These two player transactions, Zhang Yang believes, will be one of the factors affecting the league’s dynamics.
Actually, Randolph played well last season. In 2009, he renewed his contract with the Clippers for one year at ten million dollars, averaging 18.2 points and 9.4 rebounds in 70 gas. There was no negative news, but also no presence. After all, he used to hit the news mostly for negative reasons. Without negative news, naturally there was no spotlight, stuck next to the Lakers with poor performance.
This wasn’t too bad, as the Pacers can’t beco a championship-level team anyti soon, and might even falter midway.
But the Mavericks getting Chandler is different; they completed the missing piece of the puzzle! Chandler is quick, Haywood is sturdy, two types of blue-collar centers, the Mavericks now have both!
Nowitzki in the paint, Chandler as backup for defense, or Haywood and Chandler going all out on defense together, it’s all there.
Nobody got a bargain like this, the Bulls and Hornets painstakingly nurtured Chandler for nine years, during which Chandler’s progress can be described at a turtle’s pace. Now, just months away from turning 28, Chandler is looking to finally show his talent, and the stingy Hornets just sent him away for free!
However, the ones aware Chandler will soon break out are just Zhang San, and perhaps the Mavericks also simply wanted Chandler for his athletic ability.
Last season, Chandler played only 51 gas for the Hornets, plagued by injuries. In an average of 28 minutes playing ti, he only had 6.2 points and 6.6 rebounds. The remaining two-year 23 million-dollar contract beca a garbage contract this sumr, with Louisiana dia saying Chandler will definitely exercise the final year option next season early.
Texas dia also criticized this trade, saying that initially the Mavericks were tied down by Dampier for a year, but Cuban turned that into two years.
Rumors say the Mavericks even talked to the Trail Blazers about trading Dampier’s expiring contract for Camby, but the Trail Blazers had already used their amnesty provision, and having taken Dampier, who signed his contract before 2005, they couldn’t use it to clear space, rejecting the Mavericks’ trade.
The Trail Blazers opted to trade draft picks with the Knicks who just had a few rookie contracts left and signed Bosh with over ten million in space, taking the last of the 2006 and 2007 generation’s rookie benefits, freeing up a base max contract space, signing Stoudemire.
The Mavericks trading for Chandler was a ’second-best’ helpless choice, or you could say it was destiny.
Besides all those who have changed teams, Zhang Yang also saw news of Anthony and Howard requesting trades, both clearly stating in interviews that if they are not traded, they will opt out of their contracts next year as free agents.
And then there was Deron Williams, who applied for a trade but dared not openly admit it.
The soap opera is about to unfold.
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Bobcats, with confidence from the start of free agency, faced consecutive setbacks... Zhang Yang kept a close eye on them, worried and annoyed, but helpless.
He used to mock Cuban for casually giving huge contracts and trading recklessly, stacking salaries high, carrying two or three useless players each year. Now he finally understands; without casting a wide net like that, teams in small cities, small markets, even if strong won’t attract desirable players.
Having a pile of big contracts, when these contracts beco expiring ones, they can be used to snag talents. Back when the Mavericks had a salary over a hundred million, able to acquire Dampier, Jamison, Anthony Walker, Billups, Artest, Caron Butler... all holding expiring contracts, waiting for teams to give up stars for rebuilding, it was ti to grab them.
Whether for tanking, or entering the free market for signings, swapping current big contract stars for expiring contracts is a necessary option, the forr saving expenses, the latter clearing space.
Similarly, the Trail Blazers... Allen and Cuban, businessn know exactly how to spend money.
While keeping an eye on team recruitnt, Zhang Yang didn’t neglect what he should be doing.
On July 5th, after a week of rest, he began training recovery.
This sumr he did not accept a call to play in the World Championship, explaining simply and directly—tired, wanting a good rest during the offseason and uninterested in the World Championship. He’d only consider joining the national team if needed for the Olympics.
Criticism naturally erged, so supported him, so criticized him, but as far as he was concerned, no one could use ’Blue Association’s nurturing’ to argue.
With Zhang Yang taking the heat, Yao Ming also declined the Blue Association’s call citing waist and shoulder injuries, but during the Blue Association training camp, he still participated in guiding work and succeeded Zhang Weiping as the n’s basketball team leader, saving face, as he had already prepared to move into politics.
At the sa ti, this gave Yi Jianlian a chance to take the lead. Yi Jianlian perford fiercely in this World Championship, averaging 22.5 points and 10.5 rebounds, ranking fifth in scoring and first in rebounding.
Beca the second player in Chinese n’s basketball history to average 20 at the World Championship, the first being Zhang Weiping, the first rebounding king.
And he’s the only player in this World Championship to average a 20 10 (historical fact).
If Yao Ming participated in this World Championship with his injuries, Yi Jianlian’s performance would likely be lost. Yao Ming probably wouldn’t deliver such stats, unlike Yi Jianlian who played 35 minutes each match, sprinting across the court.
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