On July 2, Beijing time, the NBA free market has been opened, in which Ma Jian said that Klay Thompson does not necessarily accept the current management of the Lakers, and hopes that Donovan Mitchell will come. Just now, the league ushered in a number of news, Philadelphia 76ers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers, etc., fans are curious, can the Celtics beat George and Embiid in the new season?
Just now, according to the latest report from Woshen, the Philadelphia 76ers, who have the first center Joel Embiid and Maxey, successfully poached the Los Angeles Clippers with the advantage of $60 million in salary space, and brought Paul George to the team with a four-year $212 million maximum salary contract, forming a new Big Three lineup, and also breaking up the opponent's Big Four combination. It should be noted that in the 2023-2024 season with the Los Angeles Clippers, Paul George played in a total of 74 regular season games, averaging 22.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.
The Oklahoma City Thunder, which has a group of young players such as Alexander, Jalen Williams, and Holmgren, officially signed a real starting center, he is Hartenstein, general manager Presti and the former reached a 3-year 87 million US dollar franchise contract, beating the New York Knicks' 4-year 72.5 million US dollars, and now counterattack to get a big contract, but Zhou Qi is back in the CBA league, this is the gap. This season with the Knicks, Hartenstein played in a total of 75 regular season games, averaging 7.8 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
It is worth mentioning that Harris, who saw Paul George join the Philadelphia 76ers and was reduced to the fourth big man, and could not even be reused by head coach Nas, chose to reach a two-year $52 million contract with his former club, the Detroit Pistons, and returned to the place where the dream began to impact the playoffs again, giving up continuing to join forces with No. 1 center Joel Embiid. In the 2023-2024 season, playing for the Philadelphia 76ers, Harris played in a total of 70 regular season games, averaging 17.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.
In the end, the Los Angeles Lakers were frustrated again, in order to be able to help general manager Pelinka to strengthen, superstar LeBron James did something that he was not very willing to do in his life, that is, to take a salary cut and stay, and was expected to give up an annual salary of up to 20 million US dollars, but he was slapped in the face by reality, James Harden chose to renew his contract with the Los Angeles Clippers, Valanciunas joined the Wizards, and there is only one Klay Thompson left, and the opportunity is not very great. It should be noted that if Klay does not come to the Lakers and joins forces with James, the latter will ask for a contract with a maximum salary and refuse to back down again.