The older superstars of the NBA

After the Asian and African Championships, the countdown to Zhao Feiyang's departure naturally began. Before leaving the training base, Yao Ming paid Zhao Feiyang's five million remuneration into his account from the Basketball Association.

Of course Zhao Feiyang doesn't care about this little money.

However, he knows that this little money is not much for him, and it may not be so for others.

Therefore, he specially used two-thirds of his five million salary as bonuses and distributed them to the coaching staff and players of the men's basketball team, including some of the staff involved.

As for the rest, Zhao Feiyang donated it to the youth team of the China Men's Basketball Team and used the money as selection and travel expenses for those young players.

After these two things were done, let alone the national team, the outside world couldn't help but praise Zhao Feiyang after learning about his actions.

The media even reported the news vigorously, making Zhao Feiyang's image even more glorious and majestic.

On the day he left the training base to go home, all the players from the training camp came, including some working players.

Yao Ming and other senior officials of the Basketball Association were also present.

"Feiyang! Thank you for everything you have done for the national team."

"Brother Yao, these are small things... As long as Chinese basketball can be better, I am willing to pay more... I hope that one day, we can also cultivate more outstanding players. We We can also become the top team in the world..."

"I also hope that one day! No matter what, let's work hard together! I wish you win more championships in the NBA..."

Amid a large crowd of people waving to see him off, Zhao Feiyang got into a special car and headed to the airport.

Within a few hours, he returned to his home. There are still half a month until the start of the new season, and he really needs a good rest during this period.

Therefore, after returning home, he temporarily refused all contact with the outside world and only focused on spending time with his family at home.

In this half month, the NBA has also had a lot of transactions.

On the New York Knicks side, Dwight Howard finally officially renewed his contract with the team. After several rounds of negotiations, the two sides finally decided. Both sides took a step back. The Knicks offered a four-year, $4 million contract. The contract averages 8800 million per season.

This contract is not much, but considering that Howard is now 35 years old, the price of this contract is still acceptable.

No one knows what will happen to him when he reaches the age of 39. If any injuries occur, it will undoubtedly be fatal for a professional player of his age.

If it were another club, they might not be so willing to sign Howard.

However, the Knicks considered that Howard was the team's champion of the championship, and that he and Zhao Feiyang had a good rapport with each other, so they decided to take a gamble.

Even if he doesn't reach the age of 39, he can at least still have the remaining energy of two or three seasons, which will be profitable for the Knicks.

As for DeMarcus Cousins, this guy only gave a simple reply to the text message sent by Zhao Feiyang. He did not express his attitude and only said that he needed money.

In this case, of course, Zhao Feiyang could not persuade him. He could only express his position to the team management in private, hoping that general manager Scott could try his best to keep Cousins.

However, just after Howard announced his contract extension with the Knicks, Cousins ​​officially signed with the Los Angeles Lakers.

At the call of LeBron James, Cousins ​​officially joined the Lakers.

He rejected the three-year, $3 million contract offered by the Knicks and accepted the two-year, $7500 million contract offered by the Lakers.

When Zhao Feiyang learned the news, he was helpless.

However, Cousins ​​decided there was nothing he could do if he left.

Fortunately, Jeremy Lin officially renewed his contract with the team and will continue to stay with the team at a price of 3 million for three years.

While Zhao Feiyang was worrying about how to strengthen the team, a piece of news from his agent David Stock made him suddenly interested.

After the Knicks searched the free market and failed to find satisfactory reinforcements, there happened to be a small situation on the Cavaliers' side.

The former "Eight Wise King" Tristan Thompson broke up with the Cavaliers' contract extension!

There was a time when Tristan was LeBron's right-hand man.

Tristan is 2 meters tall and has a wingspan of 06 meters. As an insider, he is actually short, and he has no independent offensive ability.

However, his athletic ability, physical talent and jumping ability are pretty good, so he has good rebounding ability.

In the previous finals, he averaged 10.1 rebounds per game, nearly 4 of which were offensive rebounds.

As a blue-collar player, Tristan still has value on the defensive end. With his excellent movement speed, Tristan can quickly switch defenses. Because of this, he was relied upon by LeBron and the Cavaliers.

It was precisely because of Tristan's value that he later received a big contract with the Cavaliers.

Of course, the Cavaliers management that summer originally only wanted to give him a 5200 million contract. Later, LeBron helped Tristan persuade the Cavaliers to block it, and finally renewed the contract with 5 million for 5800 years.

This contract was later criticized by countless fans because of LeBron's departure. They believed that LeBron helped his teammates raise the price, which caused the Cavaliers' salary space to be further compressed, and ultimately caused the Cavaliers to lose him and lose the ability to rebuild within a few years. possible.

Without LeBron, the Cavaliers certainly don't need to continue to maintain a high-contract lineup.

Therefore, it is undoubtedly impossible for Tristan, whose contract has expired, to sign another big contract.

Although he is only 31 years old at this time, the Cavaliers are no longer willing to pay for his future.

Not only the Cavaliers, but other clubs are not as emotional about him as before. The reason is simple. After losing LeBron's system, Tristan's data is not good-looking, and there are even many outrageous operations.

Such as not passing the ball after grabbing the rebound, but dribbling to the three-point line to shoot the ball himself.

Compared to the passionate man he once was, Tristan was now lying down and in goofing off mode.

For this reason, he also hopes that the bidding club will offer a contract of more than 1800 million. Obviously, most clubs will not agree to such a request.

Of course, the Knicks will not waste money. After general manager Scott took office, how to spend money in valuable places has become the primary issue that the team management needs to face.

Now that the team's lineup is missing, considering that there are really no more reinforcements, the Knicks decided to communicate with Tristan.

The Knicks were still very efficient, and a few days later, they officially announced the signing of Tristan.

The two parties reached a two-year contract with a total value of 2 million.

At this point, without a better choice, the Knicks were forced to add a useful inside player.