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When Wang Chong heard the news that James had joined the Bulls, he was also a bit stunned for a while.
This is a standard throwing behavior, and the degree of atrocity is just slightly better than the original Durant joining the Warriors in 16, but only slightly.
Although Wang Chong has left the Bulls, the Bulls are the team that has been defeating the Heat and crushing the championship dreams of the Heat's Big Three in recent years, making them a worthy enemy.
Now that James has chosen to throw himself into the arms of his former greatest rival, isn't this a move for the enemy?
It is slightly stronger than Durant's move, meaning that Wang Chong left the Bulls, and the two teams faced each other in the playoffs a year apart, unlike when Curry led the Warriors to defeat the Thunder in the Western Conference Finals and Durant joined the Warriors less than two months later.
In Wang Chong's opinion, this behavior is an absolute failure; not only do the Cavaliers fans hate James, but even the Heat fans despise James to the core.
The key is that James, who joined the Bulls, is also in an awkward position.
This season, Curry has shown with his performance that he is enough to be the new leader of the Bulls, so now, who will be the boss of the Bulls, James or Curry?
Wang Chong feels that with Curry's character, as good as Wade's, it is highly likely that he will suffer a great loss to James, which will be as embarrassing as Durant's two FMVPs after joining the Warriors.
In fact, during the Warriors' two consecutive championships, Durant played better than Curry, and the credit for winning the championships was greater.
But if Durant didn't join the Warriors, which team in the league could he join to have a chance to win a championship, except for the Cavaliers?
Looking back at the Warriors, with the $20 million they signed Durant for, and signing an All-Star level player in the free agency market, what were the chances of the Warriors beating the Cavaliers to win the championship in those two years?
In hindsight, in the years since Durant left the Warriors, the level of his teammates has not been bad, so why has it been hard to find a championship? Speaking of injuries, Curry and Thompson on the Warriors side also suffered major injuries that affected their careers, so how did they win another championship in 2022?
No wonder Green is always spraying Durant with the Green formula, Durant still has to suffer like a little daughter-in-law, as after winning two championships with the Warriors, his historical status has greatly improved, and he has directly entered the top 15 of the league.
The only regret is that not long ago, the Lakers snatched Green from the Bulls with a 3-year, $18 million deal; otherwise, it is highly likely that the classic Green formula would have been applied to James.
If that were the case, it would be very interesting.
But it is undeniable that after James joined the Bulls, the Bulls have become the biggest favorites to win the championship in the new season, and even Wang Chong is unsure if he can beat the Bulls.
Park Kan is Park Kan, but James and Curry are definitely a good combination.
Curry doesn't possess the ball when he plays, he likes many off-ball runs and catch-and-shoots, and has the best three-point shooting ability—this is exactly the player James loves, who has a great on-ball core and likes to play star-studded tactics.
Moreover, Curry's personality still belongs to the gentle type that doesn't fight or grab, and there is no such thing as competing with James. The cooperation between the two on the court is definitely stronger than the combination of Jenway!
Next season is the 2015-16 season, the season where Curry truly marked the start of his explosion, and Curry's name resonated throughout the league.
In the original season, Curry averaged 30.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 6.7 assists per game, shooting 50.4% from the field, 45.4% from three-point range, and hitting 402 three-pointers throughout the season, greatly refreshing the NBA record for three-pointers in a single game.
This kind of performance is too much to describe as Ku Ritian.
At Curry's peak, James was by his side, along with a Gasol Jr., who averaged 18 + 8 per game, and had developed a long-range three-point shooting ability years ahead of time under Wang Chong's guidance. The combat effectiveness of these three people alone was unimaginably strong.
Wang Chong's own Lakers team is going for long-term development, with Kobe Bryant as a burden on the team, Jokic still needing time to grow, and only Thompson and Green forming an effective combat force.
Although it's a shame, Wang Chong has to admit that although James has done something that Cleveland and Miami fans hate, his move will truly mark the beginning of his first career championship.
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The fact that James joined the Bulls has infuriated the Heat, especially GM Pat Riley, who directly sprayed in front of the media.
"LeBron is the weakest superstar I've ever seen, and I've never seen a superstar go to a dynasty team that has only won six championships to compete for a championship! He will never be a true superstar!"
But besides the anger, the Heat management immediately took corrective actions.
First, they urgently offered Butler, who was cut by the Bulls, a four-year, $75 million max salary contract, signing him to compensate for James's departure.
Wade, on the other hand, like James, did not exercise his player option for the last year and chose to opt out of his contract.
Because James left the team, Wade, who opted out of his contract, naturally wants to sign a big contract to compensate for the loss of salary cuts in recent years.
But Riley's PUA for Wade had only just begun at this moment.
Under the extravagant PUA, Wade once again opted to backtrack and only signed a one-year, $20 million contract with the Heat.
Wade's salary reduction gave the Heat some salary cap space to continue operating in the free agent market.
However, in fact, Howard's $22 million, Wade's $20 million, and Butler's $15 million have occupied almost all of the Heat's salary cap, and the remaining salary is enough for a mid-level contract.
Clear-eyed people know that Wade is still being deceived. Whether he signs for $23 million or $20 million, it won't have much impact on the Heat's follow-up reinforcements, and the most regrettable thing is that he only signed with the Heat for one year.
Although Riley promised him a long-term pension contract next year.
But Wang Chong, who traveled from the future, knew that Riley was deceiving Wade, and he would only continue to tighten the screws on Wade more intensively next year, forcing Wade to endure it and eventually choose to leave the Heat.
In fact, before Wade renewed his contract with the Heat, Wang Chong made a special phone call to remind Wade to force the Heat management to issue a long-term contract of at least 5 years while he still had some fuel left in the tank.
In the last two years, although Wade's status has declined, he is still an All-Star guard who can provide stable 20+4+4 stats per game, and his value is still there.
It's a shame that Wade did not listen to Wang Chong's persuasion, or perhaps playing for the Heat for more than ten years made him feel sentimental, willing to make sacrifices for the Heat, and at the same time believing that the team would not make him feel cold.
This kind of thinking is bound to regret in the future, but Wang Chong has no way of saying anything more.
The Heat's main lineup for the new season will be a trio of Wade, Butler, and Howard... How to put it, they seem to be quite good in terms of combat effectiveness. Wade and Butler are players who can contribute 20+ points per game.
Howard has not suffered major injuries, although he has been affected by age and the gradually changing league style towards small-ball play, but he still has the ability to consistently contribute 18 + 12.
Even if this Heat team cannot compete for a championship, they can still be considered a strong team in the East, and if Butler can show his toughness in the future during the Heat period, he might still pose a small threat to the Bulls.
As for this year's championship, the Cleveland Cavaliers lineup was unfortunately directly dismantled.
Big Gasol was snatched by the Grizzlies with a three-year, $48 million contract, which can be considered a return to his roots.
Immediately followed by the best sixth man, Louis Williams, who was also stealthily pursued for 3 years and $21 million.
Furthermore, Whiteside and Tristan Thompson were also offered big deals.
The Cavaliers' skills are limited, and it's impossible to keep everyone, so they had to choose to keep Whiteside and Tristan Thompson.
Among them, Whiteside got 4 years, $84 million, while Tristan Thompson received $70 million for 5 years.
Because it's July 2015, the last league broadcasting contract is in effect, and the salary cap will skyrocket next year, so Whiteside was unable to sign a four-year, $98 million contract like when he was with the Heat.
And Tristan Thompson is the same; although his agent at this moment is Richie Paul, he wasn't James's guard with a knife, and didn't have enough leverage to blackmail the Cavaliers into offering a premium contract, so he finally signed only $70 million for 5 years, instead of the original $82 million for 5 years.
Although the contracts for Whiteside and Thompson have been reduced to some extent, for the two workers, this type of big contract is already very satisfying.
But obviously, the Cavaliers didn't have Wang Chong's guidance, and their vision was a bit worse, and they actually chose to give up Paul Gasol, renewing contracts with two blue-collar players.
It's true that Whiteside and Tristan Thompson, who are young and athletic, seem to have a lot of potential, and at 35 years old, Gasol doesn't seem too fragrant by comparison.
So what? They stack up two interior players who can't do anything except grab rebounds and play secondary roles in attack, how will the Cavaliers play next season?
But apparently, the Cavaliers management doesn't see it that way, and they're still fantasizing that the twin towers of Huaishen and the Eight Immortals will become the best interior combo in the league in the future.
It's also worth mentioning that the San Antonio Spurs and All-Star forward Aldridge reached a four-year, $84 million deal, which makes them the biggest winner of the summer aside from the Lakers and Bulls.
Originally, the Spurs acquired Gobert due to the butterfly effect and won Aldridge, a great forward who can consistently contribute 20 + 8 per game, compensating directly for the offensive firepower lost after Duncan aged.
The strength of the Spurs in the new season should not be underestimated. On the offensive wing, Leonard and Aldridge, who can average 21 points per game next season, and Leonard and Gobert on the defensive wing, two PDOY-level defensive players, if Leonard doesn't leave the Spurs in the future, there's no doubt that he will become one of Wang Chong and the Lakers' fiercest rivals in the West.
The summer of 2015 was undoubtedly the craziest since the NBA free agency market opened in recent years, and the various signings and trades alone were enough to keep the media talking about it for a long time.
But Wang Chong, who completed the signing, returned to the days when he was previously outside Jianju, but he wasn't completely lying down.
At the end of another season, Wang Chong has earned many points, and before the new season starts, of course, he has to invest these points into his own strength.
Considering the current lineup of the Lakers, Wang Chong plans to improve his ball control and passing ability. After all, the Lakers in the new season don't have a traditional point guard, and the main ball control work in his plan will be shared between him and Green.
Wang Chong's ball control skill value is 92, which is basically sufficient, but his passing ability value of 88 and passing awareness of 78 are slightly low, so they must be specifically strengthened. At least the passing ability value should be increased to more than 90, and the passing awareness should also reach about 85.
In addition, Wang Chong also plans to redeem a badge of organization to improve his passing and assisting abilities.
The organization badge that Wang Chong is about to redeem, called Ten Cents, is also the iconic badge for point guards in 2K games, and its effect is that passes can improve the shooting percentage of open teammates.
This badge is the easiest to get assist stats in all 2K games of all time, and the effect is quite outstanding.
Next season, Wang Chong's teammates will include the best off-ball shooter, Thompson, and with the blessing of this badge, Wang Chong's assist average per game will definitely increase.
That said, the Lakers' lineup for next season is also quite unusual, especially the starting lineup. In Wang Chong's plan, the five starters for the Tigers should be Kobe, Thompson, Green, Wang Chong, and Jokic.
The shortest of the five is Kobe Bryant, who stands at 1.98 meters, which could be described as a lineup with appropriate height for all five players.
Under this lineup, the Lakers will definitely play a positional game rather than small-ball fast break tactics.
And the defensive system set up by Wang Chong + Green + Thompson isn't so bad in theory.
Of course, due to Kobe and Jokic, Wang Chong didn't expect the Lakers to be strong in the new season, and it would be almost the same if they could win around 60 games in the West, which should be second place in the West because the Spurs with Leonard + Aldridge originally had a record of 67-15 in the 15-16 season, still in the West with 73 wins over the Warriors.
Without the 73-win Warriors and the addition of Gobert, a strong interior defender, the Spurs' record might have been even better.
With such a calculation, Wang Chong suddenly realized that the situation in the league for the new season seemed to have become interesting.
There are super giants in the East, the Bulls of James + Curry.
On the Western side, there is a strong rival, the Spurs, which has made Wang Chong eager to challenge after a long absence.
End of this chapter
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