The preseason starts soon.
It was at this time that the Pelicans announced the news that Stevens joined the Pelicans.
The two parties signed a 6-year 24 million contract.
The annual salary of 4 million is absolutely upper middle level in the salary of all coaches.
Now the salary is higher than this year, that is, a few people such as Popovich, Rivers, Stan Van Gundy, Carlisle, are higher than the thousand victory coach George Karl and the Cavaliers coach Blatter, and Cole is One level.
And with a tens of millions of Popovich, Rivers, and Van Gundy, they all hold the position of team operations president.
This fully illustrates the importance the Pelicans attach to Stevens.
This also verifies the causality of the investment brought by the results. Although the Pelicans did not win the championship last season, they are very close, and Benson has no reason not to lose money.
This wave of official announcements also attracted a large wave of fans on social media.
"Stevens led the Celtics into the playoffs last season. Please note that they traded off Rondo last season and played 22 games before he left;
They also traded away the team's top scorer Jeff Green, who played 33 games;
Their final core was Thomas Jr. who played 21 games at 1.75.
Avery Bradley, Jared Salinger, Brandon Bass, Taylor Zeller, Jay Crowder, Marcus Smart ...
Among these people, you are most familiar with, perhaps as a rookie Bradley who has experienced the Celtics Big Three. This is really a role player-based team, but Stevens led them into the season. In the playoffs, he also won two games against the Eastern Conference Eagles.
So when he coaches Tang Tian, Davis, Jokic, Holiday, Ariza, guess what will happen? "
"This year the Pelicans won the championship, I eat shit! O (≧ 口 ≦) o"
"Haha, brother, you are setting yourself up. That's hard to say! But Stevens is in charge. The Pelicans are really looking forward to the new season!"
"Think of the Warriors. Cole turned that team into something. I'm not belittle Cole, but Stevens, as a legendary NCAA coach, and referring to his coaching in the Celtics, he really is better than Cole is even better! "
"Are you blowing too much ?! But I'm so cool!"
"Let's start the new season soon. I can't wait to see the Warriors and Pelicans fighting!"
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The Warriors led by Cole are second-rate teams, but the Pelicans led by Stevens are the top teams in the Western Conference last season.
This expectation of the fans really shows between the lines.
However, just as fans were talking about Stevens joining the Pelicans, a news from Woj burst their attention.
After a long summer of negotiations, the Clippers and Rockets reached a final deal!
And in this transaction, the Grizzlies will participate as a third party.
The specific transaction plan of the three parties is as follows:
The Rockets sent Chandler Parsons, Beverly, Louis Williams, Sam Decker and the next three unprotected first-round draft picks, one future second-round draft pick, and won Paul And Chris Anderson;
The Clippers sent Paul to get Beverly, Louis Williams, Decker, Lance Stephenson, three unprotected first rounds from the Rockets, and two Lotto protected first rounds from the Grizzlies ;
The Grizzlies sent Lance Stephenson and Chris Anderson, two lottery-protected first rounds, with Chandler Parsons and future second-round picks from the Rockets.
The deal caused a shock in the alliance.
The Grizzlies reinforced their consistently weak third position with this deal.
Although Parsons didn't make the All-Star, but he is also a close player, they have further strength in the new season;
The Clippers also got their best rewards when they couldn't keep Paul.
Beverly can serve as the starting point guard, Williams is a bench gangster, and young rookie Decker, of course, the most important is the first five!
They got the future and also kept the team's competitiveness.
Of course, these are still acceptable.
What really shocked them was the Rockets. They got Chris Paul, the league's first point guard!
Plus Harden, the fourth MVP leaderboard last season, and the top three center Cousins.
The strength of these three giants is the closest to the existence of the Heat three giants!
And they also left the big capella who performed well last season in the trade!
And this season they also invited the famous coach D'Antoni!
"Please call Morey, his operation this summer is simply super god!"
"No amount of words can describe Morley's magic. I really took it. I think this is the strongest lineup in the Rockets' history!"
"This new season is even more fun. The Warriors, Pelicans, Spurs, Rockets. Is this not a way to live for other teams in the West? Oh, right, there are the Grizzlies, Clippers, Mavericks, Gee, Other teams do n’t need to play anymore.
"And the Thunder." A speech from the godfather fans.
"Yes, and the Trail Blazers, it's over ~ www.novelhall.com ~ That's nine teams ..."
"This is a doomed season!"
"As a Lakers fan, I am trembling. What should I do?"
"There's no way. I can only get a cold mix. These nine teams have to break their heads to grab 8 places. The rest of the teams really only have a cold mix."
"Distressed my department."
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Tang Tian was also very surprised when he saw the news.
Even this is not Morley-style at all.
You know that although the Rockets have left Capella, Beverly, Louis Williams and Parsons are all important.
And more importantly, they also sent out three first rounds and one second round to eat in Anderson's garbage contract.
This is an overdraft and a lock on the present, which is really a gamble.
But it seems worth thinking about it.
The Rockets haven't been up for many years, and Harden's growth as a super giant is their best chance after the Yao Mai period.
But because Harden played in the Thunder for 3 years, they are the kind of relatively old super giants, they can't afford to delay.
The moment they actually got Cousins, they became the only way except for the Big Three.
And to be honest, role players like Beverly and Williams can all be looked for slowly, but the chances of the Big Three may only be once.
Only in this way, the Pelicans have another main competitor in the new season.
However, Tang Tian was more and more excited. In the crazy season, the team that finally won the championship from the west was definitely a lever.
It is no exaggeration to say that the gold content of this champion can even top two of the average season.
Such a championship, it is really exciting to compete!
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