On August 1, the first day of the new month, the Raptors and Pacers officially announced the trade.

The Raptors sent Chris Bosh, TJ Ford, Rasu Nesterovich, and Alvin Williams, and acquired Ron Artest and Jermaine O'Neal from the Pacers.

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Liu Xiu saw from the transaction details on the NBA official website that the contract Artest signed was a five-year maximum salary of US$98 million, with a starting salary of US$15.12 million. According to the new regulations, the salary matched by the Raptors during the transaction was

Get a new contract.

Therefore, the Raptors gave away both Nesterovic and Alvin Williams, two expiring contracts with good trade value.

If these two expiring contracts are accompanied by first-round or second-round draft picks, it would be very useful to find high-quality role players who can be exchanged by bad teams for long-term contracts. Most bad teams are happy to get rid of long-term contracts and get

Draft picks.

Yesterday's news from WOJ showed that although Artest decided to join the Raptors, neither the Raptors nor Artest himself had the initiative.

The Raptors have three of the top 10 picks in the 2003 draft. Calderon signed a four-year, $36 million contract extension last season, effective in the new season; Felton signed a three-year, $22.5 million contract extension, effective in the new season.

Liu Xiu felt that the Raptors management must be filled with regrets. If the two brothers renew their contracts later, retaining the Bird rights will only account for about 6 million in the salary cap. If you operate it well, it will be difficult to force Artest, but it will not be a loss.

Bosh and Ford are sent out together, one is enough.

However, according to Fox Sports reporter Andrew Seraphin, the Raptors actively wanted one of Tianzun and O'Neal to strengthen their interior defense, and chose the 30-year-old O'Neal.

So busy and surrounded by so many spotlights, Liu Xiu still prepares patiently every day without getting distracted.

Only the Mavericks had an unnamed German who didn't understand anything when he signed the contract extension. It was their Mavericks boss who helped him add various rights and interests to the contract. It was really unbearable. The Mavericks boss also added a few more clauses that made the team suffer.

, a clause in which players take advantage.

The Dream Team is quite different from the one in Liu Xiu’s impression.

The former reflects Gasol's self-confidence, believing that he can excel as long as he has the opportunity.

No matter what type of insiders the team needs in the new season, with these five people, there will never be a shortage of insiders!

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Yi Jianlian, the rising star of the national team, could only look at the four of them helplessly...

Liu Xiu, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, and Zhu Fangyu also have the job of receiving VIPs. These used to be the exclusive domain of the table tennis team, but now the men's basketball team can also get a share of the pie.

Liu Xiu analyzed the team's five major insiders and found that each has its own characteristics and is strong!

Randolph is similar. He had almost no chance to perform in the first two years of his career. The two starters Tianzun and Dale Davis were there, and there were substitutes such as Bangzi, Sabonis, and Kemp. It was up to him to do his best in the second grade.

After trailing the Mavericks 0-3 in the playoffs, he broke out. In 3 games, he scored 25 points and 15 rebounds, 22 points and 9 rebounds, and 21 points and 10 rebounds. He led the team to win three games in a row, tying the big score, and only a third grader could sit.

First starting position.

But Liu Xiu thought about it carefully and realized that these two conditions seemed overbearing, but in fact they had no mandatory binding force.

Birdman has no skills, strong running and jumping ability, excellent positioning awareness, active defensive end, and poor single defense effect.

When Kupchak traded for David West, it was also a sudden transaction.

The big player's first reaction was to refuse. Such a talented center must be signed.

But there were conditions attached to the contract, and the vice president sent the contents to Liu Xiu's mailbox.

It can only be said that he is worthy of being the general manager of the logo men's department. Rumors are flying all over the Chris Wallace trade, and it is basically useless. Any trades are very sudden and happen without warning.

Unless Gasol is allowed to play a role like Wang Zhizhi, Gasol's range is not as far as Wang Zhizhi's, and he is used to being a star, so he may not be as good as Wang Zhizhi.

When Liu Xiu learned about this, he felt that King Yinjiao was calling this a high-end operation!

There are two additional conditions for Gasol, which can be called the ‘overlord clause’.

Artest and Bosh swapped clubs, which was a big deal in basketball circles, but in front of the Olympics, the impact was average.

After all, the players' union mainly serves local American players. This painless 'sacrifice' can be exchanged for other more favorable rules.

According to the draft rules, after a player is selected in the first or second round, if he refuses to sign because he cannot reach an agreement, he voluntarily gives up his qualifications to be selected and is not allowed to sign with other NBA teams within one year.

O'Neal Jr. had a three-year rookie contract and barely got any opportunities. In his third year, he averaged 2.6 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. Logically speaking, after playing these numbers for three years, he should give up, right?

Paul Allen just didn't! He knew this guy had talent, so he gave O'Neal, who averaged 2+2 per game, a four-year, $24 million contract, and kept him for another year until 2000, when the Pacers used

Dale Davis, who had just been selected as an All-Star in the 1999-00 season, was used as a bargaining chip, so he was willing to give away this genius who had been covering up for four years.

Liu Xiu felt that KING might consider coming to the west.

On the 7th, the day before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, another big deal happened in the NBA - the Timberwolves sent Joel Przybilla and Greg Oden, and acquired Pau Gasol from the Grizzlies!

The Timberwolves also announced that they had completed a contract extension with Luol Deng, with a starting salary of US$9.68 million and a total of US$78 million over six years.

Millsap is strong, but lacks running and jumping ability. He is active, has a tough style of play, is good at defense, has a mid-range shot and can pick and roll, and can play in singles but his methods are relatively simple.

Liu Xiu had an event two days ago, with people from the club. The club sent the coach and general manager. The coach complained that the boss was petty and wanted to 'ruin' Gasol.

The point guard line of Calderon and Felton is a combination of wisdom and brutality; shooting guard Anthony Parker is not excellent, but he is still a 3D starter without much problem; small forward World Peace, power forward O'Neal Jr., center

Milicic.

The teams with which there have been rumors are the Jazz, Celtics, Mavericks, Spurs, Magic and other teams. They have trading chips and need a tactical core like Gasol.

And the big players are very tolerant in this situation. Randolph had so many off-court problems at that time, the big players were still reluctant to give away such a talent. They waited until Randolph fully developed his talent later.

I am willing to send it away.

Fortunately, on the 1st, Liu Xiu completed the training task of "inside pressure", and his basic layup skills improved from 95 to 96, without any delay.

On the contrary, the squirrel character of the wealthy dog ​​owner has once again been fully exposed.

You can play the game, and you will be counted as playing the game once you play one round.

Obviously the Western Conference's overall style of play is more suitable for James to rush and rush.

Comparing it with national football, it is inferior.

The latter is because he hopes that the team will value him, so he adds this condition that is actually useless.

This time, the Chinese men's basketball team has received unprecedented attention!

But Liu Xiu felt Bosh's sadness.

Liu Xiu guessed that he was in a similar situation when he first entered the NBA. Big players couldn't stand him, but they couldn't bear to part with his talent...

"Jace? Oh, it's you. Good morning. It's so rare that you actually took the initiative to call me."

The place where Oden started his career became Memphis. The ability to cultivate centers there is good, but I don't know about Oden's legs...

But in his four years with the Trail Blazers, O'Neal still wasted a lot of talent. Otherwise, he should be a top talent comparable to Garnett.

This time the court said that Wang Zhizhi is the core of the Lakers. There is really no problem. Although there is a gap in strength between David West and David West, David West is the scoring point and Wang Zhizhi is the core of support, similar to Divac of the Kings back then.

and Brad Miller, they are not as strong as Webber, but Webber's retirement will not affect the Kings' tactical operation. These two are indispensable. Without Princeton, they will not be able to play.

After Liu Xiu saw the news, he dialed Gasol's number.

The Eagles' 206 frontcourt group also began to show results.

Kwame Brown and Duncan, who is slightly poor on the defensive end, have certain mid-range shooting and passing talents on the offensive end, and they have developed them well over the past few years. They can shoot and pass, but they cannot be used as the main offensive method. Scores are used to eat cakes and

The main focus is on tip-ins. It is easy to make mistakes when taking the ball in the second attack, and the passing ability of the second attack is not considered.

The Bulls' three major stars are in their prime years and have a strong lineup of role players.

There are quite a lot of terms, but most of them are normal demands that players with agents will make.

Zhu Fangyu is the representative of Chinese basketball players in European basketball.

On the morning of the 2nd, six people including Liu Xiu, Anthony, James, Wade, Bosh, and Hinrich participated in the Olympics special program "Night of Genius" on the Imperial Sports Channel.

The Pistons re-signed Carter with a four-year, US$60 million contract, retaining the core lineup of the top five starters.

Because Gasol's contract with Barcelona officially ended, he decided to enter the NBA to play, but at first he did not want to come to the Trail Blazers. He asked about the possibility of a trade when he first contacted him in the summer.

Gasol Jr., fat... has enough tonnage, good frame protection, good defensive awareness, good coordination ability, and can shoot. Although he is a quasi-rookie, he has rich game experience, that is, his combat power and talent are extremely high.

On the 4th, Liu Xiu received a call from the vice president. After many discussions with Gasol and his agent Herb Ludoyi, he finally completed the signing.

Liu Xiu, Yao Ming, and Wang Zhizhi are all well-known players and serve as the core of NBA championship teams.

The transaction process must be initiated, but it did not say that Gasol has the right to choose where to go.

With Odom often distracted, Wang Zhizhi's tactical transition role is actually more important to the Lakers.

The beast is ready to attack the MVP and the best defensive player.

With only one week left before the start of the Olympic Games, Liu Xiu has become even busier.

"Paul, good morning."

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The content of the program is a review of the 2003 draft night, the stories before and after the draft, and every detail of their time in the NBA. It is also based on the fact that none of the six geniuses have changed teams. It focuses on 'loyalty', 'unity', 'teammate camaraderie', etc.

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If the negotiation cannot be started due to the player's reasons, for example, the player's contract with the original club has not yet ended, the above terms will be extended indefinitely and converted into long-term signing rights - such as Ginobili, Scola, and Gasol.

If Sol doesn't sign with the Trail Blazers, he won't be in the NBA.
To be continued...