"Epley, go."

"Wait, Tiga and Anne have a quarrel again."

"Did Tiga make Annie angry again? Just beat him up."

"Your Annie is a naughty guy, she snatches Tiga's snacks!"

"Oh, that's all right, brother, I should give in to my sister..."

Zhang Hao returned to the car and waited for a while... After waiting for a while, he couldn't help it anymore, and came to the gate again and shouted: "April, are they still quarreling?"

April's voice came: "Gagula was woken up, Lelin couldn't coax it, wait..."

Zhang Hao returned to the car helplessly and continued to wait...

After a while, April hugged her youngest son, Lelin held Xiaoshouta with one hand and the little loli with the other, and came out together.

Zhang Hao was stunned and said weakly: "April, we are going on a date."

"You can also bring your children with you on dates!"

"...Lin can take good care of them. Isn't it usually Lelin takes care of them?"

"We usually go out for a while, we have to go to the movies and have dinner..."

"All right……"

Zhang Hao could only accept this fact helplessly.

I don’t know when the year I’ll go on a date anymore.

After Zhang Hao won the Lianzhuang Amvp and David Stern awarded trophy and NBA certificates to the five new "big superstars", the curtain fell in 2002 Philadelphia All-Star Weekend.

On February 14th, the last day of the All-Star Weekend Rest Day.

Yesterday, Zhang Hao and his teammates returned to Seattle. This morning, the team did a simple training for tomorrow's home game against the Rockets. The training content was related to Avery Johnson's joining the tactical system. As for the Rockets... The Rockets currently rank 11th in the Western Conference with 22 wins and 29 losses, and are the kind that cannot continue to rot and cannot rise. Even if the Rockets enter the playoffs in the second half of the season, the Supersonics did not take this opponent seriously.

They even hope that the Rockets can play better and help them verify faster whether Avery Johnson can integrate into the tactical system and become an important signing in the 'physical distribution plan'.

Judging from Avery Johnson's technical characteristics, there is no big problem. The bankrupt version of Jason Kidd is not that good in height, weight, lateral movement ability, not that good in defense, not that good in the long shot, but much better in the mid- and close shooting, and has a low ball holding rate and strong command ability on the court...

When the first selection was made, the Supersonics management and coaching staff gradually narrowed their selection through more than 40 regular season games, and finally focused their attention on Tim Hardaway and Avery Johnson. In fact, they have determined that the two of them have met their requirements in terms of playing style, strength and experience.

But the game still depends on the actual situation.

The second half of the season is about to begin. Tomorrow, on February 15, the second half of the season will officially begin. The teams will play 31 games from February 15 to April 20.

The Supersonics have a relatively dense schedule in the next half month and March. There are 8 games in the next half month and 16 games in March. However, in April, it is one of the most relaxing teams in terms of schedule density. Although their opponents are strong teams, they only have 7 games.

In the past two days, some things have happened to NBA, transactions, and contract renewals.

The Mavericks regretted the deal that got Zhu Wan Howard and have been looking for a takeover since the offseason.

But Zhu Wan Howard's salary of 18.75 million US dollars this season and 20.63 million US dollars next season, even if his average of 17 points, 8 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game is definitely the data of a first-class power forward, and this contract is too bad.

Finally, during the All-Star Weekend, the Mavericks found a team willing to take over Zhu Wan Howard.

On February 13, the Nuggets and the Mavericks reached a deal involving eight players.

The Nuggets' core chips are Nick Van Exel and Reeve Lafrenz, while the Mavericks' core chips are Juwan Howard.

This transaction is regarded as "for bad money".

Reeve Lafrenz's rookie season was reimbursed, and he returned to the second grade and averaged 12 points, 7 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game. As the "Hope of a White Center", the Nuggets gave a 7-year, $69 million contract two years in advance, hoping to use a "cheap contract" to bind Reeve Lafrenz.

As a result, in the third grade, last season, Reeve Lafrenz still averaged 12 points, 7 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game. This season, he is 25 years old and entered the golden period of his career. Although he averaged 14 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks per game, the Nuggets regretted giving a big contract.

Obviously, Reeve Lafrenz's entry into the NBA is already in his full physical form. His scoring ability averages between 12 and 15 points per game. Even if he averages 3 blocks per game, he is not worthy of a salary of tens of millions of yuan. His defense is far less than his block count.

A center who has nothing to do with the All-Star gets an average annual salary of tens of millions of dollars...

Van Exel is actually very good, averaging 21 points and 8 assists this season. In the summer of 1999, he signed a 6-year contract with the Nuggets for $60 million.

But to this day, the Nuggets no longer place the 30-year-old point guard in the team's future plans. Coupled with his All-Star level strength, it has also affected the Nuggets' bad performance...

The Mavericks' deal is actually just a player with a salary of 20 million yuan that was ruined and replaced by two players with a tens of million yuan level for a long appointment.

Relatively speaking, the Mavericks received a slightly higher evaluation.

After all, Zhu Wan Howard, who has always been dissatisfied with the team's status, may have some changes if he can handle the emotional problems of Reeve Lafrenz and Van Exel and let the two play as a substitute honestly.

There were a lot of transactions during the All-Star Weekend and the last two mid-term offseason days after the All-Star Weekend, and the most discussed deals were the Mavericks and Nuggets.

After all, Zhu Wan Howard is the first player in NBA history to get a contract of 100 million yuan, and has always been a figure that fans make fun of after dinner.

The Supersonics also received a lot of trading quotes, Artest and Ben Wallace, the two of them received the most quotes.

There is a trading offer. The Supersonics were very moved but confused, and finally refused to do so, so as not to affect the road to defending the title.

The Bucks used Ray Allen to quote Tony Parker, Artest, Anthony Mason Jr., Steve Smith, as well as the Supersonics' 2003 draft pick and the Supersonics' top 8 pick to protect the draft pick.

In terms of matching salary, the Bucks not only put Lewis in the non-sale ranks, but others choose the Supersonics team.

If accepted, it is a good deal for the Supersonics. Ray Allen has outstanding shooting skills, online defense, and has excellent singles ability, and can even play the offensive role of the second organization.

But in the end, the Supersonics chose to refuse.

If you exchange a bunch of change for an All-Star at the peak of the All-Star, there is still one of the best All-Stars in the Point League. Even if Parker and Artest become All-Stars in the future, it will definitely not be a loss at the moment. If the Supersonics can benefit from it, even if Parker and Artest become superstars in the future, they will still not lose.

But the time when this deal was proposed was fine before the start of the season, but now there are 31 games in the regular season.

And in order to match the contract, their Supersonics actually cannot get more players from the Bucks.

So many high-quality role players I have worked hard to choose and save in summer have to send them out together.

Even if a bunch of veterans immediately buy out the basic salary and join in the thighs, it may not be too late to run in.

Also, when the Bucks were in the ranks of the playoffs, they were still an All-Star in the golden period of their 26-year-old career. The reward they wanted was two young players who showed their talents but only showed their talents. No matter how they looked at it, it was wrong.

Of course, the main reason is that 6-for-1 or 7-for-1... It has a great impact on the Supersonics team.

Zhang Haohe participated in the management meeting last night and was very moved, but after everyone expressed their opinions, they finally chose to refuse.

In terms of contract renewal, there have been multiple large contracts for those players who signed a four-year contract in the 1998th class and the renewal of some veteran superstars.

The Kings' contract renewal is the most ruthless.

Mike Bibi's six-year contract with a $60 million deal, Wang Zhizhi's five-year contract with a $55 million deal, and the Kings' five salary will be above $6 million next season.

Doug Christie has an average annual price of US$6 million.

Peja is from the 1996th class. When he officially signed with the Kings in May 1998, he only signed a two-year rookie contract. Last summer, while Bibi and Wang Zhizhi were both rookie contracts, he completed a five-year renewal of $35 million, with a salary of $6.25 million next season.

Weber will earn $14.26 million next season.

Bibi will score 8.5 million US dollars next season, and Wang Zhizhi will score 9.23 million US dollars next season.

These five people have almost filled their salary caps.

The Kings' substitute lineup is also quite expensive, and the substitute salary expenditure this season is $21 million.

Moreover, the top five high salaries next season are just the beginning... They will rise by 12% in the next few years.

However, the Kings successfully renewed the contract with Bibi and Wang Zhizhi, both of which were five-year contracts and expired in 2007, and the two were only about 30 years old.

Weber's contract expires in 2008, Doug Christi's contract expires in 2006, and Peja's contract expires in 2006...

With these five major strengths, technical characteristics, fit, and performance.

Public opinion generally believes that it is worth it to spend a lot of money on the Kings, and the Kings will be regarded as a favorite to win the championship for at least 3-4 years.

There are risks in a long appointment, for example, by 2008, Webber was 35 years old.

But a long contract also represents stability. Before 2006, if the Kings were willing, they could keep all five major players, just fill in the role players around them.

As the team with the best performance in the regular season so far, as long as the Kings' operations are not messy, they will be praised.

There is also the Cavaliers' substitute small forward Ricky Davis renewed his contract for 34 million US dollars in six years, and the Trail Blazers' main forward Bangchi Wells renewed his contract for 29 million US dollars in four years...

The 98th player, the renewal of the rookie contract after the end of his contract, created NBA history.

The top contract is not as high as 1997 and 1996, but the second contract with an average salary of more than 5 million yuan is the largest in NBA history.

Some have not completed the contract renewal.

Timberwolves center Rasu Nestrovic, averaging 8 points, 6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game this season. The star is not a star, but he is a very excellent center. He was selected in 1998 and left the Greek league to join the NBA in 1999. After playing next season, the contract expires. He wants an early contract renewal with an average of 8 million US dollars per year, but the Timberwolves are unwilling to do so.

For the 76ers, Matt Haplin's contract renewal has also reached a deadlock. Since the summer of 1998, every middle-class special case has been used, and the role players renewed are also generous. Now the salary has exploded, there are too many veterans, and there are also a lot of middle-class contracts...

Lewis of the Bucks wants a contract with an average annual rate of 10 million, and the Pacers' contract renewal with Al Harrington was not smooth, and Jamison of the Warriors wants a maximum salary.

Initially, many first-round picks with 98 years felt that they had made a profit by signing the longest rookie contract with the rookie in four years.

But the current situation is not as good as those who signed for three years, or should have renewed their contracts early.

The 911 terrorist attack did not cause the NBA contract renewal price to decrease. Instead, many stars have the idea of ​​"I don't know which one to come first, tomorrow or accident", and the higher the salary you can get.

At this time, the teams where the 1998 players who have already completed their contract renewal have been extremely grateful.

Players whose 1998 rookie contracts are about to expire all want larger contracts, and they have the idea of ​​leaving the team if they cannot get the largest contract.

The 1998 players are too outstanding. More than 50% of the players who have the strength to win the second contract have reached an unprecedented level... These people will inevitably snatch multiple teams into the free market.

This is also one of the reasons why the Kings have a stable salary of 10 million yuan and stayed with Bibi and Wang Zhizhi to receive praise.
To be continued...