"I heard that it was James Harden who couldn’t help but get together with Sergi Ibaka’s girlfriend, which annoyed the management of Thunder." Iguodala told Tang Wenlong with a pair of divination.
The two of them are about to take part in the last preseason game against the Knicks coach, and they are both relaxed.
"This is too exaggerated." Tang Wenlong blinked and still had doubts
"Isn’t that supposed to trade Sergi Ibaka first?"
Iguodala immediately showed an expression of who you are.
Tang Wenlong woke up and shook his head and explained to himself, "No, I mean, James Harden is much better than Ibaka, and he is the best adhesive in the second array in series. What should I do after trading him off?"
Iguodala shrugged. "I think it’s quite normal. Compared with Ibaka, a lineman, Thunder already has two super perimeter lines. If it’s urgent, it’s bound to strengthen its own line. Once Ibaka lets go, the line guard ability will be much worse, and the overall defense will probably drop."
"Ah, I didn’t expect Harden to be told to go to the Lakers all the time. What was finally traded to the Rockets? Fortunately, Houston is also a metropolis. I guess he will adjust quickly." Tang Wenlong’s own friends feel sorry that the Rockets are not a strong team and want to come out again or be so close to the championship as the season. That is not an easy thing. The future road becomes unpredictable.
They are talking about Harden’s deal here. Tang Wenlong thinks that Thunder must be trading not only because of Harden’s wind problem, but also because of Harden’s new contract problem. Thunder is now a small ball market team. Harden’s future annual salary must be 10 million. They have signed Durant, Westbrook and Ibaka, and it is definitely hard to renew Harden’s contract.
Tang Wenlong got a call from Harden after the game.
"I really didn’t expect the Thunder to trade. I really didn’t expect it." Harden actually broke into tears. "They didn’t even inform me until my agent told me about it. I just got dressed and prepared to play!"
"It’s bad, my brother, but it’s not a bad thing." Tang Wenlong can comfort Harden. "You know that the rocket is now in a reconstruction period. If you go to the rocket, you will become a leader directly. I think you will enjoy the same profit as Kevin and Russell. Doesn’t the rapid growth of personal data make you excited?"
"I also know that it’s hard to feel abandoned when I think that I have been traded inexplicably."
Tang Wenlong suddenly smiled with shame and asked Harden another question, "James, I heard that you seem to be hitting on Sergey’s girlfriend. I wonder if this is the case?"
Harden "…"
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After this wave of trading happened, the league’s eyes were all on the Rockets. According to the former Harden and the Thunder’s shots and performance experts’ prediction, Harbin scored an average of 2 points on the stage. There is still no problem that it is the rocket’s performance, so it can be hehe.
Tang Wenlong and the 76ers finished seven preseason games, and the 76ers lost four of them with a winning percentage of less than 50%.
Some media have written reports that the road of the 76ers is definitely more tortuous this season. In this state, it may even be difficult to enter the playoffs. However, most media have not taken this preseason too seriously. The time base for the main appearance of the 76ers has not exceeded 2 minutes. Rookie and new young players have got a lot of opportunities to play. They are very prone to make mistakes when they are present.
Plus the 76ers are defending champions, so that every team that sees the 76ers plays with great impact and inclination, and tries its best to compete with the championship team.
On January 3rd, the NBA started a new season!
The opening game league arranged four games, namely Wizards vs Cavaliers, Celtics vs Heat, 76ers vs Thunder Mavericks and Lakers.
Except for the game between the stomach wizards and the Cavaliers, it seems that there is nothing to watch. The other three games are all focus battles, especially when the 76ers face the thunder from afar, which seems to bring everyone back to the passionate competition that summer four months ago.
The league likes this tone. Tang Wenlong can’t help but think that when he opened the game last year, he remembered that the result of the Heat’s away game against the Mavericks did not live up to the league’s expectations.
Tang Wenlong is waving flags and shouting around the familiar venue. The thunder team, who has just lost its general, is particularly serious across from the audience.
Obviously, it will be a fierce battle …
Chapter two hundred and ninety-nine Awards
Except for the pre-season deal, Thunder barely moved all summer.
It is around the team’s consistent team-building policy to knock on the edge of the team, such as signing the first-round player Perry Jones, a swingman with a height similar to Durant, hoping to train into a defensive player to limit the position of small forward in the league.
Tang Wenlong Durant and Westbrook haven’t seen each other for a while, and they met once at the Olympic Games.
"I heard that you went to Europe to play Bache in the preseason?" Tang Wenlong and Durant shook hands and hugged each other gently. Before the game, the air was always full of friendly reasons.
"Yes, you were all tired when you went to Asia, too," Durant said with a smile.
Tang Wenlong really wanted to ask James Harden something. It seemed not good to expose other people’s scars like this, so he swallowed deeply.
The two exchanged a few commonplaces to prepare for the game.
At this time, there is an important agenda for the 76 ers who won the championship team last year. Stefanski, the general manager of the team, smiled and watched the curtain of his own design come down at halftime, and then several rows of shiny championship rings were arranged neatly on the table. Around the ring, the fans stood up and cheered and applauded for the lighting of the championship O’ Brien Cup.
Stefanski invited the famous 76ers to come out and give awards to the 76ers. The biggest names are julius Owen, SeHawkins and Andrew Tony, an important hero of the 76ers’ championship in 23 seasons.