The invincible kryptonite of basketball

"In the second round of 2016, the No.60 overall pick, the Phoenix Suns selected Josh Ferrell, a 1-meter point guard, from Indiana University."

The 2016 draft came to an end as Tatum announced the final pick.

Demps also came down from upstairs in advance, he did not receive a suitable trade proposal, Siakam and Brogdon were their last gains.

The draft ended, and the two returned to New Orleans together.

For them, the upcoming free agency market will become very important.

Not only what kind of reinforcement they can get in it, but also the reinforcement of other teams is also very important.

If you want to successfully defend the title, you must know yourself and the enemy to be victorious in all battles.

We're still a week or so away from the start of free agency.

At this time, two major events occurred in the alliance.

One is about Duncan.

Nearly two months after the end of the season, Duncan finally announced his official retirement on his personal social media.

As Tang Tian knew, there was no retirement tour, no press conference, just a simple message.

I'm retiring.

Catch everyone off guard.

This is very Duncan, but what is a little un-Duncan is that in this tweet, Duncan also posted the only one person.

Not Manu Ginobili, nor Popovich, but Tang Tian.

"As I said, Don, the future is yours."

This sentence caused a lot of heated discussions among fans.

"There will be no more stone Buddhas in the league since then, thanks to the name Tim Duncan, who has been with us for 20 years!"

"He is the greatest power forward in history, but also the most low-key superstar. I hope that when people discuss him in the future, it is not that he is just an ordinary star averaging 19 points and 11 rebounds per game. We have witnessed his greatness. .”

"If Don hadn't left the Spurs, he would have been the face of the Spurs for 20 years, but even leaving didn't change Duncan's attitude towards Don. This is the most precious friendship in the league."

"In the past season, we bid farewell to too much youth, Kobe, Duncan, the same thing is that they have passed the torch to Don, I hope Don can give us a better present, youth will never end!"

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Tang Tian was also filled with emotions when he saw this.

This sentence, Duncan said to him when the two exchanged jerseys in the last game of the regular season last season.

Saying this now is more like making it public to the whole world. This is a kind of hope and sustenance.

For Duncan who loves cars, maybe only Tang Tian deserves his words.

Duncan's retirement is embarrassing. When the fans were still immersed in sadness, another thing quickly attracted their attention.

Durant's contract extension with the Thunder is not going well.

In order for Durant to successfully complete the contract extension, Westbrook has jumped out of his player option.

But Durant and his team did not immediately renew the contract.

According to Woj's latest report, Durant is open to returning to the Thunder, but he will also test the upcoming free agent market!

This sentence seems familiar. Anthony also said similar things at the beginning, and finally returned to the Knicks.

But Durant is obviously different from Anthony. He obviously doesn't care that much about money, which can be seen from the time he renewed his contract with the Thunder.

On the contrary, the message given by this sentence may be exactly the opposite of what Anthony had originally said.

Based on the relationship between Durant and the Thunder, if he stays in the Thunder, he doesn't need to spend so much trouble. He can reach an early contract renewal before the end of the season like the last contract renewal.

This news broke out, which means that he will leave the Thunder with a high probability!

Chapter 8 Sixty 2016 Free Agent Market (Revised)

Duncan's retirement is embarrassing. When the fans were still immersed in sadness, another thing quickly attracted their attention.

In order for Durant to successfully renew his contract with the Thunder, Westbrook has jumped out of his player option.

But Durant and his team did not respond positively.

According to Woj's latest report, Durant stated that he is open to returning to the Thunder, but he will also test the upcoming free agent market!

This sentence seems familiar. Anthony also said similar things at the beginning, and finally returned to the Knicks.

But Durant and Anthony are obviously different.

The fundamental reason why Anthony chose to return to the Knicks was because of money.

But Durant obviously doesn't care that much about money, which can be seen from the original contract extension with the Thunder.

On the contrary, the message given by this sentence may be exactly the opposite of what Anthony had originally said.

Based on the relationship between Durant and the Thunder, if he stays in the Thunder, he doesn't need to spend so much trouble. He can reach an early contract renewal before the end of the season like the last contract renewal.

This news broke out, which means that he will leave the Thunder with a high probability.

The door to the free market has not yet opened, and the news from Woj has already made all teams ready to move.

It is no exaggeration to say that except for the Pelicans, the other 29 teams want Durant.

Durant is now the top two small forwards in the league. Everyone must be rushing for a super giant of this level.

Time flies, and it is June 7rd in a blink of an eye.

The door to the 2016 NBA free agent market opened as scheduled.

Because the new labor agreement took effect this season, the league salary cap has skyrocketed by more than 2000 million, which has become an opportunity for many free agents.

The skyrocketing salary cap has raised the poor line. In order to fill the poor line, many teams will naturally give much higher than him.

Coupled with Durant's previous rumors, this year's free agent market has become particularly interesting.

On the first day of opening, there were many contracts signed with him, and the contracts were all astonishingly large.

After DeRozan jumped out of the original contract, he renewed a five-year 5 million maximum salary contract with the Raptors.

DeRozan has only entered the seventh year of his career. According to the previous labor agreement, the starting salary of the maximum salary is only 7 million US dollars.

However, after the salary cap skyrocketed, his starting salary increased to 2600 million U.S. dollars, and the total contract value increased by more than 4000 million U.S. dollars.

DeRozan's contract is typical of this year's free market.

Drummond of the Pistons has just ended his rookie contract. He also reached a five-year 5 million contract with the team, which also took more than 1.3 million more.

In a similar situation, there are Brad Beal and Batum, whose contract extensions are 5 million for 1.28 years and 5 million for 1.2 years respectively.

These used to be contracts that only superstars could get.

After the salary cap soared, the money in the free market seemed to be turned into a bunch of numbers, which were squandered by the general managers of the teams at will.

As a result, there have been many contracts with significant premiums.

Tyler Johnson, who played for the Pelicans briefly, performed well with the Heat last season, averaging 8.7 points and 3 rebounds per game.

As a result, he received a 76-year 4 million offer from the 5000ers on the first day of the free market.

The same is true for Luol Deng and Mozgov, who were offered by the Lakers for 4 million in 7200 years and 4 million in 6500 years respectively!

Even Solomon Hill, a small forward who averaged only 4.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in the Pacers last season, got a 4-year offer of 5200 million from the Kings!

This series of quotes is jaw-dropping.

And this kind of situation not only did not decrease on the second day, but intensified.

The Blazers renewed their contract with Aaron Crabbe for 4 million in 7500 years. The latter only averaged 10.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game last season.

老鹰队4年7000万续约肯特·贝兹莫尔，后者上赛季11.6分5.1板2.3助攻。

魔术队5年8500万续约埃文·富尼耶，后者上赛季场均15.4分2.8个板2.7助攻。

One of the main themes of this year's free agent market is that it seems that as long as you play well, you can get tens of millions or even a maximum salary contract!

Money is really worthless!

Among the many free agent signings, the reinforcements of a few powerful players are also particularly noticeable.

The Spurs renewed Paul Gasol's contract for 2 million in two years. With Duncan's retirement, the Spurs' insiders will be Gasol and Aldridge.

Because of Harden's relationship, the Rockets are a popular candidate for Durant's next home.

Cousins' contract is very small (2013 years of 5 million signed in 8000, and the new season's salary is only 1700 million), and they now have the space to eat the Big Four!

This makes other teams in the league feel uneasy. If Morey really forms the Big Four, then other teams in the league don't have to play at all.

The Warriors also suspended the renewals of Barnes and Ezeli, and are working hard to lobby Durant to join.

At the same time, the Cavaliers are also actively chasing Whiteside of the Heat in order to strengthen the inside.

The three teams that were defeated by the Pelicans last season want revenge in the new season, and what they do is to continue to strengthen!

And not just them, according to Woj's revelations, the Mavericks and the Grizzlies' free agent Conley are very close!

The Knicks are chasing Al Horford of the Hawks!

The military competition in the new season is even more fierce than last season!

When the powerful are vying for reinforcements, the Pelicans are the most balanced team.

After the free market opened, they reached a five-year 5 million maximum salary extension contract with Davis similar to Drummond.

This is expected, but their successive early contract renewals are unexpected.

After they renewed Davis, they then reached an early renewal contract with Tang Tian for 3 years and 7000 million yuan.

The contract takes effect from next season, and the third year is a player option.

Not only that, they immediately reached a 5-year early contract renewal of 7500 million with Holiday, and a 3-year early contract renewal of 3000 million with Bojan Bogdanovic.

All of a sudden, the Pelicans kept the championship core lineup through at least 2018!

This is the biggest reinforcement!

And the team also implemented the team option of 950 million next season in Stephenson's contract, which left them only about 500 million away from the poor line.

And signing a short-term point guard, their summer reinforcements seem to have completed more than half.

However, neither the signings of other teams nor the stability of the Pelicans is the most eye-catching thing in this year's free agent market.

After the third day of free agency, Durant announced one of his decisions.

He has narrowed down his next team to seven, namely the Knicks, Rockets, Warriors, Clippers, Spurs, Heat and Thunder.

Chapter 861 Durant decides to join...

These teams have one thing in common, they are already playoff or even championship-level teams.

Add Durant, the playoff team becomes a championship team, and the championship team directly becomes the favorite to win the championship.

Durant is about to usher in the tenth year of his career.

James won his first championship in the 11th year of his career. Even if Tang Tian put aside the first two years as a role player, he won the championship in the fifth year.

If he doesn't win the championship again, he will never have a chance to catch up with the two of them.

Durant's whereabouts have attracted the attention of the entire league, but these have little to do with the Pelicans.

Because they are the only team not interested in Durant.

After finalizing the contracts of Davis, Tang Tian, ​​Holiday and Bo Yang, the Pelicans set their sights on minor repairs.

As Tang Tian expected before, Aminu is very popular in the free market and has already received a 4-year 4000 million contract from the Blazers.

The salary of the Pelicans will skyrocket in the next two years. With the three million-level role player contracts of Holiday, Ariza and Bojan, they are ready to give up.

So what they need to reinforce now is not only the backup point guard after trading Dinwiddie, but also the backup power forward.