from the Knicks!

Never expected the series.

James wanted to team up with Anthony, but the Thunder directly traded James for Anthony!
This instantly caused an uproar on social media.

"Two years with the Heat, one year with the Thunder, and a player option in 2. Is this really the beginning of a nomadic life?"

"The world outside is too scary, let's go back to Cleveland!"

"Back to Cleveland? Do you think Gilbert can go back after he exposed the reason for trading Han?"

"Everyone has to pay for their own choices. If it weren't for the eight-point release of his power that year, maybe he would still stay in the Heat."

"This is a good result for him. He returns to the East, which he is familiar with, and to a big city, and the Knicks, which he is interested in."

"Don't tell me, his teammates are really in the CBA now."

"Bullshit, have you forgotten Nash? That's the guy LeBron said he wanted to work with. The Thunder are helping him. I'm touched for LeBron."

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Han Sen was also a little surprised when he saw the news.

It’s not that the Thunder will eventually choose to trade James. After James refused to exercise his player option early, this is a high probability event.

What surprised him was that the Knicks were willing to trade Anthony for him, and even gave him a first-round pick.

After reading a detailed report, he found out that Anthony only had one year left on his contract with the Knicks.

So if the Thunder fail to keep Anthony in the end, they will still suffer a great loss.

But this is probably the best offer they can accept.

Because James has a player option next year, teams that are not from big cities really don't dare to take the risk.

The cost of trading for James is definitely not low. If he opts out of the contract and leaves, it would be equivalent to exchanging the right to use him for one year. Not many people are willing to spend that kind of money.

And if the Thunder can keep Anthony after this trade, they won't lose out.

In fact, something interesting happened immediately after the transaction was completed.

Before the Thunder officially issued a welcome announcement, Westbrook had already expressed his welcome to Anthony on his personal social media.

"Melo is a fighter, and I can't wait to fight alongside him!"

Han Sen couldn't help laughing when he saw this.

Anyone can hear the hidden meaning behind this sarcastic tone.

Anyone who has been suppressed by the media for so long would get angry, not to mention that Westbrook is a person with a bad temper.

The Thunder will not have James next season, but I am afraid that James will appear in their news frequently. It is better to have James or not.

He couldn't help but take another look at the Knicks' current lineup.

Nash, Iman Shumpert, James, Stoudemire, Bargnani, Raymond Felton, JR Smith, Tim Hardaway II, Kenyon Martin.

It’s a bit of an exaggeration to say that this lineup is CBA. The Eastern Conference is so weak now... there is no problem in making the playoffs.

With the completion of James' trade, this seemingly dull but ultimately full of surprises free market has also come to an end.

After this, the Western Conference has undergone a reshuffle.

To sum up, the Thunder's strength has increased, the Rockets' strength has greatly improved, and the Nuggets and Lakers' strength has greatly declined.

This reshuffle is good for the Grizzlies because the teams that can cause trouble for them are the top teams. As for the overall strength of the Western Conference, last season showed that it will not affect them too much.

The things that really affected them appeared in August.

The league introduced new rules at this time. Yes, the [Vertical Jump Rule] came earlier than Han Sen knew.

This rule may seem insignificant, but its actual effect is amazing. He was quite impressed. It was introduced after James elbowed Hibbert and the league determined that it was Hibbert's problem.

Now that thing did not happen, but it was brought forward for only one reason: just like the original three-second defense and zone defense, it was aimed at blocking dynasty teams.

Just like Hansen said on the championship night, the strength of the Grizzlies is not only Hansen, but also the black and white bears.

It's not easy to nerf Han Sen, but it's right to nerf the twin bears.

And this is also in line with the league's general direction of "encouraging offense."

This is much more powerful than any biased or black whistle, and it is a rule-based attack.

The difficulty of the Grizzlies dynasty is now like setting up hell mode in a game, the difficulty is already maxed out before it even starts.

The introduction of this rule also made Han Sen start thinking about the talent he would redeem next.

Players have no ability to change the rules and can only adapt to them.

Back to the "history" he knew, this rule helped the Heat defeat the Pacers and reach the finals that year, but they eventually lost to the Spurs.

This was the most direct impact, but what followed was the arrival of Kerr, who abandoned Jackson's traditional style of play, followed the rules of playing five small players, and released Curry, which ultimately helped the Warriors take off.

However, the Grizzlies' lineup composition is obviously different from that of the Warriors, so going that route will definitely not work.

The Grizzlies still have to take a path that has their own unique characteristics.

What are the characteristics of the Grizzlies?
Defense.

The detailed explanation of this rule is that inside players cannot turn their bodies in the air to defend when they jump for defense.

Generally, when defending inside, there is no need to turn the body in the air. It is only necessary when facing a breakthrough by an outside player.

So it is essentially the same as no-handcheck, both of which are rules that encourage outside offense.

The logic is simple. If your team can defend opponents on the outside and reduce their breakthroughs into the inside, that is the way to deal with this rule.

Because as long as the pressure is great enough, the opponent will have no space to jump even if he breaks through, so even if this rule exists, it will not be of much help.

Therefore, the next talent Han Sen needs to redeem is the first-level defensive talent.

[Star Catcher] As a second-tier talent, combined with the gains of his other talents, he has achieved amazing results. If it were a first-tier talent, he might really be able to reach Jordan's level on the defensive end.

Previously, because Wade was injured in the finals, he was criticized by many fans, who believed that his victory was due to luck rather than strength, which earned him a lot of black fans.

After that wave, the black fan value in his system had reached more than 500,000.

But there is still some distance to exchange for the first tier of talent.

Just when he was thinking about doing something, not long after, what happened at the University of Tokyo made him do nothing.

At the Asian Championships in Manila, the East China University men's basketball team suffered a major upset as they were defeated by the East China University Bay team by only 78 points, 96 to 18, in the quarter-finals.

(End of this chapter)