Standing pretty old

Chapter 882 James Goes Home, The Warriors Rise

The draft has come to an end, but the new season has entered a state of combat readiness.

As the great did on Twitter, the biggest fish in the free market is LeBron James.

LBJ, who chose to jump out of the contract within two days after the finals, is undoubtedly the focus of every team's pursuit.

In order to make room for the Heat to renew James, Pat Riley even interviewed D. Wade, hoping that the cheeks would cut their salary and save salary space for the team, and the cheeks agreed.

But on July 7, James, who stayed in the free market for 12 days, finally made "decision two."

Saying "decision two" is actually a very ironic statement, because it corresponds to James' "decision one".

If you look at it from a positive point of view, it should be said: "James: 'I'm home!'"

Yes, James chose to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers as a free agent!

This time, there was no grand press conference. The agent team headed by Rich Paul gave James a good move, and a touching article titled "I'm a Kid from Akron" spread all over the world in an instant.

In the article, James elaborated: "I was a kid from Northeast Ohio before no one cared where I played.

This is where I came out, this is where I ran, this is where I cried, this is where I bleed, and it will always have a special place in my heart. "James said, "My connection with Northeast Ohio State is bigger than basketball. I didn't realize it four years ago, and now I recognize it. "

Do you feel familiar?

The entire Master Yiwang's "Emperor Capital, Emperor Capital"!

James continued: "I always thought I was going to come back to Cleveland and finish my career, I just didn't know when.

After the season, I didn't even think about being a free agent.

But I have two kids, and my wife, Savannah, is expecting a girl, so I started thinking what would it be like to have my family live in my hometown?
I look at other teams, but I'm not leaving Miami for anywhere but Cleveland.

As more time passed, I felt more and more that this was true. "

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Well, the article is somewhat touching, but there is one sentence that Stephen Curry can also say.

Because he was born in the same hospital in Akron as James.

After all, James left Miami and returned to Cleveland because he believed that the Heat's reinforcements in the summer were not good, but the Cleveland Cavaliers, who won the No. [-] pick three times in four years, had sufficient trading capital.

D. Wade, who just signed a salary reduction contract not long ago, was undoubtedly cheated. James was actually ready to leave a long time ago, but his "good brother" didn't know it.

Fortunately, Cheeks is very open-minded about this. Although James left without saying goodbye, he still defended James in front of the media. For this brother, what more can I ask for.

In a certain time and space, the two later spread an interesting talk about peanut butter and jam, which is not without reason.

Mr. Yi, who talked about the Three Kingdoms, said it well. The three of them, Liu, Guan, and Zhang, are so close that they even sleep on the same bed, but they don’t know where their wives went?

Hey, no matter what, the "Janeway Connection" that was all the rage was finally broken, and the Cavaliers ushered in a revival in an instant. The next step is that they need to immediately exchange the high-quality resources in their hands for immediate combat power.

It is conceivable that this is something that James and Cavaliers owner Daniel Gilbert had already discussed before James returned to Cleveland.

The much-anticipated transaction did not make fans wait too long. In early August, the master of WOJ announced the latest transfer news.

The Timberwolves and the Cavaliers have reached an agreement in principle. The Timberwolves will send Love and get two top picks from the Cavaliers, Lang Wiggins and Bennett, plus a 2015 protected draft pick.

At the same time, Love will also renew a five-year contract with the Cavaliers.

Just bid farewell to the Big Three of the Heat, James soon ushered in a new Big Three in the Cavaliers.

Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving and LeBron James are obviously younger and more impactful than the Heat's Big Three.

Naturally, the league is in trouble again, which means that the Heat have just declined, and a brand new super team was born in an instant!

James is the uncrowned king in the Finals, but in the East, he is indeed the unquestionable super ruler.

During the offseason, Ruan Erniu was also asked about his views on the Clippers' Big Three, and the bull laughed: "Of course this is a good thing, I am already looking forward to meeting James again on the stage of the finals next season. "

The Clippers' signings for the new season are almost in progress.

The Chinese have the confidence to say this, naturally because they still maintain sufficient confidence in the lineup for the new season.

Even if some veterans retire and some championship puzzles are pried away, the overall framework of the Clippers has always remained intact, which ensures their competitiveness.

After Sean Livingston was finally abducted by the Warriors, the Clippers quickly found a replacement in the free market.

It is said to be a free market, but in fact the scope does not exceed Los Angeles.

Yes, the Clippers' signing target is none other than their champion in the 11-12 season, Nick Young who played for the Lakers in the first two seasons.

Nick Young has proved himself as a player in the Clippers system. Due to the poor record of the Lakers, he also suffered a lot of criticism. The Clippers used a 3-year mini-middle class to get Young Shao...

Well, maybe it's time to call him Lao Yang!
After Nick Young joined, the Clippers completed the final reinforcement of the lineup in the new season.

Leaving aside Nikola Jokic, who cannot log into the NBA this season, the Clippers' 14-man roster for the 15-15 season is roughly as follows:

C DeAndre Jordan, Hassan Whiteside, Spencer Hawes

PF Ruan Erniu, Draymond Green, Chris Anderson

SF Kawhi Leonard, Matt Barnes, Hedo Turkoglu
SG JJ* Redick, Nick Young, Ray Allen
PG Chris Paul, Isaiah Thomas, Seth Curry
The playing time of some veterans will be further compressed, because the Clippers' young players are getting stronger.

For the Clippers, their real big problem is next year.

At that time, the contracts of many players including Jordan, Kawhi, and the Assassin will expire.

For a team that builds a dynasty, there must be countless pairs of greedy eyes looking forward to carve up the main members of the team.

Before the start of the new season, Er Niu said to Nell O'Hier: "It is best to complete the renewal of Kawhi's contract ahead of schedule this season. He is a nostalgic person. I think it is the most appropriate time to renew the contract. "

Osher overfulfilled this task before the start of the season, 5 million in 9434 years, and solved the issue of Leonard's contract extension.

If Kawhi does not choose to jump out of the contract in 19, he will work with the Clippers until 2020.

This contract will be called a serious squeeze on Kawhi's worth in the future, because it won't be long before the contract with an annual salary of 3000 million will start to fly all over the sky, and at that time Kawhi was already the veritable third giant of the Clippers. Ranked even above Paul.

Why do players' worth rise so much?
Still looking at the 14-year offseason, Adam Silver did the most important thing since he took office-renewing the broadcast contract.

In early October, the Wall Street Journal website of the United States first reported the news that the NBA had reached a new television broadcast agreement with ESPN and TNT, saying that NBA President Silver would announce the matter on the 10th local time.

新合同为期9年，从2016-17赛季开始，在2024-25赛季结束后到期。

Wall Street Journal also said that the price of the new contract is more than twice that of the current contract.

Then a reporter named Rich Santomir broke the news on Twitter about the price of this new agreement.

He wrote: "The NBA will announce a deal with ESPN and TNT on Monday for $9 billion over nine years. The average price is nearly three times what it is now."

The average annual price of the new broadcast contract is 26.7 billion US dollars, while the broadcast price of the current contract is about 9 million US dollars per year, and the new contract is 2.96 times that of the old contract, with a net increase of 17.7 billion US dollars.

Why did Han Lei dare to spend 25 billion yuan to buy the Clippers?

Ruan Erniu's appeal as a partner is certainly one aspect, but as the employer, after a detailed discussion with Xiao Hua, he has a thorough understanding of the prospects of the NBA, which is also an indispensable factor.

Clean up the house before entertaining!

The reason why Adam Silver was in such a hurry to get Donald Sterling out was that he didn't want this annoying lunatic to be eligible for the next wave of bonus distribution.

The early renewal of the contract should be renewed early, but the vicissitudes of the free market are not over.

For example, Cuban, who was eager to return to the top, started.

The Mavericks won Parsons with a three-year premium contract of 3 million yuan. The name "Gao Fu Shuai" has lost all its moisture now.

The Rockets gave up Parsons because they got Ariza in the free market. In addition, they added a first-round pick and traded Jeremy Lin to the Lakers.

This deal was originally to free up salary space to sign Chris Bosh, but in the end Bosh chose to stay with the Heat, so the Rockets can only continue to wait for the arrival of the next giant.

Relying on Modern alone, the Rockets are not enough to attack the championship.

In fact, there are still many changes in the size of the free market.

For example, the Suns won Eric Bledsoe with a maximum salary, and I don't know how the Phoenix people plan to adjust the distribution of ball rights between the blood cloth and the claw machine.

In the past, Steve Kerr also made strategic mistakes when he was the general manager of the Suns, but he made corrections decisively in the following season.

But now looking at what the Suns management has done, it is confusing no matter how you look at it.

Therefore, no order is better than no order!
The chaotic Suns management was also poached. In a corner where no one noticed, the Golden State Warriors used a 3-year mid-level contract to get PJ* Tucker.

Coupled with the Leandro Barbosa and Sean Livingston they signed in the free market this season, the Warriors have completed the reinforcement work without knowing it.

Ruan Erniu said to Paul in private: "Look, I think the Warriors must be our confidant in the next two or three seasons!"

Er Niu's prediction is a little conservative, because after the start of the new season, the Golden State Warriors will have the biggest impact on the Clippers.

The dust has settled in the trading market, and in the following preseason games, each team is also intensively carrying out the final run-in before the game.

On October 10, US time, the NBA regular season of the 28-14 season officially kicked off.

The Clippers narrowly beat the Mavericks in the opening game with a three-point advantage, which means that their journey in the new season will not be too smooth.

This is not because the Clippers themselves do not work hard. It is that they have won 70+ games for two consecutive years, which really makes the founders of the Clippers dynasty uninterested in the regular season.

In other words, in the regular season, the Clippers have begun to play consciously, and only in the playoffs will they burst into true strength.

As a result, the Clippers suddenly discovered that the thriving situation in the past two seasons no longer exists, and in the West, the Golden State Warriors posted it!
Before the All-Star Game, the two teams played against each other twice, and the result was 1:1.

The number of wins of the two teams reached 42 wins and 9 losses at the same time. Finally, based on the relationship between wins and losses and small points, the Warriors beat the Clippers and became the first in the league.

At the beginning of this season, David Lee's injury made everyone not optimistic that this team can do much in the new season.

But I didn't expect that PJ Tucker, who just joined the Warriors, not only instantly made up for David Lee's role on the court, but also had a wonderful chemical reaction with the team.

Steve Kerr didn't change the set of defensive tips left by Mark Jackson, he just increased the team's air cuts and three-pointers, and then the Warriors suddenly completed their transformation.

But if they are fans of the Warriors, they will find that their rise has been decided from the moment the LOGO man-Jerry West was introduced.

In this summer, the old guy West even threatened to resign and vetoed the upcoming Klay Thompson exchange for Kevin Love.

In a sense, the Cavaliers are able to form the Big Three, thanks to the contributions made by the Warriors.

The 2015 All-Star Game is still quite interesting.

The competition system of the rookie game has changed again, and the method of selecting players from famous players to form a team has been abolished.

It seems to have received the method of the Chinese table tennis team to play the world with the Chinese, and the NBA also played such a hand in the rookie game.

Well, it's a pity that the result was a bit embarrassing for the Americans. The first Rookie Tournament where the United States played against the world ended with the international team winning.

The rookie champion in 14, Andrew Wiggins of Maple Leaf Country had the last laugh and won the MVP of the rookie game.

Only then did many pseudo-fans realize that this guy is not from the United States.

The champion of the skills competition was won by Patrick Beverly of the Rockets, and in the three-point contest, Stephen Curry, who had set N three-point records, finally succeeded.

Facts have proved that the uncertainty of the three-point contest is indeed too great!

The slam dunk contest has become extremely exciting due to the addition of rookie fierce Zach LaVine. This rookie's dunk posture is definitely a representative of the picturesque level.

The final highlight was naturally the All-Star Game. As a result, the Western team defeated the Eastern Conference 163-158, and the total score of the two teams was 321 points, which also broke the historical record.

Russell Westbrook came off the bench and scored a game-high 41 points to win his first AMVP trophy.

　Personally, I feel that Tucker may not lose to chasing eggs in the Warriors system, but his weaknesses definitely exist.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)