On July 1, 2000, the free market opened.

At 12 noon, the NBA officially announced its salary cap for the new season, worth US$42.567737.

This is nearly $1.5 million higher than the expected increase after the salary cap was announced last year. The editor-in-chief of Forbes Sports Rich List analyzed that this is because of the positive impact of choosing a comeback. When Forbes Sports Rich List predicted income in the 99-00 season last year, Jordan showed no sign of a comeback.

After the new salary cap was announced, a man with a greasy head was ecstatic at the Miami Center Arena!

Immediately ordered the secretary to issue a quote to the man he liked.

Not long after, the Heat's assistant coach, general manager consultant, and head of the commercial operation department... all came to the General Manager's office.

Stan Van Gundy asked: "Bo SS, quote him at this price? Or is it such a long contract?"

Pat Riley said confidently: "He is definitely an important puzzle for us to compete for the championship! I contacted his agent in the morning. They did not accept the short contract. The Kings have issued a 40 million offer to them for four years. If we don't hurry up, we won't be able to grab people!"

"But……"

"No, but!"

Pat Riley's momentum was very strong, and Stan Van Gundy didn't dare to say anything.

After a while, Pat Riley reacted and said, "Are you talking about that man? I've contacted him before. He hasn't decided where to play, but after my questioning, he revealed that he will continue to play, and his basic salary is OK, and he will not have any requirements for salary. He just wants to join the championship team."

Stan Van Gundy suddenly realized: "The teacher is really amazing!"

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The free market is open, and this summer is destined to be crazy, because a superstar player will enter the free market and bring its own traffic, which will inevitably make a team the superstar Michael Jordan of the popular team!

From the age of 36 to 37, Jordan averaged 27.2 points per game. Even if the data shrinks a little in the next year, he averaged 25+5+5 levels per game. Most people think it's okay. Look at Stockton, at the age of 35, he averaged 12 points and 8 assists per game. Now at the age of 38, he still averaged 12 points and 8 assists per game.

Stockton averaged 12 points and 8 assists per game. In people's minds, he averaged 25+5+5 per game with Jordan. Even if he was a strong team, he would reduce the ball rights. With Jordan's last winning goal with the Bulls, he averaged 20+ per game.

Even the top teams want to get Jordan. After the Hawks announced that they could contact other teams in advance, the Hawks' season just ended and Jordan's rib fracture had not healed yet, more than 15 teams rushed to call Jordan.

In addition, the 76ers and the Pacers won the championship one after another, which also proves that the Bulls-Rocks-Lakes dominated the NBA for eight years and finally began to enter an era of heroes. All teams with hope of winning the championship want to strengthen, want to seize the current opportunity, and be willing to overdraw and send multiple draft picks to trade stars in the future.

This will inevitably attract the favor of many teams with outstanding players and weak overall teams. The 76ers, Bulls and Raptors have successfully rebuilt, allowing many teams that have not been able to rise for many years to put their hopes on the ground.

Although many team management know that in recent years, so many teams have been bad, only those three teams have succeeded, but the draft = gambling, gambler mentality, everyone thinks they will be the next lucky person.

However, the madness at the beginning of this summer surprised many teams!

On July 2, the day after the free market opened, the Heat officially announced that it had reached an agreement with former Trail Blazers player Brian Grant, and a seven-year sky-high contract of $84 million will bring the power forward who helped center forward restrict O'Neal from doing an outstanding job.

This contract has ruined a lot of glasses!

Brian Grant has been raising the Trail Blazers, wanting a five-year, 50 million contract, and the Kings have also offered a four-year, 40 million contract.

Brian Grant wants to stay in the original team. The Trail Blazers have also provided a five-year and 40 million contract before, which will increase it to five-year and 50 million. There will not be a big problem.

Brian Grant, 28, can maintain his condition in 3-4 years with his playing style. He is not the kind of defense that relies on athletic ability to jump around, but rely on enthusiasm and skills to make good use of his athletic ability.

According to Sports Illustrated, Brian Grant and the Trail Blazers are close to completing the contract renewal, and the Trail Blazers have already given up.

At this time, the Heat suddenly announced that they had signed Brian Grant for 84 million in 7 years and 7 years, this blue-collar worker with an average of 11.5 points and 9.8 rebounds per game in the best year of his career... It's really incredible for everyone!

It's not over yet. On the evening of the 2nd, the Heat PJ Brown and Jamal Mashburn got the Hornets trade to get Eddie Jones who was selected for the third-team and two-defense defense from the Hornets' trade, and the defensive organizational front swinger Anthony Mason Jr.

Then on the morning of July 3, the Heat sent Dan Marley and got Bruce Bowen from the 76ers.

It also announced that some middle-class players have dug AC Green from the Lakers for a year with a net worth of 2.25 million US dollars.

Tim Hardaway, Eddie Jones, Anthony Mason Jr., Horeth Grant, Morning, Substitute, Bruce Bowen, Anthony Carter, AC Green, Cebaros...

As early as 1997, some people questioned the pure iron-blooded style of play. In 1999, after the Heat were blackmailed by the Knicks, public opinion generally believed that the pure iron-blooded style of play would not work. Among the iron-blooded styles of play like the Knicks and the 76ers, there were scorers like Larry Houston, Spreville, and Iverson.

Now, good guy, the Heat not only did not improve, but instead sent away the team's strongest singles Marshburn, and exchanged for Eddie Jones!

Eddie Jones's strength alone is definitely not weaker in a strong team than in a strong team, but Eddie Jones's independent offensive ability is not as good as in a Marshburn. He is a team player with a stronger defense than in an offensive.

After the Heat's operation, almost all media and experts expressed confusion.

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On the morning of the 3rd, the Orlando Sentinels revealed that the Magic planned to use a salary space of up to $34 million to force Larry Hughes and Grant Hill to use their sophomore to score 16.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, and traded back to Grant Hill.

At the same time, the Magic proposed a 6-year, $79 million offer to Duncan and McGrady.

That night, the Philadelphia United News broke the news that the Magic offered a starting salary of 9.96 million US dollars to 79 million US dollars for 6 years and was rejected.

The Chicago Times also revealed that it was also rejected that it offered a starting salary of $9.96 million to Bulls free agent McGrady, a total of $79 million in six years.

At the same time, the 76ers officially announced that they had completed a contract renewal with Duncan for a starting salary of $9.96 million, totaling $88 million for six years, and the Bulls officially announced that they had completed a contract renewal with McGrady with the same maximum salary of $88 million for six years.

According to Yahoo Sports columnist Wokin Navosky, both Duncan and McGrady were not interested in joining forces with Grant Hill to form the Big Three. Duncan and Iverson were very happy, and McGrady didn't want to be separated from Kobe.

Also, the parent team renews the contract and can get an additional 9 million in 6 years, which is something that the Magic Team without bird rights cannot give.

The Heat and the Magic got a lot of attention.

The Heat's operations are confusing.

The Magic's ambitions make people laugh.

However, the operations of the two teams successfully stole the limelight of signing and trading, both large and small, after the free market was opened.

Although the limelight was stolen, there were still many people paying attention to some transactions.

The Lakers, Rockets and Spurs completed three-party transactions.

The Lakers sent out Glen Rice and exchanged back to Horeth Grant from the Rockets.

The Spurs got Glen Rice, and the Rockets got Scott Pippen.

The Lakers have clear operating goals, using a better power forward to relieve the pressure on Horez Grant.

The Spurs got rid of Scott Pippen's big contract.

After completing the deal, the Rockets said they wanted to use Pippen's experience to help second-tier Stromeier Swift and young star Cartino Mobley grow. They believe that Smallboy and Wift can become top internal and external combinations.

The Raptors rejected Doug Christie's request for an early renewal and did not intend to renew the contract with the 30-year-old veteran in advance. The Raptors selected Morris Peterson, who was better than expected in the first round, and Alvin Williams, the shooting guard of Doug Christie, who had played in the 21st pick. They were not optimistic about Doug Christie's future.

The Raptors reached a deal with the Kings.

The Kings sent out 95th talented small forward Collis Williams and veteran Nick Anderson to get Doug Christie from the Raptors trade.

This deal also attracted attention. Collis Williams played as a substitute last season, averaging 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal per game. However, he averaged 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game in the 97-98 season in the third grade. It was only because Weber and Wang Zhizhi joined one after another, and his playing style was not suitable for the two-tower tactics, so he became a substitute.

During the draft, the Raptors had traded Knicks point guard Chris Chiles.

The combination of Chiles, Carter, Collis Williams, Odom, Antonio Davis, and the substitute lineup, Alvin Williams, Robert Horry, Joan Barry, Charles Oakley and others are becoming more and more popular, but it depends on how much oil Chiles has left and whether Collis Williams can adapt to the Raptors' style of playing.

For the Kings, Doug Christie was traded to the Kings on the morning of July 2, and reached a five-year, $33 million renewal intention with the Kings.

Adelman said Doug Christie was the last puzzle of the Princeton system.

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The Heat and Magic's erotic operations have opened up this hot summer.

In a flash, a week passed, and some signings and transactions of all sizes were completed.

On July 8, the NBA free agent signing officially opened, and Brian Grant and the Heat officially reached a seven-year contract renewal of US$84 million, which once again triggered a wave of public opinion.

This summer is very lively, but this week after the free market opened, the Supersonics have contacted many teams, but there is no substantial operation.

On the morning of the 8th, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Pierce's Open Air Stadium.

On the 3rd, I went to San Diego's elder brother's place with my mother for two weeks. As soon as Pierce returned to Los Angeles, she was pulled by Zhang Hao to ask for advice on the three threats.

Pierce was very happy. Zhang Hao was still in high school, so Pierce wanted to teach Zhang Hao to play more comprehensively, but Zhang Hao was the main attacker to shoot and cut in at that time... Of course, Pierce now thinks that Zhang Hao's choice is correct, and then revolves around it after improving the advantage points to the extreme.

In terms of the speed of adapting to the NBA, regardless of the performance you play, just looking at the speed of adapting to the NBA, Zhang Hao is indeed much faster than Pierce.

The training was prepared on the 4th and the training started on the 5th. At 10 o'clock this morning, Pierce found that Zhang Hao had learned...he knew...

"Do you learn technology so quickly?" Pierce felt her body hollowed out.

Zhang Hao replied: "Learn from people with excellent skills, it will be very fast."

"Is this true? It means that my skills are very good? Hahahahaha..."

“…”

Of course, Pierce will be envious of Zhang Hao when he learns quickly and has strong strength, and will become more motivated. However, Pierce is happy that Zhang Hao is getting stronger and stronger and has long opened up the gap.

"I'll take a look:

Object of use: Zhang Hao.

Study subject: Paul Pierce.

Learning objectives: Three threats to use standing postures.

Learning progress: 6 hours of learning and 6 hours of independent training have been completed.

Congratulations to the host, the special signing player Zhang Haosan threatened that his standing posture has been engraved with muscle memory and has been upgraded to a qualified level of 60."

I learned a new technique, but it did not affect the comprehensive ability evaluation of 94.

"It seems that at least one or two technologies need to be improved to the top level. Only after having multiple technologies at the top level can you break through 95..."

Originally, Zhang Hao wanted to find McGrady and use McGrady's talent to learn McGrady's skills, but after the Bulls' holiday, McGrady took his girlfriend on a trip and would not come back until the end of July.
To be continued...