335. The Tranquility Before the Storm (4.5K words for monthly pass)
June 13.
Since the Magic won the NBA championship, news about the Magic's championship has been continuously reported in the next few days, and the popularity has not shown any sign of decline.
However, even though the outside world is discussing this matter too fiercely at this moment, for everyone in the Magic Team, they can truly enjoy a relaxed and pleasant vacation.
Although at this stage, many teams have begun to contact players privately, and those who should renew their contracts should be contacted if they should expire. Once the free market opens, the signing will be completed instantly.
But today, everyone in the Magic team had no intention of considering the contract, because this day was the Orlando Magic's parade celebration.
After a few days of rest and adjustment, the mental outlook of the Magic Team was obviously very good. Everyone seemed to be full of energy and had no fatigue during the game.
For Howard, who won the MVP of this year's finals, this period of time can be called the peak of his life.
In addition to the outside world constantly reporting on Howard, it has even compared Howard and O'Neal.
At present, among some industry experts, Howard's historical status has begun to rise sharply.
After all, for these experts who are basically talking about the paper, the standard for measuring a player is the honors they can win in their careers.
Just like in later generations, the issue of whether McGrady was qualified to be inducted into the Hall of Fame has been widely discussed in the outside world.
Some people say that McGrady's elegant style is loved by fans on the court and has made great contributions to the promotion of NBA games, so he is fully qualified to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Some people say that McGrady's hard honor is really insufficient. Apart from winning the scoring champion several times and being selected several times for a while, he basically has no honor to show off.
Whether it is the regular season MVP or the finals MVP, McGrady has nothing to do with these things.
Some people even bluntly said that in addition to being able to take it out in 35 seconds and 13 seconds and being whispered several times by people, what qualifications do McGrath have to be able to enter the Hall of Fame?
In fact, Su Jiu, who had discussed this matter in his previous life, was frankly discussed. If the Hall of Fame was just established, then with the honors of McGrady, he would certainly not be able to step into the threshold of the Hall of Fame.
However, with the development of basketball and the reduction of the threshold for the Hall of Fame, in addition to the fact that one had to win hard honors at the beginning, one could basically be selected as long as one contributed to the league.
So from an objective perspective, although there is some discussion about McGrady's inclusion in the Hall of Fame, from a commercial perspective, McGrady's inclusion in the Hall of Fame is obviously fully qualified.
However, this year, the reason why Howard reached the peak of his life was boasted by experts from outside the world, and even said that the era of Howard was coming soon.
This is because of Howard's age. You must know that the dominance Howard played this season and the personal honors he won are completely visible to the naked eye.
In addition to the best defensive player in the regular season and the first team of the best team, he also led the team to win the championship trophy and was elected to the finals MVP.
It is no exaggeration to say that these honors basically represent the highest level of a player.
But while Howard won many personal honors this season, what scares people the most is that his age is only 24 years old.
Perhaps because Howard participated in the draft as a high school student, he has been fighting in the league for many years, which makes people feel that Howard has entered the middle of his career and is basically not linked to the word "young".
But in fact, after playing this season, Howard was only 24 years old, and this age has not yet reached the peak of a player.
Because according to big data in NBA, a player's peak period is often between the ages of 27 and 31.
So if you look at it this way, then what experts say about "The era of Howard is coming is coming" is not empty talk.
After all, if you look at the unpredictable causes of injuries, with Howard's current age and the dominance of the penalty area shown, in the next few years, Howard will only become stronger and more outstanding and perfect on the technical level.
And in addition to Howard, the Magic also released a very evil newcomer, Su Jiu this year.
It is no exaggeration to say that in the past few days after the Magic won the championship, Su Jiu's popularity on the Internet was no less than Howard.
After all, Su Jiu entered the league as a loser. Just talking about this situation, Su Jiu's entire career can definitely be called inspirational.
While the starting point was already one step behind others, Su Jiu, with his acquired efforts, made a strong mark and finally helped the team win the championship trophy in the 2008 to 2009 seasons.
It can be said that Su Jiu is definitely the true debut and peak.
As for how long the final peak period can last, whether to continue to improve or go downhill in the next few seasons, these questions will be answered in the future.
Today, the city of Orlando can be called truly lively. After all, after the date of the championship parade was confirmed, the mayor announced to the general public in advance.
So on this day, the stores in the entire city of Orlando were basically in resting states, and everyone stood on both sides of the road wearing cheering T-shirts early, waiting for the parade bus to pass by.
After the bus carrying everyone who won the Magic Team's championship came, the fans on both sides of the road fell into madness instantly, and everyone was sprinkling ribbons and champagne into the sky.
At this moment, no one imagined what the Magic would become in the next few years, because at this time, all the fans were sincerely happy for the Magic, and they were also extremely excited.
As the parade buses repeatedly drive in the city center, the atmosphere of Orlando is destined to be remembered forever in history...
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June 15.
After the championship parade, the Magic team really got a rest time and prepared to welcome that very beautiful and pleasant holiday.
Of course, the relaxed and comfortable here refers to those who already have a contract with the team, and for those who are about to expire during the offseason, or are cut by the team and have no ball to play.
During this offseason, they are destined to miss the rest, because compared with those main players who have stabilized, these players still have to make more plans for their future and negotiate and exchange with the team again and again.
Among them, of course, there are Tkoglu and Aaron Iverson whose contract has expired.
And as the Magic successfully won the NBA championship trophy this year, this means that Iverson and Tkogru, who are the heroes of the championship, will inevitably be sought after by most teams in the league during the offseason.
You should know that in the history of NBA, the fact that the winning team was poached has become a hidden rule.
Because since you can follow the team to win the championship, players with playing time will not only have outstanding personal strength, but also have supreme playoff experience.
So this kind of player will be a very worthwhile signing for any team that is capable of rushing to the playoffs.
After all, compared to signing other players, he has to consider his personal strength. If a team that has just won the NBA championship, the risk is obviously much smaller.
And compared to Allen Iverson, Tkoglu has been entangled by other teams since the team won the championship.
It is no exaggeration to say that Tkoglu's phone call this offseason is destined to be beaten by other teams.
After all, Iverson, who is already older than his age, has officially entered the end of his career, and has a little unstable personality.
Tkoglu, who has just reached 30 this year, is undoubtedly at the peak of his career.
In addition, the reason why the Magic won the championship was that in the last few games of the finals, Tkoglu's role on the court was also crucial.
So for any team that wants to compete in the playoffs, signing with Tekoglu will definitely be a very cost-effective high-quality contract.
Under the pressure from the outside world, the outside world is not yet aware of whether the Magic will choose to match the contract in the end.
However, from a historical perspective, Tkoglu is likely to sign contracts with other teams this year. After all, there are definitely many teams that will spend money on such players.
You should know that Tekoglu, known as the "Turkish Magic", is not only at the peak of his player's career, but in this year's playoffs, Tekoglu averaged 11.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game.
And at the same time, Tkoglu's three-point shooting percentage was also as high as 37.6%.
It can be said that Tkoglu is definitely one of the players with the best view of uploading balls and overall view of the center forward players in the league. At the same time, Tkoglu also has a very stable outside projection.
Of course, the most important thing is that a player like Tkoglu is obviously a kind of panacea player. Even if he goes to any team, he can easily find his position.
After all, judging from personal data, although Tkoglu is a very comprehensive player, he does not necessarily have to play ball on the court, because on the off-ball side, Tkoglu's performance is also very outstanding.
This is precisely because Tkoglu has excellent outside shooting ability, which can open up space for the team to the greatest extent.
So whether it is holding the ball or not, Tkoglu can contribute his own strength on the court.
However, whether Tkoglu can continue to stay in the team in the end is the matter between him and the team's management.
At least Su Jiu didn't think so much at this time, because he finally finished the schedule of this year's game, so Su Jiu wanted to enjoy his holiday in the next place.
According to photos taken by some paparazzi media, it is said that Su Jiu and Katie Perry went on vacation to Miami Beach after the championship parade.
And the two of them are no longer hiding when facing media shooting, and basically go in and out in public openly.
This incident also attracted a lot of speculation, guessing what kind of relationship Su Jiu and Katy Perry had maintained at this time.
Because if you talk about friends, then the distance between the two people and the scandals is too close. However, if you talk about couples, the two people are not publicly disclosed in public, and when asked such questions, they will answer the same uniformly "We are just friends."
So the relationship between Su Jiu and Katy Perry is still a mystery to the people outside.
But in most people's eyes, Su Jiu and Katy Perry are basically a couple, because these two are really outstanding...
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Most of the players were on vacation in the next few days, but for the team's management, they were far from reaching the break.
Because at this time, the management of each team had private conversations and cooperation.
Although the league has regulations that teams cannot engage with other teams privately until the free market opens in August.
But this regulation is completely meaningless, because as long as it is not done too clearly on the surface, basically every team will contact some other team players in private.
The Magic, which just won the championship last season, has recently had a very close relationship with the Nets.
As for the content between the negotiations between the two teams, the others are naturally unknown, but according to the rumors, the secret talk between the Nets and the Magic seems to be related to Vince Carter.
Because since Jason Kidd left, the Nets' life has been getting worse day by day, and last season, the Nets ranked fourth from the bottom in the Eastern Conference with a record of 34 wins and 48 losses.
So in this case, the Nets management has made up their minds to prepare for reconstruction, because the team has not achieved no gains this year. At least the team's new player point guard Devin Harris has shown super offensive talent this season.
When the Nets were planning to rebuild, Vince Carter's existence obviously became a contract like a drag.
In this case, Vince Carter's departure has become inevitable, but it is still unknown who will eventually fall.
However, according to the gossip, the Magic and the Nets have a close relationship recently, and if the Magic and the Nets really can reach this deal.
Then next season, the Magic will likely have a combination of back lines such as Su Jiu, Iverson, and Flying Carter.
Of course, this premise is that the Magic and the Nets can really reach this deal, and Iverson will not choose to retire in the offseason and will continue to stay with the Magic.
But no matter whether this matter is finally achieved or not, at least when Magic fans learned about this through the gossip, they still couldn't help but start to be excited.
After all, when Carter and Iverson gather together to play together, no matter what the team's final results will be, just talking about the game process on the field, fans will definitely feel lingering.
While each team is in contact with each other privately, the teams that have not made it to the playoffs this season have set their sights on the draft not long after.
Because for these teams whose highest combat power is obviously not as high as the league's top, the draft is undoubtedly an opportunity to change their destiny.
So with the coming of the draft, although it seems that the league is very calm on the surface, it is actually already surging in private, and the management of each team is also starting to be ready to move...
Chapter completed!