v3 Chapter 860： 2016 Free Agent Market

Duncan's resignation made people stunned. While the fans were still immersed in sadness, another thing quickly attracted their attention.

In order to allow Durant to successfully renew the contract with the Thunder, Westbrook has jumped out of his player options.

But Durant and his team did not respond positively.

According to Woj's latest report, Durant expressed an open attitude towards returning to the Thunder, but he will also test the free agent market that is coming soon!

This sentence seems familiar, Anthony said similar things, and finally returned to the Knicks.

But Durant and Anthony are obviously different.

The fundamental reason why Anthony chose to return to the Knicks is because of money.

But Durant obviously didn't care much about money, as can be seen from the renewal of the contract with the Thunder.

On the contrary, the information given in this sentence may be exactly the opposite of Anthony's.

Due to the relationship between Durant and the Thunder, if you stay in the Thunder, you do n’t have to spend so much time. You can reach an early renewal before the end of the season like the last renewal.

The news broke, indicating that he has a good chance of leaving the Thunder.

The door to the free market hasn't opened yet, and the news of Woj has already made the teams eager to move.

It is no exaggeration to say that except for the Pelicans, the other 29 teams want Durant.

Durant is now the top two small forward in the league. This level of super giant, everyone must be eager to get it.

The time is fast, and it's July 1st.

In 2016, the NBA free agency market opened as scheduled.

Because the new labor agreement came into effect this season, the league salary cap skyrocketed by more than 20 million, which became an opportunity for many free agents.

The soaring salary cap has raised the poor line, and many teams will naturally give him a lot higher in order to fill the poor line.

Coupled with Durant's previous rumors, this year's free agent market has become particularly interesting.

On the first day of opening, there were many contracts signed with him, and the contracts were all amazing.

After jumping out of the original contract, DeRozan and the Raptors renewed a five-year 139 million top salary contract.

DeRozan entered the seventh year of his career. According to the previous labor agreement, the starting salary was only 19 million US dollars.

But after the salary cap skyrocketed, his starting salary increased to $ 26 million, and the total contract amount increased by more than 40 million.

DeRozan's contract is typical of this year's free market.

The Pistons' Drummond has just concluded a rookie contract. He also reached a five-year 130 million contract with the team, which also took more than 40 million.

Similar situations include Brad Bill and Batum, whose renewal contracts are 128 million in 5 years and 120 million in 5 years.

These used to be contracts that only superstars could get.

After the salary cap skyrocketed, the free market money turned into a bunch of numbers and was squandered by the general managers of the teams.

And as a result, there are many contracts with obvious premiums.

Taylor Johnson, who once played for the Pelicans briefly, performed well with the Heat last season, averaging 8.7 points and 3 rebounds per game.

As a result, on the first day of the free market he received an offer from the 76ers for 4 years at 50 million.

In the same situation, there are Ruhr Deng and Mozgov, who were quoted by the Lakers for 4 years at 72 million and 4 years at 65 million!

Even Solomon Hill, the small forward who averaged 4.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per game for the Pacers last season, has received a 52-million-year offer from the Kings!

This series of quotes is jaw-dropping.

Not only did this situation not decrease the next day, but it was getting worse.

The Trail Blazers renewed Alan Crabbe for 4 years at 75 million, who only averaged 10.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game last season.

The Hawks renewed Kent Bezmore's contract for 4 years and 70 million. The latter last season had 11.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists.

The Magic renewed Evan Fournier for 5 years at 85 million. The latter averaged 15.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game last season.

One of the main themes of the free agent market this year is that it seems that as long as you play well, you can get ten million or even a top salary contract!

Money is really worthless!

In the signing of a number of free agents, a few strong reinforcements are also particularly interesting.

The Spurs renewed Paul Gasol for 30 million in two years. With Duncan's retirement, the Spurs' inside will be Gasol and Aldridge.

Because of Harden's relationship, the Rockets are a popular candidate for Durant's next home.

Cousins ​​’s contract is very small (80 million for 5 years signed in 2013, and the salary for the new season is only 17 million). They now have room to eat the Big Four!

This makes the other teams in the league feel uneasy. If Morey really formed the Big Four, then the other teams in the league don't have to play at all.

The Warriors also suspended the renewal of Barnes and Ezeli and struggled to lobby Durant to join.

The Cavaliers are also actively chasing the Heat's Whiteside, in order to strengthen the inside.

The three teams defeated by the Pelicans last season, the new season is dedicated to revenge, and all they do is continue to strengthen!

Not just them, according to Woj's news, the Mavericks and Grizzlies free agent Conley is very close!

The Knicks are chasing the Al Horford of the Hawks!

The military competition for the new season is even more fierce than it was last season!

The Pelicans are the most stable team when they fight for reinforcement.

After they opened the free market, they and Davis reached a five-year, 130-million-year renewal contract similar to Drummond.

This was something that was expected, and their subsequent renewals in advance were unexpected.

After they renewed Davis, they then reached a three-year 70 million early renewal contract with Tang Tian.

The contract will come into effect next season, and the third year will be a player option.

And not only here, they immediately reached a five-year 75 million early renewal contract with Holleti ~ www.novelhall.com ~ and Bojan Bogdanovic reached a three-year 30 million Renew the contract in advance.

All of a sudden, the Pelicans kept the championship core lineup until at least 2018!

This is the biggest reinforcement!

And the team also implemented the 9.5 million team option in the Stephenson contract next season, which leaves them only about 5 million from the poor line.

And signing a short-term point guard, their summer reinforcements seem to have completed more than half.

However, whether it is the signing of other teams or the stability of the Pelicans, it is not the most eye-catching free agent market this year.

Three days after the opening of the free market, Durant announced a decision.

He has reduced his next team to seven, namely the Knicks, Rockets, Warriors, Clippers, Spurs, Heat and Thunder.