NBA: One Super Talent of the Week

the next day.

Heavy trade news has once again come out of the league.

The Warriors, who were riddled with injuries, finally made a big move!

The Warriors sent a lot of chips to get Andrew Wiggins from the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves' double champions were also officially disbanded.

With the arrival of Brother Wolfberry, the Warriors' lineup has also been upgraded.

Of course, Brother Wolfberry is still an uncertain factor. If he continues to play healthy basketball, it will still be difficult for the Warriors to take off.

It depends on whether the Warriors can inspire Wiggins' fighting spirit.

Then Harden's trading farce began.

Watching the Rockets' record getting worse and worse, and even reaching the seventh game with the Thunder led by Paul, and being slapped in the face by Paul, Harden was completely disappointed with this Rockets team.

Harden made up his mind to leave the Rockets and submitted a trade request to the Rockets management.

The Rockets management hurriedly began to do ideological work for Harden, but no matter what anyone said, it was useless. Harden was determined to leave the Rockets.

As soon as this news came out, it instantly shocked the entire alliance.

More than half of the teams picked up the phone, called the Rockets, and inquired.

Let me ask, who doesn’t want to have a peak Harden?

After learning that Harden had submitted a trade request, Durant, who was traded to the Pelicans, immediately called the Pelicans management to express his desire to play with Harden.

Harden's leadership ability is also very good. The Pelicans management also agreed to Durant's request. As long as Harden is willing to come to the Pelicans, they will trade Harden at all costs.

But Harden immediately called Duan Yu.

Harden: "Brother Duan Yu, are your Nets still short of players? I am determined to leave the Rockets this year."

Duan Yu also considered trading Harden to the Nets, but unfortunately, when the Nets needed help the most, Harden rejected him time and time again.

But now that the Nets' lineup is mature and there is no salary space to trade him, he wants to come.This is indeed a bit difficult to handle.

Dismantle the championship lineup and trade Harden?

Trade Harden for Davis, the thick-eyebrow guy?

Only an idiot would make such a deal!

The thick-eyebrow brother integrates offense and defense, and he is also the power forward that the Nets lack most.As soon as Davis left, the Nets' interior defensive system collapsed.Counting on Allen, you can't guard a powerful center.

Therefore, Brother Nongmei will 100% not be used as a trading chip.

Use Butler as a bargaining chip to trade for Harden?

Although Butler is also very good on the court, his personal abilities and achievements are still slightly inferior to Harden.And Harden has always outperformed Butler in terms of salary.It looks like the Nets will make a small profit by trading Butler for Harden.

Harden is a dragon in the regular season and a bug in the playoffs. The more crucial games come in the playoffs and the more Harden needs to step up, the more invisible he becomes. He is also crowned the weakest player in the playoffs by the league. star.

Butler's statistics in the regular season are very average, but when it comes to tough battles in the playoffs, he can always step forward.

The crucial throw-in save in G7 of the finals is a good proof.

What if Harden and Butler swap roles, and Harden goes back to desperately save the ball?Obviously impossible!

Although Butler and Harden are simply incomparable in terms of scoring data, in terms of defensive ability, Butler has surpassed Harden by several blocks.

Comparing the performance of the two and the help they brought to the team, Duan Yu was really reluctant to send Butler away.

And he has also been training in the NBA for two years. Even without a system, he can perfectly fulfill the position of guard, and the Nets also have future potential superstar Garland.With a little training, he's not much worse than Harden.

So the Nets are not really short of defenders right now.

Duan Yu replied: "Brother Deng! I asked you to come earlier, but you just didn't come. If you had come earlier, you would have worn the championship ring long ago.

You think about it now, but our Nets team is also full, and we don't have much salary to trade you!I can't tear down the championship lineup and trade you.Fans and fans won’t do it either! "

Harden is also a little regretful. When Duan Yu won his first championship, he actually still had a good chance of joining the Nets, but he just couldn't get over the hurdle of the Warriors, which made him unable to swallow this. tone.

So he called his good brother Westbrook and planned to be reckless for another year.

Although the Warriors passed the threshold this year, the Warriors did not make the playoffs at all.

But the Rockets' playoff record is not as good as last year's, which makes Harden not disappointed.

In fact, it was not the Warriors that prevented the Rockets from competing for the championship, but the Rockets themselves.

Therefore, he must escape from this Rocket Team and doesn't want to stay for a moment!

Harden: "Yu, is there no other way to get me over? Think about it."

"The solution is actually not impossible, that is to lower your value. Maybe the Nets still have some room for maneuver. We, the Nets, really can't afford your salary of 4 million!

If I really get you here, Boss Cai may not be able to make back the money he paid in luxury tax! "

Harden also fell into deep thought.

After thinking for a moment, he asked: "Then how much should I lower my value to join your Nets team?"

Duan Yu thought for a while and said: "It must be reduced from 4000 million to less than 3000 million at least."

A salary cut of 1000 million yuan!This is 1000 million!Real gold and silver!How many fewer nightclub visits are needed to save this 1000 million!

Is it really worth paying 1000 million just for a championship trophy?

Harden fell into deep thought again, "Brother, this salary cut is indeed a bit big, please let me think about it!"

"No problem, Brother Deng! You think about it slowly, our Nets... are not in a hurry."

Harden: "Yeah...yeah."

Regarding Harden's trade, there are still many teams in the league that are interested in him, so it is unlikely that there will be a result so soon.

Harden is considering it, and so are the Rockets.

The Rockets are very reluctant to trade Harden.

Once the Rockets trade Harden, they will inevitably enter a rebuilding process.

What they want are future assets and young potential players.

The Rockets will definitely shop around to maximize Harden's trade value. If the Nets can't come up with any good trading chips, it's unlikely that Harden will go to the Nets.So Duan Yu didn't have much expectations.

......

The draft also begins on November 11th.

Due to the problem of masks, this year's draft was obviously more deserted than last year. The draft will be an online draft and will be broadcast live by ESPN.

Of course, the main reason is that the quality of this year's rookies is inferior to last year's.

In the end, the Minnesota Timberwolves selected Anthony Edwards with the No. [-] pick, the Golden State Warriors selected James Wiseman with the No. [-] pick, and the Charlotte Hornets selected LaMelo Ball with the No. [-] pick.

And Tate Maxey, who later developed well, was selected by the 76ers.

The Nets did not have a first-round pick because they traded all their draft rights to others.Duan Yu didn't pay much attention to this draft.

......

Duan Yu has not been idle during the offseason.

As he once again helped the Nets win a championship, his commercial value continued to soar.

Many big-name manufacturers have also offered him endorsement deals.

There are all kinds of brands.

Men's clothing, cars, men's shampoo, insurance, small umbrellas, etc.

Every endorsement advertisement is of high value, and there are endorsements both at home and abroad.

The endorsement fee ranges from US$600 million to tens of millions of US dollars.

Duan Yu also used this off-season to make a lot of money.

Although Duan Yu's net worth has exceeded 10 billion US dollars, who would think that he has too much money?

Moreover, shooting advertisements is a way to promote your own image, and it is also an interesting thing outside of work. Why not do it!

Regarding Harden's trade, more than a week has passed and there still hasn't been much progress.

Seeing that Harden is not available, more and more teams have withdrawn from the competition for Harden.

But Harden was still reluctant to give up his big contract and gave up the idea of ​​joining the Nets.

The only places Harden might end up going to are the Pelicans and the 76ers.

For these two teams, Harden actually prefers the Pelicans.

After all, his eldest brother Durant is in the Pelicans, and with Zion Williamson, the team has too much room for imagination!

It is really possible to break out of the Western Conference and join the Nets to compete for the championship.

But whether Harden ends up going to the Nets or the 76ers is not something that Harden alone can decide.

Whichever team gives him better chips, the Rockets will trade him to that team.

It's all about chips!

time flies.

Another month passed.

As for Harden's deal, there has been no progress.

However, Duan Yu was not too surprised by this.

According to the process of the previous life, it would have to wait at least about a month before the start of the new season. Harden's attitude of showing off and forcing the house was forced, and the Rockets had no choice but to trade Harden away.

In fact, the Rockets are also in a dilemma.

For a long time, they have not wanted to trade Harden, and they were even willing to give Harden a two-year, $2 million contract extension.

Harden has always been the soul of the Rockets, and his bearded image is even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Once Harden is traded away, the Rockets' income will definitely shrink significantly.

Even if other star players can be exchanged, it will take a long time to establish his image in the hearts of fans.

If the exchange is for future high-quality resources, then the Rockets will be equivalent to announcing a rebuild.

The rebuilding days are the saddest for any team.

At that time, tickets, attention, etc. will all experience a Waterloo-like plunge.

And this kind of huge loss cannot be made up for by the few chips in exchange.

It would be fine if a supernova can be cultivated within two or three years, but if a valuable player cannot be cultivated, then the reconstruction will be declared a failure, and the two or three years have been wasted.

So the Rockets are unwilling to let go of Harden.

Just like when James was with the Cavaliers, the average ticket price could be sold for about 800 US dollars, and every game was sold out.

After James left the Cavaliers, the cheapest tickets for the Cavaliers even dropped to $2 a piece, which was equivalent to giving it away for free.

However, more than half of the seats in the arena will still be vacant.

One can imagine the importance of superstars to a team.

Perhaps Harden's commercial value cannot reach the level of James, but it will still have a serious impact on the Rockets' income.

The real idea of ​​the Rockets owner has never been to compete for the championship.Houston is originally a small city with a vast area and sparsely populated areas. It would be great if the team could make money. What does it want to win a championship?

Since Yao Ming retired for the Rockets, Harden has been their team's biggest cash cow.

Now that the cash cow is about to run away, how could they be willing to let it go!