The time is July, and in July, the alliance trading market officially opens.

However, according to past experience, there are few big transactions that have just been opened during this period, and are basically some small-scale reinforcements.

Those real big deals will be frequently exposed in mid-July and even at the end of July.

After all, the NBA is a business league, and big deals represent big interests, so the more shocking the news, the more bumpy the process will be.

It often takes a long time to completely conclude the conclusion. As for the reason, it is because both parties want to get more benefits.

In addition, the summer league also begins in early July. Each team will put their young players in the summer league for training. While you can observe their personal potential, you can also allow them to adapt to the rhythm as soon as possible.

However, the players selected by Yang Fan at the draft never need to prove themselves in the summer league, and Yang Fan has full confidence in this.

So Yang Fan had no interest in the summer league at all, and was not even too lazy to pay attention to it.

But having said that, Yang Fan still asked Spo to lead the team in the summer league and observe Gobert.

The reason for observing Gobert is not to question his potential, but to observe what defects Gobert had in his early career, which also facilitates Yang Fan to make targeted arrangements for him.

At the same time, although the intensity of the summer league is not high, it is a rare training opportunity for a rookie like Gobert who has just entered the league.

With the idea of ​​being idle and being idle, Yang Fan simply handed Gobert over to Spoel and explained some directions about Gobert's career development, so that Spoel could train Gobert in the summer league.

It also allows Gobert to integrate into the NBA game rhythm earlier and become a backup candidate for the Wizards' center position in the new season.

As for Yang Fan, he was not idle during this period, because Yang Fan was actively contacting and strengthening him.

There are many players in the free market this year, such as Howard, Millsap, Al Jefferson, O'Neal Jr., Iguodala, Brand, Mayo, Bynum, Mageti, Odom, Tony Allen, Monta Ellis, etc.

But these players have very high salaries, including Brand, O'Neal Jr., and Bynum, although their salaries are not high, Yang Fan is not interested in it at all.

So in the end, Yang Fan focused his reinforcement target on Kevin Martin.

Kevin Martin, who is just over 30, is at the golden age of a player. Although Martin is relatively thin and often eaten by life on the defensive end, Martin's excellent offensive ability still makes Yang Fan feel moved.

The most important thing is that Kevin Martin has a very big deviation on both sides of the offense and defense, so his salary has never been very high.

Last season, Martin averaged 15 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists per game, shooting 45% from the field, but his three-point shooting percentage reached 42%.

As a shooting posture similar to a sniper swing, Martin's shooting efficiency is still very efficient.

The most important thing is that Kevin Martin has average ball holding ability. He is an excellent off-ball pitcher. Martin is best at catching and shooting after running without ball, which is very consistent with Yang Fan's tactical system.

Simply put, if Martin is willing to join the Wizards, then he and the Wizards can definitely fit seamlessly.

There is currently a rumor in the league that only the Timberwolves is interested in Kevin Martin. According to rumors, the Timberwolves are willing to provide Martin with a four-year, $25 million contract.

It is converted into a year that it is just over 6 million US dollars. Maybe Kevin Martin’s data only uses such a contract to look outrageous to people.

But Martin's defensive flaws are too obvious, and he needs a large amount of ball rights to accumulate points on the offensive end, so Martin can get such a contract at most.

Compared with the Timberwolves, if Yang Fan personally recruits Martin, the success rate will definitely be far greater than that of the Timberwolves. After all, the Wizards are a quasi-dynasty team that has won two consecutive championships. As long as they win another championship next season, they will be the real dynasty team.

By joining the Wizards, players can not only get salaries, but also make an impact on the championship. Under the same conditions, no one will reject such a temptation.

It’s just a pity that the Wizards will face huge pressure to renew their contracts in the next two years. In the past two years, the contracts of Wall, Thompson, Paul George and others have expired one after another, which also makes the Wizards need to prepare in advance.

So the Wizards can only provide Kevin Martin with a two-year contract at most.

Relatively speaking, NBA players are naturally more willing to sign long-term contracts, because this means that players can get financial security in the next few years.

Even if short contracts may maximize the player's interests to some extent, long contracts represent stability, while short contracts represent gambling.

Under normal circumstances, if the Wizards can only provide Martin with a two-year contract at most, then Martin will definitely not consider signing with the Wizards.

But the Wizards are currently the biggest favorite to win the championship in the league, and have just won the championship ring for two consecutive years, so Yang Fan still wants to try it out to see if he can win over Martin to join the Wizards.

If Martin is willing to join, the offensive firepower on the back line in the new season will definitely go further.

And on the defensive end, whether Thompson, George or Battier, the three of them can help Martin assist in defense, and to the greatest extent possible, help Martin make up for the loopholes in the defensive end.

Regarding Martin, Yang Fan talked with general manager Glenfeld that while retaining the reinforcement space, the Wizards can provide Martin with a contract of $13 million for two years.

It is already very sincere that the Wizards are willing to issue such a contract for Martin when they face huge pressure to renew their contract.

And when he comes to the Wizards, there is a very high chance of realizing his dream of winning the championship, so after the draft, Yang Fan did the first thing he did was to contact Martin.

Whether Martin is willing to join the Wizards in the end, Yang Fan plans to try it out.

In addition, the second player Yang Fan plans to sign in the free market is Mo Williams.

That's right, it was the story of one of the "four nos" of the alliance back then.

Compared to Martin, signing Mo Williams is much simpler, and Yang Fan is not in a hurry to contact Xiao Mo at all.

Because as long as Yang Fan speaks, Yang Fan believes that Mo Williams will definitely join the Wizards without hesitation. Yang Fan has 100% confidence in this regard.

Last season, 31-year-old Mo Williams was traded to the Jazz in a multi-party trade.

In the 46 games that the Jazz played, Mollies averaged 12.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game.

That's right, Mo Williams, who is known as the most rumored, actually reached six assists per game, which completely touched the fans of Salt Lake City.

Logically speaking, Mo Williams' data is excellent enough. Once Mo chooses to test the free market, he will definitely be snatched by multiple teams.

Not to mention, it is easy to win a contract with an annual salary of 5 million yuan, but in fact, Xiao Mo's playing style is actually not popular among various teams.

Because few coaches like Mo Williams' style of playing. As a point guard, Mo Williams rarely breaks into the inside and rarely gets fouls. In more cases, he will complete shots at mid- and long distances.

In addition, the overall organizational ability is average and the defensive end is also sloppy, so Mo Williams' market is far from as wide as people imagine.

If there are really people in the league today who like Mo Williams, then the coach's name must be Yang Fan, because Mo Williams's playing style is very consistent with Yang Fan's tactical system.

And with Kidd's retirement in the summer, the Wizards are currently in short supply in the position of point guard, and Wall is the only one who can take on this big task.

In this case, it is definitely a huge profit to sign Xiao Mo with a very cheap contract. Even if Mo Williams has average passing ability, the key is that Yang Fan cannot use Xiao Mo to organize it.

Especially when Yang Fan plans to focus on training second-year rookie Drummond Green next season, what Xiao Mo needs to do is to try to find opportunities without the ball, and then give the enemy a sword outside the three-point line to block the throat.

Normally, Mo Williams received only a two-year $5.6 million contract from the Trail Blazers this summer.

Xiao Mo, who had no choice but to join the Trail Blazers at the end of the year with an annual salary of less than 3 million US dollars.

Now the Wizards' salary space is tight, and Yang Fan has to spend more energy to discuss and join forces with Kevin Martin, so the Wizards can only provide Mo Williams with a yearly minimum living allowance contract of $2.5 million.

Although the salary is also not high, I believe that after learning the news, Mo Williams will definitely be very willing to join. After all, he is likely to win the championship ring for a year with the Wizards.

Once the Wizards win the championship again, Mo Williams's value will double directly. At that time, the 32-year-old Mo Williams can just try the free market and sign the last fat contract in his career.

In other words, even if the Wizards are sniped in the new season and fail to win the championship trophy, playing in the Wizards, Mo Williams can receive much more attention than other teams.

As long as Mo Williams can perform steadily, then Xiao Mo, who has tried the free market again, will definitely be more popular than this year.

So Yang Fan was not worried at all about Mo Williams. Even if Mo Williams couldn't see the situation clearly, his agent would guide him on the right track.

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The time comes July 6th. With the trading market opening for six days, the alliance finally broke its first shocking transaction. No! To be precise, it should be a seismic transaction!

Since the report of Chris Brussad, a well-known ESPN magazine reporter, Kevin Garnett has agreed to give up the veto, which means KG will go to Brooklyn with Paul Pierce and Jason Terry.

In this deal, the Celtics will send Garnett, Pierce and Terry to Brooklyn, getting the Nets' first-round picks in 2014, 16 and 18, as well as Humphries (expired contract), Gerald Wallace, Bogans, Chris Joseph (non-guaranteed contract next season), and Marshan Brooks.

On the surface, the Nets bet on the present and the Celtics need the future. Both sides take the needs, and it is hard to say who loses and whoever earns.

But it should be noted that after this deal, the Nets will form the Big Five lineup of Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Pierce, Garnett and Lopez in the new season!!

And there was also a three-pointer-historical "Jets" Terry on the bench. This luxurious lineup seemed like the NBA finale, making people say that in order to kill the Wizards, the Nets really invested a lot!!

Of course, just as everyone was shocked and trembling about this deal, Yang Fan felt disdainful of it.

Because Yang Fan knows very well that the Nets will lose a lot in the new season, but to be precise, the Nets will lose a lot in the next few years.

In this deal, the biggest beneficiary is the Celtics who have won multiple draft picks.

As for the Nets, Garnett and Pierce are seriously aging, the deal is being cheated.

And the tacit understanding of the three giants of the Nets was very average, and sometimes one goal on the court was not enough for three people to play.

Now that Pierce and Garnett are adding to it, the Nets are completely self-destructive.

At least in Yang Fan's view, this deal is a turning point in Deron Williams' career.

It was from then on that Deron was completely pulled down from the altar, from the top five point guards of the league who could have competed against Paul to gradually being eliminated by the league.

So Yang Fan was not panicked at all about this deal. Although the Nets will definitely be a stumbling block on the Wizards' road to winning the championship in the new season, if he wants to defeat the Wizards with this lineup, then the Nets are somewhat terrifying.

In addition, the Nets also announced on the same day that they would renew their contract with a salary of $1.4 million a year.

Yang Fan, who had renewed the contract in his previous life, suspected that there was something tricky. Although Blachi's playing attitude is not pleasing, last season Blachi was able to contribute 10 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist while averaging 19 minutes per game.

And his shooting percentage remains at 51.2%.

This efficiency can definitely be called amazing, at least looking at the entire alliance can be called efficient.

But in the end, the Nets only gave Blachi a contract of $1.4 million a year, which is indeed very abnormal to Yang Fan's opinion.

At least as far as Yang Fan knows, after Blachi's contract expired, at least three teams in the league have extended olive branches to Blachi, among which the Rockets are willing to provide Blachi with a two-year, $7 million contract.

So no matter how you look at the signing, it reveals a lot of abnormalities. However, even if you have doubts, Yang Fan was too lazy to investigate this matter, and he had no intention of reporting this matter to the alliance.

After all, although the alliance eliminates private money gifts and yin and yang contracts, what people hate is the whistleblower.

Yang Fan didn't want to ruin his reputation for such a mere trivial matter.

Anyway, no matter how strong the Nets are in the new season, it is definitely not as good as the Wizards...
Chapter completed!