Chapter 712

Completely filled the team's swingman position, allowing Ginóbili to focus on leading the bench as a "super sixth man".

The key.

Ginóbili is not an arrogant person either.

Even though he led Argentina to win the World Basketball Championship, he is still very low-key, listens to Coach Popovich very well, and will play the game seriously.

This will only make the Spurs infinitely strong.

And before talking about the trade where the Suns sent out Joe Johnson to trade for Rashard Lewis, we must also mention the 3rd major trade that exploded the league mixed in.

What?!

The Suns sent away "Lone Wolf" Marbury and traded "Son of the Wind" Nash from the Mavericks, preparing to rebuild the Suns with "Nash + Stoudemire".

And the team's head coach Mike D'Antoni's main tactic is the fast-break tactic.

The fast-break tactic with Nash as the core, which is the "seven-second run-and-gun" that everyone will be familiar with in the future.

The core point of this tactic lies in shooting ability and active ball sharing.

Thus came the trade of Joe Johnson for Rashard Lewis.

The strength of the two is about the same.

But... Joe Johnson is better at playing alone, and he is not suitable for the Suns' new run-and-gun system.

And Rashard Lewis is a tall shooter with a low usage rate.

Under Nash's connection, he has many opportunities for open three-point shots.

This can only further enhance the Suns' outside scoring firepower.

This can interpret the run-and-gun tactic to the extreme, allowing the Suns to develop their offense to the extreme!!!

Next season's Suns will play more reasonably, and under the connection of "Son of the Wind" Nash, they will definitely become more fierce and powerful.

The disbanding of the "Three Musketeers" allowed both the Spurs and the Suns to be further strengthened.

The Spurs were already a championship team, and with the addition of Ray Allen, they instantly became the league's hottest team.

Some newspapers even directly said that the Spurs are a more powerful team than the 76ers.

And the Suns were at the bottom of the West last season, but after this series of trades.

Fans also unanimously believed that next season's Suns would leap to become a Western powerhouse, or even a top three in the West, a strong team capable of challenging for the Western Conference Finals.

These three trades under the chain reaction also shocked the fans.

"My God, the Spurs' GDP is already strong enough, they have already won a championship.

On this basis.

While keeping the starting lineup unchanged, they also introduced a super shooter like Ray Allen.

Just how much of an improvement will the Spurs have next season, how scary is this?!"

"Such a terrifying trade!"

"Directly adding an All-Star-level shooter, the Spurs' strength next season will improve too, too much.

And the Spurs' strength in odd-numbered years is already strong, plus Ray Allen, the Spurs' momentum to win the championship next season is even stronger.

I even want to say... the Spurs are going to lock in the championship in advance!"

"The Suns traded for Nash to pair with Stoudemire, plus Rashard Lewis, and the team's own remaining Marion and Quentin Richardson, etc.

The outside firepower of this lineup is also unusually terrifying.

Almost everyone except Stoudemire can shoot three-pointers, and the three-pointers are quite accurate.

To a certain extent, this is even more powerful than the Kings' outside shooting ability.

On this basis, Nash threads the needle, and Stoudemire wreaks havoc in the paint.

There is also such inside-outside coordination.

Next season's Suns team, you will definitely amaze the entire league with super strong offensive firepower and excellent team records."

"..."

Fans were discussing heatedly.

In this way.

The Nets, 76ers, and Heat in the East are all going to rise next season, plus traditional strong teams like the Pacers and Pistons, etc.

Of course, the defending champion: the Bulls, cannot be missing.

One can imagine... how fierce the competition in the East will be next season.

And in the West, after the Spurs and Suns are both strengthened, after leaving the Mavericks, and O'Neal leaving the Lakers.

The West might present a situation of: the dry die of drought, the flooded die of flood.

The Spurs and Suns are too strong.

The rest of the teams are all accompanying runners.

But precisely because the two teams are too strong, when they meet the strong teams of the East in the finals, the excitement of the game will also rise sharply.

But no matter what, the new season has many highlights and is very worth looking forward to.

Offseason fans watched the trades that exploded the league one after another, eating melons until they were satisfied.

And while major teams are all strengthening, does the defending champion Bulls team have no movement?

No trades for now.

Because they currently have a more important thing to do.

What?

That is Su Yan's contract renewal issue.

Last season, Su Yan signed a two-year contract worth 12 million USD with the Bulls as an undrafted player.

The nature of the contract is "1+1", with a player option for the 2nd year.

Obviously.

Su Yan, who led the Bulls to win the championship as a single core with the status of "double MVP".

He will definitely exercise his player option and re-sign a max contract with the team.

So.

Almost as soon as the finals were over and the trade market opened, countless teams called Rich Paul, hoping to get Su Yan.

This is a very legitimate poaching behavior.

Su Yan also allowed it.

Next, it depends on the Bulls' performance.

He won the championship for the Bulls and also played out his own value, so what kind of salary will the Bulls use to renew him?

This is what the Bulls need to do.

Su Yan will naturally still prioritize the Bulls, but... at that time, it was during the preparation for the Olympic Games.

And this max contract renewal is an inevitable event.

Su Yan is not worried at all.

On the contrary, giving other teams in the league and the Bulls enough time to consider, he believes that he will eventually be able to get the most satisfactory offer!!! ===== CHAPTER 714 =====