Time comes December 9th, with the opening of the NBA free/trading market, the league can be said to be a scattered monsters in this day.

As soon as 12 a.m. passed, several teams immediately broke the news of signing and trading.

If these teams did not contact the players privately during the suspension period, they would not believe that even if they were killed, the fans would not believe it.

Of course, these things are actually not important. What matters is that Yang Fan, the youngest current champion coach in the NBA, announced his high profile to join the Wizards.

When Yang Fan's three-year, $45 million contract broke out, it caused a stir in the league, causing countless fans to discuss wildly.

Because in this way, Yang Fan not only became the first basketball coach in NBA history to earn over 10 million yuan, but also invisibly opened up a level with other coaches in the league.

After all, although salary is not the only criterion for measuring a person, it can definitely represent a person's value.

In addition, it is said that many retired coaches have begun to report to the coaching union, reporting that Yang Fan’s salary is too high, which seriously disrupted the salary balance of the NBA coaching group.

But there is no way for the coach union to do this, because coaches are different from players. Strictly speaking, the identity of a coach is an employee, and the employee contract and player contract are different.

There is no salary cap limit for contracted employees. As long as the team is willing to spend money, it is impossible to find any problem even if it is given a contract of 100 million.

The most important thing is that although these retired coaches are very envious of the huge contract that Yang Fan has gained.

However, for the coaching group in the NBA, it is obviously a good thing for Yang Fan to get a big contract.

Because this is likely to directly lead to an increase in the league coach's salary in the future. After all, Yang Fan has proved with facts how important an excellent coach will be to the team.

On the other hand, the Wizards also made several explosive operations in succession after the trading market was opened.

There are three transactions in total, namely Jordan Crawford's second round pick and 76ers' first round.

For this first round pick, the Wizards finally chose white center Nikola Vucevic.

The second move was Nick Young Blachi, in exchange for the Pacers' Paul George's second round pick.

As for the last deal, the second round pick between Hinrich and the Rockets, it seems like a free deal no matter how you look at it.

Of course, this is before Washington fans know that Yang Fan has joined the Wizards.

As for now, Wizards fans are very firmly convinced that Yang Fan's operation must have his own reasons.

In addition, the Wizards also signed four players in the Free City, namely Sean Bathir for 15 million in three years, Yao Ming for 14 million in two years, Mason for 5 million in three years, and Grant Hill for the final year.

It is worth mentioning that due to Yang Fan, the Wizards also renewed Yi Jianlian with a two-year contract of US$3.5 million.

Although this salary seems to be very low, it is important to know that if it weren't for Yang Fan's reason.

In the normal historical trajectory, Yi Jianlian could only sign the Mavericks with a minimum contract of US$830,000 a year, but in the end he was ruthlessly cut by the Mavericks.

So this contract was renewed by the team's general manager Grenfeld for Yang Fan's sake, otherwise Yi Jianlian would have to return to the CBA to play.

With the Wizards' series of operations in trading and free markets, so far, the Wizards' 15-man roster has been completely released for the new season.

Defender:

Wall, Thompson, Thomas Jr.

The swaying man:

Paul George, Butler, Grant Hill, and Mason.

Front line:

Bathir, Lewis, Chandler Parsons, Yi Jianlian, and Bertans.

Center:

Yao Ming, Vucevic, and McGee.

Looking at the lineup list in his hand, Yang Fan unconsciously outlined a smile.

This is all the championship team he spent all the offseason to build, although it would be a little difficult to compete for the championship with this lineup.

But as the saying goes, you have to eat one bite at a time, and the road has to be taken step by step. At least Yang Fan is very satisfied at the moment, and he is very satisfied with the winning system he has built.

Even though the entire Wizards does not have a truly top star in the league, the team's lineup is very deep.

The most important thing is that the Wizards will be a team that is both offensive and defensive in the new season, no longer as extreme as the previous Thunder.

The forward combination composed of Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Battier will also be a force that cannot be underestimated.

Even though Klay Thompson is still very young and does not have the dominance he had at his peak, Paul George has already shown his potential on the defensive end.

As long as Yang Fan can guide patiently in the new season, this Wizards will definitely be a dark horse that shocked the East!!

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In the following period, all teams became busy and organized players to train before the start of the new season.

Since the league does not allow players to use any NBA-related training equipment during the suspension period, the team cannot recall players to the stadium under any name.

This has led to many players not undergoing systematic training at all during the offseason. Even if they occasionally exercise on weekdays, they simply cannot meet the NBA-level training standards.

The most important thing is that for a team like the Wizards that have just experienced large-scale blood exchange, there is no time to run in during the offseason.

As for the preseason that could warm up like in previous years, it was also cancelled, this is undoubtedly a slightly painful blow.

He even fell behind other teams from the beginning, and he lost directly at the starting line.

Fortunately, the shrinking season will have more back-to-back games, and the pace of the game of all teams will also fly fast.

Therefore, it is very unfriendly to teams with severe aging such as the Spurs and Celtics.

In other words, the biggest advantage of the Wizards in the new season is that they are young, and young players can make their mark in this shrinking season with their passion.

Judging from the normal historical trajectory, the Thunder that had the Third Young Master of Thunder back then is the most obvious example.

In addition, due to Yang Fan's reasons, the league also arranged a opening match for the Wizards.

Although even Stern is not optimistic that he can stand out from the new season, Yang Fan is the most dominant coach in the league in the past two years.

With the existence of Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, the Wizards' attention in the new season will definitely not be too low.

The first game of the Wizards' new season is December 25, which is Christmas Day, to meet the Knicks' challenge at home.

As for why it is the Knicks, not other teams, it starts with the grudge between Yang Fan and Phil Jackson.

That's right, the Knicks fired the "master of bombardment" D'Antoni in the new season, and instead hired the "Zen Master" Jackson as the coach.

Hopefully, Zen Master can lead the Knicks out of the predicament and recreate the glory of the city of New York.

Normally, Jackson should have chosen to retire after the end of last season, but due to the personal grudge between Jackson and Yang Fan, if Jackson retires at this critical moment, it will definitely be a stain on his life.

So Jackson completely took over the Knicks' coaching stick.

Who would have thought that not only his Zen Master will be coached in the new season, but also Yang Fan who is in dispersed.

The feud between the two has been fought from the west to the east, and can be regarded as two fighters in the coaching group...
Chapter completed!