roccoschili Chapter 394 The dust has settled!
Chapter 394 The dust has settled!
Chapter 394 The dust has settled!
On the evening of June 6, Xu pushed a message to his personal Twitter, which instantly caused hundreds of thousands of clicks and retweets.
The content is as follows: Basketball player Xu Xiang has decided to execute the last year of his contract with the Pacers, and will continue to stay with the Pacers with an annual salary of 220 million!
The news hit the alliance hard like a stone breaking the sky, causing everyone to turn their backs on their backs.
But although it was posted on Xu Xiang's personal Twitter, many people still have doubts.
Because no matter whether he stays in the Pacers or leaves the Pacers, Xu Xiang should not continue to play with a salary of 220 million.
This is a disrespect to his strength.
To this end, the Pacers officially held a press conference.
Xu Xiang made his debut in front of the media after the Eastern Conference Finals.
It seems that the mental head is also good, and it is not as everyone imagined.
As soon as Xu Xiang came out, the reporters' guns and short cannons flashed all at once. Xu Xiang raised his hand, indicating that the reporters could sit down.
"The question of my whereabouts has attracted the attention of many people. I am sorry for this. Everyone is coming and going in the wind and rain because of my affairs. I am really sorry."
"Secondly, it's about the statement I made before. Let me emphasize once again that I will personally decide to stay with the Pacers and implement the original contract until the end of next season."
"Staying in Indian City is what I want to do most. Here, I have made many friends and fans, and they all want me to stay"
"I have friends, friendships, and family here. I don't know where I will go if I leave here. I have no goals, but that's another story. For now, I will continue to fight here until I win the championship!"
Xu Xiang's words were firm and full of passion, which aroused warm applause from the scene.
"Hua Hua" sounded.
Pritchard and Nate McMillan, who were sitting next to Xu Xiang, also stood up and applauded gratifiedly.
This news was also spreading at a very fast speed. After a while, the entire league and even the entire basketball world knew about the news.
There may be fake ones on Twitter, but what Xu Xiang personally proved at the press conference can’t be wrong, right?
Xu Xiang really stayed with the Pacers!
On July 7, the league that had just gone through the "Xu Xiang storm" suffered another earthquake. The Thunder star, the second player in the league, and the second small forward in the league, Kevin Durant officially announced that he would join the Golden State Warriors at a price of 3 million for two years. The second year is a player option.
2 million in 5430 years, Xu Xiang's salary is not even a fraction of his.
But everyone's focus now is not on salary at all, they are all complaining.
The only weakness of the Golden State Warriors is that their offensive methods are too single, and they rely too much on the touch of the two brothers Curry and Clay. Once they can't play, the Warriors are likely to lose.
Moreover, the Warriors' inside line is too weak. It's okay to meet some teams that are not strong inside. But against those strong teams, Bogut and others will basically be beaten to tears.
However, after consecutive signings transactions, the Warriors now have Pachulia on the inside, and Durant has been added to the front line.
How does this make others fight?Take the lead?
And after Durant joins, the Warriors don't have to worry about any offensive stagnation at all. As long as the ball is given to Durant, the problem will definitely be solved.
"Reaper" is not called for nothing!
Immediately, the scolding about Adam Silver in the league overwhelmed all other voices, such as Golden State's "Big Five" and the fact that the championship can be directly awarded to them, all kinds of remarks are endless.
Also after Durant joined, it seems that you can no longer find the weakness of the current Warriors, and the anti-death Curry can't solve any problems. They have too many offensive points now.
To be reasonable, once this news came out, it even overshadowed the news that Xu Xiang stayed in Yincheng.
Xu Xiang did not participate in other transactions of the Pacers this year, and Nate and Pritchard were solely responsible.
Soon, the first person to leave the Pacers appeared, and Mahinmi announced that he would join the Wizards with 4 million in four years.
This upright and powerful inside player felt that he couldn't find much chance to play in the Pacers.
Because everyone knows that the inside player that the Pacers are currently cultivating is Jokic, and even the importance of Hibbert has to be slowed down.
And the second person to leave was Solomon Hill, who joined the Pelicans for 4 million in four years.
At the same time, Pacers veteran Danny Granger officially announced his retirement, ending his basketball career.
It was a blessing for him that the Pacers could sign him in the 15-16 season. In this season, he only played a few games.
However, Xu Xiang and others sent him blessings immediately, and the Pacers also held a special press conference to announce this matter.
Xu Xiang didn't ask about the jersey retirement, and he couldn't remember exactly whether Granger retired his jersey with the Pacers, but it's a good thing for this veteran to be able to "grow old" in Indian City.
at the same time.
The Pacers, Jazz, and Eagles had a three-way deal. The Jazz got guard George Hill. As part of the deal, the Eagles got the right to sign rookie Taurean Prince sent by the Jazz, and the Pacers got Jeff Teague.
George Hill actually left too!
Before he left, Xu Xiang held a farewell banquet for him with Pickled Pepper and others.
At the wine table, Hill was very drunk. At first, he still wondered if Xu Xiang would leave, but he didn't expect that he would be traded in a blink of an eye.
Hey, the NBA is simply a business league.
Benefits come first!
Those who should go will go, and those who should stay will stay.
Under Xu Xiang's kindness, David West joined the Pacers with a veteran's basic salary for the second consecutive year, and Hibbert also chose to implement the contract for the second year.
In order to make up for the vacancy left by the player's departure, the Pacers took another shot and signed free agent Al Jefferson from the Hornets with a salary of 3 million in three years.
The Pacers used this year's first-round pick and a future second-round pick to acquire Thaddeus Young from the Nets, an athletic wing who can play both small forward and power forward.
It seems that Solomon Hill's departure from the team should be due to Nate and others, so the Pacers made the first move.
Thaddeus Young is definitely strong enough to be used as a striker on the bench. He played the best performance of his career last season, averaging 33.1 minutes per game, scoring 15.1 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.5 steals, both offensive and defensive.
With the original CJ Miles and Lu Wei, the strength of the Pacers' bench lineup has once again increased!
(End of this chapter)