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Chapter 1147 Royal Flush! Zhan-Du Combination!
The Clippers send DeAndre Jordan, Darrell Arthur (7.46 million unguaranteed contract), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and a 10 million trade exception to get Jimmy Butler, Landry Shamet, and Thomas Bryant.
The Spurs send Pau Gasol, Dejounte Murray, and Danny Green to get Paul George and Ante Zizic.
The Cavaliers send Paul George and Ante Zizic to get Pau Gasol, Dejounte Murray, and DeAndre Jordan.
The Pelicans send Jimmy Butler, Landry Shamet, and Thomas Bryant to get Danny Green, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Darrell Arthur (7.46 million unguaranteed contract), and a 10 million trade exception from the Clippers.
In this four-way trade, Jimmy Butler and Paul George are both sign-and-trades, with contracts of 4 years and 154 million respectively.
After the completion of this transaction, the Clippers retained the team's two main scorers from last season, Louis Williams and Gallinari.
Adding Butler and rookie Dongcic, they are expected to hit the playoffs in the new season.
Moreover, according to Los Angeles media reports, the Clippers' offseason operations have not yet ended, and Jerry West also wants to get a center through trade.
The Spurs formed a double-superstar lineup of Paul George and Leonard.
Although they had to add the very talented Murray, who had just been selected for the second team of defense, in order to deal with Pau Gasol's contract, they successfully retained Aldridge.
On the guard line, they still have potential rookies such as Derrick White, Bryn Forbes, and Lonnie Walker.
According to Woj's follow-up report, Leonard played a very important role in George's joining the Spurs.
A very clear message is that Leonard is likely to complete an early contract extension with the Spurs, and the two sides will reach a super maximum salary of 5 years and 220 million.
After the team owner changed from Holt to ccx, the Spurs are completely different from the past stinginess.
However, in order to cope with the possible hard cap, the Spurs are working hard to deal with Mills' contract.
A good news for them is that Parker's contract expires in the new season, which greatly alleviates their salary pressure.
The Cavaliers got potential rookie Murray, as well as some expiring contracts.
Although Gasol's contract still has 2 years, only 5 million is guaranteed in the last year, and what they took over is actually an expiring contract of about 20 million.
According to Woj's follow-up report, the Cavaliers will actively sell Love, Whiteside, and Tristan Thompson after completing this transaction.
After James and George both chose to leave, they quickly entered rebuilding.
The Pelicans got the most rewards after Butler decided to leave the team, Tang Tian's former teammate Green, and this year's 11th pick Alexander.
According to Woj's follow-up report, the Pelicans will lay off Arthur as soon as the transaction is completed.
This transaction was officially announced later, and it also attracted a large wave of heated discussions among fans on social media.
"The Spurs are doing things! George, Leonard, Aldridge, is this going to beat the Warriors and Pelicans?"
"I believe that they can beat the Warriors, after all, if it wasn't for Pachulia's foot before, Leonard and Aldridge would have almost beaten the Warriors, but the Pelicans?"
"Brother, wake up quickly, it's almost 9012, what Pelicans? Walker and Butler are gone, the Pelicans only have Tang Tian and Davis!"
"Seriously, I don't understand, even if there is a Tang Tian clause, they should keep the Big Three, and then add rookies to play!"
"Yes, and I don't understand why they want to help the Spurs, this is equivalent to adding another competitor to themselves!"
"Are you guys just blindly hating? As if the Pelicans can stop the Spurs from forming this lineup if they don't join?"
"Keyboard warriors, and if the Pelicans really keep the Big Three, the salary will explode directly next year, Butler, Tang Tian, and Davis will cost more than 100 million..."
"Speaking of which, the Spurs will also explode next year, Leonard, George, and Aldridge will also be close to 100 million."
"So after the Tang Tian clause came out, oh right, and the hard cap, the super team can't last for a few years."
"I still think it's inappropriate for the Pelicans to send Walker and Butler away, they can completely win four consecutive championships first, and then trade next year!"
"What are you afraid of, having Tang is a championship favorite, not to mention there is also Davis Pippen!"
"The Western Conference is even more purgatory in the new season, Warriors, Spurs, Pelicans, Mavericks, Rockets, Lakers, Clippers, Trail Blazers, Thunder, this is an excess..."
"For the Eastern Conference teams, the good news is that LeBron has finally gone to the Western Conference, their day has dawned, and the Bucks are going to unify the Eastern Conference!"
"I think the Celtics with Walker and Tatum should not be underestimated, there is news that they are also interested in Whiteside!"
"This is going to be a big melee in the new season! Interesting! Looking forward to it!"
"Warriors Championship!"
"Spurs Championship!"
"Bucks Championship!"
"Pelicans four consecutive championships!"
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Butler and George have confirmed their next home, and this year's free market big fish have finally settled.
Two days later, the league officially announced the transaction.
The big fish have all confirmed their next home, and the most valuable on the free market are Rose, Gay, Ariza and other fish that slipped through the net.
For most teams, it's almost enough to make small repairs.
The same is true for the Pelicans.
This is their current lineup after completing the trade.
Point guard: Brogdon, Alexander
Shooting guard: Tang Tian, Alonzo Trier
Small forward: Green, Jae Crowder, Kuzma
Power forward: Davis, Siakam
Center: Dedmon, Harrell, Mitchell Robinson
They only need to sign two more guards and a swingman, and the lineup is basically enough.
In terms of signing guards, Demps has a strong interest in signing Ding Yanyuhang.
Ding Yanyuhang and the Pelicans only have a one-year two-way contract, and he performed very well in the limited time last season.
A multi-year contract with a one-year guarantee is a more appropriate offer.
The two sides also talked smoothly, and finally the Pelicans signed Ding Yanyuhang with a 4-year 5 million contract, with full guarantee in the first year and no guarantee in the next three years.
Ding Yanyuhang also became the third guard to sign a formal contract with the NBA after Sun Yue and Tang Tian.
After completing this signing, the Pelicans only need to find a veteran point guard and a veteran forward swingman.
Just when they were looking, or rather other teams were also looking, a piece of news broke out by Woj, like an atomic bomb thrown into the water, directly boiling the big fish pond of the NBA.
Even Tang Tian didn't expect it at all.
Or rather, it wasn't that he didn't expect it, it was that everyone was played!
According to Woj's latest news, Kevin Durant will sign a 1+1 contract with the Lakers!
ps: Special thanks to 獨乂呆 for the ten thousand rewards!