Chapter 601: NBA free agent market in 2009

Sun Hao, imitating the luck of the reporter in front of him, directly turned Curry over to Le.
But this also allowed him to recover from his stunned state.
Although the process was a little unexpected and a little caught off guard, as far as this result is concerned, it was the best for him!
Because after a higher pick is selected, Curry will increase both in salary and the degree to which the team is valued.
And after Livingston was traded away, his upper limit in the Warriors was significantly higher.
At the very least, he has a chance to partner with Sun Hao to start the game!
Oh, right, and Durant, who he had a crush on each other early on! !
Thinking about that makes him happy and excited.
While Sun Hao and Curry were chatting, the draft was still going on.
The 10th overall pick was Johnny Flynn.
In history, Flynn has not been able to play his own world in the NBA.
But that has something to do with his luck. He went to the Timberwolves.
You may not believe it. In history, the Timberwolves have the fifth and sixth picks this year. Then they picked Rubio and Flynn as two point guards!
Some people will definitely say that this management must have been kicked by the donkey.
However, this is not entirely accurate.
Because maybe they were stupid enough before they were kicked by the donkey.
You know, they did Al Jefferson last year, but they still chose Love.
Speaking of Flynn, in history, he and Rubio will be selected by the Timberwolves. One key reason is that Rubio had a contract in La Liga.
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Flynn was selected as a spare tire. He played well and kept it. If he didn't play well, he would give way to Rubio who will be in the NBA in the future.
In fact, as a rookie, Flynn averaged 13.5 points and 4.2 assists during his rookie season, and his performance was not bad.
And as a 1.83-meter point guard, Curry has the most comparison in the NCAA.
Just like when the Warriors tried out before, he would also be deliberately arranged to match Curry.
His confrontation, speed and explosiveness are impressive.
The game that made him famous can be traced back to a game he played in the NCAA last season.
In the NCAA last season, the University of Connecticut with Thabeet was the top seed.
Flynn led Syracuse University and University of Connecticut in the regular season.
It was a very ordinary game, but that game ended up in NCAA history.
Because they played 6 overtime!
Flynn sent 34 points and 11 assists in that game, and finally helped Syracuse University win.
Now, he was selected by the Hawks, which is not necessarily a bad thing for him.
With his ability, there is still a chance to achieve what Jeff Teague has done with the Hawks in history.
The eleventh overall pick for the Grizzlies picked Gerald Henderson;
Henderson is also a very topical person.
He was selected by the Bobcats in history.
At that time, the young boss of the Bobcats was Jordan, and the person who made the choice decision was also Jordan.
The reason is because Henderson's play style is very similar to him.
When Henderson arrived at the Bobcats, Jordan taught him to shoot backwards.
And because of this, the well-known NBA slogan was born: Is it so difficult for you to jump to the highest point and wait for others to fall before making a move?
But Henderson obviously couldn't do what Jordan said, so in the end, Henderson was built by Jordan but a bit like Kobe, who is similar to his size.
The Sixers with the 12th overall pick Terrence Williams;
The Jazz with the 13th overall pick selected Taylor Hansbrough;
There are many players who are unknown in the NBA, but they are famous in the NCAA.
Like the "Lonely God" Fredette known by many people, there are also marksman JJ Redick and so on.
Hansbrough is also one of them.
When asked about his impression of Hansbrough, most of the fans’ first reaction was his gif with the monster-like expression and reaction when he saw Boban Majanovic.
But if you ask someone in North Carolina who is the most famous person in North Carolina, that person is not Jordan, but Hansbrough.
Hansbrough is North Carolina's single-season scoring leader (22.6 points per game) and the school's total scoring leader (2872 points).
Although his talents are relatively mediocre, he is an excellent player, high-spirited and very hardworking.
This is also a key factor for him to enter the lottery after four years of college.
You must know that most of the players who have played in college for four years are unable to enter the NBA because of lack of talent.
The 14th overall pick for the Suns chose Earl Clark.
At this point, this year's lottery draft is all over.
At this time, Sun Hao began to become a little busy.
From time to time, the management of a team would come to greet him, leave contact information, and reach out to make a "call.me" gesture.
This reminds Sun Hao of his experience when he traveled to Italy with Fernandez when he was in Europe.
That very temperamental female cashier gave him a small note and also made such a gesture.
When he went out, he threw the note in the trash can.
Of course, these managers are not easy to throw away.
He directly handed it to Su Feng and asked the latter to turn around and make a new address book for himself.
Leave a second hand, who knows if it can be used in the future.
Sun Hao was a little cleaner until the second round of the draft was interrupted.
This year, he seems to have trouble sitting anywhere in this draft.
At this moment, Stern came out to announce a deal.
The Warriors used the Bucks' second round to change the Cavaliers' 45th pick, and then used this pick to select Danny Green.
It seems that in the end, West still believes more in North Carolina players.
Green is not the kind of player who can contribute as soon as he comes out.
In history, he was waived several times in the first two years of his career, and once left the NBA.
After that, he was reused by Popovich after the Spurs, and gradually began to show his personal abilities and become the best 3D player.
But in Sun Hao's team, Green's quality can be discovered earlier.
At this point, Sun Hao thought that the Warriors' draft this year was basically over.
But at the end of the second round, the Warriors chose Matthews with the 60th overall pick!
West: What, this is a multiple choice question? I want it all!
This is, took three guards in one go!
But the same is to choose multiple guards, the Warriors are still fundamentally different from the Timberwolves.
Because the remaining two except Curry are in the second round, especially the last selected Matthews, it is still very difficult to stay on the team.
And on the other hand, the Warriors' lineup may fluctuate in the free agency market.
Neither Morrow nor Novak had much chance to perform on the team last season, and there is a high probability that they will be abandoned by the Warriors.
The remaining Maggette and Radmanovic did not perform well, and the possibility of being sent away by the team is not ruled out.
In a sense, West chose them to find the spare tire in advance.
After the draft is over, the comments from fans are naturally indispensable on social media.
This year's rookies are full of topics.
The champion Lang Griffin is the most talked about, followed by Curry.
But unlike Griffin's voices that were mostly praise, what Curry received was more of doubt.
It even includes many Warriors fans.
"In order to select Curry, we sent Livingston away, just because of his relationship with Sun?"
"Although I can understand that the management is trying to keep Sun, but we have reached the Western Conference Finals last season and sent away the team's starting point guard for a rookie?"
"If we choose Curry with the 9th overall pick, I would be very happy, but now we have the 4th overall pick and let Livingston away, which is hard to understand."
"I have watched Curry's NCAA games. He has a strong shooting talent and has a chance to catch up with Sun. But he is too skinny and his defense is bad. If he starts with Sun together, Sun's defensive pressure will increase exponentially. It's really inappropriate!"
"I also agree with this view. If we choose a No. 4 pick only to be the team's substitute, this kind of time is really inappropriate!"
"Yes, even if we don't select Curry, the probability of Sun remaining in the Warriors is very high. This kind of operation is a bit superfluous!"
"I was afraid that I chose Curry, and Sun did not stay with the Warriors in the end. What can I do?"
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In this kind of discussion from fans, the door to the NBA free market in 2009 has been opened.
There is no shortage of big fish in the free agent market this year.
The biggest card is naturally Sun Hao.
The whole world knows that Sun Hao and the Warriors signed a one-year contract last season.
And Sun Hao didn't say in public that he would definitely stay in the Warriors.
Before the goddess told you in person that she had a boyfriend, it would be inappropriate for you not to be yy.
It can be expected that after the free market gate is officially opened, Sun Hao's villa in Oakland will become another Boston North Shore Garden Arena.
After Sun Hao, the second biggest name is Kobe.
Kobe's contract is still the contract that he signed when he was trading with Sun Hao.
This contract has a free agent option this summer.
Just before the opening of the free market for players, Kobe has announced that he has stepped out of the contract.
This means that he is also a completely free agent and can sign with any team.
What the Clippers have is only to provide a more lucrative contract with the Byrd clause.
Of course, after leading the Clippers to their first championship in team history and boasting that they would bring more championships to the Clippers and Los Angeles at the championship parade, most people believe that Kobe has no reason to leave the Clippers.
Kobe's operation of jumping out of the contract should be just to get a new big contract.
Then there is another big fish, Yao Ming, who has not yet confirmed to jump out of the contract, but can also cause market shock.
Yao Ming's contract status was already very clear when he played with Sun Hao in the Olympics last year.
He has consecutive player options, and this year is the second and last one.
If he chooses to jump out of the contract, then this year's free market will really be fried fish.
In addition to these three, there are still a lot of fatty fish on the free market this year.
Boozer, Odom, Turkoglu, Ben Gordon, Kidd, Marion, Rashid Wallace...
And David Lee, Villanueva, Brandon Bass, etc. who did not get the contract renewal in 2005 but performed well in the contract year.
This will make the free market lively for a while.
Before the opening of the free market, Sun Hao took Scarlett and Little Beijing directly to Hawaii, and he turned off the mobile phones he used.
His previous experience in the draft made him realize that he would definitely not be able to stop this summer.
So instead of being harassed all the time, he simply ran to avoid the limelight and returned when the free market had almost settled.
After all, although he chose to stay in the Warriors has not been said in public, in fact, after experiencing a series of things, his staying has already settled.
There was only one spare cell phone left beside him. Only Gu Yi knew this cell phone number, not even Rich Paul.
The reason rich Paul didn't know was that he was now not just Sun Hao's agent, but also James's.
This day was also the day before the free market officially opened. Many people wanted to visit Sun Hao and all ran away.
But Sun Hao's phone still rang.
Gu Yi came here.
Sun Hao had told Gu Yi before, not to do anything that is not very important.
So he picked it up soon.
"Yao asked me to tell you that he is going to stay in Washington!"
What Gu Yi said is indeed very important.
Sun Hao was a little surprised by the news, but he could guess it.
He still understands Yao Ming's character.
In history, he once had the opportunity to team up with Kobe, but in the end he didn't go either.
The fundamental reason is his "loyalty".
He felt that a team trained him, and he should stay there forever.
At this point, Sun Hao actually had the same idea at the beginning.
But after being traded by the Mavericks, he also became dependent on the situation.
And Yao Ming's decision is somewhat related to the Wizards' performance last season.
The Wizards reached the finals last season, and this summer has a chance to reinforce, he should indeed stay.
However, from the perspective of Sun Hao, a traverser, Tracy McGrady took a closed shot just like in history, and he doesn't know if his state will slide down the cliff like in history.
If so, Yao Ming's life in the next two years will not be easy.
He called Yao Ming over.
Basically, just chat, and some blessings.
After all, if Tracy McGrady doesn't fall off the cliff like in history, the Wizards can still look forward to a reinforcement.
On July 1, the door to the NBA free market was officially opened.
Although no formal contract was reached due to the freezing period, many verbal contracts and rumors have been exposed.
Then, the first contract was fried fish.
Yao Ming, announced that he was out of the contract!
The management of each team looked excited and expectant.
This new big fish is not as fat as Sun Hao and Kobe!
But soon, they were dull for a while.
Because shortly after Yao Ming jumped out of the contract, the Wizards broke another piece of news.
They and Boozer reached a four-year 58 million contract!
Then they announced that they had reached a five-year contract of 80 million yuan with Yao Ming!
In other words, Yao Ming jumped out of the contract just for the team to have room to sign Boozer! !
The two contracts are both maximum salary, the difference is that Boozer is a rookie in 2002, the starting salary of the maximum salary is 5% less than Yao Ming's salary cap.
In addition, there are also differences in contract options.
Boozer’s contract option for the last year is the team option, and Yao Ming’s contract is the same as the previous contract, with player options starting in the third year.
After signing these two major contracts, the Wizards' salary exploded.
But obviously, it's worth it.
Because from the perspective of the Wizards management, this may be their only chance to keep Yao Ming.
And it can be foreseen that in order to relieve salary pressure, the Wizards will have some similar "low sales" transactions and a large number of basic salary signings.
Come back to the Wizards' lineup.
Although Boozer's reputation is a lot worse than Garnett, this is also a big three lineup!
The words Tatum and Stern said when they were communicating began to come true.
The appearance of the Big Three of Celtics has created a bad atmosphere in the alliance!
After two big signings in a row, the Wizards started a strong dominance mode on the first day of the free market.
But on the second day, the protagonist changed quickly.
Switched from the Wizards to the Clippers.
The Clippers directly and Kobe reached a four-year contract with a maximum salary of 107 million.
This contract will guarantee Kobe Bryant will play for the Clippers until the 2013~2014 season.
In the last season, the annual salary of this contract will reach 30+ million US dollars.
This will also make Kobe the first person to get this salary after Jordan.
What's more worth mentioning is that there is another very special thing in this contract: the right to veto the transaction.
During the contract period, if the Clippers want to trade Kobe, they must obtain the consent of Kobe himself.
The Clippers have given Kobe the utmost respect.
Some people will certainly ask why there is only a 4-year contract.
Because the NBA has a 38-year-old clause, after the contract is fulfilled, Kobe can still renew the last major contract with the Clippers.
After the renewal of Kobe, the Clippers immediately renewed Odom with a 4-year 33 million contract.
This renewal can be said to be quite cheap.
Because of how you look at it, Odom's market price is also ten million.
But as far as Odom is concerned, the half of the season with the Cavaliers has caused him to fall sharply. If the Lakers hadn't rescued him, he might have been running for the basic salary.
So it is understandable that he is willing to lower his salary to renew his contract.
At this point, the Clippers basically retained the winning lineup from last season.
Although the Wizards has increased Boozer's strength, after all, it still needs a break-in, and McGrady's state is hard to say.
Considering these factors, the Clippers will still be the strongest team in the new season.
After two days, the free agency market is indeed a bit exciting.
However, this year's free market is destined not to be too quiet this year.
On the third day, one after another big fish began to swim into the new lotus pond.
The first is from Boston.
The biggest competitor, the Wizards, has been strengthened, and they naturally can't be left behind.
They signed the "Roaring Heavenly Lord" Rasheed Wallace with a two-year full middle class and a contract worth about 11 million yuan.
Although Wallace is 34 years old, he was still able to contribute 12+7 to the Pistons last season.
This will definitely be a big reinforcement for the Celtics.
Let's talk about the Pistons. After letting Wallace go, they turned around and signed Ben Gordon with a five-year, 58 million contract.
Gordon was the spotlight show in 2004. He first played for the Grizzlies for two years before moving to the Bobcats.
During the contract year, his performance declined, which led to poor market conditions. He chose to sign a one-year quotation contract with the Bobcats.
Although the Bobcats did not make the playoffs last season, he averaged 20.7 points per game as the leading scorer.
He and Gerald Wallace's combination of inside and outside lines once gave the Bobcats hope for a revival.
But in the end, Gordon became a completely free agent and then pursued his dream of champions.
Another potential message of the Pistons' signing is that they are likely to allow Anthony to gain weight and play as a power forward next season.
Moreover, this is not all.
While the free market was going on, there was a wave of big deals involving four teams in the league.
And this involves several heavy insiders of the league in the past.
The four parties in the trade are the Nuggets, Mavericks, Suns and Knicks.
The Nuggets sent Camby and Martin, a future first-round pick, with Ben Wallace and the addition;
The Lone Ranger team sent a big ben and bonus to get O'Neal;
The Suns sent O'Neal and a second round to get Camby and the trade exception;
The Knicks sent out a trade exception and got Martin and the first-round picks from the Nuggets and the second-round picks from the Suns!
For this transaction, the four parties will get what they need.
The first is Big Ben and O'Neal, both of whom did not meet the expectations of their teams last season.
This is a typical attempt to "move the dead and move the lives".
Moreover, there is only one year left in the big contract between the two, and the risk factor brought by this operation is relatively small.
Let's talk about the team that got the two.
The Lone Ranger team has everything, just almost mean.
They obviously expect O'Neill to be that point.
Although O'Neal is 37 years old and at the end of his career, the so-called lean camel is bigger than a horse, after all, it is a big shark.
Don't go too far, even two years ago, the combination of Nowitzki and O'Neal would make the league feel trembling.
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This will allow them to maintain the competitiveness of the league's first echelon.
Then came the Nuggets.
The two insiders of the Nuggets, Martin and Camby, feel that the ceiling is too low.
Especially Martin, whose contract is almost as big as Big Ben, but his performance is worse than Big Ben.
The point is that this contract also puts a lot of pressure on the team's salary.
By sending both of them out at once, this wave of operations by the Nuggets can be considered very good.
And the salary pressure was released at once. The next thing they have to do is to strengthen the power forward position.
Now in the free market fish, Marion has become a sweet pastry.
It is expected that the Nuggets and Heat will pursue it fiercely.
Let's talk about the remaining Suns and Knicks.
O'Neal has proven inappropriate, and it's a great attempt to change individuals at this time.
Camby can be said to be the most suitable candidate, because he is a defensive counterattack in the Nuggets.
This fits perfectly with the Suns' style of play.
And his contract is actually only one year left, and the risk is not high.
Let's talk about the Knicks. Although Martin's big contract is two years away, the team is rebuilding around Harden and Beasley.
Rebuilding will definitely take time, eat some big contracts to support the salary space beyond the poor line, by the way, get some picks.
Compared with the management's choking operations in the past few years, this four-party transaction can be included in the candidate list of "the team's best trading operations in the past decade".
When the free market is about to end, the Eastern Wizards, Pistons, Celtics, and Western Clippers, Lone Rangers, and Suns will all have different degrees of reinforcement.
Next season will still be a season of great power.
At this time, Sun Hao ended his short vacation and returned to Auckland.