roccoschili Chapter 332 Extremely Grateful Xiao Du
Chapter 332 Extremely Grateful Xiao Du
Chapter 332 Extremely Grateful Xiao Du
When Li Ke returned to the United States, it was already mid-September.
Two months have passed since the lively July transfer period, and Li Ke can still hear news reports about the Big Three of the Cavaliers everywhere.
"Danny Ferry made a lot of money, and finally reaped success. LeBron + Dwyane Wade + Chris Bosh, the three superstars of the 03 season joined forces, and the next season of the NBA will come to an end."
"The finale? Do you mean that Sheldon will stand up and defeat the Big Three again?"
"I know what you're talking about. That's right. The Big Three of the Celtics were once considered invincible, but they eventually lost to the Bobcats led by Shelton. The Big Three of the Cavaliers are definitely different..."
This is the ESPN program of Meiyang Yang Stephen A. Smith. The beauty Yu Skip Bayless advocates that the Cavaliers' Big Three are invincible in the world, but Mei Yangyang disagrees.
Finally, the beauty moved out of the age theory to complete the lore: "When the Celtics Big Three formed a group, KG was 31 years old, Ray Allen was 32 years old, and Truth was 30 years old, while the Cavaliers Big Three, LeBron and Chris Bosh were only 26 years old, and Dwyane Wade was 28 years old. Compared with the Celtics Big Three who had entered a decline period at that time, the Cavaliers Big Three have not even reached their peak!"
Generally speaking, people think that the peak of an athlete should be between the ages of 28 and 32. Therefore, even two of the Cavaliers' Big Three have not yet reached their theoretical peaks, which is frightening to think about.
On the other side, the bleachers described in detail the process of the Cavaliers signing the Big Three, and after getting the Big Three, the overall lineup composition——
"With a bunch of second-round draft picks, Antawn Jamison, Richard Hamilton, and Mo Williams with big contracts were sent away, plus Delonty West, Jamario Moon and others whose contracts expired. After some desperate operations, the Cavaliers still have contracts. Only Anderson Varejao with 728 million yuan, Daniel Gibson with 402 million yuan, Anthony Parker with 286 million yuan, and JJ Hickson with 153 million yuan..."
"A total of $1569 million in salary space was taken away, and the Cavaliers got $4231 million in salary space."
"Subsequently, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh joined the Cavaliers with a starting salary of $1450 million, a six-year contract, and a player option contract two years in advance. In order to retain the bird rights, they both joined in the way of signing first and then trading. For this reason, the Cavaliers sent two first-rounders and another first-round swap right in the next four years."
"After that, Danny Ferry used a future second round to trade from the Warriors to Earl Watson."
"After that, there was a series of signing operations. Veterans including Big Z, Juwan Howard, Eddie House, Jerry Stackhouse, Eric Dampier, etc., all joined the Cavaliers with a basic salary, and Delonty West returned with a contract slightly higher than the basic salary."
"In the end, LeBron James extended his contract with the Cavaliers with a contract that also started at $1450 million!"
The Cavaliers' 14-man lineup is as follows——
Point guards: Delonty West, Earl Watson, Daniel Gibson, Eddie House
Shooting guards: Dwyane Wade, Anthony Parker,
Small forwards: LeBron James, Jerry Stackhouse
Power forwards: Chris Bosh, JJ Hickson, Juwan Howard
Center: Anderson Varejao, Big Z, Eric Dampier
Li Ke, who stayed in Los Angeles, bought a bleacher. When he saw the specific operation process of Danny Ferry, he found a blind spot.
If it hadn't been forced by Lao Qiao's sudden intervention, the Cavaliers would have had a chance to keep Xiao Mo.
After all, cap space is plenty.
But after thinking about it again, Li Ke felt that even if the salary space was sufficient, Danny Ferry would give up Xiao Mo.
The contract is too high and the period is too long. For the Cavaliers who need to undertake three super-large contracts, keeping Xiao Mo means that they will have to pay a huge amount of luxury tax in the next few years.
Not to mention that Dan Gilbert was not that rich at this time, even if he was really rich, the money was not spent like this.
The current salary situation of the Cavaliers is the most reasonable. According to statistics, it exceeds the luxury tax line by more than 100 million US dollars. Even if the 15th person who has not been filled is added, the luxury tax is only 200 million.
The intensity of this tax payment is still within Dan Gilbert's tolerance.
After thinking carefully from the perspective of salary space, Li Ke analyzed it from the perspective of the lineup itself for a while.
There should be no problem with the three positions of the Big Three, and Varejao at the center position is not a big problem.
Only the point guard position, although on the double insurance of Deronti West and Earl Watson.
However, Li Ke believes that the Cavaliers may have to start with Eddie House or Daniel Gibson, who is positioned as a substitute, in the end.
The problem of the point guard is too big, and secondly, it is the problem of the substitute.
There is no problem with the backup at the point guard position, and there is no problem with Anthony Parker at the shooting guard.
At the small forward position, Jerry Stackhouse, who averaged 8.1 points per game last season, seems to be perfect, but he has actually entered a period of decline, which is really embarrassing.
For the power forward position, JJ Hickson is too young, and Juwan Howard is too old.
As well as the center position, whether it is Big Z or Dampier, the strength has declined to the point where it will be difficult to play as a substitute next season.
"So, this lineup is nothing but the Big Three and Varejao!"
This is a bit similar to the Big Three of the Heat in the previous life, but considering that the Heat in the previous life also had powerful factions such as Mike Miller, Mario Chalmers, Haslem, and James Jones, the role players under the Big Three of the Cavaliers are still a bit worse.
"Danny Ferry's operational ability is far worse than Pat Riley."
Li Ke originally wanted to prevent Le Bang from staying in the Cavaliers, but looking at it now, he even thought that Le Bang's staying in the Cavaliers was good news for others.
Finally, the head coach of the Cavaliers.
After going to the playoffs, Mike Brown has already dismissed get out of class.
After forming the Big Three, who will pick up the head coach of the Cavaliers has become the biggest suspense.
After the transfer operation was completed, the Cavaliers quickly confirmed the entry of coach Larry Brown.
"It's actually Larry Brown?"
Li Ke was also surprised that the Cavaliers actually chose Larry Brown as their new coach.
What he didn't know was that Danny Ferry, who was in charge of selecting the coach, was also a little tangled.
The starting point of the Big Three is so high that there are not many coaches on the market who are worthy of this position.
Choose from Byron Scott, Larry Brown, Mike Woodson and other coaches, and he thinks the most suitable one is Larry Brown.
When Li Ke saw Larry Brown's name appear, the first thing that came to his mind was the infighting of the future Cavaliers.
In the Cavaliers' defensive round, Lebron took a walk, and Larry Brown scolded him angrily on the sidelines.
After a timeout, LeBon shouldered the old coach and announced an indefinite truce due to a thigh injury after the game.
A few days later, the Cavaliers announced that the coach was out of class and Lebron was back...
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The Big Three + Larry Brown, the Cavaliers have sucked up all the attention this summer.
Surrounding the Big Three are the Miami Heat on the south coast.
The Heat are the team that lost the most during this transfer period. Not to mention Wade's departure, they also sent Beasley away for the sake of the slim Big Three.
In the end, Pat Riley could only look at the only remaining fatton and told Eric Spoelstra: We are going to start rebuilding!
The Knicks are another team that lost the competition, but they still gained something. The addition of Amare Stoudamire at least gave the Knicks a rising trend.
And the Nets, from the beginning, the Nets are the one with the least hope.
The final failure just knocked them back to reality.
Although the owner of the evil fruit has repeatedly asked the team to make a big move in signings, Billy King, who can't live without rice, can only temporarily stand still and wait for an opportunity.
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Turning your eyes away from the Big Three, the other powerhouses in the league did not give up the next season because of the formation of the top Big Three, and the arms race is still going on.
The first is the defending champion Lakers. In addition to leaving the original core lineup, they made a move in the free market and signed Steve Blake to make up a point guard position.
By the way, Kobe also announced in an interview with reporters: "With me here, LeBron will not want to win the championship!"
emmm, I have to say, very rigid!
Then there was the top Magic in the Eastern regular season. After a failed season, Otis Smith chose to send away Rashard Lewis in exchange for Gilbert Arenas.
This transaction, which the outside world regards as a garbage contract swap, is regarded by the Magic's management as the hope of a comeback. They still believe that Arenas, who has not played much in three seasons, can return to the top.
In addition, they also sent away Jamal Nelson, exchanged old player Courtney Lee from the Nets, and a basic salary, signed James Posey who was waived by the Pacers.
The last two operations made Li Ke feel fully targeted.
Finally, there was a coaching change. Stan Van Gundy dismissed get out of class and was replaced by...Sam Vincent!
This operation is what Li Ke can't understand the most, Sam Vincent?This guy actually got a job again?
He felt that Otis Smith was playing with fire, but at the same time, he also felt the full pertinence, even more pertinence.
The Magic is followed by the Nuggets. Last season's Galaxy Battleship ended in a disastrous defeat. Mark Walken Dean resigned because of this.
Most of the main force was left behind, and only Lao Sha and Tianzun were let go, which seemed to be an unconvinced attitude.
In fact, after letting go of Lao Sha and Tianzun, the Nuggets are already on the road of taking one step at a time.
If the results of the new season are not good, Melon, Artest, and Bilu may all be sent away, and the Nuggets will start rebuilding.
It can also be judged from this that the Nuggets have basically withdrawn from the championship in the new season.
After the Nuggets, the Mavericks, Spurs, Trail Blazers, and Thunder didn't do much. The Suns and Jazz let go of their core insiders.
Among them, while the Jazz let go of Boozer, they signed Al Jefferson, plus Millsap, without much loss in strength, and they are still full of confidence in the new season.
After that, back in the East, it's the Celtics' turn.
Danny Angie is still insisting. He chose to go back to the original time of the Big Three. First, he chose Mike Brown, who had just been dismissed from the Cavaliers, as a coach, and then signed Tianzun and Lao Sha with a basic salary one after another.
In the last deal, Nate Robinson was sent away and Lagabel was acquired from the Warriors.
When seeing Lagabel, Li Ke felt targeted again.
After the Celtics' series of operations, someone asked Angie: If I knew the present, why bother?
After skipping a bunch of teams, it is worth noting that only the Bulls and Hornets are left.
On the Bulls side, Tom Thibodu took up his new post, and the uniform team also used a sign-and-trade method in exchange for Carlos Boozer.
Then continue to pluck the Jazz's wool, a two-year, $950 million contract, signed Ronnie Brewer, another wing defender.
With the addition of the original Rose, Luhr Deng and Noah, the Bulls' rise is quite obvious.
There are also the Hornets. After Byron Scott got out of class last season, they chose to let general manager Jeff Ball play the guest coach. After leading the whole season, they finally chose Mike D'Antoni for the new season.
There is nothing to say about the transfer operation, mainly D'Antoni.
It seems that there is no "qualified" point guard available in the Celtics, which made him learn from the pain, and finally chose the Hornets to become his next home.
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Back to Li Ke in the United States, looking at this league, there should be a few favorites for the new season, or top teams——
The Lone Ranger who hoarded a bunch of veterans, the Cavaliers who formed the Big Three, the Bulls who are about to sweep the league with a chain defense, the Thunder who have improved significantly, the Grizzlies with hidden bones, the old Spurs, and the Lakers in Phil Jackson's last season.
Finally, plus the Bobcats who are short of major generals at the beginning of the new season...
All in all, in the new season, there will be three top teams in the Eastern Conference, plus the close-to-top Magic, Eagles and Celtics, the Eastern Conference in the new season is not too weak.
It's just the knights of the Big Three, which means that one is super and many are strong.
In the west, chaos should be the main tone. The youth team Thunder and Trail Blazers are rising, the veteran teams Spurs and Mavericks are old and getting stronger. Although the Grizzlies are tepid, the playoffs are terrible.
Coupled with the Lakers and Hornets, as well as the possible disintegration of the Nuggets and Jazz, the Western Conference in the new season will still be a chaotic battle.
Therefore, considering the overall situation, the alliance should still be strong in the west and weak in the east.
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Li Ke passed through Los Angeles, and did not return directly to Charlotte, but walked past the studio of [-]th Century Fox.
Xiao Du is filming the movie "The Same Field" there. Although Li Ke also has a share of the investment in it, he didn't care about it originally.
Because even if it sells well, he can only share more than [-] US dollars, so there is really nothing to pay attention to.
But when Li Ke arrived in Los Angeles, the system reminded that Xiao Du's friendship had reached full value...
This made Li Ke wonder why the friendliness, which had been underfull and even dropped before, had increased now?
After walking for a while, Li Ke found out that the heroine in the duel was exactly the Scarlett Johansson that Xiao Du had requested...
A heroine who doesn't have many roles, Scarlett, who has not played Iron Man at this time, just took over.
But Xiao Du was extremely grateful to Li Ke...
(End of this chapter)